Speech of C. L: Vallandigham, With the Proceedings and Resolutions of the Democratic Meeting Held in the City Hall, Dayton, Ohio, Monday Evening, Oct, 29, 1855 (Classic Reprint) [Vallandigham, Clement L.] on Amazon.com. Vallandigham served in the House of Representatives from 1852 to 1862, but failed in his attempt at re-election after his vocal opposition to the war effort.
He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives. Vallandigham remained at … Vallandigham was born on July 29, 1820, in New Lisbon, Ohio. The Copperheads were most notably led by leader Clement L. Vallandigham, a spirited lawyer turned politician from Ohio.2. Clement Laird Vallandigham (/ v ə ˈ l æ n d ɪ ɡ əm /; July 29, 1820 – June 17, 1871) was an Ohio politician and leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. In 1863, he was convicted at an Army court martial of opposing the war, and exiled to the Confederacy. The Rev. According to James, Captain Charles Hutton called Vallandigham’s name, incorrectly emphasizing the third syllable. Behind the slogan “to maintain the Constitution as it is, and to restore the Union as it was,” the Ohio Democratic congressman Clement Vallandigham (1820–1871) organized Peace Democrats against President Abraham Lincoln’s war policies. The Vallandighams can trace their roots back to 14th century Flanders and the “Battle of the Golden Spurs.” A few centuries later, another Vallandigham also resisted French oppression. James Vallandigham, Clement’s brother, would later record the night’s events in a biography of his sibling. His voice, full of anger and menace, demanded that … *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. His father was a Presbyterian minister of the Old School variety; his mother, of Scot-Irish de-scent. Clement Vallandigham was a leader of the Ohio Democratic Party and an opponent of the American Civil War. Speech of C. L: Vallandigham, With the Proceedings and Resolutions of the Democratic Meeting Held in the City Hall The Head of the "Coppers" His portrait may be ordinary, but Clement Vallandigham was anything but. In 1837, Vallandigham enrolled at Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. Clement Vallandigham. He entered as a junior due to his father's previous tutoring. Clement Vallandigham was born in 1820 in New Lisbon, Ohio.
Courtesy Library of Congress, LC-DIG-cwpbh-01193. The audio above is from an 1863 speech by Vallandigham to Congress, bashing the Civil War, Lincoln's administration, and pointing out the numerous casualties while blaming them on the North's goal to free the slaves. for the poisonous snake. His father was a Presbyterian minister and educated his son at home.