The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-09-27
SPEECH OF
GEN. GEO. W. MORGAN, f,
Democratic Candidate for Cow
ernOr of Ohio, Delivered
tff at EIyria, LOrain
.~@ VI County. Sept. T'
I3, 1860.
SPEECH OF

SODHtys Sept
I3, 1860.
Telegraphic Correspondent Cincinnati Com
mcrcial.
CLEVELAND, September Is.
General G.. w. Morgan opened the cam
paign, ON the Democratic side, at ElyIla,
lorain county to-day. The meeting was
large, considering the fact that the Gener-
ais coming was unheraldcd, and that it
took place only eight miles from Oberlin.-
There were several hundred persons present
aud a good deal Of enthusiasm was mani
tested The General was introduced to the
audience as sthe hero of. Cumberland
Cap He spoke as follows: ia 81 ~.'
lNr President and FclIo,o- Citizens:
Before proceeding to discuss the impor-
tant political issue now submitted for the
Judgment of the people, pardon ME for re-
curing to scenes in which portion Of this
assemblage were participants "a
CoMRADEsHIP. s4G
This, Mr.. President, rank among the
happy days of my life, for it has enabled
me to grasp by the hand some who were COM
rales while ba tlirg tn c nsti'u ion and
the Union; to greet and welcome their faith
ers, brothers aud friends to this counsel of
the people.
Comradc is sacred name, and speaks Of
common dangers, prlyations aud tolls, all
met and all Conquered in common cause,
and that cause our c0untrys s. There is no
bond of brotherhood so strong, no tie Of
association more enduring, than that which
binds together the heat of those who have
shared common perils and rejoccd over VIC
tories won under the starry folds Of our
brave cd flag.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
More than quarter Of a century has
rolled away since first shouldercd mus
ket and packed my knapsack us a private
soldier. And it is with emotions of pleas
ure that recall those early days when allan
doned the college hall to hasten to Texas to
aid our countrymen in driving back the
mongrcl hordes Of Mexico--not Spaniards,
but savage and degenerated race, com
pound of Indian, Negro and Spaniard--
such race Of mongrc as will exist in Ohio
it Negro Equality be established. But
must not digress, for was speaking of
comrades OF by-gone Y ars, comrades )aug
since dead; Of Houston and his heroes =
How often recall their memories-those
men Of lS36-7s-S and Q. With them first
commenced my soldier-boy career-I first
learned to understand the brave, generous
and sometimes naughty character Of the
Southro0; il was there the great truth was
impressed upon my lnind that the black
and white races are from the antipodcs of
the human family
Never again did I expect to grasp the
mu$ket or the sword; but how little we
know Of tlrc future. / had become IL citi-
2en of the Buckeye State--a State which
has produced u constellation ot heroes,
whose bri l'ant deeds have shed Immortality
upon our cuntry's name Again the war
drum beat, and the tccsin called aloud to
arms to repel he invader from our South
crn border Again | became private sol
ditr. By the vote Of my comrades | wa
made their Captain, and their soIdicr-likei
bearing caused me to be chosen Colonel Of
the % Ohio Volunteers. A year passed
away; battles were fought, and victories
won; and as q recognition OF the eallant
services of my comrades, | was promoted
to the senior Colonelcy of the eight new
regiments i'll regular infantry, mine being
the brave 18th.
| had been one year with Taylor, but was
now with Scott. Step by step the veteran
warrior drove the Mexicans from mountain
gorge to mountain gorge, down into the
lovely valley of Mexico-the Eden of Amer
lea. Five bloody battles there were fought
and five victories crowned our arms.
Peace once more smiled upon our land;
and, by the treaty we obtained, the cesSion
of territory nearly equal to the half of Mex
leo: and from California alone, we received
gold enough to pay all the expenditure of
the war, and give us surplus of more than
six hundred million dollars
Time passed; broken health caused me to
seek distant shores in search of new life and
new strength; and was still abroad when
the echo of iiaternal war came moaning
across the waters. Americans who were in
Europe grieyed as Americans no where else
could grieve. Surrounded by the gaudy
trappings of Kings and Courts, the towns
and cities filed with an armed police, and
every society, from the church to the thea
ter, contaminated by the presence of detec-
tlves--these supple Instruments Of despotic
powel-and we all thanked Gua that we be-
Ionged to Republic; that we were the
children of Democracy and that our homes
were unstained by brothers blood by broth
ers shed. To us, then, the shock was terri
BILE, though not wholly unexpected and. in
one instance an American fell dead in his
tracks, on hearing tEat our flag had been
fired upon at fort Sumter.
! came h me, and once more was in the
field, surrounded by as noble band of men
might better say boys, but boys with
the hearts of heroes-as ever faced foe
unon an ensanguined battlefield. Ap-
plause. My comrades were soldiers in the
highest, noblest sense, for every true soldier
is at heart a gentleman. Applause. Pa
tient and enduring on the march, cheerful
and orderly in camp, heroic in battle, and
generous after victory; such was the charac-
ter of the men with whom I,had the honor
to be associated; such is the real type of
the American soldier. Was it strange then
that learned to love them as my brothers?
And L say to you, citizens. cherish these
brave young men, for they are your bright
est jewels; they are your sons and brothers
But all are not here. How shall we speak
OF the absent ones-those dead heroes
whose graves mark so many battle fields,
but whose names and deeds shall forever
live in our hearts and memories alive in
their immortal deeds; alive in the hearts Of
their countrymen; and ever shall their ex-
ample live to nerve the arms and stir the
souls OF freemen when danger threatens our
liberties o our flag? Then let their names
be cherished as was the mem,ry of La
Tour d dAuvergne, by the greladiers of
France. A score of times he had won, and
a score Of times bad refused promotion; but
his proud title was, "The First Grenadier of
France" At length, on a desperate day,
fatal bullet pierced his breast, and he. died.
as he lived, a soldier. But by an order of
the Emperor, his name was retained upon
the rolls and at every inspection and review
the name of la Tour d'Auvergne was call.
ed by the Adjutant in the presence of the
army, and it was the privilege of the army,
and IL WAS the nriyilepe of the oldast orona