The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-02-20
A KICK FOR THE FALLING
VALLANDIGHAM.
Ths Sacred Martyr Called "Reok-

hhhh Olul Anu
This Sacred Martyr Called ''Reck-
less DemagogueI" Base Met
all" Drunk with the Alcohol
Of EgOtism"-which it seems is
not the Regular Democratic Bev-
erage,
From tie New York World. DENY. Fob.s
MR. vALLASDIeHAM AND THE ONO
DEMOCRACY.
Tho forbearauce heretofore prao.
tised by the Democratic press toward
Clement l.. Vallapdigham has ceased
to bo virtue. So long as he injur-
ed the party only by the discredit
brought upon it by his character, we
remembered that he had been vic.
tim of arbitrary power, and "passed
his imperfections by" But now
that he has spitefully contributed to
the defeat Of the party, and exults iu
his revenge, he has cancelled his
claims to lenity, and releases US to
speak Of him as we would of any
other avowed foe. Ii was he that
defeated Colonel Burns in the Eighth
Congressional District Of Ohio, and
he glories in the achievement. 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.. Vallan-
digham; but we have seen moro direct
evidence Of his revengoful exulatiou
over the Democratic losses in that
district. His attachment to tho Dem
oeratic party is like the revenge of
an ancient worshipper Of Isis for the
sacred COW. He dealt her pleuti.
ful vollcy 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
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 pre-
cious patriot at his own valuation.
Coi,nel Burns, it seems, did not APP
nrove &C Vallandigham's nomination
for Goyefno. in 1868, when, with his
martyrs crown fresh upon his head,
he was so badly defeated. The re.
suit of that election did no discredit
to Colonel Burns political judgment;
for Vallandigham was the worst beat
en- candidate that ever ran for an
Office. The great point in his favor
was his martyrdom; the great point
against him was his personal charac.
ter but the man proved too heavy u
load for the martyr to carry. Had
Mr.. Pendleton been the martyr, in
stead of Mr.. Vallandigham, he prob
ably would not have been elected;
but he would not have sunk the party
to such immeasurable depths in the
slough of defeat. Atany rate, there
is such a contrast in the characters
of tho two men that even the politi-
cal opponents of Mr.. Pendleton have
always respected him, while Vallan-
digham has commonly been despised
even by his political yoke.fellows.
We are glad that these two names,
which have so often been coupled to
the disadvantage of Mr.. Pendleton
are at last dissociated. The fact that
they were both from Ohio, both
Democrats, both in Congress at the
same time, and both held pronounced
views on the conduct Of the war, was
unfortunate for Mr.. Pendleton
though i 55uoycd up his restless col
league, always drunk with "the alco-
hol of egotism."
But now Vallandigham has gone
over to the enemy. He gnashes his
teeth at Mr.. Pendleton for having
overtopped and eclipsed him. The
representative statesman of the Ohio
Democracy will no longer be classed
with his sinister and treacherous
rival. There is open hatred aud
envy on one side, and unconosaled
contempt on the other. But we are
depressing from Colonel Burns. VAL
landigham accuses Colonel Burns of
having desired the nomination of
another Democratic candidate for
Governor to run against him. If this
be true, il shows that Colonel Burns
had a Just sense of the mischief
which would ensue from making so
odious a man the Democratic stan.
dard bearer. Vallandingham was
glad of the late opportunity to
avenge this affront.
But this reckless demagogue had a
more ample store of pent.up ven
geence against the Democratic party.
He wanted to be elected United
States Senator; and the success of his
competitor, Judge Thurman, fills
him with rage and envy. When
Thurman was put in ono scale and
Vallaudigham in the other, it was
like weighing genuine coin against
one fabricated of base metal. Its
lightness caused il to kick the beam
although it had passed through the
mint of martyrdom aud bore a stamp
which would have given currency to
a piece having intrinsic value. A
oounterfeit coin is not only a bad
thing in itself, but it brings suspi-
cion and discredit on the genuine. It
is time this base piece were nailed to
the counter. Judas Iscariot was
long time tolerated among the dis-
oiples, although it was known that he
had devil; but we do not read that
tho association was continued aftor
his open co-operatien with tho party
of cruciiiers. The defeat in the
Eighth District Of Ohio can be very
well borue, IL II enables the Democrat
ic party to fius Of this viPsh