Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-06-30
A New MartyrdOm Wanted.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.l


Wanted! democratic politicians to
play parts in the played out farce Of the
exile to Secessa, which is to be reproduced
on the same boards, with the original cast,
if the manager can secure the performers at
the same cheap rate as before. The martyr
dom of the arrest of V Vallandigham is to be re-
enacted, and the manger' hopes, with the
same result to his own political speculation.
All the Democratic politicians OF the State
are required to toe the mark, apotheosize ze
the anxious political martyr, sink all their
own aspirations, aid devote their political
lives to exaltiEg him as only worthy to be
their leader.
1t is the richest play ever invented what
the bills call."a screaming farce" Think OF
George i. Pugh, Pendeton, Cox, and a
dozen other Democratic politicians of Ohio,
each of them the superior of this man in
ability, each of them having done more in
real damaging discussion Of the acts of the
Administration. and in strengthening their
party-think of these aspiring politicians
abnegating their own position and aspira-
tions in the party, and meekly playing the
part of adorers of this cheap political martyr
who has never done anything for the party
but damage it and who courts arrest that he
may turn il to commodity.
Will the innocent Pugh, whose 'clarion
voice" has rung all over the State, exempll-
flying the largest liberty of speech-will he
altation of this charatan as absolutely neces,
by jury, and as the only thing the Demo.
cratic party can take into consideration until
these constitutional rights are vindicated by
oIno,;,, Hin tho b;1bast oH,na th oil oi II
Is it not huge joke, that this selfish office
seeker, who has never been anything but a
dead weight upon his party, has made all
these ambitious politicians in Ohio subscribe
to the cry that constitutional rights depend
on nominating him to the highest Office oper
to them, md that they must be content tc
'glorify al 4 enjoy him.
But let ,he play 60 on by all means. Lei
these innocents gather around the Dayton
martyr, and blow the FIRE to a new fame, anC
enshrine him in new niche. An arrest il
absolutely necessary to his political exist
ence. 1t is not liberty of speech that hi
wants, but the reverse. With the liberty o
speech he IS less than several other OhiC
Democrats. If he can be arrested, hi
expects to reduce them all to choristers t.
sing his praise.
His speech will be adjusted to secure thi
end. Already there is a marked sliding
scale. He expected to be arrested on the
spot. His first speech was mild, so tina
upon that alone his arrest might appear al
enormity. When he had been unmolestee
for few hours, he began to think the pla.
was net going off according to the pro
gramme. (By the way, in rep,arking thi'
feature yesterday, we wrote ''his mild bravo
do" which the types changed into aoih
bravado.") Then he began to talk NOR,
malignant, sedtious, threatening, ant
defiant. And so it will increase, for withou
an arrest he is politically dead.
There is some fear that the leading Dem
ocratic politicians of Ohio will be slow il
taking up their old parts in this stale farce
Many of them are reported as thinking
and some as speaking out, that the pla.
has been played once too often already
chat the Democratic party was the rea
martyr, and that they, are not inclined 4
put it through the ordeal again for the SAX
of this mans exoltation. In fact, ther
are some who recklessly affirm that thi
person has no business to return to distur
the party and place another feather on it
broken back, and court arrest for his ow
sel6sh purpose. ...