The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-11-05
now THEY DECEIVED THE

there have been two class
es of War Democrats, viz: those who
came out boldly and acted with men
of all parties ON a Union platform, and
those who remained in the Democratic
to "set it right on the
war" To the first belong JOHNSON,
Holt, DICKINSON, TOP, BRoUGH, and
host of others; to the latter, belong
JEwETT, RANNEY, and others, and such
Journals rs the Cleveland PLdindealer, |
and the Ohio Statesman. Both classes
are Jacksonian Democrats, but those
who remain in the organization call
ing itself Democratic are thrust aside,
and the organization is controlled by
psaco, or anti-war men, that is, by
Calhoun Brockinridge Democrats, or
in other words, secessionists and sepa-
rat;onists. To this class of peace or
anti-war men, the so-caIled Democrat
ic leaders ofthiscounty belong. Before
the Convention they declared for Val
landigham, joined with the rabble in
forcing dissemination, and to the peo-
pic, announcing lie, viz that the Do
mocracy were opposed to the war and
in favor Of immediate peace, and that
ValIandigham was tho true prophet Of
the Democracy. These men are re-
sponsible for the defeat oftho party, be-
cause they forced it to stand upon
peace platform and disgraced it by the
nomination Of VallandighNm. The Ohio
Statesman, the central Democratic or.
gan, thus speaks of tho peace issue,
and the fatal nomination:
The El1liror assures tho world that
the Democracy of Ohio ''agrce with
Mr.. Vallandigham's views respecting
the wa, and that IF he had not been
arrested and exled he would have
been nominated for Governor" that
"thc Convention that selected him was
for peace, aud would have so declared
in the platform, if the antecedents Of
the man had not been sufficiently ex-
iplicit," We differ from the Enquirer.
Mr.. Vallandigham was nominated bo-
nouGn az his orroat ond hon;gIn,o,t -
which outrageous acts every Democrat
ofOhio was indignant, On his peculiar
DieUS about the war, unarrested and al
home, he could not hare been nominated.
These wcre held up to be not only prenn-
tire, but impracticaJte. The Democra-
cy Of the State are all in tavor Of peace
and u restored Uaionj but not one man
in fUe M"t Uoted for Edtlmdgham CO.
incided With him in his peculjW rieus.---
He DdS nominated and supported in spite
Of has pccHlir UiclcS and record on that
subject, His nomination ,Cas not mat
ter ofjudgme@t, but an impulse. II uaS a
mistake, too, and Craze one, lad not
Mr.. VoLiamdigham's record embarrassed
as; had he stood simply on his arrest ami
bantshmeat, d rc,y di6crem campaign,
and, re Jeliere, di6ereat result, m0uid
hare been attained But his record in
Congress on the war measures, and
his peculiar peace views, though not
indorsed in our platform, put the Dem
ocratic party on the defensive, when
our true and polite position was an off
eusivc campaign, and for which there
was abundant material at hand.
Shortly after the election of 1862, the
Enquirer, even in advance Of Vallan.
: digham's peace speech in Congress,
raised the peace banner and went il
strong, declaring that the lesson of that
election was peace and nething but
pcacc. Wo gently admonished our
respected cotcmporary at the time, and
suggested that it was somewhat prema-
ture in its uttcrances. 1t replied that
we were behind the times, and haC old.
fogy notions, and that the people were
with the Enquirer The election OF
1863 has shown that it was mistaken
and it frankly conlesscs TO the New
= York World that majority of the
!. people want war still!
We now, with the utmost good in,
: tcntions, tell the Enquirer that it is
: starting out wrong again, and that il
the course It appears to be indicating
! for the future, and in which the Crisis
seems to desire to rival it, is followed
up and prevails in our organization
and marks our policy for 1864, the vic,
tory ofncxt year will be as surely won
by the Abolitionists as it was this year
perhaps with augmented majoritics.