The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-07-25
LANCASTER, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY 25 1861.

Dnt am not mere 10 discuss tDlS prop
osition tonight. / wish tolemuly 10 dc.
clare before you and the world llat am
for this Union without conditions. one
and indivisible, now and forever. / am
for its preservation at any and every cost
of blood and treasury against all its as.
sailants. | know no neutrality between
my country and its foes, whether they be
foreign or domestic; no neutrality between
that glorious flag which now floats over
us, and tho ibgiates and traitors who
would trample it in the dust. Ny prayer
is for victory, complete, enduring, and
Overwhelming, torhe armies Of The repub-
lie over all lis enemies. lam against ally
and every compromise that may be pro.
posed 10 be made uhder the guns of the
rebels, while at the same time, l am de-
cidedly in favor Of atfordipg every rea.
sonable guarantee for the safety ofSouth-
ern institutions, which ths honest convic-
tions Of The people-not the conspirators
of the South may demand, schenever they
shall lay aOVn their arms, but not until
theh.
The albiuamOnt Of the sword has been
de6antly thrust into tie face of the Gov.
trnment and country, and there is no
honorable escape from it. guarantees
and all attempt at adjustment by amend
menlB to the Constitution are now scorn.
fully rejected, and the leaders Of the re-
bclllon openly proclaim that they are
fighting for their independence. In this
conteUptuous rejection ofguartees, and
in this avowal as the oijNcIs of the rebel
lion now so audaciously made, we have
. a complete exposure Of that fraud which
through the slavery agitation has been
Ipraciced upon the public creduity for
the last fifteen or twenty years. In the
light of this revelation, we feel as one
awakened from the suflocating tortures
Of nightmare, and realize what base.
less cream our spprehensions have been
and Of what tlaitorous swindle we have
been made the victims. They are fight
ing for their independence! Independence
of what? Independence of those laws
which they themselves have aided in
enacling; independence of that Copslitu
ton which their fathers framed and tc
which they are parties, ard subject by
inheritance; independence OF that benefi.
cent Government on whose treasury and
honors they have grown strong and illus
trious. When man commits robbery
on the highway, or murder in the dark
he thereby declares his independence Of
the laws under which he lives. and Of the
society OF which he is a member. ShonlC
he when arranged avow and justify thu
ofIense, he thereby becomes the advoca,
of the independence he has thus declared
and. if he resists by force of arms the OF
= tcer, when dragging him to the prison
the penitentiary, or the gallows, he i
: thereby fighting for the independence h'
has thus declared and advocated; and sucl
is the condition Of the conspiratorO Of tn
!, South at this moment. 1t is no longer
oues ton of Southern rights, which hav
I never been violated. Eor Of security G
Southern institutions which we know
perfectly well have never been intel fere,
! with by the General Government, but
U is purely with us a Question of natona
existence. In meeting this terrible issu
which rebellion has made up with the 10y
: al men of the country, We stand upo
ground infinitely above all party lines an
9 party platforms ground as sublime a
: that on which our fathers stood whe
: they fought the battles Of the Revolution
: am for throwing into this contest thu
II forced upon US all the material and mori
g resources and energies Of the nation
J. orderIhat the struggle may be brief an
; as liule sanguinary as possible, 1t
Z hoped that we shall soon see in the fel
half million of patriotic volunteer
Il marching in column which will be pc
y fectly irresistible, and borne in the
u hands-for no purpose of conquest
"a subiugation, but Of protection only-W
ie may txpert within nine months 10 see Il
rs stars and stripes floating in every Soul
ern breeze, and hear going up, wild
IT, storm, the exultant shout of tn
'e emancipa,ed people over their dcliveran'
rom the revolutionary terror and despo
le ism, hy which they are now tormenI'
~ and oppressed. The war, conducted
Ut such scale. will not cost exceeding fo'
'e or five hundred millions Of dollars; al
'e none need be startled at the vastness
Vi this expenditure. The debt thus Great,
on will press but eighty upon us; it will
~ paid and gladly paid by posterlIy, W
70 will make the best bargain which has be
eu made since the world began ii they C
D" secure to themselves, in its integrity al
60 blessings such government as this,
II suchsa cost. But if in this anticipate
on we are doomed 10 disappointment; if t
Nv people of the United States have alrea
~ become SO degenera'e-may l net say
u craven-in the presence of their foes
10 to surrender up this Republic TO be d
U" membered and subverted by the trailt
~ who have reared the standard OF rev
US against ii, tken l trust the volume
,ne American history will be closed and sc
~ ed mp forever, and that these who sh
MS survive this national humiliation will ia
'e' unto themselves some other name. Sol
~ uameuo relation to the past, no relation
VI our great ancestors no relation 10 thu
w. monuments and battle. fields which co
"a memorate aliketheir Leroism, their loyal
I, 90 = and their glory. ...' ..
in
aro Before closing I desire to say +
at words on the relations of Kentucky to
SO pending rebellion, and, as we are all H
ice tuckisns here together to night, and
ne this is purely family matter which &C
ed; Germs the honor of us all, | hope we m