The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-19
"NEW DEPARTURE" "
Mr.. Vallandigham's Position
His Ideas on the Position oi
Parties.
His Last Conversation on Political
Subjects.

CINCINNATI, June 1.-THE following
is the main points offs political conversa'
ton between Mr.. Vallandigham and
the correspondent of leading news
paper, a day or two before his death,
and the last he ever engaged in. In
speaking OF the malcontents OF the
West, he SAID he thought that they
could be brought into line and made
behave themselves; "but," said he, this
is not question of immediate success !;
the question is, which Of the great
parties Of this country is to be the party
of progress, the party ofadvanced ideas
There can be no more political cam
paigns fought on the issues OF the last
few years. They are dead, and if the
Democratic party refuses TO move TO
the front to accept the new order OF
things, it will simply pass away, and
some other party, made up OF the
earnest, progressive elements OF both
the old parties, will take possession OF
the government"
inquired, don't You think the
campaign Of - will be fought on pre-
sent issues p He said, that may be
undertaken by our party, but it will fail
4 wear ago Grant gave promise of his
intention to lead the Republican party
into a new departure" and he would
have done it but that a gang of old
politicians at Washington held him
back and scared him with gable about
defeat until he went square back into the
old net Grant is an honest man, and
would do right if politicians would let
him; hut that they won't do. lie
took the back track on the San Do
mingo question, in which, apart from
the corrupt means used, he was clearly
right | tell YOU, sir, annexation OF
territory and the control of all the out
living fragments of this continent Is the
destiny OF the American people. We
shall have San Domingo, and Cuba, and
Mexico, and all the rest; mark that We
missed the greatest chance We ever had in
not getting Cuba during the Spanish
troubles We could have had it then
for the mere asking, and in few years
we would have been owners of the
richest and most productive piece of
territory in the world. Why, they used
to talk about me and call Inc dis
unionist. | tell You, sir, earnestly and
honestly, that never was disunionist;
that | always did believe and now be-
lievc, that this Union will be perpetu-
ated and extended until it embraces the
continent" E"
His denial of disunion views, Mr.
Vallandigham repeated with marked
emphasis. Going on he, talked freely
about the parties OF the future, and his
ideas of their composition. ventured
the question, "Why, Mr.. Vallandig-
ham, with the hatred that is exhibited
toward Won by the dead-issue Democ-
racy, don't see how it is that Won can
stay in that party e..
At this he smiled significantly, aud
said, why, what can / do? The Re
publican party won't move forward; ii
it wants to stick to its old clothes, and
my best hope is to get the Democracy
to push to the front. However there is
no telling what three hundred and
sixty-five days may bring forth; and OF
one thing | am certain; if the Demo
cratic party fails to become the party of
progress and advanced ideas, and |
from conscientious convictions decide TO
act with any other political party, that
other political party will never stop to
inquire what my past political record
has been. Parties don't manage things
that way" The correspondent con-
cludes by saying, $50 parted with a
man, whom, not knowing, | almost
hated, but, whom knowing, | soon
learned to admire and then to esteem.