Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-09-14

: for the scurVey old thing used 1Or oon
, key reminds US Of one Of the broken
down jades which Sherman's hummer
? used to ride when they went on one o
their little foraging excursions among th'
{ Eeeesh plantations. And we presume tn
soldiers who have mounted the old rael
Of bones have done so just for the fun o
bumming little as they used to, but il
this case not for their own but for theil
eommau der-in- -ehiet. Col Reid's benefit
We have no doubt the Colonel's politi
| cal Iarder needs replenishiDg, but if BIZ
squad don't find a little the slimmes
bumming IN Democratic eorn-eribs and
/ hen-roosts that ever soldiers did, then
we're a 60 ose. 1t viii be worse than th'
pine barrens Of North Carolina, or th,
rice sWamps Of Georgia. After election
i you'll see them coming into camp with
empty stomachs, empty haversaeks, foot
sore and ragged and gaunt, aud then i
they dc as soldiers on some rare occasions
used to do down In Dixie, there win bC
some Of the tallest swearing ever heard
Their comrades who remained at hOmt
IN the good old Union camp viii laugh al
them, and they'll sink off to their tents
cursiDg all the Democrats. CoDperheads
and Johnsonites that ever lived or didn'i
live. They'll curse them because then
old go-cart broke down. because their
loId mule gave out, because they deserted
them when the enemy appeared, and be-
cause when they came to camp their Off
Ger, Col Reid, took from them all the
little provender they gathered. And then
the Cops will curse them back, calling
them lazy. gOod-for-nothins Lincoln hire
liBgs, foreign mereenaries, thieving ruff
fans. and a thousand other hattering
titles familiar to Democratic lingo. And
what sweet time there1l be- But per-
haps some old wheel horse Democrat will
bring out his demijohn and settle the
matter By social sWig. In that case
Cop aud soldier may beseen 'arm in arm
feeling gloriousiy sociable for the time be-
/ ing after old army fashion.
But then, to go back a little. how re-
diculous the old Democratic hag looks
in soldiers uniform Was ever anything
seen more funny 1t reminds US of a
/ picture We once saw of Floyd going to
war. His belt was filed with knives and
pistols, his mustachiOs curled ferocioUsly,
his long eyebrows had terrible frown.
But reverse the picture and you saw a
donkey's head with his ears thrown back,
the white Of its eyes turned out, its nose
drawn in a sheepish smile, and that was
Floyd sneaking out of Fort DoneIsou.
But to make the carieature complete in
this case there ought to be written on the
breastplate the phrase from the Chicago
platform, the war for the Union is
failure" One of the daggers ought to be
labeled, beauty and booty another,
Lincoln hireling; another, a tyrant's
tool, and so on.
But, seriously, we feel sorry for our
soldier brethren who have given their
names and couDtenance to this thing
They have nothing to expect from the
party they are In but shame and defeat
1t is well known that there is not the
shadow of a chance for the election of
the ticket the Democracy have put in
nomination. The whole thing is a trick
for drawing off votes in this county from
Mr.. Hamilton In order to swell that for
Col Reid. And for what purpose Z? Why,
that Col. Reid may go to Congress and
help to vote in the rebel members. And
then what have you to expect, soldiers
BOunties Bless your souls, do you ex-
peot the rebels you whipped are going to
vote you a bounty for doing it? Especi-
ally viii they not do so unless you give
bounties and pensions to their soldiers
too. They will say, I'VE are taxed to
help pay these bounties, and shall we not |
have their benefit ?" That is the way,
the men will act whom you are /
lending your influence to make your law
givers aud ours.
We repeat, We feel sorry for the soldiers
who have allowed themselves to be put /
in nomination for Office by the Copper
iohnsonites Of this county They have
placed themselves in an absurd position
before the world. Twenty months ago
these same fellows who now profess to be
30 much interested In your welfare were
Wishing you dead and there was no cal
lmity so great but what they would have
been glad to have had it befall you and
your country. They said you we're wag-
ng an unnatural, cruel war, and they gave
III possible aid and comfort to your enc
ny. We speak not of individuals but of
he party generally. There are doubt
less some good and true men among the
believers in tsu1v roIicv - but all tba Ton /
oerheads and rebels believe in the same
hing. and there is no use Disgusting the
act that you are acting with them. And
o confde your interests to them is, if wei
nay believe all their previous antecedents
nd professions to commit them to
hose who will deceive and betray you for
heir own advantage. If you are wise,
ou will remain with the Union party un-
er whose banners your laurels were won,
nd at whose hands only your just re-
ards will be given you, :
To the men nominated we have no per-
onal objections. With most of them we
ave no acquaintance, but merely to know c
ley are soldiers wins our sympa thy. We 9
re for soldiers, first, last, and always S
hen they are on the right side, but we
70 against every man who is on the
rong. However unpleasant it may be /
e must even oppose brave and gallant I
en- when they give their aid to bad t
Iuse. But for the mass of the soldiers T
e have no fear. A few may be deceived v
1t the majority cannot be caught by 7
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