The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-10-13

suits the rebels seek. Both desire q
cessation Of hostilities Both denounce,
with unparalleled bitterness, the Gov
ernment Of the United States, and both
alike seek its overthrow. Both de.
mand that the attempt to conquer arm.
cd rebellion by force Of arms shall be
abandoned. And both demand that
when the Government of the United
States shall have passed into the
hands of men opposed 10 an armed de-
fense Of the Government against re.
bellion, the war shall end by peacea.
BILE conference Of these allied powers
What more than this, could the rebels
ask or need, for the consummNtion OF
all their plans? We call the people to
bear in mind that if they elect the can.
didates Of the Chicago Convention,
they arrest the Government in the ex
ecution of its plans and purposes, on
the very verge Of their fultiflmcnt, ard
one-third of II year before any new
administration can take its place. The
interval will be one Of hope and conf
dence for the rebels, and of exultation
for their allies in the loyal States. In
the Western States armed preparation;
have already been made by the disci
pies and advocates Of secession, to fol
low the example Of the South and sever
the West from the Federal Union. The
success of the Chicago programme in
November. will be the signal for car
rying these designs into execution, and
the 4th Of March will dawn upon 6
new Western Confcdcracy, aiming al
independence, defying the powerofthC
national arms, and cooperating with
the slave power Of the Southern States
in blotting from existence the free Re.
public Of the Western world.
We call upon the people to crush al
these schemes, and to brand their au
thors and allies with their lasting re
probation. We call upon them to sup
port the Government, and to quell the
rebellion, to defend and preserve the
Union. We call upon them to stand
by the President, who, under circum
stances of unparalleled difficulty, has
welded the power Of the nation will
unfaltering courage and fidelity, with
integrity which even calumny has moi
dared to impcach, and with wisdom
and prudence, upon which success is
even now stamping the surest and tho
final seal His election will proclaim
TO the world the unultcred and unal
terablo determination of the American
people to qucIl the rebellion and save
the Union. 1t will strike down for
ever the false hopes and expectations
Of the rebel Government, and proclaim
to the people of the rebel States that
their only hope of peace lies in aban
doning their hostility to she Govern
mcnt, and rcsuming their allegiance
to the Constitution and laws Of the
United States ..
We call upon the Union COMMITTEES
and the Union Leagues, and upon al
loyal associations in every State, coun
ty and town, to perfect their organi
cations; to infuse fresh vigor and &C
tivity into their operations; to canvas
carefully and promptly their respcc
tive districts; to circulate document'
and newspapers containing just anC
forciblc expositions ofthe merits of oul
cause; to combat by assemblages O
the people in public meetings, by pub
lie speeches, by conversation, by let
ters and personal appeals, and in al
just and proper modes, the deceptive
and perilous sophistries Of the agents
and political allies of the rebellion
Let them be ON their guard agains
the arts Of corruption and of intrigu,
which will be brought, with unscru
pulous desperation to bear upon thom
The rebel Government, and those For
cign Powers most deeply interested il
our destruction, could well afford t
eXpend millions in overthrowing thi
Administration and placing in powc
the nominees and representatives o
the Chicago Convention
The skies are bright and full 0
promise. The lion hearted citizel
soldiers of tho Republic march will
steady step and unfaltering purpos
TO a steady and glorious victory.-Th
heart Of the people beats true to tn
Union. Every triumph of the Uniol
arms over the rebel troops arouse
afresh the courage and confidence o
Union men, and chills the heart an,
dccmates the ranks of the submission
Seccssonists represented at Chicago
A Union victory in November will en-,
the long and laborious strife. 1t vii
dispcrso its armies. destroy the hop
by which the despotism at Richmon
now holds its subjects in bondage, re
lease the people OF the Southern State
from their enforced disloyalty, an
Egive them again tho blessings of SCI
government within the Union an
under the protecting Constitution an,
flag of the United States, 1t will en-
able our own Government to exchang
the weapons of war for the counscls {
peace, to relax the stern control owe
public action and public speech whic
a state of war renders unavoidable t
restore our financial system to dissolv
all military courts, and hand eve
again to the civil tribunals of justic
the punishment of crime and the pr,
servation of public order, and to +,
storseto thcii firesides and their home
clothed with honors and to be held i
everlasting remembrance, that greG
army Of our citizen soldiers who hav