The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1860-12-06

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on foot for the propagation of human
slavery, 10 crush out liberty ofspeecb and
Of the press, and to inaugurate and revive
with al; its untold and indescribable hor.
rors The African slave trade, must have
al indifferent idea Of the justice Of that
Providence who holds In his hand the ia.
sue OF battls.
To employ the language Of great stares-
man: "Surely the Almighty has no atrib
ute that could take sides with them in
such contest
will not stop TO argue the right ofse-
cession. The whole question IS summed
up in this proposition: care we one ma
tion. one people, or thirty. three independ.
ent aud petty States?" Tie statement Of
the proposition furnishes Ihe answer. II
We are one nation. then no State bas
right TO Secede. Secession can only be
the result OF succeSful revolution. / an
lswer tie .quesliou for you. and ! know
that my answer will find a response in
every true American heart, that we are
one people, one nation. undivided and in.
divislble.
After the conclusion Of Judge Mortou's
speech paper was handed 10 him, Of
which the following is a-copy:
This is understood TO be a meeting to
rejoice over the election of Abraham Lin.
coin.
Will tie Speaker please state to his au-
dience-
{ I. Whether or not his party rejoice
over the universal bankruptcy & ruin now
about 10 fall upon our country, as a con-
sequence Of that election.
J, ,. Whsther they rejoice that the free
labor, and the free laborers. about which
they have told us so much, are on the
eve Of b;ing turned out of employment
and starved, as a consequence Of that
election.
J, 8. Whether they rejoice at the rros-
! pect Of fraIernal strife and internecine
war, which now presents Itself in the i'm
mediate future, as a consequence Of the
election. -+.
/ A. Whether they rejoice in the humilia-
ton oi being compelled, by the exigencies
Q Of the times, 10 accept the very principle
+. announced and mintained by Stephen A
: Douglas (Whom they have denounced and
villi6ed for his steadfast advocacy of it.
as the only basis Of Union and peace here
afterjior. on the other hand, whether they
rejoice in the certainty that the honest ad
herence to their own principle. and doc
trines, will assure the speedy destruction
, OF their country. and demonstrate the
failure Of Rspuclican governments to the
! world.
:. November 20, 1860.
Mr.. Mortin read the paper. and then said
/ "As | recognize the person whose name
is signed TO this paper as gentleman: l
, will with pleasure attempt to respond 10
, his interogatories.
al answer TO the first question. that
r we rejoice over our victory because it is
, the triumph Of truth and the success OF
correct and time honored principles.
, Should bankruptcy and ruin fall upon
0 the country. we should deplote it most
9 deeply. But we should not regard it as
I the consequence Of the election Of Abra-
t ham Lincoln, or feel that any response
bility rested upon US, but in it recognize
the legitimate results Of the means en-
, ployed by our adverssries to effect our de-
feat and destruction.
3 To the second question, answsr thai
should "free labor" loose its reward and
. "free iaborors" their employment, and be
, brought to starvation. We would mourn
over their calami,es, seek TO alleviate
their suaerings and redress their wrongs,
' and as we know the authors of the crime
! We intend TO hold them to just account
4 ability in this world, and believe that the
. Almighty will in the next.
). To the third question | answer, that we
q do not rejoice cat the prospect Of frater'
Q nal strife and interneciue war" From
|. such prospect we would turn away with
d horror. But should they come We can
rejoice in the conviction that they are moi
J. the JUST consequences of the election of q
;. President according to the forms Of the
O Constitution. But we know those who
a would rejoice. They are those who. fol-
"a months aud years past. have labored Il
Q ALLEVIATE the hearts Of this people fEon
d each other; who for political purI BY
"a all the arts Of defamation, have poisoned
Al the Southern mind against the North. ant
\ sought to array them in deadly hostility
!. against each other; who have broker
q compromises and kept no faith; who in
4 cited civil war in Kansas, and justified th'
!, attempted subjugalinn Of free people, wit
|. for political purposes, have propheslet
,e that these things would follow Lincoln
" election, and are now laboring to full
\. the prophecy; and instead of seeking Il
"a allay the troubles in the land, are exer,
n ing all the means in the r power to az
% gfavate the difficulty and widen the breach
d They seem exceedingly anxious to be abl
d to tell the people. Il told you so. Sc
what you have done by voting your sen
timeuIs, and for the man ofyOur choice.
.o1 R.J. Ryan, beg leave to ask ques
N ton. agree and endorse nearly every
10 thing that has been said here to-pight,a AM
in |, 100, trust that if South Carolina get
:, out Of the Union it will be at the point O
10 the bayonet. My father and mother ar
n buried at Barnwell in that Stale, an
should she seSede from the Union, woul
r. 90 and with my own hands dig their bone
h aud bring them away. But the questio
\. | desire to ask is: Whether those ques
70 Iions were really prepared by a Democrat
., Much confusion and excitement ensue