The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-04-14
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'aBNsdes carrying on the VA

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,,,ss@sdss carrying cn the war, the
.cyal men of the country hays great
,wosk Is perform during the coming
Ispnusr and fall in the nomination and
s.ecsisu of a President. q Confronted
BY 4 apo@ersal army onthe border and
Distracted by the p:achipations Of dis.
lSSal nep in their rnidst, they have a
sigsatio ant tdi6cult work bcfors them
which will1dsnand for ito aceouplish-
@tat the most anwearied exsrtion, the
A;ghsst moral courage. and tho most
uaselAsh patrlotirrna They unustse-
lsot a patriot and . statcsrnan, who
has bee2 tried, who il p!siged to a
prosecution ofths war ,uEtil the rebel
,l:ea 10 crushed, and who viii accept
from those IN rebelliea nothing but
uneonditional ssbmission to the an.
tEosity Of the Government and the
Constitution, They must prevep. the
election of any one who flIors com.
promise, ard who is not pledged to use
all the power 81 the Government to
eppHrsssthe rebellion by force Of arns.
The candidate, then Of the peace
and compromise party, or the party
icpp6scd to tho Union organization.
must DO defeated Il For the policy and
4Eigls et this, party we must lock to
its acts. TO the speeches and letters Of
its leaders, and 70 its public journals,
and not 70 any platforms which it may
adopt in, Conventions, It's platforms
aFSnot made to enuuciato its princi.
plss,butto conceal them. Looking to its
leading men for its principles, we find
Fernando, Wood in favor of sending
peace CON ranissioners 70 Richmond, and
Of recognizing the independ dsnce of the
Boq;hOrn. confsderacy, We find Mr.
Long, ofOhio, in his late speech, do
claring tho war for tho Union a fail.
uro,, and himself in favor of rseogni.
zing the independence Of the South
Thcse scnimcnts are endorsed by hi
party friends in Congress, and by thu
oygans ofthe party in thhState. Th'
animus Of the party, lts lawlcss spiri
ana the deadly hatred which its mem
bsrs bear toward Union men ,ant
Union soldiers, 10 shown by the lat
letter Of Vallaudighsm to the Daytoi
Empire, advising retaliation upon th
property Of Union men, whenever
few epraged soldiers or citizens attacl
tho property of his party followers
and further, by the late dsliberat
murder Of two soldiers in, our raidst
BY, similar, murders Throughout, tn
State, and by the recent indiscrimt
nato and unprovoked massacre U
Union soldisrs in Coles county, III
ndis That there are many. men /
the party who oppose this policy an
dsprCcate these acts, We do not deny
but they arc not the controlling cl,
,rJ1Jlt1lh N9 fNt VI
"YAsM 100 i9id td7am sif aHu.
This party,theu, in favor Of recogu
zing tho independence OF the South an
animatedi BY tho bittcrcst .animosit
against all who laborrfor the supprc
sion Of tho tebellion, this party mu
hcasMndc defeated and kcptfrom powc
The work before us 10 even moro in
poftRnt than the work Of our armit
In tho kuceOaa Of this party lies u
utter waate Of all the blood and troa
qrs already expended, the dissolutit
oftho Union, and ultimately tho de
truetion Of FREQ institutions in Ame
lea Inits defeat, lies the restorati,
oftho Union, the permanent csta
lishment OF tho Government, aud Il
petpstuation of our institutions.
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