The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-01

fulfil. The only thing that now re-
mains for it is to throw off the mask and
boldly proclaim Grant Dictator. And
the Democratic party is solemnly invit,
ed to encourage it in this course, by
abandoning the principles upon which
the Government was founded, and upon
which it was successfully and happily
administered for eighty years.
The platform Of the party OF Ohio
will be broadly national and boldly and
progressively Democratic. 1t will deal
with the present and look to the future,
leaving the dead past bury the dead.
TWAS, in the palmy days of its success,
the party OF progress. 1t is so now, and
must continue to be.
The Convention OF 1858.
1t is eight years this June, since l
attended a Democratic State Conven-
ton in this city. At that Convention
as at this one, Mr.. Vallandigham was
one Of the "lions." He was not pres
ent, however, having been but recently
banished South through the instrument
tality OF David Todd and by order Of
Burnside. No Convention has attracted
such general attention since, until this
one. Ten thousand Democrats came
up to Columbus from all parts Of the
State, on that occasion, to ratify the
nomination that Todd and the Admin
istration had made for us by the arrest
OF a favorte citizen. And when, at
that Convention, ex-senator Pugh, a
small man with gigantic intellect, hav-
ing received the nomination for Lieu
tenant Governor, spit upon and tram
pied in the dust Burnsides Infamous
order No. 80, five thousand Democrats,
with brave hearts snd brawny arms,
bore him off over the heads Of the null
titude amid such laundering, screaming,
roaring applause as | never expect to
hear again.
Mr.. ynliandigham
Has grown little heavier, and his face
is somewhat redder but not more Trn-
kled than ten years ago. His address
is AS pleasing, and he talks with the
same remarkable ease, showing his
handsome teeth in the most charming
manner. He is SO years old, but with
his naturally good and well-preserved
constitution, he looks as if he might live
fifty-nine years more He is laborlng
with his usual energy for the adoption
Of the germ, at least, as he expresses it,
of the Montgomery resolutions, and is
in this case, as he always Is, hopeful Of
success. In discussing the question
with him, remarked:- "Mr. Vallan-
digham, in your own State, four years
ago, while the Republican party elected
its candidate for Governor, it assisted
you in defeating the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution for the en-
reimbursement of the negro by 10000
majority and when the Radical party
finally fastened negro suffrage upon
Won and them in spite Of their over
whelming protest, thousands Of these
Republicans joined the Democracy, be-
cause they thought YOU were sincere in
YOUR opposition to this iniquity. If you
now endorse what has been done by
Rsdicalism, what becomes OF these
new recruits, and what will your own
party think Of your sincerity|
He replied: "For years before the
war, the Democracy Of the North fought
the battles of slavery, not that we loved
slavery, God knows, but that we loved
the Constitution of the Fathers, which
was assaied. We fought brave,
heroic fight, but our ranks were decl.
mated at every round, and we received
no recruits We were at last crushed,
and with us slavery and the Constltu-
ton. We foretold all that has hap
pened, if the other party got control OF
the country we fought a desperate
hand-to- hand fight, to prevent it. But
we went down and our prophecies are
fulfilled. God knows our skirts are
clear of the foul deeds. Now, what is
our duty? Is it to fold our hands and
sit still grumbling? Or shall we recog-
nize, as we are doing in some form every
dav, the existence Of what we cannot
help and have no responsibility for,
leaving the bleaching bones and the
skeletons OF the past, shake Oft all dead
weights, and march on to success, and
rescue our country from Imperialism
Military Tactics.
When a General Of a great army
meets with crushing defeat, is it not
his duty to acknowledge the fact, re-
treat to a safe position, and by such
force and strategy as are at his COM
mand, make another effort to gain
his course. No good General would
continue, day after day, week after
week, and month after month, to crush
a defeated army up against victorious
and more numerous army without even
a change of base. / tell you, sir, politics
is but military warfare. A man to be
a successful party leader must study
military tactics. This was well under.
stood and acted upon in Jackson's day.
Then the Democracy was an aggressive
and progressive party. 1t must be so
now. This is no new departure that l
propose; disclaim any such an idea;
Ii is but a return to military plan OF
warfare inaugurated by Jackson. Adopt
it. and YOU infuse new life into the
party, YOU warm up the blood OF its
everv member, you write Success
upon its banner, and the young, the ar