Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-10-29
ooLFAx AT DETROIT.


On Friday last Mr., Colfax,
Hon, B. +, Wade and Hon, Sam.
Galloway made speeches at Detroit
before very large audience. Be-
low we publish the closing remarks
of Mr.. Colfaxs speech
l said to you a few moments ago
that there was not man in your
hosts who ever rais'd a band orrais-
ed his rife against that flag, But
there are 100000 Of the brayest and
best who are to day sleeping in pa
triot graves, not one of them muir
dered by Republican, pot one Of
them shot down by a Republican,
not one Of them whose young life
was given for his country by the
deadly rifle of "a Republican
How were. they killed? TliNy
were killed by the very men who
are going to vote for this man lSey-
mour) as PRESIDENT j0f the United
States. Why were they killed p
They were killed because upon the
battle field men who forgot their
allegiance to their country-Sared
to raise the rife and draw the bead
upon it that the bullet might speed
to their hearts and thereby weakah
the country. Is there a man here
who fought under the banner of the
Union who is going to vote that
Iticket2 IF there is, let me say
word to him in kindnessAnd friend
ship. When you 60 to the ballot
box and drop in that ballot by
which you and the millions OF our
country rule this land aud centrol
its destinies, You are going to drop
it in side by side, if not in actual
proximity, yet in spirit, in princi-
Iple, aud in soul, with the men who
on the battlefield soughttO kill
YOU for your adhesion to the flag.
| Sensation. If 100000 more
could have been murdered by the
rebels, this ,eountE might have
been destroyed, 1t iSFot the fault
of the man who drops Wis ballot in
with you; it is not the fault ofFor-
rest and otlier generals, SWise and
others who are going to vote with
you; it Is not their fault that you
are living to- day. They drew the
besd upon you, they aimed at your
heart, because you were faithful to
the allegiance which they them
selves repudiated Gods provi-
dence turned aside that bullet, but
if the men with whom you are 60
ing to vote could have had their
way, yoy would have been bleeding
in your grave. Now go and vote
with them ifyou want to.
do not speak ofthis in language
of revenge, Far from it, myI
friends. have not one particle of
revenge in my disposition. | am
willing to forgive to the uttermost.
God teaches us to forgive, but he
forgives none without repentance.
There is no creed in christepdom,
in all the various denomlnations
that exist in our land, that even in
Inmates the possibility of God for
giving us our crimes except upon
the condition Of repentance. Is
there sorrow for this great crime in
the hearts of these men, penitence
for the blood they have shed, con
triton for their nefarious conspira-
cy against this country? The only
regret they have is that their cause
was lost instead of triumphant, -
When they repent ! shall forgive
them, if their sins are red and their
hands died with the blood of my
comtrymen. But tell you, wher
ever Imay be, in public or in pri- |
yate life, in the office which | ann
about to I'll, as believe, for the
next four years, [qpplagsetl oFI
wherever ! may be placed by my
reIlow citizens, there is one tbing ! II
cannot do, one thing | will not do,
one thing before God ! dare not