The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-09-24
iCommunicated.1 |

! 9di Qde5 i~7in ,tCommunicated.l
To the Union Republican and
Conservative Voters of Wyan-
dot Connty.aos st9fl aiai 539r
The time is approaching when the
people Of this, great nation will be
called upon to select, at the ballot
box, a Cl1ief Magistrate for four
years from the 4tli of March next,
and it behooves every lover of his
country-every one who.wishes we'll
to all classes, without distinction of
color or race-who want peace, who
love to see law and order reign over
all this fair land, instead of internal
strife and anarchy-to decide at
once which of the two parties he will
support in the great contest which
is approaching We have presented
for our .suffrages two well known
citizens of our country, and right
here let us see by whom they were
| put in nomination. Horatio Sey-
mour, the nominee of the so, called
Dem ocratic party. was nominated
by the convention which met in
Tam many Hall, in the City of New
York on the 4th day of last July.
And who were the men that consti-
tuted the controlling influence in
that convention? There were o
goodly number of the representa-
tive men of the North: among them,
VOORHEES,, Woods, Seymour, Hoff-
man, Blair and Vallandignam and
from the South were such men as
Generals Beauregard, Preston, Mar
shall, Pike, Hampton, and Clutch
er" Forrest, all the representative
men Of the Democratic party South.
the Democratic papers to the con-,
trary notwithstanding. Men who to-
day, with their hands still red with
the blood of our fathers and broth
ers. their hearts black with treason
and perjury-with pardons in the
shape Of a piece Of white paper in
their pockets from that apostate, A
johnson, instead Of a halter for their
necks, which they deserve, boldly
proclaim to the world that, 'Thel e
was no difference Of opinion on any
subject between the Northern and
Southern delegates" that ''Seces-
sion was more alive than ever, for
we will assulne military power"
':That if we are successful in the ap-
preaching election, evil regain all
and more than we lost in The Lost
Cause" !" that 1--WE have always been
Democrats, we fought in the war as
Democrats, that We once despaired
Of Republican government in this
country, but now there is light in
the North which bids US hope. We
drew our swords against the old flag
| because we were Democrats, and it
had ceased to wave over free and
constitutional country ssThat we
will renew our adhesion to the old
flag provided it can wave over a gov
ernment presided over by such con
stitutional Democrats as Horatio
Seymour and F. T. Blair 5gs..s
These, fellow citizens, are the sea-
timents Of the men who nominated
Horatio Seymour and Francis z.
Blair, who proclaim the legislation
of Congress for the past three years
unconstitutional, null and void"
and, in case Of their success, will
overthrow the present State Gov
Eernments of the South, even at the.
point Of the bayonet.geg 95,.
nr+bo o4l,or b,,l fo1Jox,-
who have we presented for our suf-.
fragesaby the great mass of the
people, both North and South, for
you all remember that General U. S.
Grant was proclaimed the first choice
of the great masses of the American
peoplelong before the Chicago Con
vention met to ratify their choice,
and nominate q man for the second
place on the ticket. Then, say,
General Grant1w was nominated by the
"loyal masses without distinction
Of party, and it is unnecessary for
me to tell you who General Giant
is, for he has written his history in
delibly on the heart Of every truly
loyal man, woman and child in this
country Coming as he did, from
the humblest walks in life, he is in,
the true sense the working mans
candidate Educated at the ex
pense Of the General Govern nent,
sworn to defend and protect her from
foes without and traitors within, he,
at the breaking out of the rebellion,
did not, like many others, strike the
flag he was educated to protect, but
like the noble and true man that he
has proved himself to be, sacrificed
a lucrative business, and at the call
of his country for help, rushed to
her assistance, and from that time
forward his has been the path of
victory In him we have soldier
that scarcely knew defeat, gradu-
ally rising from the lowest staff Off
Ger of Western Governor, to be
the commander of all the armies OF
the United States. To all the
streams of abuse that have poured
upon him, the only reply has been
the patientldoing of his work. A
lover Of freedom and law. When
angry men of both parties sought to
array him against the President.
whom he despised, and who finally
sought to destroy him, he very pro
perly rebuked them, and insisted
that the great officer which was the
embodiment of the nations dignity
should receive proper respect from
the humblest representative. Fill
ing the office of Secretary of War
for short time, he displayed quail
tiles that at once marked him as
man of great executive ability. Such,
fellow citizens Of Wyandot, are the
qualities of the man who has. been