The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-07-24
Democratic Meciiag at Nj. Blanchard.


Democratic Meeting at VT, Blanchard.
Mr BLANCHARD. July Goth. lSG3.
En-. JEFF The Vdllandgham Democracy
held Il meeting n this place ON the 18th inst.
The speakers for the occasion were Vim. Crib
ben ant Gle>Sner, of the COuTicT, from Find.
lay, and DR.. Leslie, of Shannon. The whole
affair passed of In Il manner which character.
ICES meetings ol that -tamp everywh sre.-
The crowd con mcnced gathering about five
o'clock in the afternoon. The first thing that
attracted our attention was Il small delegation
rom MhartOnSburg, which numbered some
Il 10 20 persons. On arriving in front of the
Centre House, three cheers were given for
,hr Uni n, and then three cheers for Nallan
digsm. What Il contrast thought We between
Nallardigham and the Un'on. They cheeted
f"r the Union 10 put colorinc to cir pro.
CccGng.. They then alighted rom their wag-
o.S and passed the bottle rouud oue poor
fellow. having already imhihed too freely, had
."keeicd over" aud lay IN the wagon. They
then made a rush Tor the grocery of Cole X
De H,var-the only one in the village and
called fUr liquor. They were told that they
uld moi deal IN the article, hut the crowd did
not hdeve them. ON becoming convIncei, ,
they went back tn the Centre House, but the
drur ut lhe bar'ruom Was closed against them
They then amused Items elves by walking the
streets. exhibiting their butternut ana cop
perhead pins, and hurrdhing for Jef. Davis
and Vallandiphum Our citizens as usual. re-
nGirc' orderly and nniet, paying no atten.
ton To- the d.surd"rly crowd, who Wsre evil
Il, tly uyInE I" cel lem into u 'raCds, by
Lei tns',liinS lJ ~. 90, ~ the manner ~
h"h tI-y displayed their emblenS Of dis.
.,ya.ty.
lie hour lnally arri we'd for the speaking TO
commence. The first In address The crowd
was the Hon. VIM. GriOhen, who is better
known as the "snger He commenced by
enunierating to them their wrongs and sriev.
ances. and the manner in when they We're
oppressed BY their rulers. He told them The
present administrator had run the country
into debt ~ over four thousand million of
dollars; that PI esi ent Lincoln WAS II usurp
er; that the Government would mt protect a
white man ~ his person property: that ne
grOes were the only class vi people that we e
protected. lie told them they dare not open
a. cir mouths in dououncing the course OF the
Administrat on. or the frauds Of Army Com.
actors, or anything OF the kind; that iilhey
did their lives were IN jeopardy that they
were liable to be arrested and Thrown ilin
some bastile, or perhaps, meet with n worse
fate nd yet, hl be was IN the same breath
vomiting forth such TRADE of abuse upon
this same Adm nlstratton, M WIS possible to
oOne from the mou h uf IL Cop erhead.
Crhhen was Iu,iswe by pr besl e, Of Shan
non. There was nothing in his remarks that
was either Interesting Or Instructive, even TO
Il Cuprerhead. A Union Democrat standing
bv our side during The speech remarked that
he believed the Copperhead' themselves
we're disguised
/ Next upon lie stand was Glessner; he fol
owed IN the same strain of abusing the Ad
ministratiOn and those in pnw-r. 1t is re.
markabie, that amid all the Sanders thav
heaped upon the q yernment. uCtone word
fell from their lips denouncing jeff Davis ami
his coadjutOis, ln their giant conspiracy to
overthrow the best torn of guvei nmenl ever
established. say how remarkable that they
hAd not one word 10 say in condemnation ~
tLese traitors. Why is this? | leave all i'm.
tult Npul men Al lraW THAR at iuf
Men who assemble together for the osrensi.
ble purpose OF eu oglZng and applaudng the
acts a"d course OF &. l.. Vallandgham, and
seeking Ia make him Governor Of ohio at the
present time, and under the present ciroum.
stances, certainly do not desire the suppress
i"i. nfthc rebellion. by examining his record
in Congress, we hnd that he voted against ev.
cry measure taken by that body To crush tie
rebellion, aud rest re the cuuntry e. peace.
and the States tn a more permanent Union.
lie cried out for peace, when he oppressed the
very Measures that would bring about \ per
manent peace. lie cried out against tie eX
penses of carrying on the war, when at the
same ume lo opposed the cIniscation of reb.
lei proper t. help pay those expenses. IL
1861, In Il speech In Congress, he even iustln-
ed tie rebel States in s"cedng. His followers
'i,ll him Union man, and yet he proposed
dividing the Union intn four parts. They cry
peace. like their leader, when soue Of them
are tho very scoundrels " lat threaten he lives
~ peaIeable citi2ons, nre the property of
Union men wear emblems Of dslOyalty, enter
the abode ofthe dead, and tear down the mon.
uments erected 10 their memory, because
their relatives were Union men; organ ze
themselves into armed bodies, as in, Huluncs
and Noble counties to resist the laws, Their
desire Is tn iiaugurate civil war in our m DIST.
We make some exceptions; there are men
VINO VIII vote for Nalland CHAM, and VIII do so
honestly, who are quiet and peaceble citlzeps
but they are few when Compared with the
ra6ble.
This vallandlgham meeting at Mt. Blanchard
was a failure. That ia. they tailed 10 accom-.
pllsh the object Tor which they met The ma
pose OF provoking our citizens into Difficult
", ana then overpowering them. Bat aoi
settlng whiskey enough 10 rally their cour.
age 10 ths sticking point, they deslsted.
Crowus or these ruifans from Amanda and
jackson townships, have, tor long time. bee On
10 tne habit OF coming into our otherwise Qui
let litile, village and insulting our eli.
zens, and in some instances get sound drub.
Olngs. They then go away and report the
most slanderous and palpable falseh0ods.
VIII venture 10 say that there was not over
one dozen Democrats OF Delaware TOWNSHIP
present AT the meeting. And VIII also ven.
lure the assertion, that Messrs. Gribbep.
Glessner q Co.. did not make n convert 10 tbe
Vailandlsham doctrine. The people OF Della.
ware, Democrats and Republicans, with some
exceptions, are as true as steel 10 the Union.
and The teachings Of Gribben a Co. cannot
Iswerve them.
The meeting broke up amid yells for JEFF.
DAVIS and Vallandlgham, and the firng OF pis.
tOlS. Iho above are facta and oun ha e,h