Washington telegraph., 1863-08-26

NJ '' ~, We pun
lish the address of Mir vallandigham to
the people of Ohio. All such addresses
come 20 the people of the South as Gen
Jo- Johnston came to save Vicksbure-
'Too .atep' 1t wonld hav, done before
the sound of hostile gun at Sumter
Now, We think his speeches mislead his
Own people with false hopes. and demor
aiEe tile weaker ones amongst ourselves.
We ital.cise those passages which show
how utterly impossible it is that true
Southern men can sympathise with his
views and plans, Or wish them success.
He has travelled to lite purpose i, the
South after all, if he has oa,v learned
that the people a'e unsubdued
NIAGARA FAILS, CANADA WEsT +,
July 10Th, 1863 |
To the Democracy Of Ohio.
Arrested aud coniued for three weeks
in the United States, prisoner Of State.
banished hence 70 the Confederate Sr,tcs
and there held Is an alien enemy a,d
prisoner of war, though on parole, f,irlv
aud honorably dealt with and given leave
to depart AN act possible only by run
Mug the blockade at the hazard of beinr
fired on By SHIPS flying the hig Of nv
own country,-I found myself first free
man when on British soil Aud TO-DAY
under protection of the British flag. | am
here to enjoy, md in part to exercise, the
privileges ard rights which usurpers II.
soleutly deny me 81 home. The shallow
contrIvauce Of the weak despo at Wash.
ingtJn, aud their advisers, has been de
ieated. Nay, II has been turned against
them; and |, who for two We r. malicned
.. 10 secret league with the Confederates
having refused when in their midst, unde,
circumstances the most favorable, either
to ideotify myself with their cause or even
so much - % remain, preferring rather
exile in foreign land, return now with
allegiance TO my own State and govern
ment, u broken in word, thought or deed
and with every declaration and pledge TO
you while al home, aud before was stolen
away, made good in spirit and TO the very
letter.
Six weeks ago, when just going into
Punishment, because an audacious bu
most cowardly desporism compelled it,
, addressed you as fellow citizen. To-day
and from the very place thep selected b,
: me, but after wearisome aud most perilou
journeyings for more that four thousanC
miles by land and upon the sea-still il
exile, though almost in sight of my native
Stste-l greet you as your representative
Grateful certainly | am for the confdeuc,
in my integrity aud patriotism implied b.
the unanimous nomination as candidst,
, for Governor Of Ohio which you gave ID,
! while | was yet 10 the Confederate States
1t was lot misplaced lit shall never b.
abused. But this is the least of all con
alterations In times like these. | ask nt
personal sympathy for the personal wrong
) No. it is the cause Of constitutional librrt,
aud private right cruelty outraged beyond
example in free country, by the Pre.i
dent and bis servants, which gives pub.
lie signifcany to the action Of your con.
r veniion. Yours was indeed an act ci
justice TO a citizen who for his devotion
,, to tie rights of the States and the liber
ties of the people, had been marked for
! destruction by the hand Of arbitrary power.
But it was much more. Ii was an act Of
courage worthy Of the heroic ages Of the
world; aud 1t was spectacle and rebuke
to the usnrping tyrsnts who, having brok-
en- up the Union. would uow strike down
the constitution, srbVert your present gov
and ao,,bl;,h IL
claimed d,spotism in its stead You are
the Restorers and Deten ders II Constbu-
fionak Liberty, and by that proud title
history will salute you.
4 icongratuiate go" upon your nomind-
tions. They whom you har placed
upon the ticket ,eih We are gen1emen Of
character, inegrity, abiluy, and cf tied
fdetity 10 the constitution. The Union, end
10 liberty. Their moral and political
coursge-a quality almost rare, aud now
the most valuable Of public virtues, Is be
yond question. Every way all these
were nominations fit to be made. And
even jealousy, l am sure, will now De
hushed, if l especially join with you IN
the nomination of MIR. Puch as your
Lieut. Governor aud President OF the
Senate. A scholar and gentleman, q
soldier in a foreign war, and always pa
,riot; eminent as a lawyer, aud disiln-
guished as an orator and statesman, 1
hail his accepta nee as an omen of the re-
turn Of the better and more vlrtuous days
Of the Republic.
1 endorse your noble plattorm-elegant
in style; admirable in seOtiment. lou
present the true issue, and commit your
selves to the great mission just now Of the
democratic par'y-io restore ana make
sure first the rights and liberties declared
yours by your constitutions. 1t Is In vain
to invite The States and people OF the
South to return to Union without con-
stitution, and dishonored and polluted BY
repeated and most aggrn waited extortlons
of tyrannic power. 1t is base 10 your
selves, and treasonabIe to your posterity,
to surrender these liberties and rights TO
the creatures whom your own breath ere
ated aud can destroy Shall there be free
speech, free press, peaceable assemblages
Of the people, aud free ballot any Ion ger
10 Ohio? Shall the people hereafter, as
hitherto, have the right to discuss and
cordemn the principles aud policy Of the
party-the mioisrry-the men who, for