Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-06-28
their plans; be thought they dssired to keep the
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I tneir plans; ne thought they desired to keep th
Northern people disunited. 2 1'g' p-
The Democratic party, for years before th
war, warned the people Of lie approach. Tn
| Democrats were scornfully called dcughfacee
Union-savers, wanting In back bone, subservien
to the Southern people, etc. How often hav
you heard the assertion made that the Soutl
couldn't be kicked out Of the Union Th,
time predicted by the Democratic party finall,
came. What did the Democratic party do then
They were for rising above party and prayet
the Republicans to do 60. The Republican,
turned deaf ear. They wouldn't listen -
Nothing but blood would do. What did th,
Democrats do then7 When the first gun wal
fred at that old flag the Democracy rallied al
one man. [Applause.l When the grand cal
was made for troops, two Democrats went tC
one Republican. The aeventy-6ve Thousand
men didnt suffice. Then three yeaEs men wert
called upon. What did the Democrats do then
What man Of decency will say that % many
Democrats didn't 60 as Republican, What
was the language Of the Republican press In
response to this noble action They denounced
us oil as traitors. Finally came the iron hand
OF military power to seize upon citizens for nc
] crime under tho Constitution, and hurry them
into dismal dungeons and fortresses. He men.
TONED these facts to chow that those who
abused the Democracy for not deaerting their
party organization had taken the very steps to
prevent what they professed to desire. We
will discuss the acts Of our servants. That'e
our right. But while we will do that, We will
obey the laws as long as they are not declared
unconstitutional by the Judiciary of the coun.
try, or until they are repealed. They say you
are all enemies Of our soldiers There are hun.
dreds Of thousands of Democrats soldiers in the
armyl What fools The Republicans arc TO make
such an assertion. The Republicans say they
are unconditional war men, and that you are
unconditional peace men. Where do they gel
their authority for that Brough's platform Il
that the negroes shall be practically as well
as theoretically free and no peace till
that Is accomplished. That is q broad plat
form, and 1t ought to be, for Brough Is broad
man. [Applause. Phillips says that IL will
take twenty years TO accomplish this result, and
the war must be fought out. What Is an uncon-
ditional peace mani There was Republican
Congressman from Kansas who is for uncondl-
tlonal peace on the condition of existing facts,
and he was the only man of the kind he ever
heard Of. Vallandigham was not an uncondi-
tional peace man. He defed any man to point
out single word in any of Vallandighsm's .
speeches that proved him an unconditional peace
uuus n NulC0 iEOu buo huukCuC6-Iu buht
down, Bone of the Herald!"l The American
people are thinking people, and they have o
knack Of thinking In their own way, and If they
conducted, they will try and have things recti.
fed in peaceful and constitutional way. If
peace comes, 1t must be principally the work Of
the Democratio party. Such assertion was not
mere gasconade. The leaders OF the Republi.
can party were not unconditional Union men,
Brough Ia not such man. His Marietta spsech
proved II. He would not have peace without
the abolition of slavery. The Abolitionists
openly avow that they are not for the Constitu-
tion as It 10, but the Constitution a. they think
1t ought to be and the Union as they say il shall
be. They will not listen to any terms of COM
promise, these fanstioal Abolitionis.s, but there
will be great portion of the Republican party
that will listen to such compromise, and 90 will
the grand old Union Democratic party, and the
fanatics will be driven to the wall. II the time
ever comes when the South sees her folly and
will be willing to come back into the Union
provided she be treated well and guaranteed all
her rights, it will be owing to the Democratic
party and other conservative men, that peace
will be restored to the country and the Union be
saved.
In speaking OF Vallandigham again, Mr.,
Thurman said that the great trouble With him
was, he was In favor of having the rulers obey
the laws as well as the people. EApplause.
What brought the people up to the great Con.
vention that nominated him for GoveFnor2 Was
lt because they hated their Governments and
wanted to aid the rebels7 No one but en- ass
would think 90. They came up to his support
because he is representative of constitutional
liberty and the rights Of American citizens.
Terrific applause. .., h., XXX
According to Mr.. Lincoln (uids his letter to
the Albany meeting), Vallandigham Was arrest
ed not because he had committed crime, but
because he hadn't committed any!, [Applause !
By this new doctrine the man who commits
crime has every guarantee Of the Constitution
thrown around him; the man who has commit
ted no crime Is arrested and has no guarantees
thrown around him! [Applause According
to Lincoln, If the writ Of ha6eas corpus be sus-
pended, q man can be arrested without charge,
and without having committed q crime The
speaker never heard Of such q thine before, and
he thought nobody else ever did. II this Idea
Is practically carried out, it will give President
Lincoln more power than any monarch on the
facs Of the earth. The point now is-Aboli-
tion deapotism or free government. We OPP
pose arbitrary arrests because they are uncon.
stitutional, and because they weaken the arm of
our Government. What has the latter made
by arresting Vallandigham2 He now stands al.
together the best chance of being Governor Of
Ohio. They arrested Dr.. Olds for words utter.
ed at an obscure county school house that didn't
suit some Republican, dragged him away from
his family, and sent him to Fort Lafayette. A
strange place to send q political prisoner!
Nimed after Lsfayelte-t man who sent to
Washington they key Of the French Bastile as
symbolical Of victory Of freedom over CD.
preston! Finally hv gut oat5 mud his friends AZ
home, In Fairfield, took him in hand and sent
him to the Legislature by two thousand maiori-
ty. What did the Government make by his ar.
rest? A surer means Of weakening the Gov
ernment could not be adopted than arbitrary
arrests.
Mr.. Thurman spoke Of the impunity with
which Wendell Phillips orany Of bis tribe could
assAil the Governments, and asked why he had
not been arrested. The States Of Ohio, New
York, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania have gone against the Administration.
Did the Democrats say to JEFF. Davis, upon
achieving their victory that they were his
friends, and wished the rebsllion auccess7 No;
but the Republican party have told him that the
majority of the people of those States are in
favor of the rebellion, for they tell him that
the Democrats are all copperheads, or eeces-
sionists, and they constitute that majority
Another way In which they have given aid and
comfort to the enemy Was by hunting down
Democratic Generals. w here 10 McClellan7
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