The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-08-12

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"Stranger, we're kind of 'shamed
Of that ere affair a little while ago.
Come, come, let's Ticker, and call
'em O draw gnme. What der yer
say, old fellor?' 49,
IL don't drink" said the Yan-
kee.
"Well, take suthin or other. and
we'll all take whisky. Come;
taint more'n fair yer should cept a
'pology." 5s
"lt's just here, gentlemen" said
The Yankee to tho crowd now gath
ering around. OH accept the a.
pology; but want you to under
stand hereafter that when you att
tempt to bully a Yankee that's
carried bullets in his body this FIVE
years--which he received thrash.
ing you fellows out'-why, just re-
collect that you We got hold of the
wrong chicken" '"t
Lets ticker, let's Ticker; don't
stop to talk" interrupted they
The treat passed around, and sail
went merry as a marriage bell"
Gems from the N. Y. Day-BOOk.
The above leading Democratic
paper thus speaks Of the celebration
of the anniversary of the battle Of
Gettysburg by our soldiers:
THE GETTYsBURG Martyrs
The authors of the Gettysburg
slaughter have just held their an.
nual jubilee oyer their victims, and
Dragged and exuIted over their i'm.
pious and accursed work, with
their usual gusto.
"And the beastly Williams affect
cd magnanimity, torsooth tor
the Contederates who had fallen in
defence of Gods eternal decree,
not to prevent the Beechcrs and
Mortons flom violating that de.
cree and tqualizing with negroes,
if they wished, but simply and
solely to save themselves from Il
sin so monstrous and unpardona.
bic. But sleep on, you brave
"rcbels," however obscure your
graves or mistaken your canse, fu.
ture generations will find the con.
tincnt too small for the monuments
they will erect to your memories
What do honest men think of
these sayings of the Democratic
press? ..-
The same paper comments in
this wise on the Virginia eleotion.
Our Democratic friends in Ohio
have exulted over it as a grand
victory for their party. Hear
what the Day Book says:
"A certain class of journals are
congratulatirg the Democrats of
Virginia, and the country at large,
upon the results of the late cam
paign in that State. The extreme
wing Of the Mongrel party have
been out.gcneraled by the other
wlng-a fusioRof so called Conser.
vatives and moderate niggerites,
endorsing the equality doctrine, "
by accepting the Fifteenth Amend
ment, thus abandoning all there
was Of a principle worth fighting
against, and simply went into the
contest to see which wing should
have the control of Sambo. 1t
turned out that the Conservative
wing of the Mongrels entrappcd
the Niger, and used him for their
political gain, and this victory over
the carpet. .baggers is hailed as a
Democratic success. We do not
so see it. There is nothing to be
, sald of a congratulatory character
over this result. 1t was a terrible
ordeal for that once glorious old
State TO pass through. 1t was fe'
male purity in the hands of rutfian'
ism-yield or die. To maintain n
) holy principle costs something
1t was political death to Virginia
or the abandonment of politica
: virtuc. 1t was forced acknowl'
! cdgment by tho people of Virgins
, of the equality Of races, which il
now tho only important question
, before the country; and all that th'
, Democracy is fighting against -
The ordeal was terrible. Poor
, shackled and down trodden Nir
, ginia was unequal to the severe tri
al, and her integrity could not b.
preserved. God help her. She il
truly to bo pitied. Thank God
Democracy had nothing TO do will
the beastly thing"
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