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INTERESTING LETTERS
FROM
IALLAIDIGHAM !!
Let Everybody Read them

WINsoR, c. w, September Is, 1868.
President of the Democratic Mass Meeting,
Dayton. Ohio:
SIR: Complying with the desires of many
of my Democratic friends in the city and ceun-
ty where kave for so many years resided, i
address them briefly through you.
No further warning or entreaty from me is
needed to arouse the people to the Importance
of the great issues before them, and to the
danger which on every side threatens their
liberties. The great popular demonstrations,
occurring every day througout the State prove
their zeal ard devotion to the cause of Liberty
and Union, aud that they mean that these two
snail in very deed be inseparabIe. But these
depend largely upon the issue of TIE Ohio
campaign. If that party should succeed, which,
upon the one hand, applauds the atrocious
acts of Abraham Lincoln and his servants,
and indorse the mcnstrous claim of absolute
power over person and property, not to say
life itself, set up by him in his recent letters
to the Albany and Columbus Committees !;
and, on the other, accepts as its own the whole
radical policy. Hroot and branch" of Congress
and the Executive in the conduct of the war,
there is an end to both. In the Moth and
Vest, every lover of constitutional liberty
looks anxiously to the approaching elections.
In.the South, tie eyes of hundreds of thou
sands, who yet, in their hearts, love the Union
as it was, the old Union which their fathers
and our fathers made and would gladly see it
restored in peace and with security to all, are
turned now in earnest desire for the tri-
umph of the Democratic party, as their last
hope for its restoration. And the very sue
cesses of the Federal army do but render this
triumph the more important; for while,
cording to Mr. Lincoln, they have not at all
broken the strength c; subdued the spirit of
the Confederaees in arms, they have done
much to open the eyes of the people of the
States still adhereing to the Union, to the fact
that the policy of concilation must at least
follow-far better that before any war it had
preceded-the policy ofeoercion. Moreover,
the recent extraordinary events in Mexico
have greatly augmented the necessity and i'm
portancs Of speedily putting into power the
party in whose hands the rights and interests
of all States and sections will be secure Rec
ognition by Mexico and France, ard subse-
quent alliance between them and the Confed-
crate States, are impending dangers, every
hour becoming more imminet. Napoleon we'll
knows, and Joseph of Austria al,o, whom he
has enlisted now with him, that if united
government of any kind be restored here,
either "the Union as it was" of the Abolition
ists-a unity Of despotism-no Empire, at
least no European Empire. would be permit
ted to continue in Mexico. Hence he and all
whom he can pursuade or force with him, will
very speedily recognize the Confederate States,
on condition of guarantee of the Mexican
Empire, and that by treaty of alliance ofen-
sive and defensive, as did Louis XVI IN lT77.
And thus the leaders Of the Southern revolt
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1ARTICLE ".
OBJECTIVE FRANCHISE

Section T.. Every white male citizen cf the
United States, of the age Of twenty-one years;
who shall have been resident of the State
one year next preceding election, and Eof stbe
county. township or ward, in which he resides
such time as may DO provided BY lays shall
have the qualifications Of an elector, and bt
entitled to vote at all clections.1e0 = So
aeil.*5sss ssasssas ls sslusls-
Section S. No,persop in pslke military. sI'p-
val or marine service of the United States
shall, by being stationed ip any. garrison or
Z military o. naval station within The STATE, b
considered resident of9his Shtsn - aH11g
zae.At Ethe last ssssiomofi our hsgislas7Eaa.leg
was passed authorizing the soldiers tQ v0te1 "
their camps whether stationed in CT out OF the
State, of Ohio, but moi. at Township of Ward
polls near which they may be At the sinie stA-
tioned.o This late law does not, thtrefore, nu=
3thor;ze the soldiers to vote outside of their
places of,residence, for tickets not of their
own counties, nor for any others, at such
polls.
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VOTE FOR
ValIandigham and
Peace, and against
BrOugh and War !!
Can the king do no wrong.

