The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-22
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against the war and the soldiers, we
give few extracts from his Record,
which was issued by his party when
lie ran for Governor
"Then, sir, / am not a Southern
man, either-although, in this unho-
ly and most unconstitutional crusade
against the South, in the midst Of
tue invasion, arson, insurrection, and
murder, to which she has been sub
ject, and with which she is still threat
ened--with the torch of the incendi.
ary and the dagger of the assassin
suspended over ler--my most cor
dial sympathies are wholly with
her. ."--p. Al.
"Sir, he spoke about precipitatlng
eighteen millions Of people upon
eight millions. Whence does he
propose TO get his eighteen millions ?
Did he fnean to include us of the
North-west2 Does he imagine that
we are militiamen to be drafted, or
conscripts to be enrolled, and march
forth at the sound of his drum, or to
the notes of his buglep ] tell him
that, If he means to raise the black
standard of internecine war upon the
South, he must find his recruits near
er home. "-p. As.
81 would not prohibit totally the
right of secession, lest violent revo-
lutions should follow forwhere laws
and constitutions are to be overleap-
ed, and they who make the revolu-
tion avow it to be revolution, and
claim no right except the universal
rights of man, such revolutions arc
commonly violent and bloody within
themselves; and, even if not, they
can not be resisted by the establish
ed authorities except at the cost of
civil war; while, if submitted 10 in
silence, they tend to demoralize all
government 1t is of vital impor-
tance, therefore, every way, in my
Judgment, that the exercise of this
certainly quasi revolutionary right
should be defined, limited, and re-
strained and, accordingly, / pro-
pose that no state shall secede with
out the consent of the legislatures Of
all the states OF the section to which
the state proposing to secede may be-
long. "-p. SO.
"War is upon us; and from the
beginning, believing as / did, and
yet powerless for good, l laid down
the rule for myself, aud have faith
fully adhered to 1t, and will to the
end, neither to vote for or against
any purely war measure of the Ad
ministration. Wherever i have vo.
ted upon any question, my course
has been governed by other consid-
erations than those having reference
to my opinions on the war. Accord
ingly. | have not voted tor any army
bill, Or navy bill, or army or navy ap-
preparation bill, since the meeting of
Congress on the 18th of July, 1861"
p. 147.
81 thought that, if war was dis
union on the 14th of April, it was
equally disunion on the 18th, and at
all times. Believing this, / could
not, as an honest man, q Union man,
and patriot, lend an active support
to the war and 1 did not. ] had
rather my right arm were plucked
from its socket and cast into eternal
burnings than, with my convictions,
to have thus defiled my soul with the
guilt of moral perjury."--p. 11S.
But, certainly, what propose is
informal, practical recognition, And
that is precisely what exists today,
and has existed, more or less defined,
from the first. p. 200. '..
"And today behold here stipend.
Gus Conscription Bill, for standing
army of more than three millions Of
men, forced from their homes, theil
families, their fields, and their work.
shops--an army organized, oflicered
and commanded by the servant Pres
ident, now the master Dictator, o
the United States. And for what
Foreign war? Home defense? No
but for coercion, invasion, and the
abolition Of negro slavery by force
Sir, the conscription of Russia Is
mild and merciful and just, compared
with this. ."-p. 2l1.
The above extracts are from tho
record of c. L. Vallandigham. As
he has been adopted by the Demo
cratic party as their principal leader
of course they swallow his cours,
in regard to the war. The platform
of that party contains all of the ele
ments of his known principles ant
was originally conceived by him.
He denies his course, but his recorG
gives the lie TO his denial. % = ''.r'.
Will the soldiers and the peopl,
sustaia him ?
| EVERY VOTE