The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-20

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-. VnlIandhRhAm ~ Senator frSua
OAiS' BURLINGTON, Nov. "a, 1857.
N ne RasoT Of ne BVSntl0 Tete0Toph-
esy--I notice in your issue of this evening an
.s,,orial entitled ''ssnator vallandigham." In
whioh you state that Mr. vallandigham. being
a traitor, II elected Uuited States Senator will
not be permitted 10 take his seat. Assertions
are very easily made, but whom you charge q
man with being an offender against the laws
Won should accompany 1t with the proof
when and where was Mr.. Vallandlgham ever
convicted of being trSitor7 The illegal and
unconstitutional tribunal that convicted and
.ontanoed Mr.. Vallandigham found him guilty
AZ beipR opposed to the war, and with having
eepsured in public speech the administration
~ Ahe immaculate Lincoln. II these acts con.
ut,tute treason, then was Lincoln himself q
traitor as he both opposed the Mexican war
ana censured the administration OF Mr.. Polk
An a public speech. But such acts do not consti-
Aute treason in the eyes OF the law; and even IL
snev did, the action OF the Burnside military
soprt would not be Of the slightest account, as
the United States Supreme Court has decided
Ahat such tribunals in the Northern States were
illeRal and unconstitutional.
should Mr. Vallandlgham be elected, and
no,e the o7dffcdtion of assuring you that he tOiH
I believe he possesses all the qualifications
reouired by the Constitution-age, residence,
and citizenship. His age is over thirty, he
resides in the state Of Ohio. and he was a citi-
zen nine years preceding the election; and
these qualifications cannot be varied or added
n nv Congressional or State legislation. In
Al Governs Reports, in the Court of Appeals,
Chancellor Sandford, in delivering the opinion
OS aharmance in Barker VS.. The People, in error,
uses this language
"Wbether the Legislature can exclude from public
tbs Constitution Is the question have already exa-
mined; and according to INV views of that question
grimes but IN no manner and for no other cause"
And in these views Judge Story, in his Com
mentaries, fully agrees with the learned Chan
eellor,
Now, as Mr., Vallandigham does not stand
convicted of any crime, ar d has all the quaih-
cations the Constitution requires, you will be
good enough to state upon what grounds could
the Senate refuse him his seat?
know that there has been recently in that
body the exercise Of a species of pretended right
based upon
"Ths good old rule, the simple plan.
That he shall take who hath the power,
Aud he shall Keep who can;'
but the recent decisive popular verdict will
make that body a little more circumBpect in
Ms behavior; and the probabilities are that
that circumspection will be very much inten-
Sifed by the fact that when Mr.. Vallandigham
comes to claim his seat, men OF Mr.. Vall0ndig.
hams political views will very likely be in the
ascendancy in the lower House.
Mr.. Vallandigham is the peer both in high.
toned morals, intellectual force. and gentle
manly courtesy, of any man in your city; and
there are men who constantly Rssail him who
are not worthy ITO unloose the latchet Of his
Shoes" and who would not dare utter their
ISLANDERS in his presence, with his keen honest,
penetrating eyes looking into theirs.
As respectable journalist, you should be
cautious how you retail the garbage floating
about in the political slums.
The man who, by his integrity of character,
lofty eloquence and courageous devotion to
She great principles of constitutional liberty,
has made himself the idol of q majority of the
people Of Ohio. has nothing to fear from the
ISLANDERS of his political foes There Is bril-
liant future before him, and in the senate o
she United States he Will find the proper thea
ire for the exercise of those trauscendent
talents with which he is gifted, and for the
display of that comprehensive knowledge Of
political ethics with which he Is endowed.
He Utu be Senator from Ohio, aud he tOiU take
his seat IN the Senate Of the United States and de-
sire you to take note of the prediction.
Yours, respectfully,
JAMES w. WALL.