The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-09-12

lluclahs - near, hear, hear and sub
stituting the national interests, tie ma.
tional efficiency, the national honor, fol
the scifshness, the hucksteriug or the
vepgeance of a party. Enthusiastic
cheeIing. To me, at all events, the po-
tency Of national Government the honor
and glory Of the national flag, are Of in.
initely higher value than he Regency al
Albany, the Tammany Wigwam, Mozarr
Hall or the Pewter Mug. Immense
cheering and roars of laughter MOI
}, eh~ll ou'eries on -bot,,lfAf the liberty o-
the press, or the Liberties and immuuitie.
, of the citizen, restrain me in the active
allegiance |. owe to the nation and It's Ex.
ecutive, now that The rights and author.
Iity of both are jeopardized. Hear, hear,
hear. J The integrity Of the national do
main the potency of the National Govern.
ment, the reputation of the national arms,
the inviolability of that tranquil system
of election, without which no popular
Government can have legitimacy, consis-
tency and force these considerations are
far de1rer to me, and | claim them to
be of far mort vital consequence than the
liberty to promulgate sedilion or the lib,
erly to conspie Immense applause.
Such liberties must succumb to The de
mands of the crisis, the public safety, the
discipline and efficacy of the army, and
the attitude ofthe revolt. Hear, hear,
hear, Within the range of the laws, the
police, the courts, the proprieties and in
terests Of the community, let them have
full swing in the days of peace. Such
days have their peculiar sanctities-. more
than this. they have their recognized and
favored abuses OF popular institutions and
prerogatives; and the ferest or foulest
sheet that is scrib5led in the coal hole or
the garret as well as The most fsithless
citizen among us, may be permitted, the
one to scatter broadcast, and the other to
drop IN crevices and corners, the seeds
of disafection against the Government
without the Commonwealth mourning any
detriment. Hear, hear, hear But in
time Of war-above all in time of civil
war-the supremacy OF Government should
be the sole grand object loud cries of
"lIear, hear land to this end martial
law should be the higher law remen
dous cheers --and the only one IN un.
disputed force: Enthusiastic cries OF
"Hear, hear, hear" and cheeringl Who
speaks about his rights as passenger
about his bag of money. his chest of
books and clothes, the photographs Of
his wife and children, his live stock or
bales Of merchandise, when the steam.
ship has met with collision, threatens to
go down, must be cleared Of every EN-
barrassmenta and dead weight, and all
hands are summoned 10 the rescue? Hear
hear
You know it well. I assert it without
fear of contradiction fom any quarter,
and those who have had most latitude and
impuniy. were they frank and generous,
would be the first to own it. The Ma
tional Government has suffered more from
the patience, the leniency, the magnaui-
u ily it has practiced toward its enemies,
and those who are in sympathy and league
with them, than it has done from the
courago, the science, the fierce energy Of
those who have taken the field against
it, and victoriously shaken the banper OF
revolt and reputation in its iacG. Cries
of "hear, hear" and loud applause TIE
masked consprators Of the North are in
Gnitely more criminal and mischierous
than the bold and armed racusants of the
South. Renewed shouts of"hear, hear"
And Democrat as | am enthusiastic
cheers -sPurning the Republicauism Of
the Chicago Convention as a spurious
creed-- ontburss Of applause having
no sympalhies whatever with the men in
power, other than those which should
subsist between the citizen and his Gov.
elnmeut-- hear, hear hear i would
promptly and cordially approve of the
severest measures the President might
adopt 10 paral yze the treachery which, in
this and other cities, under various liber.
al and benelicent prelenses, has been and
is still, atwork, to undermine and over
throw the legitimate magstracy Of the
nation. Great applause Do | not
speak in the name Of the Irishmen Of
New York-and they are counted by
tens Of thousands--when speak these
$ N ii me n rs. and declare in favor
of these rigorous but imperative pro
ceedngs? Enthusiastic shouts Of "That
you do" Were l met with negative,
should remind my countrymen that the
English arisocraoy-- terrific groans and
wells which is the dominant class in
England-to which the navy, the Church
the army almost exclusively belong, and
which is, in fact, the political opinion, the
Parliament, the sccpter and the sword Of
England hear, hear Il should remind
my countrymen that this aristocracy is
arrqyed against the Government at Wash
ington-- rene wed cries of hear, hear i
and that as it was dead against the Rev
olution. out Of which arose the liberties
and nationality Of the United States, so
is It now in hot favor of the revolution
which sets at nought those liberties, and
against that nationality directs a fratrici-
dal blow. Shouts and immense cheer.
ing. A revolution that has the hattery
and patronage ofan aristocracy TO which
for generations ireland has ascribed her
social wretchedness and political disor-
ders, and which has scofed at and scan
dalzed her before the world, can surely
never have the heart and arm of any
Irshman who has learned the history OF
Stars and Stripes hear, hear hear =
valued the blessings and protection they
insured and who, in the Illustration OF the
scheme of this incorrigble aristo5racy, its
lchaaliaan,ank anI la..c.l II q. r.z-L., .