Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-09-26
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
DEMOCRACY
ALWAYS THE FRIEND OF THE
SOLDIER.
InterruptiOns and violence

| The following speech of G. L. Valiandigham
delivered in Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, i
as full and accurate as it was possible to make it
under the adverse influence Of the weather, anI
the disturbances in the audience and on the plat
form.
greeted with cheers, and great curiosity and ever
anxiety were manifested to see him. He was ask
ed to show himself this that. and the other sid
Of the platform and as it was raining, there wer
furious demands for umbrellas to be shut down.
At last quiet was partially secured. and Mr.. Val
landigham began:
We have the authority Of the Holy Writ for say,
ing that 1T rains alike upon the just and the un
just" 1t is our consolation day, thatWhile thC
Just are holding half score, at least, elsewhere
and of course subjected to ten fold more of thl
dewy baptism Of to-day. r.....rr....
don't know that ever in my life a higher com
pliment has been paid to me than to-day. by tht
assemblage Of so great number Of people under
circumstances so qnfavorabls; and regret, on
your account who have been subjected to so great
inconvenienee, that shall not be able to recon-
pence you for your presence here, from physical
debility Rising from q bed Of sickness, ny effort
to-day IS but an experiment, and know not how
long shall be able to hold out HyOu will accom-
modate yourselves to the grievence with which
We are afflicted. will endeayor to speak on some
of the subjects at least IN which you are all SO
much interested.
THE LADIES' ENBLENs.
In the first place. 1 make my recognition TO those
ladies who have honOred me with these beautiful
may be, who have adorned this stand with so much
taste. and with emblems so happily conceive L.
Here before me is the anchor, emblematie of that
hope which exists perennially in the patriots boz
som. One of the ladies who contributed this an
chor has best interpreted its sgnieancs tits this:
That the ship OF state to-day is driven headlo1g
upon an unknown ocean, and never so much need
ed strong and sound anchorage. She was right,
and the business Of the people Of the United States
is to see that the captain and helmsman, who are
now controlling her course, and have been for some
time. be superseded By better and more experien-
ced seamen. lCheersl -.
WILL NOT DEBAsE Or DEGRRDE HIMSELF.
I am not here to-day. first time as it is that
have addressed an audinnce of Trumbull county,
perhaps upon the Western Reserve. as it is known
IN Ohio politics. to eondeseend to answer that low
er order of ealumnies and falsehOod which with
circulated against me. especially for the five years
past. i scOrn to go down that low. Conceived in
malice and brought forth in falsehood. leave
them TO perish in their own corruption. Cheers
Neither am here to respond to another class.
from partisan newspapers or partisan orators OF
those who are opposed to me. II M. GaIteld
ees of his own party by assailing Mr.. Vallandig-
ham, il does not follow that Mr.. Vallandigham
shall 50 far deoase ana aegraee 9inlsei as % mi
friends lCheersl As Ihaye said to others, sol say
to him. 1t is the mission Of Mr.. Garfield and those
and it Is the mission of Mr.. Valandigham to sub
nit to the abuse. lCries Of Never Neverg'l
YAL's OBJECT TO DEFINE HIS POSITION, NOT TO PRO-
YOKE CONTROVERSY.
am here to-day, men of Ohio, to define my own
position; to make my own statement of facts to
draw my own deductions to advance ny own ar
guments; to proclaim my own opinions. and not to
provoke controversy. If there be any one in this
assembly who, when l shall have concluded, de-
sires in the spirit of eandor and frmness for the
purpose of information. to PROFOUND any respect
full questions. 1 shall answer it like a man and a
citizen. ICheeFs.l am here to-day to speak Just
as have spoken for five years past. Just as have
spoken in Southern and Central Ohio. in Kentucky
sets Of opinions calculated according to latitude
or lOngitu dc. for the places where speak.
ADOPTION OF THB- e0ssszzrrz1nS
This is. the anniversary of the signing of the
aidence that happens only in 9 number of years
II occurred on the same day Of the week, Monday
September II, l7S7. The attesting clause Of the
ton BY the unanimous consent of the States pres
ant" The States were those who on the 9Th Of July
I776. in Congress assembled, had declared their
they had established q Union under
What was STYLED Articles of Confederation These
n the early years OF the war, were found insufh-
,ient, in time Of a patriotism while the fires of
he Revolutionary war burned yet fresh, to bind |
he States together IN sufficient strength and dura-
Oiity to carry US through the war Of independ- |
Ally after the surrender Of CORVALLIS at YorktoEn
he bonds Of Union began to relax. and it was as
,ertaned that the old form of confederation strong
enough in war, were too weak for the existence Of
community of people in peace, and accordingly
Efforts were made to assemble convention for The
purpose of establishing a more perfect union of
he States.
