The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-06-05
VaIIandigham and Greeley.

The Ecenng Post is of opinion that Mr.. Val
landgham cannot appeal to history for his vim
dication. 1t cites his votes in Congress to prove
that he has opposed the war from the start, and
argues therefrom that he will figure in our fu-
ture records as little less infamous than Bene-
dict Arnold. Unfortunately for the Posts argu-
ment it proves too much Mere opposition to
n war has never yet rendered man infamous
lie it had, Mr.. Bryant, Minister Corwin> the
| President himself, and all the leaders Of the
Wing party, could not be deemed honorable or
patriotic men, because they opposed the Mexi-
| can war with unexampled partisan bitterness
Mr.. Vallandigham's position is the same MS that
held by Col. Seymour, of Connecticut. He de-
siros restoration of the Union as much as any
man in the country but he does not think ID pos
sible to do it by war. He believes the blood
she'd and money spent is in vain, and that peace
alone can bring about reunion. In this position
We believe he is mistaken, but if the South should
gain its independence, and all our efforts in the
field come to na ught, history will certainly give
him credit for more sagaeity than all the other
living leaders of public opinion at the North
1t should be remembered that Mr. Vallandi-
CHAM has on no occasion advocated the right of
secession He has repeatedly denied that any
such legal right existed. Now, if he is infa-
nous, who has always consistently opposed dis
union, and who differs from the rest of US only
as to the methods by which the North 6 South
can be brought together, what are we to say of
leading members of the Republican party who
have openly advocated the right of secessionf
Take, for instance, the following from the edi-
torials Of Mr. Horace Greeley, of the N. York
Tribune:
From the Tribune of Nov. 9, 1860.
II the cotton States shall become satisfied that
they can do better out of the Union than in it,
we insist on the letting them 60 in peace. The
right to secede may be a revolutionary one, but
it exists nevertheless. We must ever
resist the right of any State to remain in the
Union and nullify or defy the laws thereof. 70
withdraw from the Union isquite another matter
Whenever considerable section of our Union
shall deliberately resolve to go out we shall re-
sist all coercive measures designed to keep it in.
We hope never to live in republic whereof one
section is pinned to another by bayonets.
From the Tribune, Nov. &c, 1860.
If the cotton States unitedly and earnestly
wish to withdraw peaceaby from the Union,
we think they should and would be allowed to
do so. Any attempt to compel them by force
to remain would be contrary to the principles
enunciated in the immortal Declaration Of In
dependence, contrary to the fundamental ideas
on'w hich human liberty is basod
From the Tribune. Dec. II, 1860.
If it 0he Declaration of Independence justi-
fed the secession from the British empire of
three millions of coonists in l776, we do not
see why it would not justify the secession of five
millions of Southrons from the Union in 1861.
From the Tribune, Feb. 90, 1850.
Whenever it shall be clear that the great body
of the Southern people have become conclusively
alienated from the Union, and anxious to cs-
cape from it, we will do our best to forward
their views.
If Vallandigham, the Unionist, is to be COM
pared to Benedict Arnold, will the Post be good
enough to let us know whom Greeley, the seces-
sibnist and disunionist, is to be compared to?--
n. Y. World.