American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-02-16

temPtloie cunning and pinaoie advantages
triumph over merits highway travelled
BY the master rogues ofthe nation, for pur>
poses Of plumber aud robbsry--a theatre,
stunned BY honest men. wherein poltioa
kusvss and thisviug d, magoguss play the
chi'f psrts. dsludiug the pablo BY their
tricks and undermining their principles BY
duplicity.
Parties are no longer the sxpoueuts Of
principles. bat organizations teeking with
the vile stensh OF corruption. headed by
hnblushiug demsgogues. Inscriptions Of
means. who would sell their 6irtk,r;ght for
the hollow plaudits oil the mob. followed by
tbs blind unthinkiug masses who Or. caught
by baublss. who worship PARTY" with a
heatbsn devotion drawing from ilS corrupt
fountains their very morals aud religion;
who suffer themselves to be duped aud
gulisd. and gullsd sud duped sgaiO striped
Of their principals aud substance, ''as the
hunter strips the beaver Of its fur"
P>liiCisns have become partizan dsms-
goguss. uuprincipled and corrupt. with no
object but lucre. no ambition but gain, no
motive but sordid ssl6sbness knowing no
bouuds--ready for servile purposes to bar
ter the interests of their oousti iuents or the
liberties OF the country--wiiing to build
their own fortunes upon the ruins OF the
Constitution. No abyss Of political dsgra.
dation is too deep for modern day politi'
eiacs to fathom. No sluice way Of polili-
oal corruption is too mean to afford them
channel. When party 10 to be subserved.
no principle is too sacred to Re outr trAged.-
Compacts are violated and Constitutions
are tramplsd under foot. Truth 10 distort
cd. falsshood published and outrages per.
petratod with hardihood putting the devil
to shame. ! would not have the sins OF
one Of these miscreants upon my head. !
would not answer for them OF the last day.
I would not walk with them the burning
mari Of hell for the "throne Of God itself." :"
Presidents are no longer digni6sd. just
and honorable executives Of the nation. but
Pr~idsnts Of party. ready for psrtisau
purposes to persecuts and vihfy those who
maintain an honest difference Of opinion
upon questions OF great national moment.
willing to immediate the peace Of the nation
upon the shrine OF party.
An age Of principles has given place to
an age OF partiz,n folly. National mea-
sures are swept away by the whirlwiud Of
sectional strife. and we have already the
shameful and humiiating picture Of na.
lion "divided against ITSELF" Of brothers
born Of one common ancestry. struggling
10 peIpstuate the same great principle.
knssliog at the shrine OF the same goddess,
Liberty, quarrsling about an abstraction
they can never settle, agitating a question
that can have no other tendency than 10 EN-.
bitter feeling. .dampon fratsrnsl love and pre-.
oipitate dissolution. The signs Of the times
are omiuous Of evil every breeze that fans
the political element, 10 real or imagina.
ry "simoon" full frsighted with disease.
prostration and death to the body polite.
The storm clouds 90 dreaded by our "fs.
ihsrs." charged with the thuuderbolts OF
war and dissolution is brewing 10 the hori.
zou. threatening to pour its torrent Of un.
earthly terrors upon our heads. The de.
mon Of disunion is abroad in our midst
sowing his seed Of discord, poisoning the
heart, and minds Of the people. Madmen
OF the North are trampiing upon the con
S'ilution and laws Of the government, viola.
ting the oompaots and compromises Of the
nation. Invading with fire and sword"
one section Of the country and plotting
death against its citizens, and destruction
to it's institutions. These forays Of mad,
ness. the Legitimate offspring Of fanaticism.
instiga,ed by the devil. garbed in tht cloak
OF liberty, are applauded bo traitors to the
government. humanity libertines, such as
Wendell Phillips aud others OF the same
base calibre. While slavery pr"pagandis 3
Of the South. unfathomable in the depths
Of their political corruption. unmeasurable
10 the height Of their treason. far out num-
bering the former class. ara unoeasing in
their efforts 10 fix their odicus institution
upon the frae territories. clamorous in their
demands for "slave code." the unoondi.
tional re opening OF the African slave trade
and the uursstra,ned freedom Of "trsfiio In
human flesh and blood.' They with a
madness surprising even that Of John
Brown, arrest and imprison Northern men
for an expression Of opinion. Refuse to
purchase or use goods OF Northern manu-
factory. Adopt resolutions Of nou.iuter.
course, denounoe ths entire north as their
enemies aud seem anxious 10 preoipiIa,e
that calamity so dreaded by our fathers
"dissolution OF the Union" with its hoT-
rors Of blood. Congressman from the South
denounce tie Union in bitterness aud
wrath. Talk about rendiug it from turret
to foundation stone, and are applauded for
their treasonsble sentiments. and "blowed"
by the press for their courage and nerve"
Governors are recommending the "forma.
tion OF Southern Confederscy." Legis.
laturss are appropriating money wherewith
to provide arms. States are declaring their
readiness 10 oeceds and recommending
speedy dissolution Of the Union. These
things to say the least arc ominous Of evil.
they bear The marks Of danger upon their
face.
II the storms Of '3a. alarmed the patriots
OF the nation, "shook the Union to its cen.
teri" the tornado Of to-day, should strike
terror to our hearts, threatens for more dis
astrous results. The crisis OF the present
hour perils the nation. No time 10 our
even.iul history has the danger Of dissolu.
ton been so imminent, II In any crisis
that has gone before. this result was Posi-.
BILE. in the one upon us il is PROBABLE -
Let the friends Of freedom, the advocates
of constitutional liberty. the lovers Of the
Union, the enemies OF sectional strife and