The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-06-08

Lincoln and Svldiers' Monument, in
Fairfield county. The purpose ofthe
fund is set forth the following appeal
to the people of Ohio;
THE OHIO MONU MENT FUND
AN. APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
The State of Ohio honored Abra-
ham Lincoln as Chief Magistrate, and
loved him as man: that honor and
that love were deserving of perma-
nent record had he been permitted to
reap with us the full fruition of his Ia
bors of the past four years; they are
infinitely more SO now that he has
been struck down in his career of use
fulness by the ruthless hand of the as
sassin--struck down as the represent
ative of civil liberty and free govern.
ment. Such record it is proposed
to make in enduring marble, fashioned
by the hand of Art, and erected in the
beautiful Capitol Of our proud Com.
monwealth and which shall speak tc
every beholdcr our appreciation Of
his lofty virtues and his dnexamplcd
public services, which shall to all fu.
turc time incite an emulation Of those
virtues and those services, and whicl
shall speak to each generation the in
telligent appreciation by free people
of unselfsh ambition and unsullied pa
triOtism.
Soldiers of the Union armies! Wher
Abraham Lincoln was struck down BY
the assassin the stroke was aimed a
you; the blow aimed at his life wal
directed at the same time at the life o
the nation, for the preservation o
which you have barred your breasts tt
the storms Of war during the fou
weary years of his Administrations =
He has fallen in the hour ofyour tri
umph, q martyr to the principles fo
which you have fought. Shall no
Ohio, pre- eminent in the field and th
Cabinet, be the first to give durabl
expression to the gratitude which no
only our State, but the nation and th
friends of liberty everywhere, cher
ishes for the memory of this illustri
GUS Son of the West? We know ful
we'll wnat your response will be.
Nor are the brave men of Ohio
who have fallen in defense Of the ma
tor, to be forgotten. II has been de
cided to erect to their memory mon
ument in the Capitol grounds, ard tn
memorial to their fallen Commander
in Chief, at the same time. 1t mus
be shown that their services and sac
rifices, so bravely and gloriously mad,
are fondly and proudly cherished b
those who survive and those who com
after them.
! People Of Ohio, VIC ask for thcS
purposes your generous contribution
VIM. HENRY SMITH,
Secretary of State.
G. VOLNEY DORSEY,
Treasurer of State.
J. J. JANNEY,
Secretary of Er- Co
! On behalf Of Executive Committee
+ Ohio Monumental Association.
Contributions will be limited to OIL
dollar, though each contributor m'
pay that amount in aid of the Linco
, Statue and Soldiers Monument, al
may contribute in the names of 9th
I, persons as much as he or she please
, Subscription Books are open at Co
nell & Frittcr's Office, and at the FIJI
} Nation Bank, and wo trust that eve
! patriot in the county will constitu
himselfa committeeman to solicit co
e tributions. We wish that q few ladi
and gentlemen in each township won
, take the matter in hand and act in a
' Of the fund. Let there be emulate
, between tho different townships. S
, which will do the best. The boo
+. will be present at tho Union Coun
Convention on Saturday, when it
hoped liberal contribution will
a given. .
U J. NJ. CONNELL.
G. T. EARAGUnY.