[The speaker proceed at some length to detail
he difficulties attending the adoption of the new
Constitution, all Of which familiar to intelli-
rent readers, and not necessary to be repeated
here.
PROSPERITY UEDER THE CONSTITUTION.
Washington was the first President, and in a Ist-
al accompanying the Constitution to the Presi
Ient ofthe old Congress. and through him to ths |
,eope of the States. he proclaimed that the uiOn
Tas founded upon the consent 0fthe several States
bat itwas the result, of mutual amity and conces
-. that il was as safe and admirable syster,
MON as il was possible to form. And so il has
proved for seventy odd years. We went on under
Ms glorious Constitution In prosperity and haDni
,ass We grew from thirteen Colonies to tbirtv-
ma States in 1850; and increased from three mil
ions Of coloRists to thirty millions Of American
,ifizans. We extended our dominion all over tbis
-ast Mississippi Valley, at last scaled the Rocky
and carried the American flag to the |
.xtreme coast of the waters Of the Pacific. We
Millions of dollars was the utmost amount TO nav
Tbieb revenue was raised BY indirect taxation
he duty on article being more than twenty per
sent. And yet you said then that the Government
vas extravagant. Now you have debt funded |
sscertained. according to Senator Sherman, Of
a 016 000 O00 and floating debt, in the form of
sIsims from those who are called loyal men. ae-
,OrdinR D Columbus Delano, Chairman of the
Committee on Claims, Of 900 more-ma-
King s. .OOOOO while the entire yalue Of your
JOO COO so that these debts and liabilities exceed
he worth ofall your farms put together by SS49.
10000.
RESISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT
We had our dangers and threatened commissions |
n early times for governments. like the bodies Of
ndiYiduals. subject at last to decay and destruct
on, are equally subject to the laws that flesh is /
leir to. In the beginning this GoVetnment was /
IenOunoed by the men who advocated monarch
M system as frail and worthless fabric, and they
Tere resolved on its destruction: In lSg4, on the
cquisitiOu Of Louisiana, portion of New Eng
and proclaimed they had right. and just cause for
ecessiOn from the Government. In 1851, in the Il
Iouse of Representative. in still stronger terms
Tas this doctrine enuneiated from the lips of John
luiney, repres entatiVe from Massaeausett. And i
. 1915 a resolution was passed in the Legislature
T fthat State, and this day qnrepe9led. that. by
issOlyed, and Massachusetts released from Obliga-
on to the Federal Constitution. We had other
mbarrassments and eontE9ysrsies, a1,o
thsr things, measures relating 70 me cons
the GOyernment ana u ~ y 1SOas;o N doto
,e institution OfslaVery. During the war of 1872
British emmissary. Henry by name. had been
mt into the United States to ascertain whether
cps could not be taken, successfully for the dis
luton of our Government He reported that
hile many of the leaders were ready the masses
ere deVotedly attached 70 the Union: and he sug-
,sted that some question should be originated of
straeting and disorganiZing character. to array
le section against another. And in three years !
brought us to the verge of dissolution, but the
Sc patriots and statesmen Of that day adjusted 1t.
But in 1892 South Carolina undertook to preach I
is doctrine and put in practice their scheme OF
in regard to act of Congress. Jack
n was President and he rebuked this doctrine ;
d the act of South Carolina; and by the efforts OF
orious old jackson, and other great and good men
the Senate and House Of Representative. tins c
arfuI question, threatening civil war, was anica-
y adjusted, .;o, obt,ud.5 q | /
I'm q form that threatened the t2 9I
ION. INF through the agency OF C1ay, eoster,
,,,oii.s rSss and the Wings and Democrats OF
al fay. the controversy was adjusted without CIV
strife and the hopes Of patriots beat hlgh taat G
e Government would. through peace anu PEOs- II
rity' continue to advance TO glorV as IN years a
St !.
rhus il continued until later period. section 1C
party was rganiEed. which, through disTaeuohs
the Democratic party, through the aeuon anc
lction of the disunionists North and the disun-
lists South, succeeded in the election Of sec p
nal President who had proclaimed tnat mere Il
s an irrepressible conflict between me N9rth Z
the South; that the Union could not endure d
Il slave and part free
ADMISSION THAT TIE SOUTH BEGAN WAR. :,
Jot waiting for the overt act on the part of the
,vsrnmenf- the extreme men 0fthe South under q
n contrary 10 the Constitution and against the =