The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-07-12
in the zeal with which they rally t.
their couutry's flag.

They are not less the friends OF the
South than before; but they realize
that the question now presented is
not one OF administrative policy. or
of the claims OF the North, the South,
the East, or the West; but is, simply
whether nineteen millions Of people
sh all tamely and ignobly permit five
or six millions TO overthrow and de
stroy institutions which are the com
mon property, and have been the
common blessings and glory Of all.
The great thoroughfares Of the North,
the East, and the West, are lum'
inous with the bsnners and R.isten.
ing with the bayonets OF citizen
Soldiers marching to the capital, or
to other points OF rendezvous; but
they come in hostile spirit to the
South. Ii called to press her soil,
they will not rutfle flower Of her
gardens, nor blade Of grass in her
fields in unkindness. No excesses
will mark the footsteps OF the armies
of the Republic; no institutions OF
the state will be invaded or tampered
with, no rights OF persoDs or oi
property will be violated. The
known purposes of the adminis,ra'
ton, and the high character of the
troops employed, alike guarantee
the truthlulness OF this statement.-
When an insurrection was apprc.
hended a few weeks since in Mary
land, the Massachusetts regiment
at once offered their services to sup
press it. These volunteers have
been 6enounced by the press of the
South as "knaves and vagrants," ," the
dregs and oflscourings OF he popu.
Lace" who would rather filch q
handkerchief than fight an enemy in
manly combat yet we know here
that their discipline and bearing are
most admirable, and, | presume, it
may be safely affirmed that 80 large
on amount OF socia! position, culture,
iortnne, and elevation OF character
has never been found in so large an
army IN any age or country. lfthey
90 10 the South it will be as friends
and protectors, to relieve the Union
sentiment of the seeded states from
the cruel domination by which it is
oppressed and silenced; to unfurl the
stars and stripes in the midst VI those
who long to look upon them, and to
restore the flag that bears them. to
the forts and ursenals from which
disloyal hands have torn it. Their
mission will be one of peace, unless
wicked and bloodthirsty men shall
unsheath the sword across their
pathway.
LINCOLN AND CrcEEn.
! While tar more fearful reepon-
sihi!iry has fallen upon President
Lincoln than upon any of his prede-
cessors, it must be admitted that he
has met it with pronptitnde and
iearlessnees. Cicero, in one Of his
orations against Cataline. speaking
Of the credit due himself tor having
suppressed the conspiracy of that
arch traitor, said, "if the glory OF
him who iouuied Rome was gr, at.
how much greater should be that OF
him who had saved it from over
throw alter it hal grown to be the
mistress OF the world5 SO it may
be said Of the glory of that statesm Al
or chieftian WHO shall snatch this
Republic from the vortex OF revolu-
ton, now that it has expanded from
ocean to ocean, has become the ad
miration of the world, and has rem
dered the fountains Of the lives J|
thirty millions Of people fountains o.
happiness
! The vigorous measures adopted
{ for the safety Of Washington ant
the government itself may seen
open to criticism, in sono Of ,heil
details, to those that have yet tC
learn that not only has war, lik'
/ peace, its laws, but that it has alst
. lie privileges and It's duties. What
ever OF severity, or even OF irregu
larity, may have arisen, will tinC
its Justification in the pressure o
: the terrible necessity under whiel
. the administration has been calle'
= to act. When a man feels tn
e poignard OF the destroyer at his 10
r som, he is not likely 10 consult tn
i law books n, to the mode or meas
I ure of his rights Of self defence
+. What is true OF individuals in thi
respect ia equally true Of govern
ments. The man who thinks h
has become disloyal because OF wha
. the administration has done, vii
$ probably discover, alter "A close sell
Q examination, that he WAS disloya
u before. But tor what has been done
= Washington might ere this hav
r been smouldering heap OF ruins
: CIVIL WAR AND A MUzzLED PRES.
n Civil war, under al circumstances
h is Q terrible calamity, and yet, iron
i the selfish ambition and wicsodnes
e of men, the best governments hav
e not been able to escape it. When
8 look upon this bright land, a ie'
f months since 50 prosperous, so tran
Q quil aud 80 free, and now behold
e desola,ed by war, and the fireside
e OF its thirty millions Of people dark
;, ene9, and their bosoms wrung witt
anguish, and know, as | do, that al
a this 10 the work of a score or two O
D men, who, over all this nationa
ruin and despair, are preparing T.