Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-10-17
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In bid speech At tho great meeting In DAytop.
on. Abe 10Th inst:, alludlng 10 the repensly prcy
claimed menace Of Abolition leaders, that MIR.
vALLANDIoHAM should not be inaugurated II
elected, Mr.. MERRicK said:
This hero Of Vienna has. then, men Of Ohio,
come back among you 10 boast of his own in
fanny, and claim high honors at your hands for
having advised the arrest of Vallandigham, aud
the seizure Of his papers, and the ransackipg Of
his household. Honest men will question the
purity of his motive, and msDy will ascrlbe II
10 private malice he lacked the courage to
crafty In any other manner, whilst some will
believe that he regarded 10 as the surest man
ner Of getting rid of formidable political RI
val who stood between him and the genial light
of popular favor. And, now that he has 40
oomplished his purpose, and the object Of his
hatred has been exiled by the decree of an IL
legal and unconstitutional military commission,
sanctioned by the approval Of the tyrannlcal
despotism at Washington, and the shores OF his
native land are guarded against bis return by
the navy Of the United States, he leaves the
scene Of bis military usefulness % to revisit
the home Of the patriot, and apply 10 him and
bis principles language he would not dare to
use II that patriot were free. But 10 thefo no
one of all those who agree With the absent to
speak for him as he would speak for himself
II heFe2 Gen. Schenck, speaking Of the ar
rest Of Mr.. Vallandigham, uses the following
language: r3
"This is my plan Of dealing With these
eooundrele aud traitors" hurl back theee
terms, aud history, faithfully narTating the
course and incidents Of Gen. Schenck's Mill
tary Governorship In Baltimore, the petty tyr
aniea and brutal inhumanities he has practiced
upon that people and anslyslDg the base nnpa-
triotlo aud seditious principles avowed In his
speech in this city TO which l have referred,
will record of him that he 10 the seouRdret ard
tho traitor, and accept the ordeal he proposes,
and agree that for such men as Robert Shenck
there 10 "no argument but the sword, the bullet,
and the bursting bomb"
But, not content with reviliug the man
against whose indignant anger he has thus
cautiously protected himself, he astails the
entire Democratic party, and says, Z" Not sat
isfied with putting forward some man having
the ordinary sentiments of the party calling
itself Democratic, they have presented con
yicted traitor as their candidate"
have shown to you, men Of Ohio, that the
Democratic candidate for Governor was never
arrested for treason, that be was never charged
with treason, that he was never ,rled Tor treason,
and therefore could never have been convicted
Of treason. These facts ara known to General
Scheuck, aud, whom suoh men make charges Of
60 dslincs and emphatic character, there 10
but one way to meet them, And here upon this
spot, where the charge was made, and before
the people it was intended to deceive, l PRo-
NoUNoE IT TO De FALSE, and IL would be infamous
| II IL were no; ridiculous. | am perfectly aware
that the man who had the power 10 cause the
arrest of Mr.. Vallandigham has the power Il
attempt ny arrest; but unless General Schench
adds to the other qualities you men Of Dayton
know him to possess the qualities of poltroonery
and oowardiee, he will not, In this case, invoke
the aid Of the Federal Government to protect
him.