The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-12-23
!. WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER %, 1868:
porpls1isy q its situation beyond wha.,vss.

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Iperplexity Of It's lsituatioa beyond whatlwas
/ exnressed. l.5s;e slz asX9H
/ Phis year the enemies Of the gov srnr.l ent
| at,home, who have always been much stronger
/ than those in 5theifeld, ,were confident of giy-
ding the finishing touch to this mad and reck-
less opposition. Their public meetings have
been large and enthusiastic. the best speakers
among, the opposers of the government were
employed-their powers of logic, rhetoric,
sarcasm, abuse andsridiculc were brought into
lrequisition in tfnstinted measures. Never
] were the acts Of any governments made to
submit to such merciless, torturing criticism !;
zueyer was thecontluct of public men so closely
scrutinized, and their sdoings held up to pub
tic detestation never were men more insult
ing in private conversation, or more obstinate
and unyielding up to the last vote deposited.
In this State, such was the spirit of oppesi.
| ton to the government, and love for the
South. that they placed G. L. Vallandigham
in nomination for Governor of Ohio, man
,t,who had been arrested, tried by acohipetent
scoiH5 convicted, and sent where his principles
4swere more popular This man was thrust
into the very teeth of the government, reek-
ing as he was in all his filth, while treason
gresn as poison dangled from his lips. By
some means he found his way to Canada
His exile and banishnent, and political mar
tyrdom, were shrieked and howled the State
over by his political friends. Enough trea-
son was spoken by them during the canvass
of those months to have damned the whole
| tribe, beyond the reach or sympathy of patri-
OTIS and well wishers of their country. They
appealed to the. prejudiccs of the people by
defaming the negro and galvanizingin into life
i lltheaold long forgotten cry of {" negro equal
ity." They appealed to the peoples sense Of
Justice by criticising the President for the act
of suspending the writ of habeas corpus
Mem never reached aelower hell'of abuse, or
| vituperation, and never was there such an
effort to pass the limits of ordinary depravity,
tosoufssrp all precedent in ,wickedness, and
reach an eminence where their polluted hands
might inscribe their names so high upon the
scrawl of infamy, that the Jeffries of future
generations might havea text book ample
and voiuminous enough for the most morbid
desire. The punishment due to such viii
lainy is simply EXPRESSED in the concise style
of DIR. Cheeyer, wheu speaking of that due a
stakeholder I" TO be tied to the tails of the
great red dragon and whipped round eternity
| 41ub u Lat WNc tHO iCoPOtiSS OniO Safc "
these urgent solicitations to sustain their IA
yorite candidate, and turn their backs on this
good government solid majority in favor
ofsthe government of ninety thousand /
have always loved to say that l was a native
! of Ohio. l have spoken of her rich fields
and beautiful iands-her mineral wealth, her
machinery and water power, her teeming
/ population and thriving institutiens-her
4 public schools and endowed coieges-her
beautiful villages and populous, enterprising
/ cities. Buttfis expression of popular will is
more than all these. This is monument OF
4 glory, if everything else was annihilated. II
! our cities were burned and our commerce de
Itstroyed-if our rivers were dried up from
their channels, and navigation and public
H spirit were still-if mildew and blight Should
rest upon the land-the great compromising
balance wheel of an enlightened public Is
! still with us. TIE glory of man is notin his
wealth. but in his manhood. Patriotism.
philanthropy, the love of good government,
with willingness to defend and sustain it,
are excellences that survive and lift us heaven
ward. when things of less consideration
perish - 1. =
The elections in other States ara not more
consoling to bad men than. the result in Ohio
OF the eighteen States that have recently
held their elections, Maine gives ten thousand
for the Union. New Hampshire gives ma.
jority of four thousand. Vermont gives
eighteen thousand Massachusetts, gives
thirty-six thousand. Connections gives three
thousand. Rhode Island gives three thous-
] and. New York gives thirty two thousand
Maryland gives twenty-five thousand West.
ern Virginia gives fifteen thousand. Ken.
Itucky gives fifty-one thousand. Caiifornia
d gives twenty thousand. Indiana gives ter
Thousand. Illinois gives twenty thousand
Iowa gives thirty thousand. Wisconsin gise.
thirty thousand. Minnesota gives ten thou.
sand %
L These figures give an aggregate majority o.
four hundred and twenty y-nine thousand fol
the cause of the Union,
This is g proud victory, and not only graft
4 flying to good men at home, but disheartenins
to our enemies, and very much ,disappoint'
Interpretations of Jefferson Davis and his
\ minions. This is not a party victory. bu. tht
result of coalition Of all who desire to sei
this government perpetuated for the good o
n themselves and their children after them. Il
view of these significant results the Raliegt
Standard, of North Carolina, says ." TIL,
very last ray Of hope for the South from tht
North has departed The North is bandee
: against the South by immense majorities,-
that the war, will go on ard be. prosecuted b.
the Federal Government as a matter of bust
nessT-that Mr.. Lincoln will be reelected
that the Southern people stand alone, witt
! the world against them-ttat they had bette
make. apeacea either with Providence orath,
2 North soon.'0 TO tfs s5ss 9saaa - g
The most remarkable feature in this grea
battle, and what is matter of astonishment, j
Z the rapid and rnex xpected flank movement il
Maryland. Under the superintendence 0
lEsuperior gener4lship, aided by a consciousness
that slavery is doomed in this country, sh,
wheels. s.sinto the line of freedom, and strut
with an air of importance absolutely bewil
gtdering. Maryland has been carried in favo
q of emancipation. Less than three years ag,
the President of these United States dare no
pass through the city of Baltimore only a
the hour of midnight, in an extra train, an,
in the disguise of a brakesman, to save him
self from the proslavery spirit and lawles
s misrule of its teeming rabble. Now tha
city is nearly unanimous for the policy of MI
Lincoln. When the blood of New EnglaR,
soldiers saturated gthe dust OF her streets, il
y Hheir efforts to reach Washington to defend
i from the rush of rebel 3hordes, ,pthe indigna
ton of the country rose nearly beyond com
: mand but when the news of her repentanc
and return to first-love flashes along the tele
graph, the people answer with the bonfires Q
= freedom, aud hallelnjahs of rejaicings.sod q
1t. was . proud day for Mr.. Chase wher
Just on the eve Of their election, he wen
! dydown to Baltimore to address its citizens O
oEthe subject of emancipation. When lookin
over that sea of heads, / imagine it th
brightest day Of his life.s Years gone b,
moved before him like dissolving views, re
apainino bowaver sufficiently tonc 10 in, r,r..s