The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-07-12

,S,,,ss Who,ovcr differences of opinion
NAV have existed among us as to
tbo nronric,v Of peacerui adjustment
between ioIol citizens. Of difficulties
Growing ont Of conflicting constructions
of this Supreme Lo,c, no one who is true
to his country, or to the cause OF free
government, can for one moment consent
that one "iot or title" should be added
10 or taken from that law, at tie instance
of traitors in arms" ...
~rho ,rd;oroo than ,;s,orod % ,ho ,oo.,s
and resnonses with which the ex,rcises at
the staod wero concluded. The toasts wore
read by Hon. Peter Hitchcock, as follows
I The Dav we Celebrate-Only for.
oo,tan nv the S.ceders of 1851.
rbe Memory of the Fathers Peace
to their ashes.
g Soldiers Of 18I2-Ready A second
lime 10 shoulder their muskets. and
march forth in defense of Right and
Freedom.
d THE Union. the Constitution and the
srn,.noocv of law
Z Tba Congress of ,76 and the Con.
oross of ,eIEMav the natriot;c deviation
81 Lo ono no enonIoted bv tho other
Tha aF,Joroi Adn,;nis,ra,;on- While
,,;,,, a,oodto,, nrrno.o !, cyscutes tho
i.,,. ud ,,ri,o,ds ,ha C,yornn,ent Tho
,s, e. ""o toarn no,,; ;ot n;lI onconraaa an6
~" LDI ~ 49, no,,;n, sus,oin i
wi,GoII Sooi,NA sLillfnl Gsrerd
,r,a ,a,r;o, " snJ safs le.dsr nndar oil civ,
o.n,.ta.,os p
Omr eo,d;ors Noh,o dorerdoYs or
h,ir oonn,ry nav God bless ,bem
~,
hespo"ee W A. L. i"'"'"''' Vi ""o''
remarks the following report has been
furnished us
"The,e are the times that try the
souls Of. men" lie tha, is not for us. is
AGAINST There is no neutral ground
in the nyesent contest: il is ,mpossible in
,be nature of tbinps. In this warfare, all
that we hold sacred as a nation. all tha,
we cherish as a people loval to the best
Government under ihe broad heavens. is
at stake Treason has. in maleyolent nc .
cents. declared that this Government OF
ours shall no longer exist.
This is. by no means, The first time
that the same pestilent brood of. traitors
and descendants of tories have declared d
the same thing, 1t is now near thirty
venrs since the treason of one OF these
States began its works of wckedness, and
many of them have been guilty. of deeds
which should shock humanity 10 witness
Men and women, gully Of no crime, Of.
tending against no law, have been treated
with degree of cruelty and inhumanity
h.fo,e unknown amopa ci, i,ilizpd or SAVAGE
nations. There is at this hour no country
upon the face of this earth, in which life
is so in, ,ecure, and SO little respect is enter
,aiped tor The rights OF man, as in the
Southern States Of this Union. They
hang. burn. shoot and butcher, not only
their slaves, bu, Northern men, with an
appar.nt relish never before manifested
bv sayaues. The North has endured
and suffered these ou,rages upon the
riubts OF her people, with forbearance
and patience before unhea,d of. What
nation upon the earth dare treat nm Amer.
lean citizen with the same ndgnities he
has received in the South for the last ter
wears Northern men. charged with nc
of}ence. have been seized. some whipped
tarred ard feathered, plunpel in streams
shot. hung and bu,cherea; others seized
,lo;r nr;vote let,ers hroken omen tbei,
,rnnLs anL n,;vo,o ,ronertv se;zed and
oaaIoS nu"n' S"a ~ % ,Lon r;P ra;.Per M. ~ Jeo,l
seh,cneu' anu '.ey v'"e pu. 20"
without triai, or incoh"nehhy uriVen 'rou
the country. with the cry upon Their Ups
81 am an American citizen j. The mag
that to-day floats over US, is a shield ant
,rotec,ion TO our citizens in all nation:
svcent onr own.
Tta o,,,ao;sh Nor,h no,;on,,v erd,roi
, "e S:uss "a ~, p.a;, SnslaG
lhese 'hings un''i 'he N"'lo'S ueI'"'eI
lhey Wouid tear Gown over our he"u'
this Government oil ours, and were pro
ceeding to execute the threat then oul
people were fully aroused, and sprang tt
arms. Such an uprising of a whole peo
Mo yo. naver before seen II has aston,
i.Lod ,ha nations If IN. Od Wnr,d anl
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