The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-05-08

lar 70 lne violence and petty tyranny Of
q. British midshipman, and many Of
them to a life Of the most CALLING serVi-
iude; q practice which can never be sub
mitted 10 BY a nation protesting claims
10 freedom which never can be acoui.
esced IN by Government without rescin
ding the great article Of our safety, the
RECIPROCITY OF OBEDIENCE
AND PROTECTION BETWEEN
THE RULERS AND THE RULED.
Under such accumulated circums,an.
ces Of insult and Injury, we ask again,
what was our Goverumsnt to do? We
put the question not ''to tLat faction
which misrepresenis the government 10
the people, and the people to the Gov
ernmeut; traduces one half of the ma
tion to cHjole the other; and by keeping
up disHust and division, wishes 70 be.
come the proud arbiirsr of the fortune
and faie Of America"-not to them, but
TO evety sound head and sound heart in
the nation il is that we put the question.
What was your Government to do I?
Was she basely and ingloriously 10 a.
bandoD the rights for which you and
your fathers had fought and bledl Was
she SO early to cover to the nation who
had sought to strangle Us in our infancy
and who has never ceased to retard our
approach 10 manhoodl No, we will
not for moment doubt that every man
who is in truth and fact an American
will say that WAR, and WAR
ALONE, was our only refuge from ma
tiOnal degradation; our only course to
national prosperity.
Fellow citizens, throughout the
whole period ofthe political struggles,
which if they have not absolutely dis
graced, have certainly not exalted, our
character. no remark was was more
common; no expectation moro cheerful
Iy INDUCED in, than that those severe
and malevolent intentions would only
lie sustained 10 time ofpeace; that when
the country should be involved is war,
every wish, and every sentiment would
be exclusively American. But unfor-
'una'ely for our country, those reason>
able expectations have not been real
lied, notwithstanding every one knows,
that the power Of declaring war, and
lie duty disappearing it belong to the
General Government; Notwithstanding
that The constitutional remedy for The
removaiof the men to whom this pow
CT is thus delegated, has recently been
aforded;notw outstanding the re- election
OF the same President, by whom this
war was commenced, and q majority Of
Representatives, whose estimate of our
rights, and whose views are similar TO
those who first declared il; men who, by
the provisions Of the Constitution, must
retain their respective stations for pc.
riod Of such duration as precludes a
continued opposition Of their measures
without complete destruction Of our
national interest-an opposition at once
unceaslng and malignant, is still con-
tinued to every measure Of the Admin
istration.
"Fellow citizens, these things will not
do.-They are intrinsically wrong; your
country has engaged in a war in the last
degree unavoidable; it is not waged to
the destruction of the rights Of others;
but in defence Of our own; it is therefore
your bounden duty to support her. You
should lay down the character of parti-
zanS, and become patriots, for, in every
country, war becomes an occasional da.
ty, though it ought never to be made an
occupation. Every man should become
a soldier, in defence of his rights; no
man ought TO continue a soldier for Of.
Tending the rights Of others. I'm des-
pite oftruth so seif-evident, of incen-
tives to a vigorous support Of Govern.
ment so pressing, we yet nave to dsplore
the existence ofa faction in the bosom
of our land whose perseverance, and in
dus.ry are exceeded only by their inye-
teracity; who seek through every aven-
ue to mislead your judgement, and to
enaame your passions.
When your Government pursues pa.
citic policy, it becomes tho object Of
their scorn and derisiOn; the want of
energy in your rulers is decried, as a
matter Of alarming consideration; the
injuries Of your country are admitted, g.
the fact is triumphantly alleged thar the
Administration cannot be kicked into q
war; When they are impelled 10 for
cible vindication Of our rights, the cry
Of enmity to peace, ofa wish to war
with England to serve France, is imme-
diately resounded through tho land.-
When war is declared, public opinion 10
sought to be prejudiced agains. the meas
ure, as evincing disposition unneces>
sarily to shed your blood, and waste
your treasures. Wheni is discovered
that the declaration is accompanied with
q proposition just and equitable pro-