Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-10-20

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come to see the army, and take the
hand of the soldier on the field Of
battle. Not one of them ever came
to see us since the war began after
we passed south Of Cairo. / have
met other men there-men from In
diana, Illinois. and all the Western
States. have seen Governors--I
have seen a half of a Legislature
come to the field, and talk to the
boys and see that they were cared
for: but these men--Aever. am
willing to sell out my interest in
their sympathy" for q very small
price. Laughter. They say that
in the event Of their party attaining
power, we win receive all the care,
protection and regard that the brave
soldiers and sailors OF the Republic
hare SO nobly earned. / want to
know If I am not as much entitled
to their sympathy and regard before
as after they attain power. If they
attain poser. we are going to receive
kindness and care. What sort? The
very sort we don't want. They will
disgrace US by sending peace propo-
sftions to JEFF. Davis, They would
send commissioners to JEFF. Davis,
who has oisargeof this most gigantic
conspiracy against the best Govern
ment on earth, and would say, MAS
ter Jefferson Davis, we have been
sent as commissioners from the Pre-
sident Of the United States, and we
beg Of your Worship that you give
US, an audience, that we may make
propositions of peace" Laughter
The next one would step up and
say, "Yes, Massa Davis, the Presi-
dent has sent us down here, hearing
that you were q great and powerful
man, having fought as for four years,
and whipped as every time; and now
we desire to beg of you that You let
us alone" Applause That is the
Kind of sympathy they have for the
soldiers. They would 60 down to
that arch traitor and bend the knee
to him. / would rather have my
heart torn from my body and hung
upon q tree for vultures to feed
upon, than bend my knee to an in
famous traitor. (Applause. Yet
this is what we are asked to do by
these men. Will you do itf (Cries
bf No."1
WHAT He THINKS OF PEsDtBTok.
/ They ask me to vote for George
B. Mcclellan on such a platform as
thisl ! say, ! won't do it Zap
plause. They ask me to vote for
George H. Pendletoh, and I say ]
would not vote for him on that OF
any other platform, for Vice Presi-
dent or any other office, if the devil
were d candidate against him. Why
do say so2 served with him in
Congress, and / have been forced
and compelled to denounce him as a
trait6r; and have a good right to
do so to day. have heard from his
lips, in the halls of Congress, before
he was even Thought of as eaidi-
date, words of treason and dis
loyalty. He has denounced this
war from tle time It commenced.
| He has Heeer voted solitary dol
lar, nor a cent, in favor of prosecu-
ting this war, no matter how the
money was to be expended-whether
for grub for the soldiers, or anything
efse--not, one dollar has he voted
that could be spent IN any way
against the rebellion, and il favor Of
the Government. 1 defy his friends
tq: day., to, point me to one line, or
one syllable, ever written or uttered
by him in favor Of restoring this
Government by putting down the
rebellionAnot q word. But If you
wifi read Ills speeches. you will find
that he has justified secession. You
will find that be haS advocated State
rights, and said that he believed the
people of the South Had &. right to
secede, and the Government had no
right to coerce them back into the
Union That is the doctrine he has
advocatedy and upon that record peo-
pie ask me to vote for him. Again,
/ defy any man to show ME his let
ter ACCEPTING the nomination on the
Chicago platform. Where is it? Why
is it that no man can find it He has
never accepted that nomination ex-
cept by simple acquieseence, and by
his being put on the ticket. Why is
this, 1 sayf Because the Chicago
Convention knew when they adopted
that platform that Mcclellan would
write q soft letter, sort of for war,
saying that he knew the Convention
was for the war, but. they forgot to
say so, and all that kind of thing,
daughter They have prevented
George H. Perdleton from writing
letter, and | venture to say that he
will never write one. Becauseif they
wanted letter from him, unless they
wrote It themselves. he has been so
much in the habit of speaking trea-
son that he could not write anything
else. 1t would damn him before the
couutEys and theg knew it. r. s:f.
/. B. TIE REBEis zen LITTLE MAC.
! Now, nay fellow eountryuren, I cam
, say to you. that these rebels to- day
, are advocating the election of George
! B. Mcclellan and George H. Pendle-
, ton I can prove it. And they have
rood reason for it, too. / don't say