The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-08-08
The Pole Rai.iag IN Liberty.
BAITfMoRE, O., Auo. All. ,el

MsSSTs. EditOrS:&-I wish TO call atteu.
ton to the "hickOry pole with the bark
on, raised nthis township. The editor
Ofthe Eagle says "it was q magni6csn,
affair" In order to judge OF proceed i.
Iings, it will be necessary TO understand the
character Of ibs whole matter. The facts
are these; Il was, to any sensible man,
one Of the most ridiculous affairs that ev-
sr came of in this OF any other county in
the State. You might probably Judge
something Of the matter from the an.
uouncement in the Eagle Of the names
Of the speakers. The tone Of the speak.
ers was disunion from beginning to end.
The flag did not have any stars on one
side. A good old German has since de.
manded that the flag be taken down aud
the American Stars be placed on the
North as we'll as the South side of the
flag, and he urged the matter ho strongly
and made so much sport Of it, that they
were compelled to take it down and put
the stars on the other side.
j. D. Slth made the fist speech, de-
nouncing the Government in unmeasured
terms, which satisfied those present that
he was not Only disunionist, but trai-
to. to his Government. Next came can
didate for Representative Lyle, who en-
lighIsned the people by telling them that
hs was Democrat. He wac disunioh
10 the handle and proud Of it. Mex; came
Capt Julian who said he was democrat,
Union man, but wanted all the votes lie
could get. Next appeared Roland, the
Eagle man. he said he was glad to see
so many OF bis frleuds present; the Black
Republicans were set of d--n towards,
liars and thieves; condemned the Govern
ment most emphatically; advised the
democrats to revolt and pay no more tax
for the support Of the Government, State
or National, and further advised the young
men not 10 enlist 10 save the country, but
manifested willingness to have the reb.
els Of the South march upon the Capitol
OF the United States fnc destroy il. and
then invade the free Slates, If they see
6t so to do. Such was tile position Of
man whom number Of the honest
Gempcrats of Liberty now cal an arch
traitor; and now say if they had known
what would have been the tenor of the
speeches, they would not have had any-
thing to do with it. The young men
who furnished the pole were among the
number shat regret being present, and
say they are satisfied that Roland is a trai
tor to his country. Mr.. Rushon, on
whose land the pole stands, is dissatisfied
with the reasonable speeches, and says
"the speeches did not tally we'll with the
American flag and Jackson pole" Mr..
RuOhon has not forgotten the declaration
Of old Hickory when he said "By the
Eternal, tile Union must and shall be ore.
serOedg'
The next thing that appeared, is known
by variety Of names hereabouis; some
call him the clone STAR" some "Tallow
Head" and others "Pake," and sou call
him Gafford; it don't matter which, as all
OF. either are appropriate. He went of
in TRADE Of abuse, making strauge
noise, something like COW with good
sized chunk Of green pumpkin in her
throat. His friends would do well to see
to him as this is the warm season of the
yelr. Talow- head is fast young man
--he event" on the Lockville track last
fall against the nag Hummel, and beat
him three straight heats coming in in
unprecedented time. He is indeed man
of parts.
But be it said that a majority of the
Democrats of Liberty are good and hon.
est men, and true to their country; love
the Stars and Stripes and despise traitors.
The Eagle has come out SO boldly for dis
uniou that it is having a good Effect
There are few Of the Telegraph Messer-
y,and E. w. Bigouy stripe, and the Cyan
kee living in Basil, who ran for Auditor
last season and didn't get 1t because Sol.
iday cheated him out OF the German vote,
soliday being a Dutchman;' this yankes
also breaches the Eagle doctrine.
| counted the number present at the
meeting, and there were just 48, instead
Of 100, as stated 10 the Eagle. The ap,
peal the Eagle man made to the Demo
Gratis reminded us of the drunken man
who, holding to he lamp post, said "uni-
ted we stand, divided I fall. Yours.
An unconditional Union man nOw and