The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-10-22
rHn FAEI8N 8NDr6ff 1 Al f.JE ADrns.-
HOW THEY DECEIVED THE
PEOPLE,

The campaign il ended, the battle'has5
been fought, the people have spoken.
Asin \all1ormer wars, they have de--l
elared in the most emphatic manner
that they will stand by the govern
ment and those who administer 1t, until
the war is prosecuted to an honorable
aud, successful termination. BY the
most overwhelming defeat ever visited
upon a candidate before the people of
Ohio, they have pronounced c. L.
Vallandigham, public enemy, and
the party ofwhich he is the leader and
representative man, q dangerous party,
in sympathy with rebellion, and not to
.be trustetwithpo power. But while vast
majority Of the people have thus pro-
Inounced, the Vallandigham leaders of
the State, by means of powerful or
ganization and in tho honorable name
OfDemocracy, have deceived thousands
of honest men into supporting public
enemy, and into voting against their
own interest and the interest of their
country. Let us see in what particu-
lars they have deceived the people, and
especially how the leaders in this coun-
! ty have deceived honest Democrats
into voting against Democracy. r
rGWcibavo before shown that since the
| days Of Jefferson there have been two
Dcmocracics in Il Q country, one the
true Democracy, the cardinal princi-
! Piles of which are the political equality
ofthe people and the porpetuity of the
Union the othor u false Democracy,
the cardinal principles of which are
the right of thcfew to govern the many
fandlthe right Of secession, The lead
crs Of the true Democracy bavo been
| Jefferson, Jackson, Douglas, and in this
tStatep Rroughi the leaders of the false,
Burr, Calhoun, .Breckinridge, and in
this State, .Vallandigham. The De
Emocracy Of Fairfield. county in 1860
I'stood by the great and true Democrat,
StephcnIA. Douglas, and with the true
Democracy, led by such sterling Dem.
ocrats as Col Connell, NJ. A, Daugbor-
rly, Judge Ewing, Judge Whitman,
Col aMcYeigh, and others. AT the
same time there was ip this county a
Brcckinridge faction led by such men
as Mcdill, Tuthill, &c. The people by
an overwhelming majority declared
against tho Brockinridgo faction, and
stood with the true Democracy, led by
Douglas, At the breaking out of the
rebellion, Douglas told the country
that the shortest way to peace was
through the most stupendous and unan-
imous preparations for war" that there
could "bc no ncutrals in this war--only
patriots or traitors" and that it was
the duty Of men of all parties to stand
by the government while it suppressed
the rebellion by war, The Democracy
of the country went with him. But in
Fairfield county the Breckenridge lead.
ers-in sympathy with the rebellion
Of their lcader-took control Of the
party organization, forced resolutions
upon the first county Convention held
after the breaking out Of. the war,
| plcdging millions for defonse-bm not
one cent for The coercion or suGjugation Of
sovereign States, committed the Dem
Ocracy of the qcounty to an anti-war
and Secession policy, and deceived the
honest supporters Of Douglas into fol-
loving the lead OF the aristocrat, dis
unionist and rebel, Breckenridge, and
the traitor, Vallandigham. Thus the
Douglas Democrats Of this county have
| been deceived into following the lead
of the worst cnomics Of tho Democratic
party--that class Of men who at the
Charleston Convention split the party
and precipitaed the country into civil
war. ....
Let us see, further, wherein tho lea
ders in the late campaign, deceived
the people, and then let tho Douglas
Democrats of this county say whether
they will longer remain in an organi-
zation led by-rcbcl sympathizers, orig
inal secessionsts, and political adycn-
turcrs. .... ....... -
G. Il. Yallandigham is a Calhoun
Breckenridge Democrat. lIc was the
enemy of Mr., Douglas, is the husband
Of 4 Southern womaa, and all his sym
pathizors are with the rebels. These
men madc him the standard bearer Of
a party, and called upon honest Dem
ocrats, in the name of Democracy, to
support him, They thus deceived
thousands of honest men intovoting for
II convicted and banishnd public enc
my, aud betrayed them into an act
which in future they must be ashamed