Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-20
From the GAINESVILLE Signal. July lsl
Opening Of the Campaign-The
LLL- Meeting Inst NiUhf. .Ll--I 9

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| The weather last evening was tlnpropi-
tiOus, for an out door meeting. So much
| SO that the large crowd assembled in the
rear of the, Court House, were compelled to
| adjourn to Nevitt's Hall, which was densely
packed, Notwithstanding Uhe intense heat,
and large numbers were unable to obtain
admittance. .yl l.i.g .t..,oit, r,.,.,, ant, o,.
| Hon. Hugh }. J.Jewett, on taking the chair,
to which he was enthusiastically CALI d,
said he was happy to meet his fellow. citis
zens in conjunction with his distinguished
friend General Morgan. These were no
ordinary times; our country is in peril and
it behooves every patriot to be vigilant.
ltwas notthe old partisan cry of danger
| which politicians were wont to use, but the
| very foundation ofonr Government was be-
| ing shaken, aud unless the.party In power
| was checked andJtheir policy changed, and
nsuFpations rebuked by the people, that
the very existence of our Government was
| doomed. The history of the past demon
strated that this Government couldnbe ad-
| ministered by the Democratic party, and
by that party only that upon the prosper
| ity and success of the Democratic party
the salvation of the country depended.
| He referred to the election of Harris0a- and
Tyler, in lS40; how after the early deeease
of the former, Mr.. Tyler soon found that
| any other than Democratic principles were
| Incompatible with the prosperity of the
| country, and though contrary to his inter-
estpersonally and politically, though his
course virtually left him without a party,
and though every inducemetit which m n
c)uld have as partisan, was helG96ut TO
influence him, yet, as his reputation as a
statesman, the history OF his administration
(Which was to live for all time) was at
nf
him to cut loose from the tfammelso of
his party and administer the Government
In accordance with Democratic ideas. The
same thing was repeated when, after the
death of General Taylor Mr.. Fillmore,
who had all his life been a cosistent OPP
ponentof the Democratic party and whose
every attachment was with the party ele-
vatingi him to poweEI found that nothing
but the principles of the Democratic party
were consistent with the prosperity Of the
country. And now we have the same
thing re-enaeted. What Mr.. iLincoln's
course would be, were he still alive, he
knewnot, but he had no doubt that a, war
fare as bitter, as ungenerous and as unre-
lenting, would be waged by the disunion
radicals upon him as is now. rwagetbiby
them against President JObnsen. Now
what inducement has johnson to .betray
parry WIN ClOClOu ulul w pOW0I9
Simply, none. What 'inducemeht has Mr.!
Seward othe leadef-she might SAY othe
maker--0f the Republican party,ato, cut
loose from his party ties? What induce
ment had CoWan, Doolittie, and a host Of
others for seVering themselves from their
partys Nothing but aptireopatrlotic love
of country. u.jIons 3dt al bssa,r
He referred to the peFsistency with which
the Democratic parity had always adhered
TO the Constitution and the rights of the
States, and wanted to know What honest
thinking men could say of a party who
whined that they ware par excellence the
''Union'' party, yetlwhOseO eOgfeht champion
and leader, Thaddeus Stevens, had recent
ly, boasted of his tdetestatjop of the Com
stitution and principles OF our Government,
He Quoted All extract H0til Che speech of
Stevens on submitting this repOrtuof the
Reconstruction Oc0mmittea at0 M Congress.
HeideclaFed he had more faith in the, peo-
pie, of the South, than he had in such life
long shameless disunionists as Stevens,
Wade q Co, r. He, closed by an, eloquent Rp-
peal to the young men OF our country to be
Warmed by the history oflthei past When
Democrats 1imf 1850 and 186l warned the
people Of impending danger they were
.Bneered at and denounced as fCnion Saw
ers" and Union Schriekerse by the RephbY
lican party; but the danger came as fore
told, and danger was now as imminent. ~
hGener6E Morgan! attheeonclhsion ofAffs
Jewettis s1remarksstw twas introduced ito the
audience, and for about fifty minutes ser