Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-07-19
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sincere pleas, GO 10 meet the Democracy OF
i have ]ust ssturned from visit TO Camp
Chase, where I Witnessed q scene that should
put every traduoer Of the Democratic party %
the blush sof ehame. Thousands upon tnon'
dands of Dsmocrats ere there asSempieu. 10
obedience to The Governor o call, ready 10 sned
their blood In Che Country's defense. upon Q
moment'e nOticeyas che busiest season o. tne
year, and ct pecuniafy loss that can naraiv DC
overestimated, they rallied under ne 9lo nns,
literally leaving the plough in the iusrow, tae
sickle In the field, and the toels OF tne mecnaL,
10 Idle 10 the Workshop. And wnat 10 true o.
Camp Chase is equally true OF every o!neT
camp to which the Militia have been caiiea.T-
| Il is not too much to cay, shat not less than
| hfty thousand Democrats have responded %
the Governors Proclamation, and are now 10
tbs Military service Of the State. And these
are the men who, for twoyears and more, have
heen denounced as sympathizers, with treason,
and who, Notwithstanding this manifestation oi
patriotism, will continue TO be so denouuced.-
These are the men who are atigmatized by even
the highest officiala In the land, as Copper.
heads and who are threatsned with the heel
Of the Army when the war shall have been
brought to o close, IL not before. These are
the men, whom the Army 10 being educuted to
regard as its foes, and 90 traitors ytoG the
Country. These are the men whom the Abo-
| liton press aud politicians, (aidlng and abet'
ting the Rebelllon), hold up 10 the Southern
people 90 their friends and allle,. And fol
what7 Simply because they will not surren;;
der their freedom, abandon thelr manhood, and
tamely bow their neoks to the Abolition yoke.
The Democratic party 10 struggling, against
fearful odds, to maintain and perpetuate the
dearest rights that ever belonged to people.
the right of sell, government, OF Constitutional
liberty, Of personal safety, Of inviolate homee
and properly, OF free thought, free speech, and
u free press. at that the term, unconstitutional
Freedom" imports, is at stake in this contest
Aiter nearly century Of undisputed sway, Lib
erty 10 suddenly called upon to vlndlcate hel
claim to the respect and allegiance Of the Anne
ricsn people. II seems almost too strange Il
be true; yet the fact 10 undeniably so.. Th'
most solemn guarantees of the Constitution arr
treated With coutempt BY the men 10 power, AM
o host Of their deluded followers, who are, un
Willingly, binding upon their own, as we'll q
our, limbs, the letters OF despotism. II tn
doctrines promulgated 10 high places, aud no
only promulgated but carried into effect, shal
receive the sanction OF the people, We may BIZ
o long farewell to those free Institutions tina
have hitherto been the chief source Of our hap
piness, and which, but lately, we're our highes
pride and boast do not, however, deppair o
The result We may have a protrac ei struggl
before civil liberty shall be secure from danger
but In the end that security will be attained
Whoever thinks that the American people vii
long sub nit to despolic government, knows bp
little OF their character or history, or 10 inoapa
BILE of profting by what he does know.
But IL will not be without tffrt that ouI
rights will be preserved, 1t Is law Of patur,
that the more valuable Q thing 10, the more toi
is requisite to acquire and preserve 1t; ant
hence, there never was truer saying than the
trite old maxim, Eternal Vigilance is the
price Of L berty." 1t 10 not vigilance one day
and supineness the next; Il is not vigilance In
lime Of peace and indifereDce in time of war
but ID is gneeasine vigilance, vigilance at all
times and under all circumstances, that Is re-
CURED OF feemen Who would continue to be
free. " 10 to the consciousness of this truth
that we owe that mighty protest against arbi-
trary power, which now Genes gushing from sc
many million American hearts, and whose mag
nifcens proportion each successive day serve'
but 70 increase. Il is the cry of Liberty wound
ed In her most chefished homei it 10 the spirit
Of the isthefs calling upon their sons to deserve
and deserving, TO defend and protect, the dear
est birthrighI ever inherited Dy man. 1t is th'
mission OF the Democratic party to perform tbi
service Tor mankind, and perform 1t Is will.
gaefhslsF 81 Yours, truly,
p, ss1-s. ssd f9a' A. g. THURMAN.
T.. 81. HoppER, 2. G., s
Ch'n Dem. Cent eJm Marion, oaic.