Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-27
speech of Hon. q. 4, YaiIiandig-
ham nt Chicago, Friday Even
lug, August 36th.

Especial dispatch TO the Cincinnati 8aHette,l
CHICAGO August 26.
An immense concourse assembled this even.
ing 10 hear Vallandgham. He WAS iutroduc
ed as the Hou. exile and patriot and greeted
with unbounded enthusiasm His speech was
not essentially different from HIS late Dayton
speech II was well adapted to the occasion
and drew forth continuous applause He ap.
peared as a free American citizen, Of Caucas-
ian descent, 10 speak Of the ancient freedom
Of bis fathers. lthad been threatened that
the meeting would be broken into, but be de.
fntely assured his hearers il should proceed
through 70 the end. Such an assemblage was
the evidence Of the return OF reason, both on
the part of the Government aud the people.
There we're, he said, two principal forms Of
| Governmept-one based on coercion, and the
other on the consent OF the governed The
one looked TO bullets aud bayouets for the en-
forcement Of is edicts the other relied on
the wishes and sentimenls Of the people,
through free speech, free press and free fran,
ehise. Without these there could be no popu-
lar Government Such Government repu-
dated the coercion Of arms and relied on the
coercion Of law and public opinion To-day this
Government still survived on parchment and
in Il cory under the party that boAsted OF free
speech &c Civil war broke out In the land
and they began to depart from the idea of CO.
ercion OF opinion aud law, and resorted to CO.
ercion OF farms first against States and next
against individuals Soon there was no more
free speech on their side
! A reign Of terror followed Spies we're set
to watch the conduct of those suspected to be
disloyal and thus despotism grew op in place
of free Government; but the hour had come
, when oil this was to be changed No thanks
to those who inaugurated it but to the people
aew President was to be chosen, and Abra
ham Lincoln was again candidate Tho
9 speaker had submitted to him for three yenr,
r as ruler but to-day It was his right as it wat
!, his fixed purpose to review him as a candi
- date He challenged scrutiny, and he wal
=, here TO scrutinize. He asked his vote aud ht
O demanded to know why he should give it e
i him. Had the rights of citizens been re
II garded2 MOI Tten how could he expec
@ support
A. But he asks that you should continue tn,
y despot in power four years longer Why
!. Then we had peace now civil war, Ther
p Union with all its blessings now disunlon
d with all its horrors He promised to restor
,r the Union. He has not done it, Who's
.e fault Is in He dare not say the peoples
20 He has taken all the Constitution authorizes
il beside 1t is want Of capacity and want q
ID honesty. His policy has been war. Do yo
r. want that policy repeated No You war
al another method tried, Now let us have a
of armistioe and Convention of the States.
n. Can another Administration succeed with
he war policyH No BY war this Union nevc
can be restored Letu extneuish the fame
IN that are consuming our national edihces
as may be that from the foundation it will hav
to be rebuilt, but possibly with little chang
ak il may be reconstructed He declared this
he would cling to the hope of reconstructio
he TO his last expiring breath, He did not as
an armisice in order to secure dishonorab
' peace The charge was false, and he VIII
n said that he desired to arrest the war in ordI
to secure the establishment of Souther
Contederacy, declared that which he kne
II was false
p In reference to the five hundred thousau
,a Sons Of Liberty who were said to be consp
as rators against the Government, he knew
ts but one conspiracy, and that was through Il
se ballot box, to overthrow this Administrative
se aud the leader Of that conspiracy would
es made known in convention next week II Il
Dr. spies, the foul crawling vermin, who like Il
frogs OF Egypt, creep into your bed ehAmhe
Az aud stand on your street corners with corru
,r. ton and fraud written on their every line
ar. ment will but wait till Wednesday, they W
nv learn who the head of the conspiracy is I'll
nd meeting was not disturbed, and after Valla
III. dgham had closed other speakers were cAllt
all out.