The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-09-28
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~ tShNNSi'S fN'ArSj ''N'N"
ed by some ofthe happiest and fun
NEST anecdotes extaht ~,
THE SAME OLD BRAY.
In referring to the efforts Of the De-
mocracy to "play Union" and to secure
The vote of the soldiers, Mr.. Gaddis
made use ofthe fableof the ass in the
lions skin, the moment they attempt
to roar Union, they expose the bray of
The same old disloyal jack.
PARDON SEEKERS.
Speaking of the purposes of the De-
mocracy, he referred to the large mum.
bcr of rebels who are thronging Wash.
ington asking for pardon. In a con-
versation with Sanders, Tucker and
the rebel General Magrudef, in Cana
da, hc had discovered tho secret Of
these numerous applications They
expect to, obtain pardon, be elected TO
:. a
Congress, and by union, with the.
Dcmocracy,. obtain control of that
body, and either repudiate the nation
al debt or compel thejoint payment of
both the national and rebel debts, and
also re-establish slavery in some form.
--u g.. DR AFTc
lie held the democratic party re-
sponsible for every draft made, and for
the expense and all the offices created
by it. All the enormous sums paid
for bounties and substitutes, the De-
mocracy drew from the pockets of the
people. By its persistent OPPOSITION to
the war and to the enlistment of troops
it withheld the support needed, and
compelled the Government to draft re-
endorsements.
FORGETTING THE PAST.
Secession having failed and the res
toration of the Union being now nee
essary, he said we We're called upon to
forget the past, join hands with the
rebels of the South, aud place them
with the Democratic party in power
He had buried with his own hands six
teen hundred Union soldiers, and seen
the graves Of oyer twenty thousand,
and while he remembered this he
would not forget the past four years
70 forgot the past we must bring back
the noble dead. restore to the widows
and orphans of the land the husbands
and fathers gone, and bring back the
bullet which killed the greatest and
best man OF the century. While he re-
membered these things he would re.
member the men and the party which
were responsible. -
NULL AND. VOID. a..
The Democracy in their platform,
declared the secession ordinances null
and void, and therefore asked imme.
diate representation of the rebels in
Congress. Secession having failed, no
body was to blame, and the rebels
were to be at once forgiven and ,plac-
ed in power. He agreed that the or.
dinances were null and void, but were
the men and tho crime therefore null
and yoid2 When q forgery was COM
mitted and detected before the money
was drawn, because the crime did not
succeed, was 1t null and veid2 And
was. the forgcr looking through the
bars of the penitentiary null and void2
3. THE DAGGER UNpER THE GOWN.
Tho Democracy, in pfaising Presi-
dent johnson, were like the assassin
who fattered his victim while he car
ried a concealed dagger with which to
stab him. They hated him and his
cause, but hattered him because thcy
expected, by his policy for the rcstora-
tion of the rebel States, TO join with
the restored rebels and obtain control
of tho Government Afse7 O..
THE NEGRO.
The Democracy were afraid to com
pete with the negro. They lived in
mertal fear that the negro would in
some way become their equal. Union
men had no. such fears. They were