Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-09

| that tn vote it would aid the public enc,
my. What motive could he have to SEN
tenca Nallandigham improperly? But
he endorsed the verdict, and sent it Ia
the President. You say he is an imbe.
cile and "a tyrtnt but ! tell you what |
knaw-that he i a good, true, honest
and patriotic man; and when anybody
calls him tyrant he lies. Why, sir. let
any of these women or children go to old
| Ale Lincoln and tell him "a sOrrowful sto
ry, and he will sympathize with them ev-
en- to tears. The great fault of his char
acter IS his intense humanity. History
furnishes no such anomaly as a tyrant
being made out of such man. The case
was submitted to him, and if you read
his letter to the Albany Committee, you
know he felt about 1T. The question was
presented to his mind whether he should
pardon him and let him 90 back to the
people or not. After long hesitation, he
determined to infict the mildest punish
ment possiOle-gently to carry him be-
yond our lines, where would be received
with thousand plaudits, and made COM
Portable.
But they say all this was illegal. Val
landigham had the right of appeal to any
Judge of the United States Courts.
They were men of the highest legal
character, holding Office for life, and
with no inducement to give BIZ
ased decision. He did appeal, and his
case was taken before Judge Leavitt,
man who had been appointed to his Of
fee thirty years ago, by General jackson
himself The case was argued ably, as
well for the defendant as for the Govern
ment. The Judge listened patiently to
all the words contained in this large vol
ume, (''Vallandigham's TriaP'). The on
ly question was whether the conviction
was legal or not and, taking all things
into consideration, do you not suppose
Judge Leavitt knows as much about the
law as you do? Val, it is true, saws some
hard things about the Judge in his letter
from Canada; but what motive could he
have had for misconstruing the law? The
amount of il is, the old saw is as applica-
bic in this case as in many others:
'No rogue e'er felt the haler draw,
With good opinion OF the law
After full and mature reflection, the
Judge decided that Vallandigham was
legally held.
ALLANDANhAA AEfEAL ~ IhE fEOfLE.
Now, it has turned out that Vallandig-
ham, not content with his appeal to
Judge Leavitt, has appealed to you, the
people of Ohio. | do not believe you
will treat convicted traitor any more le-
niently than Judge LeaVitt. 1 do not
believe there could be ten thousand men
found who, if they knew the object of
his immediate followers, in designing his
election, would have the hardihood to
vote for him. The truth is they are led
blindly by the party name, and think not
of the consequences. Pause and think
who are the heroes of this party? Why,
first after Vallandigham, is Fernando
Wood, OF New York, who has been con-
victed by civil tribunal of fraud, involv-
ing thousands and thousands of dollars,
who is covered all over with crime, and
who was at the bottom of the recent
tiendish mob in his own city. Is this the
kind of a man we should make Governor
of Ohio, in time of great civil war >.
Voices, No, never" A man convict
ed by a careful and conscientious Judge
of throwing impediments in the way of
the Government and aiding the enemy
in time of civil war, will you make such
a man Commander-in Chief of the mill
tia forces of the State, and whose duty it
is to commission the officers OF the army
before the enemy? You, my friends,
have been living at home, cultivating
your fields and working in your shops,
feeling the burdens of war; but
you have brave sons in the army, who
have nobly defended your property and
your lives, and will you basely desert
and insult them by electing a man Gov
ernor of Ohio who would not dare !
appear before an Ohio regiment? Voices !
Newell Never"
Mr.. Sherman then considered Vallan-
ligham's course in Congress, showing
that he had acted consistently with the |
before and during the troub- |
lous times, when the Southern States !
withdrew from the Union, and that his |
sentiments and conduct since, have been |
entirely in harmony with the feelings Of /
rebels and traitors.