Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-09-03

that they stood by our banner anG
cause in the hour of our adversely
and trials preferred freedom to
slavery, the companionship Of pa
triots to the fellowship Of traitors
and the old Star Spangled Banner
of Union to the flag of treason and
disunion, Does itnot surprise you
into honest doubts of the propriety
of your position, that those chival.
ric gentlemen, who gloated with de.
light at the barbarities perpetrated
on your suffering and dying sons
in Southern prisons, and who dance
with glee at the massacre of your
brave boys, should not only appear
unabashed in the presence Of the
fathers, mothers, brothers and sis
ters of their lost braves, but should
be welcomed to the embraces ofthe
leaders of your party. Yet a spec
tator and participator in such
strange scenes and a0iliations-a
prominent Ohio politician, in his
speech delivered since the meeting
of that memorable 4th of July Con
vention, remarks, "that the basis
of the present Republican organiza-
ton is bigotry, hatred and revenge"
Bigotry Look and read our ban
ners, all radiant with the inscrip-
ton, "Freedom Of and for the
world" Hear the notes of our
trump of jubilee, "Liberty to the
captive and the opening of the
prison doors to them that are
bound," and the rejoicing voices of
emancipated millions as they rem
der thanksgiving to God for the
presence and power Of our Union
organization. Listen to the music
Of the march of the freemen of the
world as they move under the in
spiration of our victories over the
worst Of despotism. Hate and re-
venge! Why, it has been our love
of the right and hatred of wrong,
our love of freedom and hatred of
slavery, our love for universal hu-
manity and hatred of universal op-
preston, which has magnified us in
the sight and admiration of the
world, and so elevated our home of
freedom, that every patriot may,
with propriety, exclaim, beautiful
for situation is our Mount Zion, the
joy of the whole earth"
GRANT AND CoLFAx.
I cannot longer detain you
Cries Of Ego on, go on, go on"
| must omit a discussion Of the fl
nancial and other important ques- :
tions, and a consideration of the
merits of our gallant standard
bearers, Grant and Colfax. The
triumphs of the one, and
the civil merits of the other are IA
miliar as household words. Grant
is butt a synonym for unsullied re-
nown, and Colfax for untainted in
Legrity. Both are identified with
the trials and triumphs of our arms
and our patriotism. Both have
come out of the fiery furnace, thro'
which freedom has passed, purified
and meet for the service of free
md gallant people. Honor them
by your votes, and they will honor
you and your blessed heritage of
Freedom by their devotion.
LA. SMITH, CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
| congratulate you upon your
choice of a Congressional standard
bearer, John A. Smith. companion
on of my boyhood, my manhood
md my ripper years. / know him
we'll. His honor and his country
ire dearer to him than his life. He
will never betray you nor the great
cause which he has so ardently es-
ooused and advocated. Eminent
or ability, and still more eminent
or bis devotion to the right, elect
lin and he and l and all loyal peo-
Die will be grateful for the honor
conferred upon him, upon this dis
rict and the State.
CONCLUSION.
My fellow citizens, we have reach
ID solemn and momentous crisis
n our country. The same foe
whom you have fought and CON
Iuered on battlefelds, and at the
'allot-box, have concentrated their
orces and challenged you to the
ombat. Earnest voices ofthis AGE,
f the past age, and of all ages, ex-
ort you to renewed zeal and fideli- ;
to those principles which under
e all permanent progress and pros t
erty. l know that your vivid !
lemories still clasp the merits of
ne martyred Lincoln, and that as
on recall the ignoble deeds of the L
arty whose emissary so tragically I
llfilled the wishes and the threats :
t traitors, a voice from that patri-
t's grave urges you to avenge his b
cath by consummating the lofty
urposes of his noble heart. There !
omes also a voice from those many
and Southern bastiles, [
here lie the bones of hundreds of 4
of our country's bravest I
nd best of patriots, calling upon Z
ou to preserve unimpaired the L
rinciples for which they sacrificed
leir lives, and to brand with en-
lring infamy the traitors who 7
rank their blood. With those l
1ices of the dead, there comes a e
rilling cry of terror and entreaty B
ON the loyal white and colored al
ltriots of the reconstructed States, :,