The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-15

Letter from G.. l.. Nallandigham.
From the Putnam County Sentinel
DAYroN, o., April 3, 1867.
Leonard II. Miller. ESQ, Ottawa, Ohio:
My DEAR Sm-YOurs of. the 9th ult,
linyl.ing me, on behalf of your Central
lCommittcc, to address a mass meeting Of
the Democracy Of the Tenth and Fiuh Con-
grcssionnl Districts OF Ohio, 10 bccomposcd,
lns YOU say. Of "mcn who are not afraid TO
have Nallandigham speak, was duly re-
lcciycd. Having twice failed, because OF
Inccidcnt or sickncs, to mn my appointment
In your county, I am fairly Jude 0hliga-
ton to accept, and do 1t most checrlully.
But It can not be at IN early day, as you
request; nor, indeed, earlier than Septem-
lbcr. inasmnch ~ my professional engage
monts, to which ! now devote oil my time
and attention, will not permit.
But any appointment which you may
make TOR me ut that period, ] viii hold my
self In readiness to III, siucc " viii be but
payment In part OF the annual interest
which / owe 60 the Democracy OF Ohio, US
well for political favor aud support as
upou that Shcavy pccuniary advancement, "
SO called by some, aud by shallow fellows
referred to very wittily ever and anon NJ
the ten ccut fund.-" but which ! regard rs
the most honorable testimonial ever be-
slowed upon any public mar In any coun-
TRY. Meanwhile, allow me u passing word
on the situation.
Dark as the days have been, and certain
rs the total overthrow was Of our original
form of constitutional government, already
badly wrecked aud shattered, had our enc
mics but possessed the revolutionary aud
acity to drive ou, ! see now distinct yltm-
mcriugs ordawn, which, trust, will, soon
or or later, ripcu Into the perfect day.
First. The Connecticut election isuOt only
full Of encouragement. but most gratifying.
II was fit that the home Of Thomas H. Sey-
mnur, aud the State, of all others In tile
East, most firm and radical In its Democ-
racy, and where true "C|oppcrheads' did
and do still most abound, should, first of all,
give signs of this coming reaction In the
North. Two years ago the majority for
Buckingham (Republicau) for Governor
was ll.O35 over o. :. Seymour (Democrat).
Now English Democrat divcsted of the
dead weight Of last spring and fall beats
Hawley %(Rcpublican) seven hundred and
we elect three out of the four Reprcscn-
l~tntiycs In Congress. Verify, there has been
"A resurrection a nd that dead Democratic
party" In grave clothes. it may be, and
bound about with u napkin, has come forth
but refreshed and strengthened by It's sluui-
beers. have long had the pleasure of u
personal acquaintance with Governor Eng
fish. During the three sessions OF the
Thirty-scvcnth Congress, and throughout
the first two years of the war, years OF es-
pccinl frenzy, he sat by my side, when ut
Iauy moment a stray bullet, aimed at auoth-
cr, might have struck him to the floor. |
always found him a friend and now, with
peculiar pleasure. hail him as first ofDemO-
cratic Governors In the new era, Let ONO
now, first ofall States In the Northwest,
follow Connecticut ON the roll of Demo-
cratic States; and she Will.
Merit: The failure of Congress to dcposc
THE President is the most hopeful omen of
the times. In the first place, melancholy ns
have been and still are the weakness aud
incapacity of Andrew Johnson do not
Question his siuCCrity-hC II still n most
Impeding obstacle In the way of the rcvo-
%Ilutlouary chariot. But far more than this
deeper, more enduring, more significant
the failure clearly indicates that the fury
and audacity 9th revolutionary party, To
which, more than to all other causes, they
owed their success, are on the wanc. In
revolutions q step backward Is death, and q
pause midway, the beginning of d~issulu-
tiou. Now IL the suspicious moment FOR
us. Providence has once more given to us
a chance to rescue from the dcstroycrs, the
site and foundations, ut least, of the now
fallen and d"iShOnurCd temple of Tree Fed
cral republican government, aud TO recon-
INlllltl u very lltsll " Nlltl wv VI Nv
old. Shall the chance be again cast away
No let us shun the errors, the ~hesitancics'
rlthc acknowledgements and the timiditics of tn,
past, and let the people speak to tleii
leaders that the work shall go forward.
1.-THE men of the South will but consent Il
be patient, learning to remain passive ant
to endure, all may yet be well. Submis
p sion to tyrannic force, to military coercion
Is one thing; voluntary scrVitude quit
another. In any event, We have our own
2 rights, duties and obligations To free Con
i stitutiOnal government, from which no nc
4 of any other State, section or people cal
absOlvc us.
As to the Louisville Convention, II word
The Democratic party of Ohio, by iorml
resolution of the recent State Convention
r has committed itself to u general delegnt,
convention, suggesting Louisville ~ the
place for it. The State Central Committed
has, therefore. no discretion In the matter
Indeed the movement originated In Ohio
by the action ofuur committee IN July last
nave myself In no other way been con
Icerucd IN it; but am not able to pcrceiy,
any good reasons why 1t should not b'
held. IL Is designed only, as ! understand
for consultation and expression of opinion
and with no view to candidates for thu
2 presidential campaign of 1868. Ncithe.
: can it bind any one by n platform
But why not meet and cOnsultY VIVA
better means of promoting concert and or
ganiZatiOu than II general convention
. " Warn the committees were the dyinl
words of jefferson. Let us first have com
mittccs and organization every where
Suggesting respectfully that the Conyeu
tlon be postponed till the Fourth of July
III trust that whether National" commit
, tees or state committees concur or not, tn,
=, district and local committees and the Dem
~ocratic masses will see to 1t that delegate
are appointed. and that the gallant ant
! lately oppressed Democracy of Kentucky
under whose immediate auspices the Con
l%ycntion is to be hcld-they who, last sum
mor, first taught that Hannibal might b.
conquered-are not coldly and ungener
ously rcbuked and rcpudiatcd by thei
brethren In other States.
Very truly, &c.
&. J.. VALLANDIGnAM.
Pampered TyrantS Down Will