The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-08-09

sinking ship"
fsi'fit 'hetSp 70 heal a i9otSri7
Gus, "peace-on-any-terms man,
come in at this day and talk of
@brave soldiers" wining sour victo-
ries9" Why, he fOrgets his politi-
cal record and that of party. II
hasn't been two years since they
were calling these same (f he
means Union) soldiers "Vandals,1 y
Tincoln hireIings," "Hell-hounds," !"
&C., &C., and loudly claimed the
Southern army as their brethren.
Let this sentence of his read as ID
should: En.tE4T#
"The brave (rebel) soldiers who
won our (rebel) victories, and the
gallant (Confederate) Generals
who led them on, have quit the
sinking ship" He certainly means
that; for he has been on that side
too long to come over now; and,
with this explanation, we agree
that they are opposed, TO the Union
party. We hear that Generals Lee,
Johnston, Forest, Mosby, McGow-
an, and many other of the 'illus-
trious" of the pardoned johnson
ties, are to be at Philadelphia. But
the Sub-Editor will say We "lie-
confoundedly under a mistake as
to his meaning" that he meant the
Union army. Then, let him speak
as of old; clet'him use the terms we
have long been accustomed to, in
hearing his party speak of the IN
ion army and Union Generals. If
he means the Union voters led to
victory by Union Generals, let him
give it the butternut finish, and say
what any of|em would have said
two years ago, ,to-wit: - e. I s
"The blood thirsty 'vandals > the
hirelings under the Tyrant Lincoln
who haye desecrated Southern soil,
and killed their Southern brethren,
and the shoulder.strapped beastly
brutes, who led them on to blood
shed, rapine, lust and dplunder, have
quilted the sinking Ship" the I'm
ion party. " T.,,' 'S. a. {yI
This is what he would have been
compelled to say, in referring to
the Union army and Union Gener-
ais, in the common phrase of his
party; and l appeal to the records
of his party and to the memories
of the readers Of this article, if
those terms are not, Ver6atim, the
butternut phrases of 62-3-4? Now,
we ask did he mean that the rebel
army was leaving the Union partyg
or does he mean to stultify him
selfa Has he theinpudence, after
five years Of abuse toward the ar
my, toscome over now, and try to
fiatter the soldiers into believing
that, for five years, his party lie
billed itselfs6 F{S E1E a
We care nothing about the gen;
tleman's playing funkey to the
soldiers and Generals: and we think
that if there is any body who has Al
right to'vote as they please, it ID
the army; yeti looks flat; it sounds
weakly, to hear those who, two
years ago, smiled at our defeats s.
and were sad over our victories,
come out now and blow about
what the army has done.
When these butternuts thought
our "four years of bloodshed had
been four years of failure" they
publicly, by their presses, and I'M
speeches, proclaimed their CON !
tempt for the soldier and spurned|
him from them as they would al
dog.
When history gave the lie'to the
Chicago. Conventions, and victory
perched upon our banners they
come around, like ours whining to-
be spoken TO-, and get down in the
dirt and play ."hunkyyp and yet
boast that, from the beginning, they
have been the firmest, warmest,
truest friends of the Union or tile
Union army Away with such
boasting and fattery and fawning!
The soldiers want none of your
hollow mockery! 4r'* n y
w. ----..s.. - ~,
THE LINTON TICKET.