The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-10-30
THE JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRAT.

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issues presented to Us. and the result has
justified us In so doing.
Aud. as q result, We have gained a victory
which | doubt not will be- heard above tho
thunders OF Niagara. But let this not dwell
upon the name of the man who has opposed
us. Lot him go into oblivion. 1t is imma-
terial who led the party opposed to the gov
ornment. And their great loader has OF
least the merit of consistency. He has al
ways openly opposed you aud svmpathized
with rebellion. From the beginning he de-
clared his opposition to tho war. He lod
that infamous five WIN resisted every war
measure of Congress. Ho has never stopped
to deceive YOU. But the others. Who calling
themselves Democrats, have borne his ban.
ners and fought his battles, are housing and
hunting after place aud power. Let them
not be forgotten.
Bot tho fruits Of our victory are not con-
fined TO our own State. On the third of
next November this tide. which has been
rolling from the Ohio River to the lakes.
will roll on over New York. sweeping up at
least SO 900 majority tor Union. The whole
of that State has been ubisze with demon.
STATIONS of ioy OF the result o. this election
Every city and town from ALBANY "a Buffa.
10, has been tho scene OF public temODsi.a-
tihns of rejoicing. | have boon flooded with
dispatches OF congratulation from all over
that State. Aud the burden of il has been.
tho salvation that Ohio has wrought for tho
Republic.
But its tone goes down to Dixie. too
Tho rebel leaders there have clung to the
hope OF Vallandigham's election With des.
peration. To secure it, they would have
sacrificed their 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 BoIshaz
gar, they see a writing gu the wall, and 10 il
thov read their doom.
The news Of this victory goes over the
water, too; and settles all talk OF inter.
v%enlioa there, 1t will even enter the
Tuilleries, and find its way TO the ears OF
Louis Napoleon, stuffed as they are with
Mexican cotton. He will discover that
we mean to fight this fight out, and the
discovery will make him ring a wonderful
change in his tune.
There is another place 10 which the
news OF this victory will go with especial
significance, as it leaps from cray to crag.
and bounds from crest 10 crest among
ihe mount aims of Tennessee. The soldiers
will hear it and will say. 1--WE knew that
:he people of Ohio wonlG not leave us to
fight this battle alone" As this news
breaks upon our brave boys from every
mountain crest, il covers them with a form
Of glory. And My should they not re.
joice? To them and to their efforts We
owe everything even the chance to vote,
We have not felt the effects Of this REBEL
ion at all. We 60 home at night and
rest iD peace. No blade Of grass OF
yours has been trampled or stained with
blood. The torch of no incendiary has
wrapped yonr home in flames; the knife
OF no assassin has laid your children lead
at your heartbston,s. But for this wall
Of Union hearts which stands between
you and the foe, all those horrors would
have swept upon you. and Ohio would
bear the scorched aud blackened evi.
dences Of war which Mississippi now
does. And do you know how these brave
boys have begged. persuaded and i'm
plored their friends TO vote for Union?
All honor to them that they did not. 10
their public capacity, use threats also!
| know Of some Cases. however, in which
they have used threats, privately, and
with a very happy result too. Let me re.
caster l found upon tie stand from which
was going 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 that he had a son, a captain
10 the army. His son had written to him
saying: Father, / pray, l implore, l en-.
treat you. TO vote the Union ticket. But,
il you do not, when con home, though
| may slip round to kiss mother once 10 a
while, when you are away. so help me
God, ! will never speak 10 you again"
The old mao went on in mis- broken En-.
glish, to tell how he carried the letter to
his Wifi, and how. moved by it and her
tears, he concluded that he could not lose
his boy for one vote. Many Democrats
like him had concluded hat they could
lose their boys for one vole. And, if the
election had been put off for two weeks
longer. we would have got all the votes
from the old Democratic ranks that were
worth having. Many more of them, l
think, have already come over, and in
sixty days almost all the rest will claim
that they were with US. Let us no, re-
pulse these men. Let us cruelty BY pub
lie opinion the leaders. but let us moi tread
down the honest and deIuded masses.
Let me now address a word 10 the la
dies, our most potent. powerful and Eff,
Glen; auxiliary in this campaign. We owe
this victory, as W. owe all Of good 10 the
world, TO woman. Woman was last at the
cross, and first at the grave. She has
been mighty for good in this war, spread
ing untold blessings all around. No one
can tell how much her Soldiers Aid So
cielics have done in allevialing suffering
and in bringing comfort to the soldier
Women have helped the soldiers on the
battle. field by the home-letters which
they have written-letlers full OF conf.
dence, love and cheer-which warm the
heart and nerve the arm for the fight. She
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 woman Let us not forget her. Let