Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-09-19


of Mr.. YALLANpIoHAM may obtain a
glimpse Of truth
WINDSOR, CANADA WEST
September l5 1863
President of the Democratic Mass Meeting,
Dayton, Ohio
IR:-Complying with the desire of many
Of my Democratic friends in the city aud
county where ] have for so many years resd-
ed. ! address them briefly through you,
No further warning or entreaty from me is
needed TO arouse the people to the Importance
Of the great issue before them, and to the
danger which on every side threatens their
liberties. The great popular demonstrations,
occurring every day throughout the State,
prove their zeal and devotion to the cause OF
Liberty and Union, and that they mean that
these two shall IN very deed be inseparable,
Both these depend largely upon the issue of
the Ohio campaign II that party should
succeed, which, upon the one hand, appauds
the atrocious acts Of Abraham Lincoln and
his servants, and endorses the monstrous
claim of absolute power ove person and pro-
perty, not to say life itself, set up by him in
his recent letters to the Albany and Colum-
bus Committees; and on the other, accepts
ns its own the whole radical policy, root and
branch" of Congress and the Executive in
the conduct Of the war, there is an end to
both In the North and West every tower OF
Constitutional Liberty looks anxiously to the
approaching elections IL the South, the
eyes of hundreds of thousands, 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 triumph of the Demo
cratic party, as their last hope for its restora
ton And the very successes of the Federal
Armies do but render this triumph the more
important for while, according to Mr.. Lin
coln they have not at all broken the strength
or subdued the spirit of the Confederates in
arms, they have done much to open the eyes
of the people Of the States still adherng to
the Union, to the fact that the policy OF con
citation must at least folioio--far better that
before any war it had preceded-the policy
OF coercion Moreover, the recent eXtraordi-
nary events ia Mexico have greatly augment
ed the necessity and importance OF speedily
putting into power the party in whose hands
the rights and interests Of all States and sec
tons will be secure Recognition by Mexico
and France, and subsequent alliance between
them and the Confederate States, are pend
ing dangers, every hour becoming more
imminent Napoleon well knows, and Joseph
of Austria also, whom he has enlisted now
with him, that if a united government Of any
kind be restored here, either "the Union as ii
was Of the Democrats, or the Union us it
should be- of the Abolitionists-a unity of
despotsm-no Empire, at least no Euro
pean Empire, would be permitted to continue
in Mexico Hence he, and all whom he can
| persuade or force with him, viii very speed-
| ly recognize the Confederate States, on CON
dition Of a guaranty OF the Mexican En-
| pire, and thar by treaty Of alliance offensive
and defensive, rs did Louis XVI in l77S
And thus the leaders Of the Southern revolt
will be enabled to keep the whole people with
them, encouraged, as they will be, by the
powerful support of the army, the navy and
the credit of France The mission of Mr.
Stephens to Paris clearly points to this result
Unwisely AMI wiekedly rejected by the court
at Washington, where according to Southern
authority, he came with "full powers 10 treat
for peace and settlement he goes now on
special embassy to the court of Versailles
The disastrous results of the success of such
embassy, either through him or Mr. Sidel al
ready there, upon the interests and future
peace Of the Northwest, no man can calcu-
|
disruption OF the Union, and other number
less caamities would the Mississippi be Of
fectually Sc led against us, except upon such
terms as foreign nations may choose to i'm,
pose and thus every city and town upon that
great river and its tributaries, would begin to
fall into decay Victories in the field will lot al
all tend TO retard or prevent this alliance and
its ruinous results Now, therefore, is the
accepted time, the very hour, before the blow
be struck. for the people Of the North ant
West 10 rebuke the radicals and malignants
who control public affairs. and prove to th,
} people Of the South that they can return tC
their allegiance to the Constitution and thus
to the Union, with all the dignity, eaualit,
and rights Of their several States, unimpair
ed, | repeat that the snccess OF the Demo
cratic party in Ohio and the other States, viii
go further towards this result than any even
4 which can happen within the next twely
G months Shall.the golden moment to al,
powerfully in the restoration of the Union a
: it was, be suffered to pass by 2
e Upon another subject allow me now wore
:, not volunteered but called out and made az
, propriate by those who assail me
i The candidate Of the Administration part
|. is reported to have spoken recently at Coluu
=. bus in public meeting, in substance as 70
- lows:
le "What will be the effect OF eleetng NJ
II Vallandigham Governor Of 0hio2 will te
" you what the effect Of it will be- II will Il
It augurate civil war in your State. 1t wi
st bring civil war to your own homes, upon Il
soil of your own State For tell you the
y is mighty mass OF men in this State who
l. nerves are strung up like steel who will new