Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-09-28
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{. l.. VALLANDIGIIAM.
At WapakOnetta, AugIaize Co..
o., on saturday, Sept. I6, '65.


o., on saturday, Sept. 10, '65.
FELLOW CITIZENS OF AUGLAIzE COUNTY.
In the absence of any part of the fierce
excitement which has characterized the last
four or live years Of the history of the Unit
cd states, am here. to-day to speak to you
IN pam, earnest and sincere, though unim-
passioned, language. The calm which nat.
uraly follows violent storm. i already
upon us and instead Of seeking to again
arouse the bitter feelings, and fierce ami.
moslties Of the past, it should be the duty
of all citizens to seek now rather to assuage
the fountains Of bitterness.
Invited in May last, to address the De.
mocracy OF Auglaize, but at that time un-
able to accept, / promised at an early pc
rod dunng the canvass, to meet with Won
IN council. In pursuance Of that promise,
! am here to-day
WORDS TO THE SOLDIERS.
/ find myself surrounded not only BY the
women and the men of Auglaize county.
who at home two years ago gave me their
earnest support, but very largely by officers
aud soldiers engaged in the late civil war
in the United States. They are here from
several regiments They are here especially
from the gallant j7th, largely recruited in
the county Of Auglaize. | mean, Of course,
not to pass by thousands who belonged to
other military organizations, and will not,
| am sure, be understood to be invidious if
single out for especial comment, that par
tlcular regiment. Surrounded BY those who
dared to remember their political principles
and stand by their political organizations in
the army, and who had the courage, in them
quite equal to that required on the battle
Held, to vote for me as the candidate for
Governor, while yet in the field, | shall
speak with freedom and without restraint
the sincere sentiments of my heart; more
freely, perhaps, than if surrounded by those
who were mlsled by the calumnies, false
hoods and detractions which were continu-
ally heaped upon me. | felt desirous, more
especially, to be present in the county Of
Auglalze, because it was in this county that
the 18th was organized-the only regiment
from the State Of Ohio in which | received
majority of the votes-a regiment which
was known thenceforward as "the copper
head regiment. Laughter.
l observe in a notice posted in your streets
that upon next Saturday, General Cox and
two other individuals are to address you,
and that special invitation is extended to
returned soldiers to be present on the occa-
sion. trOw all the returned soldiers are
not the class ofmen who will find acceptable
utterances on that occasion, and that the
speeches will not receive flattering recep-
ton from men who, in the field, exercised
that right which cost some Of them their
liberties and some of them their lives
Cries of That's SO. - You, soldiers OF
the 57th, had confidence in me, despite the
calumnies and falsehoods which were dis
titled into your ears. You did not believe
that your fathers and your brothers, youl
mothers and your sisters, had deliberately
and in the grandest and most enthusiastic
Convention ever assembled in the State o
Ohio placed forward as their standard
bearer, in that political contest. traitor. -
Applause. You believed him to be q
patriot. You knew him to be a Democrat
which is the synonym of patriot. Ap-
plause.
You knew him to be Union man when
the Union was denounced by the late Ad-
ministration as league with death and a
covenant with hell. Applause. Confd-
ing in the patriotism of your relatives at
home, and trusting to the patriotism of the
candidate-though exiled beyond the lines
of the enemy, first, and afterward in for
eign country, seeking the protection which
he was entitled to under his own fag-you
stood by him in the field. You knew that
upon some questions there was a difference
of opinion between yourselves and myself
Y ou, in the true spirit of Democracy, toll
Grated these differences, for liberation lies
at the very foundation of the morals and
ethics Of the Democratic party. We, thank
God, allow each other to differ in opinion as
to minor matters. You knew was a Union
man. lou knew | had my particular opin-
ions as to the best mode of preserving the
Union. You knew that there was not one
drop of blood flowing through my veins that
was not sincerely and earnestly patriotic |
am here to-day to return my thanks to you,
Copperhead regiment as you are. Who
has dared to stain you with the imputation
of cowarGice? What Abolitionist will tell
you here that the regiment which had the
courage to stand true to its political princi-
pies, was made of men who were themselves
towards? Let the record upon the battle
field speak let that flag send forth its utter
ance-"F Freedom banner, torn but flying.
Applause. Mark its tattered remnants,
borne on half hundred battle-felds, its
standard bearer shot down no less than foul
times, and each time new standard bearer
found to take the place of the fallen one
and bear the flag foremost in the ranks
yet every standard bearer, those who dice
and those why survived, alike voted fol
Clement L. Nallandigham for Governor two
years ago. Applause. Right well shall
| remember that regiment; and when the
next war comes, if come it husband
trust in God it will not be a civil war
when Ohio again calls for her gallant son,
to march to the battlefield, let the j7tl
regiment be reorganized, and then, under
Democratic administration, that regimen
will be the regiment of honor-a regimen
that, as this tattered flag proves, establish
ed and vindicated its courage in the pres
ence of the armed foes of the Union, We
whose soldiers dared to vindicate their righ
to ballot as citizens. Applause,
MR.. vALLANpIGHAM scoURsEIN CONGRESS
You have heard much against me- l
you had not already declared by your sui
frage that you put the stamp of falsehoo
upon these reports might in delicacy hav
hesitated to have said aught. And l hav
to-day personally to give you assurance tha
your confidence was not misplaced. 1o'
are told, soldiers, that voted against sup
plies to feed and clothe you. 1t is false
! Applause. | never gave a vote agains
any measure during the entire Thirty-sev
enth Congress, beginning with the war, t