Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-21
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G. L. VALLANDIGHAM,
on saturday, Sept. 70, 1868. ''n'

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on saturday, sept. 10, 1868. '''-'
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FELLOW CITIZENS OF AUGLAIzE County,
In the absence Of any part OF the fierce ex-
element which has characterized the last
four or five years of the history of the Unit
ed States, am here to-day TO speak to you
In plain, earnest and sincere, though unim-
passioned, language. The calm which nat
urally follows violent storm, Is already
upon us; and instead OF seeking to again
arouse the bitter feelings, and fierce ami
fnosities Of the past, it should be the duty
of all citizens to seek now rather to assuage
the fountains of bitterness. bio. ...f tir.,t,
Inyited in May last, to address the De-
mocracy Of Auglaize, but at that time tin-
able to accept, promised at an early pc
riod during the canvass, to meet with you
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
and soldiers engaged in the late civil war
in the United States. They are here from
several regiments. They are here especial
ly from the gallant 57th, largely recruited
in the county of Auglaize. mean, ofcourse,
not to pass by thousands who belonged to
other military organizations, and will
not, am sure, be understood to be invidi-
GUS If l single out for especial comment
that particular regiment. Surrounded by
those who dared to remember their polit-
cal principles and stand by their political
organizations in the army, and who had
the courage, In them quite equal to that re-
quired on the battlefield, 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 misled BY
the calumnies, falsehoods and detractions
which were continually heaped upon me.
l felt desirous, more especially, to be pres
ent in the county of Auglaize, because it
was in this county that the 57th was organ
ized-the only regiment from the State of
Ohio in which received majority of the
votes-aregimen which was known thence
forward as "the copperhead regiment"
Laughter M. ~" .
/ observe in notice posted in your streets
that upon next Saturday, General Cox aud
two other individuals are to address you,
and that special invitation Is extended to
returned soldiers to be present on the occa-
thooIaos os go ~'v ,',,o Lii al iLVU
uttoronoos on that ooonsi al tbpt ~ y
SnSoobaS Gill rot recaiya gattarin H SuaS s,iY
H. fro, ,,,a,, Sj,o ~, tJ'a soIS
that ,,orh. h;", O,at st Sou ne,S eaeie,seu
liberties and some of them their lives
[Cries of THAT'S so."l 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
motbars and vnnr sisters hoJ SsIiho, o}sII, }Jrt
and in tba granTest and most sntbr,SiaS St;S
,Convention ever asseSabied in tho Stata ot
Ohio .niaced forwerd as their StonSorS- d
hearer in that nol;ticaI contest a tro;tor
fSnnlense Yon heiieved b;n, 70 bo J
natriot Won knew him m no q Den,ocrot
which ia tbe svnonvm of natriot III A.
nlansa 1, p'.' Ap
Von L,eu him 70 be q linton % ~. ~
tho Union was danonnced bv the Iate Az
min;Strat;om "a n iaao,,e viii do dso,%y naTa
covenant with hell IA nnlause - Cnnf;da inf :
inc in the natriotism, nf Yonr ralo ot;vas Of
home and trnstino to the natriotism of tbe
candidate -thouOR exiled hevond the iinaS
of the enemy. firsf and afterward in a for'
e;gn conntry saalin q ths rrotention ,yb;cb
he wos entitled to nSaSr biS own faa"uom o
stood by him In Tho tiajdi va, t.ras, tlho,
"a n N FL 5s.o No
nin;on batwaen vomrSolnas a,d ,'onSs
~ H. tr,'e S,,;.;t nf aMS III
eroted ~ tbaso s diaarencey f6r tnioraa;9 IL ~
~ endo,io,,' 90 aS.oh e
atbics of tbe Denocrat;c norty We tbont- a-
Snd aIlor oooh nthar to d;asy; s;n; ~, ;n""n IN
70 r,;nnr natterS III tio Lnaw ~ isI r,as -
GJninn mon va, t,,ayv r, haS NV y"..;,, q
ion nn;n;ons - 70 thn bostlrSnSa ~ pa.i. pa,
ina II ITn;on Won Lnow thot tho,a ,oS w,
one dron of blood fowin q throngb INV W. no;ns
siaS We NY "a anu .a pat1liSot
vcr w. Connsrbesd @ reginent IN vo,, 9 ars saXs Wbo ~
has dared to stain Won with the imnutation
| of cowardice? What Abolitionist will tell
W here that the regiment which had the
courage to stand true to its political prihci-
| Piles, was made of men whon were them
selves eowards2 Let the record upon the
battlefield speak; let that flag send forth its
| utterance-"Freedom's banner, torn but
| flying" Applause.] Mark its tattered rem
nants borne on half a hundred battle-fields,
| its standard shot down no less than
four times, and each time a, new standard
bearer found to take the place Of the fallen
one, and bear the flag foremost In the ranks
yetn every standard-bearer those who died
and those who survived, alike voted fol-
Clement L. Vallandigham for Governor two
years ago. Applause.l Right Web shall /
remember that regiment; and when the
next war comes, II come IL husband i
trust in God 1t will not be D civil war
when Ohio again calls for her gallant sons
to march to the battle field, let the 57th
regiment be reorganized, and then, under a
Democratic administration, that regiment