The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-06-19
hon. Element Z. Vnllandieham.

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While the Disunionist Abolition
pressi assailing the Hon. Clement
i. Vallandigham with great vio-
.len.e, and calling him every hard
name which devilish ingenuity can
invent, and doing all they possibly
can TO hold him up to opprobrium
and hatred, the real Union men
regard him in a very different
light. The Louisville Democrat,
the well known organ ofthe Union
men of Kentucky, is disgusted with
the crusade against Mr.. ", and
expresses itself thus. 1t says:
"We do not see ourselves what
disloyal conduct Vallandigham has
been guilty of to justify the treat
ment he receives in certain quar-
tiers. Certainly Uiion men of the
Border States should not allow
their prejudices to be excited by
il%l.natured p%artisans.
Vallandigham has voted uni,
formly with Kentucky in this Cor
gress. His constituents have proved
their loyalty by filling the ranks of
the army and has lie not given
his word and his influence against
this treason South What is the
matter There is a good deal the
mattere Vallandigham hates Alb
olitionism. He considers it a re
bellion no better thanthi Southern
rebellion, and he speaks bitterly of
that faction which, in his estima-
ton, gives vitality to this Southern
rebellion.
Recollect, Unioh men of the
Border States, when you read this
abuse Of Vallandigham, that his
voice and his votes are on our side
firmly and persistently. He does
not believe in some of the Adolf
ton projects to put down this
rebellion; he doesn't belong tc
their party ; that's the trouble.
We have read a great deal Of
these slurs upon Vallandigham.-
Before we tolerate them, we would
like to see some reason for then.
founded on justice"
The truth is, the enemies of Mr.
Vallandigham have carried theil
opposition to that point of perse'
cution which has produced a great
reaction in his favor. The people
are beginning to see that he il
abused for no good cause, and thai
partisan malignancy Is at the bot
tom of it. The assailants, by theiI
extravaganza and violence, have
overdone the business, and, like
gun too heavily loaded, have kicked
its possessor over.
To show how little truth there
is in the charge that Mr.. Vallan
digham is opposed to the Union
we republish the following extrac
from some remarks OF his agains
the abolition of slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia. He said:
Had l no other one, | am op
posed to it, because l regard al
this class of legislation as tendin!
to prevent a restoration of tn
union of the States as it was, ant
that is the grand object to whicI
| look. l know well that IN
; very little while the question wi
be between the old Union of thes
States-the Union as our father
made it-and some new one, c
: some new unity of government, c
r eternal experimentation. I
both these latter | am unalterabl
!, and Internationally opposed. !
q is in the restoration of the Uniol
as it was in 1889, and continue
for owe seventy years, that l al
q bound to the last hour of my pr
litical existence, if it be within tt
n limits of possibility to restore an
maintain that Union"
Probably not one OF Mr.. Vallal
:, digham's assailants will ever cor
this speech, but will continue
charge that he is in favor Of II
dissolution of the Union.-G
u Enc.