The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-12-05

'Ho hOnIoe uOctSho't lledi, near we
want more room. [Laughter We are
getting cramped and crowded, and we
must have an outlet for the rush of eml.
grants that will pour into ire country
when we declare peacs. Put disctimin.
ating duty on, shutting out English goods,
if England continues 10 side with the
rebels.
Don't get alarmed, gentlemen, You
know it is oil fun. loud Laughter You
know you call me eccentric, and must
keep this illusion. [ Hear, hear and lsugh-
tel. England has slept in the middle Of
the bed long enough Loud Laug ghter. ]
The times are changing. The speck on
the horizon is already bigger than an OK
cart. Laughter. The fires of free
opinions have been snoudering in Eu-
rope for nearly fifteen years. Poor Po.
land is 10 sackcloth and ashes! Hungary
sleeps awakingly, and will shortly spring
upon the enemy's camp, when Capreras
chief will land in Venice. France groahs
under disordered commerce and dis.
eased finance, Europe has enough to
look hfter without troubling herself with
America. Let America lock her gates for
a econcmize-buy no foreign fab
rics-live within herself-- manufacture
her own cotton, and take the profit we
have so long given to England. Our
strength is shown by this contest Six
hours Of such rebellion would have chang.
ed dynasty in France; six days in Aus
teia, or Prussia, or Spain. Six weeks
without Ministry would cspsize the Eng
lish Constitution, but after six months Of
preparation America begins to show her
strength. .....
1t was clever move of the President
in this great national game of chess, to
givO up Fort Sumper- always give cas-.
tie to cbeckmate your opponent. Hear,
hear. The Cabinet done nobly; Seward
upheld our foreign relations. and proved
himself the man we knew be was. So has
Chase; and Welles, with his five hundred
ship Of war, armed to the teeth; and
Cameron, too, with his half million Of
fighting men Hear and cheers. l don't
believe the reports of corruption in the
departments; they are circulated by rebel
spies and enemies of the country. L have
faith in Seward, and Cameron. and Welles.
and Chase. aud know the President is an
honest man. cloud cheers.) | like the
strong measures Of the Administration.
In times like these, one cannot do things
too firmly. Act FIRST, and apologize AZ
lerward-strain point in the Constitu-
) ton, if necessary, to save nation over
r with spies-down with the traitorous wo
: man-down with the vile hordes Who in
e fest the country with their treason--mac
. adamize FortLafayette with tho beat bones
of the land if they have crystalized int
e patricides.
The civil power is nothing wien coun
5 try is to be saved. Give us martial law
t overheard with Habeas Corpus Act. and
8 command obedience with the sword and
Q the gallowS. Yes, gentlemen, to pu
f down treason l would put on the thumb
o screw. Out with the guillotire-rais,
the inquisidon and enforce the Jaw, a
. whatever cost of money or men. Breal
a up the printing press--shut the moutl
!, chat dares 10 breathe against the "Army
' of the Constitution" Who thinks o
saving brush and comb, sponge aud tow
;, 81, when the house is in flames? WhC
7 stops for overcoat and carpeisaCks whei
4 the ship is in the breakers? Who think
. Of wearing white kids when shells are ex
y plodng in the drawing room? Let th'
= Administration save the nation and over
q looked any little thing that may hav'
q been omitted Hear, hear.
= Christians hate Iscariot, Romans des
3 pise Catilne, Americans leathe the nam
;. Of Arnold. So will the Southern pirat
i chieftains in their exile be marked will
4 4 contempt by the patriots OF the Constitu
- y tionl Separation is impossible! Annihi
" - laion absurd Who ever heard Of twen
ty millions being aunihilated? Amerio
must change her policy, be more reEub
~ lican. (laugh,er.) less aristocrat, ,overcom
- ~ our modesiy, and not be too rahgiou
y, y, about forms. America fights with lie
~ ~ own men--our soldiers go to battle TO
~ ~ glory, law, liberly--Europeaus fight 70
, - pay. Ours is volunteer army; we hav
:; no Hessians or hired battalons.
:, Our thirty million loan, SO readily Ia
=. = ken by our people, is nothing to what W
=, - can do. England spends that sum ever
h. h. year on army and navy. The days ofPel
90 ry, and Docetur, and Paul Jones are to b
~ ~ revived. The fleets are of--a new set I
as m tactics--take Huteras. Send ha k tf
y : North Carolina troops! telegraphs theGC
Il vernon. Take Savannah! Send hack Ii
80 ~ Georgian regimenIsl telegrapbs the Ger
~ ~ cral in command to Beauregard. Tai
- New Orleans! Send back the LouisiaI
ds contingent, and shortly Beauregard is lie
~ high and dry without an army. havin
,s r' reduced Virginia to desert, like a vim
10 Il, yard destroyed by iocus;s. Where
-, ~ Beauregard?--alone, uncared for. forge
';f ten. Where is Davis?--ill in mind, i'll
-, - body, the shattered frame battling wit
"a diseased brain and the scared Consrienc
~ ~ The North fourshes amid the clash
~ ~ arms--stocks rising, bullion increasin
ao so ships launching, factories building, col
su au shipping, while the South is paralyze
90 "p and England and the world wondorir
W. where il is all to end. Why do couso
~ droop day after day unless there is son
~ terrible secret in Downing street? WI
!" does France borrow two millions on Il
Ia %. Bank of England unless France is abo
~ n0 to lead an army somewhere? Verify &
,pi ID times are changing, and it may turn o
~ ~ that America is not only therichest coG
sw o try. but possesses one half the comm