Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-10-14
Hon. Richard II. Merrick OF
Illinois. ON General Robert &.
SChenGtk

btltuOsss On General Robert q.
Schemes.
In his speech at the great meeting in Day
ton on the l0,h inst, allddiug to The recently
proclaimed menace Of Abolition LEADERS,, that
Mr. Yallsudigham should not be inauguraled
If elected Mr., MerricL said:
This hero Of Vienna has, then, men Of
Ohio, come back among you to boast of his
own iniamy, aud claim high honors at your
hands for having advised the arrest OF Val
landigham, aud the seizure OF his papers, aud
the rangackiug Of his household Honest
mon will question the purity OF his motives,
and many will ascribe it TO private malice
he lacked the courage to crafty in any other
manner, whilst some will believe that he re-
garded it as the surest manner OF getting rid
Of a formidable political rival, who stood be-
tween him and the genial light Of popular IA
yor And, now that he has accomplished his
purpose, and the object OF his hatred has been
exiled by the decree of an Illegal and uncon-
sttutional military commission, sanctioned by
the approval of the tyrannical despotism nj
Washington and the shores Of his native
land are guarded against his return by the
navy Of the United States, he leaves the scene
Of his military usefulness q to revisit the
home OF the patriot, and apply to him and his
principles language be would not dare to use
if that patriot were free But is there no one
Of all these who agree with the abseht To
speak for him as he would speak for himself
il here2 Gen. Schenck, speaking of the ar
rest of Mr. Vallandigham uses the following
language:
"This is my plan of dealiRg soith these
scounereis and traitors" | hurl back these
terms and history, faithfully narratug the
course and incidents Of Gen Schenck's mill
tary Governorshp in Baltimore, the petty
tyrannics and brutal inhumanities he bas
practiccd upon that people aud analyzing the
base unpatriotic and sedtious principles
ayowed in his speech in this city to which |
have referred will record Of him that he is
the scouHdret and the traitor, aud | accept
the ordeal he proposes, and agree that for
such men as Robert Schenck there is "no ,.r-
gument but the sword, the bullet, aad the
bursting bomb
But, not content with hreviIing the man against
whose indignant anger he has thus eau
tousy protected himself he assals the g ltire
Democratic party, and says, Not satisfied
with putting forward some man having the or
dinary sentiments of the party calling itself
Democratic, they have presented convicted
traitor as their candidate"
have shown 10 you, men Of Ohio, that the
Democratic candidate for Governor was never
arrested for treason; that he was never
charged with treason, that he was never tried
for treason and therefore could never have
been convicted of treason. These facts are
known to General Schenck; and, when such
men make charges OF so distinct and en-
phatic character, there is but one way to meet
them And here, upon this spot where the
charge was made, and before the people it
was intended to deceive, | PRONOUNCE IT TO
BE FALSE, and 1t would be infamous if it were
no, ridiculous, am perfectly aware that the
man who had the power to cause the arrest of
Mr.. Vallandigham has the power to attempt
my arrest; but unless Gen. Schenck adds to
the other qualities you men of Dayton know
him to possess the qualities OF poltroonery
aud eowardce, he will not in this case invoke
the aid Of the Federal Government to protect
him
This merciless excoration of Gen Schenek,
at his home and before people who know his
infamous character, was loudly applauded