M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-09-24
from the DaytOn( ohio) Empire.
Freemen Read and Reflect
Hon. G. l.. Vaiiandigham to tho People
of Ohio,

Hon. G. L. yallandigham to tho People
of Ohio;
WINDSOR, G. W., September Is, 1868.
President of the Democratic Mass Meeting
Dayton, Ohio; ..
SIR: Complying with The desire
Of many of my Dem ucratlc friends in
the CITY and country where have
for 80 many years resided, | address
them briefly through you.
No further warning or entreaty
from me ia needed 10 arouse the peo.
pie to the Importance Of the great is,
sue before them, and to the danger
which on every side threat ens their
liberties. The great popular demon.
Strations, occurring every day thro'.
out the State, prove their zeal and
devotion to the cause Of Liberty and
Union, and that they mean thai these
two shall in very deed be inseparable.
Both these depend largely upon the
issue OF the Ohio campaign. Ifthat
party should succeed, which, upon
the one hand, appiauds the attrocious
acts of Abraham Lincoln and his
servants, and iDdorse the monstrous
claims Of absolute power over person
and property, not to say life itself, set
up BY him in his recent letters to tie
a -
Albany aud Columbus Committees :
and, on the other, accepts as its own
the whole radical policy, "root and
branch" =" Of Congress and the Execu.
tive in the conduct of the war, there
is al end to both. Iu.the North and
West, every lover Of constitutional
liberty looks anxiousIy to the approa.
ching elections. In toe 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 Democratic party, as their
last hope for its restoration, And
the'very suc9esses OF the Eedeal ar.
mics, NO d6fot, render ltiiistriumph
the more important; forwhile, accor.
ding to Mr.. Lincoln, they have no. at
all broken the strength or subdued
the spirit of the Confederatss in arms,
they have done much to open the
eyes Of the people of the States still
adhering to the Union, to the fact that
the policy of conciliation must at least
tollow--tar better that before any
war it had prcceded-the policy Of
coercion. Moreover, the recent ex
traordinary events in Mexico have
greatly augmented the necessity and
Importance OF speedily putting in pow
er the party in whose hands the rights
and interests Of all States and sections
will be secure. Recognition by Mex.
lco and France, and subsequent ALI.
ance between them and the Confed
crate States, are impending dangers
every hour becoming more Imminent.
Napoleon well knows, and Joseph Of
Austria also, whom he has enlisted
now with him, that ifa united gov.
eminent Vi ANY kind be restored here.
either "the Union as it was" of the
Democrats, or the "Union as it should
be" OF the Abolitionists-a unity o.
despotism-no Empire, at least no
European Empire, would be permit.
ted to continue in Mexico Hencs
be, and all whom be can persuade or
force with him, will very speedily
recognize the Confederate States, on
condition Of q guarantee of the Mex.
lean Empire, and that by a treaty of
alliance offensive and defensive as
did Louis XVI in 1777. And thus