The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-09-22

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control of tho organization, and made
it n peace machine, and Mr.. Stevenson,
as principle aud sell-respcct dictated.
left it. There is no soundcr Union
and war man, in the district than MIR,
Stevenson. and he will be elected by a
larger majority than the 18th gave for
Brough.
TO SOLDIERS and w DEMOCRATS.
Hon, WM. i. FINCK is the democrat
ic nominee for Congress in this dis
trict. lie was elected two years ago
by protesting to favor the prosecution
of the war and by making war speech
cs to war men. In Congress he oppo-
sed and voted against the act to re in.
force the army; he opposed the Ma
tional currency, without which the
war coul,l not have been prosecuted
nor the soldiers paid he voted against
giving the soldiers homesteads on con,
fscatcd rebel lands; ho spoke and
voted against the cOniscaton of rebel
property; he opposed and voted
against reinforcing the army by re-
cruiting in tho rebel districts; he vo-
ted against the expulsion and lodged
tho vote upon the consuro Of Harris, OF
Maryland, fer declaring upon tho floor
Of Congress that "Ue would nercr rOtc
n man or doIlor far this mfrynh wm,
and inrohing Almighty God that the
South might ncuer be auRjugated;' and
he voted against the ccnsure of Alex
ander long, and made speech defen-
ding him, for proposing upon the floor
Of Congress to recognize the reJd Con.
fedcracy. These things we can prove
by the Congressional Globe.
These acts are sufficient to deter
mine the position Of Mr.. Finck. But
besides this, he has again accepted the
nomination upon pcacc-and submis.
sion platform, lie is pledged to rep.
resent the sentiment Of the party
\ which nominated him, and which, in
the convention, declared, in the most
positive and uncquivocal terms, in ia
vor Of Il "ccSSdtion Of hOShiticS,' Of an
"armiSticc,' and Of "pcdcc.'
Tho following article appeared in
the Ohio Edglc Of Thursday, August,
18th, 1864, published two days after
the holding Of the Convention which
nominated Mr.. Fack;
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
The Democracy of the 18th Con
grcssionaI District met in Convention
at CircloviIIc, on Tuesday last, (Aug.
lGlh,) and re,nominatcd Hon. Wm. +.
Finck by acclamation, The nominee
delivered an able and PoatirG Pence
Speech, which wns reccjrcd Nth grcoi
applause by the large delegation pres
Cnt,
The following Resolutions were
paeecd WITHOUT \ DISSENTING
VOICE;
l. Rcsoirrd by THIS Co0ratjoa, That
we are in favor OF the IMMEDIATE
| CESSATION OF lIOSTlLlTlES and
PEACE.
2 Rcso'rrd, That we hereby recon.
mcnd and request our delegates elect
to Congress to SUPPORT NONE BU
PEA HE MEN AND PEACE MEAS.
URES.
3 Rcsoircd That IS the history OF
This war proves that tho UNION
CANNOT THUS BIZ RESTORED,
we are in favor Of Negotiation and an
lrm,Sijcc, to the end that Peace and
Union shall be restored
t. RrSoIccd That the HdNkS orHiS
Convention be rendered to the Hon.
ALEXANDER LONG, for his BOLD
POSITION AMI SPEECHES in Con.
grcss,
We have stated shat Mr. Fnck OPP
posed the cenSurc OF long and that he
defended him in speech in Congress
It will he seen TINT thC Convention
which nominated Mr. Flnck thanked
Long for his speech, and endorsed il
Thus both Mr. Finck and the Couvcn
ton have declared themselves in tavol
of cessation OF hostilitics and Of rec
ogniaing The Conicdcrncy, should til,
rebels refuse to return TO the Union
The "bold position for which Mr.
Finck and the Convention thank Mr.
Long, is announced in the speech q
the latter, delivered in Congress, n,
follows:
81 am reluctantly and dcspondingly
forced to the conclusion that tho I'm
ion is lost never to be restored re-
gard all dreams OF the restoration o
the Union Il II as worse than
idle, | see neither North or South any
sentiment on which it is possible tC
J0itd Union
, And again
al believe there are but two alter
natives. either an acknowledgement o
4 he independence Of the South as an in
dependent nation, or their complct,
subjugation and determination as
people and Of these atter'Wtires | pre-
= Ter the former.