Year: 1867

Never before since Ohio was a state has
she seen so Important and Interesting a
campaign as the one which her people have
Just nov entered, Never before were the
voters of Ohio called upon to act upon such
important measures and to decide Questions
of such interest to the future welfare of ohr
country And never before was there such
activity on the part Of the loyal people in
the political Issue of the campaign and
such interest manifested in the result of
the pending canvass.


The questions at issue have oil been de.
cided before the last dreadful tribunal
known to natious and people, but the con
querod are unwilling to submit to tho dc.
cision and come again before the people
with issues that were settled In blood at
Gettysburg, at Atlanta, and at Cedar Creek
They say the war has settled nothing. They
say that our three hundred thousand sol
diers have died for naught, and seek TO re.
new the contest which Grant and Lee set.
tied at Appomattox, upon the stump IN
Ohio by u contest between Hayes sad Thur.
man.


But our friends are not to be deceived by
this effort The war has effectnally aud
forever settled the great principles on
which it was fought. We know we'll why
our opponents seek so industriously to
open up the old issues. As the record stands
the sum OF their infamy is full. In the fu.
ture they see neither forgetfumess nor for
1iveness for their crimts. They have com.
mitted the unpardonable sin. aud posterity
must abhor them while language endures,
aud history remains.


| IN spite of all this, we see q recent Con.
ntion of the Confederate Democracy in
Ohio adopting the doctrine of the right of
secession as its cardinal principle, aud
standing thereon, appealing for the votes
of sensible people The public sentiment
| of the age is outraged by the speeches Of
their leaders justitying the rebellion aud
! glorying in their shameful record duling
The war. The standard.b bearer of that
party was the weIl-known friend of the
rebel soldier white our civil war was lag
ing tiercest, That party supported a CON
victed traitor for the highest office in the
State Government, while the nation he had
couspired against was tOttering to destruc-
! ton. Yet the iniamy of all this brings no
! blush of shame tu their cheeks. They exult
in their treason, and seek to justify their
criminal record.


On the OF er hand, the Republican party
regards the issues of the war as settled
finally and forever. BY ITS action the ma
ton was saved, aid by its action alone can
it be restored. The measures Il, cessary
for this restoration are alone in issue, and
constitute our only platform of principles
| Loyal reconstruction we claim as the great
panacca for the nations ailings. Those
who fought on the right side in battle
must be granted the right and privilege to
vote on the right side in peace Those
who had faith in tho Republic in the dark
days of the rebellion, and stood firm, must
have the reward of their fidelity when
their 6rmness has triumphed.


The eyes of the whole people Of The
country are upon us, and our efforts are
regarded with unwonted interest. 70 the
laoors Of our opponents, and with strong
est hopes for their. success, are turned the
eyes OF all the uurepentant rebels who
starved our soldiers; tortured our wounded
robbed our dead stole our property; desc
lated our country and butchered our loya
friends all over the South. Upon the ban
ners of the Union hosts rests the imploring
ewes of the widows and the orphans whom
the rebellion has berelt the MANNED sur,
vivors of the war; the fathers Of those boys
whose emacated forms were buried in the
| foul stockale, and all that glorious band
which through evil and through good ie
port faithfully rallied round the flag thro
years OF hardships, privation and blood.


The sympathies of those men who never
rejoiced at a National victory during the
war are with our opponents. Party lines are
drawn as they were then. There are but
two party lines now, es there wera but two
during the war patriots ard traitors. No
man need hesitate moment which side he
will choose, for there are no he& Issues ex
cept those that have grown out OF the war
The vigor and determination of our
| frit nj sis Il Q surest augury OF success. The
! Democratic press affects 10 believe :hat it
! indicates fear, and one paper the other day
was guilty OF the absurd expression that il
we were not certain Of defeat we would not
work 80 hard. They must be in desperate
strait to utter SO bare-taced an absurdity
No intelligent vel informed Repubhcahen.
tertains any donbt of our success, that the
imm, nBe efforts put forth ere to insure the
more complete overthrow of the miserable
traitors that oppose us.
| Let or friends be not deceived by the
tricks OF the unscrupulous opposition Let
| the party of reputation bc repudated by
the people at the ballot. box Let hose
men who were traitors in war be branded
as such through the remainder of their
miserable lives Keep always in mind
their actions during the rebellion, and
adgDg by that, beware of all their prOfes
sions now that their treason has failed,
! Our friends in the South implore us by
the Val6r OF our soldiers in battle; and by
the memory OF those who fell, to stand fast
to the principles for which they fought aud
died. for the retdhstruction Ut the rebel
States depends entirely on the result Of the
Northern elections Of this .year,-O. S.
Journal.