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

that will be satisfactory 70 all.
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ifthat sort ofiniquity wereswitlfilf tlte :
compass of their Democratic ingenuity:
On the other side, as the friends of the
soldiers. were Lewis B.1Gunckel. ResiS.
dent Manager OF the Soldiers uomc,
and Z. S. Young, Esq. of this eity.'
ValIandgham. as the chairman of thp
committee, was of course the spokes-
ipan and manager Oh his side, the other
gentlemen named were a sort of body
guard. eypiicrs so far as challenging
was concerned. but nevertheless appen- -
dages to the chief inquisitor. The sol-
diers were treaScd bs this man, var
;lS if they hid no rights il
common With other citizens. six OF Il
them were admitted to the voting room
at time, their votes challenged, and a
rigid. prOtracted, annoying. and most
uniustifiable course of questioning was
adopted. This caused much delay,
which WAS tie purpose of the question
cr. 1t was lis intention as was clearly
manifested, to prevent the soldiers from
voting at all, and failing in that, SO to
delay the reception of their ballots as
to keep as many as possible iii waitihgsz
when the polls were closed. And this
audacious scheme of injustice and
wrong was the work Of Vallandiglam.
He. caniiil ilate for Cohgiess: taking his
position at the polls in a township as
the challenger of soldiers, disabled. mli=
tilated. sick soldiers. who had suffered
their injuries IN fighting brayely fofi
the flag of tieif country. Villas spec
tacle! And yet Low consistent with
IVallandigIan's previous course. Hs
had opposed tic war, labored for ting
success of The rebellion, liad refused'ts
vote Il dollar to pay<forefood or CLOTH
| ing, for these very men, perchance,
when they were in the field facing the
enemy, and now after the war is oveF,
/ and the veterans return film tha: sceise
lot their victories and their sufferings
MANNED by rebel bullets, weary and
iworn with tiie su1ferings of the camp,
TO enjoy as they may Tie comforts ofra,
this traitor confronts them at the ballot
box, to prevent them from eAercisipg :
the right to vote. 1t WAS his last change
10 show his mali2nity WHICH Had always
| raEaled in his breast, Il he eoasla not
starve them in the Held. II he could not
deliver them into the hands of the reb-....
els, he could at least siaeak into the vot--
ing room of a country township, .sar-'
rounded by body guard; and chai=
1 Ieuge their EotSs. Oh shame, where is,
thy blush''
But to proceed. Yallandishaiii inter
posed every obstacle to the voting of
the soldiers, though in the main fair
and honest men. were influenced by
aim to treat the soltlirrs as aliens hav-
ing no rights as citizens. The trustees 5
condescended to the meanness as dicta-
ted by Vallandigham, of putting the
soldiers aside to receive the votes OF
citizens. The soldiers were at the polls
first, came their early III order to facil-
tate. the voting, and yet these trustees
were guilty Of the wrong. connived at
the meanness of keeping them back in.
order that by delaying the eNan nation
of theii. ght, the day hight pass. the
citizen democrats might vote and the
soldiers OF Il part of them. at least, be
left ohl in the cold When the polls
closed.
During the whole day was this .infa-
nous wrong kept up. And to the hon.
Or of the Soldiers be it spoken. to their
glory be it declared, that they stood,
lame, Sick, anil manned us they were,
during that whole Weary day, from the
rising of the sun to the going down of
the same, waiting to vote for Geherals
Schenck. Out of some three hundred
votes given, but two tickets bore the
name of Vallandigh:inl: 4 iii!iftbef
WHO had determined to H95te the BeiIo=5
cratic ticket were so iiidigi1aht stt tiiG
outrage praeticed lib2iI thfsni bs fai--,-
landighan, that they tol;e tip tile lick
cts, took the republican ballots. FRONT
the table and voted tlieiii open. Aid as
4 fitting conclusion OF the work, Wheii
Fallafiaighatn got into his buggy to
ldrive home, a martial band strnck up
the '.rogue's march" and the soldiers.
greeted him with groaIis and hissrs.-
Dayton Journal.