American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-22

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t need for the further illustration by
heir punishment Of that great moral
ruth, especially applicable in a Repub-
ic. that they who take up the sword as
q Weapon Of controversy shall perish>by !.
the sword. In the Inter case, the la
mented deaths Of go many citizens slain
from an ambush and by surprise-allthe
mere lamentable because they were in.
uoceut victims Of frenzy kindled with
out their agency, in far distant ires--
the deaths eVen Of the offenders them
selves, pitiable, although necessary and
Just, because they acted under delirium,
which blinded their judgments to the
real nature Of their criminal enterprise;
the alarm and CONSERVATION naturally
awakened throughout the country, ex-
citing Tor TIE moment the fear that our
whole system. with all its securities for
life and liberty, was coming TO an end
a fear none the moro endurable because
continually aggravated by new chimeras,
to which the great leading event lent an
air Of probability; surely all these con
sltuted a sum OF public misery which
ought 10 have satisfied the most morbid
appetite for social horrors. But, as the
case Of the gunpowder plot, and the Sa-
lem witchcraft. and the New York colo.
nial negro plot. 80 now. The original
actors were swiftly followed by another
aud Kindred class, who sought to proloug
and widen hepubic distress by attempt
Iirp to direct the indignation which it
had excited against parties gulltless e.
qually OF completely and OF sympathy
with the offenders.
Posterly will decide in all the recent
cases which political responsibility for
public disasters must fall; and posterily
will give little heed to our instructions.
II was not until the gloomy reign Of
Domilian had ended, and liberty and
virtue had found assured refuge under
the sway Of the mllder Nerva. that the
lisIoaian arose whose narrative Of that
! period Of tyranny and terror has been
accepted by mankind,
/ The Republican party being thus vim
dicaod against the charge Of hostility tc
. the South, which has been Offered in
, eacuse Tor the menaces Of unconsiitutioD'
al resis ance in the events Of iIs success
| feel we'll assured thai 1t will sustain
, me in meeting them in the spirit Of the
, defender of The English commonwealth
= Surely they that shall boast as we dc
. to bs a free nation, and having the pow
or, shall not also have the courage, Il
f remove cons;itulionally every Governor
q whether he be the supreme or subordn
{ ate, may please their fancy with ride
D ulous and painted freedom, fit TO cozeI
!, babies, but are, indeed, under tyrann.
h and servitude, as wanting that power
= which is the root and source of all liber
n ty, to dispose Of and economic in th
v land which God hath given them, a
g members Of family in their own hom
}, and free inheritance. Without whicl
). natural and essential power Of free ma
y ton, though bearing high !heir heads
!. they can, in due esteem, be thought n
s better than slaves and vassaIs born in tn
8 tenure and occupation OF another inner
;. itiug lord whose government, though no
,f illegal or intolerable. hangs on them as
Il lordly seourge, not as free govern
II ment."
IS The Republican party knows, as til
VI whole country will ultimately come
/. understand, that the noblest object
IT of national life must perish, # that Iii
Q itself shall be lost, and therefore II wi
o accept the issue rendered. 1t will TAX
y up the word Union, which others are 8
} willing to renounce and. combining
t. with tho other glol ious thought, Libel
ii ty, which has been its inspiration
d !ong, it will move firmly onward, wit
y the motto Inscribed on its banncr--"UI
o. ion and Liberty, come what may, in viz
Of tory as in defeat, in power as out oi pow
'e or, now and forever
ys II the Republican party maintain Ii
& UnioL, who aud what party is to ASA
q it?
Only the Democratic party, for ther
10 is no other. Win the Democratic part
mt take up the assault? The menaces
be- disuuion are made, though not in i
at name, yet in its behalf. 1t must ayo
d, or disavow them. Its silence, thus ia
m is portentious, but is not alarming II
ial effect Of the intimidation, if successl'
al. would be to continue tho rule Of Il
Democratic party, though minority,
N terror 1t certainly ought TO need
,r' nero than this to secure the success
,lv the Republican party If, indeed, t
W W.ns time has come when the Democra
,;Ie party must rule by terror, instead
III. ruling through conceded public con
M. dencc, then il Is quite certain that
10, cannot be dismissed from power
cd soon. Ruling on that odious princip
Iiea it could not long savo either the u
i'm. stituion or public liberty. But | sh
mo not believe the Democratic party v
la consent to stand in this position. thou
r;os It does through the action ct its rep
iii. sentatives, seem 10 cover and sust
,di. those who threaten disunon. | kn
tIo the Democracy Of the North. ! kr
,on them now in their waning strength
,ss. do not know posslbls disunionis
car. mong them all. | believe thcy will
,nal as faithful TO the Union now as q
r of we're inyaN- by-gone days when u
y ranks wore full, and their challenge
nwn the combat was always the war.cry
ns victory. But, iii, shall prove Othorw
no then the world will all the sooner X
ham that every party in this country n
ona. % stand on the Union grounds that the
wfol msrican people will sustain no p,
ntsd tha, is not capable of making sOcr
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