Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-09-06


all this has been done. As It took us
some time TO find the right method TO
carry on the WaE, and the right man to
command our armies, so It has taken
US some time to find out the right plan
ct reconstruction, bnt we have got it
q last; We are not simply building
from the ground up, but from the solid
rock beneath the ground. The strue-
ture rises slowly but surely. No en-
during and beautiful editice was ever
built in day.
Some delays there have been in the
progress Of the work, and others may
De expected but they will be tempo
Fary. No earthly power can defeat
the enterprise. The Attorney Gener-
al thrust In his opinion lust IN time
to enable Congress 10 meet and leqis-
late Its sOphlstriea away. Gallant and
glorious Phil. Sheridan has been re-
moved, but he was succeeded by
Thomas, the iron soldier, WI never
lest battle. Stanton, the greatest Of
war ministers. in this or in any other
country, has been deposed, but his
place Is filed BY Grant. the greatest
soldier of the age and still the work
goes bFaVely on. The Rebel States
will rise from the ashes Of rebellion
with renewed life, Radical Republi-
can States, purified By blood and fire,
having siOughed of the garments of
reasonable Democracy and clothed
ia the habiliments Of liberty. Justice
and loyalty. And we will unite our
hearts and our hands until the work
is accomplished.
We will not be diverted from our
purpose OF delayed By side issues IN
til the great contamination is obtain
Cd. When the unity Of the Republic
has been restoTedi when liberty and
peace prevail throughout the land
when the fangs Of unTepenteRt rebels
have been extracted and they have
been rendered harmless the balance of
their days, We shall have % attend to
subordinate affairs and win 10 it to
the hearts content Of Democratic poll
ticians. We shall then adjust all Dues
lions OF finance, cUTTency, banks, tar
rims and taxation, and have much time
left 70 attend to the Repudiators, the
Bourbons, and the Rip Van Wrinkles
Of decayed and expiring DemOcra-
cg.
the SOLDIERS OF OHIO.
Soldiers Of Ohio ! You have won
an Imperishabie name In the war for
the preserPation of the Union, Your
glorious deeds and great BaRes will
forever form a crown eft glory for your
State. You were among the first to
rush to arms when your country call
ed, and did not lag them down until
the last armed foe had fed the feld.
Side By side with the sotdiBrs from sv-
cry lovDl State, you bcre down upon
the 2el hosts with resistless valOr
WD Fl d1ai aud overwhelming victory
crowned your arms. The great rebel
lion could not be subdued by the art
OF statesmanship. 1t could not be
a.yerted By fair words, plausible expe-
dlentss or even by ab5ecs submission
an the North. 1t sDrang into life. clad
an 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 &C immense
disadvantage, in far OF regions.
through mountain, wilderness and
swamp, where every rock, and gorge,
and RleFass was fastness for hidden
enemies. You fought la an unknown
oOUatry, against disease, hunger, and
the heats Of a sultT8 cliAae, 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 20 return TO yoar Beloved homes,
while thousands of your comrades
who fell gleTiously, sleep quietly 10
She seil they rescued from traitor
hands. One Of your champions. o.
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 aloft
In the held. It presents the same cause
nov 1t did then, and is beset b7 the
same enemies. I appeal TO you to
again rally 70 that STANDARD. IeJ there
be no desertion, no Struggling, no
feigning of sickness, no mutreTed dis
content, and with resistless force and
unbrOken front defeat at the ballot
box the iusidi0us foe who would Wrest
from your grasp the fruits and laurels
of your bloOd-bOught victories.