Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14


Ata Democratic meeting at Cady, Ohio. a few
days ago, Mr.. PueH thus put an extinguisher on
that demagogue. DAVID TOP. who has been re-
~pudiated by all parties:
Mr.. Pughbegan by saying that he had supposed
that every man and woman in the State was
aware OF the circumstance in which he had been
nominated a candidate for the office of Lieutenant
Governor, and the motives which impelled him to
accept the nomination. But there was one man
in the State SO lost TO decency and truth as 10
charge him with improper motivesin his conduct.
and that man was David Tod; who, h Living lost
the confidence of the Democracy, got an Office by
selling out to the enemy, and who has now ar
rived at that condition that he is despised by both
parties. The Democracy got tired of him and
nov. after serving them two years, the Abolition
lists have thrown him aside. lLanghter.] And
this renegade has the stupidity. the audacity, to
suppose that to be elected to an Office for sixty days
which paid three dollars per day, to preside over
the Senate of Ohio, and listen to speeches with
out ever having the priv eye of making a speech
myself. laughter induced me to leave home and
my own affairs. and travel night and day through
Ohio exhorting the people to elect the Democrat
ic ticket Nv friends, YOU know better than this.
The Democracy Of Ohio have been kind to me.
In my younger days. when ! had an ambi
toni had an honorable ambition - they
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/ asked-for which / am not ungrateful. And
so when this crisis came upon us. and the old
Democratic party asked me to carry its flag.
which could not be carried by the exiled candi-
date for Governor, / could not refuse. / would
have avoided it If ] could have done so honor
ably; but / could not. and ] accepted the nomi-
nation for the least important Office on the ticket
as cheerfully as If it had been the Presidency of
the United States. [Cheers If the Democratic
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our candidate for Governor could return and
make the canvass for himself. it would sssuredly
please me better; but ! know that can not be. and
| ask you to vote for me to promote the success
OF Democratic principles. [Cheers for Pugh.]
[ should have taken no notice of Tod, but that he
holds the Office of Governor of the State of Ohio.
/ have some respect for the Office; / have not the
slightest respect for the man. [Cheers |
should not notice him but for the impairment
remarks he made about me-. which the abolition
lists have been at the pains to circulate to-day.
He says: why, let me tell you. that this man
Pugh. within a year, agreed with the Union party
as to the prosecution of the war" If Tod
means to say that, although opposed to begin.
ming this war, and regarding IL as unneces-
sarv, after it had once begun-after the sword
had been drawn-I was in favor OF making il
effective and vigorous for the purpose which it
had in view. breaking the military power of the
rebels, Their he is right; but if he means that
agreed with what he calls "the Union party" in
any other respect. or in prosecuting the war for
the emancipation of negroes and confiscation,
then he states what is false. He says: "This
man who is going about preaching for Vallandig
ham and demanding a withdrawal of our ar
mies''-I never demanded a withdrawal Of our
armies-"within one short year asked me
for a commission to raise a regiment" That
is n falsehood. About the time that the
draft WIS TO come off last year-there were
no three hundred dollar exemptions at that
time-some of the Republicans were anxious
that Cincinnati should have another regiment,
and some Abolition papers came out declaring
that the command ought to be offered to me,
because I happened to have had some experience
as a soldier in the Mexican war. Well, thew did
offer me the command of a regiment, and | told
them | would not accept il, only on condition
that the enlisted men should have the privilege of
electing their own officers, and that the men
whom they elected should be commissioned. The
only communication | ever had with Tod on the
subject was to ask him whether he would com
mission officers elected bv the men. But before
the regiment was raised martial law was proclaim
ed. the people were sent across the river into Ken
tucky to defend Cincinnati, and | went with them
Then came Lincoln's Emancipation Proclama
ton, since which time | have had no hope of a
successful prosecution OF the war with a view to
the restoration of the Union.
/ don't quite understand what Tod means by
his allusion. Itseems wholly impairment except
in one sense; and that would be that had asked
him for a commission as a personal favor, and
that be had refused it, and therefore | had inter
ested myself for the nomination and election of
Mr.. Vallandigham. IL Tod says that--if he in
tends any imputation of that character-I de-
nouDce him as a base. willful and malicious liar.
And if he has any Abolition friend present, let
that friend tell him | said so. Widely as | differ
from Mr.. Brough and Col Anderson, and a. much
as ] abhor the doctrines that they sustain, / am
happy to acknowledge that they have conducted
that campaign with the decency and courtesy
becoming gentlemen; bnt as for Tod. he takes it
upon himself TO transact all the meanness and
carry all the filth Of the campaign. / leave him
with these remarks. He is beneath the contempt
of any honest man. [Cheers i am ashamed
to be under the necessity of mentioning his name.
Prolonged cheering.