The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-25

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IA Democratic party turned this great
ruaI over into Lincoln's hands. How
: Il uOWi One deck Of this ship swept |
81; spar gone here; aside.w wheel blown
,6: the hull leaking oil round; the yes.
,el sse.sawiug upon her own center OF
gravity, and that center Of gravity q de-
structiye rock, Here she is, and every
citizen Of this countFy-men, women and
children--all crying aloud for somebody
n come 70 the rescue with life.boat,
aad take OF the crew, II they cannot save
the hulk. ...... ..
but God and the Dem.
Ocratic Party CAN Save the
Country.
Eyerbody is looking to the Democrs.
tio party; hence these vast assemblies II,a,
everywhere; hence we see the old wings
throw down their former creeds, saying
With eytry breath, AFTER all, there's
nothing but God and the Democratic
nsrtv that can save this country
fChsers.1 All this is hushed up oy Mr.
tiOeoln. Although be came Oh with
s,ch q minority vote; althongh b the mil
Mons paid in taxes would all be thrown
into the hands Of the Abolitionists, yet
a, long as Mr.. Lincoln conducted this
war for the restoration Of the Union
.i,houvh we soy sa was o criminal f1r
not preventing il; although See knew al! !.
$be power was taken into the bands 0!
The free States-we knew oil this, anu
vet our boys Volunteeredi the war went
on. But he did not live up to his pro-
mise. He turned his back upon nego'
tiation; he refused to listen to the voice
of fifteen States Of this Union, upon
question involving the most sacred rights
Of those States. Even after he had call
cd for the troops and got them; after ne
had induced hundreds Of thousands OF
volunteers to enlist; when be had got
them In the army he changed the whole
platform, aud pot ont an Abolition pre-,
cIamation. And then--because he had
seen that the public mind would con-
denim everything like Abolition; he knew
be would be condemned by the people;
be knew 1t from the KepuUiicSG branch
of the party; be knew il from the old
Democratic party, and be knew 1t from
bis common instinct--be prepared to re-
sist the will Of the people. He put out
bis proclamation, and with it he estab'
hshed martial law. He divided up the
free States, where there was no war, and
pat Us under military rule. We had
Tod in this State as Governor, 1t Is true,
bat he was the tool Of Lincoln; If Lin
coin asked him to spit in bis hand, 1t was
all right. But Lincoln was afraid Tod
would wake up some night and remem'
ber his oath Of Office, and did not the
Constitution Of Ohio soy that no man
should be sent beyond it's limitsH Then
why is not vallandigham herei Lin
coin, say, was afraid Of this, and there
fore he sent q kind OF military Tod
General Burnside. He must be great
, General; there can be 20 doubt about
that, for bis campaign against Vallan.
digham is proof Of 1t. Since Moses led
the children Of Israel for forty years in
che wilderness, We have had no such gen.
sralship. See the profuudity Of IT.
vallandigham's Arrest
twas FIRST necessary to Get the Demo
cratic papers to find out that on GER
tain day Vallaudigham would be OF Mt.
Vernon. It required immense genius to
6nd that nut. The next was to get the
evidence. Itwould not do 10 send officers
with shoulder-straps; but they must have
somebody that eat Lincoln bread and
wore Lincoln shoulder-straps, to 60 into
the crowd. Nobody would be base
enough to play eaveS.dropper and spy
among the people. You know how odi'
cus eavesodroppers are Why, there is
not 40 oil lady here that would pot chase
an saves.dropper through the township,
If be should be found looking about and
peeping through the key holes to see
what was doing. But they found men
TO do that who had shoulder. straps on,
indicating the military profession Now,
the chief stay and support Of the mill.
tary profession is honor, personal honor.
before personal courage, and without
which personal courage makes a man q
mere barbarian. Military honor and
purity have been held as the insignia Of
honor aud chivalry, as we'll as courage,
90 much 30 that in the army. men fight.
ing in open battle, If wounded and they
fall into the hands of the enemy, they
are entitled to all the rights Of prison
er of war. But with one Of Burnside,
spies, violating the laws Of nations and
the laws Of war, enacting such jnfamy
the case Is different. They don't take
him to the hospital; they take him tc
the gallows. They don't allow him tc
die by an honorable bullet; they give
him the odious tug Of tho rope. Wha,
less could they do! Ny God nothing
but q man that would strike o woman
could possibly be worse than q spy
They spied! Now, mark, the spies wer
upon you, as we'll as upon Vallandigham
You are greatly mistaken II you suppos
Vallandigham was the sole sufferer il
this affair. Your rights are equal to hlg
Your rights are equally outraged wit
bis. II Vallandlgham had right t
speak and you do not choose to hea
what value would that right be to him
But if you have right to hear, an
Lincoln wont let him speak, what b,
comes of your righti You have ii
right to hear, why don't you enjoy il
Would you like to have Vallsndigha
here this minute talking to you? [EI
tAusiastic cheers Why have Won n,