M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-09-24

VII DO ena6ied 10 keep the whole
people with them, encouraged, as
theSRill be, by the powerful support
Of army, the navy and the credit
of France. The mission of Mr.. Ste,
phens to Paris clearly points to this
result. UnNisely and wlckedly re-
IjeCted by the Court at Washington,
where, according to Southern author,
Iity,. he came with "full powers to
treat for peace aud settlement" he
goes now OH special embassy to the
Court Of Versailles. The dissrtous
results of the success oil such embassy
either through him or Mr.. Slidell al
ready there, upon the interests and
further peace Of the Northwest, no
man can calculate. Then, indeed,
along with permanent disruption Of
the Union, and other numberless Ca
lamities, would the Mississippi be
eaectually sealed against us, except
Spon such terms as the foreign ma
ttiOns may choose TO impose; and thus
every city and town upon that great
river and its tributaries, would begin
10 fall into decay. Victories in the
field will not at all tend to retard or
prevent this alliance and it's ruinous
results. Now, therefore, is the &C.
|cepted time, the very hour before the
blow be struck, for the people Of the
North and West to rebuke the radi.
cals and maliguants who control pub,
lie affairs, and prove to the people of
the South that they can return to
their allegiance to the Constitution,
and thus to the Union, "with all the
dignity, equality and rights of their
several States unimpaired." | re.
peat that the success of the Demo.
cratic party in Ohio and the other
States will go further toward this re-
suit than any event that can happen
within the GeXt twelve MONTHS
Shall the golden moment to aid pow.
erully in the restoration of the Union
as it was be suffered to pass by2
Upon another subject allow me
now a word, not volunteered, but
called out and made appropriate by
those who assail me.
The candidate Of the Administra-
lion party is reported to have spoken
recently at Columbus, in a public
meeting, in substance as follows:
"What will be the effect eff electing
Mr.. Vallandigham Governor Of Ohiol
will tell you what the effect Of it
will be. 1t will inaugurate civil war
ipsyour State. 1t will bring civil wal
to your homes, upon the soil Of your
own State; for tell you there is
MACS Of men in this State
whose nerves are strung up like stee..,
who will not permit this dishonor to
be consummated in their native State.
Another effect will be that it will be
an invitation to the rebels in arms to
come up and take possession Of our
soil"
Now | have 80 often myself been
made the subject of false statement
and misreport, that will not hold
Mr.. BroughrespoIsible for either the
sentiment above expressed, or the
presumptuous Stiffness Of referring to
the election by the people of his oppo
nent; as bringing 'dishonor' upon the
state. But | know that the PROPOSE
ton itself is beginning to be urged
by mauy of his friends as a menace
to the treemen OF Ohio; and | choose
to meet it fatty.
First. The "invitation to rebels in
arms" which my election will signify,
will be to lay down their arms and
return to the old Union and to obe-
dience to and protection under the
Constitution, laws and flag. secure
from Abolition intermeddling and
as before the war, and from
CONSUMPTION, con6scatioD, execution,
emancipation, negro equality, and al!
e1ertions Of arbitrary, despotic power
since.
Second. There will be no "civil
war" in Ohio i'll am elected Cover.
nor, unless Mr.. Brough and his par
ty inaugurate it; in which event we
will "crush out the rebellion" in a
very much shorter space OF time than
they have employed in putting down
the "slave holders rebellion" If,
however, they mean that they will
''secede'' from the State oy voluntary
exile to Canada, or elsewhere, there
will be no coercion" in that event.
But the threat, it intended to- intimi-
date, lie as idle as the vino: if meant
seriously, it is time that the people
should know it, that they may affix
the mark of Cain upon the foreheads
of these new conspirators against the
ballot-box. In any event, he whom
a majority fths qualified electors"
Of Ohio may choose for their Govern
or, will be inaugurated, and the vast
mass of the people, without distinc-
ton of party, will aid, if need be, in
the work Of keeping the peace Of the