Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-03-04

who cannot smother party feeling an,
prejudice to do it. is not fit for a fre,
government. Applause.
Now, my friends, l am more hopeful
than some of the gentlemen who have
preceded me. | cannot believe that the
warnings which Washington, jackson
and others have given US land whose
spirits are with us tO-night)-it cannot be
that as intelligent people as we claim to
be-a people fit for free government
1t cannot be, | say, that after eighty
years of experiment, We have become 50
crazy as to give it all up. God forbid that
ii should be 50
My friends, these sympathizers cry out
for peace. Do the rebels cry for peace?-
No. They spit upon it. This cry for
peace all comes from the North. The
rebels only ask to be let alone with sin
gle Contederacy. In this they are more
magnanimous than Vallandigham & Co.
| wonder that he didn't ask for twenty
five governments, for then he would have
had twenty-five chances for holding Office.
Laughter. Peace, Suppose the par
ties get together and make the boundary
where they please, in less than sixty days
We would be at war with each other
again. If we cannot live together as one
people without fighting, we most certain
ly cannot as neighbors. 1t cannot be-
The moment 1t comes to that our strength
Is all gone. If we are going to shape our
future destiny after that manner for one
| should far rather that Queen Victoria |
should invite us back into her govern
ment, than to attempt to get along with |
these demagogues. If we are to have a |
monarchy-if we are to have what is |
much the same, an aristocratic govern
ment, for one l should much prefer to be
taken under the care of Queen or King
now used to the title, than to adopt 3 new |
one. Laughter.
The Governor then said, that as the
SecessiOnists in the North do not contrib
ute to the Sanitary Commission, or aid
the army, they have nothing else to do
but to cry peace" They make good
deal of noise but it does not amount TO
much. he believed nine-tenths of the
Democracy of the State are sound for the |
Union. 1t only required such men as {
Judge Ranney and Judge Jewett to know i
that the bogus Democracy is the order of
the Golden Circle, and means treason. c
for them to abandon it. 1t would be un- I
just to class them with Vallandigham.-I !
This statement led him to speak of the b
reasons that led 10 the arrest of DR.. E. L. n
Olds. Our readers know full well what Il
they are, and that they were sufficient in a
the eyes of the authorities. The audi t.
ence certainly thought so last night. b
The Governor then alluded to opin- Ii
ions of Washington and Jackson given if
below, and asked his audience to ponder sa
them well. IL
Gen. Washington said: W
1t is Of infinite moment that you te
should properly estimate the immense q
value of your political Union to your col I'll
lectiYe and individual happiness that W
you should cherish cordial, habitual, 81
immovable attachment to it accustom- til
ing yourselves 10 Inink and speak of it w
as the palladium of your political safety tn
and prosperity; watching for its preserva- tn
ton with jealous anxiety; discopntenan- Bl
cing whatever may suggest even a suspi- In
zion that IT can, ia any Srent be abandon VI
ed" en-
General Jackson said: es
fear there are plans inimical to the We
Union. love my Government. would %
lie in the last ditch before would see Vi
he Union disgnitea,a a. F''-T eS
T" The Federal Union-it must and is
'hall be preserved. til
He could not prophecy when the end be
If the contest would be. II took our IA laN
hers seven years. Are we better than III
hey Is not the Obligation as binding us
lFcI us to perpetuate a free government? wa
Is long as we have mar and dollar we ey
7ill light. Let each man do his duty, to
nd we will bring the leaders of this un- wi
loly rebellion to Justice | am not a kn
-indictive man, said he, the hanging of are
ne or two hundred of tie leaders will an
,e about all the punishment ! shall ask pa
Cheers. The majority Of the peaple of DE
he South aEs leyaI-aH thai Il - a e. g,
dI,cIi - .Vi
o get the leaders out of the way. Then be
7ill we attend to Vallandigham & Co. no
lake a record cf their treason every Yh
yeek, and teach your children to mark to
hem as traitors frown upon them in the sa!
treets; have no fellowship with them It
purn them as you would viper. wish IN
he gallant soldiers on Stone river could 10
lear me declare tonight that nine-tenths OF
f the people of Ohio are loyal TO them. VI
We will send them that greeting next we
all. Cheers. saI
| say, keep down party spirit. Don't mi
2mpel me to choose between extremes an
n either siae-for you know I only enlis- ac'
ed for two years, and when my two years
re up | shall return again TO my farm WI
i've me a ticket pledged only to the for
of this government of ours. mi
Then when the war is over, sh'
nd the stars and stripes again float in Mo
ifety in every State. we Will 60 to work III
-Groesbeck, myself and others-and erl
lean out these bogus Democrats OF
Cheers. Then it will be the time to pa
ee which party is the purest. The Re- IL
ublicans will not take those bogus fel- sta
ows, we wont haYe them, but they will ne
e branded as INFAMOUS as the men who tn
hrew obstacles in the way of this Union lsl
f ours. Applause. Then, my friends, re;
heer uphold up your heads, and with 81
od's blessing, this, the peoples govern Mo
lent. will live as long as time shall last. in
Loud annlausa cei