The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-08-20
For the Lancaster Gazette.
southern Extracts.

ant ana u.ClagOrlai " tho iheO NC,
gree. The rebels o,longer conceal
thoir intention of inaugurating the
system Of prescription and mob
ocraoy which marked the begin
ming Of the late struggle.
There arc even more serious
dangers than these menacod-open
arming, and drilling under thin.
ly disguised pretence of q ccnstitu-
tional right, and legalized nmuse.
ments, are advocated by promi-
nent newspapers. Ai
Unless tho Republican victory in
November is sufficiently conclusive
TO leave in the Southern mind no
doubt as to the prepondefance of
force thero will be civil war. The
issues presented arc such as TO |
cause ip every loval breast the
most intense, solicitude for their
successful solution. tef
Far moro conclusive of our as
sertions than other authority are
the words of the rebels themselves,
As to prescription, first-we quote
from the Mobile Register Of Aug.
1st: tpfl
"Some of our citizens either
through thoughtlessness or weak
ness are doing great injustice to
the cause of q cruelty outraged and
oppressed people by the compla-
ceney of their social intercourse
with scalawags carpet'baggers
and renegades. Surely these citi-l
zens do not rightly appreciate the
condition 10 which this State has
been reduced through the agency
cf these wretchos. Every man
who thinks and feels and who is
gifted with tho lowest sensibility
is conscious of the deep wrong in
ficted by tho vindictive and COW.
ardly men who rule in Congress
The iron of injustice has entered
his soul and il will tester and ranklo
there until by some means or 9th.
or it is plucked out and its point
turned against the oppressor. In
what light then should q down-trod.
den people regard their tyrants ?
Is it not thcreverse Of manly-nay,
is it not q base sorvility to recognize
or countenance. in any social or
business form, the men who have
shown themselves our deadlest en-
mics? 4 n is15If one eiassails
your honor, slanderso your cbarae-
ter, or steals your money, sclf-rc.
spect prompts you to cut his &C.
quaihtance But hero are men
who are openly lrobbihgiyo Of
your civil rights, stealing your Of
fces, living on means plundered
from your substance, insulting you
with thcir loathsome presence, and
making slaves Of you, and yet gen.
tlemon give them their hands, take
social glasscs with them, and hob
mob on tho streets with them. We
denounce this tactic complaconcy
az crime to the outraged majesty
Of this people, as reasonable cor
respondencc with the enemies of
tho Commonwealth. They are
dogs, and should be treated as dogs
dogs only tolerated now because
tho power of tho sword is in the
hands of our enemies in Congress,
but will not be tolerated ono hour
after the people recover the liberty
to do Justice upon their opprcssors
II is tho duty Of every Southern
man to cut these vermin. Excom.
munioato them spew thcm ou as
outcasts and social pariahs, will,
whom IL is disgraceful to hold So
clal intercourse. We are no. talk.
ing about negroes now. We have
no fault to find with them. Every
error Of thoirs lays at tho door ol
scalawag instigation. But for
these interloping incondiaries the
white people OF the South would
havo no trouble with tho colored
race, and peace and harmony would
have been tho law Of tho land
When the day Of settlement and
retribution comes-as come it will
30 sure as there is o God Of justice
we would not hurt a hair OF their
heads meantime thoy should be
treated not only kindly, but should
be counselled for their good, and
assisted so far as tho impoverished
means of the whites can give them
aid, in all their Industrious efforts
and enterprises, 1t is tho white
spcculators in our public misfor.
tunes and miseries that We speak
Of, and they should be held at arms
length, walled out from all sympa
thy or intercourse, and be forever
reminded that atonement TO the
exact pound of flesh will DO exactet
for their daring insults and acours
ed wrongs to this people,
II this is not enough, wo quot,
from another long editorial, ver
batim ct titcrdtim. With rofcrenc,
to tho approaching campaign thu
writer says; .se,
"Political clubs should bo formed
in every noighborhood whore tor
people can be got together, under
whatever namo it Is chosen TO Civ,
them. They may be "Seymou
clubs" or "Blair clubs or "Libert,
clubs" or even "Kuklux clubs" /
you choose, and they should be or
c ganized both for political action o
tho polls and for defence every
, where Il x \ 4
awe should bo glad to see oui
German fellow .citizons encourag
ing their National Schutzonfosts
! and native citizens initiating then
and multiplying them all over tn
State Tho amusement is quito q