The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-28

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listers in this or any other country, has
been deposed, but his place is filed by
Grant, the greatest soldier OF the age;
and still the work goes brave!y on.
The Rebel States will rise from the
ashes of the Rebellion with renewed
life, Radical Republican States, ppri
fed by blood and fire, having sloughed
off the foul garments of ll.caSouable
Democracy; and, clothed in the habil-
iments of liberty. justice and loyalty,
will take their, places joyfully IN the
Union. And We will unite our hearts
and our hands until the work is ac-
complished.
Wewill9 notJbe diverted from our
purposes. or delayed by side issues un-
til the great contamination is obtained.
When the unity Of the Republic has
been restored: when liberty aud peace
prevail throughout the land when the
fangs of unrepentant rebels have been
extracted and they have been rendered
} harmless the. halaneeyof their days, we
shall have time tosattend to subordi-
nate affairs and will do it TO the
hearts content Of Democratic poll
ticians. We shall then adjust all
tariffs and taxation, and have much
the Bourbous, and the Rip Van
Wrinkles of a decayed aud expiring
Democracy. 7t t.y
hitTHE SOLDIERS OF OHIO.
Soldiers of Ohio! You have won
an iInperishablc, name in the war for
the preservation of the Union. Your
glorious deeds and great names viii
forever form crown of glory for your
State. You we're among the first to
rush to arms when your country call
ed, and did not lay them down until
the last armed foe had fed the field.
Side by side with the soldiers from
every loyal State, you bore down upon
the rebel hosts with resistless yalor.
until final and overwhelming victory
crowned your arms. The great rebel
lion could not be subdued by the art
of craftsmanship. 1t could not be
averted by fair words, plausible eXpe-
dents, or even by abject submission
in the North. 1t sprang into life clad
in iron mail, and fully armed for strife
most bloody, wicked and unnatural,
and could be met only by the sword,
welded by men who were resolved
not to survive the ruin Of their coun-
try. The struggle was long and des-
perate. You fought them at immense
disadvantage, in far, off regions,
through mountain, wilderness and
swamp. where every rock, and gorge
and morass was fastness for hidden
enemies. You fought in an unknown
country, against disease, hunger, and
the heats of sultry CLINE, where, it
had been said that white men from the
North could not look and live.
But thanks to the favor of divine
Providence you triumphed over every
obstacle and enemy, and were permit
ted to return to your beloved homes,
while thousands of your comrades who
fell gloriously, sleep quietly in the soil
they rescued from traitors hands.
One of your companions, of whom we
are all proud, the gallant Hayes, has
been placed in nomination for the
Office Of Governor. He bears the
same standard now he bore al0ft in
the field. 1t represents the same
cause now it did then, and is beset by
the same enemies. | appeal to you to
again rally to that standard. Let there
be no desertiOn, no struggling, no
feigning of sickness, no muttered dis
contents, and with resistless force and
unbroken front defeat at the ballot
box the insidious foe who would wrest
from your grasp the fruits and laurels
of your blood bought victories.