Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 271
tions. trampled it under his feet. He denounced Lincoln and hisminions and called upon the people at the ballot box to hurl thetyrant from his throne. He denounced the war as wicked, crueland unnecessary; a war not to preserve the Union, but to crushout liberty and erect a despotism; a war for the… … The Vallandigham Homestead, Lisbon, Ohio. speech was cheered by his listeners, many of whom wore badgesof butternuts and copperheads. A report of this speech was made to General Burnside, whosent a company of soldiers by special night train to Dayton to ar-rest Vallandigham. His house was broken…
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