Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-07-06
MIR Vauandigbam,s strategy.

They who have observed the utterly
selfish character of this mans political
ambition, and who reflect upon the cir
cumstances into which he had sunk, may
easily come at a rational theory of his
purposes and plans in his return to Ohio.
The robe of martyrdom, which had Sc
cured him q nomination for Governor,
against the stomach of the Democratic
party, and which had carried him through
one campaign, was worn out. he had
sunk intononentity. Public journals for
got to mention him. The Democratic
party were glad to be rid of him. They
had charged up one defeat to him, and
they thought this a sufficient sacrifice 70
his selishness.
The women's dime subscription. al
though it may have furnished him an in
come princely compared with what he has
ever derived from his legal profession, did
not keep bright the fires of his political
~martyrdon. On the contrary people look
ed upon it as paying him in full. This
did not answer the purpose of a dema-
gogue whose political existence depends
on notoriety and agitation. Something
must be done to rescue him from oblivion
And as one arrest and exile had done as
much for him, what resource was so nat
ural as to bring about another, to revive
his defunct political fortunes? In fsct
what other resource had he?
If one martyrdom forced the party TO
nominate him for Governor, might not
another arrest and imprisonment or ban
ishment force the party to nominate him
for Vice President? Prehaps he aims
even higher than this, for there is no linn
- 80 he uo..f- Tc he rannofno1 in Tan
ada, what chance had he for anything!
He knows that Mr.. LINCOLN is merciful.
No 1hite man has yet fallen a victim tothe
vengeance of the Government. He knew
that in any event his life was safe, and
that he was sure of good quarters. lie
was politically dead where he was. He
had every thing to gain by the venture,
and no risk.
So he came in secret, with a carefully
prepared speech, abandoning all his pre-
vious seditious indictments and claiming
that all he uesiress is the liberty Of
speech, to discuss the acts of the Gov,
eminent. Time and place were all care
fully pre-arranged. He was struggled
into the State, al a time when there wa:
to be a Convention, so that his first ap'
pe~sIance, would be in a public meeting
where he might deliver his speech anc
get it before the public, before he could
be arrested. He was kept carefully hid
until the business proceedings Of the
Convention were over, 81 that the first
knowledge of his return, even to the par
ty, would be his appearance on the plat
form, and the immediate delivery of hi:
speech.
There was a ludicrous caution and ex.
act timing in this, as if he was fearful that
if it were known hat he had returned 6
moment before he began his speech, be
might fail to get it off. The speech wa.
to put his case solely on the ground o
the right to discuss public affairs-to crit
icize the acts of the Administration, &C
companied with ostentatious protesta
tions of his entire "reminiscences to al
legal proceedings, and his ardent desir,
to stand a jury trial. Having changed
his case to this base, and put it in a wa,
to be published to the world, he then ex
pected to be again arrested. His wilC
Lravado was intended to be just suficien
to taunt the Government to this, withou
giving it any cause. Then the smoke o
a new political martyrdom was to blint
the eyes of the party, raise new excite
ment, and force him on the Chicago Con
v~ention for Vice President, perhaps ever
for President. And as capital in hanc
for this he represents 10 the party through
out the country, that the Ohio Democrat
who voted for him before under tn
duress of the party nomination, are a
his vassals for life.