Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-03-26
From the Chicago Times.
reception OF Hon. q. L.. NaIInu-
bingham at Dayton.
DAYTON, Ohio. March ~

DAYTON, Ohio, March 13.
. Hon Z. i. VallaAdingham. NJ. c. from
the Dayton, Ohio, district, arrived at hi.
. home in this city at 430 this afternoon.
and, although but two days notice was
mad OF hls coming, received one Of the
greatest ovations ever given TO any man
} in Ohio. Long before the hour OF arri.
val OF the train on which he was expect.
ed, his constituents began 10 flock TO the
depot by thousands. 1t seemed AZ if ev.
cry man, woman and child in the district
had come out to do honor TO this cham
pion advocate Of constitutional rights
Two bands Of music enlivened the occa-
sion, while cannon belched forth thun-
dering tones Of welcome, awakening tho
Valley Of the Miami as it was seldom ever
awakened before.
Presently the whistling Of the loccmo-
tive was heard, and, as the train neared
the depot, the thousands fpefs ons rush
ed forward, all eager to catch the first
sight Of the man who so nobly, gallantly
and fearlessly represented the white mans
interest in the Congress that has Just
adjourned.
The crowd was 50 dense that it was
almost mpossible for Mr.. Valandigham
to reach the carriage which was in read
mess to convey him to the Court frIv;SSssa
from the steps Of which he was to sneak.
Having at length been almost carried to
his carriage, and being seated, he barred
his brow to the breeze, ard was hailed
with deafening cheers, while the cannon
responded twenty four rounds.
The procession being formed, preceded
by the Marshal and bands of music, il
proceeded to the Court House, where an
eloquent and appropriate reception speech
was made by David \. Houk.
Mr.. Fallandigham, after acknowledge
ing in fitting terms his cordial and enthn-
siastic reception, referred to the struggle
now going on between despotic power
and liberty, and to the determination of
the Democratic party to maintain free
speech, a free press, and the Lallot.box,
at all hazards. He was for obedience to
all laws, and for requiring the men in
power also to obey them. lie would trv
all questions of constitutional law before
the courts, and then enforce the DEGREES
Of the courts. He was for irving all no.
ltical questions by the ballot.box. He
would resist no law by force. He would
endure almost every other wrong as long
as free discussion, free assemblares Of
the people, and free ballot-box remain
ed but, the moment they were attacked.
he would resist. We had a right IN
change administrations and politics, not
by torcible revolution. but by the ballot
box, and this right must be maintained
at all hazards. He would try the oues-
tion Of the constitutionaltv and VALIDITY
of the conscription act in court, and ar
que its inexpediency and odousness be-
fore the people; but would make no re-
sistance to it, He then referred to the
three hundred dollar provision, and de-
nouncad it as an unjust discrimination
against the poor. He proposed that the
City Council of Dayton should appropri,
ate money enough, and vote a tax for it,
and release the city from the draft, and
thus spare the lives and limbs of the cit
izens who were too poor to pay. The
tax would equalize the burden and ma ke
the rich pay some part Of that last dol
lar. The three hundred dollars, too, was
just the price fixed by an Abolition Con-
gress for the emancipation Of the negroes
of the District of Columbia. 1t was now
the price OF blood. The Administration
said to every man between twenty and
forty five, Three hundred dollars or your
life. a tax by every city, township and
county was inst the way TO meet it and
equalize it. He closed by touching al
fusion to the assas sination of his friend
Bollmeyer, the first martyr to constitu-
tional freedom. This allusion was touch
ing, and scarcely a dry eye was to be
seen in the vast as>embage.
After escorting Mr. Vallandigham to
his home the crowd dispersed. Notwirh-
standing the threats of the Ablitionists,
everything passed off quietly and in good
order, which is owing in a great measure
to the influence OF Mayor Gillespie.
AS am on my way to the telegraph
office, Mr.. Vallandigham is being serena
ded at his residence. The street is liter
ally tammed with his friends, neighbors
and devoted constituents. They know
him to be a true man, an honest, I'M
preventative, and patriot of
undoubted integrity.
On Saturday, the 2lst inst, the De-
mocracy of southern Ohio are to have a
grand rally at Hamilton, in Butler coun-
y. Able speakers are announced, and
grand time is anticipated. The "butter-
nuts" of Ohio are awake. The ball is
rolling.