The last vestige of civil liberty has been
stricken down by the Throne at Washing ION
in the suspension of the writ of hd6eas corpus
in the States not in rebellion. Not even the
poor plea ofmecessity can be urged for this un-
expected and gross violation Of an express pro-
vision of the Constitution. Cur civil liberty
is now emphatically at the will of a Dictator
who has usurped powers over the Constitution
he was sworn to support, and over the people
whose servent he was, when placed in the Pres
idential Chair; and yet, like the king, army
contractors, all those who have their arms up
to their shoulders in the government Treasury,
and fanatical abolitonists say it is all right! Old
Abe does no wrong! Can do no wrong! When
he assumes the power to hold his seat indefin-
itey through bayonetted ballot-box, these
eourtiers of the Throne viii still sing and pray,
"God save the King"
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To Your Tents, On!
Israel I!

Democrats. the hour for voting is drawing
near The time for talking is almost over
The die will soon be east The tale will soon
be told whether Ohio-the hitherto great,
free State of Ohio, will proclaim for the FREE
DOM of her citizens, or for DEsPoTIsM which
insults even the feelings of an Austrian emil
grant! You see and hear daily those who are
leading on the cohorts of the Lincoln Aboli-
tin1a-D Daspntisn Mark them we'll for future
time. They know, and know well. that if they
fail, infamy will forever after atta,th to their
names for their brazen efforts to establish a
Monarchy over this fr.e land.
Men who will be guilty of such a crime up
on LIBERTY will resort to all sorts of frauds
and violence upon the ballot-box, to accom-
plish their unholy purposes. Frauds without
end will be attempted! Coercion, to the ful-
lest extent, will be attempted! Lying, such
as would make old Lucifer blush, will be con.
tinued up to the last hour! Cheating of every
character, will be relied upon to overcome the
popular voice
To get rid of the ballot of freemen, they
will first endeavor to disgrace it, then denounce
it, then destroy it, declaring it the instrument
only of "traitors :" AS you love liberty, as
you love constitutional government, as you
love your country and its glorious past, BE
WARE of the frauds of men who despise all you
hold sacred. Watch them, scan closely their
acts, and bravely meet them.
Let us not multiply words longer upon the
snbjeot. Every man is thoroughly posted
each heart beats quickly as to the terrible is
sues-the life or death struggle of the Repub-
lie. The last hope of our expiring nation
hangs upon the success of the Democratic
party! Every extra effort may make vote
every additional vote will tell upon the
grand result! We pray our people to be
equal to the grca, trust reposed in them Fal-
ter or fail now, and the wreck of Liberty
strews the waves of the upheaving political
deep IL Crisis.
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1@ We ask every sensible Republican how
much longer he intends to permit his leaders
to deceive him with lies and false promises !?
Now let us ask you, in all conscience, if they
have not lied to you, and deceived you before
the war began, and at every state of the war?
Surely they have done so and they are doing
so now: and it you permit them to deceive you
much longer, they will have destroyed every
thing which you hold dear and precious, and
have transformed you into the most pitiable
and helpless slaves upon earth. II heavens
name, be warned, and save yourselves and
your children while you may. The night
cometh, when no man can work.
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OHIO VOTERS i!

Let each of you remember, when you go to
the polls on the second Tuesday of October,
that you will cast vote either for or against
the best interests of our brave Ohio boys in the
army that if you cast a vote for John Brough
you insult your son, brother, or other near and
dear friends, who took up arms, not as John
Brough says, to destroy slavery, root and
branch, but to reunite all the States, as typi.
fed in our glorious national flag, in one
bright and harmonious constellation.
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Remember.
That every vote Civ
en- for Brough is q
vote for DraftsLand
Taxation .ss.s a5i g
RepubIican Doctrine.

jim LANE, United States Senator from Kan.
sas,. and great man in the A6 ministration
ranks, in late speech in Kansas, thus pro-
claimed the real Republican doctrine:
"The Constitution as it was as played Out
its technical de6nation is the restoration OF sla-
very, and am ready to see any Kansas man
shot do,on toho fauots tie Union as dt, ards." I
How the Abolitionists do love the Union and
the Constitution! Whatproof of their uncon-
ditional friendship they daily afford us! The
Democrats are traitors, and are to be shot for
iaToring the Union as it was. s.
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Let ali Men Remember.

