The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-02-21


her into the Union upon terms of equality
with the other States. Was there any
oppression, any great wrong, any great
grievance in that
In 1S.5--war having been declared 10
18l2--Louisiana was attacked; the city
of New Orleans wac about to be sacked
and laid PROSTATE in the dust; "beauty
and booty" were the watchwords She
was oppressed then. was she not2 Ker.
lucky, your own ga.lsnt S!a'e, sir, and.
thank God! she is standing erect now;)
and Tennessee, (Which. as | honestly be-
liove, Twill ever stand by her side in this
struggle for the Constitution and tie Tn
ion, } in conjunction with other States
met PackeDham and his myrmidous upon
the plains Of New Orleans, and there dealt
out death and desolation 10 her invading
foe, What soil did we invade? What
city did we propose TO sack? Whose
property did we propose to destroy? Was
not Louisiana there, gallsntly, nobly,
bravely and patrioticaly defended, by
the people Of the United States, from the
iDroads and from the sacking Of British
foe? Is that defense one Of her oppres-
sions? Is that one Of the great wrongs
that have been iohicted upon Louisiana!
What more has bten done by this Gov.
ernment? How much protection has she
received upon Ler sugar? In order to
give that protection, the poorest man
throughout tie United States is taxed for
every spoonful that he uses to sweeten
his coffee. How many millions, under
the operation Of protection on sugar,
have been contributed to The wealth and
prosperity Of Louisiana since size has been
in this confederacy? Estimate them. Is
this another of her wrongs? Is this an.
other Of her grievances? Is this another
ot the expressions that the United States
have inflicted upon Louisiana?
Sum them all up, and what are the
wrongs, what the grievances which justify
Louisiana in taking leave oi the United
States? We have defended her soil and
: her citizens; we have paid the price aske
for her by the French Government; sh,
E has been protected in the production o
. her sugar, and in the enjoyment of every
right that sovereign State could ask a
the hands Of the Federal Government
And how has she treated the United States
What is her position? Upon her owl
yolilion, without consultation with he
sister States without even consulting
? with Tennessee and Kentucky, who de
Tended her when she was in peril, sh,
proposes to secede from the Union. Sh
! does more: in violation Of the Constitution
Of the U. s., in despite of the plighte'
d faith which exists between all the States
T she takes our arsenals, our forts. GU
i custom houses, our mint, with about
million dollars. Gracious God 10 wha
are we comiug2 Is it hts that the Con
: stitulion of the United States is to be vic
j. ateo? Forts, arsenals, custom houses
9 and property belonging to all the peopl
J. of all the States, have been ruthlessl
II seized. and their undisturbed possessio
is the sum total OF the great wrongs tht
II have been inflicted upon Louisiana, b
the United States
II Nr. President, when | look at the cor
n duet OF some of the STATES, l AIN reminde
of the fable Of King Log and frogs. The
e got tired OF the log that lay in their mid.
u upon which they could bask in the sur
8 or from which they could dive to the dept
= beneath, without interference. And thes
: seeding States have got tired Of the Fed
eral Government, which has been go pre-
y fitable to them, and loathe the blessing
Q which they enjoy. Seemingly, its insbi
l. lily to take care of itself created their oppt
{ stion to it. 1t seems, the insbilisy {
h the United States to defend and take car
n of its own property, has been an invitatio
) to them to take possession of it; and. lii
IS the frogs, they seek substitute for the
At log. They prayed to Jupiter, the supren
T. deity, to send them another king, and /
'i answered their prayer, by sending them
stork, who soon devoured their subje
l. frogs. There are storks, too, in the sec
ding States. South Carolina has h
ot stork king, and so has Louisiana.
s. the heavy appropriations they are maxim
D. to maintain armies, and in all their prep
ol ratiuns for war, tor which there is
~ cause, they find they have brought dow
J. storks upon them that will devour then
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