The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-09
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and
Whereas, The same earnest and devoted
patriotism that first brought rs to so make
holocapsts # ouf feelings and interests, and
to 90 II need be, even TO the fore front of
danger in defence Of our institutions, and to
show to partly hoping, partly fearing world.
that the American system of Government
was not to be failure. still actuates us, and
hres us with stern Indignation against armed
traitors in front, and more SO against the cow
ardly sympathy in the rear; and
Whereas, There are enough of her son.
found upon the soil of our Ohio, especially
upon the freedom loving Western Reserve.
Ito call and hold Convention for the purpose
OF nominating Copperhead candidates for the
sufferages of the people, and too heartily and
| cordially endorse the nomination of ssthe
pettifegging traitor, G. L. Vallandigham -
/ MS too. after that two years of the most de-
termlned, foot TO foot battling with this mon
strous rebellion, against the very life of Lib
erty, have passed away, with blood historical
! ly asserting the fact our armies have at last
turned the scale in the direction of righteous
triumph; and
Whereas When first upon the demand of
our country, We had resolved to take up arms
IN her behalf, wo t0eye assured, by those, who
Tor reasons of their own had decided that Is
-tS> - hAOai biiHC I'd take Toe uEiQ IN per
son, that bsrosgh all the continuance of uls
struggle, sCs should hqve their most esxest sam,
Pathy-d7sd that Uitb heart and hand then sooals
not Cease to make effort before God and man for
me J'rtherd1ace OF oar cause; therefore,
+ Resolved, That with same and sorrowfi
Indignation. we deprecate the state of thin
how obtaining at home. That we un1nee
uredly demand the recreant song of Obi.
who, in that they have adopted platfori
which hints no purposes of supporting the
Government in its efforts TO suppress and s,,r
Ish armed treason, in that they have endorsed
the nomination of, for Governor of the State.
and promised cordial support to man-wht.
adopts that platform as bis confession of po-
litlcal faith. The man who has done all that
one man could do to promote the disruption
oil our Union. by his continuous efforts to
withdraw support from the army. and preyeu,
its Strengthening when it was weak. The
man who, while knowing that the ssUnion is
more than the whole world to the American
people" still persists by the Matching of
ellndiEg sophistries and deadly treasons. in
efforts to rob them of the precious boon. hay-
ing de facto joined hand in glove with the
Patricides who appear in the field with arms
IN their hands, and who have fastened upon
their fame an abiding stigma
ResolUed, That we do now, and always will
hold, in as profound contempt as did the fath-
ers of the Republic, those persons who. the
like doing, were known in their day as i,To-
RES" all those persons who take part as above
specified, and who in our day, are known as
copperheads, butternuts, &c.
Resolced, That no duty 1couA be more ac-
ceptnbfe to as tkan that of p,r1ishing these eoao-
Gf'dtg enemies an omr rear. But as this priv
lege Is denied to us, we demand as part full.
hiiment OF the promise of sympathy and
succor made to us BY the home stayers that
these traitors be summarily onenched and o,,r
attention left undivided to their brethren in
our front.
Resolued, That heretofore at a loss To know
what had become of those persons who for.
merly held connection with this battery. inas
much as-we did not hear of their doing any
thing during this crisis at home Now hear
ing OF numbers of them as belonging to home
guard companies, we appeal TO them to use
all lawful means in their power, to yindieate
the honor and patriotism of Old Battery l.
H. DILGER. Capt,
a Commanding Battery l.
1st Serg'.,. Henry Woods; I'd Sergt, Lev $
eret Reed; Corps, j. B. Russell, D. j. jack
son, H. P. Bradford, ]. s. Austin, O. b. Good
sell; privates, j. C. Walker, P. j. Stephen
son, ]. W. Gardner. j. s. Walker, N. B.
James, [. Z. Hunt, ]. s. McElwain George
Stone, VIM. V. Bishop. Wilbur F. Marsh, N. :,
A. Keverline, A. S. Willyard, Edmund B.
Costa. John h. Oakley, Luther P. Howt, Hi
ram N. Smith, Otis H. Spaulding, John Whit
ney, George A. Brown, VIM. L. Soals, Ed
mund Desforges, Hugh Buckley, B. NJ Need,
Sylvester Merril Henry Fisher, Thomas j.
Boland, Serg. F. 6. Ward Herman b. Heu-
ermann Henry Goddard. John Wild, VIM.
Evans, @. NJ. Sergt., Henry C. Clark, Leon
ard Parthegrnillery, Joseph Knippsr, john
Luscombe, VIM. Calhoun, L. B. Eddy, Isaac
A Neff, Amzi 81. Graham, Chas A. Wright.
Ezra Spera, Greenleaf Fisher