[ Union Campaign Docs., No. 7.] 
 
 THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY 
 
 AND 
 
 VALLANDIGHAM. 
 
 They Indorse the Traitor and wink at the Treason. 
 
 Now that Vallandigham is defeated, the 
 organs of the Seymour democracy inl this 
 state attempt to disown him! They insist 
 that they never had any fellowship or sym- 
 pathy with him ; that they were opposed to 
 his nomination, and are more than half re- 
 joiced at his overthrow. 
 
 This will not do. They cannot escape the 
 repulsive affiliation. Their sympathy with 
 the fallen traitor is patent to all men. Their 
 efforts to make a martyr of him have passed 
 into history. They stand committed before 
 the world as his chief backers and champions. 
 They are convicted before the tribunal of pub- 
 lic opinion of having threatened revolution in 
 his behalf. The proof of their complicity 
 with him is clear and overwhelming. 
 
 VALLANDIGHAM, THE IDOL OF THE NEW 
 YORK DEMOCRACY. 
 
 It may be worth while, before adducing this 
 proof to refer briefly to the record of this idol 
 of the Copperhead Democracy. Mr. Vallan- 
 digham was the choice, not of Northern Free- 
 men, but of Southern Rebels. His name was 
 first suggested by the organs of Jeff. Davis. 
 The Copperheads of " Ohio " simply ratified 
 the dictum of their Southern masters, that he 
 should be their standard-bearer. He was 
 everywhere — both at home and abroad — re- 
 cognized as the agent and emissary of the 
 Secessionists. The Richmond Examiner 
 claimed him as a man after its own heart. 
 The Richmond Enquirer proposed to get up 
 
 a testimonial in his behalf in the shape of a 
 victory over Rosecrans. 
 
 HIS RECORD. 
 
 The Rebel Maury, in his letter to the Lon- 
 don Times, declared that 
 
 " VALLANDIGHAM WAITS AND WATCHES 
 OVER THE BORDER, PLEDGED — IP ELECT- 
 ED GOVERNOR OP OHIO— TO ARRAY IT 
 AGAINST LINCOLN AND THE WAR, AND 
 GO FOR PEACE." 
 
 The Chattanooga' Rebel exclaimed : 
 
 "GOD SPEED YOU, VALLANDIGHAM; 
 WE CAW NEVER HAVE PEACE WITHOUT 
 DISUNION." 
 
 Even the " martyr" himself admitted that 
 unless the Rebels could hold on to Vicks- 
 burgh, he would be " beaten out of sight." 
 He associated exclusively at Washington with 
 the leaders of the Rebellion. He traveled 
 with Breckinridge when the latter left his 
 place in the Senate to take his place in the 
 Rebel Army, and accepted an ovation at the 
 hands of the Baltimore Secessionists. It may 
 be worth while to quote the telegraphic re- 
 port of the " reception" of the brace of Trai- 
 tors: 
 
 EXCITEMENT IN BALTIMORE. 
 BRECKINRIDGE AND VALLANDIGHAM ENTERTAINED 
 BY TRAITORS — THEY ARE SERENADED — UNION 
 MEN WON'T ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK. 
 
 Baltimore, August 8, 1861. 
 Messrs. Breckinridge and Vallandigham have 
 partaken of a grand dinner at the Eutaw House, 
 this evening, given by Baltimore Secessionists. 
 At 11 o'clock they were serenaded by the Blue's 
 band. Mr. Breckinridge is now attempting to 
 speak, but is constantly interrupted by cheers 
 
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 for Crittenden, Gen. Scott, the Kentucky elec- 
 tion, and for the Union. It is impossible to 
 hear what he is endeavoring to say. 
 
 There are several thousand persons present, 
 a majority of whom are Union men. They call 
 on the band for the Star-spangled Banner, 
 Yankee Doodle, &c, but can get nothing from 
 them but Dixie and the Marseilles. All at- 
 tempts to quiet the people were responded to 
 by the cries of M Remember the 10th of April." 
 " Remember the week of terror." Several 
 fights have occurred. 
 
 Mr. Breckinridge retired without speaking, 
 and the cheers of his friends were deafened 
 amid the groans and hisses. 
 
