Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-09-03

earnest in the preservation of the Union.
then revived the doctrine of non coercion, an
declared ssnot q man nor dollar toSthe un
] holy, unconstitutional war" Their newspa
pers throughout the North. as well as South
teeinedl with the most reasonable sentiments
and their, orators perambnlated the country
exciting the people tn discomfort and insnr
1 Knights of the Golden Circle abonnded ev
erywhere, staining the very soil with tn,
! slirieTof political treason. and corruption
and every effort was made that could b,
made, to ALLEVIATE the affections Of the peopl,
from this their own chosen Government
They discouraged the soldiers from enlisting
and after enlisting they encouraged them e
desert the standard of their country They
encouraged nobs, and resistance to the drafts,
and murdered your Provost Marshals in the
free, loyal State Of Ohio. The soldiers oi
the Union army were characterized South
OF Mason and Dixon's Line, as Mudsills,
North of that line, as Lincoln dogs and
| hirelings. When a Union victory was
achieved they hung their heads in prolound
sorrow, when rebel victory, they were elate
with hope. and confidence. and seemed to re-
joice at the downfall of their country.
John Morgan at the head of band of free
hooters, encouraged by this apparent disaf-
fection, or instigated by traitors, entered and
traversed the State of Ohio. burning and
plundering property, and numbering its in
offensive citizens. And after all this had
been done, the Democratic party of the United
States. knowing and fully cognizant of all
these things, assembled IN convention at
Chicago, IN 1864, and, as if to fix treason for
ever to its skirts in indelible stains, delibe-
rately published to the world, that the war
/ n IN IlurA for tho avid II
pose of breaking the courage of the nation,
sustaining the sinking spirits of rebellion and
working dissolution of the Government.
But the war nevertheless went on Grant
and his noble army were the mighty, but
only obstacle between rebels and the death of
the Ooyernment-and so mastery were the
combinations of that great Union General,
that the bottom of the rebellion fell out on
the 9Th day of April, 1865, at Appomattox ap-
pie tree. Notwithstanding Democratic predic-
tion, that event came, and with it came
peace, and the Union was saved. With that
event came Republican rejoicing, bonfires and
| illuminations. But what became Of the Dem
ocratic party? .'i 'If 100 .a.I.-
With the return of peace, it was hoped,
they would abandon their political errors, and
cordially unite to establish the country on the
basis of loyalty. Such hope was delusive.
Their opposition became now more factiOus
and furious than eyer, as if, with the return of
peace. they could take advantage of its priv
ileges and immunities, to give the final fatal
stab to the existence of the country
As soon as the war was over, the Democrat
ic leaders began to rally their blinded fol-
lowers. The red handed rebel, the peace
Democrat, the Knights of the Golden Circle,
editors of malignant newspapers, and all
fbnaa A afaI, II cor l.
been famished for office, met in convention at
Philadelphia, the purpose of which was to
oppose the grand Republican party of the
nation, in the great work of reconstruction,
and restoring law, order and tranquility.
Under and by virtue Of all these evil in
tuences, disorder, violence and murder
reigned over the South, delaying the estab-
Lsbment Of civil Governments there, and cul-
minating in the frightful massacres of Mem
pins and New Orleans. And as if not
satisfied with blood already spilled. and muir
ders committed; the year 1868 witnessed
them exerting every power, every effort to col
lect all their scattered forces, all the disturb
ing influences and elements in the country
and concentrating them on the 4lh day of
July last in the city of New York, nomina-
ting Seymour and Blair, both of them traitors,
the one to his party, the other to his country.
and with an audaeity not tolerated under any
other Government: only allowed in the free
air OF the United States, they boldly. with
due deliberation. in full view of all the con
sequences, promulgated to the American peo-
pie, their damning intention, as in 81, of in.
augurating war and revolution.
Such are the facts that constitute the rec
ord, and in view of them, the logical, ire
sistable conclusion is, what we have endeav-
ored to demonstrate, that the animus, OF pres
ent disposition of the Democratic party is
inimieal, Is deadly hostile. is dangerous to
the peace and prosperity of the country and
to the great principles of genuine liberty
If such is not the case, the English language
wants words to express the conviction, if
such is not the case, Cataline. or Benedict
Arnold never fiourished, nor has the world in
the six thousand years of its eventful history
furnished facts sufficient to Justify the deep,
the abiding conviction, that liberty has fal-
len by means not a whit less criminal than
that furnished by the Democratic party dur
ing the last eight years.
The Democratic party having committed
II JASON in 1861, and contisued ever since in
the same nefarious eourse, to trust it now
would show an imbeciity only cqualed by
the man, who trusted thief knowing at the
time he had stolen money in his pocket.
PcOplC bilc isSuc III JulS
campaign. They know it is a single issue
and that issue is loyalty, or disloyalty, Union
or disunion, government or anarchy, peace or
war. And SO understanding the issue, be-
lieve, they will rally in this crisis Of their des
tiny to the support of their own chosen form |
of Government, and that IN the ides of Novem- |
Der they will rise in their dignity and maies- !
ty, and place their tried and trusted and |
faithful servants, Grant and Colfax, in the |
positions of President and Vice Presidents of
the United States. .a .sHt...... .sr..
In view therefore of the dangerous tendency
Of the Democratic party, why not unite with |
and swell the numbers Of the grand Republi-
can party of the nation.
She has given to you all that heart could
wish, all the patriot could ask for.
Did you ask of her when the nations life |
was at stake in the fearful struggle of rebeli |
ion,s token of her sincerity?
Two hundred and fifty thousand of her |
noble sons, whose bones now lie bleaching on
the soil of every State from the Susquehannah |
to the Rio Grande. attests the awful sincerity
in the cause of Union and liberty.
Did yeu ask her to expend her treasure in
the great cause? At the call of her country
her sons were seen crowding together the
common temple, and laying their gifts on the
alter of their common country. Millions at
tests her wealth and her devotion to liberty
and Union.
Did you ask her to give you nationality,
countryf tGt7l ~.
Wherever the American citizen in the wide
world may hereafter be, the finger. not of
seorn and contempt, will be pointed at him,
as a representative of a DIVIDED, broken, q
powerless people, whose faith is punic, but
the finger of pride will be pointed at him, and
the people of that land will say, there goes an
American citizen, pride. because the potent
influence of mighty people panoplies him
with the shield of her invisible protection, |
pride, because he is the representative of a
mighty people. mighty nationality, an un-
divided country.
But what is our country? 1t is not the |
East, with her ports whitened with the sail
of every cline and nation, nor the West, with
her yellow harvests falling beneath the sickle
Of honorable toll, nor the South with snow
white cotton fields, gathered at last boy paid
labor, nor the furthest West where the sun,
ere he sinks behind the western wave, fingers
for parting kiss to virgin continent
What is all this, but our country. And
mere than that, every foot Of It's soil presided
over by free institutions, and more than that,
those free institutions sanctiied by the asso-
,.ounH the haarfha L