Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-16
From the Dayton Empire.
Correspondence between Hon
l.. d. C0mPbell, and G. L.. VAL
landigham, ESQ.

lanO1Shan1, Esq.
We lay before our readers the follow
ing interesting and Piq"aRt correspond
ence:
DAYTON, April 8, 1856.
EDIToRs OF Empire
The Dayton journal of this morning,
contains a copy of a letter addressed to
me, by L. d. Campbell, relative to the
pending contest, and delivered yester-
day. Engaged in the trial of the sCoo-
per Will Case" l have not had leisure
to reply at once, as I purpose to do at
the earliest day, possible. But as he
has seen fit to hand over his letter for
publication, for effect, without waiting
for an answer, 1 enclose you, meantime,
an earlier correspondence between us,
which came to a sudden and abrupt ter
mination, as I have failed to discover
that the letter in this mornings Jomr-
mol, is in any way a reply to mine of
January IL, 1857.
c. l.. VALLANDIGHAM.
The following "Cdrd" was published
in the Washington Union on the 18th OF
December, 1856:
A CARD.
SIN the proceedings of Congress on
the Sth inst, 1 observe that the Hon. l..
D. Campbell is reported as saying that
one negro vote was given in this district,
and that that vote was cast tor me-
This whole statement is an unqualified
tdlsehoOd. Not n solitary negro or
mulatto voted for me, as the testimony
will clearly establish, This Mr.. Camp
bell we'll knows. Instead of one. more
than twenty mulattoes and persons of
color did vote in this district at the Oc-
tobcr election.
C. J.. VALLANDIGHAM.
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1856"
AT 3 o'clock P. NJ, the 18th of Jan
uary, 1857, John G. Lowe, Esq, hand
ed to me the following note from the
Hon. L. d. Campbell:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 1857.
SIR:-On the Sth of December. adj
dressing this House on the Presidents
annual Message, [ made the following
responses to questions propounded to
me by members. [ extract them from
the official report as published in the
Congressional Globe of the following
morning, (Which is correctly Isend you
herewith a copy of the paper:
MIR. CAMPBELL, of Ohio. / believe
and L have had occasion to look into
this subject since the election-that
there was one negro vote given in nv
W district; that is, a vote was cast by
a man who, being more of the black than
of the white blood, was not authorized
to vote under that decision of our
courts.
\ VOICE. Who did he vote for.
Mr.. CAMPBELL, of Ohio. 1 am cred
IDLY informed that he voted for my op-
ponet."
L have to request you to inform me
explicitly whether you have intended to
my statements as an "unaual- !
fUtSchOod," or in any way to dis
pute its CORRECTNESS. l do this because
L observe i'll the papers "a card" over
your name, dated dayton. Ohio, Dec.
10, 1856" which was, perhaps, called
forth by an imperfect abstract of nv re-
marks, which was sem out by telegram
and which is understood to
ain assault upon my veracitv.
Respectfully, &c.
LEWIS ID. CAMPBELL.
c. L. FALLAEDIGuAM, Esq,
Daytom,'O.
On the same afternoon of the 18th of
January, 1857, the following reply to
Mr.. Campbells note was delivered to
Mr.. Lowe, by my friend, Col. Ethvsrd
A. King:
DAYTON, Ohio, !
january 18th, 1857.
STR:-1ours of the 9th instant has
Just been handed to me by john G..
Esq.
In reply: My Card of December 10.
1896, published in the Washington
C"fon of the 18th of December, one
month ago tomorrow, was prcdicated on
abstract of your remarks in the New
fork Herald of December 0, 1856, con-
talnlng the assertion that one negro yo-
ed and voted for me. l AIN not aware
'f anything in hat lard requiring in
.erPretatlon- 1t ,eas intended to charge
he staten NJ published as an ~.'unauaI-
fed falsehood, and thereby "to DISPUTE
is correctness" l did not see the Off
:ial report of your speech with the quail
hcatlon annexed, till three weeks later.
Nor did L at the time, know that YOU
tntin,ated that L had in the recent
anvass in this district, in any way or ,
o any extent evaded the issues, and es. {
had contended that 1.-THE friends {
# freedom for Kansas would have in {
ne a better and more reliable friend on :
he floor of Congress, than in you, or l ,
hould have met that charge also with
n equally explicit contradiction.
Yours, T.,
c. i. VALLANDIGHAM. I
Hon. /. d. CAMPBELL, :
Washington, d. c.
With my reply to Mr.. Campbell, this y
terminated. n
A CARD. o
iDIToRs OF II JOURNAL
Mr. Vallandigham has seen proper to =
lake two issues with ME.
lst: That he is elected to represent
us district in Congress. c
I'd, That 1 stated a falsehood, in say.
that l was informed that a person of -
fFIpan hlnn1 hol ,.nHol l. Il ~