Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-07-25

e me. ] never forgive Vallandiglam
for his desperate struggles against
!. his country in her dark, dark hour
a never, never Nor will ] ever
2 forgive any man who voted for him
+. so help me God.
| think ! hear some one ask
4 deacon, is that a good Christian
:, spirit? Do you pray to be forgiy
en- as you forgiven" Exactly, ex-
actly so. When have occasion 10
t be forgiven for voting for Vallan.
r digham or any one Of his support
ers, it will be time enough for me to
forgive the sin in others.
On second thought, | will say
! That, on the whole, will forgive
them, but I'll put it Off till my last
sickness, and till have been in the
hic-coughs about three days.
) But Thurman has a record of his
own, and in that record out
Herods HerOd. Like the long nos /
ed mans longer nOsed son, Of whom
, wag said he looked just like his
father, and more too; so Thurman
is just like Vallandigham, and more .
too. During the war Tburman's
house was nOtoriously head quar-
ters for paroled rebels. | tell you
what know, not what ! hear. ]
have seen numbers of rebel officers
in full uniform, wearing the tinsel
insignia of rank in proud display, 4
pacing to and fro in his gaily lit h
up house, feasting and reveling in
the rich receptions and light lev
ees--
d" But never knew hoy in blue
To venture near his door"
i l have heard Of squad Of loyal
soldiers, fired with the contrast be-
tween comrades at Andersonville
and traitors at Thurmrn's on their
way to avenge the insult, and but
for the persuasions of loyal Barney
McCabe, oh We gods what a sing
ing school there would have been
that night at rebel headquarters, as
each reb, piping treble, got the
pitch out Of some jingling win
dow! /
Thurman's carriage was ever '
rumbling over the road to Camp $
Chase, conveying smiling faces, I
words of comfort, luxuries and l
goodies generally to cheer and buoy c
up the sinking spirits of rebels, but !
never a crumb of comfort, that ! $
could learn, for our boys in or out
of hospital |
Clothing, sweetmeets, unneedcd '
luxuries of all kinds, expressed from {
rebels in the South to rebels at {
Camp Chase, were marked, Care of s
Judge Thurman" Why to the care l
of Judge Thurman Yes, why p e
Was it solely because he was born i
and raised in the South, and was |
influenced by a proud Virginia 9
wife l
Letters to prisoners were filled l
with treason, stratagem and spoils, 7
with plans of escape, conspiracies L
to overcome and murder the guards @
fire the cities and escape to neutral
Kentucky. The Governor there {
fore ordered all letters to be exam
ined and such to be suppressed
By this order l examinsda13, 700 of
these letters, and such sentences as i
thefollowing were of common oc- Q
currence: @ q
F'Tf you want money, borrow of D
our friend, Judge Thurman" d
"If you want anything, call on II
our friend, Judge Thurman" q
While Thurman, far from the
smell ofpowder~was rolling in lux L
ury and rolling his pets in luxury, b
where was General Hayes ? Histo- al
ry nswers-"Gallantly facing the D.
rebel rain of grape and canister &c
with his life in his hand and his soul IL
in the work, struggling to reach W
some AndersonvilIe, Salisbury, 81
Belle-Isle or Libby to lead our tn
ghaStly famishing loyal boys past o.
the ever varying "Dead Line" to tn
where III
:" Beneath the starry fsg they could breath y, "
the air again. y"
Of the free land in their own beloved TO
nome" ......
Boys in blue shall be your Gov m
ernor? OF
Soldiers, soldiers fathers, broth
nrs, sons or friends, will you vote m
for Thurman and ever raise your al
heads in loyal company2 Well says th
Governor Todd, "God forbid that pr
ever loyal soldier should send in O.
high authority at the capital such til
OF their country and of W
them as Vallandigham, Thurman, =
Olds. Pugh d Co." c,
But, my friends, those who knew
md voted for Vallandigham will b'
know and vote for Thurman. Those ra
who voted for a traitor ignorantly, .fe
are past being enlightened on any
subject. We can now count their fr
vote as well as in October. We vi
,an count their next vote even if J. IN,
Wilkes Booth should prove to be st;
alive and should be their next can Gu
lidate. Their vote for State Off wi
GERS has been singularly the same fal
since 1861, when Todd beat Jewett lin
5000; since then it has been once an
trihe above, and twice trife be- an
ow Vallandighan's vote, 1S7, 900, m;
With no greater increase than by If
bout half the new voters, in their thD
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