Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-10-28
vallandisham,s Address.

From Windsor, over the border, Nh
Vallandighsm has issued an address Il
his brave associates, the partners of hi
toll. his feelings and his fame, upon thei
bad defeat. He says: "You have beer
beaten-by what means it is idle now Il
enquire" This is quite disinterested.-
But the Democratic party is discussins
this enquiry, and very generally arriYin;
at the conclusion that Vallandigharn wa.
the means of the beat. We doubt if he
can suppress this freedom of discussion
The Democratic party is now clothing it.
self with curses as with garment, and
the woof Of this yesture is Vallandigham
The scripture speaks of refugees oi
lies which is next thing to lying refu
gees. This refugee fabricates one big
enough for a border domicile. For in.
stance: -5- --.-.---
While tens of thousands of soldier.
were sent or kept within your State, OF
held inrc.i i've in camp elsewhere, to vot
against on, the Confederate enemy were
marching upon the capital of your coun
try"
This is the very ecstacy Of lying. There
were fewer soldiers in the State on elec.
ion day, than in any period since the war
broke out; and where were soldiers KEPT
inactive in camp?
But even if soldiers had been kept in
the State to vote. did not Vallandigham
while the Government was calling for vol
unteers. exhort his followers to stay home
10 vote, as greater duty than enlistina
to fght2
He takes it for granted that every Obi,
volunteer would vote against him: that
soldiers who peril their lives to put dowr
rebellion in the field, would vote against
its allies at home. The admission is good
although he was drawn into it by tn.
stress of falsehood Who can have a ius
ter appreciation of the nature of rebel
lion. and of its allies, and better right
to vote upon the issue, than the soldier
who peril their lives in it? Heretofore h.
and his party have claimed that the Dem
oeratic party furnished more than half
the volunteers. Now he speeks to his
marty of the soldiers vote as of course
''vote against you" This Is change Of
baseness.
To persuade his party to stick to their
he assures them that it was
this alone that secured them free speech
and free ballot. Then it will not be
pretended that free speech and. free
election have been interfered with by
military power. This is well. Valland
igham abandns that refuge of lies, in his
anxiety to show Inducements to keen his
partv together. Then it is admitted that
The incendiary cry raised by the party
hat they are not going to be allowed .
rec election, and their efforts TO excite an
upon this, were false and sediti
,us. Then the plea cannot now be set IN
hat the party did not have freedom of
peech. 4--. ..-... -.--...r..s
This disinterested leader exhorts his |
'arty never to give up, to stitch to their
means stick to him
o despair not for the Republic, never to
over their standard. TO hang out their
'anner on their outer walls. though de-
Gated, not to be dismayed, not to mellow
heir opinions, and so on. ta1 III
Considering that Vallandighan's ides
c standing firm by party principles and
rganization. is to stand firm by him, this
ounds very much like an exhortation to
is party to cling with drowning grasp to
heir milestone. to stick inseparably to-
heir Old Man of the Sea.
For all this he promises to be steadfast
! his opinions, and true to the Constitu-
on and to the State and country of his
irth. True to the Constitution and an
llv of rebellion; true to his State by try
lg to drag her through anarchy and sub
lgation into the Southern Confedsracy; !
ne to Ohio by tainting its name with in
my; and true to his country by propos-
lg to divide it, and then to quarter it,
nd then to disinteerate it.-Cn. Gaz