The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-02-26

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7AtLAND1GHAM IN NEW JERSEY,
,lllS Sl& NSN ArgR1 ENTHUsIAsTIC MEET
.,qil. ssrl3 Ns4GlA1 NEW4Aai NEWARK, ,7.s'ds'i =
O. TbebfhGihceme2t that Hon, Mr..
Ealhh,ligham was to speak at
Concert Hail, Newark, drew forth
or Saturday evening a most crowd
ed and suthUsiastic audience, filling
the galleries and main Body Of the
house almost to sutf5catlon. The
.ptottorh was occupiedby about a
Misunderstanding Democrats of
Newark and from abroad. .r ,
At three O'Clock the meeting
was called to order by Mr.. Henry
Benner, President of the DeWo-
cratic Union Club, of Newark, and
Mr.. j. q. Fitzgerald read the peace
resolutions of the Illinois Legisla'
ture, which were adopted as the
expression of this meeting, with
resolutions also denouncing the
passage of appropriations by Con-
gress for freeing slaves, calling on
the Legislature and Executive of
New Jersey to demonstrate against
the suspension of civil law IN the
State, and recommending n bill
prohibiting the ingress OF free ne
groes into New Jersey. A
Mr.. Vallandigham was then
introduced by Nehemiah Perry,
and was received with the most
enthusiastic demonstrations of ap-
tplause. After expressing his thanks
for this reception, Mr., Vallandig,
ham spoke as follows: gI't..s1
i romembur that it was in the
city ofNewarll, a little more than
two years ago, that ], first gave
THE pledge to any portion Of the
people of the yUmted! States that
i never wouldseontFibdte, by my
words Or aetsa to,the she td1ing q
one drop 81 . ef5H3, Pls3o3G G y, q :
civil war. Great ap!]2 fke.IliFow
far and -c6fMetebtl Y1fa lknsskept
that pledge1sUSoul4ag a4;ys oflAS
eountrymeni detepBtihe.5 Mqqh has
happened sinee,Ye meA The hisi
tory of fifty years of oftIinary
occr,rrehccs., has been Written; I
would that itohad been written in.
peace, but it setands q remarkable
ofthe history of this land
,-5written in, ,eharaetersg Of Blood.
! am not here to review the events
Of the past. 1 came to speak Of
the immediate questions that are
uponthe people. .Argu.
ment upon the, questions of person.
al liberty and the suspension of
the act Of habedS cOrpaiS is exhaust,
ed. The time for action may come
II hope not .3o[Great chcering]
There are those who can, testify TO
Che ini1p;tbrs despotisni Of this Adj
ministGation; Il ,htcMasttrs, lof the
Faendd'SlJonrnaEa q NIgl} Reeve, All
editorn Of q Long -l3landw aud Ma
honey, Of Dubuque, Iowa. They
are here as free as ;lir4no Bastiles
them. 8 New Jersey has
spoken con these Questions. The
people of the Northwest | am not
fearful of. There are others here
from the e,North-west all 'Butter-
nuts" s,""Copperheads," like myself,
[cheers] who can speak Of the pub |
lie opinion Of that section. l have
had occasion to speak ofthe incvl
of RECONSTRUCTION or re-
union of these States. lam deeply
convinced, from my reading of his
tory, and from my observations of
the last two years, that this evert
willtake place in our day:I have
no doubt of -,''a4 q a. IS. ~
lam here tonight to meet the
new questions that have arisen be.
fore Che people, and I believe I
shall do much more good before
the people than in the halls Of
legislation, and 7forthis reason |
I'm here-I am here the representa- I
tive of the peace sentiment of the