The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-06
From the Philadelphia Inq,arer1
CARD FROM HON. G. l.. VALLANDIGHAM
DAYTON. Ohio. Wednesday, Anril IL

DAYTON, ONO, w ednesday, April II.
To the Editor of the Inquirer:
have word for the Republican press and par
tisans of Cincinnati apd other places abroad, who
now daily taisiy and misEepresent me and Ii matters
which concern me here in Dayton.
My position in regard to the civil war which the
Lincoln Administration has inaugurated, was long
since taken is well known, and ciU be adhered TO-
to the end. Let that be understood. have added
nothing to it, subtracted nothing from it, said moth
ing about il publicly, since the war began know
well that am right, and that in little Will. the
sober second thought of the people" will dissipate
the present sudden and leeting public madness and
will demand to know why thirty millions of people
are butchering each other in civil war and will
arrest it speedily. But, meantime, should nv own
State be invaded, or threatened with invasion as
soon it may be, then, as loyal nativeborn son of
Ohio, acknowledging my first allegiance to be to
her, will aid 10 defending her to the last extremi
ty, asking questions. Whoever shall refuse
then, or hesitate, will be a traitor and dastard.-
And this same rule | apply well to the people of
Virginia, Kentucky, or Missouri, as to any of the
free States North or West
As to myself, no threats have been made to me
personally; none within my hearing; no mob vio-
ience offered; no mob gathered anywhere; none
VIII De; nobody afraid OF any; and every statement
Ut rumor in regard to me circulated orally, or
pu9itshea In the Republican press, is basely idle
anu laise. And now let me add, for the benefit of
the cowatdly slanderers of Cincinnati or elsewhere
VINO iloei me daily, that if they have any business
with me, can be found every day and at any time,
eitueI o. home, vi the northwest of First
and Ludlow, or upon the streets of DAYTON
Z. L.. VALLANDIGHAM.
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE AT MENDozA.-One of tho
most terrible earthquakes ever experienced II,
South America had desoated Mendoza. town in
the Argentine Confederation, situated on the east
ern slope of the Andes, and the first one met with
after crossing the Cordilleras from Chill. On the
Goth of March, about S.45, a shock was ex
perienced running from north to south, and at the
same time another from south to north, which
lasted about five seconds, leaving in ruin every
dwelling and public ediice in the place. not single
house being left standing, and destroying upwards
OF eight thousand of the population.
The accounts of this dreadful flair are terrible
whole families have been swept into eternity in
instant, and the few who have escaped are lef
homeless, naked and starving. The catastrophe
has thrown gloom over the whole of Chill, al
many OF the leading families of Santiago who hat
| gone to reside there account of their politics
| have persisted. The commercial community of Val
paralso also are likely to suffer heavy losses, as
large trade was carried on between the two places
1t was reported that San Juan, a town of consid
cradle Importance, about 30 leagues from Mendoza
was also destroyed, and that the river leaving it
original bed, had completely inundated the place
pu' TINS, as well as the reported destruction of two
otner towns, requires confirmation
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