The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-23


tions of Mr.. Ewing in advocating that
object were plainly acknowledged
and the individual who would in
fer disrespect or insult TO tho advo-
cate Of a particular view of any
question, from a statement that others
might feel an instructive aversion to
the object they believed such view to
be tending inevitably to establish, is
one that would require the inferior In
telleet, in every case, to square its
Opinions to those of the superior
Fortunately no such mental tyranny
can be maintained in free country,
Here, it happens that the citizen of
humblest intellectual capacity may
hold his own opinions on any subject,
though differing with those of the wis
est and most learned and this with
out justly subjecting himself to the
charge of either advocating wrong
views, or Of being insolent toward
persons of acknowledged mental sdpe.
riolity. And it does not happen that
the earth bears on it's surface human
being who comes quito near enough to
possessing the attributes OF the AL
mighty to entitle him to demand of
common sense American citizens the
unconditional surrender of their judg-
ment to his whenever he chooses to
utter it. Col. Connell would seem to
claim that such individuals do exist
land thatit is their right to silence the
ignorant world by the proclamation
=, ,...c,-..J "I am Sir Oracle .
And when ope my mouth, let no dog bark"
We stand to the assertion that an
"instinctive aversion has been and is
felt by the great body Of American
Union patriots toward "the Philadel-
Iphia Convention" and, its disguised
aims, "as leading surely to a consum-
nation most OF all to bo dreaded by
every true friend of the Republic" Z"
namely, 'fthc restoration Of Democrat
ic rebels TO the control of the Govern
ment." 9qar }eaE u6E lai
|
1 We have Chosen to devote so much
space TO this matter because the COM
mentator upon our innocent little arti-
Gle has shown either a deficiency OF
capacity to interpret II truly, or an
excess of "unmanIy' indisposition to
criticise it fairly-and because of the
necessity Of stripping every prctcnce
of plausiblity from tho pretext thus
sought TO be raised for open war on
the regular Union organization il this
locality by tho new allies of pervert-
ed Democracy. s.a 0o..
As to what Col Connell says about
''tbe Gazette and its editor" having
within six weeks changed from an atti
tuie of endorsement of President
Johnson and his policy" TO one of OPP
position thereto, we have but to remark
that so long as the slightest hope was
left US that he would not in the end
prove utterly rccreant to the principles
whose loud profession secured to him
the nomination and election to the
Vice Presidency, at the hands of the
only Union organization existing dur
ing the war, we endeavored, in the
little we had 30 say on the matters OF
apparent difference between him and
that organization, to refrain from OK
pre- ssions calculated to promote fur
ther estrangoment. Having been COM
PEELED reluctantly to give up that hope,
we unhesitatingly take our stand on
the side which, as we see it, proclaims
that loyalty and not disloyalty. shall
rule this nation.
We do not propose at this time to
di cuss any of the political issues rails
cd IN Col Connell's communications -
We pass now to brief notice of what
he has to say concerning the Goth of
June Union State Convention of Ohio,
namely, thaC it
"met and resolved to ignore the real
issue, in order to combine all who had
been members Of the Union organiza,
in opposition 10 its common enemy,
he democratic party; and TO effect
this, declared as the platform of the
party simply, that the constitutional
amendments now pending wcro liberal
and just in principle, hoping thus 10
get through n political campaign with
success OF moro abstraction. -
That portion Of tho proceedings Of
the Union State Convention by which
it resolved to ignore the real issue, u
somehow escaped our observation
but as Col. Connel was member Of
that body, and active in assisting to
perfect its business, he of course knows
moro about what was dono than we
If that body did resolve" or psivatc-
ly determine to ''ignore the real ISSUE y
he must have been party consenting
to that action, for we never heard of
his taking any exception to it before.