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

point Of the bayonet.
Inthe eintroductory part of hisspeech,
DR.. Olds charges that the "AbOlition
Rupublicans' are responsible for the
Inauguration Of the war. Then draw
ing a graphic picture of the country, in
which he contrasts its prosperity pre-
vious to the rebellion with the succeed
ing horrors and disasters of war, he
says: '.
"a most fearful responsibility rests upon our Re-
publican brethren for bringing these great calamcs
~ charge upon the Abolition party-the rarty that
Rop completely controls thc administration Of Nc. Lin
settled policy to disSoirs his Union. With Garrison
and Phillips they have joined in denouncng the Amer
lean Constitution as coceaaat wi Death and an dgrce
mcat lrih Hell"
In support of these extraordinary
propositions, hequotes the writings and
speeches of Garrison and Phillips rs
Republican authority, and adds:
With sl,h re,orl ~ that before us, is it not gross
nypocrisy for our Abolition Rcpubean friends to pro-
tend to be in favor of the Constitution" 2"
Alluding in the next place, to the
"Crttendcn Compromise and the
"Peace Convention" he attributes the
immediate cause of the rebellion to their
failure; the entire responsibility of
which he charges upon the Republi.
cans, who, he alleges, defeated them
for the express purpose of dissolving
the Union and producing civil war, and
adds: .,.... a.. -.li
"Such hoodthirsty men and such Vaccinations dc.
fcaed the Peace Congress destroyed tho last hope Of
| the friends of the Union, ind are to-day filling
4 land with widows and orphans.
| "ln Gods name, my Republican friends, have you
not got blood enough 10y this time Is your cry still
with these great leaders of your party, BOOd boOd!
! mOOD3h ...'l
In this way, and by these dcnuncia-
tions, Dr. Olds first nfames and exas.
perates the democracy against the Ad-
ministration. For what purpose any
loyal citizen, not desiring to encourage
cnlistmcnts, could utter these dcnun-
Citations against those struggling to
sustain the Government which it was
his duty to support, in an hour so crit
ical, your committee are unable to per-
ceive They can have no other tenden-
cy but to eXasperate Democrats and
influence them to decline enlisting un-
der those whom he dcnounccSas 'blood-
thirsty men, whose cry is blood blood!
BLOOD " What else could he mean by
the startling exclamation-"in God
name, my Republican friends, havey you
not got blood enough by this time ?"
Did Ire not thereby intend to impress
Democrats with the conviction that
blood enough had been spilled, and that
they should not aid in shedding more?
Having by this species Of intlamato-
ry dcnunciation embittered the minds
Of his hearers against the men and the
party in power, and prepared them for
assGnting to bolder and more disloyal
| propositions, he, in another part of his
speech, says:
"AsI am an old man my Republican friends will per-
init me to have vision and not call il frcdsO In my
vision see the ballotboxes Of this country baptised
in blood y" What means these military COM
rnittees m every county in your Sttel Are they not
designed expressly to oycr-awc the democracy? Are
they not to be used military appliances to control
the ballot4boXcs
but, Mr.. Chairman, my vision stops not here. The
President has called ior GO0O1U additional volunteers.
see aGovernmcnt recruiting officer in our meeting.
country. say to him that if this war to he II
war for the suppression Of tho rebellion ifit is no
longer to be prsecuted for the maintenance Of the
Constitutions it is and the restoration Of the Union
as il was, and is to hecemc abolition war: il yunr
attlc-cry henceorth is to he, hrOW dOUn VOar da,S,
goH Id rebels, and free go ncgrocS DEMOCRATS WILL
REFUSE To voLUNTEER. And, in order to raise these
GOOOOO soldiers, the Administration will be driven to
the draft
Was not this snecr at the Govern
ment recruiting officer intended to i'm
press, Democrats that he was one of Il
, horde of rdgrantS or cWrytellorS, found
in every nook and corner of the com-
try, in whose occupation of soldering
it would be disgraceful for them to en-
list? 1t is difficult to give this sneer
: any other Interpretation. But he docs
notstop with this. Having stated that
Democrats would refuse to volunteer
if the war assumed an abolition char
acter, he proceeds, in another part OF
: his speech, to prove that it had then
assumed that precise character; that
it was then being prosecuted for the
sole purpose of eXtinguishing slavery
and for nc other purpose Whatever
| y pOn JllIS IIOlllU llC say .
al propose now to establish the next connecting
link in my nrgumcnt-thats is that the war is being pros
ecuted, notor the purpose of s,lppressng the rebel
lions not for the maintenance of the Constitution
for the restoration Of the Union, hut for the purpose
Of dbOshiag dperH in short, that this war is an dbo
EiiOa par that 1t inaugintcd IN accordance Will
the programme of the MdsSGcnsrftS AbDhtioniStS ol
the purpose of rhpiag ont Aarey; that its bemgpros
ccnted for the PURPOSE Of eNtinguishng adrerY
Although, by so doing, it shall utterly destroy the
Uuion.N
After stating series of reason in
support of this extraordinary PROPOSE
ton he concludes as follows:
81 will not weary your poteucc in multiplying cv
dencc to sustain my charges Is Is plain as Hdftrt
dndro make DHr, that hcnceforth this war is not to bC
prosecuted for the suppression OF the rebellion not
Tor the maintenance of the Constitution dShis; moi
for the restoration Of the 'Union il wdS but for the
abolition If Slrcry"
And in another place he says
"The wbOio p0rcr ofis administration, hseens TO mo
isJeag wiciod 10 present the StdrCS uh FREEDOM AM
a DAGGER
These are the broad and positive dec.
larations contained in the speech ofDr
Olds, as printed in the "Ohio Eagle'
of January lst, 1868, and which Dr.
Olds himself swears he made at Berne
township, and at other places in Fair
J field county, in July last.
Can the purpose and intention ofthis
speech be misunderstood? Is any one
!, so dull as not to have the conviction
forced upon his mind that Dr. Olds was
endeavoring thereby to convince the
people that the war had then assumed
a character, and was then being pros