The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-13

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ot patriotism. You denource these meu
as traitors! Whyl Because they have a
band"ned their party 10 the hour of need
how can you pursue similar course
without suhjecting yourselves TO simi
lar charged In condemning them as un-
worthy, are you moi asserting your own
superiority; and if you do no better than
they have done, do you not disprOve your
own claim tosuperiority7 No. my friends;
we are not of that class Of Wings. whose
skin deep patriotism consists in pulling
down those above US, tina: we may chance
to occupy their places. Ours is a uober
passion, a more worthy and more ele
waited feeling; it proceeds from all ardent
love OF our country; passionate devo
ton to Its constitution; determination to
perpetuate lis institutions; an earnest dc
sire to promote its prosperity in all and
every branch of its indurtry; to support
the supremacy ofits laws to put down all
resistance to law aud order; to srife re.
beIhon, to frown upon disunon; to devel
ope the resources of our State; to encour-
age the energies of our people; to secure
happiness and equality to all These
are the high and noble purposes-these
are the great fundamental truths and the
God'inspired principles-for the accom-
pllshment Of which we have connected
ourselves together as a political party.
No low, craven and selfish spirit of per
sonal ambition directs our course; aud
with the blessing of God aud your good
will, we will be found on the I'd Monday
in December in the thickest uf the fight,
whore the blows fall fastest and hardest
standing shoulder to shoulder, as we have
always stood, welded together as one
man, inspired by a sense of common in.
Jurles, common wrongs, common piinci
pies, common patriotism. and common du
ty, eicitiug the warmest admiration Of
our friends abroad. aud striking terror to
our enemies at home.
My friends. enlreat you to stand by
me, now and hereafter, in doing our duty,
our whole duty. and nothing but our dn.
ty, to our principles, our party, and our
country. What surrender. is nothing
but my personal claims to political ad
vancement; beyond this, surrender
nothing; and in doing this, place my,
self on a common platform with you,
where shall always he ready To co.ope
rate with you. TO share in your labor, TO
reloice in Jour success, and mourn over
your defeats. A day Of adversity seems
to have drawn upon the Wing party; let
us like men more than ever resolve to do
our duty, To dispellhe gloom; let us re
animate our frients and return the blows
ot our adversarcs twn for one, and never
cease our efforts until we have achieved
glorious victory. let our motto be the
CONSTITUTION" "UNlON" and
"WHlGGERY;" and wheher we sue
ceed or fail, We shall have the consolation
of knowing that we have acted as it be-.
came men to act in the discharge of our
duty to our county.
One word Of advice to the true Wings
Of Richmond. say to You, as was said
to Sampson of old The Philstines be
apony you" Arouse frnm your sumbers,
and break through the impediments that
surround you, or your strength is lost
and lost forever. Under the new Con-
stiIulion, the city of Richmond is entitled
to one Senator and three representatives
and short time will elapse before you
will find coalition forming between
some of the disaffecled or independent
Wings and the Democrats, to divide
these Offices among themselves. You
have the strength, exert it---calI meet.
ing of all true Wings; nominate your own
candid ates; organize the city register all
your votes; bring them To the polls. and
break up at the thrcshhold, a coalition
not less shameless than that in Magsachu
selts. by which Charles Sumner was made
a Senator of the United States. The
same elements are at work here that were
at work there-the same ends will be ac
complsed, fnot resisted in time. Those
men who have not been true to YOU, can.
not be entitled to your support but ifthey y
are nominated by your party, vote for, il
you cannot work for them. Those who
are new endeavoring to crush you. and
are willing to cooperate with the Demo
crats, may themselves be crushed. You
must either overcome them, or they will
overcome you. ltis in your power to de
lermine which, Choose for yourselves
and act accordingly.
| am. with the highest respect ard the
warmest regard. your fellow citizen, and
brother Wing. ......... .....
Der. 2S, 1851. JOHN NJ BOTTS.
FOSSIL TREE in THE Coal Rocks A
ate number Of the Wesmoreand Intel.
Iigencer contains description of a dis.
covery, made in excavaing for the Penn.
sylvania Railroad. a fossil tree, of"im.
mense magnitude" has been laid bare by
Richard McGrand, jr. lying PROSTATE, a,
bout four feet above the Pittsburgh seam
of coal, imbedded in solid sandstone, 80
feet below tho surface. The part which
was removed, measured twenty six fee,
in length, and two feet ten inches IN cir.
cumlerance at the base From the size
Of the main branches which enter the
rock on the opposite side, it is inferred
that this treo may have been from forty
to fifty feet in length. At the base it wa;
much fla,tened by the pressure of the
superincumbent weight, but the branch
In, .N,n ~ he, iOI, n4ylI IL