The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-02-07
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We have been wont to look upon tie n
Union as gteat blessing. priceless i.
h rirase, purchased BY the blood aud built g
Of the ashes Of our fathers. We have q
been " nj to hear il spoken Of oily in i
terms Of commentator and praise. We I
have been taught To revere the Union, ap- b
plaud sen,imens Of devotion, and dePre'
cate, loathe and dpspise sentiments OF dis.
Loyalty. Six months ago language look
ing to dissolution Of the Union would
have me, the universal and unqualified
condemnation Of the American people aud
it's author would have gone down below
the sJund OF plummet and beyond lhe
reach of political resurrection. So it
should he to-day The man who iavors
or encourages disuniun, should be brand
ed AZ a t,ailor 10 himself, his country and
humanity. Good mrn should shun him
as pestlence A mark should be Set
up n him. that the very beasts might
know and hunt him down.
The rapid march of events is opening
the eyes Of he country and tearing the
mask from the face Of its enemies. We
are startled daily by avowals of treason
In our own midst A few weeks ago the
dead homes oi the Democratic party gath
cred at the State Capitol and published to
the world their determination to resist the
Government in it's forts TO preserve the
Union. They refused to give their conn
tneanre to the execution of the laws
They vot~d down tie resolution declaring
that no Statr had the right to secede. an
"sen greeting TO the" conspirators 20
the South, in & Q name Of the goo, 600
tratws Of Ohio, that until the people c
the North do right they should not
inielfered with in their treason and wit
Shame we confess that in our own Unlor
loving Lancaster men are found to al
plaud the traitors and endorse the Irsi
son.
At this very writing the Cincinna
Commercial and Press, are urging dl
unlon aud quarreling over the parenta'
OF the treason writing elaborate srticl
and vie pg with each other in their effor
10 convince both sections Of the GOuntr
th.t hey would b. better of, more pro
perous. more secure and more hap
will out The Union. THIS is no time
such arguments; they are not only
tim a and reasonable, hut damnable.
White patriots are struggling to pre'eI
the work OF our fathers, while the irier
of law and order--of constitutional LID
" are striving to rescue all that is val
bic and uoole Of our institutions from
madncss OF anarchy that men sho
be found throwing stumbling blocks
their way, is criminal beyond degree
While there ID yet hope Of UNI
while there is yet possibility OF C
promise, no true patriat. no man who lc
his country bis pOsterl'y. or human
will oppose an obstacle, much less uri
separation Of the Sta,ss.
For ourselves. We are FOR the Unio
ior the Union as II is-for the ConsI
ton as our lslhers made IL, We W
tolerate 20 separation, neither pNac
nor forcible until the last vestige of |
has vanished forever. And when at
the time shall come, If come il N
when neither pesce nor blood shall
the country when fifteen States shall
proved recresut to human liberty
civil war threatens to drench the @
nent In fralernal blood. shall we a.
dissolution as the alternative.