Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-09-23

oil A. q. THURMAN,
; AMOS LAYMAN, .I..
8. MEDARY, -.I
Il GEO L. CONVERSE,
i Democratic State Central Com, Of Ohio.
CoLuMBuS, o., Sept. Is, 1868.
.1e IRrom the Dayton Empire. Sept. Ioth.l
Hon. G. L. Vallandigham 10 the Peopl,
... of Ohio.
We have the pleasure Of presenting To th,
people OF Ohio the following letter ADDRESSED
10 them by Hon. c. L. VallandIghsm through
the President of the Democratic Macs Meetlnf
held 10 this city on the 17th inst. The letter
30 characteristic OF its able author, 10 mos
valuable and Interesting document, and will b
read with extreme Rrailhostion BY Democrats
everywhere. Mr.. Vallandigham points out
with signal clearnesss, the dangers impending
over the country, and elbows how important II
is to the Union that the Democratic party
should be restored to power not only In tht
States, but Ia the Federal Government. HI
meets, with overwhelming force, certain wick.
cd MISREPRESENTATION Of himself which are nov
being unsorupulously used by his opponents In
Ohio. We hope that this letter will find place
In the columns of every Republican paper,
that the opponents of Mr.. VallandIgham may
obtain glimpse Of truth:
WINDsuR, CANADA WEsr,
September Is, 1883.
President of the Democratic Mass Meeting, Day
ton, Ohio:
SIR-Complying with the desire of many Of
my Democratic iriends in the city and county
where have 90 many years resided, address
them briefly through you,
| No further warning or ent;eaty from me is
| needed to arouse the people TO the importance
OF the great issue before them, and to the dan
ger which on every side threatens their libartiep
The great popular demonstrations, occurring
every day throughout the State, prove their
zeal and devotion TO the osuse Of Liberty aud
Union, and that they mean that these two shall
in very deed be inseparable. Both these depend
largely upon the issue of the Ohio campaign.
IL that party should succeed, which, upon the
one hand, spplnuds the strocious acts OF Abfa-
ham Lincoln ano his servants, and endorses the
monstEous claim OF absolute power over person
end property not to say life itself set up By him in
, his recent letters to the Albany and COLUMBUS
committees; and on the other, accepts as its
own the whole radical policy, "root and branch" }"
Of Congress and she Executive In the conduct
Of the war, there Is an end to both, In the
North and West every lover Of Constitutional
Liberty looks snxiously to the approaching
elections. In the South, the eyes Of hundreds
| OF thousands, who yet In their hearts love the
\ Union as it was, the Old Union which their
4 fathers and cur fathers made, and would gladly
Gee II restored in peace and with security TO ALI
are turned now in earnest desire for the
triumph Of the Democratic party, as
!, thelR last hope for its restoration.
. Aud the very successes Of the Federal
armies do but render this triumph tho more
!, Important for while, according to M. Lin
I coin, they have not at all broken the strength
, or subdued the spirit Of the Confederates II
srms, they have done much to open the eyei
of the people Of the States still sdhering {,
the Union, to the fact that the policy Of con
cIlIation must at lea,t foi3o1--faT better tha
before any war Il had prscedsd-the policy o.
coercion, Moreover, the recent extrao' dina
Iry events In Mexico have greatly augmented
t6e necessity and importance Of speedily put,
ting into power the party 10 whose hands the
, rights and interests of ell States and sec
lt0ns will be secure. Recognition by Mexico
and France, and eubsequent allSnce between
! them and the Confederate States, are impend-
ling dangers, every hour becoming more inn
minent Napoleon we'll knows, and Joseph
tof Austria also, whom he has enlisted now
|. with him, that II united government Of any
kind be restored here, either "the Union 90 II
wss'' of the Democrats, or "the Union as Il
should be" of the Aboll,ionists---a unity o.
. despotIsm Empire, at least 20 European
Empire would be permitted TO continue II
4 Mexico. Hence he, and oil whom no Gar
persuade or force " th him, will very sceediI,
r recognize the Confederate States, on condi.
4 ilon Of guaranty of the Mexican Empire
i and that by treaty Of alliance offeusiye
and defensive, as did Louis XVI In l77S.-
And thus the leaders Of the Southern reyol,
will be enabled to keep the whole people VIII
. them, encouraged, as they will be, BY thl
powerful support Of the army, the navy ant
!, The credit Of France. The mission Of M
Stephens to Paris clearly points to this result
, Unwlsely and wickedly rejected BY the cou,
: at Washington, where, according 10 Southern
| for peace and settlement" he goes nov Or
special embassy TO the court Of Veroailles
: The disastrous results Of the success Of euci
embassy, either through him or Mr.. Slidell al
# ready there, upon the interests and future peac
0 Of the Northweut, no man can calculate. Then
indeed, along with permanent disruption of Nh
Union, and other numbeTless calamities voul
N the MissIssIppi be eectuslly sealed sgsinst us
!. except upon such terms 90 foreign nations ma
y choose 10 impose; and thus every city an
y toWn upon that great river and its tribuiarie,
r. would begin to fall into decay. Victories Il
The field will not at all tend to re,ard or pre
vent this alliance and lite Fuinous results
II Now, therefore, 10 the accepted time, the yer,
II hour, before the blow be struck, for tho peopl
D of the North and West to rebuke tho radical
and mallgnsnts who control public affairs, an,
prove to the people Of the South that they oar
- return to their allegiance to the Constitution
% and thus to the Union, with all the diguity
T. equality and rights of their several States, un
y IMPAIRED" / repeat that the success of th
Democratic patty in Ohio and the other States
T. will 70 further towarda tllis result than an
= event which can happen within the next ,Welv
u months. Shall the golden moment to aid DOW
l. erfully In the restoration oflthe Union as
10 was, be suffered to pass byl lc.,. s.si
=. Upon another subject allow me now wor,
!, not volunteered, but called out and made an
. . propriate by those who assail me.
The candidate Of the administration par
10 reported to havesspoken recently at Coluu
!. bus in public meeting, in substance as fo
~ lows: .. lss --1 b. eaI
"What will be the effect Of electine N
t. vsllandlgham Governor of Ohio2 / viii d
2 you what the effect Of II will be-. Il will ins
ID gusate civil war in your State. II will bri
m civil war to your own homes, upon the soil