The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-09-09
Union Meeting in Columbus-Spee Of
Gov. Brough.

Union Meeting in Columbus-Speech Of
Gov. Brough.
Some three or four thousand people
assembled in the Capitol grounds on
Thursday evening Of last week, at short
notice, who were forcib!y adaressed-by-
Gov. Brough aud Others. The Governor
was greeted with three rousing cheers,
and made an of.hand, telling speech.
lie was cheered throughout, showing th at
the people are alive TO the comics: before
them. From the outlines telegraphed TO
the Cinonnali press. we clip as follows:
THE POLITICAL CONTEST.
We are about opening an important po-
litcal contest; two parties are arrayed
against each other, when there should be
only one--the party Of the country; it is
contest in which the Union party could
not afford TO be beaten. The Union party
is war party, only for the purpose Of
conquerine an houoraole peace; the com.
promise party wish to make an armistice.
TO allow JEFF. Davis and his rebelious
hosts lie recuperate for another blow a;
us. The questionis are our people pre-.
pared for hollow peace that would en-.
tail on this, and the next generation, per-
petual war. Now is the time 10 crush
this rebellion; big blow now will finish
the devils Those fellows at Chicago
have run the ship Of State upon The war.
rock of Mcclellan, and the peace bar ol
/ Pendle,oD. All the genius Of Seymour
couldn't exlrioate them. Their platform
is the mos, complete piece OF hypocrisy
ever put Iorth. As to General Mcclellan
! have known him for years, and have
nothingto say against him personally; ]
have worked with him in railroad circles
he was not brilliant, nor his abilities o,
high order; the most vaoilatirg man
I ever saw; | know no corporation would
have placed him in charge Of road
Mcclellan is TO be used as the monkey 10
draw out Of the fire Sevmout's chestnuts
"a mere cats paw 10 the hands OF de.
signing bad men. But for the vacillatine
trait IN his character, he might have, long
since, ended the war, but designing mer
said TO him, manage this war TO suit us
and we will make you our candidate foi
President. These conspirators care moth
ing Tor Nc Clellan, he is merely used tc
catch the votes Of war men. Then then
declaration against arbitrary arrests, what
| hypocrisy-when they nominate the origi
nator OF arbitrary arrests. Look at thei,
miserable hypocriical resolution abou
| Doug crocodile tears ovei
his grave, when they broke his great hear
/ by their tra;torous conduct. They DON
breathe word about slavery in theil
PLATFORM; givo them power, and slavery
will raise its hydra head taller and more
vene:nous than ever. They say they are
in fsvor OF a restored Union and Country,
In less than ninety days they would re-.
cognize jeff. Davis and lis Government.
This part Of the platform is the blacklist
hypocrisy. Can you, my fellow citizens.
vote to return slavery? You blame your
President for making it. a sine qua non?
1t is The issue, after all. l may not alto.
ge,her agree with the President in his
manner oi,pu'ting the question, but am
willing to let slavery go on dying Of its
own corruption. Peace can only be con.
quered by massing our armies ind fight.
ing. We must come TO the rescue of the
Government now, or lose il forever
Those fellows at Chicago---have they
ever come up to the support of the Gov
ernmenlY No; on the contrary. they
even placed clogs in the way olthe army
Some one asked s"Why did you call out
the National GiisrdQ" l called you out
] because the country needed your services
/ Let me say TO you. from one high in au.
thority' that the National Guard OF Ohio
saved the Union army. If you had not
come out, the Government troops would
not be on the Weldon Railroad tonight
In his concluding remarks, the Cover.
nor WAS interrupted by the question, 'I'
Nc Clellan in favor Of the drai,?" r...
All can say in answer is, that whel
before Yorktown with 1900 men, h,
wrote to the President to draft him SOM
o.