The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-30

date with his appointment to said Fed
cral office
To convince his proprieiors at Wash,
in. ton Of the soundncss Of his conver-
sion the Colonel has manifested all the
zeal o. q new convert, and has sought
on all occasions to make manifest his
own betrayal of the principles Of the
party that had before trusted him and
honorcd hlm, The most recent publ.
cation of his shame is in the shape Of Il
letter to the Lancaster Gazette in eX.
planation and support of the Ewing
letter to the Johnson Convention Of
the I'll inst. In the course Of his let.
ter he charges that the Union State
Central Committee have chdhged tie
platform Of the Union party to Tho vii
est radicaism, and uses the following
language
son the 18th of July (and now | come
TO explain why you all VINO wear par.
ty shacklcs aud are driven by the panty
lash, suddenly deserted the old princl-
pies Of the Union war party and join,
ed the latel Y constructed radical party)
the Union State Central Committee un-
dcrlouk to change the old Union party
OF Ohio which had just hcld it, State
Convention, into II new radical organi.
zalion, and also to impose upon the
Union voters Of Ohio II new platform.
They issued an address and announced
as the cardinal doctrine to be maintain
cd by Union mon, "that AL who Joined
IN the rebellion ceased 10 be citizens, be-
came public eremics. forfeited their
right 10 rOtc wdh tOydt men, aud must
bc subjected to II severe ordeal and be
made to bring forth fruits Of repentance
before they arc trusted or restored to
citizenship"
From this date i, may bo assumed
that in Ohio tho old Union party or.
gained aud maintained by the patri.
OTIS OF the war, was made to give place
TO u new radica, organization, which
could only expect to draw TO ITS sup.
port thOee who believed that the right
lul result and effect of tho war was
subiugation OF the people Of tho South,
and exclusion Of tho States that had
been in rebellion from the Union, un.
I'll Congress should prescribe arblra,
ry conditions for their re admission"
The Colonel has irrolrievably blum.
dcrod into the very trap sci 80 catch
gentlemen of his persuasion, and has
at the Same timo gone back on the
Great High Priest OF his party, whose
livery ho wears, and whose bread and
butter no lives on. That part OF the
address Of the Central Committee 10
which he takes exception is taken nj.
most rerbdttm from II speech OF An.
drew johnson made at Nashville, June
9th, 1864, and repeated in substance
to the Virginia delegation at the
White llOuse, last winter. Mr.. John.
son said in his Nashville speech: n
sag that the trdior has ceased 10 be a
ctt:en' and in joining the rebellion has
become opublic enemy He forfeited his
rIght to rOte with loyal men when he
renounced his citizenship, and sought
to destroy our government. My iudg.
ment is that he ShoHid be subjected TO a
Sepere omeai before he is restored TO citi.
seaShp, Before these rcpenlmg rebels
can be trusted, let them bring forth
fruits ofrePentdnce
Col, Council has inadvertently boen
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trapped into u seriDus onsldus ht upon
Mr. Johnson, which NAV cost him his
oilico. lie, no doubt, thinks, howev.
er, thattho laltor has changed, although
in his 22d OF February speech Mr.
johnson innoccntly inquired. What
prWciplc have | violated2 What sen
ument have | sworved from Can
they put their fingers on it? Have you
heard them point out any discrepan
cy2
This difference between Col Con.
nell and the Central Committee may
DO explained by simply calling attcn.
ton TO the fact that tho latter, in their
circular OF July 9Th, indorsed An.
dro" johnson az he was in 1864, when
he was a hunted IoyaIist who dare not
return to his homo for fear OF assassin.
alton; when ho was denounced BY tho
entire rebel and Coppophoad press and
from oyery Democratic stump in
The North as On illilerate, drunken
tailor; when a price was aet upon his
head by the jeff Davis government,
and tho bloody assassin sought his life;
while the former iLdorses him to-day,
when these same traitors and assas.