The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-18
VALANOIGnADI ON the
SLTU ALTON.
Prom the New York Herald.


Dayton became famous during
the wnr us tl,o home Of Clement l.
Vnlandigham. IL is II pretty city
oG thirty lhoussnd inhabitants, whC
nrc about equally divided between
the two great political parties. Mir
Nulandigham since the war, hal
pursued his jUuble VOCATION OF law
yer and editor, conducting in ~,
latter capacity, an evening daily
entitled the Dayton Ledger, which
Is, Of course, the outspOken organ oI
tho peace or positive Democrats who
still follow his leadership. Mr.. Val.
iandigham was the Democratic Gun.
didato for Governor during the war
hut was defeated us may be remem
bcrcd, during n very excited cam
paign. lie is prospcctivrly ~ cam
didate for office again, aRd his name
hus been mentioned for tho United
States Scnatorship from Ohio. |
lound him quito unrescrvcd in the
expression OF bis views of the great
questions now agitating the cOun-
try and havo thrown toy sther in
this letter whut he was very free to
state IN reference thereto. Dir. Val.
landigham is a gentleman of,excecd.
ingly good conversational powers,
and defined his views with great
vlcarncss. His rvInurks and opin-
ions are given IN order IN which
they Iranspirod during tho irEcgu.
lar courso OF conversation aud aE
Transcribed from my p0to b0OI;, on
ly il should be underatood that IA
what follows Mr. YaIlahdlgbam ap
pcurs not entirely as aL individual
Tut in great part w a representative
ol thu fve or SIX hGntPed thousand
peace or positive Democrats OF the
West and such converts from the
Republicans ranks as arc nuW con-
WINGED Of the fallupO Oi the war ii
nUhiovo ils legilipnto objects and
admire the anti war men who had
the courage to stand up against the
war all thPongh. OF this large
numbcr--thc figures uro his. not
mine--Nr. yaiiandigham claims u
Indicate the sentiment.
cAUsER or TIE FMLURE or TIE LAST
ASTI-GADICAL MOVEMENT.
Iftaere .s to be new party form
cd by the nuti-inpeachpepG Sena-
tors, with Chief Justice Chase for d
louner, IL must not proceed upon
any prrtonso for setting aside or DO.
stroYIng the Democratic party. II
this is not done, there will DO apotb.
or miserable failure like INIT oi tbG
movement originating nj Pbiladcl-
phia According 20 Mr.. Valland-
hpm, tho convention which met at
that city, ut tho closo Of tho war,
attempted TO form great Conscr-
vHlivc party, composed OF Republi-
cans and positive Democrats, which
in its nomenclature, was TO ignore
both. Ito leaders wcro principally
lion who was previously ia the Re-
pubhcah party. Seward defeated
The Wings and General Scott, IN
1852, by iree.soi lizlng the party. -
lIo defeated the Philadelphia m0ye-
ment, by attempting TO ignore th1
claims Of tho Democracy. Tho now
movement must begin with tho
Democratic patty aR o nucleus, tho
burial OF all dead Issues and plat
form of principles regarding the
living questions vi tho hour. Amy
other effort at compromlse viii
prove futile. Er. Yallandighnn
quotes his history to show that tho
third party" the one GttOmpts TO
step between revolutiOnist and tbs
roactionists, is born of every such
period OF oommOtion OF the late civ.
II war und just as surely dies II pre-
mature death. Its leaders refuse
sympathy md fellowship with tho
ruactionists, while they strive TO di-
vert from their mad career their
late revolutionary colleagues, and
think themselves conpetAnt 10 nun.
ago both parties. Between them
they fal! to tho ground and are
crushed under the wheelG ni p0pn-
ihT pTOBIeSo' uo N.IOuuiblb, ukloE
tho French revolution. entertained
lbis delusion and persisted. The
Presbyterians essayed tho calming
of tho troubled waters aftor tho
storm Paised by promwell, bat they
sank in tho Whirlpool aud "iRh dis
Apponysd forever. Tho PhlIadol-
phla Convention 10 u more recent
illustration Of tho same kind OF
folly,
PROSPECTS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Mr.. Yallandigham Id satisGOd that
with harmony at New York and Il
prOp)r candidate, tao Democracy
can WIN next November. Tho
chance for victory is unsurpassAbIo
The Republican party jast now is
lukewarm and dlsnrganiEed, and
withaut enthusiasm for the ticket
placed in nomination as Chicago. -
With his followers he believes first
in choice of George II Pendlcton,