Valiandigham offered amendments to the
Army Bill to raise the pay of soldiers to SIC
pei. month, and pay them in gold. Brough
refused to carry the sick soldiers over his road
without full pay. Vallandigham offered a
bill to give them 160 acres Of land as was
promised them. Brough says 1T would be
better to defeat, and annihilate our armies
(mcaning the soldiers) than to fail electing
him (Brough) Governor. Now, who is the
best friend of the private soldier ?-Hanid :
ton 7eLgtdph. ioeos aes-
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DespOfie Power and Constitution
al Liberty.

In his correspondence with the Government
at home, Lord Lyons, the British Minister at
Washington, says that Mr.. Seward, then as
now our Secretary of State, sad to him:
My Lord, I can touch bell on my right
hand and order the arrest of citizen in Ohio.
can touch the bell again and order the i'm
prisonment of citizen in New York and no
power on earth but that of the President. can
release them. Can the Queen of England in
her dominiens do as much A sEss
Lord Catham, of England said
The poorest man in his cottage may bid de-
fanee to all the forces of the Crown. It NAV
be frail its roef may shake, the wind may
blow throueh it; the storm may enter; the
rain may enter; but the King of Epgland
cannot enter It. All his powers dares not
cross the threshold of that ruined tenement
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DEMOCRATS, STAND ea
YOUR GuNSg

The great political battle will soon be deci-
ded. Every vote will count in this struggle
for "Free Speech" "The Union," and sThe
Constitution" Let no Democrat be absent
from the Polls. See that every Democrat in
your neighborhood votes. Let no business in
terfere to prevent this. You owe it to your
self, your country and your party. See to it
WHAT THEY PROMISE.
Free Press Free Speech and Freedom
to American Industry 'Econo-
my and Reform Good times for the Poor
Man, Protection to State Sovereignty and
State Institutions "a return TO the policy OF
tho Fathers obedience to the Constitution
and Laws peace, Harmony, and National
nrnsneritv y n 80 - y =
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Remember.

That ever vote cast for Brough will be an
invitation to the rebels to prolong the
war for their separate independence to the
last extremity, and an assurance to them that
there is strong party in the North who hate
the old Union as much as they do, and are
just as sternly resolved to do all they can to
break it up. Ernseh "a
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THE WAR CHR ISTIAN' s
THANKS GIVING.

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE WAR CLERGY
Oh. God of Battles once again,
With banner, trump and drum,
And earme nts in Thy wine press dyed,
To giIe Thee thanks, we come.
No goats or bulloks garlanded,
9- Unto Thine affairs go:
With brothers blood by brothers shed,
Our glad libations flow.
From pos house, and from dungeon foul
Where MANNED and torne they tlie5 -
From CORY trench and charnal house,
So lew Where, heap on heap hey he;
In every groan that yields a soul;
Each shrek heart that rends;
With every breath of tainted air,
Our homage Lord, ascends.
We thank Thee for the sabre's cash,
The cannon's havoc wild;
We bless Thee for the widows tears
The want that starves her child
We giveTh praise that Thou hast lit
The TORCH and famed the fame;
That lust and rapine hunt their prey
Kind Father, in Thy name
That, for the songs of idle joy
False angel songs of yore,
Thou soundeth war en- earth, i'll will
To men, forever more!
We know that wisdom, truth and right
To us and ours given.
That Thon has clothed us with wrath
To do the work of Heaven.
We know that plains and cities waste,
Are pleasant in Thine Eyes
Thou lov'st hearthstone desolate,
Thou loy'st mourner's cries.
Let not our meekness fall below
The measures of Thy viii,
And while The press has wine TO bleed,
Oh, tread it with us still
Teach us to hate-as Jesus taught
Fond fools, of yore, to love
Give us Thy vengeance as our own
Thy pity bide above.
Teach us to turn with rocking hands,
The pages of Thy word,
And learn the blessed curses there,
On them that sheathe the sword.
WAere'er we tread, may deserts spring,
TiIFnone are left 10 sIay.
And when the last red drop is shed,
Well kneel again-and pray
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Let It be Remembered.

