The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05
The Points for SoIdisrs.


ACCO'a " VIC OppUSttAOu.
John Cessna, Chairman OF the Union
Executive Committee Of PENNSYLVANIA
has issued an address in which he
makes the following points for tho
consideration Of the soldiers. They
are as good for the Buckeye as for the
Keystone State. Let them be pom
dered. Let them be read to svIdicrs.
and let soldiers read them to those Of
their personal friends who yet adhere
to the opposition to the Union party.
THE SOLDIERS.
! Extraordinary efforts are being
made by our opponents TO Obtain The
Votes Of our fellow citizens, rcccntiy
ILeturncd from the service OF the Gun.
try in the army of the nation. In.
these efforts they should, and it is
confidently believed, that they will
fail. - s.faat .'t ~ ! ~
/. Because vigorous prosecution
OF The war for the suppression of the
rebellion has ever been urged by the
Union party Of the country -r q yy.JS
/ 2. Because the war has never been
sustained or advocated by the leaders
OF lbe Paity opposed - the A,d,
| mini5traljon.
Y 8. Bccause4hc friends Of the Union
cause have always sustained aud sup. .
ported the soldiers in the teid. and
the leaders of the pretended Democ.
racy baye ridicuIed and deridcd the
soldiers Of the Union, calling thcm
Lincoln hirelmgs, af0bBcrs, 'I"plnnl
Ederers. and other epithets unit for
iirepetltloDil isT .yDqrqs5ag hre s,e
1. Because when volunteers were
called for, they demanded u draft.
o. Becluse when the draft came.
Chcy opposed the communications clause.
and declared it was discrimination
agaipEt the poor man. 8TG E14I
u. Because when that clause was
repealed they complained that the OIL.
lly hope Of the poor was gone ,-a ..
q. Because they denounced the war
as negro war, and did nothing W aid
or assist in carry it on.
81 Because they became highly in
dignant when negro troops We're call.
ed for, and threw the benefit of all
their sympalhies with the Soath., ID,
4 o., Because they opposed every
measure the Government foGnd it NO
cessaryto adopt for thesupprcs>ion OF
the rebellion. 10 .-..f.r III ssr4 .n
| 10. Because they magniticd eveFy
rebel success, and dcprecatod e,e.y
| Union victory. -+' &"
r. II. Because III 1901, rney dccTarei
the'war q failure. g.r ~ li1w4) 45
t. II. Because, in. 1865, they declare
that the fruits of the war are debt,
disgrace and slaughter
+ 13. Because they tl!el to prevent
! the extension Of the right Of suffrage
to soldiers in the service. 7r ejH 10
H.. Their lea iers hostinvariably
opposed giving bounties to volunteers,
while the friends of the Union party
always sustained and suppol ted these
measures. n ~ 1yuli : 1aGGJ qU
10. Even since the war is over,
they employed. their ablcst LAWYERS in
Ian effort TO declare the bounty laws
Unconstitutional. r'..,,li.... rr.o
| 1G.a When men were greatly need.
cd 10 fill up the ranks, and ath5 Gov
ernment ordered u draft, they esisled
i Men were only obtained, and the na-
ton saved; because the party were Dc,
ieated at the polls in 1868, .......-.
} l. L. Because they have tried to in
: iure the credit & diSparage the cdrrecy
Of the country, by means OF whic.
: the pay, bounties, and pensions Of the
, soldiers can alone be paid. .'.t=
: Is. Because the platform Of the
/, Union party recognizes the services OF
: the, soldier :. declares that tbs war was
: commenced by rebels that peace was
!, the resalt OF the courage and heroism
} of the Union army that tho cause III
9 which he fought was holy and stered,
, and that honor, glory, and prosperity
. tC the country, and not debt, dis 5ri e
| and Slaughter" are the legitimate
fruit Of his toll. " i"' .-
J TO- Because, when Union men OK
, pressed the hope that rlro0ps mighl
soon be able 10 cohquur thI South
even by their exhaustion and want oI
= ttood, those leaders OF lhc new De.
2 mocracy declared that eve could ncv
1 er conquer the South, 'land ,'that rhty
: had more to eat,in the Suuih tban q
had in the North, go, ..... 3.
20. Because when rebels wor,
b starving our brave soldiers hy hun,
!. dreds at Libby, Belle Island, aAnder;
e sonville, and elsewhere these gam,
4 leaders excused or.mitis.tcd thecrm,
BY declaring that ''lhey fed our pris
oners a, well as they did their owl
p men;" that "owing to. the unconsti
r tutional blockade Of the tyrant Lin
coin, they could not obtain II sutticicn
cy Of food
f Sic SEMPER TYRANMs-We hav
\ heard of numerous ridiculous transla
n tions of this Latin sentence, uttere
:. by Booth Immediately after assassina
% ting President Lincoln; but the fol
!, lowing, supposed to have been give
y in testimony by witness in the tri'