Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-10-02
70. 27.
right and duty of the GoyerDmeu. to use force

? right and duty Of the Government to use fore,
to prevent secession, says:
T mo one believes that any right exists in 9
single State to involve all the others in these
d. and countless other evils, contrary 10 engage.
! ments solemnIy made. Every one must Sc,
} that the other States, in selfdefence, must op
pose it at all hazards"
Again, speaking of the ordinance passed by
the South Carolina Convention, be says:
This solemn denunciation of the laws and
authority of the United States has been fol.
lowed up by series Of acts on the part Of
the authorities of that State, which manifest
a determination to render inevitable a resort
to those measures of self-defence, which the
paramount duty of the Federal Government
requires"
1t IS quite unnecessary to multiply quota
tions from eminent statesmen upon this sub
ject. The great heart of the American peo-
pie is not only adverse to the doctrines, but un-
alterably determined to resist it at all hazards
and were it not for the fact-lamentabIe as it
is, that we find the candidate of the party with
which 1t has always been our pride to act
defantly advocating the right of secession, the
fact of secession, and the want of Constitution.
al power on the part of the General Govern
ment to prevent it by force ; and distinctly
and squarely planting himself on the doctrine
of the inability Of the nation to save itself from
self destruction, for the want of both Consti-
tutional and physical power, and calling upon
the Government to withdraw the army from
what he is pleased to call the seeded States |
and hold an armistice with the rebels in arms, |
give up all the vantage ground which our
brave soldiers have won at the cost of so much |
blood and treasure. Were it not, we say, for
all this we might be justi6abe in remaining
silent. 1t is denied that this is Mr.. Vallandig.
hams position Read his record, published
and put forth under his immediate sanction
and spread broadcast over all the States. II
is said that Mr.. Vallandigham's arrset, trial
and banishment was violation of the Con
stitutiona right Of the citizen, and must be
rebuked by electing Vallandigham Governor
Of Ohio. (Almost the identical doctrines ad.
vocated by the extremists Of the opposite par
" at the beginning of the war.)
1t is also said that the Emancipation Proc
lamation is contrary to the letter and spirit
Of the Federal Constitution, and shat the war
is being waged for the freedom of the negro,
and therefore the war ought to cease at once
|
ments if Mr.. VS. conduct and opinions were
at all influenced by such considerations; but
be it remembered, that all the expressed Opin-
ions of Mr. V. herein published, were announc.
I'd prior to the issuing of the Proclamation or
lis arrest. For these, and other equally salts
actory reasons, we feel constrained to with )
lOld our support from Mr.. ", although we
leem it inexpedient to now put third ticket
n the field.
Now, fellow Democrats of Ohio, Democrats
Who stood by Douglas in the great contest of
$50, Democrats who have sworn upon the al {
ar Of our country that the Union must and :
hall be preserved; Democrats who have sons,
'rothers and fathers now fighting the battles
# your country, who are standing guard in :
be silent hour Of midnight, over your houses !
nd homes, Drawing death in every form, we {
ppeal to you-can you, will you, cast your l
otes for man holding the opinions and ad- I
coating the doctrines which Mr.. Vallandig- T
am does2 We cannot and do not believe you L
Till. We most respectfully but earnestly call I
pom you in the name Of Democracy, in the c
anne of our country, in the name of our faith f
RS, of jackson, of Douglas, to take such v
curse as your calm and deliberate Judgment r
lay dictate to save Ohio from the fatal effects +
rhich we fear may follow from his election. n
he Democratic party has future fraught ;.
18th mighty and important obligations which G
lust be met with frmness, and having done !:
ar duty, trust to returning sense of consisten-
? which we feel confident must be the guide
the party in the campaign Of 1864.