The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-10-29

be destroyed. That convention
with Gov. Seymour in the chair,
proclaimed aloud, that the war was
failure, hung out the white flag Of
surrender, and demanded cessation
of hostilities, and our usurpation
then was that we dared strike down
that platform and all who stood on
it, and say in spite of that, "the
country shall live. The war is not
failure. The rebellion shall be
quelled. We accept no terms but
unconditional surrender" Great
applause That was one usurpation,
and the people are going to be guilty
again Of such another one at this
coming November. Cheers /
said to you few moments ago that
there was not a single man in all
our hosts who ever raised his hand
or raised his rifle against that flag
but there were 800, 900 of the bravest
and the best, who are to-day sleep
ing in patriots graves, not one OF
them murdered by Republican,
not one of them shot down by a Re
publican, not one of them whose
young life was given for his coun-
try, by the deadly rifle of a Repub
lican. How were they killed They
were killed by the very men who
are going to vote for this man az
President of the United States. Why
were they killed? They were killed
because upon the battle field men
who forget their allegiance to their
country, dared to raise the rifle and
draw the bead that the bullet might
speed to their hearts and thereby
the country might be wounded.
Is there a man here that fought
under the banner of the Union, who
is going to vote, that ticket? If
there is let me say few words to
him in kindness and friendship -
When you go to the ballot box, and
drop in that ballot by which you
and the other millions of our coun
try rule this land and control its
destinies, you ar going side by side,
if not in actual proximity, yet in
spirit, in principle, and in soul with
the men who, on the battle field,
soughtto kill you for your. adherence
to the flag. Sensation.l If 3Oo,-
600 more could have been murdered
by the rebels this country might
have been destroyed. 1t is not
the fault of the man who drops his
ballot in with you; it is not the
fault of Wade Hampton. 1t is not
the fault of Forrest, aid other Gen
erals, of Wise, and others, who are
going to vote with you. 1t is not
their fault that you are living to-day.
They drew the bead upon you
They aimed at your heart, because
you were faithful to the allegiance
which they themselves repudiated.
Gods providence turned aside that
bullet But it the men with whom
you are going to vote could have
had their own way, you would have
been bleeding in your grave. Sen
sation. Now go and vote with
them, if you want to. I do not
speak of this in language ofrevenge-
Far from it, my friends. I have not
Eone particle of revenge in my dis
position am willing to forgive
to the uttermost. God teaches us
to forgive. but he forgives no one
without repentance. Applause
There is no creed in all Christen-
dom, in all the various denomina-
tions that exist in our land, that
even intimates the possibility of God
forgiving us our crimes except upon
the condition of repentance. Is
there sorrow for this great crime in
the hearts Of these men, penance
for the blood they nave shed, con
triton for their nefarious conspira
cy against this country. The only re-
gret they have is, that their cause was
lost instead of triumphant. When
they repent 1 shall forgive them,
if their sins are red and their hands
dyed with the blood Of my coun-.
trymen. ButI tell you wherever
l may be in public or in private
life, in the Office which I am about
to fill, as I believe, for the next four
years. [Applause. Or, wherever
| may be placed by my fellow citi-
zens, there is one thing I can not
do, one thing I will not do, one thing
before God dare not do, and that
is to put the dagger back again into
the hands of unrepentant rebels,
traitors, with which they can stab
once more, as they stabbed before,
the nations life Applause.