Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-08-15
Gen. Hayes and Judge Thurman
Their Records.

ten, hayes anu 5uage thnfmaD--
Their Records.
We all like to know the antece-
dents of the men we vote for, and al
this time every loyal man will especi-
ally scan the aoar. antecedents of the
respective candidates. As they
were true or false to the Govern.
ment during the war, so will they be
judged now. Both Hayes and Thur
man, during the war, were bold and
outspoken in their respective views,
and have left records which speak
for themselves as to how these two
men stood on the vital questions of
the war. Hayes was an ardent sup
porter of the government, and PROV
ed his devotion to his country by his
gallant services in the field. Thur
man, on the contrary, was emphati-
cally a peace man, Copper-Dem
crat, opposed to the war, opposed to
the draft, opposed to the emancipa-
ton proclamation; in a word oppos-
ed to every thing that contributed to
the suppression of the rebellion. He
was the friend of traitors, the enemy
of loyal men. The respective char
acters and records of the two men are
well dileneated in the following ex-
tract from late speech of N. A.
Gray, former editor of the Cleveland
Piaindealer:
Thurman has q record of his own,
and in that record, out-Herods Her
cd. Like the long-nosed mans long
er -nosed son, of whom a wag said
looked just like his father, aud more
too; so, Thurman is just like Vallan-
digham, and more too. During the
war Thurman's house was notorious
ly the headquarters for paroled
rebels. tell you what 1 know, not
what l hear. I have seen numbers
ofrebel officers, in full uniform, wear
ing the tinsel insignia of rank in
proud display, pacing to and fro in
his gaily lit up house, feasting and
reveling in the rich receptions and
light levees-
'But never knew a boy in blue
To venture near his door"
Thurman's carriage was ever
rumbling over the road to Camp
Chase, conveying smiling faces,
words of comfort, luxuries and good
les generally, to cheer up the sink
ing spirits of rebels, but never a
crumb of comfort, that 1 could learn
for our boys in or cut of hospital.
Letters to prisoners were filled
with treason, stratagem and spois,
with plans of escape, conspiracies to
overcome and murder the guards, |
fire the cities, and escape to neutra!
Kentucky. The Governor therefore
ordered all letters to be examined |
and such to be suppressed. BY this |
order l examined 1900 of these let
ters, and such sentences as the fol-
lowing were of common occurrance:
.'If you want money, borrow of our
friend, Judge Thurman"
'If you want advice, ask our friend |
Judge Thurman.
eff you want anything, call on our
friend Judge Thurman.
While Thurman, far from the smell
of powder, was rolling in luxury and
rolling his pets in luxury, where was
Gen. Hayes? History answers:
''Gallantly facing the rebel line of
grape and canister, with his life in
his hand and his soul in the work,
to reach some Anderson
vile, Salisbury, Belle Isle or Libby,
to lead our ghastly, famishing loyal
boys past the eyer-varying dead
line," to where
Beneath the starry flag they could breath the
air again,
Of the freeland in their own beloved home"
Read this, gallant soldiers of old
Gallia, and choose we to-day, which
one of these two men is worthy to be
Governor of your noble State.