 Mr. Vallandigham did not attempt to speak, 
 and the crowd dispersed with cheers for the 
 Union and groans for Jeff. Davis, interrupted 
 by counter cheers and groans. 
 
 He has been as faithful to the interests Of 
 his Southern masters as the needle to the 
 pole. Every public and private utterance — 
 every word that has fallen from his lips — re- 
 veal his disloyal instincts. In a speech at 
 Dayton, in August, 1862, he declared : 
 
 " I HAVE NOT VOTED FOR ANY ARMY 
 OR NAVY BILL, OR ANY ARMY OR NAVY 
 APPROPRIATION, SINCE THE MEETING OF 
 CONGRESS ON THE 4th OF JULY, 1861." 
 
 On another occasion he uttered these abomi- 
 nable sentiments : 
 
 " Then, Sir, I am not a Southern man either 
 —ALTHOUGH IN THIS MOST UNHOLY AND 
 UNCONSTITUTIONAL CRUSADE AGAINST 
 the SOUTH, in the midst of THE INVASION, 
 ARSON, INSURRECTION AND MURDER TO 
 WHICH SHE HAS BEEN SUBJECT, and with 
 which she is still threatened — with the TORCH 
 OF THE INCENDIARY AND THE DAGGER 
 OF THE ASSASSIN SUSPENDED OVER HER 
 —MY MOST CORDIAL SYMPATHIES ARE 
 WHOLLY WITH HER." 
 
 On the 6th of February, 1861, he submitted 
 a scheme in the House, proposing to dissolve 
 the present Union, and erect on its ruins "four 
 geographical sections." 
 
 HE HELPS THE REBELS GET ARMS 
 
 He assisted the Rebels in getting arms with 
 which to strike. down the Government, as will 
 be seen by the following letter : 
 
 House of Reheesentatives, ) 
 Washington, D. C, January 16, 1861. J 
 Kittridge Co., Cincinnati, Ohio: 
 
 Gents — A friend of mine, a member of the 
 House, desires to purchase seventy-five or more 
 Minie muskets of the same kind you furnished 
 Colonel King, of Dayton, for the Zouave Guards, 
 and at the same price, $9. If you can furnish 
 seventy-five, or perhaps a good many moie, send 
 me one here by express as a sample, at once. 
 
 Very truly, C. L. Vallandigham. 
 
 P. S. — How about the accoutrements ? 
 
 HE CONSISTENTLY OPPOSES THE GOVERN- 
 MENT. 
 
 The " friend " was one of the leading Rebels. 
 Vallandigham made it his boast that he never 
 voted a dollar for carrying on the war for the 
 Union, voted for expelling a member for hav- 
 ing gone into the Union array, and voted 
 against expelling a member for having taken 
 up arms in the Rebel cause, voted against a 
 resolution commending the course of Major 
 Anderson at Fort Sumter, and objected to the 
 consideration of a resolution requesting the 
 Secretary of the Treasury to " employ a suf~ 
 ftcient force to protect our commerce from 
 the pirates that now infest our seas" 
 
 HE IS CANONIZED AS A " MARTYR." 
 
 And yet this man, covered over and blis- 
 tered with treason as he is, HAS BEEN 
 PARADED BY THE DEMOCRATIC MAN- 
 AGERS INTHIS STATE AS A "MARTYR," 
 AND HIS ARREST IN THE MIDST OP 
 HIS CRIMINAL WORK DENOUNCED AS 
 AN " OUTRAGE." 
 
 GOVERNOR SEYMOUR RESENTS THE " OUT- 
 RAGE," AND CRIES " PAUSE." 
 
 Governor Seymour hearing of such arrest, 
 made haste to vent his holy horror in such 
 words as these : 
 
 " The sa fety of our persons, the security of our 
 property will hereafter depend upon the arbitrary 
 icills of such military rulers as may be placed over 
 us, u hile our constitutional guarantees xcill be broken 
 down. Even now the Governors and the Courts 
 of some of the great Western States have sunk 
 into insignificance before the despotic powers 
 claimed and exercised by military men who 
 have been sent into their borders. It is a fearful 
 thing to increase the danger which now over- 
 hangs us by treating the Law, the Judiciary and 
 the authorities of States with contempt. The 
 people of this country now wait with the deepest 
 anxiety the de isions of the Administration 
 upon these acts. Having given it a generous 
 support in the conduct of the war, WE NOW 
 PAUSE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF GOVERN- 
 MENT IT IS FOR WHICH WE ARE ASKED 
 TO POUR OUT OUR BLOOD AND OUR 
 TREASURES. 
 
