Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-07-28
Eallancigham'S Address 10 Ihe
- Democracy Of Ohio.
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- .Inlv IL lR62

the United States, q prisoner of Sro,a
banlshed thence to tie Coufederata &c.
and there held as an alien enemy aod 80
oner OF war, though On parole. fairiv "a
honorably dealt with aud given Jesva a% -
depart,-an act possible only nv runn;no
the blockade at the hazard of beipp firs5
on by ships flying the flag of nv own coun.
try.-i found myself FIRST a freeman when
on British snil. And to-day, under protes.
ton Of the British flag, ah here TO eninv.
and in part 10 exercise, the privileges and
rights which usurpers insoleatly denv me
at home. The shallow coutrivance Of the
weak dsspots at Washington, and their ad.
vissrs, has been defeated. Nav. IL has
been turned against them; aud I. who for
two years was maligned as Ia secret lsaeoe
With the eonfedeFsfes having refused
when 10 their midst, under circumstaneee
the Most favorable, eithsr to identify nv
self with their their cause or even 40 mueh
as to remain, preferriDg rather exile in a
fore gn land. return now with Allegiance
to my own State aud government. onbro-
ken IN word, thought or deed, and With
every declaration and pledge to you while
at home, and before l was stolen awav.
made good In spirit aud to the yery Tst.
ter. "
Six weeks ago. when just going into
Punishment, because an audac:uus but most
cowardly despotism compelled IL, I aderes
sed you ss a fe'lOw-citizen. To-day. and
ircm the very place then selected by me.
but after weariSone and most perilous
JourneyiDgs for more than fous thousand
miles by land and upon the sea-stiII In
exile, though almost in sight of my native
State greet you as your Representative.
Grateful certainly am for the confidence
In my integrity and patriotism implied by
the unanimous nomination as candidate far
Governor Of Ohio which you gave mo while
was yet IN the Confederate States. 1t was
not misplaced 1t shall never be abused.
But this Is the least Of all considerations in
tunes Ike these. ask no personal SYM
patny TOT the personal wrong. No, it is
the cause OF constitutional liberty and pri>
Vate right cruelty outraged beyond example
IN Tree country. BY the President and
his servants, which gives public signiscan-
cy 70 tue action OF your convention. Yours
was indeed an act Of justice 10 a citizen
who for bis devotion to the rights uf the
states aud the liberties Of the people, had
oeen married. tor destruction by the band
OF arbitrary power. But it was much
more. IL was an act of courage WORTHY of
the heroic ages OF the world; and it was a
spectacle ard 9 rebuke to the usurpine
tyrants who, having broken up the Union.
"ouio now STRIKE down the constitution,
suovert your present government, and es-
tsollsh formal and proclaimed despotism
10 It's stead. You are the REsrokERs AND
DEFENDERS OF CeNs1ITCTloNAL LIBERTY,
you.
congratulate you upon your uamina>
tions: They whom you have placed ucon
'he teket with me are gentlemen of char.
racter, integrity, ability, and of tried fdel-
ity' to she constitution, the Union and 10
liberty Their moral and political courage
"a quality always rare, and now the most
valuable OF public virtues it is beyond
question. Every way. all these were NOM
nations fit to be made. And even zeal
Ousy. am sure, will now be busbed n 7
especially rejoice with you in the uomina.
ton Of Mr.. Pugh as your candidate 1or
Lieutenant Governor aud President of the
Senate. A scholar and gentleman. a soI.
der in f0reIgn war. aad ALWAYS a natri.
OF; emf 1ent as lawyer, aud Distinguished
as an orator and statesman, l hail his
acceptance as an omen of the return az the
better and more Virtuous days of the Re-
| public
endorse your noble platform-eIeoant
IN style; admirable in sentiment. Ynn
present the true iesue, and commit your.
selves to the great mission Just now of the
democratic party.-to restore and make
sure hrst the rights and Liberties declared
your by your constitutions. 1t is in vain IN
invite the States and people Of the South n
return to Union with a constitution. and
dIshnnored and polluted by repeated and
most aggravated exertions of ty-aunic
power. 1t Is base IN yourselves, and tres>
sonaole to your rOsterity, to surrender
these liberties and rights to the creatures
whom your own breath created and can
destroy. Shall there be free speech. a free
press, peacealle assemtlages Of the peopIp.
ana free ballot any longer in Ohio2-
shall the people hereafter, as hitherto.
have the right to discuss and condemn the
principles and pClicy Of the party-the
Ininistry-the men who, for the time. con.
duct the government,-to demand of their
puollc servants reckoning Of the stev-
ardship, and to place other men and ano,b.
er party 10 power OF their sunremS will and
pleasure Shall order Tbirty.eight or the
constitution be the supreme law of the
landE Aud shall the citizen any more be
arrested by an rmed soldiery at midnight.
dragged from wife and child and home. 10
military prison; thence to q mock militia
~ trial; there condemned, and then han.
ished as felon for the exercise Of his
rights This is the issue; you have nobly
met u. Ii Is the very question Of free,
popular government itself Il is the whole
question: upon one side, liberty; on the
other. despotism. The President. as the
recognized head of his party. accents the
issue. Whatever he villa. that il Law
Constitutions, State and Federal. are moth.
ing; acts Of legislation nothing; the icdic.
isry less than nothing In time Of war
there is but one will supreme-bis will: but
one iaw-militsry necessity. and he the
sole judge. Military orders supercede the
constitution, and military commission,
usurp the places Of the ordinary courts of
Justice in the land. Nor are these mere
idle claims. For two years and more. bv
arms, they have been enforced. Ii vas the
mission Of the weak but p,esumptuous
Burnside-a name infamous forever in the
ears of all lovers Of constitutional liberty--
to try the experiment. io Ohio, aided by n
Judge whom l nsme not, because he has
brought full dishonor upon the Judiciary
Of my country. 10 your hands now. men
OF Ohio, is the iosl issue of the experiment.
The party OF the administration have &C,
cepted it. By Iledging support to the
President, they have justified his cutrages
upon liberty and the constitut ton; and Who
ever gives his vote for the candidate ofthat
party commits himself to every act of VIC.
lence and wrong on the part Of the admin.
istFation which he upholde; and thus. by
the law OF retaliation, which is thSilaw az
might, would fairly forfeit bis Own light
to liberty. personal and political. vhenso.
ever other men and another party shall
bold the power. Much more do the condi.
dates themselves. Suffer them not. I en-.
treat you. to eEads the issue; and BY the
Judgment of the people we will abide.