Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-08-19
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Last Nights Dispatches.
THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC PEACE
CONVENTION.
OF VALLANDIGaAM.
PEACE RESOLUTIONS.

street, aud the o'her near the Syracuse House
The largest was on Franklin square, Vallan-
disham and Fernando Wood being annnuue.
ed to speak there In response to loud and
enthusiastic calls, Vsllandigham stepped for
ward and addressed the multitude for an hour
or more, holding their closest attention, ex.
cept when interrupted by applause.
vALLANDIGHAMs SPEECH
He said he was not here to parade his pri.
vate grieis not TO speak of what he had done
and suffered in the cause. All such things
we're indeed Insignificant in comparison with
the great material interests that are at stake.
He would only say that time has already vim
dicated, almost to the utmost extent, his views
in regard to national affairs. They are no
longer peculiar; they are becoming general
II is not the purpose of this Convention to
SOW seeds OF discord in the Democratic ranks.
Such was no part of his mission, A delegate
chosen unanimously to represent his eonstt.
uents at Chicago, he would be false to them
and to the best interests of his country and
his party, we're he to lend himself to such an
object He would 60 there with the single
purpose Of aiding in bringing about the nom.
inauon of a sound candidate upon sound
aud patriotic platform, and to promote har.
monv among lhe Democrats and conserva.
tives of the country There is now but one
question before the country-War or Peace
De assumed that it is the desire of all who
love their country, that 6rst her liberties shall
be made secure, and then her national pros.
perity restored There were some who be-
ieyed that these objects would be best secur-
ed by war, while tho great mass Of the De-
mocracy hold that they could be obtained on
" through peace. A majority determined to
try war, and we were obliged to submit Had
we possessed the power, not one bayonet, not
one drop OF blood would have been she'd
There would have been no marshaling Of
hosts 10 hostile cannon; no mighty debt
The President has had all the men and all
the money he demanded Never was there
such an example Of submission by people
Nothing has been wanting that constitutional
power conceded, or that audacious usnrpa-
ton could take from the people; and what is
the result with more battles fought than we're
fought by the three greatest conquerers Of
he world in any FIVE years of their power
Is the Union restored No. A sirgle State
brought baek2 No Is the Constitution
maintained or observed2 No Have we had
free press, free assemblages, the right Of
haheas corpus, or arrests by due process OF
law2 No, no. How is il in a material point
OF view? A debt of nearly $4,000 100000, a
d ily expenditure Of nearly S. 600, 900, and
the currency worth about thirty-eight cents on
be dollar, which, two months ago, was worth
100 per cent more than it is now, and which
,wo months hence, will be worth 100 per cent
less Run is impending. And now in the
fourth year Of the war, what better is the
prospect Of SUGGEST War failed IN lS6l-62.
Not for want OF courAge--for no braver men
ever went to battle The campaign Of 1853
Opsned under more auSplcious eircl instances,
and we we're told that the rebellion would be
speedily crushed out by force Of arms But
the end of that year found us but little ad-
vanced
The campaign of 1864 opened with the
largest army the world has yet seen Those
armies, composed largely Of three year vet
Grams, we're concentrated for an attack upon
Two or three vital points, and with what RESULT
Let the record Of carnage and blood answer.
Having tried war so long-shall we not now
try some other means2 he was for trying
Constitution and compromise. We submitted
to necessity You have had your trial-and
you have tried war for four years Now let
US try our plan. Our foreiathers made our
Constitution in convention with pen, ink aud
paper--After debate by free speeeh-comiDg
from toe hearts Of free men, and fer seventy
three years we prospered under it as no o,her
people ever prospered, Yet we had our diff
hculues during that period-more than once
the Union was in danger--the difficulties Of
1920 we're reconciied by compromise, and by
the same instrumehtislity the calamity was
avoided in 1850 Clay, Webster, Cass, Ben
ton and Douglas we're there theu-and com
promise prevailed by their advice aud effort.
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party now in power, and which has brought
the country 80 near to irretrlevable ruin, were
there too; and then, as now they were against
With Republican form of government, it
is impossible to keep States together by force
of arms-it is contrary TO the spirit of free
irstiuuons-but, if it were otherwise, the
war has been utterly perverted by the Ad-
mnistradon To day il is not war for the
Union, or under the Constitution, aud the
eyes of the people are being opened to this
fact Hence il is that through all the States
a cry for the cessation Of hOstilities is being
strongly uttered
He regarded the call for 500, 900 men as a
confession that the war was to be continued !
throughout 1865 Ii you send more men, as
demanded, the war shall be successful, and |
conducted to the end, for which alone it was
10 June last, in his Philadel-
phia speech, Mr. Lincoln said that this war
would continue at least three years longer
Elect him, and you are committed 10 this
policy. There is but one way of avoiding such |
a calamity, and that ia by change Of Pres
deuts through the ballot-box. At Chicago we
propose TO nominate candidates who will in.
spre the confidence OF the peoples states.
man, imbued With the love Of liberty and re.
speot for the Constitution, and all its guaraR.
tees and reservations He expected that the
candidate will be committed 10 a suspension I
OF hostilities ond convention Of the States
This is what a vast majority Of the delegates
from the northwest Rre CON mitted 10. As to .
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