 " The action of the Administration will deter- 
 mine in the minds of more than one half of 
 the people of the loyal States whether this war 
 is waged to put down rebellion at the South, or 
 to destroy free institutions at the North. We 
 look for its decision with the most solemn soli- 
 citude." 
 
 HONORS TO THE " MARTYR" IN ALBANY. 
 A meeting to sympathize with the martyr 
 and denounce his " kidnappers " was held at 
 
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 the Capitol in Albany. The following is ajdigham, sent the following dispatch to the 
 copy of the handbill convoking the Democracy . ; Convention : 
 
 __ T _ _ — . att a -NTTAT/-" ttam JUDGE PARKER'S TELEGRAM TO OHIO CON- 
 
 THE VALLANDIGHAM vention then in session: 
 
 1 I T D A ^ ET " I hope you will rebuke despotism and 
 U I I \ i\ \Ji I— ■ vindicate constitutional liberty, by making 
 Vallandigham Governor of Ohio." 
 
 [See Atlas $ Argus of June 18th, 1863.] 
 
 MEETIlSTGr 
 
 AT THE 
 
 CAPITOL 
 
 IN BEnALF OF 
 
 PERSONAL FREEDOM! 
 
 At a meeting of tho Democratic Republican General 
 Committee, of the City of Albany, held on the 13th ; 
 inst., the following Preamble and Resolutions were i 
 unanimously adopted : 
 
 Whereas, A citizen of Ohio, CLEMENT L. VAL- 
 LANDIGHAM. for no other offense than addressing a ! 
 public meeting of his fellow citizens, upon the principles 
 and conduct of the Administration, has been seized at 
 night, by military force, and carried oft' and tried before 
 a military tribunal, and condemned to an infamous and ' 
 degrading punishment, unknown to the laws — 
 
 And, Whereas, "We regard this outrage as a clear vio 
 lation of the Constitution, an assault upon the rights of j 
 every State, a threat at the liberty of every citizen, and j 
 an attack upon the supremacy of the law itself, there- 
 fore 
 
 Resolved, That the Democrats of the city of Albany, i 
 and all citizens who cherish the sanctity of constitutional 
 rights, be invited to meet at the 
 
 CAPITOL, 
 ON SATURDAY EVENING, 
 
 MAY 16TH, AT 8 O'CLOCK, 
 
 To express their indignation at this outrage, and pro- 
 test against its consummation. 
 
 HEjVRY CRAjVDALLj Chairman pro tem. 
 
 Eichard Parr, Jr., M. Belehanty, 
 
 Secretaries pro tem. 
 
 The following gentlemen have been invited to Address 
 the Meeting : 
 
 HON. HORATIO SEYMOUR, 
 
 Hon. A. J. Parker, Hon. Francis Kernan, 
 Hon. Sanford E. Church, Hon. Richard O'Gorman, 
 Hon. John Murphy, Ira Shafer, Esq. 
 
 AND OTHERS. 
 
 At the meeting, speeches not only denounc- 
 ing the government, but hinting at revolution, 
 were made by the Hon. Amasa J. Parker. 
 Francis Kernan and others. 
 
 HIS NOMINATION DEMANDED BY MESSRS. 
 SEYMOOR & CO. 
 
 Nor was this all. The Democratic leaders, 
 
 in this state dictated the nomination of the 
 
 " Martyr " for Governor of Ohio. Judge 
 
 Parker, fearing that the Ohio Copperheads 
 
 might lack the pluck to obey the mandate of 
 
 the Chattanooga Rebel by nominating Vallan- 
 
 •JUDGE PARKER THINKS THE ELECTION OF 
 VALLANDIGHAM WILL BE A li GLORIOUS 
 SPECTACLE." 
 
 [Extract from Judge Parker's speech at tho Brooklyn 
 Meeting.] 
 
