Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-08-15

have been deceived. There is dan
ger Of revolution. They are Il,
longer for peace"
Need / pause to inquire VIII,
would receive encouragement, 0
whose spirits would be depressed
on reading such sentencesY Imag
inc them read by the rebel camp
fires, or at the flresides of the rebc
people What hope, what exulta
ton we should see in faces of thos,
who heard them On the otheI
hand, at Union camp fires, or by thu
loyal fresides of the North, wha'
sorrow, what modification, what de
preston such statements woult
surely carry wherevey they were
heard and believed
The course of the peace Democ
racy of Ohio during the memorable
contest of 1864, between Brough
and Vallandigham, is too well known
TO require attention now. Judge
Thurman was one of the Committee
who constructed the platform of the
convention which nominated Mr.
Yallandigham, and was the able
member Of the State Central Com.
mittee which had charge Of the can,
vass in his behalf during his exile,
The keynote to that canvass was
given by Mr. Yallandigham himself
in a letter written from Canada, Ju.
ly Is, 1863. That letter contained
the following:
"If this civil war is to terminate
only by the subjugation or submis-
sion of the South to force and arms,
the infant of to o-day will not live to
see the end of it. No, in another
way only can it be brought to a
close, Travelling thousand miles
and more, through nearly half of the
Confederate States, and sojourning
for a time at widely different points,
| met no one man. woman or child,
who was not resolved to perish ra-
her than yield to the pressure of
lrms, even in the most desperate cX-
And whatever may and
must be the varying fortune of the
var, in all which l recognize the
land of Providence pointing visibly
o the ultimate issue of this great
rial of the States and people of
America, they are better prepared
low every way to make good their
nexorable purpose than at any pc
iod since the beginning of the strug-
gle. These may be unwelcome
ruths; but they are addressed only
o candid and honest men"
The assumption of the certain
of the rebellion, and that the
var for the Union would assurodly
all, was the strong point Of these
'entlemen IN 1aVor OF the elactlon
If Vallandigham and the defeat Of
3rough Fortunately people saw
he situation from another stand
,oint, and under the influence Of
lifferent feelings and different sym
'athles'
Slaves were never voters. 1t was
'ad enough that ourtathers, torthe
'ake OF Union, were compelled to
lllow masters to reckon three htths
# their slaves for representation,
Without adding slave suffrage to
he other privileges OF the slave
lolder But free colored men were
Ilways voters in many of the Col
mes, and m several OF the States,
North and south, after independ-
nee was achieved They voted for
members OF the Congress which de-
Jared independence, and for mem
'ers OF every Congress prior to the
doption OF the Federal Constitu-
ION; Tor the members OF the con
entlon which framed the Constltu
loni for the members OF many OF
ne State conventions which ratified
!; and for every President from
9shington to Lincoln.
Our government has been called
le white mans Government. Not
. 1t IS not the Government OF
ny class, or sect, ornatlonality, or
ace. 1t Is a government founded
\ the consent OF the goyerned'and
lr' Broomall, OF PennsylVanla,
lerefore, properly calls IT tine
-overnment OF the governed IL
not the Government OF the native
orn, or OF the foreign born OF the
eh man, or OF the poor man, OF
he white man. or OF the coiored
is the Government OF the
eeman, And when colored men
ere made citizens, soldiers, and