The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-24

ring these long and weary weeks wo have
wanted to hear tho northern conscience
assert its purpose. II comes at last. tAn
impressive pause. .HdssurhHsriis blood has
c1nsecrdtrd The pdU,mcais gf Bdiiimorc. and
hpsr stOnrs are HO,c too sdcrtd 10 be trodd,h
by sidps Cloud chcers.)
A molly WAR.
You aud owe it to these young martyrs
you aud owe it. that their blood shalt be-
sccd ot no mcru triumph, but that tho negro
shall teach his children TO bless them for
centuries to come. (Applausc) When
Massachusetts goes lpwn to that Carolina
tort to put tho Ntarsand Stripes again over
its blackcned walls (cnihusinsn) she will
sweep fiom its noighbOrhood cvory institu
ton that hazards their ever bowling again
to tho Palmetto. UIpud chcors All of
you may not mean il now. Our fathers
did not thiuk in l775 of tho Declaration ot
Independence. Tho Long Parliament never
thought OF the scat'o!d OF Chnflcs the First,
when thoy entered on tho struggle: bu;
having leGun. they made thorough work
(Chocrs) Ii is an attribute of tho Yankee
blood-slow to fight. and fight once. Rn.
newcd cheers 1t is II holy war that for
Independence; this is u hoicr, aud tho last
that for liberty. Cloud applause)
RETALIATION
When tho South cdnuonadrh Fort Sum
ter tho bones at Adams stirred IN his coffin
{Chcers.) Aud you sht havo heard him.
from that granite grnvo, at q incv, proc aim
to the nation. The hour has struck |!
Sozc tho thundcr.hot God has forged for
you, and uanihidtS tie system which has
troubled peace for srreRiy y'0rs = (Choors J
do not say that it is II culd.bloodnd suggos.
tim hardly ever know slavery go down in
any other circumstances Only ouco in tho
broad sweep OF tho worlds history. WAS any
nation lifted So high that sho could stretch
her imperial hand across tho Atlantic, aud
Iit, by one peaceful word. million of
slaves into liberty. Gnl granted that glory
only to our mother land
THE HOUR HAS CoMR.
Tho hour has come TO us. So stand wo
TO-DAY. Tho aboIitiOnist who will not now
cry. whom tho moment serves, up boys,
aud at then." is false to liberty. (ireat
chocrng) "a vnice-' So Is ovory other
muu.) Say not it is hard lesson. Let
him who fully knows his own heart aud
stro ggth. and feels MS no looks down into
his child's cradle. that no could stand aud
500 that little nesting horne to slavery and
subInit-let him cast the fest s.Onc. But
all you whose love is wont to stir over
Nasoby and Bunker Hill, will hold your
peace. unless yon arc ready to cry with mo
Sic senpe: I'yrdnnis So may it over
DO with tyranis cloud arplauso.)
CIVILIZATION AGAINST BARBARlsM
The noise aud dust of tho couti ct may
hide tho rcal question a: issue. Europe
may think, somo of us may, that We are
fighting for forms and parchments, for SOW
eignty and Aae. But really, tho war is
one of opinions il is civilization agaisnt
barbarism il is freedom against slavery.
Tho cannon shot against Fort Sumter was
tho yell of pirates against tho DECLARATION
OF INDrrENDEScE: The mar-cry Of The .North
is lis echo. The South. do!yng christianity
clutches its victim. Tho North offers it's
wealth and blood in glad atonement for the
solfshness OF seventy years. The result is
as sure as tho throne Of God. l believe in
the possibility of Justice, in the certainty of
tho Union. Years hence, whom the smoke
of this conflict clears away, tho world will
SEE under our banner.all tongues all cretds,
all raccs-one northumberland on the
hanks Of the Potomac. tho Genius of Liberty,
robed in light, tourand thirty stars for her
'iiadcn. brokon chains under hor feet aud
an olive branch in hor right hand. (Great
applause.)