The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-10-03
SPEECH or GENERAL r. B
HAYES, AT BUCYRUs.
.HIs REPLY TO. THURMAN,
Special to the cinelnnati conmorcial

day, after q discussion of variou
other topics involved in the can
poign, General Hayes said;
Well, my friends, Judge Thur
man says in his. last speech tha
General Hayes is fond of qaotin
against him what PendIeton say
and what Yallanligham says, bu
does not complain of any thing tina
no has said. Judge Thurman an,
l have been talking at each otbe
through the newspapers for abou
six weeks, and if that gentleman
keeps accurate notes, asSI suppos
he does, lwiIinow quote something
that ! quoted in tho first speech
nude.
In the beginning of the trouble
in 1861, there was great division
going on in tho South There wer,
Union men saying, Don't be in .
hurry to go into secession. Tbt
Government will have 10 maintain
itself. These Northern men are
not all towards. and they. will
fight"
What was the reply? The SO,
cessionists said, Don't you sec
Pioree writes to JEFF. Davis: IN
thcre is war it will be north Of
Mason and Dixon,s line, not south
oft. Don'tyou see that, in con.
veniion in Ohio. two hundred thou.
sand Democrats declare they will
not oven consider coercion until n
great many things are donc. More
than that, one of the ablest men
up there, who wrote the resolution,
said This about IT," Now listen !:
"a man is de6cientin understand.
ing who thinks The csuse of dis.
union is that tho South apprehends
any overt act Of oppression from
Lincoln. 1t would try the ethics
OF any man to deny that some Of
the Southern States have no cause
for rebellion" He tells ns thev
have good cause for rebellion. In
this enlightened age of the world
TITS necessary TO convince the
world that you have a cause for
what you do.
Again, thus says Thurman: "You
must be sure that you are able to
coerce before yon begin the work.
That is OF some Importance. "The
south be says, "aro abrave pco
pie" That win please thcm. "'rhe
Southern States, "--now mark you.
Judge Thurman says, "can not bc
held by force" That is Just what
they wanted TO hear, He tells YOU
to consider, before you cooi CO,
whether you can: and then no tells
you that you can not. oThe blacks
wont fight Tor the invader" says |
Thurman. We shall notice that
part OF the matter before we get
through with il. "The Hungar
ans" says he, chad less cause of
complaint against Austria than the
Sonth against the North"
lfyou receive tho report Of the
speech delivered at Bucyrus on the
9th OF September, you must not
Wy that lquoted nothing of yours
o condemn. condemn that. You /
ave aid and comfort to the enemy
ust in the beginning of the war.
~ telling US we could not whip
hem, and that they had good cause
or rebellion.
Well Judge Thurman hns some
more talk which | wish to notice
lere. lle says General Hayes
Iuotes II speech OF Mr.. Vallandie.
'am, which hesays II novor saw"
nd says if | will send that speech
o MIR. Vallandigham perhaps he
viii explnin it to my satisfaction.
Veil. TINT is ra.hcr easy as far as
goes, butt will give you my idea.
udgo Thurman and some Others
animated that in tho beginning of
'e var he was not tho only man
as TO tho best way Of
verting tho war. Now, | pro.
ose iorthe purpose of this argu.
lent to give him the benefit of
hat, and say to him; "You were
'rong, very wrong, in the begin.
ing OF the vac to give encourage.
rent to those enemies of ours but,
lr, it alter tho war began, after
hero was no mistake aboutit, after
rmies are raised, and battles
,ngllt, and blood she'd; it then you
i'll show us aught indicating that
on were on the right side, we will
,rgivc you for mistakes at the be.
inning Of tho war In 1853 how
iood tho facts between treason and
'yalty--betwceh union and re,
eilionY
lnl8G3, you rccollect, my friends,
rat Grant was trying to get into
icksburg, but he could not, Tor
emberton held him out. Rose,
rams was trying to get into East
ennessee. after the battle ofStonc
liver, but could not, for Bragg kept
i'm out, Tho army OF the Poto. ,
'ac was balanced by tho army of
GO. Tho whole world knew that &
n that Longtime of ofopemlions, from |
10 Potomac to the mouth OF the
10 Grandc, was to be the eventful
'itical campaign Of tho war Then {
as the etime that we wanted en-. }
,uragement TO cur arms. Then )
as tho timo that wo wanted mon. |
and men; the timo that we want.
| nothing TO discourage us at |
omc. Every man who watched +
AT contest know thatif wo fail. i
in that Campaign, tho cause of a
nion and liberty woald probably /
il. y
Tho year 1863 was big with the |