The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-10
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TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
The NeW York World Wants
10 Filing Off he viper
PROM the New York world. Feb 81

eat- L. YaILdndighanl has ceased TO be
a rtrtue D So long as he Injured the
party only by the discredit brought
upon it by his character. we remem-
Der that he had been victim of ar
bitrary power, and passed his lmper-
fections by" But now that he has
spitefully contributed to the defeat of
the party, and exults in his revenge,
he has cancelled his claims to lenity,
and releases us to speak Of him as we
would of any other avowed foe. 1t
was he that defeated Colonel Burns
IN the Eighth Congressional District
of Ohio. and he glories in the achieve
ment The article FROM the Dayton
ledger, which we copy in another
place, is attributed, and we doubt not
justly attributed, to the pen of Mr..
Vallandigham bat zoe haze seen more
direct e0idepce Of has reDengetid erul-
totion OUer the Democratic losses IN
that district. His attachment to the
Democratic party is like the reverence
Of an ancient worshipper of Isis for
the sacred COW. He dealt her a plen-
tiful volley of curses and kicks, when
he found she could not be MIXED into
his pail.
The article from his Dayton mouth
piece discloses clearly enough Mr..
Vallandigham's grievances. He had
a particular grudge against Colonel
Burns, the Democratic candidate,
and a general vengeance to wreak
upon the Democratic party Of Ohio,
which has not consented to take this
precious patriot at his own valuation
Colonel Burns, it seems, did not APP
prove of Vallandigham's nomination
for Governor in 1863, when, with his
martyrs crown fresh upon his head,
he was so badly defeated. The result of
that election did no discredit to Col
Burns's political judgment; for Val
landig ham was the worst beaten can
didate that ever ran for an Office. The
great point IN has fdUor tods has mar
fyrdons; the great point against him
s0ds has personal character; bat the
man proved too hedvy load for the
martyr 10 carry. Had Mr.. Pendleton
been the martyr, instead of Mr. Val
landigham, he probably would not
have been elected; but he would not
have sunk the party to such immeas-
ureable depths in the slough of de-
feat. At any rate, there is such con-
trast in the characters of the two men
that even the political opponents of
Mr.. Pendleton have always respected
him, while Vallandingham has COM
monty been despised even by his po-
litical yoke-fellows. We are. glad
that these ttCO names, Which haze so
often been coupled to The disadvantage
of Mr.. PendletOn, are at last DIS Ocid-
ted. The fact that they were both
from Ohio, both Democrats. both in
Congress at the same time, and both
u L
duet of the war, was unfortunate for
Mr.. Pendleton. though it buoyed up
his restless colleague, always drunk
with the alchObol of egotism. "
But aoto KdlldadinghGm has gone
oUer to the enemy. He CRASHES has
teeth at Mr.. ~PendLetOn for h0riRg
oUertopped and ecFpsed him, The
representative statesman of Ohio
Democracy will be classed with his
sinister and treacherous rival. There
is open hatred and envy on one side.
and uneoncealed contempt on the
other But we are DEPRESSING from
Colonel Burns, Vallandingham ac-
cuses Colonel Burns of having desired
thenominationo of another Democratie
candidate for Governor, to run against
him. If this be true, it shows that
Colonel Burns had just sense of the
mischief which would ensue from
making so odious a man the Demo
cratic standard bearer. Vallanding-
ham was glad of the late opportunity
to avenge this affront.
But this reckless demagogue had
more ample store of pent-up ven
geance against the Democratic party.
He i0dnted 10 be elected United Stats
SeRdt r.; and the success of his com
petitOr, Judge Thurman, fills him scith
rage and enUy. When Thurman was
put 10 one scale, and Vallandigham In
the other, it was like weighing a genu-
Inc coin against one fabricated of base
metal. Its lightness- caused it to kick
the beam, although it had passed
through the mint of martyrdom and
bore stamp which would have given
currency to piece having intrinsic
value. A counterfeit coin is not only
a bad thing in itself. but it brings
suspicion aud discredit on the gen1-
inc. 1t is time this base piece we're
nailed TO the counter. Judas Iscariot
was for long time tolerated among
the disciples, although it was known
that he had devil; but we do not
read that the association was con
Iinued after his open cooperation
with the party of crucifeTs. The de-
feat an the Eighth District of Ohio can
be Uery lceiL borne, If ii enables the
u. nlOcrdtic pdat tn to fling off thiS upper.
Nallandigham is an active, restless
politician Of small caliber, who fan
cied that when Burnside's court-mar-
tial had banished him beyond the
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