The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-08-04
vALLANpIeHAMs LAST SPEECH.

Vallandigham was called upon for a
speech, when he responded as follows: !:
MR.. .vALLANDIGHAM's SPEECH.
In the valley Of vision were many
bones, and they were very dry. And
the spirits said, " Can those bones live?"
And we prophesied, and there was a
noise and q shaking among the dry
bones, and breath came into them, and
they lived and stood upon their feet,
an exceeding great army--the army of
the Democracy rallied again. Ap-
plause. And he said, "Watchman,
what of the night? fWatchman, what
Of the night" And the watchman
said, "The morning cometh, and the
night also-the night, the dark. night
of death to the once pursuing but now
broken hosts of radicalism (cheersl, !,
and morning, glorious, bright, resplen-
dent, light and life-giving morning to
the once disheartened but now rallying
hosts Of the Democracy"
am here not as the Messiah, but
an apostle, and the least of the
apostles; not Of the new departure,
but Of the grand restoration cheers],
the restoration to the old Democratic
doctrines and principles, and to Dem
ocratic victory. Renewed cheers.
To-day we have achieved glorious
triumph. To-day we have sent forth
tidings of great JOY all over the land.
The Democratic party stands now
upon the great vantage ground Of the
pre- sent, and offers battle to its enc
| mics, hand to hand and shoulder to
shoulder, marches forth and meets
them in this struggle upon the living
issues of the present hour checrsl, !,
and upon these issues we will triumph.
/ feel il. Throughout the whole length
of the State of Ohio will come re-
sponse, and not from Ohio only, but
from other States, from one end of the
nation TO the other, Joy and rejoicing
tomorrow will ring from the Atlantic
To the Pacific, from the Lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico, that at last the Dem
ocratic party is ready to grapple with
its foes, and ready to crush them, as in
former times it did, and that once
more there il hope that this old battle
worn Republic Of ours, bearing, it
may be, the scars which it has received
in the recent grand convulsion, will
yet live, and live in the spirit in which
the fathers framed it. ( fApplausc.1
The plan of salvation, il seems to
me, has been discovered. Take that
which we cannot avoid, that which has
been brought about against our pro-
phecies and against our protests; take
| your amendments to the Constitution,
and then subject them to the old doc
trines of the fathers of this Republic,
of the Wing party of this Republic,
of the Democratic party in former
times, the sound doctrines Of strict
construction. and the rules which have
been laid down by the Supreme Court
of the United States, and then, while
with Democratic Administration,
equal rights will and shall be guaran-
teed to every citizen, in the language
of our resolution, without distinction
| of race, color or condition, at the
same time We shall have preserved the
nation.
I will say to you, men and brethren,
that the grand movement will be made
in 1872, and We are but skirmishers
along the line now. But the first
blood must be ours in the election in
October next. The grand struggle
will be between republican democracy
upon one side and Imperialism upon
the other. -Four years more of the
Administration r arty-I call it not the
Republican party previous to the war
nor the so-called Union party during
the war but the Administration
Grant party, will accomplish the pre-
diction of distinguished Senator now
| from the State of Missouri-tha'
Grant, the impersonation of nepotism
/ of imperialism, of consolidation and
Capitalization, viii be carried from the
White House, feet foremost, horizon
tai, in a mahogany box, and never bt
carried before It. [Cheers.] 1t j,
against that we struggle, and if there
be honest men who have been agains,
us for years, patriots, as patriots, have
been arrayed against us for years, now
/ is the accepted time, the golden oppor
tunity, the auspicions moment, and, a
to-day was said, the ''tide in the affairs
of men, which, taken at the flood, viii
lead on to fortune s.
say to you that this convention il
the precursor of victory. Never be
fore but once, at least, in times of grea
trial, has o convention assembled and
continuously maintained its session
here until the third day. 1t is
o'clock Friday morning, and yet thi
convention is here. Hundreds an,
hundreds are here. They remain
Wearied they may be, ;fatigued the,
may be, but that indomitable oil
Democracy in former times, so-called
"unwashed,' y if you please; .sunterri
: fed always; slocofoco," if you dare
Tcheers1; that old Democracy, frou
, the lakes to the Ohio river; from th
: Pennsylvania line to the Indiana line
on every hill top. and in every vale,
and along every stream upon ever
highway; upon every railroad; alon
!, every turnpike, you will find the host
/, of Democracy marching forward fror
2 this hour to victory, [Applause.] LIE
z the enemy know that we mean to bes
z them, that is our business here to-da.
i and we are going to do it.
+ Mr.. Vallandigham closed as 70
t lows 8. ft4eYssr "a sles;t.ad aftf ]
Al That grand system Of government
: under which it is my firm belief thu
. we can unite the whole continent ,
+ North America, yea, and the, who
n world may be united, that systel
I'll which was organised in Philadelphi
( in 1888 and 1889, in its original CO