The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-06-23

meets WITH lltlle IuNOr Ill the COunSelS
of the party.
We have, then, in 1864, the same
enemy to meet and the same ground
to tight over. The issue is Union or
disunion, government or rebellion. -
The campaign is beyond doubt the
most important ever fought in tke
country, and the people are again call
cd upon to bo trao to themselves and
tncir Government They know the
vast interests involved in tho election,
and thOy will do their duty.
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BATAN RE-APPEARs AT PANDEMO-
MUM. ...
To put the thing OIL record, We pub,
lish ON our first page Vallandigham 5
reception and speech at Hamilton
1t will be seen that he appeared sud
denly, and astonishcd tho Convention
In reading tho account of his return,
we remembered description, written
by poet namUd John Milton, who
wrote more than century ago. 1t
dosc,;bos Tho ,.ot,rn III H. &,ot o,.,.t
rohJ La;no no,,oH Ct, 49,
Convention at Pandelnomum. There
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In show plebeIan angel militant
oflove,t order passed. and from tie door
Assembled his hieh G throne ] which ur5er s,o,o
OF richest texture spread at the Upper ene
He % sat. and round m % "bo"t % HIM saw" saw Unseen n~
A,la't' as from olOnd' his fulsenthead
VIII WIN p %Spt S os',t,,iT, o'arp .e, n, fan '' ''"
Vas kh him, or tat'c glitter. All amazed
m %p ""u" D1 'V thss 1ss~n Eso
Their mighty chief returned loud was the acclaim;
Forth rushed in haste the great consulting peers,
Con,ro,u,,, miami ,' onuroa"bod r bi~, who % VIII, h,nd ny
Silence, and with these words attention, won,"
satan proceeded at once to address
inc convention rs "Ihrones, domina-
IONS prlhcedoms' virtues, powers,
d'ner'hS III TINS from 'allandgham
who' with some less pomp, addressed
tho oIyg'nh throng' as Milton calls
u, at hamilton, as "Men OF Ohio -
mere Is some similarity IN the address
ueliVereu' ana u needed but one thing
10 complete the resemblance. Satan,
on concluding MS address, found hlm'
SCH turned lhto dragon, and his au-
dltors' transformed INTO serpcnts, his
sing his speech, instead OF shouting
applause 1t needed only some pow
OF to turn VallandIgham into his nat
urai shape, anu the Hamilton Copper
heads into snakes 70 complete the full
colnc'uehco' ..."
lhere ~ much speculation ~ 10 tht
erect OF 'a'lahdigham return HC
sta'es lhat no returned upon ms own
responsibility ana not Without caIcu-
latlng the cause ana consequences
There IS no reason for re- -arrest'ng him
how,unIess 1t be tor defyingthe Govern
menth Tho principle causes OF his ar
rest ana banlshmcnt, VIZ; discouraglnS
enIistmcnts and encouraging dcscrtons
from the army, cannot bc urged now
We believe the government Will not
molest him, and that tho Copperhcads
will have to dispose OF their elephant
by placing him upon the Chicago tick
ct for Vice President. Ills return Mt
this time is evidently intended to make
u sensation with that object in view
There is n great deal Of bravado in
tho address, but there may also be
something in the threats and warnings
OF tins man. Tho secret order OF Cop
r'' '"o"'' may ""'o '''"''' "'"' IL" ~
promises Oh pro'ectloh' shou'u nc ro
turn. lie says; '"But | warn also tho
mon in power that there is vast mul
titudo, n host whom they can not mum