The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-07-31
GREAT SPEECH OF
HON. G.. L. VALLANDiGHAM,
Made at the Democratic State Convention cf
Ohio. on tie 4th day of July. 1862.

Made at the Democratic State Convention qt
Ohio. on the 4th day cf Ju7y. 1862.
Following the reading and adoption of the
resolutions, loud and continuous calls were
m ade for Mr.. Valianiigham; and when he
ascended the platform he was greeted with
rapturous cheers. He spoke follows:
Mr. President. and fellow Democrats ofthe
State OF Ohio; am obliged again to regret
that the lateness of the hour precludes me
from addressing Won, either in the manner or
upon the parti, ular sui jects which otherwise
should prefer. This l. nv m isforiune again
to-day as last light; but Spea 'ng thus with
ont premeditation, and upon such m atters
chiefly a. NAV occur tn me at the nom ent .
if should happen to get fairly under head
way. it NAV turn out to be your misfortune.
lLaughter
congratulate the Democracy OfOhio. that
in the midst of great public trial and cal i'n
itv, of persecution for devotion to the doc
trines of the fathers who laid deep aud strong
the foundations Of the Constitution aud he
Uuion under which this country has grown
great aud been pro- -perou>-the fathers. by
whose principles one and all. the party TO
which we are proud to belong has ALWAYS
been guided-to- day we have asSen bled in
numbers greater than at any former Cpnven
ton in Ohio. I cor gratulate you tn de-
pie the threats which have been uttered,
and the denunciatOns which have been
poured out upoE that lime honored ard most
atriotic Organization, ,peaceablg and N qu'ei,
" ith enih usiasm aud earnestnesS OF purpose,
we are here met, and in harmony, which Is
the secret Of strength and the harbiUger 81
success, have discharged the du'ies for wh ch
we were called together. There VAS time
when it MAS questionable il in free America
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liberties tor more than eighty years. party
to which this country is indebted for all tha;
Is great aud good and grand aud glorious
would have been permitted peaceahly to a.
semble 10 exercise its political rights and
perform its political functions. Threats
have even been made in times more recent,
that this most essential of all political rights,
secured to us by the precious bi"oi OF our
fathers in seven years revolutionary war,
sh ould no longer be enjOved The Demo-
Gratis of our noble sister State OF Indiana,
second born daughter of the Northwest,
have been rnenaced within the last ten day,
with a military organization and the Iayonet,
to put down their party. l hold In my mana
a telegraphic dispatch from the capital oi
that State, bosstir9 Of this infamous purpose
! will read it, gentlemen; because Know
that tn same dasiardlv menaces have been
n
and because l am here to-day to reb"ke
them as tecomes a frecborn man who is re-
solved to PERISH Great applause-ln the
midst o. which the rest Of the sentence was
lest.
Some months ago. a Democratic State
Convention was held in Indiana. IL was
Convention of the party founded by Thomas
Jefferson, and built up by NJ adison and a
Monroe. and consolidated by an Andrew
jackson [applause Ia party under whose
principles and policy from thirteen States
we have grown to thirty-foCr, for thirty tour
there were, true and loyal to the Union be-
fore the Presidential election OF lo0O-a
party under whose wise and liberal policy
the course of empire westward did take lis
way, uutil the symbol of American power
the stars and stripes-waved proudly from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, over the breadth
of whole contineut-a party which, by
peace aud mpromiSe, and through harmony
and wisdom and sound policy, brought us ur
from feeble and impoverished colonies.
struggling in the midst OF defeat and disaster
in the war Of the Revolution. to a mighty
empire. foremost among the powers oi the
earth, the foundations OF whose greatness
were laid g., broad and firm, in that noble Con =
stitution and that grand old Uulon when
the Democratic party has ever maintained
and defended The Democratic party, with
such principles and such history and re-
cord to point to- held a State Convention in
pursuance Of its usages for mDre than thirty
years, and under the rights secured by a
State and Federal Constitution older still. in
the capitol of the State of Indiana. And yet,
referring to this party and its Convention,
the CORES poudent of a disloval and pestilent
but Influential newspaper in the chief city of
Ohio, dared to send over the te'eErap'c
wires wires wholly under the military con-
troll of the administration, which permits
nothing so be transmitted not acceptable to
its ceusors. dispatch in these words:
.The fellows are frightened, evidently not
without cause"
Well, gentlemen, l know not how far
Democrats OF Indiana may be frightened
and a nober and more fearless body OF men
never lived-but see thousands OF Demo
Gratis before me TO whom fear and repronc n
are alike unknown. Frightened at what?-
Frightened by whom? We are made OF
s.erper stuff.
"The militia OF the State" he adds, "will