The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-08-13

DaS zone 70 BuNNulhte tIdt people 10 CCu-
tnue resistance, more 70 prolong the war and prevent
the accomplishment Of IN honorable and permanent
peace. Than any other cause whatsoever, and that
the war continues until Aftcr tho next Presidential
election will be owing mainly to the morally treA-
sonsbe conduct Of the Wings
Resored That no eoncius on OF the war can be hon
OraiAe 10 the United States which shall not bring us
indemnity for the past and security for the future
That was the old Democratic plat
form. There was nothing negative in |
it. The party had back bone then /;
and whether we accused the Wings
or wrongfully, it is no mat
ter Of argument now. We took the
position in the resolutions that when
the country was in state Of war eve
ry man was bound to sustain it; and
we thundered it through the columns
Of our newspapers, even through the
columns ofthe Enquirer This know,
for was about that establishment then.
[Applause
| recollect another point we discus
sed about that time, and it was, how far
we should go in dcnouncing as an act
ual traitor to his country a member Of
Congress who, when a war had been
proclaimed in Constitutional man
ner, and was in actual progress-wheth-
er he believed it to be right or wrong
should refuse to vote supplies of men
or money to carry On the war; and we
came to the unanimous conclusion that
that man was guilty of treason in all
things except the courage that would
nerve him to the overt act Great
applause And when we came to that
conclusion how we did pelt Tom Cor,
win! Laughter And now, the Dem
ocratic Convention, in this yeur 1863,
turns around and nominates man for
Governor who boasts that he never vo-
ted man or dollar to carry on this
war. What pitiable condition it pre-
scnts 1t is not consistent with its
principles, nor are their men consistent
with themselves.
For myself ! stand Oh this platform
of1S4S, that while 1 had nothing to do
in producing this war-except in this,
that l glorifed my young friend Mr..
Pugh when he threw the slogan at the
enemies Of our country-while l was
willing to do my part in making con-
cessions to avoid it-while ] didn't
support the Aministration--when the
war was pressed upon us-while L did
not vote for Mr.. Lincoln-yet accept
ed the war, in the language of the reso
lutions / have read, as war not exact
" constitutional so far as the rebel;
are concerned, but entirely constitu
tional so far as we are concerned
Cheers recognized it as wal
forced upon US contrary to our wishes
and in spite of all our efforts to prevent
, it, and | asked what is our duty? i
, it to stand and quarrel like boy
playing soldier in the streets, be-
cause jim Jones isn't elected Captain
and Bill Smith is-because the Presi
, dent we voted for is not in the chair
! No sir, | answered; it is to walk righ
= up and enlist in the war, throw all 9th
y er questions aside for the time, ant
. stand by the Government until an hon
y orable termination Of the war is brough
:, about
But there are some ofmy Democrat
: ic friends who say that this is all wrong
,, They admit that our misguided friend
down South have done bad work, tina
it is a wicked war; but then this is
Wig Administration, or it is Repub
T. lican war-a Black Republican war, a
A you please, and they won't have any
s thing to do with it. Is this good SCUM
S doctrine? Do you believe it? If 70
c do, want to say to you that you ar
If on the wrong side of the line. Ifyo
n hold to such doctrine, you are as al
: rant secessionist us any man in tn
II South. ..
s You in effect say, you will not alIo'
d the law to be enforced, if it ha
o been enacted by a Legislature you don
h believe in; you won't allow murder
: er to be hung because the Sheriff wa
it elected by Republicans; YOU won't &C
c cree any body. you say; but there
it not a day in your lives that you don
II coercc men into your penitentiary.
a you stand on such platform, | rcpea
you are secessionist, and should E
i over on the other side of the line.
You won't support the war becaus
d YOU don't like tho Administration.
il sisyourdoctrine, why did you abu:
is the Wings for similar conduct towar
L you in 1882 Ifyou were right thcl
st you are wrong now, and if you al
s, right now, you greatly slandered the
y then. But | think the most Of you wi
d stand with me on the same old pla
le form Of 1913.
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" puan's POSITION AND BRoUGH's ros1TIo
Us Mr., Brough then turned to Mr.. Pugh
ID record on the Kansas slavery bill,
IN which he supported section provi
: ing that, off any man shall print, pu
" lish, indite or give form or shape topu
IS lished matter, tending to stir up Y
to bellion of slavery in Kansas, he sha
ne be punished in a fine of $500, and wi
imprisonment for six months. w
8, Mr.. Pugh consistent now in declalr
v ing against any restriction on treedo
ar of speech? But he would say it W
a alright if donein constitutional ma
as ner. In that Kansas law about slave
rs the penalty was to be inflicted in
'e- pretty summary manner, but Broth
n Pugh said, in reference to- it, that whe
nd ever slavery existed it seemed necess
ret ry to have some law to keep mon fro
of talking about it. The difference t
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