The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-09-21
Established 1925.

and degree"
/ never asked more for the negro
than this, and 1 never expect TO-
Viewed in this light, measured by
'character and degree" (mind color
has nothing to do with it, / do consi. |
der negro with q muskct on his
shoulder, following the Stars AID
Stripes and keeping step to the music
of the Union, as a better type OF the
American citizen than the rebel South
who took up arms to regain rights he
had never lost; or the sympathizing
cOpperhead Of the North who went
just as far in the same direction as his
courage would bear him. who bought
pis OILS and surrendered them at dis
cretion, who bound himself by horriI
oaths at the midnight conclare TO rise
when warned, overthrow the Govern
ment here at home, and by fire and
sword, teach the loyal people that trea.
son could not be conquered.
WHO THE DEMOCRATS oP 1865 ARE.
l propose to turn your attention for
q moment to a party who are sceking
to assume the reins Of power, Gnder
the hypocritical cry of negro equali.
ty.' affirm that they are the same
who two years ago supported Mr. Val
Iandigham, who boaeted that be had
not "voted for any army bill, or navy
bill or army or navy appreciation bill,
since the meeting of Congress on the
4th OF July 1861; who was willing that
the soldiers might 90 barefoot before
he would vote them shoes, and starve
for rations rather than he should be
committed in favor Of the war. Now.
l see that the Democratic COnycntion
OF New Jersey are insisting that the
Government shall pay the soltiors the
full bounty promised them Iwcnder
IF they want their votesY Nobody
doubts that the Government as it is
now constituted will deal fairly by the
soldiers; they have been working to
gcther, standing by the same cause,
and supporting the same interests. Ii
they had not been fed and clothed in
the field, they would not now be here,
the object Of 50 much kind regard
The Ohio Convention, the Vallandig-
ham Morgan Convention, was little
more charry. They resolve that the
valor and fortitude of our troops have
never been surpassed and their pa.
triotic devotion to the country can
never be obliteratcd from our memo.
ries. "OW troopsP" On which said
did our troops fight? Surely, the Union
soldiers were not your troops. You did
not enlist them you did not encour-
age them to go; you did not drill
them, you did not propose TO feed
them after they We're in the field; they
were fighting for cause which you
said never could succeed; when did
they become your troops? Nay. must
we not in all fairness suppose that if
there is any honesty in this resolve.
it really ly means that rebel troops arc
"our troops"
This party declared openly, etery
where, for the last three years, that the
rebellion never could be put down, and
the great chieftain himself declared in
the Courthouse yard at Hamilton
that if Lincoln and his hirelings ever
succeeded in subjugating the South, he
would admit that he was entirely mis-.
taken, that he we wasignorant OF ms.
: tory and public affairs, and would at
once retire to private life. The thing
is done. Why don't be retire2
A DEMOCRATIC ORGAN FOR REPUTATION
This party also declared for sspQra
{ ton. The Ture Telegraph, in an ar
ticle July q, 1864, and which l hav,
with me, openly advocated the dissolu
tion of the Union. | will read it t,
you l-. .-. ..
, "Belioving that reconstruction o
the Federal Union is now impossible
| that the war for is restoration ha,
proved an utter failure; and that it,
further prosecution will end in tn,
{ subversion Of the remaining liberties
of the people, we shall therefore advo
cate an immediate cessation OF hostili
ties, and the appointment of Commits
t sioners empowered with authority to
treat, subject to the approval OF the re
, maining States of the United States
with like representatives from the
Confederate States of AmeriGa, upor
all questions incident to just and hon
orable terms of SEPARATION s
And there was not, so faras ! know
a single member Of the party in But
Ter County who objected to this view
of the case. They are on the recorC
in favor of giving up the contest anC
disSolving the Government.
DEMOCRATIC pRopHEslEs, AND ErFoRrl
TO FULFILL TREM.
This party, for the purpose OF Grip
pling the Government, and deludinl
the laboring portion of the community
boldly avcred that wages would b.
down to ten cents per day; and, will
the further purpose OF rendering th,
Government odious to the people, die
, not hesitate to declare that the fnan
| ces OF the country were ruined; speak
ers pulled from their pockets old Con
stitutional money, and said that green
/, backs would soon be as worthless as it
, that the United States bonds were on
t ly as so much waste paper; that th,
Government could not pay the debt
or even the interest upon it. The!
opposed every scheme for raising
troops, or keeping them in the fed
/ when Congress inserted the $500 claus
: they Denounced it most violently, anC