Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-10-05
4 WH1alPER FOB BREAD AED BUrrE1s

: continently rushed into print. In a lOni
letter published in The Herald he an
burdens his soul In 3 manner very anus
2 ing to minds not affected By bread and
butter absrra1cy. First he pays his re.
speets to the Gazette, then to the good
people Of Delaware, both Of whom he ac.
euses of having affected a hypocritical
regard for soldiers. Of course he under.
stands that the Radicals" he speaks Of
constitute pretty nearly the whole of this
community, and that be therefore ar
raigns a large body of patriotic men and
women on very serious charges. For our
selves we deem no further defense nee-
essary than the exculpation Of our es-
teemed felloW-citizens
Capt. Williams grounds his charges
upon discoveries made when in Delaware
a day or two since" He says people
who had once cordially greeted him as a
soldier received him coIdly Says he,
Now that I am one Of the nominees of
the JohnsOn-DemOcraey, I was astonish-
ed at the great change which had taken
place IN their sentiments, Coward him.)
Right Lere it may be well to interpolate
that he viii be still more astonished at
that change as it viii be manifested in
the election next Tuesday.
Now we reply to this snubbed John
sonite, we confess the change you speak of
aud find the explanation in your own Ian
guage I am one Of the nominees of
the johnson Democracy. The same
change has taken place in the sentiments
OF TINS community toward Gems. Dix.
Custar, and SlOcum. and every other sol
der who has foolishly bartered the pres
tige Of his good name to the Copperiohn-
sonites for paltry promotion or a mis-
cradle mess of postage" The change
has also taken place in regard to Doolittle /
Browning, Randall, Seward, Moses John |
son and every other renegade from the
Union party. And while such 'radi- /
oal'' change has occurred in reference to |
these greater lights permit us TO say it is
unreasonable for you to expect an excep-
ton In your favor The citizens of
this community deserve to receive from
you an apology rather than censure.
YoA have changed your relation to them
not they to you. Once you were fighting
traitors. now you are acting with them.
Once they (traitora) considered you their
deadly enemy, now they regard You as a
hrm friend. Once we supposed You to he
true to our party and principles, now we
know you to be untrue. Once we supposed I
7ou despised COpperhead, now We know a
here is not one of them Ia the county t
IN ose vote you do not expect and viii c
lot receive. Once you stood in the ranks
II the Union party and bravely fighting t
IS enemies won the esteem Of all IovaIl
1en, but now unfortunately you have &
'laeed yourself among those same enc. n
MES and together with them wage war on t,
ne party that homo, ed you. In short n
GU have, as you say, become candidate f.
+ the CoppeEjohnson Demoeraev. and Il
his IS your own responsibility. You Il
onfess that it was your voluntary act S
len are judged By the company they o.
eep, and we find you among those who
7mPathized with and aided all thro' the
ar the enemies ofyour country and Ours. b,
ay, we find you among those very enc cl
les themselves. The party you belong st
eomprehends all the elements of dis D
yalty, disunion and rebellion. By no ju
cans is every Democrat traitor, and A
believe you are yourself patriotic. ia
ough mistaken. But it is an undenia, at
faet that every traitor is a Democrat. in
very Knight Of the Golden Circle. ey- RI
? Son of Liberty. every coward who mi
reatened to resist the draft or sneaked fOl
-ay to Canada to avoid it, every peace bu
pperhead-all these are Democrats r. ua
] the leaders of the rebellion are Dem thj
rats. Every rebel, high or low in the
lde of treason, is a Democrat. Every
loyal newspaper advocates the Demo- boz
tic faith. In short, every man North IN
South who in any way assisted and scr
I sympathizes with the rebel cause. is Dol
Democrat. And you, Union soldier, to
re chosen to be a Democrat, aud to act son
h these men to be their candidate res.
~ you ought to have held yourself mad
of from such votes as you would from '0a'
sstilenoe. evi'
Tut you answer that your record as a @ 1ls'
lier is stainless. That may be, and an. -
reoiative public will always gratefully 7
rish the memory of your services, and orl'
them to your credit against any sub m N.
lent bad conduct But so far as mere tIa- ~
rage and gallantry are concerned many Del
bel might claim the same merit shol
D qualities are of small Importance ten
q compared with the demerit offend that
hem to bad cause. It is more de- amel
ing to simply adhere to the right than Gle
to lay down ones life for the wrong. ty Of
des, consistency is quality admired mem
len of all parties, but you have not woul
consistent. You have abandoned murl
principles for which you fought, and
.red yourself in favor Of giving HI
ors more rights than loyal men. You Al os,
or making loyalty odious and treason bis )
'ctable. You say traitors shall not on it o@
felt nothing BY their crime but shall +. lett
By It You say slavery shall be .coo-
iealIy restored. Aud you complain tbe
lse Union men will not eountenance Great
7hen standing on such an infamous dur;n
'rm After lending the Union blue neutr
guise the hideous deformities of Cop T wo
adism you complain because YOU are renee
.4iSea IOF the act Fen
II letter clearly sustains the infer
hat you left the Union party be- H.
you saw it would not give you Of aosn;o
Now it is a sad sight to see brave H. ae
r lending himself as a tool to the 49,
feather Damoeraor b-,4 "a 80