The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-04-11
From the New York Tribune.
- War at Hand!

Confedefaey has resolved TO wage oten-
siye war on the Government of the Uni.
ted States, and will assault or OPEN ere on
the Forts forthwith. Meantime. the limit
ed daily supply of fresh provisions hitb.
erto allowed BY Gov. Pickens to be fur
nished to Fort Sumter has been stopped,
and we may hear at any moment that Ibis
Fort, too, has been carried by assault, or
is so pressed that it must speedily sur
render. Within few days at fsrlLest,
the cannon Of the nsurgeOtssyill be bakr |
tering down the defenses and slaughter
ing the de- enders oi the American Union
Let us pause moment and consl' 'cr
Slavery makes open war upon that IN
ion which has so long been its protection
and security. ..i.g ,r1 "a, ga. N
For thirty years, the oppone nts Of
Slavery have borne the imputatlon-7I
which not one in huDdred of them bas
deserved-of seeking their end Ilropgh
the dissolution Of the Union. 4
In III this time, not squadron hss
charged. not platoon has fired, on the
National flag and forces, under the inspi,
ration Of AntirSlsvery. lis advocates
have been beaten at elections, hunted out of
halls which they had ! ired and paid ior
mobbed and MANNED 10 the Slave Staes.
and generally prescribed aud stigma,ized
in the Free, without being goad' d INTO
hostililies, -Only in Kausss, wien com
PEELED to choose between resistance and
annihiation. have they been moyod to
repel force by force. .s.ya5. ar.
The Slave Power, aItsr enjoying undis-
turbed sway for bafa century, has al
length lost an election, Hereupon, it
proceeds 10 treat that election as farce
and uuIllty, and DEFY those whom il To-
vested with authority. . Nae. .ss b.
1t has, while in power, loudly Wanted
its fidelity and deVoledness to. the Federal
EConstitution. Losing power, it deliberate
lily repudiates that charter. and adopts
one radically different in its stead.
"The UEion. the Union forcveII' has
been the vociferous cry of it's ssryors.-
Having LOST an election, they treat that
same Union as hated curse, passing or.
dinances and raising armies for its over,
throw. r. ..................... ....... ..,l
"Let the laws be enforcedV'. it was
thundtrcd whenever The cOnscieDCes Of
freemen revolted at the inhuman atroci-
ties OF slave hunting in Free States. But
: the moment the enforcement Of the laws
> has deyolved on Republicans, Slavery de
nounces il as "coelcion," and insists lba,
it's iuauSuratiog civil war!
: And in fact 10 very many, North as
well as South, Slavery is atovc the Uniqr
. above the laws, above tho Constitution
Rebellion, III their view is oppo'tioD tc
Slavery; while love Of Slavery and love
OF the Union are Synonymous. ....,... B.,
They plead for Peace. meaning that
there be no further resistance 10 Slavery.
National Unity. in their vocabulary,
means a universal agreement that Slavery
is emlnently right, and that it ought 10
: be dilfused universally aud maintained
forever.
And what is to be the at iude of thc
Northern Opponents of the Republican
party in the new era now opening befor
. us? 20 .....y .........
They have professed TO sustain Sla
very so FAR as the Constitution required
: and no further. Slavery now repudiate
the Constitution, breaks up the Unior
and makes war on tho Federal Gov,rn
g ment. If Nor'her Democracy allows it
o ympathies to follow Slavery into hea
, son, how shall it conceal, even from ilsel
y the evidence oi its own recreaucy! .
10 There is not even pretenss that lh'
Federal Government has done or rcfusct
to do anything whereby this rebellion i
I- justified. IL has been pacific, forbearins
aud most anxious 10 avoid a collision. |
has allowed It's troops to be disarmed. IL
d arsenals to be robbed, its forts TO be seiz
ed, it's money TO be stolen and Its rev
enues to be collected and appropriate,
by its open enemies. Through thos
d high-handed villainles, q whole fronlis
has been opened to savage incLrslon an'
massacre, until even Mexioo threatens al
invasion. II has seriously lost groun'
with its friends by vainy seeking 10 con
i ciiAte its implacable foes. Miength tn
/, great Slaveholding Rebellion is ready Il
unmask its batteries and open lire on tn
most exposed and isolated OF The NatioI
= dclsnses. The challenge of lie openinI
cannonade will soon roverberats over th
? country. The Union flag on Fort Sum
ter ia 10 be- shot down 10y the rebel ba,
l. ttres unless speedily lowered by the dt
voted garrison.
Q, The American Republic now enters ~
on The gravest perilS it has known siuc
y, the treason Of Arnold Gpd giant that
pass through them with undoubting IT
D. lance on the omnipoencc Of Justice, an
rs emerge at length, however tried an
g. tested, unwaveIiug 10 It's loyalty 10 Fee
dom and the Rights Of Maui lIea. .5'
From Harrisburg.