Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-11-23
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The warren Constitution We
the People and the Clergy.


your columns 70 ofsr 4 few comments
upon the following article contained
in the last issue Of that p%estife rous
and mendacious sheet yciept the
Warren Constitution. The italics are
ours.
"THE ELECTION IN WARREN.
The election in this place PASSED of
without any violence. but the con-
duct of many of the aboiitionists was
unbecoming and improper in the
highest degree. Ribald songs, pro-
family and insulting conversation were
too common to accompany the most
solemn act which q citizen of free
country is called upon to perform
Noisy professions seemed to be the
order of the day. We exceedingly
regret 70 have seer some of the Cler-
" Of our place in one Of the process
sions, but we suppose some c them
hare performed no higher worship d.
rinq the campaign. 1t Tas a matter Of
-ast0nishment to many 20 see Nr. Abbott
of the Episcopal Church in one Of the
PROFESSIONS, deb0sing himself and Insult
ing at least ore half Of his congregation:
Whatever other denominations and
ministers might do, We supposed the
old Episcopal and Catholic Churches
would not be dragged into the slough
Of politics"
We think it must be evident 70
even q careless reader that when the
Editor of the Constitution penned the
above lines he was suffering either
from a severe attack of dyspepsia, or
a fit of the blues, induced probably by
the receipt of unfavorable election
news.
We are willing for Charity's sake
to assign this as the proximate rea-
son for the article, though the ulti-
mate reason may be looked for in the
natural perverseness of the writer,
and his constitutional hatred Of all
that is noble, patriotic and worthy of
good citizenship-his hatred of Union
loving citizen and the Churches,
Whatever may have been the cause,
the production is simply q malicious,
unprouoked tbeHOuS Islander upon The
patriotic people Of Warren
THE conduct of many of the abo.
Iitionists was unbecoming and improp
or in the highest degree"
Was it, my dear sir? Perhaps il
was from your stand point, If Jetfer
son Davis had been asked his opinion
he too, doubtless. would have FULL
conceded with the editor of the Con
stitution. There would have been
most cordial agreement between the
two opinions; and the traitor chic
would have said, lit is conduct most
improper for the voters Of Warrer
to march up to the polls and deposi
their votes for Abraham Lincoln ant
Andrew Johnson. Fortunately th'
said voters had not yet become sufi
GENTLY demoralized 10 9 it 10 exact
ly that light.
'Ribald songs, profanity and insult
ing conversation were too common
to accompany the most solemn &C
which q citizen of q free country II
called upon to perferm."
We are no apologies for such thing
If they occurred; perhaps however
the editor aliudes to the similar scenes
which are said to have taken place O.
the "wigwam" about lO-P Il, when
Union thunder began TO mutter il
the distant horizon, and Union light
ming flashed along the sky; while ter
rife visions of the billowy waves o.
Salt River came looming up out o.
the frightful darkness, which por
tended their humiliation.
The "ribald songs" which during
the day grated SO discordantly upon
the musical ear of the Editor were
good union Songs, sung by patriotic
men, to the national tune of"Yankee
Doodle" with the chorus ~thundered
out by the manly voices of hundred OF
the best and most orderly citizens OF
Warren, with hearts swelling over
thoughts of the glorious cause in
which they were laboring:
Lincoln is the man we need,
johnson too Is handy.
Yankee Doodle boys. Hurra1!
For Uncle Abe and Andy"
A pretty nauseous dose perhaps fol
the Editor, when set to Yankee Doc
die!
"Profanity." We admit there were
nearly six hundred Union men who
swore that day at the polls; who Shy
the NEST solemn act a freeman can
perform" swore by their ballots that
the rebellion shonld Pc crushed out,
that the stars and stripes should again
float over every inch of American
soil, that traitors should obey the
laws, that our soldiers should have
not only sympathy but material aid,''
that Grant and Sherman and Sheri-
dan, Ohio's glorious Trinity of the
war, should never be called back In
disgrace from their magniicently glo-
rious fields of victory-yea more, that
"By the Eternal, the Union shall DO
preserved"
These are the oaths the Union vo-
tiers registered on that day;and as the
Editor is professedly a moral mar