Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-11-04
For the TeIaware Gazette.
NOTES IN DIXIE.
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ATLANTA, GA, October 22od. 1876


Blessings on Ohio! Blessings on her great
noble. iuya heart. TIE 6rst in diligence thai
e ,saes to as over the reopened telegraph an
nuuncrs that Obio's balluG, more efrciive even
than her bullets, have won glorious victory
for Freedom 01ce mere she has pledged
herself Enthusiastically AID irrevocsb'y to The
Union Again she has sealed her devotion to
tne flag aud The government OF our father
and 20 lual cause Tor whicA Iens OF thousands
oi her soldier-son4 have made a lres will 'tf'r-
lug of their bl.n,d. Again she has proved
that those ho cast her votes are not unworthy
of those who 6ghl her battles Again sht
has lifted her voice in thunder tones agaius,
the liant treason that wOuld cleave this land
asuuder A gain she has given assurance to
the world of her uHalterab.e purpose urvrr I"
Weld he rich heritage oi freedom to the am
bi iOus advoca 0 human bondage, and has
cunIemptu ,usiy spuTned The weak, cuwardly
language that the war for the u diUn is II lail-
ufe. Blessings on ONO blessings, too, o.
ner worthy comprers, Pennsy lvauia and Iidi-
aua, for these have Joined hands with ou'
Western Q l-en. They too have turned away
from the iurd cajoling and serpent charm o.
gnod cause From the wales aud the mount
aims OF old Penn. aud from The prairIes Of rht
West the song ,f Freedom goes up and meet,
glorioas responses from the camps beside The
NJ Mississippi, the Chaitah0ochre and the j tmes
The soIditrs TOO have spoken and their Voice
give no uncertain sound. II is the languag.
| of patrols, OF freemen: Union and Liberty
now and forever, one and ms parable.
E,e this appears 10 the columns Of the
Gazette it will probably have been announced
to the public that The Ohio regiments of til Z
army have gwen large nj rrities for Ihe Uniot
/ ticket They have given an ernest of wha
may be expt cIed IRON them in November -
Strange that they should thus urn heir back,
upon him who was 81 z auuSly affirmed To b,
heir idol But the truth is they love liber
and their country more than they can p ssb,y
| love any man, aud there is good reason To h"pt
no Individual, however brilliant his qualities
shall ever be able to srduce hem from thes,
FIRST idols of their affections.
1t is well for our army that it is so far sepa
rated from the rurbid channels Of political in
huence. 1t thus becomes the conservatory
for the purest and best patriotism OF th'
country. Demagngues can not tamper witt
or corrupt it, while all its Interests and feelings
become thoroughly identified with those Of til,
government. a genuine soldier knows NJ
such thing as party or politics. His only par
y is his country, bis only politics the preser
walton OF its integrity aud glory. For these
his services and lie are sacrrd.y pledged H.
can no more sympathiza with The selfish pas
sions and differences Of the crowd than they
can appreciate the disineresled tarnestness o
his patriotism. While they, through iuteres
or prtjudice, may grow dlsnffrcled. he becomes
more and more devoted to the flag Of the
country with each new peril and privu'ion en-
dured in its behalf Ia view of these facts i
may be questioned whether great standing
army is after all an instiiu ion so dangerous II
the welfare of the State as has been repre-
sented.