Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-09-19
A Falsehood Refuted.

a FaISonOOQ h0AutON'
Our neighbor of the Register
last week, in his notice of General
Kimball's speech here, on the eve
ming OF the 9th inst, as in duty
bound to his rebel friends whom the
General thrashed SO gallantly dur
ing his campaigns Of the war for
the Union, characterizes his speech
as a ''mean speech!" He calls TIE
General a 'JeHow," (that's what all
the rebels call him, and objects to
the speech generally, because the
gallant commander of our troops
advocated from the speakers stand
the same principles he fought for
on the field Of battle, in front OF the
southern rebel hosts, while their
sympathizers in the North, through
their traitorous papers and Northern
rebel guerrilla stump speakers, were
stabbing him and his brave fellow
soldiers in the back. "Thats what's
the matter" The General has the
nerve to hold up the war record OF
these men who all along through
the bloody struggle for the Union
laughed when defeat came upon our
armies, and taunted the Union men
by reminding them of their proph-
ecies that tive told you yon
could not whip the South;" they
did not say "we can't whip the
South" but "you can't whip the
South" !" and when victory to the
Union army was the result Of a hard
and well.fought battle, these friends
of Southern traitors naturally drew
a longer breath and wore saddened
countenances, and told the people
here in Fayette county, as our Un-
ion readers will remember, that the
telegraphic news of victory to the
Union armies in the South were ad-
olitfon lies, sent out to have a ia
vorable effect upon the abolition
ticket at the polls, thereby unwlt-
tingly admitting that success to our
armies was defeat to the so-called
Democratic elections in Ohio, and
that their success depended upon
the defeat of our Union armies
(The other side have remarkably
short memories ever since their
Southern friends got so completely
thrashed, and they proven to be
false prophets as to our ability to
"wlip the South" have naturally
treacherous memories they can't re-
member these things.) And they
declared "not another man nor an
other dollar to carry on this ungodly
war"
After indulging profusely in the
abuse Of gallant soldier who wears
honorable scars received In defense
Of our Union, the editor of the
Register charges the General with
saying sail Democrats are traitors"
Tie General said no such thing
but IL he did say that the traitors 0.
the South came from the Democrat
ic party, he said what was true ant
If he did say that Vallandigham
Thurman, Pendleton and the res
OF those who,sympathized with th'
Southern rebels were traitors, h
only spoke the truth lie did not
however, charge tie whole Demo
cratic party with being traitors an
the editor of the Register knew wheI
he made the assertion that he wa
uttering q base slander against Gen
KimbaI But such treatment mus
he expected from an editor who's
business It is to defend such rebel
and rebel sympathizers as Thurma
and Vallandigham and the men wh
aid all they ycbuld to give success
the opponents Of our Union
States. and to slander and try
degrade every man who holds u
their war record 70 the pubic gaz
tnIQgT