The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-01

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Thurman's carriage was ever
rumbling over theroad to Camp
Chase, conveying smiling faces,
words of comfort, Injuries and
goodies generally, to cheer and
buoy up the sinking spirits Of reb
els, but never a crumb Of comfort,
that | could learn for our boys in
or cut ofhospital.
Clothing, sweetmeats, unneeded
luxuries of all kinds. expressed
from rebels in the south to rebels
at Camp Chase, were marked,
Care of Judge Thurman" Why
TO the care of Judge Thurman ?
Yes, why? Was it solely because
he was born and raised in the
South. and was influenced by a
proud Virginia wife2
Lettersto prisoners were filed
with treason, stratagem and spoils,
with plans of escape, conspiracies
to overcome and murder the
guards, fire the cities and escape
to neutral Kentucky. Tho Cover
nor therefore ordered all letters to
be examined, and such to be sup
pressed. By his order examined
1900 Of these letters, and such
sentences as the following were OF
common occurrence:
"lfyou want money, borrow Of
our friend, Judge Thurman"
"lfyou want any thing, call on
our friend, Judge Thurman"
While Thurman, far from the
smell of powder, was rolling in
luxury and rolling his pets in lux
ury, where was General Hayes ?
History answers, "Gallantly facing
the rebel rain of grape and cannis.
ter with his life in his hand and
his soul in tho work, struggling to
reach some Andersonvllle, Sails.
bury, Belle Isle or Libby, to lead
our ghastly, furnishing, loya! boys
past the ever varying" Dead Line
to where
Beneath the starry Gag they could breathe the
air again.
ofthe free land, in their own beloved home"
Boys in blue which shall be
your Governor 1?
Soldiers, soldiers, fathers, bro.
thers, sons or friends, will you vote
for Thurman and ever raise your
heads in loyal company We'll
says Governor Tod, God forbid
that ever a loyal soldier should
find in high authority at the capi-
tai such enemies of their country
and ofthom as ValIandigham, Thur
man, OldsSPugh & Co." Aud all
the people shall say Anon
But, my friends, those who
knew and voted for Vallandigham
will know and vote for Thurman
Those who voted for traitor
ignorantly, are past being enlight.
ened on tho subject. We can now
count their vote as well as in Octo
ber. We can now count theirn next
vote, even ifJ. Wilkes Booth should
provo to be alive and should be
their next candidate. Their vote
for State officers has been singularly
the same since 1861, when Tod
boat Jewott $4,000 since then il
has been once a trifo above and
twice trfo below Valandigham' i
vote, 1877 900, with no greater IN
crease than by about half tho new
voters, in their own families, while
our vote has gone 4 900 under them
and l0l ,099 over them. In 1862
3-4-5 their vote in thousands stood
18l-l87-183-l8 ours for thcsame
offices were l7S-2Ss- -228 while
their stereotype vote varied but a
triAc, ours varied 10000 in the
four years.
Beaten in 1865, We were aroused
from our sleep. and alarmed. They
were encouraged, not by what they
had done, but by what wo had
not dono, and in their excess OF
Joy dared to bring out their full
blooded, simon. pure embodiment,
Clement Il, Vallandisham, and
pollcd just their vote, while we
walked over them to tho tuno OF
lO1 ,OoS majority. Their vote this
fall will be $4,000, about their
average We can go 100000 over
it il We like, What shall we do ?
Shall we increase our majority ono
vote, so as to make a number easily
remembered, l0l ,0002 Thurman
deserves it, and we can do it if we
choose. win not tho fight be,
tween Buckeye Sheridan and "Oid
Funeral Swing Round" wake us
up to give our whole vote? They
arc hxJd. Our opponents are
Ijuined to thoir idols; lot them alone
Our business is to wake up our
own slumbering hosts, or wo may
find ourselves slaughtered as in
1862; or like tho children of Israel
whom the Lord slew in their sleep
and (sqSs the Bible) whom they
awoko earlyin the morning, behold
they We're all dead corpsss. Shal
we go to sleep to awake on the OH
OF October all dead corpscs?
Waste no time in attempting tC
convert Vallandighamers. They
have committed tho unpardonablC
sin, and thcro is no forgiveness
neither in this life nor the life tc
come, ! fear.
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