The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-09-12

Extracts from A Youths
History of the War.

ulstory OF The w ar.
IndOrsed by the Democratic
Organ Of Perry County!
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Recommended by the Leading DEM
oerhts, and GeneraIIy B.,ueIlt nv
democrats Throughout the CounIS
We continue our extrdets from
"A Youths History Of tic War" I"
which has been recommended dad
indorsed by the leading democrats
of this county, and Is being sold
rapidly to the "Brick Pomeroy"
and Nasby democrats throughout.
tho county. Comments are Who'll
ly unnecessary. The book speaks
for itself:
"General Bcaurcgard, in order 10
prevent Fort Sumter from being
reinforced by abolition soldiers.
opened fire upon it on the morn
ing Of the 18th day of April, 1861,
at daybreak."
$50 far as the firing on Fort Sum-
ter had gone in the way of getting
up an excitement in the North, Mr..
Lincoln's plans for inaugurating a
great abolition war had succceded
TO his satisfaction. But there was
a great legal difficulty in the way,
the Constitution gave him no pow
er TO raise volunteer army for th c
purpose of fighting any the sov- :
ereign States of the Union"
"Mr. LiDcoln's call for troops
based on this old act, therefore, was
not only illegal, but it was su-
premely ridiculous. We are not
to suppose that ho was really SO
ignorant as 10 imagine tRat the
act justified the call for troops to
operate against the governments of
States, which was passed for the
sole purpose of assisting States to
put down insurrection against their
own governments"
"Mr. Lincoln's first call for 75,-
600 troops was received with a
shout OF JOY by all the old enemies
OF the Union as our fathers made it
in the North" af aas
"Mr. Lincoln's proclamation also
aroused the greatest excitement in
the whole South. Every abolition
Governor Of course responded to
the call for troops with great alac-
rity."
"How sovereign States. which are
in no sense subjects to any Gov
ernmeut, can rebel, have never
heard anybody attempt to ex-
plain" qT,
"The effect Of the humiliating
defeat at Manassas was fearful in
decd. disappointment and morti-
fication, however, are not the words
to express the state of the Black
Republican sentiment and feeling
at the north" ~.
awhile the events l have de-
scribed were going on in Virginia,
the campaign in the West was NOV
ing on vigorously, though in
smaller way. At st. Louis many
citizens were shot down in the
street. In some instances women
and children were thus murdered
by the Black Republican soldiers.
The State bad taken no steps to-
ward secession" ttH 80
Governor Jackson called out the
Missouri militia who were encamp.
ed under the laws of the State at a
place called Camp Jackson, near
the city Of St. Louis. These State
troops were compelled to surren.
der to superior force of abolition
soldiers under Capt. Lyon, who
was afterwards made general by
Mr.. Lincoln, and was killed not
long after at the battlc of Spring
field"
"Tbc presence of the Federal ar
my in Missouri, against which the
State authorities struggled so long
and so gallantly, was as great crime
on the part of Mr.. Lincoln and the
Black Republican party, as the
presence of the same kind ofinvad-
ing army would be in New York
or in Massachusetts attho present
time" ..
"Gencral Lyon, who was killed
at the battle of Wilson's Greek, was
u Connecticut abolitionist of tho
most bitter type. He had neither
pity nor mercy for any white man
who was not an abolitionist. He was
an excellent military officer, but
fanat,cal and cruel in carrying out
his creed.
"Colonel Bakers force was four
or FIVE times as large as tho little
Confederate brigade at that place,
and tho people at Washington
waited in confidence TO hear that it
was entirely gobbled up by Colo.
mel Baker. But alas, it turned out
to be another Bull Run affair on u
smaller scale. The Confedoratcs
fought against such vast odds with
courage that amounted to des-
poration. Their whole number in
the engagement WAS only 1900, but
they fired aud yelled and yelled and
fired with such rapidity snd with
such dcafening noise. US TO mako il
appear 10 the invaders that their
number was ten times greater than
it was.
"Under the influence OF William
G., Brownlow, a vulgar and desper.
ate man, known us Parson Brown
low,' there were Lincoln clubs
formed in East Tenpessee, OF II
number of uUprincipIed and des