The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-10-02
LETTER FROM HON. C. L. VAL
# tem LANDIGHAM.
Address to the People of Ohio.
His Position Clearly Defined.
LET HIS TRADUCERs READ.
W1NsoR, @. w., Sept. Is.

.'H. WINsoR, U. W., Sept. 10.
President of the Democrat Mass Meet.
ing, Dayton, Ohio: H n ".
SIR - Complying with the desire of
many of my Democratic friends in the
city aud county where have for so ma,
ny years resided, i address them briefly
through you. j m'h ..
No further warming or eutreaty from
me is needed to grouse 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 Lib.
erty and Union, and that they mean that
these two shall in very deed be ihsepa-
rable. But these depend largely upon
the issue Of the Ohio campaign. If that
party should succeed, which, upon the
one hand, applauds the atrocious acts Of
Abraham Lincoln and his servants, and
endorses the monstrous iclaim of abso.
lutte power over personaDd property, not
to say life itself, ,Gset up by him in hisre.
cent letters to the Albany and Colum.
bus Committees; and on the other, ac-
cepts as his own the whole radical poll.
Cyl 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 lover of Constitutional
Liberty looks anxiously to the approach.
Ing elections! In 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 faith.
ers made, ard would gladly see it restor.
edih peace and security to all, are turn
cd now1iD earnest desire for the triumph
ofthe Democratic party as their last hope
for its restoration, '' ".. ''"
And the very successes of the Federal
Armies do but render this triumph the
more important; for while, according TO
Mr. Lincoln, 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 adbering to the Union,
tothe fact that the policy of conciliation
must at least foIlo,o-far better that be.
fore any war it had preceded-the poll.
cy Of coercion. Moreover, the recent
extraordinary events in Mexico have
greatly augmented the necessity and im.
portance Of speedily putting into power
the party in whose hands the rights and
interests of all States and sections will
be secure. Recognition by Mexico and
France, and subsequent alliance between
them and the Confederate States, are
impending dangers, every hour becom-
ing more imminent. Napoleon well
knows, and Joseph Of Austria also,
whom be has enlisted now with him, that
ifa united government of any kind be
restored here, either "the Union as 1t
,sas" Of the Democrats, or "the Union
as it should, ben of the AbolitioniSts-a
unity of Iespotism- no Empire, at least
no European Empire, would be permit.
ted TO continue n Mexico. Hence he
and all whom he can persuade or force
with him, will very speedily recognize
the Confederate States, on condition of
a guaranty Of alliance offensive and de.
fepsive, as did Louis XVI in ITS. And
thus the leaders Of the Southern revolt
will, be enabled to keep the whole peo
pie 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 clearly
points to this result. Unwisely and
wickedly rejected by the court at Wash
ington, where, according to Southern
authority, be came with "full powers to
treat for peace and settlement" he goes
now on o special embassy " the court
of Versailles. The disastrous results of
the success Of such embassy, either
Though him or Mr.. Slidell already there,
Upon the interests and future peace of
tie Northwest, no man can calculate.
Then, indeed, along with permanent dis.
fuption Of the Union, and other num-
berless calamities, would the Mississippi
be effectually sealed against u.s. except
upon such terms as foreign nations may
choose to IMPOSE; and thus every city
md t0wu upon that great river and its
tributaries, Would begin to fall into de-
Cay. Victories in the field will not at
ATTEND I'd retafd orprevent this alliance
Shd its ruinous results. Now, therefore,
Il the accepted time, the very hour, be-
f6re the blow be struck, for the people
.0f tho North and West to rebuke the
,fGdlcsls and mslignants who control
public aGairs, and prove to the people Of
tie South that they can return to their
allegiance 70 the Constitution, and thus
TO- TIE Union with all the dignity,
edGSIity o ana tights of their several
States unimpdirsd! 0l'1 repeat that the
success of the Democratic partyin Ohio
and the other States, will 60 further to.
wards this result than any event which
lcan q happen within the next twelve
months, Shall the golden moment to
aid powerfully in the restoration Of the
Onion as It was, be suffered to pass by?
Upon another subject allow me now
word, not volunteered, but called out and
made appropriate by those who aSsail me.
The candidate Of the Administration
party is reported to have spoken recent.
y at Columbus in q public meeting, in
substance as follows: p 's ''
"What will be the effect Of electing
Mr.. Vallandigbam Governor of Ohio2 /
will tell you what the effect Of It will be,
Twin inaugurate civil war in your State.
II will bring civil war to Your own
homes, upon the soil Of your own State.