Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-08-10

cheers; among other things, said:
"Black boys, l go home to tell the peo-
| pie that have seen your valor tested and
found you ever reliable, as half your num-
Der left on rebel breast-works will testify.
l have seen you, colored soldiers, mount
and carry at the point Of the bayOnet reb-
el breast-works, as gallantly as did the
600 at Balsklaya,- of whom 'TenHyson
wrote, and like them you felt it was
! Not yours to make reply .s'a 2r ~
| Not yours 10 reason why ,ai ---a
m Yours but to do or die. ,.,.,s.... ..-t-s., r
Though some one had blundered;
Still into the jaws of death, ---
Into the gates of hell a4ia'---r s. .--
Rushed the six hundred. -
Again, said would advocate giving
a vote to four classes of colored men:
First-I would give it to all who had
borne arms in putting down the rebellion.
l. Seeend,--To all who could read and
write. r= -.s-.e o: .sa.-- 10 3 ..s.-a
Third-To all who have the thrift and
energy TO accumulate sufficient to take
care of himself aud friends. --T ---.
| Fourth and last--to the balance. ,s =,
Those are my sentiments to-day. As
to d:stranchise white men, not one is dis
tranchised by the amendment but bona
tide absolute, voluntarily deserters, who
fled before the war was over. Our oppo-
nents, on whom the cutoff falls, will say
that it disfranchises all loyal boys who
| happened not to be with their commands
and were marked on the rolls absent
without leave but when the amendment
is adopted they will change front like
johnson on the powers of Sheridan, and
go on the other extreme. johnson asks
Where under the sun does Sheridan get
authority for removing civil officsrs p
Sheridan answers, In your veto message,
Mr.. johnson. d. ~ -4 .i. ''s @I.... ..-'5
A word or two about our opponents
who are floating off to sea on these planks
in the old platforms which are decayed
or have been knocked out by rebel shells
those persons who can't understand
how a new platform can be made with
old live oak war plank in the centre sur
rounded by new planks from the tree of
| liberty, all fastened with the bolts of pro-
gress. 1t is said that some of these John
ny rebs who desire the success OF 'Eour
friend, Judge Thurman" when in Camp
Chase, were asked: -.' ~. ..s.aa. 4.sd a
Union-What are You Johnnies fight
ing for? . s-..e-ss- ..H .a1s rs-5 - ~
Reb-{Pompously) For our rights. rr,s
>Union-But what rights? r.. is. -.- .7
Reb-Our Southern rights. sE s.- ...
Union-Yes, but what southern rights.
Reb-Our rights in the territories.
Union-Well, but, what rights in the
shaw no matter, you don't understand
me, I'll ask you question you do un-
derstand. Did you know Jesus Christ was
dead ? ...-.. ~. ..............'.-.-...- ..
Reb-Hell no, what regiment did he
belong to. ......... .-....l.....,. -. -
You see they make some progress
That old plank 1867 years old they have
passed by. -.-
When the chaplain asked if they had
gospel in camp, one, scratching his head,
said, n0thank God, they hadn't, but they
heardit had broke out pretty bad up in
Camp Douglas. ~ .-..' pr .. ..'.a.i
No party can rise and flourish without
intelligence and loyalty. As to the latter,
the Marion County Democrat, which sup
ports Thurman, says of the Anderson
willie prisoners
''The South served them right for not
staying at home and minding their own
business. @
l saw many thousand of these Ander-
sonville prisoners as they came reeling
and staggering into Wilmington, and can
better judge than any man can tell, how
Thurman's friends would have a man SER
we'd for being loyal. Vividly the picture
looms up before me, and vivid will re-
main while memory lasts. / observed
them as they came in, often with but the
fluttering remnant of a singlegarment on,
barefoot, scurvy, uncombed, covered with
vermin, with open druling mouth and
eyes fixed in idiotic stare, men whom the
surgeons had pronounced sound of mind
and bcdyl Oh my countrymen, can see
the picture, but cannot show it to you!
Will you, oh tell me, will you make a
Governor of their murderer's friend.
Never no, never y .-r. r. -s..--