Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-09-23

that regiment; and when the next war comes,
II come il must---and trust 10 Gtd il will
be not civil war-~when Ohio again calls for
her gallaHt sons to march to the battlefield
let tue b7Lh Regiment be re-organiz ID, and
then, under a Democratic administration
that regiuent will be the regiment OF houOr--
O regime that, az this tattered flag proves,
established and vindieated Its ooursge In the
presence Of the armed foes Of the Union, yet
whose soldiers dared to vindicate their righ
to the bRllotas citizens Applause
Mr. vALLANDIgHGMs COURSE IN coSoREss
You have heard msch against me Ii you
had not already declared by your suffrage
that you put the stamp OF falsehood upon
these reports ] might in delicacy have hesi-
tated to have said aught But have to-day
personally 10 give you assur Ance that your
confidence was not misplaced. You are told
soldiers, that voted against supplies to feed
and clothe you, Il is false Applause. /
never gave vote against any measure dur
ing the entire Thirty-seventh Congress, be-
ginning with the war, to its close, on the
fourth Of March, 1863, against the interest
or welfare of the soldiers. [Applause l
never withheld my vote from any bill wherein
they we're solely interested 1t was who pro.
posed to pay you fifteen dollars month, and
in gold. [Cheers II was / who advocated the
first appropriation to pay the three months vol
unteers There is the Congressional record
II was who advocated measurers for the
payment ofbounties and pensions Applause
had my idea as to the best way OF restcr.
ing the Union. did not think war would do
it. You did You enlisted IN the military
service OF the country remained at home,
trust not like the illustrious Dorsey, 10 fight
copperheads 10 the rear, Laughter. but to
see that the organization OF the Democratic
party was kept up believing that Of vital i'm.
portance to the best interests OF the country
to raise my voice against arbitrary meas
ures-against military despotism, and la
favor of free speech, free press, the writ OF
habeas corpus and trial BY jury. Thank
God, to day these rights are beginning to be
viDdicated and though the Democratic party
at last aud alone will this country be restored
TO lie liberties, aud its citizens to their rights,
and that flag once again be hailed in truth az
the Gag OF the free and the brave Applause |
This is not what you haze been told, but there
is the record. And when recently these facts
were stated, what was the answer ? ut may
| be all true, but you never can eradicate the
| prejudice from the minds OF the soldiers" As
II soldiers were not human beings with human
hearts and understandings. and could not
earn the truth and accept It, as we'll as =
negroes Laughter .'
| have no fear upon that subject There
are many who were misled and who cast
their votes against me, because they believed
these false reports, and because the speeches
which made we're never allowed to circu
late in the army; because Democratic news
papers we're suppressed, and Democratic tick
-. Il. L - n
tination [Cries of "Thats SO" An officer
in the 93d Regiment told me- the other day
that package Of Democratic tickets sent tC
him before the last Presi lentia lection
reached him at Goldsborough, in North Caro-
lima, last April Laughter. The soldiers
here know that
I have not RLlempte for one moment
hitherto, nor now, to disguise my sentimantl
respecting the war You will fnd them ID
my speeches and in the public record. stand
by them to day Every event is nov vindi
eating the wisdom and soundness OF the
sentiments then uttered But was for thu
Union then, as to-day, and stand yindicateC
!, as member Of that old Union party-to daj
bhe only immediate Union party in the Uni
: ted States. To-day again we have changed
places. There is party now against Union
who would exclude the Southern States fo
, FIVE, ten, fifteen, thirty years, and keep tn,
Union broken for a whole generation, so tha
at the expiration Of that time they nigh
make the negroes citizens, and admit negro
!, States TO constitute one half the Union.
said in the beginning OF the war, that tim
:, would vindicate the fact that TO the Demo
! cratic party would be committed the mission
Of restoring the Union. So it is to>day :
4 [Applause
: So much thought II especially and peeu
=, lArly appropriate for me TO cay here aud not
!. in reference to the soldiery Of the State @
, Ohio | have waited 10 meet this galaR
:, noble regiment whose men and whose officer
: stood BY me and vindiested their rights, an
at the same time aided me 10 yindicate m
i rights To them above all others | coul
, sddress these words, not by way Of defens,
= bat that they may have ten fold assurance,
: repeat, that this confidence was not misplace,
|, If IGApplause. Yes, to day | am laboripg {,
: the Union, and it's immediate restoration,
|. re establishment without delay---for the r
: establishment ofthe rights of the people, al
I 1.-The rights OF the States--l mean among other
y the right OF the white people to govern Il
! United States according to the principles 10
y down BY our fathers.
I'll PERSONAL TO GENERAL cox.
r. / observe that an attempt is being maj
g throughout the State by orators Of the Repu
IS lican party, and am sorry to say by the ca
y didaie for Governor OF that party not TO ii
y cusa principles, not 10 meet the question
y negro equality and negro suffrage, aud IL
~ mediate restoration Of the Union, but 10
D. peal to supposed or actual prejodiees in Il
ct minds Of Il large portion Of the citizens
Id Ohio against the gentleman who address,
A. you, who is not a candidate for. office, b
u. merely private citizen like youFselye
le Some one has suggested TO General Cox as