The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-05-25
YaIIandiEham.


The hour has struck, and the man has
arrived Mr.. Clement L. Vallandigham
has sounded atrqmpet that will reYerber-
announced, two years ago, that he was a
shines for all-have we doubted that in
due time he would emerge from the clouds
of non-eommittalism which seemed to en-
velop him, and assume the commanding
position before the country where we be-
hold him now.
Mr.. Vallandigham is a progressive
statesman and a wary politician. He has
Just exempifed both these qualities by
constructing a platform forthe Democracy
which is precisely adapted to the new e.
pooh. Without raising controversies about
how We got into the war or how we got
out of it, he accepts It's results as fixed
facts, ard does not look backward, but
turns his eye toward the future. Not
stopping to c~riticise the wisdom of every
phase. of the reconstruction measures, or
hubble over the mode whereby the three
amendments were engrafted upon the Con-
~stitution, he takes them as valid portions
of thatinstrument, and treats them as a
final and irrevocable settlement of the
matters to which they relate. He then
falls back upon the Constitution as it is,
and insists that it shall be accepted in its
entirety, including all its modernimproVe-
ments, ann shall hereafter be construed
and enforced according to the fundamental
doctrines enunciated by such eminent ex-
ponents of the Democratic creed as Jetfer-
son, Jackson, Benton, and Wright, who
would maintain all the powers of the Ma
tianal Government without impairing the
rights of the several states.
Having thus disposed of constitutional
questions, Mr.. YallandIgham foreshadows
a comprehensive policy IN respect to the
living issues of the day, such as general
amnesty, taxation the tariff, retrenchment,
civil service reform, San Domingo annex
alton, Ku-Klux legislation, and the like,
hitting a happy medium between the ex-
tremes on an these vexed matters and he
winds up by inviting the people Of all
parties. localities, coloIs, and creeds to
come upon his platform as equals, and to
rally around the banner of the Union and
help to fight the great battles Of the fn-
ture.
This programme, and the speech in
which he explained and defended it, and
the u%nanimity with which it was ratified
by the assembled Democracy of Mongom-
cry county, place Mr.. Vallandieham
among the most conspicuous political lea
ders Of the day. Why should not the De-
mOcracy of Ohio at once recognize him as
their most available candidate for the Uni
ted States Senator His doctrines are
sound, his ideas inspiring, his courage adj
mirably suited to the present crisis. Ev-
erybody knows him to be honest, and no
body doubts that he is firm and bold,
meaning precisely what hesays, and not
afraid to carry out what he believes. II
his party carry the Legislature of Ohio,
every Democratic member would do him.
self an honor by voting for Clement l.,
Yallandigham, and thereby placing in the
Senate Chamber, as the representative oil
the foremost Commonwealth of the West,
a statesman of broad and progressive
views, and a politician of keen sagacity
and unfinching pluck.
Now let the Democracy of Ohio nomin-
ate William s. Groesbeek for Governoro on
this platform, and the resRltof the Presi-
DENTAL election viii no longer bedoubtful,
IN ?. Sun.