That the Republicans voted down the propo-
sition of Mr.. Vallandigham to raise the pay of
the private soldier to SIG per month and to
pay them in gold, and substituted s13 to be
paid in greenbacks.
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WHAT THEY GAVE us.

A muzzled Press Free Speech stricken
down by mobs, and executive power; Free
DOM usurped by arbitrary arrests, bastiles and
bayonets American industry destroyed /;
ECONOMY and reform lost sight of by the most
reckless and stupcndous system of robbery,
party speculation and extrayagance ever known
to the world; obedience to the Constitution
and the laws exchanged for the higher law
Yet these men have the audacity to ask you to
vote for them again ! a
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Choose We.

vA1LANDIenAM, Union, Economy, and
Honorable Peace on the on one hand; or
BRoUeH, Disunion, War and High Taxes so on
the other. Choose ye. s. 80 E.r.E
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ASHLAND ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY NO

longing hearts, most earnestly desire De-
fend, then, and hold fast, in every extremity,
to the ballot box, and labor, night and day 1
invoke you, to secure these blessings, through
that, the appointed, potential weapon of free
dom.
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very respectfally,

The above opinion n. judges ,swAYEE and
SWAN was given to Gov. DENNIsoN, on the
eve of the election in 1861. 1t was mot only
considered the law on the subject, but sctsd
upon, SO far as VIC know, by all the Judges
Of ELECTIONS in the State that year, and y the
law yet as to residence The Constitution: OF
The State Of Ohio contains these provisions
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"a Vote for Ea0andii11anl and Re- Onion.
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.aelile7 Is .lFS fiseg y .. sissseg 2 81 = Z
sSy Fote against Trough apd Dis l'lion I
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RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE WAR CLERGY.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-09
Practical Observations.

When we plan our business we had bette
undertake no more than we have means toN
complish.
When we undertake lob it is genera,
better to finish it up in good style than to loa7
it unfinished, or do it poorly. We have pIent
of competitors in the agricultural business, s1
the profits on any crop are not, ordinarily
surprising magnitude. If the thing is MAJ
aged with energy and economy it will y
about pay but if the stalks are mould
or frost-bitten, the corn will cost more than
will sell for If the carrots get very weeo
through neglect in their early culture, you h'
better have omitted them altogether. 1t yoi
wheat is sown upon foul land in October d t,
chances are you had better have taken U
seed to mill and made sure Of so much
your fruit-trees are planted on poor land' "
left, unpruned and uncultivatcd, to the mel:
of the cattle, you had better have lett them
charge of the nurseryman who knows DOW
appreciate his own wares. If your DO
uncut in September, verges from ripe DI, :
ten, better had you taken in COWS to P' " !,
at two shilliogS week. In every and al ~ Il
ses 1t is better not to do thing than u "
at loss-for what is done out OF season
half done, is pretty certainly done al a - \
OF course, when we begin we expect "
ish. We expect something will turn ~ ut ],
bring everything through all right pu' n
we not little too sanguine Have W. o,s,
right to expect every day will be far s eve,
September and October free from trcS'' 4,
man ready to help us at our own price .un y
casualties and contingencies new In n .iu,
affairs, and we, for the first time, Sl'" oar
Have we had no experience of human al 1o Ct,
biiities ? Might wenot by this time 0a''
little closer ?--Rural Nea0- YORKER
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-09
Advice to Democrats.

