American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-02-16


he arbitrarily rGusSdt 20 put the question and
adjourned tho meeting upon his osDn author,
iy The question Afterwards came bslcfe
the County Convention, snd Mr.. 8. was
uaGnimo Tsly Instructed 10 publish ia the
Gazette. He still refuses to obey the in'
structions OF the Committee aud pays no
regard to their wishes.
Mr.. Shaw is operating agaibSt the in-
tsrssts Of the party: he is acting the diots-
tor mos! shamsfully and the "%et dog"
most egtegiously, aud il he does not re-
sign his position as Chairman OF the Com
miiss-d thing that DDs desired und etpat.
psctsd ofAtm by large majority Of the
party toEo AGO. we hope he may be
expelled at the earlie't possible opportuui'
lty. He has un business with a trust that
be refused to execute in accordance with
the wishes Of those who bestow it,"
| have not. it is true, published the calls
for meetings in the Gazette. l do not now
and naver have recognized it as a Repub-
licau paper; much less as an organ, or the
organ oI the party in this county. | re-
gard it as sheer piece Of unqualified i'm
pudenos for this paper to s't up any such
claim. or to ask for political fevor or rec
ognition at the hands Of republicans.
OF the Gazstte. as paper, have
nothing to say. consider it as an iudi.
vIdual enterprise. II that paper sees
proper. (which it never yet has done) to
advocate the principles OF the Republican
party. it has perfect right SO to do, but
even this would not change it from pri
vats enterprise, or give it any claim to or.
gansbip in the party.
At meeting Of the Central Committee.
last fall, a resolution was offered to rec>
ogni1e the Gazette as an organ Of the par
ty, but the motion was not seconded by
suy member OF the Central Committee,
but by an outsider, who had no business
In the Central Committee room, and who
with olhers) refused to retire when re.
qussted BY the Chairman; and consequent
" not having been seconded by any mem
Der Of the Committee the question was
not aud could not be pat.
AS to the question afterwards coming
up before the County Convention and my
being UNANIMOUSLY INSTRUCTED TO PUBLISH
IN Tue GAZETTE. reply that was not 81
the meeting, aud th the minutes o.
the Secretary Of tho meeting. Mr.. Keller
,onlain nothing 10 regard 10 the pas
taye oi any such resolution. but that
after the minutes had been handed BY
Mr.. Keller 10 the Gazette, such resolu.
ton was inserted 10 the minutes by Mr..
Clarke. But aside from all these things
what claims has this paper upon the Re.
publican party? It opposed the election
Of Fremont from FIRST to last. 1t publish
ed all ths vile and dirty ISLANDERS against
bis private life and public character. 1t
was even more conspicuous than the Eagle
in charging the republican candidate with
fraud and peeulation upon the government,
and particularly boisler9us upon the sub.
jsct { government cows.
That paper has constantly and uniform.
ly charged the republican party with be.
ing in favor Of negro equality. negro suff-
rage. and with all the slang Of this de-
scriptiou 10 be found in the democratic
papers generally. Its attacks upon Judge
Thrall, in this respect, is not yet forgot
ten. When attempting to defend the re-
plb lean party on tho stump from such
charges. these assertions OF the Gazette
have been too often thrown into my face
to entitle it to any consideration or re,
spsct at my bauds. as republican, paper
Its unsorupulous attacks upon Gov;
Chase. its mean and uncslled for abuse o
the venerable J. r Giddiugs. memt er
OF the State Central Commit, e. its wbols
ssle denunciatol Of Gov. Seward, and its
abuse bf the party and its leading men
generally. constitute its claims to recog
milton as first class republican paper.
ut 10 come down to a recent date. II
the issue Of the 29tL OF Dec, A. D. 1859
is an editorial attack upon the Republican
party. more unscrupoIus and vile than
have yet seen in any administration paper
And that l may not be charged with
misrepresentation, l here quote from this
article:
Parties are no longer the exponents
Of principles, but organizations reeking
with The vile stencil Of corruption, headed
by unblushing demsgogues, uuscrupulou'
Of means. who will sell their birth-righ
for the hollow plaudits OF the mob. follow
ed by the blind, uuthiuking masses who
are caught by baublss. who worship
"PArty" with heather devotion. drawing
from its corrupt fountains their very NOR.
ais and religion; who suffer themselves to
be duped aud gulled, and gulled and duped
again, stripped Of their principles and
substance. "as tho hunter strips the beaver
Of its fur"
A paper that will publish such stuff is
not Republican paper. A paper that
harges that the Republican party is not
the exponent Of principles, that it is reek.
ing with the vile stencil Of corruption. that
it is headed by unblushing demagogues.
who would sell their birthright. that the
masses who compose it are blind. un.
thinking mob, deserves and will receive at
my hands no notice or respect as repub
lican paper .
From the same article quote the fol-
10 wing language:
An age Of principals has given place
to an age Of par'iS'n folly. National
measures are swept away by the whirl
wind Of sectional strife. and we have al.
ready the shameful and humilliatng pic
ture Of nation "divided against itself, :.
or brothers born Of one common ancestry.
struggling TO perpetuate the same great
principle. kneeing at the shrine OF the