Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-09-14
Speech of Hon. G. l.. VAL
landigham at Dayton.

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with applause.
He spoke as follows:
FELLow-C CITIZENS: Not now act,
lively participating in politics, ]
have yet SO far yielded to the earn,
est solicitation Of friends as to ac-
cept the Presidency Of this assem-
bly,, and the more cheerfulIy be-
cause, not only it is the first in a
canvass Of great interest and i'm
portance both at home and abroad,
and significant in its bearing on the
coming Presidential campaign now
but two years distant, but because |
hold in kindly and most grateful re-
membranco the many favors so
heartily bestowed upon me in times
past by the Democracy of Montgom-
cry county and Of the Third Con-
gressional District.
For these reasons, men and breth-
rem, be assured | owe to you a debt
of gratitude which never will be re-
pudiatcd, and although for q year
or more the interest may remain un-
paid, that in terest will be compoun-
ded along with the debt itself, and
will be discharged to the uttermost
farthing in the good time coming
a time which, in the history of par
ties, is as fixed and unvarying as the
revolutions of the heavenly bodies.
Leaves have their time to fall
And flowers to wither at the north winds
And stars to sct'-
and the Republican party hastens
now TO its decline, and, like Lucifer,
falls, never to rise again. Whether
its mission has been for good orevil,
let time disclose. But the overthrow
of the Federal Republic of Wash
ington and of tho fathers has been
accomplished, and itself now dies
IfhiStory shall approve its work, if
that great fabric which the Wash
ingtons, the Jefiersons, the Hamil-
tons, the Jays, the Marshalls, the
Madisons, the Jacksons, the Web
stcrs, the Clays, and the Calhouns,
and the men who trod in their foot.
steps after they founded it for more
than fifty years years full of honor
and glory, and respIendent as the
MONDAY sun, preserved, shall be
adjudgod before the great tribunal
of posterity to have been unfit to
survive, and as justly to have per-
ished; then will the men Of the
present generation, who accomplish
cd its overthrow, live in the judg-
ment of future ages as the rcbuildels
of a better and nobler fabric Of an
imperial republic, Myself an actor
in these scenes, to that Judgment l
long have appealed, and with it l
shall be content.
Presently, ladies and gentlemen,
it will be my pleasant duty to in
troduce to you the Hon, Lewis D,
Campbell, the Democratic candidate
for Representative in Congress from
this district. You are one and all
we'll aware that for now these twen-
ty years we have not agreed in par
ty habitudes, nor on the special
questions Of the past; neither on the
issues of those former times do we
probably agree now. This is to be
neither expected nor required Of us.
Upon the question of the Trojan
war, and the respective merits of
Hector and Achls, or the beauty of
Helen, we perhaps differ. Even to-
night, | dare say, upon the political
issues of politics in the time of
Jackson, Buchanan, and more re-
Gently upon the questions arising
during Lincoln's administration, we
never shall agree. But we do the
next best thing, and that is we agree
TO disagree.
To him l concede absolute SINGER
ity and integrity of motive, and if
l understand the opinions of the
honest men of the Third Congress
sional District, I know, and you
know, that in patriotism, and puri-
ty of purpose, no sincerer man ever
drew the breath of life than he. Mr..
Campbell and [ have been, as you
will remember, rival candidates for
tho same Office for which he is now
q candidate, and we met face to face
like men, we fought like men, and
we submitted like men to the alter
nate fate of the battle. If in the be-
ginning, or at the close of the long
struggle, you well know that the
honors were easy. IF at first he
won all the tricks, in the end won,
and we parted fair foes at last. 1t
is enough, men of the Third Dis
trict, to know that tonight we agree
upon the leading issues of the mo-
ment. To him Iextend now openly
this right hand of fellowship. [EX-
tending his hand
Let the dead past bury It's dead.
Act with the living present
Heart within and God DER head.
To the cordial and active support
Of every friend / have in the dis
trict, l now earnestly commend Mr..
Campbell, and say to you, "If you
would serve me, give to him your
best efforts along with your votes. I"
Democrats, patriots, friends! to
you, now, with the fullest measure
of confidence in his triumphant cleo
tion, | present the Hon, Lewis D.
Campbell, Democratic candidate for
Congress in the gallant old Third
District of Ohio. Mr.. Campbell,
gentlemen.
Hon. LEWIS D. CAMPBELL, the