Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-11-21
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Upon no man's head, North, South, East
or West, has fallen more filthy abuse than
that Of Clement 4 Vallandighham Every
Abolition thiefe head has waqged at him,
and every Abolition toneue has reviled him,
The 6oodgates Of falsehood have been opened
upon him, and oceans Of villiheation' have
been poured upon him We faitto recollect
. single instance where any man, public
or private, has received the mountains of
detFaction and abuse that he has. His ene.
mics haYe literally piled upon him "Ossa,n
apoR PeifoR T" No charge was too base for
them topublish, and none too absurd for
them to make. With 6endish malignity
unparalleled in civilized annals, the Aboi-
tioniats have lied upon him, at him, and
against him, until the father OF lies, himself
no doubt, made the vaults Of hell echo with
their praise ,aa.a sH lsl0
At one time they swore that he had turned
his aged mother out Of house and home, and
forced her TO seek relief in a county poor
house At another the Administration iele
graph flashed the news from Maine TO Califor.
mia that he had made violent secession
speech in Congress, but took good care to
never repeatia a 9yllable OF ~ To-day, he was
reported to be in Richmond, Virginia, corfdb.
ing with rebel authorities, and Tomorrow
somebody would swear he was in Kentucky
making speeches In behalf Of secession In
fact, according 10 his enemies, nothing was
too mean for him to do, nothing mean he had
not doas, and he was here, there, and every
where, playing the devil generally and doing
treason particularly.
| In point Of fact, however, Mr.. Vallandig4
ham is not the base migrate his enemies rep.
resented. He was never in Riehmand con
fAbing with JEFF Davis, nor in Kentucky making
secession speeches, nor anywhere else save
where he had perfect right to be; and more,
he is not ubiquitous, and was never in but
one place at time
Generally when Congress was in session in
Washington, he was in the proper place de-
Tending the rights of the people against the
encroachments of agrowing tyranny. Here
he was quick TO detect the corruptions of Alb
loltionism, aud manifested heroic bodness
tin his Onslaughts upon it When other men
good true men--had quailed before the
iron CRATES with which Abraham Lincoln, the
despot, threatened them, Clement l.. Val
lisn5issam stood forth boldly and heroically as
the champion Of the people, and cast defiance
into the very teeth Of the Administration. -
Threats and intimidation fell harmless at his
feet. Before him, power, sulen and brow
beaten, skunk away, and in cducns sought Ia
} do that by gerrymandering, what ropes and
, and bastiles had failed to perform.
, Notwithstanding the result Of the late elec
} ton, Clement L. Vallandgham looms up the
true conqueror. Endorsed in his old District
by a majority Of seven hundred votes, his
; was a true victory While the Vaccinations
Of evil men can keep him out Of Congress
no power on earth can keep him out Of the
hearts of the people To-day he is a tower
Of strength, and more men shout over hi,
name than over any other. i."
, Let Ohio cherish her valiant son. Let hei
Democracy see to it that he fares we'll at theii
3 hands His eloquence, his heroism, his low,
Of liberty and pure patriotism deserve th'
Franklin (Ind.) Herald ''i ''.' sa't a'