The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-01-24

10 lne conslderate action OF the States by
which il is retained.
THE UNION THE PROTECTION or THE st.v,
II OWNER.
1t is the Upion that restricts the onno.
sllion TO Slavery in this country with,
these limits. II dissolution prevail, what
guarantee shall there be against tie full
devrlopemenI here Of the fearful and un.
compromising hostility to slavery which
elsewhere Perv"des Il world, Of which
The recent invasion Of Virginia vas an il.
lustralion?
Dissolution and Dessolation.
How could our successors prosecute
these noble o. jDcts in the midst of brutal.
lzlng civil conflict? What guarantees in
vested for such purposes have that will
outweigh the premium offered oy politicaI
and military ambition? What leisure
viii the citizens find for study. or invOn
lion, or art, under the reign Of conscrlp.
ton! Nay, what interest in them will So
clety feel when fear and hate shall have
taken possession Of the national mipd2--
Let the minner in Cali li'ornia take heed. for
It's golden wealth will become the prize oe
The naticn who can command the most
iron. Let the borderer take care, for the
Indian will again lurk around his dwell
ling. Let the pioneer come back into
our denser settlements, Cor the railroad
the post-rosd. the telegraph, advance not
one turIong further into tue wilderness.
With standing armies, consuming the
substance of our people on the land, and
our naval and our postal steamers with
drawn from the Ocean, who will project
OF respect, or who will even know by
name our petty confedelacies.
Liberty and Union-- One and LassparoJle.
Lastly, public liberty, our own peculiar
liberty, must languish for time and then
cease to leave. And such liberty! Free
movement everywhere--through our own
land and throughout the world--lree
speech, free press, free suffrage, the
freedom Of every subject to vote on every
law, and for or against every agent who
expounds, administers or executes. I'm.
stable confederacies, constantly appr.hend
assaults without and treason within, form.
liable only to each other. and contempt
ible to all besides, how long will tie be-
fore, on the plea of public safety, they
will surrender all this inestimable and
ucequaled liberty, and accept the hateful
and intolerable espionage OF military des-
potism. 4
No Reason for Dissolution.
And now, Mr.. President, what is the
cause for this sudden and eternal sacrifice
ofso much safety. greatness, happiness
and freedom? Have foreign nations COM
bned, and are they coming in rage upon
us? No. So far from being enemies,
there is not a nation on earth that IS not
an interested, admiring friend Even
the London Times. by no means partial 10
US. says i! is quite possible that 'the
problem of Democratic Republic may
be solved by its overthrow in few days,
in spirit Of folly, sel6shness and short
sightedness." ':.
Has the Federal Government become
tyrannical and oppressive, or even rig.
orous or unsound? Has The Constitution
lost its spirit, and all al once collapsed into
lifeess letter? No; the Federal Gov
ernment smiles more benign antlv, ard
works to-day more beuefcenrly than ever.
The Constitution is even the chosen model
for the organization Of the newly arising
confederacies.
The Election of Ir. Lincoln.
The occasion is the election of Pres.
ident of the United States who is unac
ceptable 10 portion OF the people. l
state the case accurately. There was no
movement Of disunlon before tie ballots
which expressed that choice were cast
Disunion began as soon as the result was
announced The justification, as assign
ed, was that Abraham Lincoln had been
elected, while the success of either one
of the three other candidates would have
been acquiesced III, Was the election
illegal? No; it is impcachable. Is the
candidate personally offensive? 10; he
is man Of unbIemished virtue aud ama-
BILE manners. Is an election of President
an uufrequcnt or extraordinary transac.
ton? No; we have never had Chief
Magistrate otherwise designated than by
such election. aud that form of choice is
renewed every four yesrs.
Does any one even propose TO change
the mode of appointing the Chief Magis,
trate? No; election by universal suffrage
as modified by the Constitution, is the
own browning franchise of the American
people. 10 save it, they would defy the
world.
Is it apprehended the new President
will usurp despotic power? No; willie he
is Of all men the most unambtirus, he is
by the partial success Of those who oppos.
ed his election, subjected to sach restraints
that he cannot, without their consent, ap-
pointed a minister. or even police agent
negotiate treaty, or procure the pas.
sage of a law. and hardly draw musket
from the public arsenals to defend his
own person.
Il Difference Of opinion tie true Ground
ofMe Secession Movement.
What then is the ground of disconlenl?
1t is, that the disunionists did not accept
as conclusive the arguments which were
urged in behalf of the successful candi
date in the canvass. This is aft. Were
own arguments against him more satis-
factory TO his supporters? OF course
there were not. They could rot be, Does
the Constitution, in, letter or spirit, re-
quire or imply that the arguments OF one