National Republican., 1883-10-02

several months ago; that more recently tho like
has appeared in resistance u He enrolment proper
dt0iU 10 a drdf, and that quite number OF assas-
snations have occurred from the same animus
These had TO be met by military force, and this
again has led to bloodshod and death. And now
under sense of responsibility more wcighty and
enduring than any which is merely Official
solemnly declare my belief that this hindrance Of
the military, including manning and murder, is
due to The cause I'm which Mr. Vallandigham has
been engaged in n greater degree than to any
other cause, and it IS due 10 him personally IN It
grCdtcr degree than To ann other man. Your
own attitude encourages dcsortion, resistance to
the draft, and the like because It teaches those
who incline TO desert and TO escape the draft to
believe It is your purpose to protect them, and to
hope that you will become strong enough to do so.
President Lincoln then offered to release
Vallandgham il their democratic committee
would agree in writing that il was constitu-
tional to use an army to suppress the rebellion
then in existence and that they would not
hinder, but would favor tho maintenance of
that they refused to accept tho terms. Mr..
Vallandigham was defeated for governor by q
hundred Thousand majority.
The peace democracy Of New York resisted
the draft as Valandigham aud others had ad-
vised, and plunged that city into n scono of
anarchy, riot, and bloodshcd, which lasted
iour days, commencing July 10, 1863, and end
ing only when the militia could return from
Pennsylvania, whittier they had gone to aid
in repolling invasion. This outbreak in favor
of peace by the mild and gentle faction which,
while protesting devotion to the union, could
not endure tina blood should be shed in its
defense, is thus described by Henry ]. Ray
mond in his 4" Life of Lincoln" at page 4O2.
The draft was commenced in tho city of New
York on Saturday, July II, and was conducted
quietly and successfully during that day. On
Sunday plots were formed and combinations ell
tered into to resist It, aud no was it resumed
on Monday morning, July Is, than sudden and
formidable attack was made by an armed mob
upon the Office in one fthe districts, the wheel
was destroyed the lists scattered, and the build
ing set on fire. Crowds gathered everywhere with
10 apparent common object, but during the day
the movements seemed to be controlled by
leaders in two general directions The
first was an attack upon the negroes,
the second an O ISault upon every one who was
supposed to be in any way concerned in the draft
or prominently identified, officially or otherwise
with the administration or the republican party.
The outrages committed during this time
were numerous and aggravated. Negroes were
assaulted, beaten to death, mutilated, and hung
building after building was sacked and burned
gangs of dcsperadocs patroed the streets, levying
contributions, and ordering places of business to
be closed. A colored orphan asylum, shellering
some hundreds Of children, was sacked and
burned.
This will suffice for this time as u reply to
the Posts defense of the peace democrats, led
by Vallandigham. We concede the honesty OF
the confcderates in obeying their states. We
have no such concession to make to northern
states rights democrats who refused allegiance
to their own states, and who thirsted for the
blood of union soldiers while meekly prating
of peace.
Universal amnesty for the confederates
but universal contempt for the democratic
party of the north, which was for peace IN tn,c
Of par, and which ever since the return Of
peace has claimed TO have furnished most oi
the soldiers who waged what they denounced
as an unholy and unconstitutional abolition
war. Ohio democratic papers please copy