The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-07-26


It. They mado us send Sherman through !
the South without gloves. They made us |
call colurod soldiers to the field to help us |
save the country, and 100000 came to the |
call They made MS free the slaves, and !
when we gave them easy terms by which |
toreCovor their forfeited rights, by obsti
macy aud insolence they made us take an.
other step aud that step was forward,
not backward, as they hoped, Refusing to
give freedmen their rights and protect
loyal lives, they made us do it. Their oh
stinacy made us give them the Freedmen's
Bureau and the Civil Rights Bills. They
made us give them loyal Governors, May
ors and Judges in place of traitors. Press.
ing right on in this way they at length
made us give the vote to their former
slaves. | wonder how they like it as far
us they have got!
The next step If they will mako us take
it, will make such tracks as old Thad's
right foot always makes, broad as il is
loig.' Ii necessory'we shall take that step,
for we shal strap them down and buckle
them snugly until they work kindly IN loyal
harness. Cavalry Sheridan is on the ground
aud is good hand at breaking colts.
have seen him in the South followed by
10000 horses in iaultless discipline. Aud
il--mark me If our modern Moses removes
him, tho people of 6S will rush him into
the Presidential Mansion at such rate that
his coat tail wouldn't over take him in three
days. You may turn leaf down there to
mark that particular place in history.
But says Que to me, Gray, why do you
leave tho old Democratic platform
Let us look at the planks in those plat
forms on which we So hzily aoated, till we
iloated into sea Of blood,
The Wing plank against the agitation of
slavery, and tho Democratic plank opposed
to tho agitation of slavery. II for the sake
of Auld Lang Syne, we are going to fight
on planis rated out of Commodore Nuahis
ark, let's have the first bout on those twin
planks Where is the slavery plank for
and against? Floated out of all platforms
and Oft to sea, and learn it has washed
ashore on the coast of Brazil.
My right foot was always nailed to the
war plank which was purely Democratic
and in no other platform, Now if ! bad
kept my other foot on the slavery plank till
this time should have ruined my pants.
The first shell from a rebel gun Knocked
the low tariff planks, state or National
Bank planks, and the planks on distribu-
ton OF the surplus funds in tho treasury,
into the middle of the next century. When
we come up with those planks il am about,
| will get on. The fugitive slave plalks
shall never again soc, for the war has
knocked them into o plaoe not polite to
mentions and now my Democratic friends,
seriously, if you are bound to stick to that
plank, advise you to take along palm
leaf fan, for it is very warm down there.
The war plank, solitary and alone, is left of
all the Democratic or any other of anti se-
cesh date We Democrats used to express
ourselves on that plank about as follows;
al was for the last war, am for this war,
and you may put me down for the next
war" Who is on that plank now2 On
this purely Democratic and only living old
Democratic plank proudly stood and nobly
dled.ihe lamented Douglas, and yclt will
Gui still standing proudly on it, Tod aud
Logan and Sickles and Dix and Thomas aud
Sheridan and a host Of others who have the
same disease have, and reverently thank
God the hospital is full of such and Dr..
Thurman eau never discharge the patients.
Now a word on that piece of political
India rubber of African descent, what the
JOhnhies used to call smoked Yankees. 1t
is singular what effect vote in one's baud
has on neighbor's respect. Foreigners
before they eau vote here, are often called
4" flannel. .mouthed paddles" or "lop cared
Duteh," but when they hold a vote, we dis.
cover that "rich Irish brogue and sweet
German accent" So vote has converted
" nigger into sour oolored citiZen."I
Strange metamorphosis which the South
compelled us to- make But to the fran
chise amendment four millions of blacks
on our border have been set free aud given
the vote by our Congl essmen, whom we
mn A,,e hx,o Rxy
tuition as it is, about half of the cblored
class OF Ohio have vote. Now | ask
what danger is there in giving it to the lit
tie balance. and iwhat consistency in with
holding it'from them. Ff''
Imade speech at Wilmington, N. c..
to a colored.regimen who by the consent
of their Colonel, had marched to the front
OF my tent, as | vas about TO leave the ser
vice, and startled me with lusty cheers.
Among other things, said;
q I" Black boys, i go home TO tell tho peo-
pie that have seen your valor tested and
found you ever reliable, as half your num-
Der left on the rebel breast-works will tes-
tify have seen you, colored soldiers,
mount aud carry at the point of the bay
onet, rebel breast works as gallantly as did
the 600 al BaIaklava, Of whom Tennyson
wrote. and like them You felt it was
Not yours to make reply
't Not Yours TO reason Why
Yours but TO do and die, 1H
b, il Though some one had blundered;
Still into the jaws Of death, ,t5..4
Into the gates OF hell
Rushed the six hundred.
Again said would advocate giving
vote to four classes .ot colored men;
First would give it to all who had
borne arms in putting down this accursed
rebellion
Second ITO all who read and write. ...-
Thirl--To all who had the thrift and
energy to accumulate sufficient to take care
OF himsC II and friends.
% Fourth aud last-to the balance.
Those are my sentiments to day AS to
DISTINGUISHING White men, not one is dis
'franchsed by the amendment but bona
fCle, absolute, voluntary deserters, who fed
before the war was over. Our opponents,
on whom the cutoff falls, viii charge that
it disfranchises all loyal boys who hap
pened not to be with their comEands and
were marked'On the rolls, absent without
leave !" but when the amendment was
adopted they will change front like, John.
son on the,powers of Sheridan. and go to
the other extreme. Johnson asks. Where
Under the sun does Sheridan get authority
for removing civil officers Sheridan au.
sewers, La your veto message, Mr.. John
son. uaH
No party can rise and flourish without
al II A., 40 l..ff