Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-02-13
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Vallandi Xhum 0M tho situations

THE Dayton Journal of the 30th lays
'Tlie following editorial, which appeal,"d
In the Democratic organ yesterday, smells
of Democratic sulphur That the Hon.
G. l.. Vallandgham is the author is as
plain as the cleft in the foot of the devil
is said to be. 1t is proper to say that the
italics are ours. The relentless, inexor-
able bitterness of the article is sufficient
ly apparent, and indicates that Vallan-
digham is in war in which no quarter
Is to be shown.
From tho Dayton Ledger. Jan. 20.
FIRST FRUITS OF "PoLICY" so-CALLEp.
Col Barnabus Burns has been beaten
for Representative in Congress from the
With District, by u majority of S20-a
Republican gain since October of 5s2.
This is the .frst yttn Of the Presidential
campaign of 1868, and indicates q Re
publican mdjOrity nert Fttu, IN Ohio, of
iron, tiOetUG TO tiOenty thousand. Deplor-
ing the causes which arrested the tide of
Democratic victory in this State, and
trusting that the day may come, some
time, when politicians will learn that
the people tUiH have their own way some-
how or other in this country; and that
they demand strong and honest and earn
est men and measures and that the
true secret of political success Is direct
antagOnism, and not "hghting shy"
commonly called policy" we shall la
Dor zeaously to avert the calamity.
The result in the With District has,
idehtiak nomination in The Democratic
party.
III the above several aspects ii Is sug-
gestive, and we propose to comment upon
1t accordingly, in plain but weil-coAsid-
cred terms.
After the disastrous "polcy" defeat of
1865, Il campaign in which the exclusion
of Vallandigham was to be the sure
pledge OF victory-we 80 no further back
at pIesent-the true men OF the Ohio
Democracy determined to start afresh on
the old Democratic line and begin by
holding the state Convention on the
time-honored Eighth OF January. This
proposition met with bitter hostility from
the "pollcyh men of that day, and they
came to Columbus on the Sth of Novem-
Der, 1865, and into the conference, fully
organized and determined to defeat it,
Yet after long and excited debate, one
by one they retired, leaving the field to
the sound and bold men of the party
only one vote being cast against the
Eighth, and that by gentleman who is
now delegate at large to the Presiden-
| tial Convention.
The State Convention met on the Sth
Of January, lS37--perhaps the soundest
convention that ever assembled in Ohio;
out of the three hundred and odd Estate
Sovereignty" or CORY men so-called,
sixty-seven were members oft, Mr.. Cor
ry was himself delegate from Hamilton
County, and Vallandigham the "odious," !"
was Chairman ofthe Committee on Reso-
lutions. OF Cary men" there were
none, that anipiat 6eiag as get only " II,
pOssen as the lawyers say, and very few
OF those who composed the recent State
Convention We're present. Many believ-
ed tbs Democratic party to be "dead, y
| and wers not even willing to contribute
| 10 the expense OF Its funeral, nor attend
1t, nor even psrtake of the funeral baked
meats. One OF them, now also "a delegate
ut large, acted, no doubt, upon his declara
tion, made ON the Tth or August, 1851
during the war that lit was no time &
be holding Democratic Conventions ~
But there were many who thought tha
/ the party was not dead. but only slept
that cowardice aud want of energy I'm th,
Headers so-called, had affected 1t will
political syncope of the heart; and thai
all Il needed for vitality and victory wai
the energizing influence Of the honesty
j and courage Of the Democratic masses
and accordingly upon principles, to .