The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-08-02

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The Union 8entimentUfthese res.
olutions would look well compared
with some of the disloyaIi resolu.
tions passed by the same Conner.
heads, in the-same Court House in
1928 and a, when they were re.
solving the war a "failure,n uLin-
coin a tyrant," "Val. a uaartvr 10
free speech," and soldiers "vandals
and hirelings"-in those days when
the COpperheads rejotced dover Uns-
on defeats and looked blue over
Union victories in those days
when loyal men were hooted at on
the streets, and the Richland Town.
ship "Golden Circle" under the
leadership of the Democrats of the
county,was in its glory,when unsus-.
pecting boys were taken into their
corrupt dens and induced to take
horrid oaths against their country,
against the war, against the draft,
and against everything, save and
except the triumph Of Treason and
the OverthroaO QfMe Republic. All,
those were gay days for y0u fezloacs,
when you paraded through the
streets of Macarthur with the
" caged Democrat, wrfthtng IN
chains" to illustrate the tyranny of
Lincoln overyour pet traitors, val,
Olds d Co.; and how proudly you
marched, too, didn't you |! glorying
in your strength and IN your disre-
gard of Pr0yoSt Mar8halS Il! Then
you shouted for Vallandigham, the
"prince" Of traitors, and all the lit
tie butternuts in town were taught
to sing:
"Vallandigham forever, hurrah, boys, hurrahi
Up with the traitor and down with the stars',
Now, "a change comes DER the
spirit of your dreams" The loud
Copperheads of '64 pass Union res.
olutions in 1861 Away with such
miserable puppyisml you cannot
undo hlstOry-you cannot unwrite
the letters you wrote to the soldiers
encouraging them to desert-you
cannot unblot the souls of those
young men whom you have induc-
ed to outlaw themselves by taking
your horrid oaths in your "Golden
Circle. They remember your ef-
forts and your arguments to induce
them to take that awful step; they
remember the midHigM meetings Of
your traitor clan +; they and their
parents, their friends, the nation,
and God, will remember it against
some of you-all your glittering
generalities, held out in buncombe
resolutions, to the contrary. not
withstanding. 4 ag ., 49,
FENIANS.G H.,. H' <l,f1
One of those resolutions attempt
ed to flatter the Fenians to save the
Irish vote. ug Is
"oh, Consistency! thou art jewell"
The butternuts praise Andrew
johnson and censure Congress with
one breath, and with the next
breath try to fatter the honest
IriShman by loud expressions of
Sympathgfor the Fsnians. Let us
look at the history of the several
parties to this matter. Gen. ONeil,
in public speech, in speaking Of
the cartridges sold the Fenian8 by
the Government, says: i".' ..'
"The Government has our hard earned mon
ey, and then seizes our purchases: it has acted
IN bad faith toward us. And who are we9 What
are our aniecedentsl Let me tell you nearly
Dv5ry man wi h me in CANADA fought for the
Stars and Stripes, some Of them at Andy john
son s home. lie (Johnson) has said he was the
friend of the Fenians-the friend of Irishmen.
Probably he would cay the same to-day as.
he butternut convention does.)
' He would to-day turn me (Gon. o'Nei) over
to Canada but he dares not do it. The Amer
can people would not permit 1t. Some friends
feared would be given up to Canada when /
was prisoner, but feared not. / knew thGt
although the ADMINISTRATION tried to crush us,
yet the American people were with u.s." O.
This same Gen. O'Neil is being
tried for violating the Neutrality
laws, as is also Col. W. R. Roberts,
President of the Fenian Brother.
hood. -....r
Congress have used their infu-
ence with Johnson to secure them
at least as much leniency as he has
showed to traitors and assassins.--,e
The following resolution was adopt
ed and presented to him:
"Resolved, That the House respectfully re-
luest the President to cause the prosecutions
instituted in the United States Courts against
he Fenians, to be discontinued, Incompatible
With the public interests" = -
Who is the friend of the Fenianss
Andrew johnson allowed .lC.. CO.
clay, for whose arrest he paid $685.
700, to go free without trial. He
'efuses to bring jeff. Davis before
/ tribunal ofjustice. He has par
loned thousands of traitors, and
the whole rebel army!
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