The Richmond palladium., 1865-11-09
From the Indianapolis Journal
vaiiandioham as q Warrior.

xyho, Governor Morton delivered his
sr,aech at DAYTON, Ohio. he said nothing
~ yallandi CHAM, whereat that doughty
.S,,rene Commander of the defunct
Sons of Line,tv, was highly ind gnant-
ord took his revenge. few evenings
l.-a- hv abusing the Governor. III :
s,raa,.h delivered to the disciples of
4 a.;a- who form his Dayton body guard /
Soon afterwards Colonel Don Plat. al {
d.ass.d the citizens of Dayton. and re
r,a,,baaiug that Val was a citizen of thai i
,la,e took care to fatter the distin gnl,h T
I'll Canadian by giving him a notice that 3,
mnst have touched him IL his vulnerable
noint-yanitv The picture he drew OF
yallandigha,n' : greatness rs General,
IN the peace establishment. Is worthy of
Tom Ccrwin in his palmiest days He
said
WHY. do YOU remember. my fellow
o+-;-a.s thai previous to the late war
Clement L. Vailandigham was Briga-
3ia,. General. I remember it, for saw
him | happened to be in Dayton when
The Governor of Ohio, on special invita-
r;on. came here 70 inspect the military
and naval forces of Montgomery county.
TI.auohter Oh. YOU needn't laugh; 1t
was big thing, indeed. | may say 1t
was immense. An independent compa-
ny of thirty men. trusscd mp like wood
/ cocks prepared for the srit-and Briga-
+ d;er General Clemert L. Nallan.ii CHAM
and staff Why, il struck me that the
style and name should have been Briga
dier General Clemen L. Nallandistud-
endamhammer and staff Laughter. ]
This was the military, as for the naval
force. cannot say. I suppose. upon the
raging canawl, you had a show abont as
big as the Brigadier General. | was
standing on the balcony of the Phillips
House when the General came sweeping
round
~ saw him but a moment.
Methinks see hm now,
With bomb shells worked upon bis tail.
And war upon his brow" Laughter
He was on a tremndous charger, and
had his breast stuffed out like wet nurse,
and his behind like a bunty tailed rooster
> T Excessive laughter His epauiets
dazzled the eye his fearful sword banged
= to and fro, and wide as your streets are
they were not wide enough for him. He
came on cantering, caracoling and
cavorting He scared a woman with 8
child in her arms on one corner; =; he up
set an applestand on the other. And sc
= he swept by out of the present believe
into a glorious future. How secure oul
country is with such defenders, thought
l. Great Glen. valiant Glen. ride on te
glory. All. my friends, the vanity o
human wishes. The war came; and dic
Glen. like Jobs warhorSe, smell thu
battle afar? Yes, my friends, and i'm
mediately ran into the tall grass, ane
, washed off the paint And when h'
came out his swelling bosom had wilted
his huIhous behind had collapsed, al
the pride, pomp and circumstance o
glorious war had disapp peared, and tn
late Brigadier General Clement l.. Val
( ladie Observation-Disclosures appeared AS Ann
nidab Sleek, the angel of peace Thi
villainous satpetre, digged from tn
bowels of the harmless earth, and eN
{ ploded in shells. makes many an ange
OF peace who was before as brave as Juliu
t Casar-on parade
After reading that. the valiant Sons o
4 Liberty. who declared their readiness t
: fight Lincoln 5 Abolition hordes, Will 70
t ! longer wonder that the military part Q
T. their programme was miserable taiiari
- The Supreme Commander ran into tn
. tall grass and washed off his war pa!n'
when tie decisive h ,ur approached