Year: 1863

The Case Squarely stated.


Those who fail to read and closely con-
slider the following, will have the msfor-
tune to have neglected one of the most re.
markable utterance of these eventful times:
it is taken from the Mobile (Alabama)
Register


eve thank God from the depths of our
hearts that the authorities at Washington
snubbed Vice President Stephens, in his
late attempt to confer with them on inter-
national affairs, without form or ceremony
1t has long been known here that this gen.
tleman thought if he could get to whis-
per into the ears of some men about Wash
ington, the result might be terms of peace
on some sort Of union or reconstruction. He
seemed to forget that Douglas, with whom
he used to serve, j dead, and notwith-
standing his mantle has fallen, by divid-
ing it into four pieces; upon Richardson
and Voorhees,, Vallandigham and Pugh,
still the Democratic party is not in power
now, and We may thank God for it. The
prospect looked gloomy to the Vice Presi-
dent, whose inirmity of body no doubt
casts shadow over his spirits, and he said
that one of two things must be done, either
some terms must be made, or the whole
militia of the Confederacy must be called
out and immediate alliance proposed with
foreign powers. President Davis gave him
full powers to treat on honorable terms
and started him off to the Kingdom of
Abraham But Father Abraham told him
there was an impossible gulf between them
and the Vice President had to steam back
to Richmond little topfallen We hope
this will put stop forever to some croak-
ers about here who intimate that there are
people enough friendly to the South in the
North, to restore the Union as it was And
we also hope the government at Richmond
will not humiliate itself any more, but
from this time will look only to the one
end of final and substantial indcpenencc.-
The North is not less set on purpose of
final separation than we are. The Repub-
lican party are not fighting to restore this
Union, any more than the old Romans
fought to establish the independence of
the countries they invaded. The Repub-
licans arc fighting for conquest and do
minion, we for liberty and independence


There is ony y one party in the North
who wants this Union restored, but they
have no more power-legislative. execu
tive, or judicial-than the paper we write
on 1t is true they make show of Union
and strength, but they have no voice of au-
thority We know that the Nallandigham
school wants the Union restored, for he
told us so when here in exile, partaking OF
such hospitality as we extended to a real
enemy to our struggle for separation, ban
ished to our soil by another enemy who is
practically more our friend than he. And
if Vallandigham should, by accident OF
other cause. become Governor of Ohio, we
hope Lincoln will keep his nerves to the
proper tension, and not allow him to enter
the confines of the State. His sdminstra
tion would do more to restore the old Tn.
ion than any other power in Ohio could do
and therefore we pray that he may be de-
feated. Should a strong Union party spring
up in Ohio, the third State in the North
in pOlitica alimportance, it might find afaint
response in some southern States, and give
us trouble. But, as long as the Republi


cans hold power, they will think of conquest
and dominion only, and VIC, on the other
hand, will come up IN solid column fol
= freedom and independence, which We viii
be certain to achieve, with such assistance
as we may now CATER the refusal of the
Washington Cabinet to confer) confidently
expect, before the democrats of the NORTH
get in power again, and come whispering il
our ears, ''Union reconstruction, constitu
= ton, concession, and guarantees" Ava,
with all such stuff. We want separation
Give us rather men like Thaddeus Stevens
and Charles Sumner. They curse the ole
Union and despise it, and so do We. Anc
We now promise the gentlemen that as the,
hate the Union and the ''accursed constitu
ton" let them keep down Vallandighan
and his party in the North; then they shal
never be troubled by us with such viii


ming about the Constitution and Union al
= they are sending up


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