The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-08-16

may not come at all, though dc
mot doubt that you will come; they
may trample MS under foot; they
may conver, our plains into grave
yards, and the caves Of onr mount.
aims into sepulchers; but they will
mover takc MS ont Of this Union, or
make MA land OF slavesAno, new.
or. We intend to stand as firm an
adamant and ne nnyielding as our
own majestic mountains that sur-
round us. Yes, we will profit by
their example, resting inmovsble
upon their bases. We will stand as
long as we can; and II we are over
powered, and liberty shall be driven
from the land, wc intend before il
departs to take tho flag OF our conn
try, with q stalwart arm and q pat.
riotic hoart, and an honest tread
and place it upon the snmmit Of the
loiticst and most majestic mountain
,tt>p intend fo f,lssre "a ey,ore aesS
leave it to Indicate to the inquirer
who NAV come in after times, the
spot where the Goddess Of Liberty
fingered and wcpt for the last time.
before she took her flight from poo
pie once prosperous, free and happy.
THE REBELLION CANNOT TRIUMPH.
My faith is strony, based on the
eternal principles Of right, that n
thing 80 monstrously wrong as this
rebellion ia cannot triumph. Can
we submit to iti Can bleeding
justice submit to il? Ia the Senate,
are the American people prepared
to give up the graves Of Washington,
and Jackson, to be encircled and
governed aud controlled by com
bination OF traitors and rebelsl |
say let tho battle go ONT is free
dom's ceuse-nntil the stsrs and
stripes God hlcss them) shall again
be nn;urlcd on every cross road, and
from every house-top throughout the
conicderacy North ard South. Let
the Union be re-instat,d; let the law
be enforced, let the Constitution be
supreme.
II the Congress Of the United
States were to give up the tombs OF
Washington aud Jackson, we should
haYe rising up in our midst another
Peter the Hermit, in much more
righteous cause for ours ia true,
while his WAS Il delusion-who
would appeal to the Amerioan peo-
pie and point to the tombs Of Wash.
ington and jackson, in the possess. =.
ion of those who are worse than the
infdel and Turk who held the Ho-
ly Scpulcher. believe the Amer.
lean people would start Of their own
accord, VIXEN appealed to, to rode, IN
the grs-es Of Washington, and
Jackson, and Jedarson, and all the
other patriots who are lying within
crscy. do not believe they would
stop the march until again the flag
OF this Union would be placed over
tho graves OF those distinguished
men. There will be al uprising
DO not talk about Republicans nov:
do not talk about tJemocrats now,
do not talk abou; Whigs or Amcri
cans now: talk about your country
and the Constitution and the Union
Save that; preserve the integrity OF
tho government; once more place il
erect among the nations OF the earth:
and then i, we want 10 divide about
Questions that may arise in our
midst, we have u government to di,
vide in.
NOT A WAR AGAINST SLAVERY.
know it has been said that the
object of this war is TO make war on
Southern institutions. | have been
| in free states and have also
been in slave states, and | thank
God that, so lar as have beo1,
there has been one universal dis
claimer Of any such purpose. 1t is
a war upon no ecct!on, 1t is Wa.
upon no particular institution; bn'
lit is war Tor tho integrity OF the
government, for the Constitution
and the supremacy Of the laws. That
is what the nation understands by it.
NO CAUSE F)R DIscoURAGRMENT.
| Although the government has met
with o little reverse, within Il ehor'
distance OF this city, no one should
be discouraged, and no heart shoul'I
be dismayed. |, ought only l.
prove the necessity Of bringing lortl
, and exrling still more vigorous
tho power of thI government it
: mainteu 1uca oil tho Constitution nni
the laws. Let the energies OF th'
government ba redoublel, and let i
go on with this war-not war up
, on peculiar institutions anywhere
, but let the Constitution and tn
{ Union be its frontispiece, ind III
supremacy and enforcement OF til
, laws it's watchwocd. Then it can,
r will 90 on triumphantly. We mus
. succeed. This government: must mol
3 can not fail. Though your flag ma
I have trailed in tho dust; though
retrogade movement may have bee
{ made; though the banner Of on
| country may have been sullied, let
t still be borne onward; and il, 10
r, the prosecution of this war in beha
OF the government aud the Constitu
. tion, II is necessary to cleanse an
purify that banner, | cay let II b
baptizsd in fire. from the sun an
: ba,hed in n nations blood! The ma
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