True Democrat., 1863-03-18
vallandigham's Speech-its Reception by


 The power and ability of MT. Vallandigham's speech is as generally acknowledged at the North in the South by his opponents as well as friends. We cut the following notice of it's delivery in Con gress, and the manner in which it was received l, from the Washington correspondence of the Gin cinnat Gazette. It comes from bitter and mall ;gnalt opponent of Mir. ", but freely comedies the ability and power of the speech:
 vALLASproHAM's SPEECH.
 Finally the flow of motion ceases the speaker announces the resolutions of the gentleman from Pennsy lvania under consideration, and the gen. teman from Ohio entitled to the floor and Mir Vallandigham arises, leaves bis usual seat on the extreme left and moves over to nenr the center of the opposition benches.
 There is a little futter in the hall This mat ter may require attention; 1t is we'll enough to lay aside the unfinished letters to constituents and drafts of new bills, and listen little while The wonderful old man from Pennsylvania, who, at seventy years of age, retains all the fire and vigor of his earlier manhood and, with the aid of a snuff coored wig, makes everybody think him only fifty, still the mperious and sometimes the wrong-header leaded of the house faces about to the opposition side, himself back in his chair and grimly eyes the member on the flour. Portly and good Lovejoy bristles up, hitches his chair forward, and raises his hand to his ear to catch the opening sentences. Gray headed, grabbed faced, rufe shrted Wickliffe rears aloft his huge hulks of once noble Kentucky proportions, and, with the aid of crutch and cane, hobbies his gouy way down the aisle, and seats himself just under his friend, the orators extended hand the better to catch the droppings from this sanctuary of demo- cracy. Pure and undetiled Colfax, with an atten- ton to the business before the house that is never at fault, turns sharp and quick in his chair to lis ten. The chairman of the military committed black whiskered Oln, of New York, walks down the aisle to the clerk desk and take position to hear distinctly. There is general rising and turning on the democratic and border State side to get more favorable positions. The ladies on the front aests in the galleries lean over to catch a better view of the ogre from Ohio. Tie hitherto sleepy-looking occupants of the reporter's gallery shake oil their indifference, exchange hurried re marks with each other, lean over to notice how ha opens
 For this speech has been talked about and oy pected long time. It Is known t6.have been ela borated with unusual care, to have been consulted over, changed and rewritten. Days, if not weeks ago, becomes known by accident, it was printed. and then committed to memory from the proof. slips. It is to be the deliberate, well-considercd utterance for Southern rebels by the ablest and boldest spokesman of their Northern allies, on the floor of the national Congress, and in the very teet Of the loyal representatives of the natiOn All this is known, and yet there no manifestation of other than close and respectful attention.
 The features of our Ohio rebel, too well known at home 10 need description, with the usual ex presson of the face, the strange contorions as h. speaks. the unpleasant conspicuous pieces of golc in his front teeth, painfully suggesting too close dependence on the metal that often works wondsar changes of intellectual convictions the close crop ped wbiskers under the jaws, as if his neck onll seemed to himself to need protection, not his fact -these marked, and let us only say not attracty, features are studied with curious interest as hi begins.
 For this man is the hero of our Northern reb