The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-08-25
LANCASTER, O., Aug. 20
McSSrS. Editors:

lHcSSrS. Editors:
To-day / asked Col. Sharp, Chair
man of the Peace meeting, if it would
be any interruption whatever for me TO
go to the meeting and takenotes of the
speeches, He replied, "Certainly not,
come on to the stand" There were a
large number of us in this county that
did not like Job E. Stevenson's record
in the early part of the war, and l was
to take notes if 1 could get permission
ofMr. Finck's speech and if his re-
cord was still for war, Mr.. s. would
have lost our influence. | went to the
stand and found it so full concluded
not to ask to crowd any one out, and
went to the outskirts of the crowd
Soon thereafter, Mr.. Jonas Baker, of
Richland TIP, asked me what l was
doing. told him, and informed him
that | had the permission of the Pres,
ident to take the notes. He told me |
must go to the stand and take notes.
/ told him it might interrupt the
speaker. He replied it would not !;
when couple of gentlemen came to
me and told me / must go to the stand,
and Mr.. Jonas Baker said to me no
one should interrupt me. Iwent with
those gentlemen to the stand, and they
helped me on it, and again inquired of
the President Of the Convention if it
would be any interruption for me to
take notes then, and he said to me, GER
tainly not Mr.. Charles Roland saw
me taking them, and am satisfied he
thought he had got number of men
to leave, who had, rs | now learn,
come there to interrupt me.
After Mr.. Finck had got through
his speech, l got off the stand in the
Court House to leave, when Mr.. Jacob
Geiger, of Walnut township, stopped
me, and a fellow that | know very well
told me he wanted to see my notes to
see if l had kept them right. | re-
marked to him he could not read them
and / would read them for him. He
said he could read them and took
them, when Mr.. Geiger replied, "that
is what's the matter" Yes, said this
other fellow, "I'll take care of those
notes myself" and stuck them in his
pocket. By this time there were a
number Of persons present, and !
started out of the Court House. AS
passed the witness stand q Democrat
was leaning against the post and said
to me, get out as fast as you can; l am
hero to defend you, but they intend to
kill you. l walked out Of the Court
House - walked across the street,
when Col. John COnnell told me to
step into the Drug Store, A soldier
then banded me q revolver, and some
dozen ofthem stood there with q num-
Der Of citizeps, An excited crowd Of
300 ors4QO pefsons-sleft the meeting
and came across tho street crying out
"Hang him Bring out the d1G Alb.
olitionist," &c. Mr.. Charles Rainey,
John Short, Ira Ricketts, and George
See got to tho door of the drug store
and done all in their power to quiet
the excited crowd, and finally sue.
cecdcd.
You now havo my whole olfcnso
| said nothing to insult any one
went with them, hoping Finck would
say something that would be sufficient
to leave me and many others on nou,
trail ground. But l concluded when.
ever at peace meeting a man can't
go and take notes Of what speakers
say, it is high time such party should
rot have the control and you can
now put mo down for Job Il. Steven
son for Congress and | am ready to
take tho stump for him from now un.
til after the election.
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