Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-06-21
THE STATE CONVENTION.
The Ratification at Wag-
ner's Hall---Speeches of
Messrss Vallandigham,
PendletOn and Sayler.
MIR. vALLANDi0HAAVs sPEEoH.


In the valley Of vision were
many bones, and they were
very dry. And the spirit said,
"Can these bones live?' And
he prophesied, and there was a
noise and n shaking among the
dry bones, and breath came in
to them, and they arose and
stood upon their feet, an ex,
ceeding great army--the army
of the Democracy rallied again.
Applause. And he said,
"W atchman what of the night2
Watchman, 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 Rad
icalism (cheers), and morning,
glorious, bright, resplendent,
light and life,g giving morning
to the once disheartened, but
now rallying and heroic hosts
of Democracy.
/ am not here as The Messiah,
but an apostle, and the least of
the apostles; not of the new
departure, but of the grand
restoration, the restoration to
old Democratic doctrines and
principles and to Democratic
victory. To-day we have a.
chieved a glorious triumph
To-day we have sent forth IT,
dings of great joy all over the
land. The Democratic party
stands now upon the great van
tage ground of the present,
and offers battle to its enemies,
hand to hand and shoulder to
shoulder, marches forth to meet
them in this struggle upon the
living issues of the present
hour, and upon these issues we
will,triumph. I feel t. Through.
out the whole length Of the
State of Ohio will come q re.
sponse, and not from Ohio only,
but from other States, from one
end of the nation to the other,
joy and rejoicing, tomorrow,
ring from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, from the lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico, and at last the
Democratic party is ready to
grapple with its foes, and ready
to crush them as in former
times 1t did, and that once
more there is hope that this old
battle-worn republic Of ours,
bearing, it may be, the scars it
has received in the recent
grand convulsion, will yet live,
and live in the spirit in which
the fathers framed it.
The plan of salvation, it
seems to me, has been discov.
cred. Take that which we can
not avoid, that which has been
forced upon us, that which has
been brought about against our
prophecies and against our pro,
tests; take your amendments to
the Constitution, and then sub.
iugate them to the old doc,
trines Of the fathers Of this Re.
public, of the Wing party Of
this Republic, of the Demo
cratic party in former times,
the sound doctrine Of strict con.
struction and tbe rules which
have been laid down by the
Supreme Court of the United
States, and then, while with a
Democratic Administration,
equal rights will and shall be
guaranteed 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.
/ will say to you, men and
brethren, that the grand move.
ment will be made 1872, and
we are but skirmishers along
the line now. But the first
blood must be ours in this
election in October next. The
grand struggle will be between
Republicau.Democracy upon
one side, and imperialism upon
the other. -Four years moro
of the Administration party
[ call 1T not the Republican
party previous TO the war, no.
the SO called Union party du-