The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-08-11


know that the party whose success
you advocate is the friend and ally of
the rebellion. Witness, in proof Of
this, all the statements made above
and also the fact that it rejoices at ev-
cry Federal defeat and rebel success,
and is depressed at every Federal vic
tory and rebel defeat. 1t also instant
ly discredits all the first dispatches
announcing the success Of our arms
and instantly believes all dispatches
announcing rebel victories.
3. We not only fear but feel and
know that your party is organizing to
overthrow the government. Witness
the developments recently made in St.
Louis and Indianapolis, whore the
sworn testimony of members of tho
order exposes the existence OF the or
der Of American Knights or Sons of
Liberty, and reveals tho cpurposo Of the
order to bo the overthrow Of tho Gov
ernment and the establishment of
great North. Western Confedcracy as
a tail to the kite of the Rcbel Confed.
eracy.
4 We feel and know that the short
est road to peace is to vote for Mr..
Lincoln. This we know because tho
rebels themselves have frequently, de-
clared that if Mr.. Lincoln is re.olected
all hope is gone. They are now hold
ing out in the hope that he will be do
fcatcd. There will be pcace in less
than thrco months after his re.inau.
guration.
5. We know and feel that if any can
didate Of tho Copperhead Democracy
or Peace Party is elected, the war will
be indefinitely prolonged, or tho RcbcI
Confedcracy will be recognized. They
will send Commissioners, grant al
armistice, and give the rebels wha
: time they need to replcnish thcil
o armies and renew the contest for in
3 dependence.
o 6. We know and feel that if the grea
4 and sublime struggle.now going on fol
I the preservation Of tho Union and tn,
establishment of n great American ma
ton fails, il will bo due TO tho efforts
of that reasonable party TO which yol
). belong. Not even tho members of you
r party will dare to question tho fac
= that if the North had been united tn
h rebellion would long since have bee,
g suppressed, nor that if the North wcr
= now united the rebellion could be total
u ly wiped from the earth in less tha
y six months. You and your party knoN
J. that tho rcbols are encouraged by you
J. sympathy, and that the men whic
n tho Government needs arc withhold
y through your efforts to prevent thcr
&C from joining the army.
7. We not only fear but foel tina
" you are now plotting treason and oil
II ganizing for tho overt act. In man
- places tho men who have been mislc
+ and cmbittcrcd against tho Govern
u mcnt by the corrupt press of you
u party, are now organizing, arming an
y drilling to resist the draft. This W
j. are informed thoy aro doing in Amar
II da and Bernc townships in this count.
" and that the same is being done i
Hooking, Pickaway and other c0untie
IT 8. We know and feel that your pa
~ ~ ty in this county has shamcfully abuse
ir the power with which the people cl
,c trusted IT, 1t has taxed tho people
II this city nearly four hundred dollaI
to pay an unjust and exaggerated cl0i
'0 to you, for damages done to your o
!" fee, and this without any legalauthor
u ty. 1t has fined a Union man $25 ar
costs and sentenced him to five da,
nc in the county Jail on bread and wat
10 Tor assault and battery. 1t has pr
Do tccted the murderer Of two Union SC
" diers, through the officers whom it h
wv elected. II has degraded the Agricr
tural Society Of the County into p
IN litical organization, and destroyed Il
re beneficial results of the annual Coun
"g Fair by making it a partizan exhil
Gu, ton.
., We not only fear but feel sin
1 the protection your party has Cxten
cd to the man who killed two soldiS
I'LL in our midst, that Union men O
'Po not safe, and so far as officers Of yo
'ey party are concerned, that their Ii,
na' may DO taken with impunity, VIII
put your party is in power.
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