The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-06-28
Still Alarmed.

death oil MIR. Nallandlgham seems al
irreparable loss to the Democratic par
ty in this present campaign ; the lin
of argument leading TO such a conclu
sion being, that his personal infuenc
is needed in inducing Democrats t.
accept the new departure. We trus
Republicans will not b, led into undur
confidence of victory by any sucl
reasoning. The death of Vallandig
ham will prove positive strength to tn
Democratic cause in this present cam
paign."
The very name of Vallandiglan
seems to be a lion in the path of tn,
Republican leaders. To mention hi
name, is to disturb their slumbers anc
produce visions of public retribution
The wicked flee when NO man pursue.
and a guilty conscience is its own &C
cuser and haunts its unhappy victim
The wrongs inflicted upon the person
and character of poor Vallandighan
should make the leaders of the Repub
lican party tremble and blush with
shame when they are called to recol-
lection.
Like Thersites. himselfthe basest mau-
OF ungoverned tongue, they chatter'd
1ncessantly,"
while he lived among US, and all his
acts were subjected by these fellows
to .scurrilous abuse; and with indecent
jests, Democrats were reproached fol
attempting to repair the losses he sus-
tanned by his exile.
Again the Herald says:
Mr.. Vallandigham has been the
terror of the loyal people of Ohio
While he has nodded every Demo
cratic platform, in his own County,
in his State and in the National Con
vertions, his personal unpopularity
has been such as to prove a terrible
dead weight to the Democratic party
in every campaign. The mention OF
Vallandigham's name has only been
necessary to infuse the Republicans
and to call out all their effort. Make
it felt that Vallandigham would per
sonally be benefited by a Democratic
victory, and no greater stimulus was
necessary to secure extreme Republi.
a effort. Vallandigham has been
the standing political bugbear at which
Republican editc r. and Republican
orators have pointed as a horrible
warning not to trust the Democracy
with power. In this new departure
discussion, previous to the death of
MIR. Vallandigham, we could not take
up a republican paper but that the
same skeleton" was exhibited"
What aconfessionl Deception and
hypocrisy are always to be detested,
but when a man has the audacity to
declare they are q proper mean to
political or personal success the GOALS
ofpublic condemnation should be heap
ed upon his head. The remembrance
of the threat of John Brough in 1868,
that if Vallandigham should be elect
ed by the people, his right to be inau-
gurated Governor of Ohio would be
resisted by force, is still fresh in the
public recollection, but We did not
suppose any Republican editor would
ever declare that even that "skeleton"
was exhibited to frighten a crazy pop
ulace into acquiescence. This revela
ton makes the arrest, mock trial and
Punishment of Vallandigham ten times
more censurable, because it is here
tacitly admitted that he was an honest
man protesting against the vile pur-
poses of the Republican leaders, and
aimed only to save his country from
despotic rule. Such was the Internal
hate of the frenzied fanatics that if
any suspicion of his being benefited
by official promotion could be infused
into their frantic minds, the whole
pack would commence to yelp on his
track. Now that he is dead, and rests
quietly in his grave, they fear even
yet, the mention Of his name! Lis
ten.
"This much rs to the effect of that
death upon the Republicans. Now
how is the Democratic party to be
affected? A majority of Democ-ats-
not excepting such as really esteemed
Vallandigham as being sagacious and
honest-have looked upon him as u
weight the party could not carry to a
victory. Such, even, as considered
him an abused and wronged man have
not the less appreciated the fact that
he was the Jonah of the Democratic
ship. The hope that he would with
draw from view has been the upper.
most hope in the Democratic breast"
In making this statement the Her
aid is mainly correc', although it exag
crates everything. While a large num-
Der of Democrats regarded him as be-
ing somewhat rash, all believed him
to be actuated by patriotic motives.
That he was abused and foully and
wickedly traduced and misrepresented
by Republican editors and speakers,
we never had a doubt. These wrongs
will return again to plague the RepYb,
lican party. The house is on fire, and
reason says: ''put it out, and. then
rout the incendiaries who put the torch