The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1860-12-06
The Exciting Crisis--.ThuTIow Weeds
Compromise Plan.


= Compromise Plan.
Mr.. Weed, ID his paper Of Friday afte,
D noon, devotes cOlmn to a new enforce
: ment Of his views before expressed, i
favor OF rsViving the Missouri Comprc
mlse' or devisine some other views Z
settlement Of differences between tn
North and South. Mr.. Weed does nc
undertake any formal argument, but en-
ters freely into general considerations, ,th
tone Of which may be inferred from tb
following extract
To our dissenting friends who will no
question our devotion to freedom. how
ever much they may distrust our Judge
ment, we submit few earnest adm opl
tions:
| !. There Is imminent danger Of dis
solution Of the Union. ~,
IL. This danger originated ia the am.
oitlon and cupidity Of men who desire
Southern despotism, and in the fsnatic
zeal OF Northern Abolitionists who seek
the emancipation ofslaves, regardless d
consequences.
III. The danger can only be aysrte
oy such moderation and forbearance as
wlil draw out strengthen and combine
the union sentiment Of the whole country
Tue dsunion sentiment is paramount
In at leas! seven States, while it divides
ana dls'racts as many more. Nor is it
Wise to deceive ourselves with the ,mpres-
sion that ths South is not in earnest. and
the sentiment has taken hold Of all clas.
ses with such blind vehemencc as to
"crnsn. out" the union sentiment.
Now, while. as has been said, it IS easv
20 prove all this unjust and wrong, we
have to deal with things as they are
with facts as they exist--with people
blinded by passion. Peaceable secession
Is not intended.nor is it practicable ,eyepif
such was its object. Mad. however. as
the South is, there is a union sentiment
there worth chershing 1t will develop
and expand as fast as the darkness and
delusion, in relation to the feelings Of the
North, can be dis spelled. This calls for
moderation and forbearance. We do NOT
wheh our dwelling is id flames, stop TO
ascertain Whetier it was the work of an
1Hn1cehdlary, n before we extiuguish the fireY
honce, our suggestions of a basic of ad.
)ustmsnt, without the expectation that
they would b accepted. in terms. by Ell
ther section, but that they might posi-.
oly lnaugurate a movement in that direc.
tlon. The Union is worth preserving
And If worth preserving, suggestions IN
lis behalf, however crude, will not be
condemned. A victorious party can af.
fcrd to be tolerant-not, as our friends
assume, in the abandonment or absrnt.
ment of Its principles CT character-but
IN efforts to correct and dssbuse the
mlads OF those who misunderstood both
Before a final appeal--before resort
% the trough frown ofwar," we should
Ike to see a convention of the people Goa
,lstlng Of delegates appointed by the
states After more than seventy years of
wear and tear" Of collision and abrasion
should be cause OF wonder that the
machinery OF government is found weak
med or out Of repair. or even defective.
Nor would it be Improbable Tor the
North AMI South, bringing their respect.
We griefs, claims and proposed ref5rms
o a common arbitrament, to meet dis.
uss and determine upon a future.
1t will be said that we have done moth
ns wrong. and have nothing to offer
his, supposing 1t trus, is precisely the
eason we should both propose and offer
'hstevsr may, by possibility, avert the
wills OF civil war and preserve the bes
ings Of Uaiou.
Many suppose that the North has moth.
g to lose by a dissolution Of the Union
'ome oven say that We are to be gamers
y 1t. We do not, for obvious reasons, in.
end to discuss this aspect oflhe question.
,ut It is Mistakes serious and an ex.
ensive mistake. The North and South
'ere wisely, and by a good ro,idehce,
nlled. Their interests, their welfare
hell happiness. their glory, their ,dest,-
y'is one! Separated whis the North
the South becomes, first
espollsm, running riot for season, with
nrestralned African Slvery, to share in
me- the fate Of every tropical nation
neither desPotism, monarchy. or repub-
O. That fate, induced by the Incidence.
ixury' and laxity Of the privileged few,
yer the oppressed, degraded and ensIaved
amy is anarchy and destruction. That ,
lie is written 10 the history Of al! en-
aved nations-its ancient, scared and
rumbllng, but instructive monum are
zen IN Egypt. in Italy, in Central Amer
"a, and in Mexico, w. --