Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-10-25
MIR. wall OF New Jersey ON val-
tamdfgham's Defeat.

-BURLISoroE, 0os. l6, 1862.
To he Editor Of the World e
Sra: I noticed with sincere regret in your
leader Of this morning the following most un-
Just allusiou TO Mr.. Vallandigharn,
"Vallandigham is defeated by his personal
unpopuiarity and secession sympathies. Any
other Democratic candidate would have carried
the district"
l cannot believe that you would intention-
ally do this distinguished gentleman injustice.
The district which Mr.. Vallandigham former
y represented has been most infamousy ger
rymandered. The same trick which you
justly condemn in the case Of Col Biddles
District has been resorted to in the case of
Mr.. VS., only they have played Il, if anything,
stronger. II am correctly informed, at the
last session Of the Ohio Legislature over
three thousand Republican votes were trans
ferred bodily to his District for the purpose,
as was avowed, Of preventing his return to
Congress- Besides all this, resort was had TO
the base means that corruption and misrep-
resentation understand so well how TO WELD.
You are also in error in reference TO his
unpopularity There is no public man in the
State OF Ohio who wields the personal n6u.
euce and has stronger hold upon the pop
ular heart than the fearless, incorruptible and
talented representative from the Dayton dis
trict Knowing him as do, and the fierce,
malignant opposition against which he has
had to contend, led on by the remorseless
energies Of fanaticism, may say, as was said
Of Hector, Isl PergemG dertra detendi
possent, etiant hac detsnsG fuisseHt" But
Hector's arm was not strong enough TO save
the city. .sfI 4.i 11n-sas Isf.
As to his secession sympathies. The time,
IL = A.
fierce awakening Of the popular mind from
its drugged slumbers, when all these stereo.
typed phrases and senseless jargoR Of a crazy
fanaticism should be put aside, especially by
journal that is characterized by common
sense and deeeney--no mean praise in this
degenerate day, There is no more patriotic
heart beats in any.man's bosom, than his. No
man, either in Congress or out of it, has ex-
hibited more wisdom and remar kable forecast
in reference to this war and its results No
man has been q more disinterested devotee
himself to his country's best interests, and
labored more assiduously TO stay the disas rous
| legislation of the last Congress- whichihe de
clared was pregnant with manifold mischief TO
the country. He rebuked the Beotean stup-
idity of the governing Influences in the last
Congress, and by his scathing exposures OF
the corruption and profigacy winked at and
encouraged by the same interests, brought
upon himself its fierce resentment, Any man
familiar with his speeches will be struck with
the prophetic sagacity they manifest He saw
"the end from the beginning" and preIicted
the present ruined, disastrous condition Of the
country. We want more such men as Vallan-
dgham in the councils Of nation. Had there
been more such men there as Vallandgham,
Pendleten, Voorhees, Cox; Biddle, and others
that might be named the country at this hour
would not be hawked and torn to pieces By
civil war. dg, Yours respectfully, rlE
- JAMES w WALL