The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-29

Just or not don I look To see wheth
or is sustains the integrity anc
pomp Of men high in power, bu
look how il protects the weak ant
the humble. If it protects them
It is a glorious democratic govern.
ment. and it will stand in favor
with God and all just men.
NEGROES AS SOLDIERS.
| What did the Democracy say
when you proposed to put the col.
ored man into the army? They
said he would not fight for US. They
told us the negroes would % back
to their masters. They told us
they sympathized with their old
masters. But during tho whole
war there was not a single man Of
them who left his post to 20 back
TO bis old master. They fought as
bravely, and did as much in pro-
portion 10 their numbers to hew
down the Copfederacy, as any
number of white men ever did.
Docs this eDtitle them 10 any con
sideration at our bapds, The man
who says it does not, has not the
soul Of q man in his bosom. He is
a hearted friend of the re.
bellion.
SCHOOLS AT THE SOUTH.
As to the intelligence of those
men, do You know that all over tho
Southern States, now, the colored
population are organizing them.
selves into schools, and laboring
moro for their advancement in
learning and literature than any
other people in this country 1 have
travelled through. There you will
find every colored man with a
book in his hand, learning to read.
The old learning the young, and
the young learning the old I; both
putting their heads together and
educating themselves. Don't you
know that? / tell you it is true.
Ask any man connected with the
educational department of the
Freedman's Bureau, and sec what
marvellous..storics they will tell Of
the sacrifice these men are making
for the sake of educating them.
selves. and lot me announce to YOU
that unless the poor white trash. as
they are called in those regions,
shall hurry up the cakes and put
themselves in better course of
training than they have ever done
yet, instead Of the negroes being
the ignorant class as they have
been represented, it will be the
men OF our color who will deserve
that name, because those poor
whites don't seem to be actuatcd
by that spirit of improvement
which actuates the blacks.
wAsHIoGToN ON TRAITORS.
In the days Of General Wash.
.ington, while he was President of
the United States, Congress, TAX
ing into consideration tho fact that
rebels might arise at some period,
passed upon that subject, aud made
it punishable BY death and confs.
cation for any man TO levy war a.
gainst the Government of the Uni
ted States. General Washington
recommended that law; Congress
passed it, and General Washington
signed it. He was no man of
shams. Suppose that such man
rs JEFF. Davis or Toombs, or Gene.
raj Lee, or any Of the rest of them,
under the provisions of that law
had fallen under the jurisdiction of
General Washington when he was
President. How much would you
have given for his chance? Not
very much guess. We know just
what he would have done by what
he did. General Arnold under
took TO sell out and go over to the
British Government. Major An
drs, who had come into the Uni
ted States to make arrangements
with Arnold, was caught, General
Washington said to the British
Government: 'If you will deliver
to me the traitor Arnold, l will
surrender Major Andre unhurt to
you. l want to get that dcvil of a
traitor. don't seek the blood Of
Andre: he is foreigner, and 1
don't want to execute him so if
you will surrender Arnold, you
can take Andre. That shows what
Washington would have done with
these men. What would he have
done with VallandighamP VAL
landighamSwent as far in endeav-
oring to betray this nation as Gen.
eral Arnold ever went. That is to
say, he did all that his devilish a.
bility could find means of doing,
in the cause of treason, and il he
had fallen under the jurisdiction of
General Washington, he and the
whole accursed posse of the leaders
Of this rebellion would have lost
their necks. [Applause.] 1t ought
to have been done.
THE DEsPoTlsM BUSINESS AGAIN.
Yes, 1t is terrible, hideous tyr.
amy you have erected over theml
WhyH Because after saving their
ascursed necks you won't let them
vote with you Did any body
ever hear such an argument bo-
fore2 Do they tell it down here I?
l hopo not. You, ofthis place. be-
gan at the foundation, and / trust
you have laid deep those princi-
pics of the revolution, and that you
will not turn aside to favor these
scoundrels who are canvassing for
your votes.
A WORD ABOUT PRINCIPLES.
Now want TO say one word about