The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-22
A REASONABLE Organization.
Correspondence Q. 8. Journal

Correspondence o. 8. Journal
NEWCASTLE, Coshocton Co.
ED. JoURNAL;-The Butternuts
have a thorough organization in
this county, and / doubt rot
throughout the State, Their or
ganization, which is secret, is moth.
ing more or less than reorganiza.
ton of the "Knights of the Golden
Circle" and, while they attempt to
entice Union men into their fold by
claiming it to be only for the pur:
pose Of giving more successful bat.
tie againstnegro suffrage, their real
object was to get up an organiza-
ton in sympathy with Southern
rebels in opposition to the rights
and interests of tho soldier, and
place the administration ofthe Gov
ernment in the hands Of such North
ern robel sympathizers as Allen g.
Thurman.
They held a fnooting a few nights
since at the house Of a Butternut
who resides in the country, and at
tempted to initiate ayoung soldier
whom they thought all sound, be-
cause they had heard him talk
against negro suffrage, and also be.
cause he had been refused an hon
orable discharge from the service
on account of his having come home
at the close OF the war, without
waiting for the formality of mus
tcring ont" Bat they had "got
tho wrong pig by the ear" lie
informs us that after reading two
long addresses to him advocating
the cause of the South, and contem.
ming the wrongs and tyranny OF
the Reconstruction Act, reciting
the trials and prosecutions of DR.
Olds and Vallandighaw, and dc.
claring in favor of vindicating Val
Iandigbam by making him the
next United States Senator, and
repaying Thurman for his devotion
to the South and the Constitution,
by making him Governor, charging
the Union party with disfranchi-
sing white soldiers and equalizing
negroes with white men, he was
then asked TO pledge his word and
honor as a man to support these
measures, and only members Of the
organisation for office.
He said he looked all around the
room, and among all of the eleven,
there was not one man, who, du-
ring the war, was considered loyal,
One ofthem, be thought, had been
indicted for treason, and all the
rest had been charged with assist,
ing in the opposition to the draft
which took place in the west end
of the comfy in 1864, and which
the Sd Ohio had to come and sup
press.
He then spoke and said:
"Gentlemen, l know my govern
ment refuses me an honorable dis
char ge because | came after the wal
was over, supposing that as L bad
only sworn to serve during the
war, had a right to. L servec
three wears and then veteranlzed
and I think / deserve Of my Gov
ernment, andI believe she will ye'
give me an honorable discharge
and my pay and bounty, Bn
whether she ever gives me my dis
charge, my pay or my bonnIy'
have taken an cath. which intcnt
to keep as sacred and literally as
intended and believed was keep
ing the oath / took when ! wa
mustered into the service. Tha
other oath | took after the battl'
of Chicamouga, in which many o
my comrades had been killed ant
butchered by reOels, led on ant
strengthened by Vallandlgham
Thurman and other Northern sym
pathizers, and that oath was, tha
:, / would never vote for Vallandig
ham, or any man who voted 10
} Yallandigham for any Office ofhon
/ or, trust, or profit whatever. Ina
oath took while the blood OF IN.
, comrades was still red upon th
battle field of Cbicamauga. INA
/. oath took in tho namo Ot HUNDRED
r and thousands of Union soldier
/. who werc killed by rebels, who's
! only hope was tho assistance froT
Vallaodigham and Thurman an
9 their cursed Northern rebel crew
! That oath | took in the, name {
? hundreds and thousands of widow
Q and orphans, made so by rebel so
. diers, whose only hope of succe'
s was in assistance from Vallandil
$ ham and Thurman and other OH
+ rebels; and, gentlemen, this oatl
c I doubt not, was taken by ever
0 Union soldier from Ohio. An
y they will keep it as sacredly
2 as they keep the memory OF the
!, dead comrades; and if any sol'
ier votes for Allen G. Thurman /
will be worse than descrter. Il
will not only be deserting the VI
# ion and the cause for which h
n comrades fell, but he will be.yotlI
q for q man who encouraged rcbe
to kill Union soldiers, whose ever
II effort during the war, was for Il
!. South and against the North; {
% a man who fed captured rcoels u
! on delicacies and sweet.meats; !
i man who bought them cloth
= and loaned them money, ana d
/ all in his power 10 make them col
y Portable; but never didaughtto a
y y comfort or assist boy in blu
h Now, gentlemen, you have myoPl
N ion, SO open that door and lot !
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