The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-07-15

Legislature from Columbana county
After his removal to Dayton, he wal
elected to Congress, and for six con
secutive years represented his Distric
to the acceptance of his constituents
and would have been their member
now, if he had not been gerrymander
ed out Of his office by one of the bases
and meanest partisan apportionment.
on record. .'A' - .'.@
His Legislative and Congressional
life is unblemished by the suspicion ot
corruption. The record is public
The scoundrel lobbyist never dared tc
approach Clement i. Vallandigham
with bribe for his vote or for his in.
fuence. The evilest and most aban,
doned of all his foes, has never yet
questioned the integrity of his politi-
cal character. t... .., ...
On the 11th day of June, of the
present year, the largest Convention
that ever met in Ohio--a Convention
Mich embodied as much intellect, as
much patriotism, as much personal
worth, as ever assembled anywhere,
gave him by acclamation he nomina-
tion for Governor of this great and no.
ble State.
This is the man-now eXlled by
the brute force Of Despotism-whom
the Democratic party are defending
against the charge of TREASON.
Who makes the charge of Treason
against Mr.. Vallandigham? 1t is i'm
portant to know WHO his accusers are,
and what are their MOTIVES, in order
that we may determine the degree of
credibility to which they arc entitled.
1t is not the Republican on his farm
not the Republican in his workshop
not the mass of Republican voters
anywhere-who originated the accu-
sation. Many of them repeat it, but
they are not its authors. Neither is
it the gallant soldiers, who, at thirteen
dollars per month, enlisted to uphold
the old flag, and maintain the Consti~
tuition over a united confederacy.--
They did not beget this SANDER. Who,
then, are its originators? We answer:
The vampires, who are sucking the
life blood of the people; the usurpers,
who are pervertipg the war, from it's
legitimate and justitiable purpose Of
putting down rebellion in the South, to
a crusade of destruction against the
constitutional liberties of the North.
THEY are the men who stigmatize this
glorious defender of American Liberty
and Fratcrnal Union, as a Traitor to
his country. 1t is the shoddy contrac
tor, and the vile scoundrels whom
shoddy contractors can bribc with
their ill-gotten wealth; it is Provost
Marshals and Draft Commissioners; it
is brutes with straps on their shoul-
ders; it is men who live in ease and af-
flucnce which they could not command
in time of peace, but of which they
are assured so long as the war shall
last; men who do not want the war to
cease on any terms, but wish it to en-
dure indefinitely. These are the men
who stigmatize this fellow>citizen Of
ours--this man whose private life and
public record are unblemished and
pure as man can boast-as Traitor.
These are the men who sent detach-
mcnt Of sixty soldiers, in the night
season, to break down the doors of
his house, like burglars, and drag him
from his home, his wife and little boy,
in defiance of the most sacred rights of
American citizenship, and send him
into exile. e... ......
The MOTIVES OF Mr.. Vallandig-
ham enemies are so palpable as hard
" to need specification. If Mr.. Val
landigham is sustained by the people,
and if his policy prevails, there will be
a speedy end to shoddy contractors,
and old musket speculations; there
will be no longer need for Provost
Marshals and Draft Commissio., ,ers;
the stars and the straps will come off
of Generals, and Colonels and Majors,
and Captains, and Lieutenonts, and
they will be sent back to their trades
and callings, to earn their living, as
honest men do, by the sweat Of their
brows. Their motives for seeking to
destroy Mr.. Vallandigham are SO
plain, that none can fail to understand
them.
Here then is this accused and most
cruelty punished man, with a private
character above reproach, a public ca
reer unblemished by corruption, en-
dorsed as a statesman and patriot by
$4,000 freemen of Ohio, charged with
no offense by the masses Of his coun-
trymen of either party, but stigmati-
zed as traitor by contractors, whose
very name is ssynonomous with yillainy;
maligned by men who have been sub
sidized by the money of these swim
dlers; accused by Provost Marshals,
and Draft Commissioners, and Gener-
ais and Colonels, and Captains and
Lieutenants, whose position and emol-
umcnts, and exemption from honest
toll, all prompt them to calumniate and
ruin him.
We enquire Of these infamous Will
fers, Upon what grounds do you ac-
cuse this man of treason--of cnmity
to the country" The only reply we
receive, is cLAMoR, still louder and
more vehement: ale is a traitor! a
copnerheadi n sympathizer with seces.