The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-13

The arrest of the notorious VALLAN-
DIGuAM is spoken of by the Copperheao
press as a violation Of one of tho great
rights Of American Standardization OF
speech. But il seems TO us that men
viii or will not take this view of the arrest
according as they are loyal or disloyal.
II they be heartily for sustaining the
Government, and crushing out treason,
they cannot be in favor of toleratinP
loud-mouthed npOlogists of treason, in
making pleas for dialoyalty and philli-
pics against the Government 1t doee
not follow, because the Government se-
cures the right of freedom of speech,
that aman therefore has freedom to de-
no nee the Govern ment in its efforts TO
subdue most dangerous rebellion. Ac-
cordiDg to the Copperhead view of THE
subject, JoHN @. BREcETNRIDGE had as
good right to make his infamous fare
we'll harapgue in the United States SEN
ate, before leaving the Capitol, TO take
command of division in the Southern
army, as the lamented Col BAKER had TO
make h,s noble and thrilling rejoinder to
the reasonable words Of the Kentucky
Senator, who covered and fed from the
whitening gaze Of the Californian, as
CAT1L1NE covered and fed from the i'm
perial presence Of CICERO, in the Roman
Senate Chamber Unless such incendia.
ries rs VALLANplouAM be silenced we
will soon have no Government to secure
us fire., dom of speech, or freedom of any
other rigbt, privilege, franchise or immu-
nifty. Tue tendency of human nature is
so strongly to corruption, that we must
be forever on the watch TO protect our
selves, and our civil and religious insti-
tuiions from contamination. The sound.
est and healthiest ply steal org auization
is almost as much in peril as a disloy al
one, from the presence Of the pestilence.
Il appears like idle mOckery for a man
TO laud the Government for securing
him the right Of free speech, and then
COMPLAIN if we deny him the right tc
encourage and aid the armed rebellious
faction which is making every effort tC
destroy the Government. YALLANDIG.
MANS speeches manifest cordial sym
pahy with tho Southern rebela, If Il
be objected that be says he is "GOr The
Constitution" we reply, SO does JEFTEE
SON DAVIS. If it be objected that h,
says he is dor the Union as il was" W,
again reply, so does JEFFERSON DAVIS
The worst traitors in the sO-cRlled South
ern Confederacy were remarkable fo
professions of devotion TO the Constitu
ton, They boast even now that they
never violated that instrument and theil
friend VALLANDIGHAN says that they
never did, aud is ready to confirm tn,
audacious, stupendOus, and astounding
falsehood with an oath, Every loya
man now deeply regrets that JOHN c
BREcKINRDGE and the seeding rebellioul
Senators were not arrested, tried, anC
hung before they left the national capital
II would have saved us a vast amount o
bloodshed. We see no reason why th,
same reasoning will not apply to the cast
OF a Northern traitor, as to a Southern
one. We had as we'll treat them as W,
do their allies on this side Of the OH,
River We are in the midst Of An aetna
bloody war, whose duration no man car
predict, with any certainty, and which
will end only with our everlasting an,
infamous ruin, unless We recognize il il
allits magnitude, and treat it accord
ingly. Freedom OF discussion was wei
enough while discussion was Eecog
nlzed as the proper means Of adjuslin
our difficulties, but now, when the rebel
have appealed TO the sword, we must lo
then, have the sword, for'wo cannot an
swer a sabre thrust with a logical srgu
merit Traitors must be suenood aud i
they must DO silszcsd the quicker M
better