The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-05-08

W w ASSnNa uROht ouu WOlO AOOnS |
ed upon in the better days of the Re-
public, as our brethren, not as our ene-
mics, as the exponents Of this Admins.
tration would call them. 1t was the
emblem of protection to every interest
and every right, not of turning out upon
the cold charities of the world helpless
women, decrepid age, and infant chil~
dren. Cheers. 1t never represented
conscription bills nor confscation bills.
Cheers. 1t never represented indem
nifty bills, nor bills suspending the pri,
Vllege Of the writ Of right-the habeas
corpus. Applause. 1t never repre-
sented arbitrary seizure of person nor
their holding in arbitrary confinement in
the baStaIe from which no words can
reach the judge upon the bench. It'll
never represented the closing of the court
against petition of citizen alleging
that he was unjustly confined. All this
it is now made to represent all this has
been brought upon the people of the
loyal States in less than two years of a
war for the Union, laughter, and the
flag of the Union is already deserted and
has been dishonored. Cheers. 1t
was the Union as it existed that enabled
me TO stand up--amid the jeers. and
taunts, and cries Of traitor, and threats
OF assassination, in the capitol of my
State to resist secession. 1t was the
Union, and the flag that represented it,
that enabled me with my own hand, un-
aided by a single political leader that
had ever enjoyed the confidence of our
section OF the country, to maintain north
western Virginia within the folds OF that
flag. To-day western Virginia is suf-
fering from the usurpations of the AID.
ministration. The right of discussion
is denied TO men who, like myself, strug.
gle for the Union, because it represent
ed freedom of speech and Of discussion,
and the people are afraid to go to the
polls to vote against this Infamous act
of Congress constituting them separate
State without consulting the will of the
people to be affected. Cheers. Fellow
citizens, for recognize you as such, l
appeal to you to begin the work, this
night, of bringing to bear the power of
this State in favor of the Constitution of
your country, and the res s'oration of the
Union to peace. Cheers. If it be ne
cessary to use the military power of this
country, (and believe to a certain exr
tent it may be- bring it to bear in all
its force upon a given point For in
stance, take the Rappahannock, send
all your force that is down in the cotton
region loading your vessels with cotton,
to reinforce your army in Virginia, and
let the loyal people of Virginia hurl, as
they will do, every opposing force from
power, if it stand in the way of a just
and honorable settlement of the difficult
ty between the sections. Cease this
war upon women and children; it is a
disgrace to the age in which we live, and
which should make every mans face
blush with shame, who stands peacefully
by and permits it to be persisted in. -
Applause. Cease this plunder OIL the
part of those in the service of the Gov
ernment which tends TO the demoraliza-
tion Of the army, and renders it wholly
unfit for military service. Cease this
squander'ng of the peoples money in
paying for the transportation of men
who ought to be lighting the battles of
their country-to their homes to vote
the Black Republican ticket. Tire
mendous applause. Stand not by with
hands folded and allow gallant officer
to be dismissed from the service of his
country, as they say, with disgrace, for
merely handing to his fellow. soldiers,
who desired them, what they call "Cop-
perhead tickets" Sir, if Republicans
are retained in the army for dealing out
Republican tickets, Copperheads should
be retained in the army for dealing ont
Copperhead tickets And if the army
is permitted to vote, they should be al.
lowed to discuss these questions. The
right to vote implies the right of the dis.
cusSion of that upon which we are call.
ed to vote. The man should vote intel
ligently, if he votes at all. He should
understand the effect of his vote, and he
can only do that by discussion, and by
reading and informing himself upon the
subject. Then you make parties in your
army when you do that, and thus you
see the wisdom of Washington, the Faith.
er of his country, aud of his associates
, when they provided that the army should
not vote. l was conversing with an old
!, General, who is to-day in The employ ol
| the Governments man sixty or seven.
, ty years of age-who said he never vot.
ed in his life. Do you not see, if you
{ give the army right to discuss these
, questions, that they will have very little
time to read "Halleck's book on the art
, Of war ?" Laughter. What effect
, will it have upon the Democrat who is
refused his furlough home, when he sees
, his Republican neighbor by his side
transported there by Government? Sir
| I merely allude to this for the purpose O.
calling your attention to great fact
which has been source Of all our trou.
bles, that this is party war brought
about by partiSans, prosecuted for party
purposes, and not war for the Oonsti.
tuition and the Union. Cheers. I
beg of you, then, to forego this idea Al
once of making money while the coun
try is on fire, For, let me tell you, tha
this seeming prosperity of to-day is bu
as the mist before the coming morning
which will disappear with the rising sun
: An amount of Government securities anC