The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-09-13
[Conmunicatedl
To the Soldiers Of wyandot County.

Four years ago, on the first call OF Our
beloved and lamented President, YOU took
up arms in defense Of your couhtty-
then in the incipiept stages Of the worst
and most formidable conspiracy against
the life of any nation-you willingly
laid aside the ties which bound you to
family and friends, the dearest ties on
earth, and went forth to battle with
Treason, and help restore the rightful
authority of the Government to reduce
the insurgents to submission and obedi
ence to the laws OF the land. After four
long years of blood and carnage, you
succeeded. The most dangerous CON
spiracy that ever threatened the downfall
Of nation, and the liberties Of people,
has been put down by your invindible
arms, and the rightful authority Of the
Federal Government restored over the
whole land conclusively showing that
she is able, and acW maintain that author,
ity, agoias, foes from abroad or traitors al
home!
And have you hen Of Wyandot county
YOU who, under the leadership of the
greatest generals of the age, accomplished
the greatest feats ever recorded in the
annals of war, you who have marched
thousands of miles through the heart Of
the enemy's country. surrounded and
menaced, almost every step. by armed
foes, in front, on flank and in rear, suffer-
ing everything but death-1 ask you,
have you forgotten the aid and comfort
the rebels received from their Northern
allies, the Copperhead party? The war
was prolonged at least two years by their
aid and encouragement. Had they Goa
lesced with the loyal people of the North
in the resolve of crushing the rebellion at
all hazards, the war could not have been
maintained two years. This must be
evident to every thinking. candid mind.
Does any one doubt for moment, that
the secret plottings Of the Copperheads
in behalf of the rebels, and the plain evi
dence offered by them, during the second
year of the war, that there was likely to
be a revolution in the Northern States,
If there were not change Of policy by
the ballot-box? Does any one, say,
suppose that All this did not stimulate the
enemy with hope. and thus prolong q
bloody contest that, but for this aid,
would have failed long before it did?
This aid from the Copperhead press
(the Southern papers were filed with ex-
tracts from Northern papers) was thus
the means of thrustihg upon the country
one half Of the public debt, and upon pa
triotic families of the loyal States untold
mourning, for the loss Of husbands,
fathers, sons. brothers and friends, the
honored dead who lie in unmarked graves,
dug many Of them by stranger hands, in
some lonely valley or on sotde bleak
mountain top, in some dark shady glen,
10y the bank Of rushing streatn, the
winds sishing requiem and the birds
singing their matn songs over the solitary
grass covered graves, whose inmates fell
victims to this party, which played so
active a part in the dark drama Of guilt
and treason, and which came near prov
ing fatal to the best Government on
earth.
Soldiers, this same party met in CO.
lumbus. on the cath Of last month, under
the false name of Democracy" and
delivered themselves of ticket, conceiv'
ed in Treason, brought forth in Treason,
and placed it upon a platform, filled with
bids fnr,the cooperation with the Democ'
racy of the North of the rebellious ele-
ment Of the South, and would to day, if
they had the power In their hands, Join
with the Southern wing now Our armies
are disbanded) in maintaining Slavery.
You may look in vain for single passage
in this platform to indicate that the de.
structon of Slavery has come to pass; it
passes without recognition. And now l
would ask. in what respect the Northern
Democrats differ from those who have
been in arms against the Government for
the last four .years? While Southern
traitors were In arms. Northern traitors
were traversing the land, sowing the
seeds of treason and dlscord, holding
"secret meetings." from which they sent
greeting to their friends In the South,
words Of ehcouragement-thus strength
ening the hellish designs Of the leaders
In the South.
Who was it That first taught that Sla-
very was right? Democrats. Who fired
the first gun on the flag "f our country?
A Democrat. Whose votes in Congress
gave aid and encouragement" to rebels: ::
Democrats. Who discouraged enlist
men's? Democrats. Who encouraged
deserton? Democrats. Who are the
men that are now crying out against the
complete suppression of the rebellion?
Democrats. Who are the men that want
to elevate to Office and power, ut once,
men whose skirts are dyed in the blood
of your kiHdfed and friends? Democrats.
Who are the men that opposed the privi-
leges Of the electi0e franchise to citizens
| w hn yuara IN thai. oanot.ySs caryioaZ