Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-09-03

this. Is there any democratic sis
ter here that can claim any share il
the great work of philanthrophy
1fthere is, let her say so, for as
they say in meeting, speaking will
relieve you" We Union people
have done this great work, and ]
never felt better than l feel to-day,
Why / would not be with the Dem
ocrats for any earthly considera-
ton.
Why, ! tell you, my apostatc
brethren, you will never lose the
odor that is gathering around you
in these latter times, The lcprosy
could be cured in the camp Of Isra-
el, but the Ieprosy of treason is so
mingled with the blood of the slain
defenders of our country that it
never dies ont And, although you
may not think of it when you arc
in your grave, my old Democratic
brethren, your children and your
children's children will be visited
with the charge that their ancestor
in the days Of his country's strug
gle, and the great battle between
liberty and freedom, was false to
the standard of his country, to that
star spangled banner, the emblem
Of nationality ard universal free
dom. These men didn't like Lin
coin, they didn't like the soldiers,
they didn't like the soldiers aid so.
eiety; they didn't like legal ten
ders, because they hadn't ANY,
They didn't like the nigger. They
never did like the old fellow. And
the nigger has a good reason forI
never liking them It has been a
sort of mutual admiration society
There was nothing done that you
liked, my democratic friend. YouI
never sympathized with us in our
victories, did you? How was it
when the tidings Of victory were
borne upon the breeze from those
battle fields? What did you do
then ? / know what / did then; ]
hurrahed, and ! was so rejoiced !
was scarcely able to tell whether !
was in the body or out of the body.
/ remember when we received the
intelligence in Columbus Of the fall
of Vicksburg, and the success of
our arms. The boys got the tar,
and boxes, and hogsheads-they
didn't ask whose they we're They
felt that this country belonged to
the Union. They lit their bond |
fires, and swung their hats and t
their mothers were there, {
and the daughters and little chi
dren Of these mothers all joined in {
the music. / remember that as
was going down along The streets
that night met democrat who
had a sorrowful woful goncness in
his looks, as If he had been at a fu
neral or invited to n funeral. Said (
he: "Where did they get this news,
Galloway ?" ] said: al don't
know" Said he: 81 don't believe
it is reliable" Said /; 81 don't {
know, but I feel as good as if it {
vas "Well," said he, "after allit
was no large thing, those fellows
were almost starved to death. " |
/ remember, also, that sad eve {
ming after the Bull Run disaster,
when every true patriot felt MS ifall G
was gone, these men were seen on t
,he streets with cheerful counte, t
lanees, their faces lii up with il
imlles and kindled with hope q
These same men now are going S
lround telling you that they saved C
he country; yet the country didn't a
tnow it. Their own wives didn't v
Inow it, and what a woman don't c
inow it is useless for any one to v
rnow. a
How was It, for example, when {
,ur National Congress passed a bill t
for the arming and c
,quipping Of negrocsY All, that t
vas awful! You could hear them f
throughout the country say that if C
he negro was put into the army C
We would be gone up. They never II
.ould stand by the negro in battle, I
They didn't believe in shooting Y
ebels by anybody, and especially /
ot by having the trigger pulled by n
ne OF these "niggers." How was b
when the proclamation Of eman- b
ipation sounded the jubilee to the d
own-trodden slaveY How was it "
,hen that great act, issued by the q
lustrious Abraham Lincoln, was (
Dunded throughout the landY How
,as it with these Democratic breth- oI
els of ours2 : We rcjoiced, for we d,
Don saw the signs Of brighter bI
ay. The sunshine was visible fo
bove the horizon where all had fe
cen dark Then it seemed that HI
he blessings fell from heaven upon til
ur brave boys in battle, That til
,as but the beginning Of the dawn &C
nat frightened on and on until its al
al splendor irradated the land la
md you don't like that my Demo d
ratio brother, yet You are glad now
hat slavery is abolished. Did you zC
o it2 Not much. You know you to
ave no lot or part in this matter I'll
lon't think these colored people do Sc
OF understand this. h,
Is 1t any wonder that they won't Fl
ote for you? 1t is wonder that az
ley will look at you. | would not
lack your boots for you If | were 81
le darkies. Laughter ! would in
OF stoop so low. N
/ say to you to-day, although you st
,loice in the act of emancipation te
btah roAnota auch n olorV unou the ii