duVlce 10 democrats.
Rev. Dr. left closes a letter to tbo ~,
tian Advocate with this good advice to Hon a 10
Gratis: O
The Northern Democrats, as body IT,,
assured, are not going to lend themseve, =.
the foul designs of those who have alre,5V
hated US. and who are now attempting to b,e,l
down the great argument exhibited bv g.,
and prosperous America 10 favor of nornl.
and government. Let them not low S,a'
to inquire who, or what party, or what po.c1
or what plumbers; brought US to her prese1,
condition as nation. Let them onIv sst
for the enemies OF the republic, North and
South, and then show them no mercy Till fl
country is restored. Let them by all mean,
give no hope of encourag cement to the lordIv
party in Europe, who are now looking to them
to complete the ruin of our liberal institutim,
When crossing the Atlantic, and in sight N
the green shores of Ireland, was STANDING m
the upper deck, when little scene was nrp
sented to me which went directly to my heart
| have felt the pang ever since. The!e.was a
group of persons talking together, one of whom
was an American, while the rest were French
and English. Something occasioned the Amer.
lean to make some remark in relation to bis
country Your country replied large
portly, lordly- looking Euglishman. You have
no country, sir and it is to be hoped thai
the pestilent heresies bred upon your shores
are done with for all time to come
The American was so indignant thai be
could scarcely keep from pitching the Ian
insulting him into the Atlantic He told me
afterward that that remark had made CON-.
plete revolution in his politics. He said b,
had always been Democrat, and confesset
that he had left the United States to get be.
yond the reach of CONSUMPTION. But now
sir, said he, with prodigious emphasis, the
next steamer but one will take me home again.
am ready to fight am ready to give what
little I have; | will do everything aud any
thing to carry out the objects OF the war
We are told that We have no country. VII
will see who has country. Ii we have Dot
one now, we will 90 to work and make one
and the time may come when we can 60
abroad with the manly consciousness, not|
only that we have country, but country
to whose name these lordly scoundreIs vii
again be compelled to pay due respect.
This was a reaction of the right sort
Could all the Northern sympathizers with hN
South only come to Europe, and read the cowV Z
journals and aristocratic newspapers, and hat 1
the insults cast upon our institutions andu9 H
on everything American, they would goHc1
with very different sentiments. DemoGaE
conservatives if we have not country III
like my feIlow-passenger of the Etna, I@a
90 to aUork and make one =
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POLAND. European advices bring q report
that Earl Russell had taken very bold dlplo-
matte step in advance of the Western allies
of England on the Polish question, having pro-
posed to Russia plan Of peace combining in-
dependence for Poland The proposal is thus
stated
First, the conclusion of an a1mlstice for one
year,
Second, the Polish fortresses to continue to
be garrisoned by the Russian troops.
Third, the immediate institution of Polish
Administration.
Fourth, no person implicated in the rebellion
to be arrested or brought to tlial.
The cabinet Of the Tuilleries, it is said, has
eagerly associated itself with that of St. James
in the presentation of these demands, but it was
thought that the Gar would refuse to entertain
them.
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There was one captain, Robert Ii. Tyler OF the
Sth Virginia cavalry, who was captured under cir
cumstances very amusing to his captors, though
tantalizng in the extreme to him. lie was mar
ried last winter and had been in the service ever
since. lie was in the last Fredericksburg battle,
and had just got furlough for eight days. tie
had Just got within sight of bis home when the
cavalry overlook him. The wife saw him coming
and ran out to meet him, but seeing the Yankees
she called +" The Yankees are coming" So, leav-
ing his lovely partner, he struck off into the near
est woods, to escape the Yankees if possible. But
the unfeeling lllnoisans had no respect for the
tender feelings of this now unhappy couple, but
started off after him in the highest merriment.
They fred four shots after him from their car
bines, but with no effect only to frighten him to
surrender. This captain found it very difficult to
appear as cheerful and contented as his fellow
prisoners, though he appeared to be brave and
respectable rebel.
The expedition had no fight, and lost no men
killed. Two were wounded by citizen BUSH
whackers--one severely, the other slightly. On
one of the bushwhackers the boys swore deadly
vengeance. They tried their utmost to find him,
but he eluded them. They burned his bui dngS
and did him what damage they could. They chafe
exceedingly to make him another visit. Their
wounded comrade they say shall be avenged.
Among other articles taken by this cavalry was
large lot of brass buttons, such as are worn by
our staff officers. They nigh have wanted them
for disguise to pass themselves off as our men
on battle field, or to allure them into a,snare, but
| can see no other use thew would wish to make
Of them. | omitted to mention that they cap.
tured 700 contrabands, men, women and chill
dren. A large share Of them were said to be as
white as other people, though my informant did
not see these, as they had been shipped from the
landing the day before. The cavalry boys were
in the best of spirits and looked eagerly forward
for another such an opportunity of securing the
enemy's country. When they do " may be
there to see." ANTI-REBEL.