by the laws, to seek redress through the courts, and administer that rebuke to the corrupt-"exclusion from office." We will get satisfaction for our wrongs through the law. He called upon every man who had been unlawfully imprisoned in the walls of a Bastile, to seek for redress through the forms of law, as he valued himself and the liberties of his countrymen. England has given us examples of illegal arrest these usurpers can not even claim the merit of originality for their tyranny-she has also given us examples of the punishment of the offenders. In England, the person of a subject is inviolate. An Englishman's house or home is his castle. We have a notable instance of what an Englishman's liberty for one hour is considered worth by an English jury. A secretary of state arrested a British subject, and imprisoned him for one hour. At the end of that time he was released. He brought suit against "my Lord," and recovered a verdict for $5,000. Lord Chief Justice Pratt, afterward Lord Camden-the advocate of the cause of the Colonies, the friend of America in its youth-made the memorable declaration in this case: "None but an English jury can estimate the value of an Englishman's liberty for one hour. An Indiana jury may be able to make a like estimate. That is the way we should and will have satisfaction. The people have spoken-they must be heard, and will be heard. "We will have the Union as it was, the Constitution as it is, and the negroes where they are."

Mr. Vallandigham said that the campaign had only just begun. It must be kept up. We have a wily and unscrupulous antagonism to contend with. The good old times will return. He did believe in the possibility, nay, the probability, of the restoration of the Union as it was. We have commenced the work here, with the ballot-box; with it we have smitten the Philistines hip and thigh. The people of the South, after a little while, will, by the same instrumentality, put down the Secessionists there, as we have the Abolitionists here, and peace and union will once more smile upon the land. That is the sentiment in the ranks of both armies, and if you would to-day put ballots in the hands of the private soldiers of the North and South, the agitators and leaders, who are forcing streams of blood to flow, would be effectually put down. He related several instances of this feeling in the army, and concluded with an elegant peroration, which was received as the main parts of his speech had been, throughout-by thunders of applause.

On the 21st of November, at the residence of Judge MORSE, near Dayton, Mr. VALLANDIGHAM was presented with an elegant goldheaded cane, a gift from ladies of that city. Mr. THOMAS 0. LowE, who, on behalf of the ladies, made the presentation speech, alluding to the sentiments of those for whom he was commissioned to speak, said:

There are yet some who, from their very natures, have deprecated this war, who desired, as you did, that it should be averted, and who

now pray that the ruler of heaven and earth, who is the Prince of Peace and God of Love, will turn the hearts of men from all bitterness and strife, so that bloodshed may be known among us no more forever. And if there be a prayer which the "ministering angels round about us more gladly hear, and more quickly bear to the ear of heaven, than any other, it must be theirs. The Savior of men said "Blessed are the peacemakers," and

"Gave his life

To bend man's stubborn will;

When elements were fierce with strife,

Said to them 'Peace; be still.'"

And, describing the estimation those ladies had placed upon the services of him to whom this elegant gift was offered, Mr. Lowe said:

They desire to express to you their belief that if all the men of the North and South had but loved this Union as well, and had struggled as wisely for the best interests of the country as you, this war would have been averted; and that, even now, if the combatants could but be imbued with a patriotism as true as yours, this struggle would speedily cease, our Union be restored as it was, and every thing which has, in days gone by, made Americans proud of their country, would come back to us again. They believe, too, that when the historian shall come to write of the causes of the downfall of this great Republic-if, in the providence of God, it be doomed to fall-if he write with an unprejudiced pen, "nothing extenuating, naught setting down in malice," he will have this to say of you: You hated and resisted the fell spirit of Abolitionism, which you knew to be

"False, deceitful,

Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
That has a name,"

which, invigorated by the blood and carnage of the rebellion, you saw endeavoring, under various pretexts, to destroy our dearest liberties, and for this cause, and this alone, you were made the object of a persecution which, for malignity and persistency, has few parallels in history.

Mr. Lowe closed by saying:

And we all think, sir, that it is not among the least of the services you have rendered to your country, that you have shown that there is such a thing as unconquerable devotion to principle-that there is one statesman among us who is not to be moved from his conviction of right by any danger or threatenings-that if one obeys the exhortations of Woolsey, and makes his aims "his country's, his God's and truth's," he need not fear. Though storms may be raging all around him, he will be "sustained by an unfaltering trust," and have "that peace which is above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience."

