Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-09

At the mass Union meeting st Hamilton
. few days sgo, espi.al letter was read
from General sigel. he says plainly that
he should consider the election of Vallan-
diehAm to lhe GOvernOrship as q national
calamity and an immortal shame to this
Republic. No patriot-no German es-
pecially, can read this letter, without
acknowledging it's force:
READING, (Ps., Sept Is, 1868.
hon. L. D. Campbell, Hamilton, Ohio !;
DEAR Sir: Your kind invitation, by
Mr.. Hume, to be present at meeting in
Hamilton on the S0th September, is re-
ceiEed.
Nothing could have prevented me to
comply with your wishes, If could dispose
Of myself and my time according to my
own will, but as an here on military du-
ties, whtch demand my personal attend
ance, I cannot have the pleasure Of seeing
our friends in Ohio. However, l wish it
10 be known wherever my sentiments and
my opinion might be Of any influence, that
would regard the election Of Mr. Vallan-
dighsm not only as 8 national calamity,
but an immortal shame to this Republic
because his election would be q pronuncia-
mento against the common sense and pat
riotism Of the people Of the great State Of
Ohio; IL would be 3 ratification Of sll those
openly avoWed ideas, or secretly working
practices by which one fraction Of the peo-
pie Of the North has tried, and is trying TO
snnul all the sacrifices Of this war, and TO
frustrste all the results gained BY it; it
would be justification Of q class Of men
who would spit upon the soldier Of Ohio
now fighting and dying for the redemption
Of his country from the traitOrous hands
Of JEFF Davis and his followers IL would
be the beginning and glorifeation of re-
action 8 thousand times more costly. If
successful, than ever this war has been or
eau be. -
Men Of Ohio who do not wish the dis
membernent and ruin Of their own ooun-
try, built up with so much wisdom, energy
and bravery Of their ancestors, do not
quarrel about questions in regard to State
rights, whilst you denounee the rights OF
men, and whilst the knife of a murderer
threatens your very existence. Drive out
the rebellious host from your house and
premises, and then settle these questions,
which sTe Of little Importance as long as
you are in imminent peril to lose your
lives your fortunes, and your honor
Whatever you are-I suppose you are
patriots. You wish to show, before the
world, that the American people is strong
and powerful enough to uphold it's integ-
rity, and to prove that q republican gov
ernment is not mere experiment, but a
fxed fact an fmmovsble keystone 10 civili-
ration and progress. And you viii show
that To be nation is impossible without
being free-thst an immense country like
this cannvt be held together without the
maintenance, universally, and supremacy
Of these principles, which have been from
the times of the pilgrim fathers and the
Representation the time Of Roger Will
nsms and Ann Hutchinson, from Nathan.
lei Bacon and Leisler up to Franklin, JEFF
ferson, and Thomas Paine, the CREST ele-
ments Of attraction for all the nstionsli.
ties now composing the basis OF NorII
American society. @
You must hold out and destroy your enc
mics In front and resr, you are strong
enough to drive out JEFF. Davis, and not q
let eomein his friend from Canada. q
It is better to have 8 struggle Of foul
years than Of forty it is better to dismiss
four millions Of slaves than to dismiss jus
tice and honor your national prestige, aDC
the Republic itself, for which your fore
fathers have shed heir blood and sacrifices
their fortunes 3
hope the Canadian candidate will no
only be HhandsonSsly repulsed,n but opsr
ghslsliagly and q sastrOHsly defeated.
Truly, and respectfully yours,
~ F.SIGEL, Major General.