The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-09-10

purpose such that Democrats would re-
fuse to volunteer, and that because of
their refusal the Administration would
be dri0en to the draft, he then fore
warns them that the draft will be fraud
ulcntly executed, and suggests that
leach Democrat shall be the Judge of
the fraud in his OWE case; that if he
teels hiwseG cheated, he will resist even
to the shedding ofblood
Can language be more ingeniously,
more adroitly employed to excite and
induce resistance to the draft? lie does
not say to Democrats, You should re-
sist; or, ! advise you to resist From
such direct counsel they might shrink
with alarm. But he employs language
much more calculated to effect this OBJ
ject than bold and direct advice; he
employs arguments to infame their
passions, and exasperate them to mad
ness.
Without advising resistance, he as
sumes that it will be made, and that
blood will be shed as matter Of
course. In effect, he says to the Pres
dent: Mr.. Lincoln, it is as plain as
that two & two make four that this is an
abolition war, that you are welding
the whole power Of the government to
present the slaves with freedom and
dagger. We Democrats have cOnclu-
ded not to volunteer III any such war
Hence you cannot obtain soldiers
enough to carry it Oh successfully
Therefore you will be driven to make
draft. This draft We will resist at
the point Of the bayonct, even to the
shedding Of blood, if it be unfair, and
Of this VRfdirpess ,rc pW be oar opa
Judges. If we feel ourselves cheated,
we will not submit, and blood will be
shed.
Could words be more scditious, more
insurrcctionary, more monstrous in
sentiment or purpose ?
Well might the loyal citizen who
addressed letter to Governor Tod
iecl alarmed lest the scditon should
spread through Fairfield county like
an epidemic, and well might Governor
Tod express anxiety for the honor Of
the State and the safety Of its border
then threatened by the invading ar
mics Of Morgan and Kirby Smith, and
ask that DR.. Olds be put out of the way
until the quota Of Ohio volunteers
Should be raised, lest his seditious SEN
timents, if permitted to spread with
impunity, should SO corrupt the patri-
otism Of the people as to prevent
their further enlistment.
Had such sedition been suffered to
spread until the whole loyal portion OF
the Democracy had become infected
with the poison, it is difficult to imag-
l inc the disastrous consequences that
might have resulted. There was no
statute law by which the courts Of JUS
ticc had any power to restrain such
practices: Congress was not in session
to enact one; the Legislature could
not be called together conveniently for
that purpose. If it had been, its OBJ
iect and motives would have been de
, nounced, and any law that it would
have passed, would have been aSsailed
as an act of uSurpation-an unconsti
tutional infringement on the freedom
: Of speech purposely designed to over
awe and crush the Democracy. The
only alternative, therefore, was either
to restrain these practices, by military
authority, or traitorously permit the
, country to fall u prey to the machina-
tons Of sedltious and disloyal malcon
tents.
In concluding their synopsis of DR.
Olds' speech, the committee call attcn
= ton to another paragraph. The Pres
= idcnt, in his inaugural address, di
rectcd portion Of it to his fellow
: citizens of the Southern States" The
/ war had not then commenced, but they
t were making preparations for it. Mr.
Lincoln, in the most affectionatc man
: ner, appealed to them to desist from
: their madness, and to not take up arms
l and bring untold calamitics upon them
and their country, for both would suf
fer countless losses and sacrifices il
| any event. In concluding this touch
t ing appeal to the people OF the South
Mr.. Lincoln said: ...
"You cannot fight always, and when after mucl
, loss on both sides, aud no gain upon either yo
cease fighting the identical question to terms
} intercourse are still upon you"
: This appeal of the President to tn,
S people of the South, not to begin war
, DR.. Olds quotes as if it had been ad
= dressed to tho people of the Northern
< States to induce them not to enlist in
t defense of the Government after wa
; had been forced upon them. Address
ing his neighbors of Fairfield county
he says to them: .-.
l You cannot fght Arrays, and ,rhen
e after much loss upon both sides, and NJ
{ gain upon either, you cease fghttng tn
identical question as to terms Of inter
e course are still upon you.' Don't star
and turn pale, dear Republican friends
4 for in the language of Patrick Henry
{, E"if this be treason make the most Of 1t,
: for it is q literal quotation from Lin
r coins inaugural address. Ifyou con
: slider such language as discouragins
a cnlistments and opposing the war, Mr
J, Lincoln and not myself, is responsi
bic"
S "My friends, we cannot dodge thi
: issue any longer. We may as wei
/ look the danger full in tho face. Thi
= war must come to an end"
DR.. Olds himself seems to hav,
hnnr, nnnsnions of tho trnasnnahln 1mr