The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-12-07
REMARKS OF
HON. HENRY CLAY DEAN,
At tho Democratic JOliaeatiOn at Dayton

OF IOWA,
At tho Democratic Jolification at Dayton.
When Mr.. Houk concluded his re.
marks, the people called long aud loud
for Mr.. VallaDdigham, but after order
and silence was sufficiently restored for
the audience to be informed that II. Clay
Dean, Of Iowa, was on the stand and would
address the people, they became orderly
and attentive.
II. CLAY DEANS SPEECH.
Mr.. Dean said | can now realize that
improbable prophecy Of nation born in
n day. Three years ago Lincoln was en-
throned in glory aud power. aud the fiat
Of Stanton could imprison without the uu-
thoriy Of law the bravest, boldcst and pu-
rest patriots on the continent. There
was no security for either life, liberty,
property or the pursuit Of happiness
Vallandigham was torn from his home.
II family sat in bereavement. Society
was clothed in mourning The people Of
great State had lost their remedies for
liberty. Trial by jury, writ Of habeas
corpus, free speech, free press, and all
those sacred heir.looms OF British liberty
that had cost tie best blood Of hundred
generations in Europe and America, were
swept downby one unhcly stroke. [Cheers. ]
Human nature had no power to depict
the human mind was not prepared TO ap-
preciate for history had furnished no
example in which all that was precious
in memory, all hat was eli.htfnl in hope.
all that was endearing to life itself was
thus swept away. And in the dark fore
bOdings Of eminent statesmen, We were
but entering into the twilight of eternal
darkness.
A CHANGE.
The scene has been shifted, and such q
change has come oye- the destinies oil
the American people that life itself seems
an Improbable romance. Applause. +
Five acres Of living human beings attest
ing that Eallandigham still lives! TIRE.
mendous cheering.1 That liberty will be
vjndicated. 1App!ause. Aud all that
has been lost IN the terrible conflict is re.
gained By the sober second thought oi
the people. tApplause.
| 4 more striking illustration can scarce
| IL be conceived than this: that Mrs Val
landigbam sat alone in her deserted dom
icilc; the house battered down by tyranb
aud the town desolated By predatory sol
diers. The general gloom that hung over
the land was in singular contrast with ib,
reselry, proHigacy, riot aud ostentation o
the White House. To-day the scene il
changed. [Applause.l ]
The banishcd patriot returns to hii
home \ whole people rush to receiy,
him in their arms. Prolonged applause
The tyraut Stanton who imprisoned hin
is thrown out of office, au outcast from SO
ciciy, like an evil spirit seeking rest and
iuding none. [Applause. Aud wi,l
tho ghost of the murdered Mrs. Surratt
fleeing from the presence of Sherifs anc
Provost Marshals, ever at his side
! Applause.
Poor Mrs. Lincoln, bereft of her hus
band, diyesied f. fortune, broken in spir
it, deserted By friends, without property
or patronage, or help, or hope, with be-
iavorite child wandering with her through
the laud, seeks to dispose of her wardrobe
to supply her daily bread. Insulted b,
her old friends, deserted by the ingratc
who entered upon power through her rec
ommendation, she forebodes the cvi ahead
changes her name, abandons the false glo
~ OF morbid reign of terror, and seeks
refuge in life Of obscurity.
i Tonight. on the other hand. Valland
igham, the banished patriot, returns amiC
the greetings of the people to receive the
homage lavshed upon him. Thurman
the son of Old Virginia, turns with prouc
exultation to his mother, who, alas! ye
sits in chains, aud bids her be of gooc
cheer. [Prolouged applause.]
Tonight, Pendleton is endorsed BY
Ohio as her first choice for President fen
thusiastic cheers and to this every Wes
tern State will respond. The whole Mis-
sissippi Valley realizes the change, anC
stands purgcd Of its treason and infdelity
to principle, and henccforth the change
is clear, permanent aud perpetual. Ap
plause.
1t is fitting that Ohio should have beer
the first of all the States to bear testimo
ny against all these crimes, for it was Obi,
that gave us Wade, the demagogue, anl
made him Senator, then Governor, ther
Senator again. 1t was Ohio that cursed
the land with Chase and sent Gliding
to the House. 1t was Ohio that equipped
John Brown for the Virginia raid, anC
furnished food for the great Abolition
party for nearly quarter of a century
But in atonement for all this as the frs
born daughter Of Virginia, she emulate
her, aud gives Vallandigham, Thurman
Pendleton, Morgan, Van Trump, and
host Of others-glorious, immortal states
men, who tor quarter OF century yet Il
come shall dictate the destinies of the
country, and stand as vanguard to civi
liberty.-[ Prolonged applause.
4 The change means something
means that the poorest, weakest, ant
most insignificant of the people shall b.
insured the right of trial by jury. /
means the perpetuity of free press, o
free speech, of the rights of conscience
and all those sacred rights endeared t
our fathers, and which cost the bes
: bl cd of our race. Applause. 1t mean
that no man shall suffer coniscation G
! property, be robbed of liberty or deprive'
Of life, or the rights of franchise withou
due process of law 1t means that brave
bold men who faced danger and death il
, the terrible hour of revolution, who hole
: high the standard of liberty, shall not b
sacrificed TO those who abandoned the lib
critics of the country and the rights Q