Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-08-10

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one who knows iiim-A Rampant Dis
IOyaIist-Copperhead Shown up-The
I Democratic Party by an Ex-Dcmocrat
Editor.
Speech of NJ A. Graz, of Oln,stead, former
Editor # the CyeUeld'ad Plain Dealer, al
| Yonagsloa0n, Jaiy 10Th.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Sovereigns Of the Republic:
1t has beenwell said that Eternal Wig
lance is. the price -of, Liberty" Vigilance
at the primary meetings as well as at the
polls. To despise lazy, professional of;
flee seekers is. quite another thing. To
neglect the. primary meetings is to sur
render the field to professional Office
seekers 1t is as if a 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 concerned, and we have only
left US to choose between Hayes s Thur
man. They are both representative men
each of his own party, and are no doubt
each acceptable to his own party. There
are two and only two, great political par
ties in this nation, each having civil
and military wing and may with marked
propriety be depominated the Union and
Confederate parties. They are called
Union-Republican and Democratic, some
times Radical and Copperhead but the
first is in better accord with the rules
of chemical nomenclature The military
wings were lately led respectively by
Grant and Lee. The civil wings IN this
State are led by Hayes and Thurman
Of the civil wings, one, in the late strug-
gle, stood steadily and resolutely by
Grant, encouraging enlistments and en-
forcing the draft The other discouraged
enlistments, resisted the draft, and threw
every impediment and embarrass ment
in the way Of Grant and his parity
Their shots were all for the North, their
batteries ever had their breech towards
Richmond Carrying their action in this
direction as far as was safe with person
al liberty, and a little farther, in some in
tances, for Hall, Olds, Vallandigham and
Others went beyond loyal endurance and
were given private apartments and time
for reflection. Olds took quarters at
Fort Warren and complains that the
damned scoundrels deprived him of a bi-
ble ValIandigham was arrested, and
but for Gov. Tod, his wife would have
been widow. The sund;y after his ar
rest I was walking with Governor Tod
in the streets Of Columbus, when Gener-
al Burnside's Adjutant from Cincinnati
approached and SAID, (privately,) eff the
Governor makes no objection, Burnside
feels it his duty in this emergency to
hang Vallandigham at once. The Gov
ernor thought it would enrage his South
ern friends, and fire the Sourhern heart,
and though deserved, policy pointed to
the Dry Tortugas. The lenient lamen-
ted Lincoln modified this, and Vallandig-
ham was banished to his friends, was
received, with shouts of joy, given safe
conduct whether he desired to go, ran
the blockade, sought an asylum under
the flag of the alabama" 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 his election and the Yallandigham vo-
ters.
Gentlemen, that is enough for me. l
never will forgive Vallandigham for his
desperate struggles against his country
iii her dark, dark hour-neyer, never,
never. Nor will ever forgive any man
who voted for him-so help ME God.
think hear some one ask-''Deacon,
is that good Christian spirit? Do you
pray to be forgiven as you forgive ?"-
Exactly, exactly so. When I have occa-
sion to be forgiven for voting for Vallan.
digham or any of his supporters, it will
be time enough for me to forgive the sin
in others. s
On second thought, I will say that, on
the whole, 1 will forgive them, but I'll
put it off till have been in the hic.
coughs about three days. .t.
But Thurman has record of his own,
and in that record out-Herods Herod.-
Like the long nosed mans longer nosed
son of whom wag said he looked just
like his father, and more too; so Thur
man is just like Vallandigham and more
too. During the war Thurman's house
was notoriously headquarters for paroled
rebels. l tell you what | know not what
| hear. / have seen numbers OF rebel OF
fcers, in full uniform, wearing the tinsel
insignia of rank in proud display, hazing
to and fro in his gaily lit up house, feast
ing and reveling in the rich receptions
and light evees--. -,,,.,.tt.t..s
| q .' ''But never knew hoy in blue
| To venture near his door"
l have heard of squad of loyol sol
diers, fired with the contrast between
comrads at .Andersonville and traitors al
Thurman's, on their way to avenge the
insult, and but for the persuas ;ols of 10y
al Barney McCabe, oh ye gods! what I