The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-06-13
n . SPEECH OF
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Before 1Iie- Democratic Slate
Convention. -Pn

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9 Mr.. Vallandigham, on being intro!
(d1ced to the Gunvvntiug said ----
! cMR. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW. .CiTI-
zENs:- IT thank you for this Kindly re-
iception, though you seem 70 be or opin,
iop quite the opposite. A newspaper iin'
Cincinnati, in the interest Of our common
enemy, is greatly v6xed that Vallahdig.
ham will persist in attending Democratic
Conventions, and that Democrats will.
persist ih recognizing him as Democrat
I'M good stabdibg.. 1 don't know that it
is a matter Of any possible concern TO
ms. So long as certificates from the Sc.
cretary OF Democratic Conventions will
carry men HOME on the railroads, and SO
]oDg as Democratic Conventions continue
to,be held l will probably persist in at
BENDING them, until, perhaps, am as-olf
n'the ranks as our friend Larwil, who
attended the first Democratic State Con !,
,yention held 10 Ohio. We have done d
glpfiors- work 10 day. The platform in.
dorses the tfme'honCred principles Of the
party, and declares the determined pur.
pose to adhere to them in the present as
ihe past The ticket is composed-of men
who are up TO the Jeffersoman stardmTf
and attached to the Constitution, and if
we do not succeed in thecoming election
in making that ticket triumphant we at
least will so far gain, as to insure success
in 1867. We said- to those who we're
confident of success in 1865, (because it
Is for the Democratic party to deal fuirly
with he-people, we cuuuut perhaps over.
come C0,0GG majority IN 1864, but we
can at leas; reduce it onelraif. We weut
to work withall energy commenced with
the determination Of those who believed
they we're right; Fhe result was com.
mensurate with our auticipations. We
reduced the majority of-ou opponents
from 10000 to 10000. Some. think we
ought To- hold out the idea of absolute
Success. / only promise that we may
succeed But 'atspy rate we propose to-
reduce that majority down to l0,V09- at
the very-least. l proclaim that to re-
store those States, which are excluded
from participation in the Union, notwi,ll-
standing the heavy majority that has
been against us in this State, which some
here seems to think, and-others elsewhere
are led believe, eannet -bs overcome,
that we will send. from seven to eight,
and perhaps twelve Representatives in
stead of two next fall. promise what |
believe, no more. | truly belieye.it will
be done. 1t is important to carry our
State ticket for the sake Of the principles,
But just-now the essential thing most
needed is majority in the 10th Congress-,
9hat the excluded States may be brought
back again, and reipstated in all their
rights under- the CONSTITUTIONS that. those
States may shine again in the. glorious
galaxy extending from the Atlantic to.
the Pacific We have proved the .expc,
riment Of free government; or rather we
are now battling for the establishment Of
free government, which will stand out in
history all the l. orc grand for the ordeal
through which it is passing 1t is po'si.
BILE that the North American continent
will in future embrace one hurdred States,
instead of thirteen original Colonies
which founded this Government. The
Democratic party did this, and l believe
the mission Of that party is to go. on to
increase The number of those States.
Allusion is made in the platform . to.
day TO the determination Of the party to
adhere to the organization. WhyY Be.
cause there are those who proclaim that
this party-is is to pass away. l beg their
pardon. Itis not going to do anything
Of the kind. The party that has gone
through the. ordeal that the Democratic
party has in the past five years unbrOken
inits ranks, will endure, and is bound to
triumph again. He speaks as a fool
speaks Of disbanding this party and
substituting another maine, or yielding a
soltrry principle that our fathers have
recognized as fundamental in our Gov
erpment. 1t cannot be done. Need l
point to any better evidence than the
scenes We have witnessed here to-day p
But little while ago, it was at the per.
il Of the lives of most Of US 10 90 to a
Convention. In railroad cars5at hotels,
in tho streets, we held our lives 10 our
hands, Heavily armed, representatives
ofpihe Democracy were obliged to come
here. 10 They had a right to GENE, and
tBey yindicated that right. We arc sub
jecisd to no contumely now. II is no
lougG necessary for Democratic repre-.
sentatives 10 come here prepared toviRdi.
cate their right to meet, There is now
no Administration to authorize and per.
NIT pHy such proceedings Providence
has interiered TO protect this country
from the mad schemes of those who
thought they had the power in their own
hands The loyal press had said Provi-.
dence had removed Abraham Lincoln that
he might be replacedlby q man made Of
steruer stuff lcanhOt; say to what ex-
tent we proposotO endorse the, President
who is not Of our making. We agree
with him on thogreat question in regard
to the bringing back Of those excluded
Sta,esa The Democratic party, with an
unsClfshness which does it honor and will
mako IT stabdlfofever, resolves cordially
and actively to support him In his policy
in this rcgard. It's our duty to give
him, not mere passive, but dctcrmin. !.