The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-11-12
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The Autumn of 1868 has been a sea-
son of rejoicing to the loyal people aud
of continued triumph to their cause
Early in the fall came the gratifying
intelligence OF the triumph of the I'm
ion or war Party, over the Disunion
or Peace party in Maine, Vermont,
Kentucky, California, and Nevada, and
ia October these triumphs were con-
tinued in Ohio Pennsylvania, Indiana
and Iowa. Now come the November
elections, and the States of Massachu-
sets, by majority Of $4,000, New
York by majority $4,000, Wisconsin
by majority of $4,000, Minnesota by
10000, and Illinois, Maryland and Mis-
souri,, by large majorities, fall in with
the Grand Army of States which is
keeping step to the music of the Union,
and marching down to suppress the
rebellion.
In all these States the material issue
was the same, that is, the naked issue,
stripped of all local and minor issues
was simply, War for the Union, or
Peace aud Disunion. And the lesson
of these elections is that the people Of
the loyal States are determined to
prosecute the war until all armed OPP
position to the Government is over
thrown, and to have no peace until
peace is conquered by suppressing the
rebellion. The result of these elections
is declared purpose on the part of the
people to uphold the hands of the Ad,
minstration, and to furnish men and
money to sustain the Government, not
withstanding tho abolition Of Slavery
in the District of Columbia, the confs-
cation Of rebel property, the Emanci
patton Proclamation, the arming OF
negroes, and the suspension of the ha-
JedS corpus. What arecallcd arbitrary
arrests may go on, what are called
unconstitutional acts" may be COM
mitted, but so long as these acts are
dono to facilitate ths suppression of the
rebellion, the people will acquiesce in
if they do not entirely approve of
them For our own part, we approve
Of most of the war measures of the Ad-
ministration, and believe that the e.
lections are ar endorsement of its poll,
cy, and that tho most emphatic and
Triumphant ever received by an Ad-
ministration.
The lesson to the Coppcrhead or
Peace party is-Dcath. Let ii lie,
while the car of War runs on and
crushes the rebellion. The politicians
of the Peace party may learn that cleo
tions cannot be carried on minor is
sues, when the great questions Of Gov
ornment or no Govcrnmcnt,and of I'm
ion or Disunion, arc dependent upon
the result. Hcnccforth, if the peace
politicians arc shrcwd, they will do
clare in favor of tho war, and VIC may
look for two war parties in the coming
contest fighting the battle on some
other issue than War and Peace; but il
they persist in their ill,judged and i'm
practicable policy of opposing the war
we may look for q great and irresisti.
bic Union or War party, winning the
Presidential campaign against fac.
ton composed of Peace Democrats
sympathizcrs with tho rebellion, and
Northern secessionists.
The lesson of tho elections to the
friends of free institutions will not &C
unhcedcd, There is load gone from
the hearts Of the friends Unpopular gov
crnmcnt, and hencoiorth they look II
the future with brighter anticipations
and rcst in n renewed confidence in tn,
capacity of tho people for self-gov
crnment In 1868 it was decide,
that demNgogues and traitors coulC
not deceive the people into overthrow
ing their own Government, and tha
they have tho practical sense aud in
/ telligence to know their interest, to d,
= their duty, AMI to govern themselves.
Feeding our Prisoners.
For some time the rebel papers hav,
shown strong symptoms of an ap
prooching famine in the South, and in
dications have reached us that Fedora
prisoners in the hands of the rebel
were being only hnlffed, a late Rich