The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-09-25

y Of Ross county.
JUDGE COURT COMMON PLEAS. (7,h) DIsTmcr
PHILEMON B. EWING,
taI OF Fairfield county.
-=-.--.---u= - ---.--s-=---
cT- The issue Of the present canvass
is narrowed down 10 this War for the re-
s,oralion Of the Union by the suppress.
sion Of rebellion or war for the overthrow
Of the Union. and establishment Of The
Southern Confederacy. There is no in.
,e'mcdiate ground. Every individual
must be for one thing or the other. That
man who does not give his supper, to
our armies. gives ii to the enemy. He
that is not for me, is against me " No
man can. in the slightest degree, impede
or retard the march Of our batlaIlous
without, in the same ratio, encouraging
and facilitating the march Of the enemy
These truths are patent to all none will
question them. Does any man d 'ubl tia.
il the Government shou lay down it's
arms to day, the rebellion would lie An
accomplished fact. and Ire overthrow Of
the Union a fixed result? Is it nol tru'
that the disbandment OF our troops al
this moment would leave US = conquered.
divided and disgraced people, with two
Governments instead Of one
Peace, except by the result Of success.
ful war, is out Of the question. The re-
belion cannot be toiked down - il must be
fought down, il put down at all. Argu-
ments for "eomp promise" and "p ace
are as idle and as empty as the wind.
The voters OF the 18th Congressional
district will soon be called upon to deter
mine which OF these issues they will sup.
por-wkether they will give their inGu
encs to the war f,r the maintainan q o.
the Union, or the war for its destruction
The enemies OF the war for the Onion ar
not (w,lh a few exceptions,) oren il
their attacks. They do their work IN nlh
DARK. They c'o1k themselves with th'
guiso of democracy" They call them
themselves peace" men. compromis
mOu,' " statos-iights" m,p, and ar
heard denouncing tho war as "unconsti
tutional." Their chief weapon is deceit
and their grea, aim and effort is to poiso
the minds Of the people against the At
thorilies. As peace" is out Of tho ques
ton, and "compromise' impossible thes
"peaco mongerS' mean but Disuuiol
aud "compromisers" but dsgracsr'
surrender Of our rights. and submi4sic
TO streasonP What elsa do Democrat
men who prale about 'pcacc" and icon
PROMISE" when they know that the
results must eventually follow, and th
peace" aud compromise upon M
other terms are utterly ou, Of Il que
tion
Does any man suppose that by The cI
Of peace" or high taxes or "oppre
sion" or by denouncing the war as "u
constitutional he will arrest the fash
single sword. or retard tho fight Of
single bullet? Does any man belle
that his "wind work" will accompli
these things Does tho man who us
them not know. and intend, that
course shall discourage snlistmenl," &C
discord and anarchy in the North. nj
by these means favor the rebellion {?
What else can lie intend ? These aro t
legitimate fruits Of such policy,
Representing these Issues, and beEl
tho people for their sufIrsgcs, are liz
CStyA. Trimble. and Hon. William
Finck. TTimblo. tried man. VIII,
whole soul 10 In this causc-who wo,
spare 20 sacrifice in the effort to r, st,
ISe authority Of the Government throul
out the entire length and breadth OF
land. Finck, Demogoguo who has
lobgsd tOa al parties, and adhered 10 NJ
who loves his own glory better than
countries, and who would seek his o
prosperity at the sacrifice Of that of
nation. In Ihis crisis the path Of oy
loyal American citizen is clearly mail
out. II you would suppress rebellion
IL you would preserve the Union-if
would restore the authority Of the G
eminent, and promote the prosperity
the nation. send that men 10 Cong
who iavOrS the only possible mean
securing these results. vote for Il
CarysA. Trimbls. II you would enc
age rsbellion--il you would destroy
Upicn-if you would bring infamy .
the American character, aud bsggsr
American people. send that man to
gres' who opposes the war who w
refuse supplies to our armies who VI
follow the lead Of Vallaudigham-
would. spend his time, and waste his
ent in throwing obstacles in the wa