The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-12-01

fore it is that Ohio coEtends for the
Union, and contends more bravely
than other State. Cheers I There
fore it Is that she has sent to the field
two hundred thousand of the best and
bravest men that ever fronted foe to
! fight. [Great cheers ] Therefore 1t
is that she has given TO the nation
four of the best and truest men to lead
her armies. Renewed cheers. Rosc-
I Grams Ccheers with great and patri-
4 otic heart; Grant, [cheers upon
cheers] the crystiIization of all that is
| firm and relentless in the American
character; Sherman, Enthusiastic
cheers7 the living genius Of war; and
Sheridan flively chcers] who in thirty
days with thirty thousand men, ac-
complished more than the Great For
gotten in two years, with two hun
Idred thousand men. Tumultuous
cheers and shauts. 'a'a s1'h u. '...' ,
| r., WAY cINcIyNATl SHOULD REJOICE. -
! It is because the Union to OHIO is a
dire necessity, with whichrhe had bet
ter die than die without it. that we have
done all this, But if Ohio is the heart
Of the Union, Cincinnati is the heart
of Ohio. [Cheers And therefore it
is well, here in the heart of hearts, in
the inner circle. of the Union, you
should .be glad for the Union victory.
If the Union is vital 10 OHIO, is it not
equally so, or more vital to your Sit
ting out on the borders of Secession,
: what would yvur proud and flourish
ing city be, the Union gone? With
hostile forts frowning on yonder hills,
and foreign flags casting their horrid
features in the beautiful Ohio, your
city would be but splendid monu,
ment of destruction. Therefore, it is
: that you have done SO much for the
country, that you have given to the
. army more than twenty thousand
brave men, and sent out your bravest
and best men to fall on the field; there
. fore it is that you stand SO stead
fastly by the soldier and his brave
leaders in the field and his true friends
tathomc. GCheers,l ..s t,,; ,..l..
wHAT3oF THE MILITARY SITUATION.
But, my friends, it is not proper
that all the time should be spent in
rejoicings. The American people
would ever know the reason of the
faith that is, in us. What have we TO
D., rejoice over? We have to rejoice
first, over the military situation of the
! country, for that is the most impor.
q tant after ALL During the canvass il
, was fashionable for those who wished
it to make political capital out oft. tc
say that the war was failure, and
% that we could never succeed l sup
pose now it is unnecessary to argue
'q that question. We have only to look
81 at tho field and be satisfied. We have
Ionly to remember the history of this
war, to know that tlis year has giver
=, us thegreatcst of our successes. Tht
history of this war could be very
|. briefly told. In the West it could b'
= written in one word--Victoryl From
l. the time when our first soldiers crossed
r the Ohio to this day--when Sherman
marches-God only knows where
F great cheers lit has been victory up
It ON victory. In the East would tina
d the history were as brief and glorious
Is But what has il been there? Th'
~ war in the East has becn, year atte
1t year, a series of attacks and repuses
Q, attacks by the enemy rcpulsed-at
II tacks by ourselves repulsed and 81
e it has ebbcd and flowed to ant
fro year after year, until now. II
1861, Jthe rcbcls advanced agains
n Washington, and we advanced agains
- them; we were beaton, and that endeu
~ ~ the campaign. General Mcclellan
,s and general paralysis seized on tn
army and nothing moro was done.--
:" Laughter and cheers I In 1862, w
~ advanced and were beaten; they ad
- ~ vaneed and were repulsed at Antie
II TAM and there practically, the cam
- paign ended. How was it in 1863
- Again we advanced, and again W
10 were beaten; again they advance
u and again they were repulsed at Get
~ tysburg; and there virtually endet
~ the campaign, How has it been thi
=, year23 This year we advanced, an
!; . we hav'nt come back yet. Applause
: The annual attack on Richmond ha
~ been made, and this time it will SUI
- cecd. There sits Gen. Grant, relen
~ less. as Fate, pcrscvering as Prov
3 dence; and he will never relax his hol
- :, on that city until the city is his
sd - Some may think it will never fall; BIT
w -, they are either men who are desiror
~ it shall never fall, or men who despai
~ ~ of the republic. The same men thougl
." a. that Vicksburg would never fall, III
st 81 same men thought that we woul
81 81 never take New Orleans; that W
'' would never take Atlanta; bat the
thinking does not make it true, an
~ their prophecy produces no event.
va We shall take Richmond, [Thunde
no OF appiause,1 Sooner or later it ,mu
up fall, 1t may be before the witherir
'rs leaves now drifting to the ground shs
B settle into winter quarters. We ms
IN surely predict that before, the ro
turns rod in, your garden, before Il
violet blows blue in the woods, or Il
no lily turns pale in the valley, the ST
n! Spapgled Banner, the fairest flower
/. ~ liberty, will bloom over Richmon
we Enthusiastic cheers. And that q
Dr. Dr. complshed, what is left 1t is tr'
On when Rchmond falls Char eston is lei
ay and os Richmond ia the head of ii