Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-04-09


that paper very much qualifying its 6rst ut.
Mr. GUNcKEL-Quite possible. A very
great reaction has been going on in your
party within the past few weeks. -,
And now i win read from the Ohio Ea.
gle: l
And we happy in the belief-mieh, .sv po,i;iv.
knowiedge-ihst the Democracy sre unitcdly Tor lin
vallandigham.l There may YEr be few weak -knssd
Osios things cnging TO the skirts Of the Democratic
ham. For these we do NOD speak We tarn ali such
over 10 The lannon's LErrEs wRTEH, Jeweiln
Mr.. FfNcK stated that in his Congress
sonal district three Of the Democratic pa
pers were for Vallandigham and three for
Jewett.
Mr.. GUNcKEL-That may be. but they
all indorse Vsllandigham as patriot and
sound to the core as Democrat, although
as matter Of policy they may prefer some
one else as a candidate for Governor.
Does any other Senator on the opposition
side deny my statement, f so / will read from
his own organ similar extracts, for | ain
to make good my statement But
unless the proof be called for, | shall not
dctaln the Senate4oDger than to read one
more extract. read from the Ohio
Statesman an article copied from the Cincin
natl Enquirer:
AS II SHorLD Bz We undersand that very f,;end.
y correspondence has passed between Hon HUH J.
Jewer and Hon G l. yalandizham in which bot6 ex.
press strong desire that the harmony and good
feeling shall prevail between Them aud ,heir f,;snds
That is as il should be- When consiu,ion,i Iite,v nd
individual freedom and Stale rights in peril Demo
cra- should not allow any personal consd or
bygones to stand in the way OF cordial union OF sc,ion
10 preserve what nlone dign-s preserves and n.rnetn
aes the independence and MANHOOD Of the Aneric an
cttiZen.r '~"''
SO it seems, j has merely been ''per.
sonot d,Biculty' between Jewett and Val
landlgham, and even that has now been
"amicably adjusted, " and hereafter we are
to have the utmost harmony and good
feeling between them and their friends =
Loyal Democrats all over the State. who
have been fayoring Jewett, have in their
innocence supposed there were radical polit.
ical differences Of opinion between him and
Vallandigham, but it turns out to have been
merely personal difficulty" We are to
presume that they agree politically, and
that MIR. Jewett, like Senators here, will
cheerfully support Vallandigham, when
nominated (as believe he will bel by their
State Convention for Governor.
THE vALLANDIGHAM PLATFORM.
L have thus shown, beyond all contro.
versy, that the leaders Of the straight Dem
ocratic party of Ohio endorse Vallandig-
ham and his doctrines. They stand un-
mistakably on the Yallandgham platform.
And now, what is that platform ? What
are the doctrines of this man, whom the
leaders wish the honest, loyal Democrats OF
Ohio to endorse? Let his speeches and
votes answer. On the I'd November, 1860
before any State had seceded) in speech
in Cooper Institute, he said:
III any Of the States Of this Union shoule
nj any time. secede-for of the sucieucy anc
justice OF which, before God and the great tribunal o
history they alone may Iudge-nuch as should deplor,
1t, NEVER wouLD. As REPHEsEErArvE THE CoxoRrs.
OF THE UNITED STATES VOTE DOLLAR OF NONE,
WHEREBY ONE DROP OF AMERICAN BLOOD SHOULD BE suEI
IN CIVIL WAR"
He was true to his word he nerer did
rote man or dollar! In his late speech
in the House of Representatives, he says
u did not support the war ;.and to-day bless God
una. ot The smell oi SO much us one drop of It's blood
upon my garnen,s.n
And yet it has been claimed here tha
the Democratic party would support tn,
war, if it were still conducted in a constitu
tlonal way. Vallandigham declared agains
the war, not only before the suspension o
the writ OF hdbeas corpus and the issuing o
the Emancipation Proclamation. but befor
the toar hadyet begun! But to remove al
doubt on this point, refer Senators to tn,
following resolution offered by Mr.. Adrian
on the 7th Of January, 1861 /:
~REsoLvEp. That we fully approve Of the bold an
patriotic OF Major Anderson in vithtra wing fro,
Fort Moute 10 Fort Sumter, aud of the dete rminao
oi the President to sustain that fearless officer in hi
present position, ard that will suppor the Preside,
in all constitutional measures to enforce the laws an
preserve the Gnion.n .
Mark the language, Shat ace ,ciU suppor
the President in all constitutional measure
to enforce the la,cs and preserue the Union. ;
Just what our friends say the Democrat
have been and still are willing to do. Ye
on the question of adopting that resolution
| Vallandigham voted NO.
Mr.. KENNEY-How did the Republican
vote on that resolution?
Mr.. GUNCKELcThey voted for it-upap
imously. Indeed Vallandigham was th
only man Of the Ohio delegation who vote,
against it, and one of only four member
from the entire North who were mea
enough to vote the same way. And ye
Senators who so loudly assert their willing
ness to prosecute the wa in constitutions
way, are willing to endorse Vallandigha,
by voting for him for Governor
But let us look little further into hi
record. In his l4th January speech, h
says, "and now, sir, Twill not ask whetht
the Northwest can consent to separation
from the South. Never Nature forbids.
How do you reconcile that with his letter
Rev. Sabin Hougb, in which he says, "Br
all is over now. II is too late for anythin
: bM pedcedbte separation. And how tn,
with this further extract from his l4t
.IaDuarv spapch