Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-09-10

ing the election. Let there De ample ar
made by the committee for the
of the people, and don't
let them fail to fix table for the Reporters
on the speakers stand. The Press will be
fully represented on that occasion.
.f-1ua lHgi0L f.' TELEGRAPH.
Experience in the
Confederacy..-Exposure Of his
Falsehoods-Letter from General
Garfield.
HsApquAnrsRs Dxrr ov rHr cuxnKRLAsp, I 1
,rl1 1o WiscnEsrER, Tenn, Aug H. )
Hon. VIM Dmnison, Chairman of Union
State central Comnsiftee, Columbus, Ohio:
DEAR SIR: In the address of G. L. Val
laDdigham to the Democracy Of Ohio, da-
ted, Niagara Falls, July 18th, 1868, the
following occurs: 81
'sTraveng thousand miles and more, through nearly
half the Confederate states and soourning Tor
time at widely different points. met not one man, wo
man or child who resolved TO perish rather than
yield the pressure Of arms even IN the nosl desperate
aI,remities And whatever may and must be the vary
lug fortune Of the in which recognize the hand Of
Providence pointing vsiby 10 the ultimate issue o this
great trial Of the States and people Of Amefica they arc
better prepared now every way to make good rer m
orabe purpose than ut my period since the beginning
OF the struggle, Tl,ese may indeed be unwelcome
Neitler however let me add did meet any one what.
ever his opinions his siao political or private who
did not declare his reaiiness when the wn shall have
er and discuss the question Of re-uo And who shall
doub' the issue Of the arsu%ssna
The substance of this extract is clearly
LIST. Thst the South Is unit on the ques-
tiOn Of resisting the Federal Government to
the last extremity, and the unaniinity is so
great that he saw not oneinan, woman or
child that dissentd.
I'd. That the Confederate States are bet
ter prepared than ever before to carry out
their iDexorablo purpose Of rebellion.
Sd. That the people OF the rebelliou'
States, with great unanimity, declare their
readiness to dscnss terms Of reunion, on
the cessation of hostiities and the with
drawal OF our armies.
1t is strange that Mr.. Vsllandigham had
the temerity to make the first Of these state
ments, when it is notorious that no pre-
cinct in this State, not even in East Tennes
see, has so large per cent. Of Union men
as Bedford county and Shelbyville, its coun-
ty seat, Mr.. Vallandighan' first resting
place after he left our line. That village
gave three hundred and fifty Union votes to
fifty for Secession at the beginning OF the
war, aud il has retained its reputation foI
LOYALTY untarnished during the struggle
thus far. If Mr.. Vallandigham had at
tempted to ascertain the sentiments of it,
citizens, he iuould hape found that nine ou
| of epsru ten ,oere in dpor OF Immediate sub
mi;ssio9 to the Federal Government. glla.
would be glad to believe it possible tha
, these facts escaped his notice, but havinl
recently visited Shelbyville, and coaversec
with a large number Of citizens who saw
and conyersed with Mr.. Vallandighau
during his stay there, am forced to th,
conviction that he knew the statement quo
ted above TO be false. s.-l
The second statement is not less wild ant
singular than the first. He must hav,
known that at tho time OF his visit, and be
fore the late heavy disasters had fallen upor
the rebellion. the Commercial affairs of tn,
South were in 1 most ruinous condition. -
Prices current stood as follows: Boots wer,
ceiling from $50 to $75 Der pair; soldiers
broxans at S45 per pair; common felt hat
from S4O to $50 apiece; bacon, 81 SO De
nonnd: Aour. SOC rer pound: corn, t3 pe
bushel' and other commodities in propor
ton. He could hardly have failed to motto,
that nearly the whole Available force OF tn,
ToMssdsracv sha. aS ~ 49, sirsadv in he feld: tha
Ssraly enonyh citizens we're left at home /,
s o~srssa he Slaves and manage the piants
t;oms.' that sha UonGsderscv WAS /. sheIl
| rS;sb .honah msda of iron Than ono