Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-09-05
with the renewed luster Of other DAYS.


[Applsuss. A
Kentucky has assumed her present
position under no promptngs Of pas
sion. but calmly and after careful re-
view Of the whole field. She will cling
to the Union amid its trial and disas-
ters as she has clung to il itits triumph
and success. Applause. That which
she has so nobly asserted through the
ballot box, it is her manifest duty TO
make good upon the battle field. And
that duty-slready begui will be
faithfully performed upon lhe meeting
Of her Legislature, which C, ,nvenes in
few days. [Applause. lull will be
the measure Of my Joy whed shall see
the patriotic soldiers of Ma sssachusetts
and Kentucky meeting ard shaking
hands upon the same fields of danger,
and rebuking by their union those trail
torous men who have long striven to
render them alien to eadh other
4 TGreat applause.
1 am gratifed that during the some
what extended tour ] have recently
made, have nowhere heard the pub
Il lie voice faint or the publicpurpose fall
ter in the vigorous prosecution of the
war until the stars and strips shall wave
once more over every flagstaff from
which they have been torn. Ap-
plause. Nowhere have l heard the
word compromise = enthusiastic ap-
plause1--a word which cannot now be
uttered except by disloyal lips. or BY
those speaking directly or in the inter
ests of rebellion. Applause. So long
as the rebels have arms in their hands,
there is nothing left to compromise but
the honor of the country and the integ-
rity OF the Government, and no man
with soul above that Of coward is
prepared for such submission. Great
applause.
1t cannot be disguised that we stand
confronted by great National dangers
and great National calamities. Eleven
members OF our Union are in open, and
thus far successful, revolt; and an army
of perhaps 10000 men, breathing
vengeance and slaughter is menacing
the safety of Washington. From this
pressing peril no brilliant defamation,
no fervid oratory can deliver US. Moth
ing but the sword can now save this
country from the last catastrophe that
can befall a nation. The enemy has
been desperate, and we can no longer
question his purpose or valor in battle.
History.has recorded that Catiline and
his co-conspirators in guilt fell with
their faces TO the enemy, and so proba-
bly will fall the rebel leaders of the
South. Let us therefore be prepared
for this, and the more earnest, the more
prompt, the more united we are now,
the briefer will be the struggle. Ap-
plause1 All delay will strengthen re-
bellion, and is fraught with danger to
ourselves.
But if from any cause this contest is
to be prolonged one, let us not seek
to conceal from ourselves its conse-
quences. and look the worst in the face.
Your ships may have to furl their sails
on many seas, and the grass may spring
up in the now busy marts Of commerce.
Bankruptcy may be widespread, and
the wall of sorrow go up not only from
hamlets and villages. but from cities and
States, for the true and brave men who
have laid down their lives for their
country. But our institutions are well
worth these sacrifices, and all that we
can possibly make. All that we are,
all that we have, is the fruit OF these
institutions, and all that we may de-
vote to their support, if we are sue
cessful, they will give back to us and to
our children increased a hundred nay
thousand fold. Applause.
But even now, in the full shadow Of
this threatened destruction--even this
night and this hour-we could have
peace by laying down our country and
our flag in the dust beneath the re-
morseless feet OF traitors. Never,
Never"I But how can we do this,
seeing that the graves of our fathers
are yet with us, and Bunker Hill speaks
with voice that cannot be stilled?-
( Applause If we falter we fail; and
not only will Washington be sacked,
but your fields laid desolate. The tone
of the Southern press, and the devel-
opments of the past few weeks, justify
me in this declaration. II, therefore,
we think of our land, of our gold; if
we think OF our merchandise and our
pleasant homes in contrast with the
honor and integrity Of our country, we
are lost, and shall perish suddenly and
ignominiously. But if true to our
selves, as l believe we will be--if true
to the memory of the past and the
grandeur of the present--our arms will
triumph, and the Union sentiment of
the South viii make that triumph COM
pleIe. And after this turmoil of bat
tie and bloodshed has ceased, there will
arise future for our country bright as
the rainbow that spans Niagara's wa
tiers. [APPlagse.]
A single word more and I will re-
lieve you. One Of the most fearful de-
tails which has been encountered in the
prosecution of this war is the disloyal-
ty in our own midst. This is true of
Washington and the Border States, but
it is in a degree prevalent everywhere,
and to this is due much of the discour-
agement under which the nation is suf-
fering. The country is rejoicing now