The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-04-18

of especial frenzy, he sat by my
side, when at any moment a stray
bullet, aimed at another, might
have struck him to- the floor. / al
\ Nays found him a friend; and now,
with peculiar pleasure, hail him as
H first of Democratic Governors in
the new era. Let Ohio now, first
lof all States in the Northwest, fol
low Connecticut on the roll of Dem
ocratic States; and she will.
!. .Nert: The failure of Congress to
depose the President is the most
hopeful omen of the times. In
the first place, melancholy as have
been and still are the weakness
pnd incapacity of Andrew John
son-I do not question his sinceri-
ftyu~heis.-St a most impending
obstacle in the way of the revolu-
tiopary chariot. But far more than
| this-deeper, more enduring, more
significant-the failure clearly in
dicates tdal the fury and audacity
of the revolutionary party, to
which, more than to all other caus-
es, they owed their success, are on
the wane. In revolutions Il step
backward is death, and a pause
midway, the beginning of diSsolu-
ton. Now is the auspiclous mo-
ment for US. Providence has once
more given to us chance to res
cue from the destroyers, the site
and foundations, at least, of the
now fallen and dishonored temple
of free Federal republican govern
ment, and to reconstruct it very
nearly after the model of the old.
Shall the chance be again cast
away? No: let us shun the errors,
the hesitancies, the entanglements
and the timidities Of the past, and
let the people speak to their lead
ers that the work sh9ll go forward.
If the men of the South will but
consent to be patient, learning to
remain passive and to endure, all
may yet be well. Submission to
tyrannic force, to military coercion,
is one thing voluntary servitude
quite another. In any event, we
have our own rights, duties and
obligations to free Constitutional
government, from which no act OF
any other State, section or people
can absolye us. ..I ...a
AS to the Louisville Convention,
a word, The Democratic party ol
I Ohio, by formal resolution of the
/. recent State Convention, has com
mitted itself to a general delegate
convention, suggesting Louisville
as the place for it. The State Cen
tral Committee has, therefore, nc
discretion in the matter. Indeed
the movement originated in Ohio
by the action of our committee in
July last. | have myself. in nc
other way been concerned in it
but am not able to perceive any
good reason why it should not be
held. 1t is designed only, as un
derstand, for consultation and tn,
expression of opinion, and with NJ
view, to candidates for the presi
Dental campaign of 1868. Neithe.
can it bind any one by a "platfo7m.
But why not meet and eonsult9-
What better means of promoting
concert and organization than ;
general convention? "Warn thu
committees" were the dying word
of Jefferson. Let us first have com
, mittees and organization every
} where. Suggesting respectfully
that the Convention be postponed
| till tie Fourth of July, l trust tina
i, whether "NationaP committees 0
State committees concur or not,th
district and local committees an
: the Democratic masses will see t
: it that delegates are appointed,an
' that the gallant and lately oppress
!, ed Democracy of Kentucky, unde
;, whose immediate auspices the Cor
vention Is to be held-they who
A last summer, first taught that Han
!, nibal might be conquered-are no
t coldly and ungenerously rebuke
:, and repudiated by their brethre
e in other States.
$ Very truly, &C., ,
= C.L, VALLANDIGHAM.
Q Oppression.