 "I wrote to Mr. Cox, saying that I hoped his 
 people would rebuke despotism and vindicate 
 constitutional liberty by making Vallandig- 
 ham the Governor of Ohio. (Great cheering 
 and waving of hats and handkerchiefs.) 
 And I am told that the bulletin to-night an- 
 nounces the fact that he has been nominated, 
 (continued applause,) and I say that Ohio 
 will be unworthy of the government be- 
 queathed to her, if she does not elect him. It 
 would be a glorious spectacle to see the People 
 of Ohio walk up to the ballot box and de- 
 posite their votes for Vallandigham." — Atlas 
 $ Argus, Monday June loth, 1863. 
 
 THE OHIO COPPERHEADS " HEARTILY EN- 
 DORSE GOV. SEYMOUR." 
 
 PROCEEDINGS OF OHIO STATE CONVEN- 
 TION. 
 
 Special Despatch to the "World. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, June 11, 1863. 
 " Governor Seymour of New York was 
 heartily endorsed. A despatch from Judge 
 Parker counselling the Democracy to rebuke 
 despotism by electing Vallandigham was read 
 and repeatedly cheered." — Atlas $ Argus, June 
 13, 1863. 
 
 THE MANDATE OBEYED-JOY OF THE 
 ALBANY ARGUS 
 
 The mandate of Judge Parker was obeyed. 
 Whereupon the Albany Argus gave vent to 
 its joy in these words : 
 
 The poor Exile was unconscious, while 
 struggling to escape from the fate to which 
 governmental treachery had consigned him, 
 that the greatest, most enthusiastic and most 
 determined Convention of the People ever held 
 in Ohio, had nominated him for the office of 
 Governor. 
 
 THE ARGUS DEMANDS THE ELECTION OF 
 "THE MARTYR." 
 
 But the Argus did not stop here. Fearing 
 lest its brethren might lack the courage to 
 
stand by the " Martyr," it issued the follow- 
 ing "general order " to the Copperhead troops 
 in Ohio : 
 
 THEY MUST ELECT HIM. HE MUST 
 BE TURN IN TRIUMPH TO THE CHIEF 
 MAGISTRACY OF THE STATE FROM 
 WHICH HE HAS BEEN SO INFAMO USL Y 
 EXILED. HE MUST TAKE THE PLACE 
 OF THE EXECUTIVE WHO CONNIVED 
 AT AND SUBMITTED TO HIS DEPORTA- 
 TION. And that Executive, reversing positions, 
 must submit himself, before the Criminal law, on 
 the charges already preferred, of assisting in 
 the kidnapping of other citizens of Ohio. 
 
 The men who have, with such acclaim, pre- 
 sented the exile for the highest office of state, 
 must fulfill their purpose. Enthusiasm, at a 
 crisis like the present, is idle, unless it leads to 
 successful action. MR. VALLANDIGHAM 
 MUST NOT BE EXP OSED TO A REB UKE. 
 A MOVEMENT LIKE THIS MUST RE- 
 CEIVE ITS CROWNING DIGNITY, BY 
 ATTAINING THE ATTITUDE OF ACTUAL 
 POWER." 
 
 THE ARGUS AGAIN CRACKS THE WHIP. 
 
 Four months later the Argus reviewed its 
 
 forces in Ohio, and issued another order, 
 closing in these encouraging terms : 
 
 " The Democrats of Ohio are fighting a gallant 
 and vigorous battle in behalf of personal ANn 
 Constitutional Liberty. In no State has the 
 issue been more birectly made — in none have 
 the vital principles involved in the present 
 election^ been brought more directly before the peo- 
 ple." 
 
 THE MANDATE SPURNED BY THE PEOPLE. 
 
 But the mandate was not heeded. The 
 People of Ohio refused to obey the orders of 
 the Democratic leaders of New York. They 
 disregarded the admonition of Gov. Seymour. 
 They disobeyed the behest of Judge Parker. 
 They laughed to scorn the crack of the whip 
 of the Argus. They dared rebuke Treason 
 and spurn Traitors in spite of the threatening 
 voice of the Democracy of New York. 
 
 Freemen of New York ! will you support a 
 party that thus openly affiliates with traitors ? 
 Will you indorse, by the election of the Demo- 
 cratic ticket, the disloyal course of Vallandig- 
 ham Bright and Pierce ? 
 
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 AVERY* 
 DURSt