The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-09-26

gro, yon do t.; il you want to go with white
man you do it-fhe will let YOU rCheers.
Suppose Valandigham and some Union man
should get into fight ! will not suppose Val
landiglIam to he rebel, but will suppose he Is
I fighting Union man; and suppose black dog
should run up and bite the Union mans leg, and
thus enable Val 10 lick him would he not be un-
! der obligations to the Gog? Laughter. think
/ he would But would that make Nalhndigham
aud the dog equal7 Cheers. My own opinion
| is that II would depend upon the quality Of the
I dog. daughter You go to the ballot box to
| vote. You are quiet peacedble man. Up
! comes man, staggering aud swearing aud votes
! beside on. You know what you are voting for,
! but he does nUt--not half as much us a sober ne
gro would know, and vet YOU would deny hima
vote. | am not in favor of limiting the vote to
Intelligence, reading writing aud geography.
II these were to be qualifications, the Democratic
vote wOald be very small In many places. a
voice 1t would enable us TO carry Butler cOun =
g. Cheers anI laughter.
Now have something to say to the soldiers
and then am done. | want to talk TO them
earnestly. You will remember the times We were
called on 10 20 against the rebel bayUnets; you
remember the many battles through which you
have passed, and YOU ought TO remember, in my
Judgment, who your friends were while passi ng
through those many scenes; you ought 10 remem-
Der the men at home who were your friends, and
the men at home who were your enemies; you
ought 10 remember the men at the s Outh that
were your friends, and the men at the South that
were your enemies Now, | appeal TO you as
honest men, to tell me if ever you saw bl ack
man South who was not loyal to the Government?
Voices Never! neyeE"
And if you saw few white men South who
were disloyal to the Government If this be true
remember your friends and the men at home who
were your enemies. And remember, too, that
during this whole struggle the friends you had by
your side fell fighting for the preservation of your
liberties. And rs YOU see the boys when they
were drawn up in line Of battle, and bayonets
bristliug, aud hear the cannons roaring aud musk
ctry rattIing, when the battle ragged, and the hav-
&C Of war WAS about you, and carnage was spread
ing about you right and left--as you passed
through these scenes Of blood, with your COM
rades falling on the right and left front and rear
| ask the soldier to-day TO tell me, while storm
ing the nights Of Yicksburg Kenesaw or Gettys-
burg, or around the works of Atlanta where you
lost scores Of your comrades--tel me ifthere was
one Of you then that would have voted for n
COpperhead? Voices Never" Never" II
You would have done 1t then, tell me what you
have done since then to cause you to love them,
but hate those that loved you at that timer
Let me say to you If the time ever comes when
any true and patriotic soldier can vote the ticket
against which he fought, or the ticket that denied
him the principles he was lighting for during the
war, tlat man, OeiOfd Gpd ana MS country, for
gets his manhood and his duty in years gone by.
/ can say. as soldier the time never will come
when | shall forget duty to the living, and espe-
cially my duty TO the dead. | never W ill forget
myself as TO allow the power to 90 into hands
which would refuse the mother the right to kneel
at the grave of her SON. and pray for him that was
lost in battle, or allow sister to scatter flowers
on the graves Of those they loved ne YER can
do that and tell you. soldiers, to-day, the voice
OF the dend, the voice that is in each One-armed
soldier, the voice that is in each black Dress each
baby that lost Its father In the battle field
are enough to appeal TO you as thunder cloud
TO break open your ears and tell you you knew
your duty aud did 1t not If you fail to vote for
Union men against copperheads in this land.
Let us all then do our duty, both men and vo-
men. Let us as Christian people, as patriots; let
us enter n VOW and let Ii DO enrolled in Heaven
that the time never shall come when we shall for
get the wrongs that were done to our country by
rebels, or their sympathzlng friends in the North.
Keep this country State and nation in the hands
Of loyal army and true patriots If you will do
that YOU will have progress; you will have q de-
yclopnent Of your country in all its rich resour-
ces and progress in civilization, the arts and sci.
ences such US will make this country the garden
spot Of the world to all mankind 0fevery nat ion
kindred aud tongue, and whose temple Of liberty
Will stand 80 high that every man may view It's
grandeur, and receive the smiles OF heaven and
the blessings Of God.