, 1864-06-20
TIE yALLAND1GnAM sCnE1E.


time selected by Vallandigham for his at
tempt 10 incite an insur1ection at the North,
for in no ether Light can his return in def.
auce of the Government be regarded.
Thirty Thousand Of the loyal young men of
Ohio, in addition to the vast number which
had previously entered the army, are now
absent under the hundred day call. Ohio is
swept almost clean Of Ill her local force for
preserving the peace The TACT thst secret
associations exist In Ohio nnd the adjoining
States, bound together by oath to defend
Copperheads from, being punished By the
Government, is aTowed In Vallandisham's
own speech. Upon these and the absence
OF the militia, and the fact that every avail
able man has been or needs to be seut to
Grant, he relies. l1e time is as appropriate
as that selected for the Copperhead riots in
New York, when the militia OF New York
and the adjoining States had been hurried
into Pennsylvania to defend that State from
Lees invasion. A Copperhead outbreak ut
the North would aid Lee now as much rs 1t
would have done then, both IN its moral
effect on both armies and in the withdrawal
Of forces Which would be required to sup
press 1t. The Copperheads In New T Yoyi, by
their outbreak, succeeded In withdra wing
from Gen. Meade'B army IS, 600 men, that be-
ing the number sent to Dix for the preserra.
lion OF order in that city. If they could
withdraw similar number from Grant, they
imagine 1t not impossible that they might
cause his inter defeat and overthrow. The
defeat OF Grant would, in the cal cu1ations of
Vallandigham, restore the dead Mcclellan
In e. II f,r+1 H.su -.
with Vallandigham as Vice President
or Secretary OF State, With charge Of
foreign affairs, the principal *'foreign AFFAIR."
being the recognition Of the bogus ss Confedc-
racy," or the incorporation Of the border or
Northern States into 1t, under JEFF. Da-
Wis Constitution. Such a result would
just suit these traitors. But is the
country tina at thels mercy? Is it in Vallnn-
digbanl's power to ineitc such ilrc-in-the-
rear against the Government We hope the
question viii be tested. Let us see whether
or not this country Is mere Copperhead
Jungle.
:" v hero 1t each step the traveller fears to wake
The rattling se1ors Of the veneeru1 SNAKE"
When the authority of the Government is
acknow ledged, 1t can afford to be 1enient;
but when 1t is detied, forbearauce is weak
ness.
THE PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY.
The proposed amendment to the Coustitu-
ton, prohibiting slavery in all the States, has
failed in the Heuse, as was feared it might;
though 1t was passed by handsome vote in
the Senate some time since
The present House of Representatives was
elected at the close Of McClellan's 8 futile CAM
raigns in 1861, when the nation was badly
discouraged at the want Of progress In the
war, and in consequence 1t Ia badly infected
with Copperheads Of different shades. In
such a House twas too much, perhaps, to
expect vote Of two-thirdA for any bill which
looked to the destruction OF this Institution,
by which the Democratic party has been SO
long fed, and on which the hopes Of such as
cling to the name still have for Its e1istence
It remains to be seen how much Of profit
the faction which sets up for the Democracy
will gain by this defeat OF this great measure
1t will, OF certainty, draw the line between
them and the loyal part Of the nation more
broadly, and enable I'LL to sec more distinct
" their true position Hthere is anything
in which the Union people are last coming
to an agreement, not only rs to the end to be
reached, but aB to the means of reaching It,
It Is in regard to slavery. Their declaration
| Is that it Is to be destroyed. And that being
once settled In the mind OF the nation, No
mode Of reaching the end could possibly pre-
sent itself less liable. to objection, or mon
fully commencing itself to cautious m1nds,
| Us well as othefs; than this amendment. /,
was constitutional. It was legal. The aci
1n1y went so far as to subrnit the Question