The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-06-07
THg OAMPAIaN ~ INDIASA.


State Treasurer in Indiana, has com
menced vigorous canvass for thcsuc-
cess of tho Union party at Tho fall cleo.
tions. Ho was accompanied at Bed
ford, on Friday last, by Colonel II. W.
Thompson, Of Terre Hautc. one of the
best speakers in tho West, who though
heretofore regarded as somewhat con-
servative, took a decided stand against
making too easy terms with traitors
He said t
Ifyou have lost your house by fire,
and the fire has been the work of an
incen diary, you are not apt to call mp,
on that incendlary to help you build it
up, Before | would call them in TO
help rebuild the temple of this Govern
ment. | want to know that their torch
es have been entirely extinguished. 1t
is perfectly certain the thing has got
to be done sometime. The States have
got 10 be brought back into their prac.
tcal relations 10 the Government 1t
is no wonder that we differ as 20 how
it is to be done; but we can agree upon
the main proposition, and that is, that
it shall be done by loyal and true men.
1t is said that the war was the result
of antagO nsm between the North and
South-the South insisting upon the
perpetuation ofslavory, and tho North
resisting them. l am for plucking ontall
the seeds of this irrepressibIe conflict,
as it is termed, as one means OF restor-
ing peace, permanent peac @; for if any
of the elements Of this antagonism is
left you have not accomplished it, for
the seed will germinate and grow up
again The war is ended but / am
not sure myself. and | speak plainly,
that it did not end little too soon,
simply for the reason, that while these
people of the South confess to being
whipped, l very much doubt whether
they are sufficiently repentant of the
evil they have inflicted upon the coun'
try ls g.
lam inclined to think if the war had
gone on until Sherman had cut their
country tnrou- h in another direction,
they would have been in n better con
dition to submit to the authority of the
Government. Lincoln lived long
enough TO see the war terminated, Lee
surrendered; aud exercising that ami,
able and generous nature of hish said
10 these people Lay down your arms
and come into the Union, ana we will
recognize you as equals They felt
flattered by this, and when Johnson
became President of the United States
and there happened tc arise little col
lision between him and Congress-for
all things were working well with the
rebels until then-just when this diff
Guilty sprung up, however, prominent
members Of the Democratic party turn.
ed up all Of Il sudden, and professed to
be par excellance Johnson men, not be-
cause they luxed Johnson, but because
they hoped to make the people of thu
South believe that they could takeJohn
son in their keeping and break up the
Union party, and get the South back
into the Union, and by this means they
would re establish the Democratic Sc
cession party. Then these Southern
nulifiers, who before were sufficiently
repentant, broke out afresh, and +aid
tive will stand up for our rights. Wher
we come back into the Union, we shall
come back without any condition;
whatever" -
General Kimball is perhaps the mos
popular man in the State, and need bu
to show himself anywhere to awaker
enthusiasm which the most elequen
speeches from other men would scarce
'Ily accomplish. His.record during tn
war was such as to make lndianian
proud of him, and he will undoubtcd
| iy make most successful canvass
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