Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-04-29
The Ground Swell Of Loyalty.

Gently, he declared himself quite indig-
nant that the loyal press and loyal ORA
tors had impressed the nation with the
idea that the Democrats who keep aloot
from Union organizations and who listen
tanely to the treason OF such men as In
gersoll. Vallandigham, Read and Whar-
ton were disloyal. lie affirmed that the
Democracy had always been the war par
~ OF the Republic, and that they cared
more for the old flag to-day than do the
'Abolitionists' and the Union mem He
interspersed his remarks with denuncia-
tions of public pludnerers whose names
are in every ones mouth. and vowed
that the war was cslrried on for the bene-
fit OF scOundIelly contractors and office
holders.
To the latter portion of his philippe
we had not so much objection for in all
wars since the siege of Troy the vultureS
have been seen wheeling around the car
cass, and America can claim no exemp-
tion from the law; on the contrary as the
expenses are so enormous and the work
gigantic, the world has not often witnes
sed such a convocation of plunderers, ea-
ger to fatten on the spoils which are scat
tered 10y the necessities of war.
In reference to the universal burst of
execration against .copperheads, traitors,
and cowardly peace men OF every degree,
from the old fashioned pro-slavery brawl-
er TO the querulous author of lhe latest
craven pamphlets. we have few words
to say. The voice which has gone up
from the army has reen most glorious
The West took up the grand protest, and
flung it from COrinth to the corrupt halls
l.. n l..
chorus sounded from Murfressboro' to IL
linois, and penetrated the chambers of
the traitors at Columbus, Ohio. Then
the Army of the Potomac took up the
swelling sound, and it ran like lightning
from regiment to regiment. No slavish
crInging to polical leaders prevented the
men of New Hampshire from appealing
to their countrymen i'll the Granite State.
and from the polls the echo has been
flung back glorIously back to the banks
of the Rappahannock. Nor did the One
hundred and ninth Pennsylvania, raised
about us here, ''crook the pregnent hing
es of the knee" at the beck of the tory
aristocrats who spout their venom in
Walnut street on Saturday evenings. No.
the voice from the camp on Acquia Creek
was clear and strong against treason eth
er in the front or in the rear. Other reg
iments of the volunteers of Pennsylvania
and her loyal sisters in the east are yet
to be heard. The voice from the camps
of the thirty thousand Jerseymen now
defying the foe will also be heard loud
and full and strong ere many days roll
over the heads of the cravens who 'legis-
lated" Jersey out of sympathy with the
Government not long since. Nor have the
of the national armies been
silent Rosecrans with his pen has almost
equalled the ACHIEVEMENTS of his sword -
Sigel has spoken; Democratic McCler-
nand, Logan, Butler, and a host of others
have withered with their scorn the cow
ards who wish to stab their brethren in
the back and betray the nation into the
hands of rebellious and parricidal chill
dren. Then too, from the entire North
there has been a re-affirmation of loyalty
and renewed execration of those wOnld
re enact the part of Arnold on a wider
field and amid more fearful aggravations
of the crime.
Is it any wonder that our Democratic |
friend felt angered with these multitudin- |
GUS voices ringing in his ears? Would not
any honest patriots ear tingle if such in
dignant scathings were addressed to him? |
Would it be any satisfaction to talk about |
plundering contractors, if citizen heard
the armies of the East and of the West, |
together with every individual around
saying Thou art the man." and ming |
ling his name with curse which clings
around the betrayer of his county? We
trow not. Therefore we say that if any
Democrat wishes TO be relieved from this
odium, he must not enter into the coun-
sells or mingle in the company of the men
who have raised this storm. Every man
is known by the company he keeps, po-
Etically as well as socially, and they who
listen with patience to Vallandigham and
his echoes will assuredly be considered as
believers in such opinions and only long
ing for enough kindred spirits to set up
the standard of revolt in the loyal States
and break down the power of the Gov
at Washington by an attack
from the North.-Phiia. BuiLetiH.