The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-04-28
SPE ECH OF
COLONEL LEONIDAS METCAlF'
DELIVERED AT CARLISLE, KEN
lucky, April 11th, 1854
Fellow Citizens:

lucky, April 11th, 1854
Fellow Citizens:
This day two years ago / appeared
before YOU in this Court House, i'll an
earnest appeal and warning to you. l
then endeavored to show that traitors
were using every effort that Satan
could invent, under false pretense, to
fire your hearts with hate against your
glorious country. They told you then
that their rights had been taken from
them. They made the broad asser-
ton, but did they tell you what rights
had been taken from them? Have
they yet specified or shown you what
right they had lost? For over three
wears have the traitors been Staying
your sons and brothers, robbing our
people, burning our towns, destroying
our internal improvements, spreading
terror, death aud woe, but still they
have failed to specify the particular
right they had lost. In the fall OF
1861 offered o large reward to any
one, (through the newspapersO } that
wonld show me any right he had lost
yet no one has ever pretended or at
tempted to show it 10 me, and still
thoy make the broad assertion, they
continue to lie, and assert that Lin
coin brought on the war. Well, let us
look back; let us consult the pages of
history; let us look back to grim, solid
facts, to eternal truth.
WHAT HAD LINCOLN TO DO WITH 1T?
a, December 20, l96O-Fort Moultrie
evacuated by Major Anderson.
December a.. 1860.-Fort Moultrie
captured, and Castle Pinkney captur-
2 cd by South Carolina troops, and the
United States revenue cutter, Aiken,
was captured by South Carolina troops
who had been raised long before even
that time for the .avowed purpose OF
making war on your country. What
had Lincoln to do with that act OF
treason? He was not then President;
ho had no more power than any other
citizen.
January 3, 1S6l.-Fort Pulaski was
captured by Georgia traitors. DID
Lincoln have any hand in that?
January 3, 1861. The arsenal at
Mount Vernon, Ala, was seized by AL,
ALBANIA troops, with 100000 stand OF
arms, which had been sent there by
that old blear-eycd traitor Buchanan,
and thief Floyd, purposely to be cap
tured.
january IA, '61.-Fort Morgan, in
Mobile, captured by Alabama troops.
January 9th, 1S61.-The United
States steamer "Star Of the West,
fired into by the South Carolina bat
tories on Morris Island, whilst in pur-
suit of her legal business, and not dis
tnrbing any right or violating any
law. Thus on that ever to be remem-
bered day, did South Carolina let slip
the dogs of war. Did the much-abu
sed Lincoln have anything to do with
that?
January 10, 91SG1.-Forts Jackson,
St. Philips and Pike near New Or
leans, captured by Louisiana troops
January IA, lS6l.-Pcnsacola Navy
Yard and Forts BarrancasN and Nc
Rae, were captured by Confederate
troops. SAS StE .
January 14th, 1s6l.--Baton Rouge
Arsenal was captured by Louisiana
troops. -.
January 31st, 1S61.--The mint was
taken and all tho money in it stolen
tho custom house captured by Louis
lana troops.
February I'd, 1861, - The United
States Arsenal at Little Rock was cap
tured by Arkansas troops. i
.lds February 4th, 1S61.-Thc revenue
cutter Cass was captured by Alabam'
Z troops. a@
February 10th, 1861,---Gcn Twigg
turned traitor and surrendered mil
lions of Government property to Texas
, March I'd, 1861. THE revenue cut
ter Dodge was captured by Texan au
thorities. ht
IS Now, mark you, every one OF thes
acts of treason and war occurred un
& der Bucbanan's administration, ant
before Lincoln went to Washington
3 yet traitors, fools and conservative
a continue to lie, and say, notwithstand
ing these stern and unmistalkabl
3 truths are staring them in the face
= . that Lincoln began this war. The.
~ then published to the world that the,
ss s. made war on your country to sever it
to dissolve the Union--to wrest from
ssiwhole States, and create new confed
=. eracy whose chief corner foundatio
aastone ( should be human slavery--negr
slavery. They deliberately raise an
marshal their troops, plant their bal
teries, fire on your ships, capture you
.feSla qarsenals mints and, custom
houses, hang your citizens, and al