, 1863-07-21
HON CT L.TALLANDTG @A7l'S
ADDRESS TO TE1E PEOPLE
nFC II
he Accepts the NomInation for Gov-
cruor, and Defiuts his Position,
NIAGARA FALLS, CANADA Wx.r.)

even 20 much as to remnin, f3) preferrina
Tather exile In foreign land, return now With
allegiance to my own State and government,
u1'broken in word. thought OF deed, and with
every declaration and pledge to you Wills at
tome, aid before was stolen away, made
good in spirit aud to the very letter.
Six weeks ago, when just going into ban.
tsbment because an audacious but most COW
ardly despotism (4) caused 1t, addressed you
as fe3iow'citizen. To-Day, and from the
wea1feome and most perilous journeyings for
more than four thousand miles by land and
upon the sea still In exile though almost In
sight Of my native State, greet you us your
refenta.ive. Grateful certainly I am tor
The dendenfe ;@niea n ny integrity and
% %nanipa}|on Rsa as canaiaate nj nneRtr faf
Governor Of OHIO. which you gave me while
wns get In the Confederate States. It was
not nisplaeed; It shall meyer be nbused. But
this is the last Of all considerations in times
like these. I nsk no personal sympathy for
Constitutional liberty and private right,
c!uclly outraged beyond example in free
county, BY the President and his servants,
which gives public significance to the action
If our convention. Yours was, indeed, an
act Of justice to citizen who for his devotion
to Il rights Of the States and the liberties Of
the people, had been marked for destruction
By the hand Of "a, ,blt.ary power. .t5} But 1t
was much more. It Vas an example of cour-
age worthy Of the heroic ages Of The world;
aud 1t was spectacle and rebuEe to the
usurpipg tyrants who, haytDg broken up the
Union, would now strike down the constitu-
lion, subyert your present Government and
in its ttead. You are the restorcrs and de-
finders Of constitutional liberty, aud By tl,at
proud title history will salute Fou.
] congratulate you upon your nominations.
They whom you hare PLACED u+on the ticket
with ME, ate gentlemen Of character, ability,
integrity add tried fidelity to the Constitu-
tion, the Union and to liberty: Their moral
and now the most valuable Of public virtues
lis beson question. Every way, all these,
we're nominations fit to be made, Aud egen
jealonsy, a1n sue, Will now bt hushed, II I
espt cially rejoice y ith you in the nomination
OF Mr. PugA US your candidate for Lieutenant
Governor aud President of the Sena'c. 4
scholar and gentleman, = soldier In foreign
war, and alwaye q patriot; eminent as . law
ycr, ard distinguished as IN orator and states-
Ikab, I hail his acceptance as an omen Of tho
return Of the better and more yGtuous days
Of the Republic.
endorse your noble aiorm-elegant in
style, admirLble in sentiment. You prescut
great mission just now OF the Democratic
arty-to restore and mike sure first the
rights and liberties declared yours by your
Constitutions. It is yain to invite the States
aud people Of the South to return to Union
without Constitution, and dishouored and
tt'llu.ed by repeated and most aggravated
e1actlons of tyrannfs power. Il Is base
IN yourselves, and reasonable to Your
posterity. to surrender these liberties and
r;glts to the creatures whom -FOUR own
breath created and can destroy. Shall
there be tee speech. free press, peacable as
.emblagts ct the people, and q free ballot any
longer In Ohio? Shall the people hereafter,
as hitherto, hare the right to discuss and con:
ccmn the principles aud policy of the party
the mirietry-thc men who, for the time, CON
duct the goye1nment-to demand Of their
public servants reckoning Of their steward
ship, and Ia place othrr men aud another party
in power, at their supreme will and pleasure
Shall Order IS, or The Constitution, be the
.uprtme law Of the land: And shall the citi,
z.n any more, be arrested By IN armed so.Iie-
# at midnight, dragged from wife and child
and home, TO Il military prison; thence to a
mock military trial; thence condemned and
then banished IS felon, for the exercise Of
have met 1t, 1t is the very question Of free,
popular government itself L is the whole
question upon the one side, liberty; on the
other, deposition. Tie President, as the recog-
1iztd head Of hfs party, accepts the issue.
Whatever be wills. that is Law. Constitutions,
,
lation nothing; the Judiciary less than no
thing. In time Of war there is but one will
eupreme-his will; but one Law, military ne.
cessity, and he sole Judge. Military orders
surersede the constitution, and military com
missions usnrp the place Of the ordiAary
coults ofjustice in theland ~ Nor are these
mlre idle clalms For two years and more,
by arms, they have been enforced. It was the
mission Of the weak but Prescriptions Burn
eiae-a Iaue infamous tc Teyer il the ears of
all lovers OF constitutional liberty, to tr5 the
experiment in Ohio-aided by u Judge whom
nnn'e not, tccnuee he las brought foul dis
,ono' a upen the judiciary = & e my souatIy IL
sue Of the experiment. The party OF the Ad-
ministra,ion hare accepted ii. Dy pledgins
support to the President they have Justified
Ills outrages upon liberty md the constitu-
sicn; and whoever gives bis vote to the candi-
date ot that party, commits himself to every
act Of violence and wrong on the part Of the
Administration " Hhicl he upholds; and thus,
by 1lc law Of retaliation, which is the law of
hight, would forfeit his own right to liberty,
Ietso1a1 and wbensoeyer other men and an
other Party elal.hold the power. Much more
DO the candidates themselves. Suffer them
tie Judgment Of the people We shall abide.
And now, finally, let me ask, what is the
pictcxt Tor all the monstrous acts and claims
tf arbitrary power which Jou hare SO nobly
denounced: military necessity" But il,
Indeed, ail these bc demanded By military ne.
ctssity, then, believe me, your liberties are
gone, and tyranny is perpetual. For if this
Civil war is to terminate only BY the subjuga.
ton Or Submission of the South to force and
arms, the infart Of to day will not lire to see
the end OF it. No, In another way only can 1t
bc brought to close. Travelling thousand
miles or more, through nearly one half of the
Contederate States, and solourning for time
~ a11-3 nj +
woman or child, who Was not resolved to per-
ish rather than yleld to the pressure OF arms
even in the most desperate extremity. And
whatever moy aud must be tho varying fortune
Of thewar, In all which ] recognize the hand
Of Providence pointing vtsihly to the ultimate
pie Of America, they are better prepared
now every way to make good their in
exorab1e purpose, than at any period
eiuce the beginning Of the struggle. {8.)
These may indted BIZ unWelcome truths, but
they are addressed only to candid and honest
men. Neither; however, Jet me add, did I
meet any one, whatever his opinions or bis
station, political or private, who did not de-
clare his readiness, when the war shall have
ceased and invading armies been withdrawn,
to consider and discuss the question ct re-
union. (9). All who shall doubt. the issue Of
the argument? return, therefore, with my
opinions and convtctions as to var and peace,
policy and wise craftsmanship, not only un-
changed, but confirmed and strengthened.
And may the God Of Heaven and Earth SO
rule the hearts and minds Of Americans ey-
c1ywhere, that with Constitution maintained,
Il Union restored, and Liberty henceforth
made eecure, a'gtander and nobler destiny
shall Jet be ours, than tlat even which
blessed our fathers in the first two ages OF the
Republic. C.L. VAL1ASblauAM.
68OrEMntS Gh1YnIrou4 Conduct.