The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-06-19
THE NONEsNEES OF THE DEM.
OCRATBC STATE con-
VENTEON.

We insert In the appropriate place IN
our columns this morning the ticket NOM
iuated by the Democracy of Ohio and
ether conservative men who cooperate
with them in the present grand and all
absorbing contest for the various offices
to lie filed by election Of the people on
the second Tuesday of October next.
The nominee for Governor, CLEMENT
L. VALLANDIoHAM, is we'll known in the
State, and has been distinguished in the
past two years as the most shamefully
abused and prosecuted man within the
limits of Ohio. He has, it Is true, never
been charged with improprieties in his
private life, nor with the least semblance
Of corruption In his public career but
in these respects, is admitted by his bit.
tcrest opponents to be an honest and an
upriget man. His talents are conceded
to be Of high order, and bis ability to
defehd his position with reason and ar
gument, is admitted by friend and foe.
On oil the old party issues Of past times,
Mr.. Vallandigham has occupied con.
servative and consistent course, eminent.
ly becoming an upright and honest Dem.
ocrat. Since the inception Of our pres
ent troubles, whereby our country has
become distracted and is bleeding ut ev'
cry pore, Mr., Vallandigham has held
and, on oil proper occasions, has ex-
pressed the opinion that war was not the
best course to compose our troubles, and
in fact doubted whether we could cru'h
the rebellion and restore the Union by
force ofarms. For thus expressing him
self at Mt. Vernon in public speech
and criticsing the acts Of our Federal
Administration, as was the right of a
freeman to do, be was, by order Of Gen.
Burnside, arrested, tried by o military
commission, found guilty, and sentenced
to Imprisonment during the war, which
sentence was modified by President Lin.
coin for Punishment beyond the lines Of
our army. This Infamous and outrage.
ous conduct, in violation Of the Consti'
tuition, law aud all the safeguards of lib.
erty, at ouce aroused the Democratic
people of Ohio in his behalf, and they
have resolved to rebuke the outrage on
personal liberty and civil rights, by the
nomination Of Mr.. Vallandigham for
Governor Of Ohio, apd to follow up the
nomination by an election, thus making
the rejected stone the head Of the corner.
Had the President Of the United States
and Gen Burnside been in Columbus on
yesterday, they could naveyseen che eff
feet that their violation of Constitution
Of law and the rights Of the citizen, il
the arrest Of Mr.. VallaDdigham, has had
on the true, sincere and patriotic Unior
men Of Ohio. Every allusion to theil
odious military orders, and mole odiou'
conduct under them, met with the mos
contemptuous response from the people
from the people who felt that by then
oil that was dear to freemen was put il
jeopardy. The nomination Of Mr.. Val
landigham was designed by the CouVen
ton, and does put to the people Of 0hic
the sqaare issue, whether we live unde
o government of law, in which freedom
of opinion and the right to criticise tn
civil or military conduct Of our servant
is tolerated, or, instead thereof, whethe
Mr.. Lincoln is despot, and his subor
dinates his instruments to crush out tn
last yestige Of personal liberty. Al
who are for despotism should Vot
against Mr. Vallandigham--all in favo
of free speech, trial by jury, hGbeas cor
pus and all the safeguards of liJert
which our fathers transmitted and hand
ed down to US, should vote for Mr.. yd
Iandighan. 4
The nominee for Lieutenant GovernO
GEO. E. PUoH, is a gentleman in rel
-sap to whom 1t would be an oct Of s.
and e~r