The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-07-08
uJtNIoN OF UNION MEN,


the rebellion, and who would pledge the
Administration their undivided support, TO
unite on the sole basis of Internationally
sustaining the Government in all its efforts
to overthrow the schemes of traitors and
to make this union honest and consistent
Union for principle rather than for pol.
icy--we have opposed all compromise,
either with the traitors themselves, their
sympathzcrs, or with those who manifested
q lack of honesty or sincerity in their sup
port Of the Government Aud in surveying
political events which have transpired in
this vicinity during the past few months,
we can find no reason for Icgretting our
course, or modifying it in the future.
1t il well known that since the last
Congressional campaign there have been
three parties in this county-Hrst one
plcdging itself to the unconditional support
of whatever measures the President and
Congress might deem necessary for crushing
the rebellion second, one whose watch
word has been compromise and which,
while clamorng loudly about sustaining
the Administration. has shown willing
ness to unite with the open opposcrs OF the
Government in the hope of obtaining Office;
and third, the moierH Democratic party,
whose members arc now the supporters
of NallandighOm.
On the County ticket last fall, the " com
promise supporters of the Administration
united with the modern Democrats, under
the firm name OF the "Union for the sake
, of the Union party-and under this title
they have claimed to he tho OHiy Union
party in Wood county. But the official
vote of this party last fall makes u record
to which these Union men have never yet
venturcd to refer, and to which they can
not refer, without at once revealing the
shalowncss and hypocrtical character of
! their Cnonism. This party gave to Mr..
! Waite it's candidate for Congress, ,32l
votes; and of these | 1927 Union men,
600 voted the Democratic State ticket,
while only 63I voted the Union State
ticket. Yet notwithstanding this, they
have since claimed to he the oNLY Union
party in this county.
After this exhibition of hypocrisy, the
natural consequence would he dcscrtion
of the leaders of such movement hy the
honest ycomaury, who had been deceived
into the belief that the party had some re-
spcct for honest political principles. v
A,l -, tl,.,t In han 10
serted this concern, we need only mention
the firct that after publishing, for several
weeks, call for County Convention, the
party which last fall pollod I,32l votes
could only muster SEVENTEEN mcn-it had
dwindled to mere clique of leaders and
cNpcctants!' However, u portion of these
were true to their natural instincts for after
transacting the business Of "lnion Vt
conv entiou, some of the leading members
assisted in transacting the business of Il
Democratic convention all i'll one day
Since this Union clique has discov.
cred that il can scarcely muster descent
corporals guard, and since it has beer
spurncd by the Democracy, it has dovcl
opcd II very remarkable desire to unite witt
the Unconditional Union party--the leading
men Of which it has systematically villiIed
and slandcrcd
We are now, as we always have been
willing to unite with amy men whom W,
have reasons for believing will honcstl,
and uuconditionally support the Govern
: ment in supprcssing the rebellion; but t.
= thinl, OF forming an alliance or making an
: compromise with Clique of Seventeen,
, whicl has developed such remarkabl
= faculty for ground and lofty tumhing,
and which has demonstrated the fact tina
= its members can change their politico
base OF operations rs frequently rs "po
l icy may seem to require, far exceeds i
i folly the idea OF casting pearls hetor
II swine We do not place very high est
u mate CA our esteem for Nallandgham, VI
Il wo consider him moro consistent tina
those two.taced county politicians VIII
J. have demonstrated their ability to be Unio
. or Democrat. for the Government or again,
Z it--just M occasion requires.
II We again urge upon the Cnconditioni
l. Union men of Wood county, the neccssit
: of continuing the consistent and straigh
Il forward course they have heretofore pu
sued. The events ni the past few montl
has clearly demonstrated tho fact that b,
II two parties can exist in Wood county--tl
!, one heartily sustaining the Administrator
>. the other opposing it. Transpiring evon
a arc rapidly obllcrating all other partic
1, and sweeping their Fragments into the w
If prominent currents. Let us therefore loaN
n the members of the "cliQuc" free
Y choose "whom they will serve The
v will doubtless be welcomed in tho Cnic
II ranks, after reponting of their miSdced
= and proving their ability TO practice polit
cal honesty. If, however, they persist
following none but their own gods Il
them continue to play political tarccs
). har-rooms, and hold huge mass meetings
;, SEVENTEEN! In amy event, they can II,
r make any perccptiblc change in the 10y
l. current OF popular opinion, or weaken I'll
cause of the Government. Thcncefort
;, may their epitaph be writton--" They N
l, Joined To the Clique-lot them alone.
1 Spirited Address OF General Meade
his Troops.
The following concise and plain spoken addre
II by General Meade was issued to his army bctoI