The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-09-16
"GIoriouso Little George in Dirty
HusiuPss.
DrBLrS, INDIANA, September Z.

BUSINESS
DUBLIN, ISDiANA, September T.
Hon. George H. Pagh;
As you and your body-guard were ON
your way to Sonora, to mass convention OF
your party II was my misfortune to be on
the same train. Two Of your party were
engaging United Presbyterian clergyman
msreprescnting the Administration, and
hurling unmcasurcd abuse of loyal men
TO make the contest more equal ! volun.
tccrcd my services to assist the preacher.
had not proceeded far until my arguments
became too strong for the disloyal Dcmoc-
racy to reply to--hencc the physical de-
monstration which followed. While | adj
mittcd that the Democratic party had fur
nislcd somo of the best men the world ever
produced, ! charged also that the old party
had furnished more traitors than any other
party. This assertion | sustained by the
following facts:
The first effort ever made TO sovcr this
Government was made by Aaron Burr
Dcmocrutic Nico President of the United
s atcB the second by John e. Calhoun, u
DcmOcrdtic Vice President of tho United
States the third and most Internal rebellion
OF all, was gotten up by John G. Breckin-
ridge, a Democratic Vice President Of the
United States. James Buchanan, Demo.
! cratic President OF the United States, has
shown himself traitor to his country, God
and humanity. Under his administration
/ this abolition" war was conceived and
commenced by disloyat Democrats. 1t was
/ Democrats of this stamp who left the
| United States Senate and House Of Repre-
scntativcs to go South for the purpose of
inaugurating the rebellion. Floyd, Thomp-
son and other Democrats left James Buchan-
! an ~ Cabinet Tnr tbc .putnc frnnunnnL Llr pur-
pose. 1t was Democrats that fired Z shots
at the Star of the West. 1t was Democrats
who bombardod Fort Sumter, and drove
out our brave Anderson and his half-starvod
garrison. The States--thc rebel States that
went out of the Cnion---wcru Democratic
States, led ont by Democratic Governors
! and Democratic politicians. Every leader
in this cruel rebellion is each a Democrat
and until the rebellion, were leading Demo
cratic politicians, and some of them are still
leaders of the Wood, PWgh and Valandig
ham wing of the Northern Democracy. The
raids upon the loyal States of Ohio, Indiana
and Pennsylvania, were invited, planned
and executed by rebel Democrats of the
North and South. All the mobs at Dayton
Cincinnati, New Albany, Toledo, Buffalo
Albany, Brooklyn and New York City
were got up and prosecuted in their mur.
dcrous purposes by the jeff. Davis, Wood
PuSh and Vallandigham wing of the Demo
cratic party Copperhead stripe Of traitors
; In dcnouncing your party as did on the
: cars, as traitorous rebel party, felt my
self entirely safe, since | had learned VOL
were all peace men. thought might boz
your ears on the one side, and you woulc
turn the other also. thought. YOU wer'
} 80 favorable 70 yreedom Of speech that
might say what pleased with impunity
, without the fear Of an zr5ttrnry dyyes;
But in this was mistaken. | soon saw il
, you and your body-guard, the odious pccu
flew at me as so many blind and p0isonou
coppcrheads, and ] thought my time had al
most como to go. But thought | woulC
fight the good fight, contcnding for tn
Union faith
}, In your fury and menaccs you dared M
to draw my revolver. You wanted me t.
commit the overt act, that you might orde
your body-guard to shoot me but ! under
g stood myself. Had you drawn yours o
advanced upon me with hostile intentions
o with deadly weapons i'll your hands, yol
h would very likely have seen, felt and hcart
n mine.
;, Now. Mr.. Pugh if you will reply to tn
u charges that made on the cars and her
y make, and convince me that am mistake
It in branding you and your party with dis
o loyal principles and purposes, | will
- through the columns of the Ehgui,cy, max
: the omcaRe honorable. Ifyou can, and viii
not, you are political bigot. If you ca
not tor lack of rcason--as matter OF cours
you are a fool. Ii Won dare not, fearing tn
= influence upon the Nallandigham party. yo
9 arc pitifu slave to a foul party.
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