Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-08-19
Another departure"

The Democratic State central
Committee met at Columbus on the
11th inst, and nominated George ii
Pendleton. for Governor, in place of
Gen. w. S. Rosecrans, who declined
the nomination rendered him by the
State convention of July 9TH. AS a
purely democratic nomination, Mr..
Pendleton is the strongest that could
have been made. 1t is no use deny
ing this fact. He is very popular
with his own party, and a Juror
and enthusiasm can be aroused for
him that no other man, in that par
ty could, by any possible means,
awaken. he will poll every vote,
to man, of his party, and the Dis
patch will work for him with love
and energy that a hundred Rose
Grams could not have aroused. His
record we will refer to hereafter.
Suffice it now, that he was bitter
opponent of the national govern
ment during the war of the rebellion;
that he and Vallandigham stood
shoulder to shoulder, the same prin-
ciples actuating both men alike.
Geo. H. Pendleton more than all
other men, not excepting Vallandig-
ham, shaped the policy of the dem
ocratic party of Ohio and the North
west, during the four bloody years
of our civil war. No word of en-
couragement ever fell from his lips,
for our brave soldiers in the field, or
our national government in it's
struggle for liberty and national ex-
istence. This alone ought to, politi
cally, damn him forever.
Our readers have not forgotten
the desperate struggle Mr.. PendIe-
ton and his friends made year ago
to secure his nomination for Presi-
dent of the United States at the
hands of the New York convention.
He was defeated, only to renew the
contest again in hopes of winning
success in 1872. If he succeeds in
carrying Ohio this fall it wilI'give
him the vote of the entire North
west and of the entire Southern
States. A defeat this fall will jeop-
ardise his chances in 1872 to such
degree as to render them desperate.
1t will thus be seen that the contest
this fall, upon the part of the democ-
racy, is to be one of great labor, and
not stone will be left unturned to
secure success. Work UM be done
and not a drone aciU be in that party.
If energy, fraud, misrepresentation,
and double dealing can win success
they will aim to secure it.
1t is well, at the outset, to look
this thing square in the face and
realize the magnitude of the contest
we are entering upon. 1t will be
the heighth of folly to make light of
Mr.. Pendleton's nomination, or rely
exclusively upon his record during
the war to compass his defeat,
Every Republican has got to buckle
on his armor and prepare for the
contest. Work has got to be done
and every man has got to be fully |
alive TO IFS imnnrtannn We trnst |
Sur Central Committee will see that |
the county is thoroughly organized,
and that live men are put at the head
Of affairs, men whose hearts are in
the work, and with whom principle
is everything and mere men nothing.
Let such aoork by such men (and we
trust this applies to all men of the
Republican party) be done and we
will, on the second Tuesday of Octo-
Der, secure victory that will for
ever crush out, in Ohio, all remains
of the enmity towards the govern
ment which existed during the late
civil war.