The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-06-09

caused the nomination of seymour by dramat-
ic performance overdone In Tammany Hall
And now, The Journal Is of opinion, he has pro-
vided for the reelection OF Gen. Grant.
VALLANDIGHAM Is one of the "rule
or ruin" breed of demagogues. For no
higher apparent object than to render
himself conspicuous, he so conducted
himself during the war rs to induce a
fool-hardy administration to inartyrize
him. Although condemned to death,
LINCOLN did not deem him worth
either killing or imprisoning, and there
fore sent him to the rebels. They OF
course had no use for him and sent him
to Canada. There he obstinately re-
mained in state of Martyrdom, look
ing over the line which he might have
crossed at any moment and remained
at his home in complete security, until
an opportunity presented itself of max
ing a splurge. After having subjected
the Democrats of Ohio to 100, 900 ma.
jority defeat by forcing himself on their
ticket for Governor, the favorable mo-
ment for another scene of grand and
lofty tumbling arrived, and worming
his way into the National Convention
of 1864, organized factious minority
which refused to support MCCLELLAN
unless an untrue and foolish resolve was
adopted declaring the war "failure."
OF course that declaration in the plat
form secured LINCoLN's reelection.
After assisting to defeat one or two
Democratic candidates for Congress in
his district, he appeared at the Demo
cratic National Convention of 1868 and
conspicuously opposed the nomination
of every candidate who was likely to
be elected, and joined the corrupt ring
of stock gambling politicians who at
tempted to blot out the Democratic
party by inducing its Convention TO
nominate Chief Justice CHASE, a vio-
lent and bitter abolition traitor, for
President. Failing in this, he aided
largely in getting up the farce which
produced the nomination of fsEYMoUR
and BLAIR; a piece of strategy which
meant simply to surrender the Presi-
dency to Gen. GRANT and which most
successfully accomplished that result.
Since then he has been constantly schem.
ing to lionize himself at the expense of
his party, and has finally hit upon the
plan of turning a somersault from the
radical point of Democracy, which he
always professed, to land himself on the
skirts of the Radical party, and is now
vainly attempting to identify himself
with their principles without lat pres
entl being of them, shouting to them
"you are all right, good fellows, but we
want the offices you are holdingw "just
hold on and let us in!"
The writer hereof never was partial
to expediency mongers and ever detest-
ed demagogues as well as political gam
blers of every hue. The long continued
min ority of the Democratic party and
the hunger for Office has given power
to these fellows just now and they have
succeeded in corrupting, debasing OF
inveigling majority of delegates in the
Conventions of Pennsylvania and Ohio
having been careful to avoid making
their issue before the people. Theii
professions are hypocrltical and theil
motives are base, and should be secuted
from one end of the land to the other
Now is time for Democrats to stant
firm and maintain the integrity of theil
principles and unselfish convictions
The money changers see the steady pro
gress of the party to power, and wha
they cannot defeat they are boldly en-
deavoring to corrupt. They have sue
cceded in placing all thecity Democrat
ic papers of the Atlantic coast in tn,
hands of old Federalists and Wings ,wht
) of course have no love and scarcely
knowledge of the abstract principles O
Democracy, at least no veneration fo
! them. They, therefore, possess tn
/ vantage ground and only stern deter
' mination and hrmness on the part G
] the rural Democracy, can now preserv
their principles in their purity, or pre-
: vent all the measures of the Radics
party from being fastened upon tn
? country forever. or all other politics
r evils save us from common debaucher
4 and the lead Of demagogues.