The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-09-26
NuMBER 45
1et Idid.5 / stood byl' them in their


ticket Idid. I stood by them in their
constitutional right to a. moral
wrong ll'they insultingly tore. that
Compact up, threw it in my face and
invited me to become an. abolition
fst.' Iathenl most cheerfully and
promptly accepted the invitation,
and am abGlitionist clear through, !,
and as the old woman said. HIf
there's anything WIS, I'm wHs.pati7
~ WhentO Oberlin made armed resis-
tance to the laws, ] levied my bat-
terry on her, When a greater ian
Oberlin did the, same thing, | made
haste to sli1nber up, and turned my
battery South Tlis brought 0ber-
lin into line with me and rebellion
made sright!in Oberlin what / hon
estly Thought wrong before and
now, when the South say,dssAifned
resistance in fugitive slave laws in
the North, with personal liberty bills,
John Brown raids, and other viola
tions of the spirit and letter Of the
Constitution, brought on the war I
can say, sra. .---.r.-.-....a ... -
''Shake not thy CORY locks at me.
mi Thou canstnot say did.it.3i il
Nor was there any justification
whatever for the rebellion. But,
have no desire to hand up the old
record, though I have no; pefsenal
dread Of the review. al can see no
otherup possible plaee'for a consistent
Democrat to stand,than the one I oc-
cnpy-Ef Ea:I a...,f-.-.'.. 80, -. -. ~.
My position is, that the. opening
E.ofrebellion closed all political rae
counts, and opened new books. =
What have, we; to do now with Old
issues which were swallowed up by
the war, leaving but the question of
national life or death? hWhas mat
ters it where We.stood on tie Mis-
souri, Compromise, the. admission of
Texas, the Lecom pton Constitution,
the length. Of Noah's Ark, Slavery
| in any shape; the stage route TO
Pittsburgh, 2s40eor fightsI and the
thousand and one issues of the past
Let sntiqdafiansa search the teca-
tompbs for relics, Let the present
engage u.s. 90 ssE.v lie go 90 =.
/ said we had opened new books.
Let as look at some accounts there.
I have copied a few T find first.
Oberlin in account with the Amer
ican Flag. Or. lsisf11 Etfss rgv si5E f.
LIST: For turning her guns al
ready loaded fol, Federal 1Iarshals,
on Southern traitors. =
I192nd. For furnishing her quota
of gallant soldiers. a large number
Of whom still lie upon the Battle
fields Of the South.
3rd For contributing a large
sum to the Relief, Sanitary and Chris
tan AssociatfUrs, which often sus-
tanned the army in crisis, as wine
does the sinking fever patient.
.Oberlin's account. is all on the
credit side in the new books.
/ Here is another account
John A. Dix, the American Flag,
Cr::, For the loyal laconie order-.t1t
any. man attempts to haul down the
American Flag, shoot him on the
spot" Farther'downI I find a debit
For swinging round the circle
| 8. Here is Tod's account, all. big
credits, and, Logan's and Sheridan 5
and of all the men, utterly despised
by the sConfederates both North and
South, is this same lifelong Demo
crats Phil, Sheridan, with Grants
endorsement across his broad shonl-
ders.. q Let US look at Ben. But
le'Ps account. IF We were to
look at the old books we
should find him charged
with having been sent as Douglas
Democrat to the Charleston Con
vention, and voting from the begin
ming to the end of the Convention
for jeff: Davis, though Davis got
but one vote, and Douglas lacked
but, one. sometimes Of nomination.
But to tliesnew books. f3l*sfs@s
Ben.~Butler in, account with the
American Flag. cr. For surprising
Baltimore, even against orders, cap
turing it, and saving, Maryland:from
seeding. ezsTey ags
| 2d.Y For crowding female -secesh
jezebels in crinoline from our lines
New Orleans, so that could not spit
in our boys faces as they, marched
along, and even shutting those she
lucifees up, if he could not restrain
them otherwise For this he gets
a great credit all over the world.
Grant has made an entry on the
debit side for Fort Fisher tizzling.
Here is the Plain Dealer in ac
count with the American Flag, CT.
June Sd, 1861, (the day ofDouglas
death. For retiring all political
flags, and adopting the Stars ant
Stripes as the only fiag-kilown while
a traitor treads the soil, and giving
this flag into the hands of the gal
liant Tod, as Ohie's patriotic stand
ard bearer, and sustaining the Pres
ident with all the zeal it had oppos
ed him with as a candidate, al don.
by the Deacon with the advice o
Rufus p. Ranney, and with the sub
sequent approval off. w. Gray, tn,
the proprietor, who died without wa
vering from that position.
In 1868 the Plain Deoler is credit
ed with supporting the Union ticke
and opposing the Confederate tick
ct, John Stevenson editor. 1'hi
same Confederate ticket was thel
headed by this same Enfus P. Ran
ne, who the year before advised th,
Deacon to go fer Union ant
support no political party that dic
not follow the flag and keep step t.
} the music of the Union. Nov
: comesa a debitiP{cin Dealers accoun
The Union supporters having in Is
81 carried Tod over Jewett by 55,
00O, thought the State conld run il