Accepting the beautiful gift, Mr. VALLANDIGHAM said:

MR. LOWE: With a grateful heart I receive this cane from the ladies for whom you have just spoken. Valuable in itself, it is to me far more valuable because of the kindly motives which have induced its presentation; but especially as a testimony of their approbation of my conduct as a public man, in the recent and present perilous times of the country. From them I accept it as a large recompense for whatever of calumny and reproach I have endured for the last eighteen months, because of my adherence to principle and a course of public policy which, in my conscience and judgment, I believed essential to the restoration of the Union and the best interests of my country. Such honors are bestowed commonly upon the heroes of military warfare. But if I merit any part of the praise which you have so eloquently expressed, it is moral heroism which, to-night, is honored by these ceremonies. It is the victories of PEACE which you here celebrate. Her triumphs are, indeed, grander, and her conquests nobler than any achieved by the military hero upon the battle-field. And it is especially fitting that these honors should be paid to the cause-though I, myself, may deserve them not-by THE WOMEN of the country; and, while I lament that so many among them should have forgotten the softness of their sex, and the mild teachings of a religion, essential, indeed, to man, but especially congenial to woman's nature, yet I rejoice that so many, also, have laid not aside the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, but remembered and clung yet the more steadfastly to the gospel of peace and love, even amid the phrensy of a desolating and demoralizing civil war. True to woman's mission, they are, or will be, the wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, who, by precept, example, or association, shall bring back yet the present, or educate a new generation which shall restore peace, the Union, and constitutional liberty, with all their virtues and their blessings, once more to this bleeding and distracted country. If, indeed, sir, I have exhibited any part of the high qualities of courage, fortitude, and immovable devotion to THE GOOD AND THE RIGHT, which, on behalf of these ladies, you have so kindly attributed to me, it is to one of their own sex, more than to any other human agency, that I am indebted for them-MY MOTHER. In childhood, in boyhood, and in youth, in the midst of many trials, from her teachings, and by her example, I learned those lessons, and formed the character and habits-if it be so-which fitted me, with courage and endurance, and unfaltering faith, to struggle with the terrible times in the midst of which we live.

Congratulating the ladies on the selection of yourself as their representative upon this occasion, and thanking you cordially for the many kind things you have been pleased to say, I accept this beautiful present, with my most grateful acknowledgments to one and all here assembled.

The next day Mr. VALLANDIGHAM addressed, at length, a very

large Democratic meeting at Springfield, Clark county, Ohio. The Democrat of that city, speaking of it, said:

We would like to give a synopsis of his great speech, but will not attempt it. We but quote the words of hundred of others when we say that for beauty, simplicity, and strength many of the passages of the speech were equal to the best periods of Webster. Would to God that all his revilers could have heard him!

On the 26th of November Mr. VALLANDIGHAM attended another of those Democratic jubilees, held at Chillicothe, Ohio. The day was cold and unpleasant, and yet not less than four thousand were there. Mr. VALLANDIGHAM followed Hon. Wм. ALLEN, and spoke until near dark. The Chillicothe Advertiser says:

It was a remarkable circumstance-a thing almost unparalleled— that so many men and women should stand out there in the cold fully four hours after an election, and listen to two political speeches. Mr. Vallandigham spoke free from all restraint-free from the restraint that weighed many speakers down before the election—and yet no one could find in that speech either open or covert treason, unless the unvailing of the Republican Mohkanna is obnoxious to that charge.

He believed it possible, since the rendition of the verdict of the people through the ballot-box at the late elections, that the Union might be restored; he believed it would be in time-that when the Abolitionists were put down through the ballot-box, then the people of the South would put down secession there, and then would commence the work of restoration. His conviction, from the first, had been that the Union could not be restored through the agency of arms; he believed so now more firmly than ever.

Mr. VALLANDIGHAM closed amidst a profusion of bouquets thrown to him by the ladies, who, in addition, presented him a very beautiful wreath.

But the unbounded enthusiasm of the people was not satisfied by a four hours' meeting in the open air. They met again, at the courthouse, in the evening. Mr. VALLANDIGHAM, not expecting to speak again, came in late, but was so earnestly called for," says the Advertiser, "that he felt constrained to respond, and did respond in a speech of two hours," which is described as fully equal to his effort of the afternoon.

The Advertiser expresses the belief that "the seed thus sown will undoubtedly, ripen into a 'butternut' crop by next fall far larger than the one that blessed the Democratic husbandmen this last fall."

This is the man whom some people call traitor;" and such were the proud and triumphant receptions with which the people of Ohio were delighted to honor a "defeated candidate."

Immediately after the meeting in Chillicothe, Mr. VALLANDIGHAM left for Washington city, the day for the reassembling of Congress being at hand.

NUMBER TEN.

THE GREAT CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

SPEECH DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 14, 1863.

No speech ever heard in the Halls of Congress has made a deeper impression on the mind of the American people than the one delivered by Mr. VALLANDIGHAM on the 14th of January, 1863. From the day Congress assembled, public expectation had been turned toward him, and many were waiting to hear what counsels he would give in this most perilous hour of our country's history. The highest hopes of his friends, and the worst fears of his enemies were realized; for he spoke like a statesman, a patriot, an American.

Already that speech has found a million of readers, but we will repeat it here, revised and corrected, for this purpose, by the author. Those who have read it will be glad to have it in a permanent form, while they and others will value it more highly in this connection, the last of a series of speeches, which, in the aggregate, furnish a thorough and complete exposition of the growth, progress, development, and culmination of a most pernicious, deadly, and destructive fanaticism.

It is right to call attention to the fact that the estimate we have formed of this speech is fully sustained by the opinions of the press, true index and exponent of popular sentiment.

The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, a bitter and malignant political opponent of Mr. VALLANDIGHAM, describing the speech, and the effect of its delivery, relates that the most busy