The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-07-24

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Vallandighe ms Address to the People
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NrAaaRs FAILS. 0nNADA wssr,1c
.1~oJuly 18th, 1S63.s5 for {ml
Arrested aud confined for three
weeks in The United States, prison Z
er of State; banished thence to The
Confederate States, and there held Nc
an alien enemy and prisoner Of war,
though on parole, fairly and honorso.
bly, dealt with and given leave to de-.
part, ON act possiMeionly by running.
the blockade at the hazard of being
fred upon by ships flying the flag of
my own country, found myself first
q ireemen when on British soil. And
to-day, under tho protection of the
British flag, aim here to enjoy and
in part to exercise the privileges and
rights which usurpers insolently deny
me at home. The shallow contrivanee
of the weak despots at Washington
and their advisers, has been defeated.
Nay, it has been turned against them;
and /, who for two years wssmalign-
cd ne in secret league with the Con.
fcderatcs, having refused when in their
midst, under circumstances the most
favorable, either TO identify myself
with their cause or even 80 much as 10
remain, preferring rather exile in
foreign land. return now with alfegi.
ance to my own State and Govern
n'ont, ur,i,rtlson la ,-,ard, thought or
doed, and with every declaration and
pledge 10 you while at home, and be-
fore / was stolen away, made good in
spirit and 60 The very letter. "a,
Six weeks ago, when just going In
70 hanishmcnt, because an audacious
lut most cowardly despotism caused
it, ! addressed You as fellow citizen.
To-day, and from the very place then
eelectcd by me, but after wearisoms
aud most perilous jouIncyings for
mere than four thousand miles by
land and upon the sea; still in exile,
though almost in SIGHT of Iny native
State, greet you Gs your represent
etive Grateful certainly i am, for
the confidence in my integrity and
patriotism, implied 10y the unanimous
nomination rs candidate for Governor
Of Ohio, which YOU gave me while I
was yet in the Confederate States
1t was not misplaced; it shall never
10 abused RutthiS - tho lcst Of all
considerations in times like these. ]
ask no personal sympathy for the per-
sogal wrong. No; it is the cause Of
constitutional lihesty and private right
cruolly outraged beyond example in
free country, by the President and
his servants, which gives public sig.
nifcancy to the action ofyour Conven-
ton. Yours was, indeed, an act Of
justice 10 q citizen who, for Lis devo.
ton TO the rights Of the States and
the liherties Of the people, had been
marked for destruction by the hand
of arbitrary power. But it was much
more. ltwas IN example of courage
worthy of the heroic ages Of the world;
and it WAS n spectacle and rebuke 10
the usurping tyrants who, having
broken up the Union, would now
strike down the Constitution, subvert
your present Government and estab.
lish q formal md proclaimed despot-
ism in its etGad. You ore the REsToR.
rEs AND DErENprEs OF CONSTITUTION
AL LIgInrT, and hy that proud title
history viii salute you.
! congratulate yon upon your NOM
nations, They whom you have placed
upon the ticket with me are gentle
men ofcharactor, ability, integrity and
tiled 1idelty to the Constitution, the
Union, and TO liberty. Their moral
and political courage---n qnality al
ways rare, and now the most valuable
ofpublic yirtuos---is beyond question.
Every way; all these were nomina.
ticns ct to lie made. And even jeal-
ousy, am sure, will lnow be hushed;
il l especially rejoice with you in the
. nation OF Mr.. Fueh as your can
, Gidatc for Lieutenant Governor and
President Of The Senate. A scholar
and n gentlemen, q soldier ia a for.
, eign war, and always patriot; emit
nent as q lawyer, and distinguished
a 20 on orator ana statssman, l hail his
acceptance 80 an omcn of the return
= Va 'iN NA'Na tuN -hOA z NlituOub IVY
, Of the Republic. - fa
; Endorse yonr noble platfofm--ele-
p CANT in style; admirable in septiment.
/ You present the true issue, and COM
nit yourselfto tie great mission just
, now Of the Democratic party--to re-
, store and make sure inst the rights
E and liberties. declared yours by
. your cousttutitiorg o
. Il is vain to invite the States and
eople Of the South to return to n
Union without q Constitution, and
q dishonored and pollctcd ty repeated
and most agraydtcd exactions OF ty-
rGNic power, lite base in yourselves,
+, cud T. reasonable to your rosterity, to
! surrender these l.Ger,ies and rights TO
. the creatures whom your own breath
crested end can destroy. Shall there
lie nee speech, free press, peaceable
2sscmblgge Of the people and a free
ballot Gpy longer in Chic? SHALL the
I people hereafter, as hitherto, have
I lie light to discuss and condemn tile
9 principles aEd oiicy Of the party
tie uiListlJ--thc men, who, Ior the
tine, conduct the Govelnment--to
J demand OF their pubic, servants a
: reckoning Of tl-eir etcwordship. cnd
e 10 place OtAcr men and another party