The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-08-20

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which it may be member! This is {
your candidate for Governorl
Then, at that moment of intensestin
terost, when every patriot heart beat
quick with astonishment at the news Of
the fall of Fo,t Sumter before over
wheming fires, how did VallaDdigham
respond to the universal feeling? A
resolution rendering the thanks of the
House to Major Anderson for his gal
liant defense, received the vote Of every
member, except one gentleman from
Ohiol All men ofall political parties
of the States, except one; voted for it
and that man you propose to make
Governor of Ohio! ["Nevcrl neverl"l |
Then, when the traitors we're seizing
your arsenals and forts, you remember
how the glorious flag of the Republic
was ruthlessly torn down at Pensacola
and spit upon, and the universal indig-
nation at that sacriogious act is fresh
in all your minds; but during the man
ifcstations of the common feeling of the
country, not single word of reproach
came from the candidate for Governor
of Ohio! r. you ,oiU sho,o me single
syllable ofreproach of these bastard trai.
tors during all this time from, Mr.. Val
landigham, toiU at once give APP the
contest While he was pouring out his
vials of wrath against the people of the
North as guilty Of every national sin,
not a single word against the rebels fell
Q from his lipsl And this is the man you
would make your Governor! ["No! no!
e nol"l
When he went up to Congress the full
n support Of the country was the univer-
j sal feeling. Mr. Sherman did not ex
q pect to find partisan in Washington
] Indeed, party seemed to have been
. abandoned, and all seemed determined
to cordially co operate in upholdng the
= 'Government-aK but five members who
b voted against, or at least did not vote
y for single measure of Congress for
c putting down the rebellion. These five
e memorable persons were Reed and Nor
8 ton of Missouri, Burnett of Kentucky,
Ben. Wood of New York, and-and
3 Vallandigham of Ohiol Three of them
s we're from slave States, and as for the
e two from the free States, Mr.. Wood top.
y ped out lately in the New York riots;
n and you, the Democrats of Ohio, pro
:. pose to make the other your Governor
e Are you not ashamed of yourselves for
! being thus imposed upon by your lead
n ersp All the Republicans voted for il
j all the other Democrats, also-and
! finally three of the FIVE had the courage
to come to their country's support; bu
Wood, you understand him, and as fo
= Vallandigham, you propose to max,
d him Commander-in- Chief of the Stat
# of Ohiol What poor opinion you
h leaders assembled at Columbus mus
e have had of your patriotism and goo,
s, sense to ask you to vote for such man
t. They mistake the patriotism of our peo
pie, l sincerely hope they will no
ly persuade the Democrats of Ohio to vot
is for a convicted traitor.
r. They tell you that he voted to pa
n the soldiers. Whether that be so O
lie not, when it was attempted to inoreas
tn the soldiers pay to thirteen dollars pc
month he voted against it, and whe
up the appropriation bill came up he di
", not vote for it! Had the Governmel
he been in his control when the rebellio
TO- broke out, where would be the countl
to to day? Stripped of all historical r
IL nown, robbed of all our national glor,
t. disunited and desolated from one Ell
- to the other, the friends of popular go
al. ernmont everywhere would be owe
to whelmed with despair, and republi
ns, would be at an en1 But the suprem m
h. cy ofpatriotism saved our country, al
err. let us all unite as one party for the ST
d gle purpose of banding the whole r
ch public once more under the same glor
n Gus flag, that our children may have
sto country worth living forl [Great q
&C. plause.
dr. But you don't like the Administr
os- ton. Who does noI know that eve
The Administration is liable to, and act
lrd ally does, make mistakes2 They a
No! however, but our agents, exercising
temporary authority. The people
ear the sovereigns. The President ho
in his office but four years, and the hie
the est term of Office is that of the Senat
No who is elected for six years. You CT
mt therefore, correct all abuses at short
it tervals, and all you can ask of them
D Of to do tho best they can, and mort
sti. man can do no more. Mr.. s. said Il
end did not know Mr., Lincoln, lie '