Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-09
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| az Dayton, Ohio.
WINDSOR c. W, September IS, 1863

az Dayton, Ohio.
WINDSOR c. W, September Is. 1869.
To the President of the Democratic Mass Meeting
/ Dayton Ohio:
SIR: Complying with the desire of many Of
my Democratic friends in the city and county
/ where l have for so many years resided, ad.
! dress them briefly through yOu.
No iurther warning or entTeaty from me Is
needed to arouse the people to the Importance oil
/ the CREST issue before them. and to the danger
which on every side Threatens their liberties
/ The great popular demonstrations, occurring
svsry day throughout the State, prove their zeal
g1d devsriou to the cause Of liberty ard Union,
and that they mean that these two shall in very
| deed Be inseparable. B th these depend largely
upon the issue Of the Ohio campaign. If that
psr7y should succeed, which, upon the one hand,
applaud ta9 stTogioQs acts Of AbTshRB Lincoln
and his servants, and iudorse the monstrous
claim Of absolute power over person and prop
erty, not to say bie itself, set up by him in hia
| recent letters 20 the Albany and Columbus cOn-
mIttee5 and On the other, accepts as its own
M whole radical policy, ''roOt and branch" OF
Congress and the Executive in the conduct OF
.hs war there is an end to both. In the North
ard West every lover Of constitutional liberty
! oOks anIioUsly to the approaching elections.
Ia the South, tho eyes Of hundreds Of thousands
ghO yet, in their hearts, love the Union as it
was-tAs old UaiOn which their fathers aud cur
fathers made and would gladly see il restored ia
! peace and with security 70 all, are now turned
ia earnest desire for the triumph of the Demo
cratic party ss their last hope for its restoration
Add the very successes of the Federal armies do
| 5Dt render this triumph the more important for
while, according 70 Mr Liseoln, theJ have not
st AL broken the strength or sabdued the spirit
Of the Confederstes ia arms, they have done
much to open the eyes Of the people of the Stateg
stll sdaering to the Union, to the fact that the
policy Of Cancellation must at least foll0w-iar
better that before ary war it bad preceded-.he
1liicY Of coercion. Moreover, the recent extra
ordinary events Ia Mexico have greatly aug
usnted the necessity and importance of speedily
pslting iate power the party in whose hands the
rights GUd interests Of al States aad sections
vii be secure. Bpc9gGi5iqn BY Mexico ana
FTance, and subsequent alliance between them
and the Confederate S .stss, are impending dan
gers, every hour becoming more imminent Ma
poieOn well knows, and Joseph Of Austria also,
vkGm be has enlisted now with him, that if a
united Government of any kind be restored here,
either 'the Uni1n as it was" of the DsnOcrats,
or the UciOn as it should be" Of tae Abolition
is-s-a unity of desp0tism-n0 empire, at least
10 European empire, would be permitted to con-
eiUue in Mexico. Hence lie, and all whom he
eau persuade or force with him, will very
speedily recoguizs the Confederate States, on
condition of q guarantee of the Mex eau em-
DiFa, and that By treaty Of alliance, offensive
/ md defensive, Is did Louis XVI in I777 And
thus the leaders of the Southern revolt will be
enabled to keep the whole people with them, en-
c9uIsged, IS ,hsy will be, by the powerful sup
port Of the army, the navy, snd the credit of
France The mission of AF. Stephens 10 Paris
clearly points to this result Unwisely and
w5ckedly rfiscted by the court al Washington,
neaord5re- Gorsfharv, borityy m n.una
with "full powers to treat for peace and settle
ment," be goes now on special embassy TO the
Court Of Versailles. The disastrous results of
the success Of such embassy, either through
MIN, or Mr. Sdell, already there, upon the in
terests and future peace of the Northwest, no
man can calculate. Then, indeed, along with
permanent disruption Of the Union, and other
n8mbeFiess calsmities, would the Mississippi be
-aectuaily sealed against as, except upon such
terms ss foreign nations may choose to impose /;
and thus every city and town upon that great
river aud its tributaries would begin to fall into
decay. Victories in the field will not st all tend
70 retard CT prevent this alliance and its ruinous
results Now, therefore, is the accepted time,
the very hour before the blow be struck, for the
people of the North and West to rebuks the radi-
calls and malignSnts vino control pablie affairs,
and prove TO the people of the South that they
can return to their allegiance TO the Constitution,
I
equality and rights Of their several States unim-
oai1sd." I repeat that the success of ths Demo
cratic party in Ohio, and the other States, viii
20 further toward this result than any event
! which can happen within the next twelve
| months. Shall the golden moment 10 aid pswer-
fully 10 tie restoration ef the U1ion as it was,
| be suffered to pass by
| Upon another subject allow me now a word,
/ not volunteered but called out and made appro-
/ pirate By those who asssH me-
The candidate Of the Administration party
/ is reported to have spoken recently at Culnm-
| bus, in public meeting, in substance ss fol-
/ lows;
'sWhat will be the effect of electing Mr. Val
/ Iandigham Governor of Ohio 1 win tell you
/ wbsL the effect of it will be- 1t will inAug urate
civil war in our State. It will bring civil war tC
! your homes, upon the soil of your own State
| fol tell you there is a mighty mass of men il
| this STATE whose nerves are strung up like steel
Who will ner permit this dishOnor to be consUm.
mated in their native State. Another effect viii
be that it will be "a invitation to the robels in
arms to come up and take possession of our
soil"
Now I have so often myself been made the
| subject of false ststemsnt and misrep0Tt, that
mi ~ ct hold Nj Bsongh responsible for either
the sentiment above expressed, OK tbs presumpEu
Gus Stiffness Of referring to the election by th'
people OF his opponent, as oTingng dshOnor
upon tho State. Bat know that the PROPOSE
ton itself is beginning to be urged by many o
his friends as = menace TO the Teemen of Ohio
and choose 70 meet it hatly.
Ist. The Invitation to the rebels in arms
which my election will signify, will be to lay
down their arms and return TO the old UnioI
aud 10 obedience to and protection under th'
Constitution, laws and flag, secure from Aboli
ton iutsrmeddling and agitation, Is before tht
war, and from csnscnphOn, contscatiOn, execu
ZION, emancipation, negro equailty, and all sX
erLi0ns OF arbitrary, dsspstic power since.
81. Thsrs " Il be no "oivl war in 0aio if 1 am else
ted g0vzrnJr, uness Mr.. BroUga and aus par inaugu
rate il; in which event Will crush Oat the rebellion
very 1.ucn shorter apaes Of TINS thaa taey have
pi0ysd inl luttiDg doWn the slave holders re0eli On
II, wsy1F, he means that ihsy will seesde from ID
STATE By voluntary exile TO Canada, or elsewhere, ther
viii be coercion IN that sveat. But the threat. II
ended intimidae, idle the Windi if
n0usy, is that the people saOui1 know b, tia
they may afix the mark Of CAN upon ths forehead
these cousp. against the ballot box In an
even, he whom majority Of the qualified electors
0f OhO may choose f0r their governor will be inAugV