American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-12-22

Below We give few extracts from the
speech Of.he Hon. EDWARD EvERErT. de-
liyeted at the great Union Meeting held at
Faneuil Hall. Boston, on the 8,h inst
Mr. Everett is one Of those bold. fearless.
patriotic mer, who dares to tell the truth
and defend the Union. even in the hot-bsd
Of fanaticism. We commend his views TO
the carslul consideration Of all who prize.
the perPsiuity OF our glOriqns Bnion aboys'
every other political consideration. This
menaciug, and sneering iass Gov Wise.
aud the action OfVitginla in the late Har-,
per's Ferry outrage. those sympathetic
and Indignation meetings, apd the dress.
ing ofpublic Journals in mourning. there
by directly or indirectly sanctioning John
Brown and his associates in their nefari-
Gus adventure. is, not only unjust IN every
sense Of the word. but calculated to widen
the bresch between the North and South.
Mr.. Everett says;
81 greatly fear that the mass ofthe oom.
munity, long accustomed to treat all alarms
of the stability of the Union as groundles,
all professed anxiety for Its preservation as
insincere, or, II sincere, the result. Of nsr-
vous timidity, have united the mselves 10
measure the extent and the urgency Of the
existing dunger. 1t is my own deliberate
conviction, formed from some opportuni.
ties Of Of personal observation, and from
friendly correspondence with other parts
OF the country Though carry on none OF
a political nature, that we are on the very
verge of a conyulsion, which will shake
the Union to its foundation; and that a
few more steps forward. in the direction
in which affairs have moved for few
wears past will bring US to the catastro.
phe.
have heard /. urged on former ocoa
siors ofpublic alarm, that it must be
groundless, because business goes or a;
usual-and the theatres are open, and
stocks kept up. Sir, these Appeafances
may all ,be delusiye. The great socia
machine moves with mobsentam chat can
not be suddenly stopped. The ordinary
operations Of business went on in France
in the revolution Of 1899, till the annihi
iation Of the circulating medium put
, stop to every thing that required its use
The theatres and all the other places o
public amusement were crowded to mad
ness..in the reign of terror. The Frenct
stock have never stood better than they
did in Paris on the 2ist OF February
l848. On the 14th Of that month Loui:
PHILIPPE was flying in Disguise from hi,
capital; the Tuilleries were sacked, an,
the Oldest monarchy iu Europe had ceased
to exist.
He thus brings the matter home to tn,
people Of Massachusetts,: .9,. h, .g,
/ fear, Sir, from the tone Of some OF tht
/. public journals, that we have not mad,
4 this case our own. Suppose a party o
+. desperate, misguided men. under resoy
ed and fearless leader, had been organized
in Virginia. to come aud establish them
selves. by stealth, 10 Springfield, 10 lhil
{ State, intending there. after possessing
Q themselves, at the unguarded hour Of mid
night. Of the National Armory, to take al
e vantage OF some local cause Of dsaffectior
3 (which led to a very deplorable occur
d renee in this vicinity a few years sgo(. I,
a stir up social revolution; that pixies ant
/, rifles 10 arm twenty ivc hundred men hat
a been procured by funds raised by exten
. sive subscriptions throughout the South--
}. that at the dead Of Sunday night, th
work Of destruction had begun, by shoe;
.,r Il ,h>L Lol
! fused to join the invading force; that oti
b zens Of the first standing were seized ant
imprisoned or four others killed
v and when on the entire failure OF the con
: spiracy, its leader had been tred-abl
i defended by counsel from his own part O
. the country. convicted and executed, tbs
J, throughout Virginia which sent him fort
: on his fatal errana, and the South geuer
d ally, funeral bells should be tolled, meet
S ings OF sympathy held, as at the death Q
u some great beneiactorg aud a person VIII
y had plotted to put pike or arifis in th
q hands Of twenty-five hundred men, to b
y used against their fellows, Inhabitants {
u the same town. inmates OF the same houses
with an ulterior intention and purpose {
wrapping the whole community in a civ
10 war OF the deadlest and bloodiest type i
o which mans foes should be those of hi
q own household suppose i say, that th
I person who planned aud plotted this, an
i with his own hand or that Of his assc
:, oiates acting by his command, had take
~ the lives OF several fellow beings, could l.
!, extolled, canonized, placed on a level wit
!. the great heroes Of humanity nay, sssim
q Hated, to the Savior Of mankind; and a
this not the effect ofa solitary indiyidul
impulse, but the ripe fruitof systemali
u agitation pursued in the South, unrebuke
10 for yearsl What, Sir, should we fee
:, thiAk. say under such q state of things
,, Should we weigh every phrase Of iudig
!" nant remonslrance with critical accuracy
70 and divide ourmurme.s s with nice iscrn
D. inaIion among tho So whom we might b.
u lieve; however unjus.ly. to be- directly 0
~ indirectly concerned in the murderous az
gression? s as1
The absurdity that Brown intended 1
D accomplish his purposes peacsably, is thu
noticed: .5 ~ y ulais.
- Itappesrs from bis own statements an
> those Of his jeluded associates. of his b
: ographsr, ofbis wretohed wife. that Ii
unhappy man who has just paid the fo
felt Of his life had, for years. meditated
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