The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-09-11

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testhow going on was the "Otd and oft
repeated cORtesf of popular privilege on the
one side, and EXECUTIVE UsURPATIoN ON
rHE orHER-TnE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE
AGAINST THE ONE MAN POWER lDhen used 10
crusi om The liberties cfthe people" That
TUE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTS and UsURPA-
TroNs Of The Government Wers such as no
MONARCH OF ENGLAND HAS DARED TO AS.
suME SINCE THE IRON REIGN OF THE TUDoRs.
For these libols upon the government
these disloyal utterances the Democracy
ru, him 10 nomination for Common Pleas
Judge. MORAL TREASON is the price de-.
manded and paid for their votes.
0LDs said. Our opponents the Re-
publicans) forced this war upon US, and
thOy now call upon us TO help them out
but l tell you, Mr.. Lincoln, that when
you strike down Constitutions. tramplt
laws under foot, and then call on Demo
Gratis 10 help you. you will not get them
| toll you. fellow Democrats, there is nc
honor, no gain, no profit, no glory, in
this war, it is all loss. = Be
lore would enlist, or before | would
enlice a single Democrat to enlist, | would
Grs, know, Mr.. Lincoln, what you ar,
fighting for?" f" x 1T is not fO
the Constitution and Union you are fight
ing. 1t is for these mad schemes Of abo
iliou and disunion. You are fighting tt
make the Southern people throw dow
their arms and then free their negroes. ;
IL denoluce Lincoln as
tyIan! lie has perjured his soul. l de
nOuuce his acts Of oppression as foul apt
of perjury against the Constitution" Fo
This bold trcsson-this savage opposition
to the war, the Democracy Of this count
voted sixty .one times for OLDs for Con
gress.
SLoUGH denounced the war as Gun
constitutional, unnecessary and unjust,
"waged for the destr uction of the gov
eminent aud the freedom OF the negroe,
aud for entertaining these sentiments wa
nominated prosecuting attorney Of Ih
county over WM T. WISE.
Treason is the price paid for Demo
cratic favor in this county and the high
est bidder has thus far been the buyer.
The Ohio Eagle from the beginning 0
this war has been most malignant 10 ii
opposiIion. II has teemed with sympa
thy for the rebellion--containing no wore
of encouragement for our cause. On th'
18Th of April. 1861, six days after For
Sumter was fired upon and two days Of
ter the President issued his call for troops
that paper contained the following:
"Now, that the Abolition,sts hare in
apguratcd his Var, The burden of taratiO'
wiH be runious.
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULI
ENLIST TO FIGHT AGAINST TIL
SOUTH. WOULD ENLIST TO FIGH'
FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF TIL
CHICAGO PLATFORM.
! Democrats of tho North. are you TO b
dragged into civil war OF murderou
horrors for a cause in which you have n
sympathy. Let those who inaSgurate'
this war fight their o,on battles If Noo
must DO shed, LET 1T BE REPUBLICAN
BLOOD!
1.-THE Democracy of Old Fairfield be
love this an unholy war. fruitless 10
good, certain in is aosuls to add 10 th
eslrangcment and bitter hatred oi the tw
sections, and to work dissolution eternl
"a war waged by the sectional "irrt
; pressibles" for their own selfish aggrar
dizemcnt, and for tho carrying out Of III
, Lincoln Chicago Platform.
In the prospectus of the Eagle publisl
ed and circulated after the battle Of Bu
Run. will be found the following;
I "Our position in regard to the civ
. war, inaugurated by a sectional admins
tration has been deliberately taken an
will be adhered TO to the end. As hun
bic sentneIs on the outposts Of Democr'
cy, we have felt it to be our duty to OF
e pose the coorcivs policy of Lincoln's Ac
ministration. We look upon this war
undertaken not TO uphold the Union, b.
: to carry ont the political dogmas Of Ii
Republican party. and which can oul
result in the obstruction of the UnC
and the ruin Of tho people,"
Alta Democratic Convention, bcld
0 tho Court House. in Lancaster, Augu
] 81. 1861, the following resolutions wei
. adopted:
: RevolvSd, That we heartily endorse n
Ohio Eagle. Jciieviag is course has bee
, truly Democratic, Just and patriotic, an
most cordially recommend Il to tho hJsr,
TRANCE Of our trienas throughout Tie eou'
y
Resolved. That we believe tho purpo,
OF the party now in power, under Il
false and hypocrilcul plea to save Il
Union, is TO prosecute the war for Il
su .jugalion Of the south. for the iroedo
of the negro for the subversion of sla
, government, aud for the erection of 90,
solidatsd government on the ruins Of o,