Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-01
Martyr Miuigan.

rsoGi~r- Lafayette L. Mllllgan, q bright and
-l@- shining light of the MISUNDERSTANDING a
Major General of the Copperhead Sons
5ra7as of Liberty, who was arrested in 1864 for
'lsaH reasonably conspiring to insugurate re-
hellion in his own state, with the aid Of
us 81 Confederate soldiers secretly imported
there, who was tried by a Military Com
mission and sentenced to death, but was
recently liberated under the decision Of
lal the Supreme Court that Military Commits
-7- sions for the trial of citizens were uncon-
s.itutional, has been making a speech
,r1ls4 Milligan is the idol of the Indiana Demo-
Ha5 el. Gratis. He is to them what Yallandigham
e-,,r is to the Copperheads of this state. His
.s'Eu faith has been proven by his works, and
he has become the favorite candidate ofthe
-gvs party for United States Senator, to sueceed
y1ag O. Henry S. Lane. His suferings in the
cause Of secession have given him, in the
ov 81. eyes of copperhead partizsns, the pres
al -' tige Of a martyr, and surrounded his heai
s9a with The shining halo of the saint. Vocr-
s hees may be viralsnt, Mcdonald may be
malignant, in denunciation of the Union
sIls7 party and of the war which that party
na7 g carried 10 a successful close; but neither
VOORHEES, nor Mcdonald went to the Ohio
sgs Penitentiary, and neither, then, stand a
chance against the martyred Milligan.
We have been quite curious to note the
manner in which this oracle and exemplar
of the Indians democracy discourses OF
The issues of the day, and have therefore
r road with considerable interest his speech
9sa's delivered at Button, Ind, May 2sth
s, We regret that we cannot find room in
4eg d this paper to re-publish the speech in full
- in order to let our readerssee its anipsus and
purport. We have, however, culled q few
~ flowers from this rhetorical boquet, which
give a general idea of its character. After
dilating upon the wickedness of the Pu-
ritans, aad denouncing the war as infer
NAP and aunholy," Milligan INDUCES in
the following pious thanksgiving for de-
liverance
"My friends, upon this most extraordins-
~ occasion allow me to assure yOu that IN
accepting your warmest gratulations and
kndast hospitality, I would be untrue Ia
you, untrue to myself and ungrateful to my
God. if I did not recognize His Almighty
hand in the cause OF our rejoicing, and
eommingle our Joys and grstulations with
the most holy and deVout thanksgiving 10
Him for the dsliUsrance from The most blo9dy
Tsion Of oppression 9th l1hieh the ioorld has
6eeHa5ficted since the days Of Noah"
The impartial admiration of the pro-
- speGtlNe luOlhld O6udtOH y bAS OAutCic
.s5 on both sides of the recent war is thus
delicateiy phrased;
4 admire valor and gallautry as much
as any other man living, whether exhibited
- IN the character Of 5 Gustsyas Adolphus,
Napoleon Bonapsrte, Robert z Lee, Ulysses
Grant or the dashing and intrepid privates OF
the West and South, who faced each other
aud stood or fell on mauy-aht too many
fierce fought battle fields. l am proud oil
I1smh the courage and dsuutless vslOr OF my
.ra -H .1,,Er-r,au IN IofI eidez of The late g.Aluoux |
- eua coaaieL and forgive them for the rum hyhdee
D. hnz drought"
The religions faith and trust displayed
by the martyr Milligan is touchingly ex-
pressed in the following paragraph; 2
sr God is justi But to US who do not 10
ss1 derstand HIS providence, that justice some
times seem tardy. l never was prone to
q belief in the quentoccurreuc of special
providences, but among Tie g~reGtsst sinners
against Gods righteous 1oH DGs q Liscotr, q
vaF Brorqd, aud a Morton. one kaSJcea summon
al to the bar Of retriButiue justice, icih his
stas UHTe2eated. Another covered all over :
with the mildew ofdebauchery and wrapped !
y in exAalatious from which buZzards would
turn their offended noses, carried TO the
"a grave the impress OF lntamy- There
yet remains one OF the Goddess trio bntthe
plague is on its westward march, his limbs
are smote with the blight Of crime and
trernhle under their load of corruption, bus
- pray that he may live long enough 70
realize in this world rather than IN the mex
.hHu l-l that God Is just But he tcho caAaot sec The
hand Of DiUiae iaterpoSttioR ~ TIC oxidation
u1oH ties rgicke9 men deserves to Be damned
fer rGat Of Taih." rsr--rI
D -srd We need not comment upon the spirit
Q displayed in the extracts which we have
presented. They speak for themselves
"a d Only one fact is necessary to be stated in
order that they may be fully appreciated
49, ME Miligsn plants himself upon The
pia form OF the Indiaha Democracy, fully
endorsing the policy Of Mr.. JohnsoR.a- q
" 1t may also be interesting 10 note thar
some Union men of IndianaPolis, not hay
GSs4 fngthe fear of King Andy before theireyes
have procured the arrest of This eminent
ia JohnsOnite for treason. He will be tried
before the United Circuit Court at its De-
.tober term, and has meantime been held
to bail in the sum of s., 900. lie IS guilty
fsaai in fact and we trust he will be shown TO
be equity in law. There Is, however, little
reason % expect that justice will. be melted
out to him, as Presiden johnson Is NOR
any sure to pardon him if he is found
equity.