The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1860-11-15

lime triumph OF moral courage and an eV-
idence of honest attachment to the State.
Old politicians are responsible for having
corrupted the minds Of the young men Of
South Carolina; and when we hear of mi
nors mounting the blue cockade and con-
7ertiDg themselves into walking maga-
zines Of offensive weapons, we feel a SEN
timeDt Of deep regret that such bad and
DANCE Gus seed has been implanted in a
soil so capNble of bearing noble fIuitage,
and that the tares of rank Disunion prin
ciples seem likely to choke the vigorous
growth of truly national principles.
South Carolina can find 60 justification
for her conduct, and she will yet weep
her errors in deep contrition, sackcloth,
and ashes. There are warnings held out
to her in the recorded sentiments of all
the fathers ofthe country, and in the pa
triotic zeal with which her Rutledge,
Pinckneys, and Butler addressed them
selves 10 the formation Of the Constitu-
ton; in the warmth with which her Lynch
Rutledge, and Gadsden responded to the
proposition of James Otis of Massachusetts
in l7G5. for calling an American Congress
its immediate object being 10 resist the
Stamp Act. This was TRULY the beacon
light enkind,ed in all the old colonies 10
muster the clans for the great Revolu.
tionary struggle, which was soon blazing
with the added fuel OF Patrick Henry's Ve-
solutions in the Virginia House of Bur
gesses: We are told in Towle's Analysis
that the hope Of OTIS WAS to form Union
which in its result woul "kuit and work
into the very blood and bones ofthe orig.
inal system in every region as fast as set
lied" and the magnanimous Gadsden of
South Carolina said in his opening speech,
awe should stand upon the broad COM
mon ground OF these national rights that
we all feel and know as men. There
ought to be no New England man, no
New Yorker known on the continent-but
all Americans" These were the seeds Of
glorious unity for mutual defense and
support, which soon pervaded the popu-
lar mind. They began to speak Of each
other as "sister colonies" ard regard for
the common interests became interviewer
with all their ides of patriotism. "If Bos.
ton suffered, Charleston rushed to her re,
lief with the unselish and prodigal zeal Of
a sisters love-" When the Boston Port Bill
was received in May, l774. anappeal was
made 10 the "sisier colonies, promising
to suffer for America with becoming for
titude," but "entreating not te be left to
suffer Alone" Before the month of May
closed, nearly all the colonies had adopted
the cause of Boston as their own; Virgin.
ia and South Carolina took immediate &C.
ton for united resistance, and all South.
ern colonies We'd with each other in the
liberality Of the contributions sent into
Boston. Washington headed a subScrip.
lion with fifty pounds, and the harvesIs
of the pioneer farmers, packed upon hor-
ses, were sent to the suffering Bostonians
"as free will offering upon the alter Of
liberty and fraternity"
We might follow the proceedings of the
Continental Congress assembled in Phila,
phia September 6, l774. in which South
Carolina had twenty.nine delegates. and
over which in its 6rst year Henry Mid
dlctOn, and in l777 Henry Laurens. those
distinguished South Carolina, presided;
we might point to The Declaration of In,
dependence, signed, on behalf Of South
Carolina, by Thomas Hayward jr.. Thorn
as Lynch, jr., Arthur Middleton. and Ed
ward Rutledge impershable names, though
their average age was only twenty nine
years, but we fear that the records Of those
golden days are without their weight. L
so, let us come further down in the histo
ry of the Union, and listen to the word;
Of Henry Clay, whose opinions are enti'
tied to the greatest weight, for he was o
steadfast friend TO the interests OF the
South, and devoted lover Of the Union.
II anything should impress itseliupon the
heart of South Carolina in the hour Of her
mad delusion, it is the language of Mr.
Clay in his glorious letter OF October 3
1851, addressed to Daniel Ullman and
others Of New York. We cannot close
our article more appropriately than by
quoting the following paragraph from the
lete in which Mr.. Clay said;
"If there are local exceptions at the
North and at the South Of rash and mis-
guided men, who would madly resist the
Constitution and laws Of the United States
let us not dispair of their return, in sea
sonable time, to reason and to duty. But
suppose we should be disappointed, and
that the standard should be raised Of open
resistance to the Union, the Constitution
and the laws, what is to be done. There
can be but one possible answer. The
power, the authority and dignity of the
Government ought TO be maintained. and
resistance put down at every hazard. Gov
ernment, in tic fallen and depraved state
of man, would lose all respect, and fal
into disgrace and contempt, if it did moi
posses potentially, and would not in ex
IRENE cases practically exercise. the right
of employing force. The theory Of the
Constitution of tho United States as
sumes the necessity of the existence and
tho application of force. both in our for
eign aud domestic relations. Congress is
expressly authorized ito raise aud sup
port armies 40 provide and maintain a
navy" ito provide for calling forth the
militia to execute the laws Of the Union,
suppress nsurrections; and repel inva'
SONS" The duty Of executing the laws
and of suppyessing Instructions is with
out Limitation or qualification. it is cock.
lensive with the jurisdiction OF tho United
States, aud it comprehends every species
Of resistance to tho execution Of the laws,
and every form of inaurrection: no matter