The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-09-05

Rosecrans actlng purely on the de-
fcnsive was calling for moro men
to save the remnants of his army
from destruction. Terrible gloom
had settled upon tho people, all
the future looked dark and hope
had well nigh fed. Then patriots
in the North stood up and said
six hundred thousand more" and
promised the then in the field sue
cor and material and moral sup
port. Then democrats and trail
tors in the North said the South
could not be conquered, and said
"not another man or a dollar" for
the war. Thoy would not contribute
to save the dying soldier, but took
fresh courage from the desponden-
cy of the hour, They mot in Con-
vention, and for the purpose of
giving aid and comfort to the enc.
my they nominated Vallandieham,
a tried, convicted, condemned and
banished traitor, for Governor of
Ohio. This act was a crime and
an outrage against the loyal people
at home and the faithful soldier in
the field. 1t was so looked upon
by the people, and SO asserted by
the Democrats themselves. The
nomination Of Vallandigham was
intended and proclaimed to be for
the purpose of encouraging the
South and djsheartening the North,
and his election was to have been
the signal for the adoption of the
Calhoun theory of State rights,
which Mr.. Golden now openly a
VOWS and advocates, and the recall
ing by forco of the Ohio soldiery.
George 4. Pugh declared he would
place himself at the head of2O0, 900
democrats and bring Vallandigham
from Canada and the war should
cease. The veteran columns of the
army were to be headed North,
and to the tune of disgrace and
disrnion were to report to Vallan-
digham at Columbus.
w. Reed Golden made speeches
and voted for Vdlidndigham. Did
be then affiliate with tho treason
sympathlzing copper heads of the
North? We repeat he did, and we
have proved it, and however odi'
Gus Vallandigham may be Mr..
Golden cannot by denunciation
get rid of the odium of having
acted with and voted for him, and
joined him in his rebellious at
tcmpts to cripple tho National
forces. But Mr.. Golden claims
that he supported tho war and
made speeches for forty days and
forty nights, not stopping for Sun.
day" and he says! Nothing was
left dndonc by me to induce men
to volunteer" We'll, admit that
he cid do this. 1t only adds TO
his guilt. He made speeches for
the war in 1861, when everybody
was in favor Of the war. He did
not dare to stand back. Even Lot
l. Smith Joined the Union party,
and he and Mr.. Golden were rival
candidates before q Republican
Convention, for office in 1861 and
Lot beat him and was elected. He
went 10 help raise volunteers. No
one doubts that. But why did he
do it? If his present doctrine of
the speech made last Saturday be
true, and the States mad the right
to secede, he was guilty of u crime
in getting men into the army, and
the men committed murder if they
killed rebels. But he did urge the
young men Of Athens county to
90, and he promised them that the
people would vote them money and
aid, and ever espouso their cause
and carry out tho contract made
with them. And then, when the
men were in, Mr.. Golden made
speeches for and tried to elect
man for Governor, whose boast
was that he never voted for dol
lar to pay the soldier. Mr.. Golden
would get the soldier into trouble
and then cowardly forsakc him at
the bchest Of party and turn a.
round and vote for his enemies.
He said, in his speeches, he would
always honor aud applaud tho SOL
dier, and yet we are now told that
tho long line Of brilliant deeds Of
the Union army had been -four
years OF failure What good do
his war speeches do him now ? lie
has deserted tho side he was on
and has gone to the side Of the ene-
my. What sort of plea would it
have been for Benedict Arnold,
when charged with treason, to
plead his brilliant march through
the forests of Canada? Lee did
good service for the United States
in the Mexican war, but we have
no: heard it urged as a justification
OF his treason in the recent war,
Mr.. Golden's abandonment OF his
principles only shows that he es.
.poused them tor Office. He failed
and hence he went over to the enc
my. Mr.. Goldon might have add
cd TO his other labors for the Union
what delegate in his Convention
stated last Saturday, that in his
spccchin Athons county on the 4th
Of July, 1863, Mr.. Golden, looking
up to Heaven, called God TO wit
ness that he would suffer his right
arm to bo cut off ere he would
vote for Vallandigham. That was
brave talk, bat three months lat.
or ho did vote for Vallandigbam