The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-10-28

whole OF that state has been ablazo with
demonstrations Of Joy at the result OF this
election. Every city aud town from Albany
to Buffalo has been the scene Of public dem
onstrations Of rejoicing. have been food
cd with dispatches OF coEgratulation from
all over the State, and the burden of them
have been, the salvation that Ohio has
wrought for the Republic.
But its tone goes down TO Dixie too.
The rebel leaders there have clung to the
hope Of NallJndigham's election with dcs-
peratiOn. 10 secure il, they would have
sacrificed thoir best army Now, that last
hope is crushed their last plank has gone
down. They have heard this voice Of thun-
der from the loyal States. Like lIclslmz-
2ar, they see writing Oh the wall and in
it they read their doom.
The news of this victory goes over the
water, too, and sctlc all talk of intcrvcn.
ton there. II will even enter the Tul-
lories, and find its way to the cars of Louis
Napoleon, stuffed, as they are. with Mcxi-
ican cotton. He will discover that we
mean TO fight this fight ont, and the dis
covcry will make him wiring a wonderful
change in his tune.
There is auothcr place to which the ucws
of this victory will 90 with especial sig
nilicancc, as it leaps from crag to crag, and
bounds from crest to crest among the noun
tains of Tennessee. The soldiers will hear
il and will say eve knew that the people
of Ohio would not leave MS to fight this
battle alone" AS this news breaks upon
our brave boys from every mountain crest
it covers them with foam of glory. And
why should they not rejoice? To them
and to their efforts do we owe every thing
even the chance to vote. We have not
felt the effects of this rebellion at all. No
blade of ass of yours has been tramplCd
or stained with blood. The torch of no
inccndiary has wrapped your home in
flames; the knife bf no assassin has laid
your children dead at your hearthstones.
But for this wall of UHion hearts. which
stands between you and your foe, all those
horrors would have swept upon you, and
Ohio would bear the scorchcd and blackened
evidences of war that Mississippi now
does
And do you know how these brave boys
have begged, persuaded and implorcd their
friends to vote for Union? All honor to
thcra that they did not, in their public ca
pacity, use threats also. | know cf some
cases, however, in which they have used
threats, privately, and with Il very happy
result, too. Let me relate an incident.
When was in Lancaster, found upon the
stand from which | was to speak an old
man whom | had known in former years
and who, had learned, was identified with
the Peace Democracy. Why, George,
how come you here ?" said |. And the old
man told me then he had Il son, captain in
the army. His son had written to him, say
Ing, Father, pray, imporc cntrcat
you, TO vote the Uaion ticket. But if you
do not when como home, though | may
slip round to kiss mother once in a while
when you are away, SO help me God, | will
never speak to you again. The old man
went on in his broken English to tel how
he cari led the letter to his wife, and how,
moved by it and her tears, he concluded
that he could not lose his boy by one vote.
Many Democrats Ike him had concluded
that they could not lose their boys for one
vote. And if the election had been put off
/ for two weeks longer, we would have got
all the votes from the old Democratic ranks
worth having. Many more of them. think.
/ have already come over, and in sixty days
/ almost all the rest will claim they were with
MS. Let us not ropulSo these men. Let us
! cruelty. Ivy public opinion, the leaders, but
let us not tread down the honest and de
! ludcd masses.
Let me now address word to the ladies
our most potent powerful and efficient
auNiliarics in this campaign. We owe this
/ victory, us we owe all of good in this world,
| to woman. Woman was last at the cross
and first at the grave. She has been mighty
/ for good in this war, spreading untold bless.
| ings all around. No one can tell how much
/ her Soldiers Aid Societies have done in al
leviating suffering and in bringing comfort
! to the soldier. Women have helped the
soldiers on the battlefield by the home let
tcrs which they have writtcn-lcttcrs full
of confidence, love and chccr--which warm
/ the heart and nerve the arm for the fight.
Shc is always on the side Of the people and
the Government. and has always been with
us in this campaign, Her instincts are ever
| for truth and right. We owe much to wo.
men, Let It's not forget her. Let MS never
fail in remembrance of and duty to her.
Let mo remind you, in closing, that we
have still Government to watch over and
preserve. Let lis stand ready, like minute
men, TO do so hv our votes, by our bayo
nets and by all the means in our power.