Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-07-31
speech ofN. A. Gray,
OF OLMsTED, FORMER EDITOR OF THE
CLEvELAND PLAIN DEALER, AT YOUNGs-
TOWN JUTY 10TH

Vigilance is the price of Liberty
| Vigilance at the Primary meetings as well
as at the polls. To despise politics is TO
desplse the government To despise lazy,
professional ofice seekers is quite another
thing. To neglect the primary meetings
is to surrender the field to professional
ofice-seekers. It is as if q farmer would
give seed time to the enemy to SOW tares,
chess cookies and thistles and look for
fine wheat in harvest. The primary
movements are now over with Us so far as
the chief standard bearers Of this State are
conesrned, and we have left US 10 choose
between Hayes and Thurman. They are
both representative men, each Of his own
party, there are two, and only two great
political parties in this nation, each haY-
ing civil and military wing, and may
with marked propriety be denominated
the Union and Confederate parties They
are sometimes called Union Republican
and Democratic, sometimes Radicals and
Copperhead, but the first is in better ae-
cord with the rules of chemical nomencla-
ture. The mill tary wings were lately led
respectively by Grant and Lee. The CIV
il wing in this State are led by Hayes
and Thurman. OF the civil wings one,
in the late struggle, stood steadily and
resolutely by Grant, encouraging enlist
ments and enforcing the draft. The 9th
er discouraged enlistments, resisted the
ted the draft, and threw every impediment
and embarrassment in the way Of Grant
and his party. Their shots were all for
the North, their batteries ever had their
breech toward Richmond. Carrying their
actions in this direction as far as was safe
With personal liberty, and a little
farther, in some instances, for Hall, Old,
Vsllandigham and others went beyond
loyal endurance and were given private
apartments and time for reflection. OIds
took quarters at Fort Warren and COM
plains that the damned scoundrels de-
prived him Of q bible" Vallandlghsm
was arrested, and but for Gov. Tod, his
wife would have been widow. The Sun
day after his arrest I was walking with
! Governor Tod in the streets Of Columbus,
when General Burnside's Adjutant from
Cincinnati approached and said (private-
ly), eff the Governor makes no objection.
Burnside feels it his duty in this emergen-
cy to hang Vallandigham at once" The
Governor thought it wonld enrspe his
Southern friends, and sire the So1thern
|
pointed TO the Dry Tortugas, The lenf-
ent lamen.ed Lincoln modified this, and
VallandIgham was banished to his friends.
was received with shouts of ioy, given
safe conduct wherever he desired 10 90.
ran the blockade, sought an asylum under
the flag of the 'tAlabama'' builders. how
cred on the border, became the chosen
leader Of the party Of whose principles he
was the embodiment, and was beaten over
one hundred thousand votes. The civil
wing of that party now gives the standard
into the hands of Thurman, the endorser
of Vallandigham, the advocate of bis cleo
ton and the Vallandigham voters.
Gentlemen, that is enough for me. I
never will forgive Vallandigham for his
desperate struggles against his country in
her dark, dark hour-never, never, new
or. Nor will I ever forgive any man
who voted for him-so help me God.
think l hear some one ssk-"Deacon,
is that good Christian spirit? Do you
pray 70 b forgiven as you forgives" Ex-
actly, exactly So When have occasion
TO be forgiven for voting for Vallandie-
ham or any Of his supporters, it will be
time enough for me to forgive the sin in
others.
On second thought, will say that, on
the whole, I will forgive them, but IN /
put it off till my last sickness, and till |
have been in the hic-eoughs, about three
days.
But Thurman has record of his own. /
and IN that record out-Herods Herod. - {
Like the long nosed mans loager nosed {
son, Of whom wag said he looked lust :
like his father, and more too; so Thur Z
nan looks Just like Vallandigham and I
more too. During the war Thurmsn's I
house was notoriously headquarters for pa |
'oled rebels. l tell you what know,
not what 1 hear. have seen numbers of
'ebel officers. in full uniform, wearing 4
be tinsel insignia Of rank in proud dis =
,Isy, hazing TO and fro in his gaily lit up n
house, fessting and reyelling in the rich :
eceptiOns and light leVees- :
"But never knew boy in blue. v
To venture near his door" Ii
have heard of q squad of loyal soldiers,
ired with the contrast between comrades a
It Andersonville and traitors at Thur 81
mans, on their way t. avenge the insult, 81
nd but for the persuasion of loyal Bar Il
ley McCSbe, oh ye GOdsl what q singing a
chool there would have been that night Il
t rebel headquarters, as each reb, piping l
reble, got tho pitch out of some juggling d
Tindow!
Thurman's carriage was ever rumbling &C
yer the road, to Camp Chase, conveying CO
milling faces, words of comfort, Injuries tn
nd goodies generally to cheer and buoy Y
D the sinking spirits of rebels, but never at
crumb of comfort, that l could learn, 81
" our boys in or out of the hospital
Clothing, sweetmeats, unneeded luxur- 81
S of all kinds, expressed from rebels in. ne
le South TO rebels at Camp Chase, were "
arked, Scare of Judge Thurman - 10
YhS to the care Of Judge Thurman -
es, why? Was it solely because ne was w
,rn and raised In the South, and was in "
leneed by proud Virginia wifes en-
Letters 10 prisoners were filed with -
eason, stratagem and spolls, with plans co
escape, conspiraces TO overcome and vi
nrder the guards, FIRE the cities and es- De
pc to neutral Kentucky. The Governor OF
erefore ordered all letters to be examln- lac
and such to be suppressed. By his yo
der / examined Is, 700 Of these letters Ina
d such sentences as the following were Ior
common occurrence: ert
II you VAIL uOucls UOEIOH VI our *
end Judge Thurman" pie
''If you want advice, ask our friend
dge Thurman" ion
'If you want anything, call on our Wo
end Judge Thurman"
While Thurman, far from the smell of
wder, was rolling in luxury and rolling
pets in luxury where was General
Iyes? History answers-''Gsllantly "a ESs
lg the rebel rain Of grape and cannIs- a 4
with his life in his hands-snd his soul me
the work, struggling to reach some An anr
Salisbury. Belle Isle or Lib On
to lead our ghastly famishlng loyal -
rs past the ever varying Dead Line to ]
ere'' daa
snsath the starry AAE they could breathe the Il
the free land in our own beloved home" A.
Boys in bluei which shall be your Gov par
or! -. ha[
Soldiers, soldiers, fathers, brothers, sons nav
friends, will you vote for Thurman and
II raise your heads In loyal company! A
sll says Governor Todd, "God forbid Iris
Z ever loyal soldier should find in pie,
b authority at the capita such enemies one
heir country and of them as Yallan- "a
ham, Thurman, 0lds, Pugh s. Co.. p;,l
d all the people shall say Amenl ?.
,ut, my friends, those who knew and a.
a e. UaIIa,1i~hapn vfIl krnour opd