The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-14

PaItmoub W IoW AVrk' DuI know you
will not leave them so. Another CAR !.
paign would leave the regiment a mere
wreck. Will you expose your colors and
the noble name Of your department 10 such
an issue? No: you viii! FIJI the regiment,
al Gu ber5 you will enable them to sus.
tain the great name of yodr department..
But want more men. l have not more
than dozen yet. l want a hundred.
There is a regiment Of you present, why
not come forward2 Have YOU come
here to listen to speeches? hope not.
found in New York on my arrival a
certain despondency. a ter,aih hesitation.
l attributed it to want OF confidence that
has been steadily and malcontently
sown among the masses of the people; q
want Of confidence in your President and
IN bis officers, in his Commander.in.
CBisl and in the leaders Of your army.
This is all wrong. Your President
has done his duty nobly. and every man
in this assembly should invoke the bless.
ing Of God upon his head. Look at the
forts captured. the cities taken, the armies
destroyed. and point to me in the history
Of the World campaign more brilliant ID
all practical results. IusIead of parises
and thanksgiving for what has been done
1 have only heard murmurs and com.
plants for what has been left tndons.
Tbis.is ungenerous and Unjust. The enc.
my have put forth all their strength
Will you not do as much to sustain your
government as the enemy have done to
destroy it? Have you not as much love
for your flag as they have hatred for it?
Ii you want victories give US en- and We
will give you victories. Chesrs.) Gen.
eral Mcclellan and his army Will and
shall enter Richmond. {Cheets.) Shall
we do it with less than half the number
necessary, thus compelling us to sacrifice
those brave men, who would be safe if
their numbers were anything like equal
10 the enemy? Let it not be said we
were rocreant to the trust con6dsd to US.
(Cheers.) t... ...
Here an enthusiastic individual got up
on the platform who was,as in the form.
er cases. embraced by the gallant general,
who stopped in bis speech and claimed
him as biave brother in arms. Reliev.
ing himself Of that charge by unabing the
generals arms from the grasp thrown a
round him. .. ....- g
The now Doubtful Individual said: Gen
eral if you tell as that this war is hoo
waged 10 put down slavery in the States
where it at present exists, you will get
five hundred thousand mel 10 join YOU.
(Disapprobation from all parts oi the
house,)
Gen. Sickles. I thought you came to
join Us. am disappointed. (Cheers and
laughter. But will answer you. w.
are rot Fighting for what the President
or any other man may think. We are
fighting with all our hearts and souls to
put down this wicked and uuholy REBEL
ion. { Loud and prolonged cheers.) o
light, sir, to restore the flag Of the Union
to its old glory, to achieve for II Its old
renown, TO make it more respected honor.
ed and feared than j. ever was before in
all the history OF our country-(tremen
dous outbursts of applause ito plant it,
sir,over every foot OF American soil. We
fight for the reestablishment of the Con.
stitution Of our country, in all its old re-
speet, authority and dignity, to see every
rebel who menaces our homes with iavas.
ion ovsrtbrown-to see the detes,able ty-
rauy Of JEFF Davis and the miserable aris-
tocrats suppressed. We want to see the
rebels destroyed, disarmed and brought
10 obedience to the Constitution and the
laws. (Three cheers were called lvt
''tha. sentiment and joined ih by ths
whole assemblage.) Ny friend, will
discuss, with you the question Of what is
to be dons with the negro after We pitt
down the rebellion; ths, will be time
en- ough. (Voices-''ThaL's the talk"
Let US for the prsent bury this and all
other vexed political questions. and in the
meantime let US find in the sound conser.
vatism Of the President all that we need
TO knOw-that is, that heart and soul de.
voted to putting down this rebellion
Three cheers for President Lincoln. J
That he IS in earnest, and will not listen
to half Of what he hears from either se-
cessionsts or abolitionists. A voice
"Thaps tue ided"J The President is f6f
neither party, but is heart and soul true
patriot. (Cheeis.) Again call upon
you to fill up the ranks Of the regiment
you yourselves sent to the conflict. III
you do not, it will still be the proud con-
sciousfess OF those you abandoned that
they have performed their duty; that they
did their part in sustaining the President
in bis noble ork;and that they clung to
their leader to the last. Now is your
time to prove your patriotism, or exhibit
your recreancy to all the world. If you
join us,a brilliant campaign is before you,
and the 'honor Of having Contributed to
the suppression of this unholy and wick.
ed rebellion, and to the maintenance
and preservation of our glorious Union
and this free Republic, will be the dearest
remembrance Of yotf lives and the
proudest legacy you can bequoath to your
children. Loud cheers, during which
Gen. Sickles retired)
sENsmLE.-7An exchange says, The gen
tier sex cannot we'll NOV hay, shoe horses.
build fences; but they can milk COWS, and
feed the chickens, and keep the farm yard
10 order. They cannot be expected TO
handle muskels, camp out in swamps or
shoot rebels; but they are entirely equal