The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-08-25
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sentences Of the speech Of this gentle
man at the peace meeting last Satur-
day, to enable one to thoroughly un-
dcrshnd his position. Not, however,
that he occupies very positive one
for he appeared to be making an effort
TO stand equally well with three very
different classes Of citizens-pcace de-
mocrats, war democrats, and uncondi-
tional Union men. His text was
PEACE; but he took good care to re-
peat omphatically several times that
while he was for PEACE, il was for
PEACE, tOunded on the restoration of the
Union. lie evidently had misgivings
as to the strength Of the pcacc-at.any-
price sentiment in the crowd before
him-and seemed to think he mipht
hope to gain over to his support some
Union men, and even somo soldiers
in addition to the assured votes of the
clear Coppcrhcads, by skllful airing
OF his Congressional record-or such
parts of it as he thought he could use
in the most telling manner. lie had
voted for resolution declaring it to
to be the duty Of Congress to aid tho
government by passing all NECESSARY
measures for raising men and means
for prosecuting the war against tho
rebellion, In announcing this he was
careful to explain to his Copperhead
friends how by an easy quibbIo he could
always find dny measure of that sort
to be entirely unnecessary. lilo had
voted against Lincoln's dyuH. This
showed what he could do in tho way
Of getting around what would seem
to be tho requirements of the rcsou-
ton he had previously voted for, and
seemed to be highly satisfactory to II
portion Of his audience. But, as Il SOD
TO Union men and soldiers, he had vot,
ed 10 Pay the soldiers already in the
fcld-ycs, absolutely to PAY them for
their services and not only that, but
together with overy other Democratic
Congressman, to increase their pay.
from hdttca to- tccHty dollars II month
OF course the object of this voto was
not to increase by some hundreds OF
millions of dollars por year, that trc-
mendous National Debt which has
caused so much copporhead bowling
Oh no ! it could not be that. The
idea probably was, that by refusing to
send moro men to the assistance of the
noble fellows now confronting the enc.
my, their numbers would soon be SC
reduced by rebel bullets, that even At
twenty dollars month tho support OF
the army would cost tess than ii ut thir
teen or sixteen dollars u month enough
men were put into the field to effect
uaIIy crush the rebellion. Thus, YOU
SEQ, the Peace Democracy would b,
killing two birds with ono stone, by
securing two cherished ohiccts-namc
", tho reduction of National expense.
80 long ms their pockctsarcnot the OK
elusive receivers of the spois-and The
complete success of their Southern
friends in their attempt to destroy thC
Government Of the Union.
We have serious doubts IN to Con
grcssman Finck's success in fully sa
tisiying either of tho diverse classo,
composing his audience last Saturday
Your Simon.purc Copperhcad does no
: want to have any silvcrirg or gliding
process applied to tho bascr metal com
posing the god of his worship-an,
the patriotic, Union loving citizen an,
soldier equally dctcsts and abhors th
coppory idol, whether of tho pur
metal, or silvorod over or colored nevc
so artfully.
We have said that few sentence
, OF our Congrcssman's speech wer
enough, to enable tho hearer to under
} stand his position, Yet if we wcr
asked 10 atnIn nnr Lion az thnA ,,nn;I;A