The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-02-12
WHOLE NO. 735.
Mir. Noble. A question right hero.


Mr.. Noble. A question right hero.
MIR. Garfield. l cannot yield have no
time. He was tho agent sent by the Cop
pctbead Secretary Of State TO distribute
election blanks to the army of the Cnmbor-
land
Nr. Noble. A single question.
Mr.. Garfield. l have no time TO spare.
Mr. Noble. want 10 ask tho gentleman
IL he knows that Mr.. Griffith has made q
question of veracity with him by q positive
denial OF the alleged conversation published
ia the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr.. Garfield. No yirtuous dcnIals in
tho Cincinnati Enquirer cao alter The facts
of this conversation, which was heard by
dozen officers,
asked him further, "How would II affect
your party if we should DO bcatou = "Is
would probably help US in votes"
That, gontlomon, is the kind Of support
tho Army is receiving in what should bo
the house of its friends. This, gentlemen,
/ is tho kind of support these mon--some
Of them-aro inclined to givo this country
and Its Army in this terrible struggle.
/ hasten to mako honorable exceptions.
know thore are honorable gentlemen on
the other side who do mot belong to that
category, and nm proud to acknowledge
|
effect Of what tho majority OF them are
doing will tend TO pu., down the fabric
of Government by aiding their friends over
the border to do it. Their friends, / say,
for whom tho Ohio election was about COM
ing off, in the army at Chattanooga thero
was more anxiety 10 the rebel camp than
in our own. The pickets had talked face
to face, aud made daily inquiry how tho
election in Ohio was going. And at mid
night Of tho 18th of October, when .he
teiegraphic news was flashed down TO US,
and announced to the army that the Union
had sixty thousand majority In Ohio, there
, arose q shout all along tho line on thar
rainy midnight, from every tent, which rent
the s!ies with jutilees. and sent despair to
the hearts of those men beyond our lines
who wero "waitng and watching across
! tho border" II told them their colleagues
their sympathzers, their friends. bad
almost said their emissaries, bad failed to
sustain themselves in turning the tido
} against our friends in tho contest. And
D from that hour, but not till that hour, tho
r army had felt safe from the enemy behind 1t.
. deprocaie these apparently partisan
. romarks; il hurts mo tomsko them; but
it hurts mo moro to know tboy arc true.
| would not make them, but that wish
10 uumasR ine prete&t tnat We ato "oih'
ing along all in body for the vigorous
D prosecution of the var and the mainten-
: nance of the Government. cannot easi-
ly forget the treatment the couscrptiou
o bill met this morning. Even tho few men
= in the army who voted for Val!andigham
=, wrote on tho buck Of their tickets. "Dratt
:, draft" That was the voice of the Army
l conclude by returning once more to the
e resolution before US. Let no weak senti
,. meuts of misplaced sympathy deter n
il from ipauguratiDg measure which vii
e cleanse our nation and mako it the At home
r of freedom and glorious manhood. LIE
. the Republic drive from its soil the trai
tors that havo conspired agsinst its life
l as God and His angels drove Satan ant
r his host from heaven. He was not too mer
l. oiful to be Just, and to hurl down in chain
s and everlasting darkness the "trai.or angel
n who rebeiled agains, Him.