Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-07-07
G. ~. Fitch and the War.
From the Rochester

FROM the Rochester lind Chronicle.
The convention OF the peace on any
terms, Nallandig ham-w orshipinS. rebel
svmpathising Copperheads of this county.
on Saturday last. was not as large gath
erinG as has been usual on such occasions.
The business of the convention was the
nomination of a ticket.
After dinner the crowd assembled to
hear a speech from Elk Senator, Graham
\. Fitch, late Colonel Of the 46th Indiana.
The aniiencc contained large sprinkling
OF Union men, who were curious to hear
the honorable gentleman make a Conner
mead ami war harrangue, as in his last
speech in this !, ACE he said that "as the
tory party in She Revolution died in dis
grace and nfamy as the Fe,leraists who
opposed the war of 1912 destroyed their
party. and as the Wings by opposing the
Mexican War committed suicide, so the
Democratic party, should it oppose this
War, would be dead aud twice damned"
We of conr>e quote his speech from mem
Dry. and 10 not give his exact words,
though al least hundred Who heard him
last SATURDAY. will recsllect his speech in
the fall of 1861. and testify that the above
was in substance his prophesy.
On the present occasion, the speaker
was Supported on the right hand by Rev.
Ephiaim Daugherty and on the left by
Hoa. \. q. Shafer. His right hand sup
porter chcered Justify. at many of the
speakers brilliant sallies, especially when
he said that those chiefly to blame for the
present war were the anti slavery men Of
the north.
We shall not attempt synopsis Of the
speech. as any one can have it with only
triiling variations in the rawlings of Val
landigham. the frothings of Voorhees,. or
the low abuse of the Richmond Examiner,
Chicago Times. or Cincinnati Enquirer
He called Mr.. Lincoln fool, buffoon,
blackguard and an ass. He accused him
of perjury. and of aspiring to rule the
nation as absolute monarch, and pledged
himself (the people will be sorry to hear
it, to remove to Canada Ia la Vallandig-
ham?) if Lincoln was reelected. He also
promised the Copperheads Of this county
the benefit of his prayers for their success
lie neglected TO give his experience
concerning the contrabands whom report
says he brought north and employed on
his farm in Cass county. He accused
others of stealing negroes. and sail the war
was carried on to destroy slavery AMI steal
cotton. He left the army because he dis
covered danger of niegers getting loose
AS TO free speech. he was for it. with
one exception. The Northern people hal
no right to express their ideas as to
slavery. They had exasperatel their
Southern brethren, and many of the lea'l-
ers Of the rebellion went away from
Washington in tears. Owe shouldn't
wonder If some of them had wept brinier
tears since because they left He eulo-
gized Jefferson Davis, evidently sharing
Gen. McClellan's opinion that he is no.
BILE fellow and evory way gentleman.
Many thought the speaker imagined
himself delivering a funeral discourse over
the party opposing the war" in accord
ance with his prophecy that it would be
'.dead and twice damned" for such oppo-
sition. We suppose it was his last speech
in Rochester. as we understand that he
said privately to a Copperhead friend that
"in case Grant defeated Lee and took
Richmond the election of Mr. Lincoln was
certain" In such contingency, he has
agreed to go to Canada. We recollect of
another set of men of similar principles
who event to Canada" at the close of the !
Revolution;-who cleft their country for
- -~-ntrv's good" 9fl0 --l