Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-07-27
ic TFrOm the Athens Messenger.
GRNRRAI NYIInES,S LETTER.

80 - p e-'' ArHENs, o., June 25, 1866.
Editor Messenger :-I notice many OF the
DeuneSratie papers are very sorry = indeed, Gun
Convention did not nominate a soldier Tor
Secretary Of State. Now, I presume, have as
good reasons e he the QDessnson na o. .n1 d,6
not nomipate q SOLDIER Tor tnaI once once q any
Democrats editpf Il Ohio but Rs Lfeel no sOr-
row becsuse Il did not. I prbtest against Demo-
cratic editors feeling "sofry about it. No
sr1patlrysfauRhat quArssr is desirabls aeyet
~ saDldiarA very wall remembers how ssOtIJ
these seif ssfhe Democratic editors used TO feel
whenever tle fortunes Of war went against us on
the field Of battle, and with whom their Sgmpa-
thies were on such occasions. No Ohio soldier
has esa he'd Ae courage 10 contenplate the
stste AZ things that would necessarily have fol-
lowed the election Of Vallandigham as Cover
nor on Mcclellan as President. No soldier has
forgotten the dark days of 81, 63, and the
early of 81 ard no soldier has forgotten,
or ever viii forget that the enemies then in our
rear a3gelns more esbeerr sthan ihe enemy in
arms in our 'front.', And, who were these enc
mics then, in our rearI No other than these
seIf-same Democratic editors, and Their coadJu-
tors, who are now expressing 50 much sorrow
because our CdnSenti0ns did not nominate q
~soldierF for or,Secretary Of State. How appro-
pos % this is the old rhyme: - T. '''f''
"A little nonsense, now and then.
'VS' Is relished by the best Of men
OF all classes of voters the soldier is and
should be the NEST, 1l-foF whom he casts
his VOTE HeFeqtiifes mo- Democratic editor TO
teach him the principles for which he fought.
Instead of General Ben. LeFe getting the
votes of, soldies as the nominee Of the7D Demo-
cratic party because he was a soldier, every
true soldier will scorn and condemn him as a
renegade and as false 10 the cause Tor which he
fought. Witness the fate of McC Clellan, Morgan,
lr~N,ll nfl rnrkrs aft uaT1kpd In
drag into the meshes of The Democracy, the
vote of the soldier. Defeat, disgrsceful defeat,
has always been their portion. Not only this,
but the cry of shame is sure to follow all sol
diers who repudiate and give the. lie to theh
pTbfsssioA, by shifting themselyes with q party
efneb, who while they were in the field, were
aiding and abetting their enemies through the
agency of secret societies and press teemiDg
with the rankest treason.
The trick is too transparent. What began
win Ne0lellah VIII doubtless end with LeFe-
uss% Asd what an endsb l anis inclined 10
think. upon the whole, however, that if Ben.
LeFeyer had been at the front through all the
terrible fighting of GA, instead of in the rear,
aet his own procurement, he would now be a
Union man and acting with the Union party.
"Bummingy is hard onlOne loyalty Bum
mers" wefepfetty sure TO be fer Nallandigham,
or some other equally vicious thing, and op-
principles 8 They wereapt to have too much
time TO devote to young ladies of secession pro-
cliyities, and IN such case as beFever's where
a young man hasn't far to 60 any how. the re-
suit was gsaerally fatal and good deal Of Sin
dependent ~ falk about the "outrages +" of the
government the %unholiness . of the war, DC,
might be heard in the presence Of private SOL
diers and others of lower rank than themselves,
but of equal cumming propensities. !, sa.s
Soldiers are like communities. There are
always some black sheep among them-a few
Who win do disgraceful things, such, for in
stance, as bum and vote the Democratic
ticket. But the mass of them know very well
what they are about, and in the honesty Of
their hearts win sustain With their. ballots what
they have q nobly achieved with bsyonets and
bullets. Notwithstanding the fact that a,soldiei
can be found 30. forgetful of the principles fol
which he went out 70 battle as to allow himself
ts be placed on the ticket Of that party which
by, its sympathy, and by every means in it,
power endeavored to render nugatory his and
every other soldiers effort to put down Treason
and save the nation.
.fff-ftr.ef Respectfully, ItEs5 =
THos. F. WILDEs,