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

SPEECH OF N. A. GRAY, OF oLMsTED,
FORMER EDITOR OF THE CLEvE-
LAND PLAINDEALER, AT YoUNGs-
TOWN, JULY 10TH,
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men, Soveretgns 9th Republic !
1t has been well said that "Etern-
al Vigilance is the price of Liberty"
vigilance at the primary meetings
as well as at the polls. To des-
pise politics is to despise govern
ment To despise lazy, profession
al office seekers is quite another
thing. To neglect the primary
meetings is to surrender 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 prima-
ry 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 and Thurman. 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 parties in this nation, each
havinga civil and military wing, and
may with marked propriety be de-
nominated the Union and Confed-
crate parties. They are sometimes
called Union Republican and Dem
ocratic, and sometimes Radical and
Copperhead, but the first is in bet
ter accord with the rules of chemi-
cal nomenclature. The military
wings were lately led respectively
by Grant and Lee. The civil wings
in this State arc led by Hayes and
Thurman. OF the civil wings one,
in the late struggle, stood steadily
and resolutely by Grant, encourag-
ing enlistments and enforcing the
draft. The other discouraged en-
listments, resisted the draft, and
threw every impediment and embar
rassment in the way of Grant and
his party. Their shots were all for
the North, their batteries ever had
their breech towards Richmond II
their action in this direc-
tion as far as was safe with person
al liberty, and little further, in
some instances, for Hall, Olds, Val
landigham and others went beyond
loyal endurance and were given pri-
vate apartments and time for refcc-
ton. Olds took quarters at Fort |
Warren and complains that the
''damned scoundoeIs deprived him
of bible" Vallandigham was ar
rested, but for Gov. Todd, his wife
would have been a widow. The
Sunday after his arrest l was walk
ing with Gov. Todd in the streets of
Columbus, when Gen. Burnside's
Adult from Cincinnati approached
and said (privately) "If the Gov
9rnor makes no objection, Burn
side feels it is his duty in this
to hang Vallandigham at
once. The Gov. thought it would
snrage his Southern friends, and
fire the Southern heart" and tho
deserved, policy pointed to the Dry
Tortugas. The lenient lamented
lincoln modified this and Vallan-
ligham was banished to his frinds,
was received with shouts of joy,
given safe conduct wherever he de-
tired to go, ran the blockade,
iought an asylum under the flag OF
he ''Alabama" builders, however
IN the border, became the chosen
eader of the party of whose princi-
lies he was the embodiment, and
vas beaten over one hundred thou
and votes. The civil wing of that
,arty now gives the standard into
he hands Of Thurman, the endors-
r of Vallandigham, the advocate of
lis election and the Vallandigham
oters.