The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-07-18

When the oath of Office had been ad
ministered 10 Mr. Grow, as speaker Of
the House Of Representatives, Oh taking
this chair he said after aludng in elo-
quent terms to the progress of our couu.
try from small beginnings 10 its present
prosperity.
He who would tear down this grand.
temple of constitutional liberty, thus gran.
Aest temple of constitutional liberty, thus
Blasting forever the hopes Of crushed hu-
mauty. because its lIeemen, in the mode
prescribed by the Constitution, select a
chief magistrate not acceptable to him. is
parr eide TO is race, and should be re-
garded as an enemy of mankind The
Union, once destroyed. is a shattered vase
that no human power can reconstruct in
its original symmetry. Coarse stones,
when they are broken, may be cemented
again precious ones never. If the re-
public is to b. dislnembered, and the sur
OF its liberty must 60 out in endless night
| let it set amid the roar Of cannon and the
din of battle, when there is no longer an
arm TO strike or heart to bleed in its
cause, so that coming generations may
not reproach the present with being toc
imbecile 10 preserve the priceless legacy
bequeatheG by our fathers. So as to trans
nit it urimpaired to future times. Agar
gentlemen, thanking you for your conf
dence and kindness. and invoking gui
dance from that divine power that led our
fathers through the red sea Of revolution
l enler upon the discharge OF the du lei
to which you have assigned me, relying
upon your forbrarsnce and co operation
and trusting thai your Iabors will con
rribute not ittl- to the greatness ant
glory Of IT, republic.
In the evening Mr., Etheridge was ser
cnaded al priva house where he wa
s'opping, and from the balcony Of whicl
he sp Ike as follows:
/ Eighty-fve years ago. leeiors wer,
uprising 10 maintain our iud' pendence
and this is the most important eporl
since that period. Will we not main ali
it now? We shall have the approval o
Heaven! Hereafter. no one can point II
our children anG say, you are the son o
traitor.
Never in the history of the world, ha
any nation displayed SO much energy as W.
have in the last sixty days. Napoleon
after his flight froo L ba, with all thu
crazy enthusiasm his name instiled in,(
the people, never could has raised sucI
an army in such spac, Of tim. Go on
In less than one yea you will return
having planteS! the flag Of our country oil
every hill top in the Union.
When he Government was formed tn
first Speaker of the House of Represent
atives, Mr., Muhlenberg, as taken iror
the old Key stone latp. and now in tn
hour of danger we have again appealed t
her. We asked for aid, and we now hpa
her columns of armed men thunderin
down through Virginia with an irrcsisli
BILE force.
1t Las been said that | am fugitive
The assertion is false. Like McGrelo oI
wherever the American flag waves, &C."
say with him. that ! stand upon my ma
tive hearth. In my own home the spir
of General Jackson still lives. and tn
declaration of the hero of New Orlean
vii soon be made good: "BV the Eter
nal, the Union must and Shall be preserv
ed"
This is no time for argument, PEI
suasiom has been rejected, and entreat
has done no good They have invoke
rue sword, now let them feel it. Fo
f myself. defy all the promises of weall
or cf office they may offer. They car
not weaken my love ofcoun'ry When
am no longer an American citizen, an
anarchy reigns where row all is order
then | will not say "there is no God, bu
but that truth is crushed to earth,
will then &c through the world seel
ing to keep my conscience clear. and d
with my hands pure, and with a nam
worthy the confidence of my fellow coul
try men. Tremendous cheering'l