Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-09-06

speech st Indianapolis, few day
since, from which we make the fol
loving extracts:
vALLANDICHAM AT PHILADELPHIA.
/ Do YOU tell ne that sou are no
hound hy the Philadelphia Conven
lionl ] dare you to open your moutl
! against it. Cheers. 1 defy any
/ Democrat or Copperhead in Iadian:
to open his lips against the Philsdel
pLia Conventlon-a convention in
which YOU were not permitted TO opeE
your lips. Renewed cheers. The
great Democratic party Of the United
States. concentrated in the quintes
iceGce of defunct Democracy, united
and stewed up aud boiled down al
last into one man-the one represen-
tativc man. Vallandigham-the great
Democratic party OF this nation
tliat great party that claims to have
record in this Countrywide party
that made itself infamous through
the war, that did all it could TO stran-
Gle human liberty-the party that
has welded the power of this Gov.
crnment for quarter of century
this psrty, represented by Fallandig-
ham, went there, and was kicked ont
st the back door. And then. to
please Indiana Democrats. they said,
You may peep in at the kephole. -
Laughter. And there in Philadel-
phis, for three long. sad, dreary days,
sat the Democratic party, represent
ed by Vallandigham, peeping in at
the keyhole. [Cheers. And that
you might have an infamy that no
other party ever had efore, and that
man might gather about his heart an
infamy that no man ever gathered
about his name and character before,
it is to be said of him now-your
representative, your ideal, your chief
generalissimc in the days when you
were marshaling the friends of trea-
son to support the rebellion, by
shooting the loyal soldiers in the
back--it is to be said of him now,
fand the remark applies to yourselves
as well, that he is the only man on
the face of the globe that occupies a
lower position now than the open,
blatant traitors, that fought in the
war of treason. Let Il be rung ont
upon the air of all the land--let it be
known to every voter in Indiana
that where a traitor could be admit
ted-where Orr, of South Carolina,
and other most infamous rebels
could erter in and take seats beside
Northern men-Yallandigham was
put down grade lower. Not only
did he receive the mark of disap-
probation from Conservative" men,
but even the basest rebels would not
eat with him. Cheer5.
I Do / say anything more than the
facts will justify? You may give
any excuse you please for Walls ex-
clusion from the Convention, but the
exact truth is he was not considered
good enough to go even into that
siiray concern. 1t is 4 righteous re-
tribution upon the head of every Son
of Liberty and every member of the
Golden Circle, who attempted to
throw Instructions in our way when
we were marching on TO the saliva
ton of our country against those
rebels. So history has always writ
ten the fact, that where q man will
so far overreach himself in his efforts
to accomplish bad purpose-when-
ever vile man will go the extent of
conspiring against the liberties of
his country, God will overturn him
and punish him. He becomes an
object of disgust, and in time even
Copperheads will shun Vallandig-
ham, and he will be destitute of com
panions, unless he emigrates to Ken
lucky Cross Roads and goes into
partnership with "P. V Nasty"
Laughter and cheers.
JOHNSON 4 BOTCH.
What is the next question? Trea.
son must be made odious. Why was
not treason always odious? But just
like everything else that Andy John
son goes to meddling with, he spoils
what he attempts to do. He attemp
ted to make treason edious, and he
made himself odious. Great ap-
plause OF course treason is odious,
and the only question for American
people to decide is, whether these
men have been guilty of treason.
The moment that question is decided
and they have come forward at
Philadelphia and confessed it, and
there is now no need of jury to try
them-having confessed the crime,
they are no longer American citizens
or entitled to representation. You
tell me that the man is q traitor-a
convicted traitor-and tell me in the
next breath that this man is my equal
as an American citizen! 1 tell you it
is paradoxical, it is outrageous, to
insult American citizens in this way.
He is not entitled to the rights of
citizen until he has been duly par.
doned and restored to his rights.
STATES AND THEIR RIGHTS.
You say that every State in the
Union is entitled to representation.
Yes, ! answer, as we understand it
geographically, politically, technical
ly-certainly; but after saying that,
do you suppose you have misled
anybody, and got me to the point of
confessing that because a State, un-
der our Constitution, is entitled to
representation in Congress, there
fore rebel and traitor is entitled to
representation? Look at the differ
.ence. They talk about State all