The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-09-19

perlcnce, the government IS q
rope of sand; State has a right to
sccedc at pleasure, and any politi-
cal party that loses power may
break up the Union. Such n Gov
ernment would not. be worth pre-
serving. But thc,question as to the
right OF coercion was decided on the
battlefield; and we must not per.
nit the rebels to unsettle il through
the ballot box. 1t las been deci,
| ded-and the decision cost us over
three hundred thousand lives, and
an immense amount Of treasure
that this is a nation competent to
takc care Of itself; that, in the
words of the Union State platform,
the American people are a Ma
ton, and not merely confcderacy
of. 7soyercign and Independent
States"
Next the Democratic State plat
form declares that the States late
ly in rebellion arc States in the
Union; that they are on an equal
footing with sister States, and are
entitled 10 representation in Con-
grcss. Thus the Democratic par
ly favors the admission of rebels
whose hands arc red with the blood
Of loyal soldiers, to seats in Con-
gress, where they may pass laws for
the government of loyal people.
That is to say, men who fought
nearly five years to destroy the
Government are guilty Of no crime,
and are fit persons TO rule the
nation that a rebel soldier is as
good as a Union soldier; that Rob
ert u. Lee stands on the same foot.
ing, legally and morally, with U.
s. Grant. / have no doubt the
leaders of tho Democratic party
esteem Lee more highly than they
do General Grant, and that they
would vote for Lee for President
of the United States in preference
to Grant, or Thomas, or Sheridan.
Why, up at Maysville, the other
day, Vallandigham made speech,
in which he said:
f" am a Buckeye. Was born a
Buckeye, but thank God, my pa
rents,were born in the grand old
Commonwealth of Virginia - the
mother of Washington, Of Madi-
son, of Monroe, Of Robert e. Lee
and Stoncwall Jackson. Loud and
prolonged cheering The two
last are great and glorious men,
the patrimony of our country, and
no loyal wretch shall throttle me to
keep me from proclaiming their
glory and greatness. Cheering.
Speaking of loyalty, | remember
when q boy how / listened to the
old revolutionary patriots talking
about Loyalists how their eyes
would flash in anger. The other
name for LoyaIst was Tory, and
the loyalists Of this day are no bet
ter"
Thus you have the views of one
of fthereprescntative men of the De-
mocratic party as to the high es-
TEEN in which rebels are hold. II
any body doubts the accuracy of the
quotation, | refer him to the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, where he will
find the speech reported.
This platform also speaks of the
National Congress as the so-called
Congress. The rebels during the
war, and the Democratic party,
spoke of that body as the so called
Congress. Because rebels are not
there it is so.called Congress
Because States arenot represented
which rebelled against the Gov
ernment, it is n so called Congress
This is as much as to say it is an
illegal body, and that all its acts
are illegal This is unquestiona'
bly, what the Democratic party
mean, and upon this theory they
would act if restored to power.
The Democratic Convention in
this county reaffirmcd the State
platform, and added a new plank
lavoring the issue of greenbacks
for the purpose of taking up the
bonds, which means repudiation
1t alEo adopted the Kentucky Sc
ccssion resolution of 1898.
Thus, fellow citizens, l have
shown you where the Democratic
party stood previous to the War
during the war, and whore it stands
now. 1t has been all along, and il
now, hand in hand with the rebels
and if you desire to put the latter
in the control of the Govornmen
which the loyal people saved from
destruction, you have only to vot,
,, the Democratic party OF the ire,
! States into power.
DEMOCRACY PURE AND SIMPLE.
i, jesse D. Bright--you have hearC
of him, Ipresume--reccntIy elected
TO the Kentucky Legislature, mad
q speech previous to the election il
r that State, in which he stated tn
: Democratic doctrine pure and sim
pie. What he said the Democratic
/, leaders of Ohio mean, Bright SAT-
l the war was unconstitutional; Con
gress was an unconstitutional body
it's acts are null and void; the Ma
tional debt is not binding; SLAYER.
I is not abolished; slaves m ust b
: returned to their masters; South
ern men must be paid for all lOssc
sustained during the war, and tn
), country must be governed by III
: principle of State rights. He clio
: sed by advising tho people not t
= pay another dollar OF taxes to th
. National Government.
l promised to show you wher