Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-06-28
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer OF Friday evening.
The Great Vallandigham Ratification
Meeting in Cleveland.
Speech of Judge Thurman.
TREMENDOUS ENTHUsrAsM
THE UNION AND CONSTITUTION FoarvER,

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One of tho Iaruoot ond x..
meetInos aver bald In clava,. S'' NJ .nsnuslashe
evan;ne at R,a;na,d,s Hal, on Sinn Sa%o on ias'
the DEMOCRACY of Cuyabous asas,nhIaS Ttoas1n tos.
er for tbe nurnoae OF ratifeno tbo nes; ;;Oss.n'
of Hon. Ciement L. Vallandisbsn, =, Sar Gnua
of Ohio. The hall was Crowded 70 srsso"aa, Us1inol
including good portion Of the stare Huud.oa,,
were unable to gain access 10 tho sns,tm.na 'I' q
fine band Of music performed on ths hsIson. 4, q
front before the messIrte nommenasd' - as
O'Clock an organization 115 effeoted by annoint'
ing the following offioers:
Chalrman-Arthur Hughes. ,
Vice Presidential. P. Rhodes. Chss. Wins
low, +. W. Green, W. F. Otis, B. Harrington.
John Friend, Joseph Kenry.
Secretary-Frank H. Kelly,
| A committee On resolutions vas anpointed
consisting of Messrs. M. Foster and G. r.
Flood.
The committee then retired. after which
Judge Thurman, of Columbus, was introdncsd
to the assembly, before which he had bean an
nounoed to make speech,
Judge Thurman aroee amidst great An.
plause. He did not appear before his audience
as an itinerant stump speaker. he appeared a.
o simple citizen of Ohio, where he had resided
for more than forty yesrs-a State that con-
tanned every dollar of property he ever ovned
"a State that contained what was desrer than
property-yife and children. He had then.
therefore, no possible motive 10 addressing biz
/ audience, but their good, and Il Waa for In AZ
object that he appeared before them. He had
no language to express what he felt in relation
to the magnificent turnout before him. and ba
returned thsnks for the whole Democracv of
Ohio for H. The news Of tbia pather;nu v;ji
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| In extraordinary times, Extraordinary In this
that this great country which univ txo VOC s, -
ago was the abode of peace and nrosns,itv' IL
now rent by stupepdous civil war Ert,ao,di'
nary in this, that those safepuards Of onr i,h-
critics, interviewer in the Cunstjtution' and
heretofore held sacred. are uoW openlv aaaa;lad
The Democratic party ia atio matt al "a tr,;tS,s
Why do they complain of us1 Il was for The
purpose of exrosnR the abeurdity of the cha, ,oas
| that are made against the Democrats nar,y
that he alluded to them, So far from the d ann,
ocratic party having aided and abetted the re-.
bellion, the Republican partv have doba tvIco
| as much in that line First. thew accpae ma NJ
keeping up party oreapization. They ssv in
time OF war there ought to be but ma marty ana
that of course, must be the Republican narty
ECheers There we're opposers to the war q,
1919. Was Daniel Webster a traitor barausa
he opposed that war? Was the whole State of
ssachuse,ts made up of traitors becsnsa ita
inhsbit ants opposed that war; II there was a
mau present who thought Webster traitor he.
cause he uas oppose cd 70 that war, let him sneoS
No response He spoke Of the Mexican war.
Was there no one opposed to that war2 Did
the Wing party Say that as their country was at
war they would disband and join the Democrat
ic party2 Ask Joshua R. GiddiDgs II he voted
fOr nd h. iii
Clement l.. Vallandighsm as traitor for NOV
ing, 10 Congress, to increase soldiers' nav 40
per month. Applause. Was Giddings trait
or because he opposed tnat war2 There was
certain Tom Corwin, q Senator from Ohio, rep
iesentative of nearly two millions of people,
what did he say about that war2 He said that
II be we're Mexican he would "welcome the
American soldiers with bloody hands to hospit-
able gTaves" Was he q traitor2 Governor
Vance voted against that gar; va, he traitor2
When the Republicans will atone for their past
couFse by abandoning their party and Joining
ours, he would think they were sipcere In .heis
no party talk. But there was more important
point to consider, Il is question of a free or
monaFchial governments that at present occupies
tue mind of the people. Is there anything in
the Constitution that says that the people in
times of peace are the source of power, but that
in times of war they are poNerles.7 There is
nothing OF the kind there. Why should thew
be muzzled and told that they cannot speak A.
ALT Ye some people advocate that theory,
They did LOT believe Il In 1912 or during the
Mexican, var, and they have never believed Il
until now, when they want to break up the DEM
ocratic party. 1t the Democacy of Ohio.
Indiana and NeS York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, who last year we're in, the majority, cav
to the President that they think some of his war
measures unconstitutional and that thew wish
to discuss the policy OF that war, and that III ey
think he is not On the right track, the Republic.
ans say 1t discourages enlstmenss, is weakens
the Government. But they make stronger
point; they say that when you discuss this war
policy, there may be an old man in bearing who
has son in the army, and ID may be that the
old man willicomssto think as, you do about the
war policy, and perhaps he can write, and NAV
be he will write to that son and advice him 10
come nome, and thus you see that such discus-
sion encourages desertion. Prolonged laugh
ter; ,lI
Inc speaker ventured the assertion that no
Democratic speech had ever caused deaertion
In tne army. they wont ALLOW Democratic
papers to 60 TO the army; how then can the sol-
diers become contaminated tiereby3 There 10
an exception to the general rule: Grant allows
sam. Medarys Cr'ms TO circulate In his army,
ana tne iatter 10 the only army that whips the
rebels continually. AuDlause.1 II W0u1a navar