Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-07-09
sTKs PSesidcnt and VaIIandIE-


nam.
II any one wishes 70 INQUIRE how far par,i
zan feelings wipe away the Judgment Of men
ordinarily eonsidered AZ fair specimens of
New ENGLAND culture and ability, let him re-
eall the universal approval Of the Republican
party Of TIE exile Of Vallandigham, and then
set himself 10 ascertain the cause Of that exile
its utter uniawfuness aud the fact that dis.
tinguished Republicans have very recently
used language more pointed and quite as de-
nupciatory Of the mode Of carrying on the
war, with perfect IMMUNITY NaoA p
The language used by Mr Valispdigham
which caused his arrest was this "The war
is wicked, cruel and uunAcessary" "a war
for the purpose Of crushing out liberty aud
and erecting despotism "a war for the
/ freedom OF the blacks and the ehslayemnnt
Of the Whiles' lie said be was ''determined
TO do what he could to defeat the attempt to
| build up q monarchy upon the ruins of our
| free goverpment For this, and such words
"a these, he was arrested at midnight, tried
| before court, martial, and sent under guard
into the enemys lines, and no Republican or
Republican press dared lift warning word in
! favor Of liberty, while he thodghtless masses
deemed him only too lsnienty dealt With, in
4 that he was not hung. To-day not a leading
man in the Republican ranks but will &C
knoWledRe it 10 have been done without
shadow Of legal authority
But Mr ldneoln has given no sign that he
has changed his views in this regard II he
bad, surely he would have revoked the order
Of exile, He, then, II honest, and not pur.
suing Yallandigham from personal or psrtiz,
spite, still holds lsnguage tantamount to this
as good canse 10 ostracism.
Bnt Mr.. Wendell Phillips tells the Cleveland
Convention that the reelection Of Lincoln
would give US eight years Of despotic power
We have had then more than three years Of
Lincoln's despotism Again he says, the pol
icy OF Mr.. Lincoln is "ruinous TO the North
in every point Of view" "If Mr.. Lincoln is
re-eleCIei do pect 70 see the Union re.
constructed In my day, unless upon terms
more DISASTROUS TO liberty then even disunioo
would he
But Fuamhmt, IN bis letter Of acceptance OF
the nomination, is quite as explicit He says;
This is not an ordinary election. 1t iss con.
test for the right even to have candidates, and
not merely, as usual for the choice among
: them. Now, for the first time since '76, the
question OF constitutional liberty has been
brought directly before the people for their
serious cons deration and vote. The oTdna
: ~ rights secured uHder the Constitution snd
the laws OF the country have been violated
and extraordinary powers have been usurped
| by the Executive To day W,
have in the country the abuses OF miGtarj
dietation, without its unity of action and vieol
! of execution An administration marked a
I home by disregard of constitutional rights, BY
its violations Of personal liberty and the lib
erty Of press, and, as a crewning shame, b.
r its abandonment of the right of asylum,
? right especially dear 10 all free nations
! abroad
SNOW, if the policy of Lincoln be as Phillip
g says, 'runous in every point of view to tn
+ NORTH" then the war, as conducted by him
is, as Vallandighsm says, wicked cruel an,
: unnecessary. Upon every other point Phil
O lips and Fremont are more denunciatory ant
specific than is Vsllandigham.
10 Why, then, are not Phillips and Fremon
n arrested Simply because the Prerident dar
10 not do it Why wth not Yallandigham be re
arrested2 Simply because the President dar
& not do It. No law touching this case ha
10 been changed, repealed or enacted since tn
ro arrest Of VallahdighRm. There stands yet j
full force the Presidents order, that "n cas-
le of his return within our lines he be arreste
y nd kept in close custody for the term speci
:, fed 10 his sentence That order will renal
J" dead letter so far as this provision is COZ
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