The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-11-15
TnR RRsuLT IN mARYLANp.

Maryland has gone in this election
as she would have gone in the rebel
lion, had the Administration been in
the same hands. The secession leaders
determined to make her northern boun,
dairy their lihe, anu throughout the war
the recovery of"My Maryland" was one
OF their most cherished plans In the
repeated effort Lee met the great de-
teat which was the turning point in
his fortunes. Lying on the Conteder-
ate border, with great gate way into
it through the valley Of the Shenan-
doah-whioh, in spite of its repeated
ly demonstrated importance, our mill
tary strategy neglected to close till
the last campaign-wilh the ability to
throw in the great rebel army, and
with more than half the inhabitants
sympathizing with the Confederacy
and supposed to be ready to rise and
join the "llberating" army, the oppor
tunity and the vital necessity OF recov
ering Maryland were ever foremost in
the rebel military plans, and led then
on to the disaster which destroyed t
third OF Lees army, and broke its pres
tige Of victory.
The situation of Maryland is th'
same in the effort to restore the rebel
lion by political strategy that it wa
in the conflict of arms. There is tn
same Southern desire to recover IL
control, the same open way of throw
ing Confederate voters into its cleo
tions, the same sympathies in th
greater part of its inhabitants, an
there is in this case be ditferenc
which would have alike changed tn
result OF the other conflict, to.wit tina
the Administration instead of holdin
Maryland in subsection to the f!ation
! al Government, as Abraham Lincol
did, has thrown its influence and pow
er to transfer the State to rebel cor
troll.
1t is this treachcry in the man VIII
was placed in the Executive chair b
u most foul murder, that has given til
Confcderates their victory, and hi
transferred the State of Maryland
tho side which is hostile to the esta
. Iishment OF peace, and to the settl
ment Of any Of the issues of the wa
, 1t is no mitigation in the character
his intentions that Maryland was N
precipitated into civil war. He col
= spi7cd with Gov. Swami to carry tt
State by violence, but the imperviol
f legality Of the proceedings OF the l.
gal authorities left him no loophole #
Introducing military power, and Il
firm attitude Of the great people i
a tlmidated him, and his criminal mil
. tary preparation was not brought in
action. But the conspiracy resort'
to means more BETTING its treache
Ous character.
q 1t has been claimed that the ele
s ton oath was an outrage upon u
people by its requirements that wou
exclude all but the Radicals from v
ting But it was found that the me
notorious. rebels could take it.
!. stood in their way no more than Il
= Official oath Of the Southern membe
# OF Congress did in the way of the
= engaging in the rebellion, or than Il
= oath Of the Southern officers of the n
u tional army did in the way of The
G dcserting to the rebels. By the
10 means Andrew Johnson has manag
=. TO get ono Endorsement out Of t
great elections this fall, and it is
u Endorsement beftting and exhibit
his character. Jefferson Davis wou
is have received u more hearty indori
-e ment by the same election, and it
=, questionable it he would have play
= 80 foully for it.-Cm Gag.