The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-09-06

n I 81 mcnts TO do Il oil and to IN
sure viosoey. Rel elton has not the
financial ability to stand long war
with . I their gains from privsteerine
and . racy, and iesuing confederate
Ron .s-msde q lien upon the prop.
eriy Of people who we're never con
sulhd ss to their issue. and who
repud ate them worth % much ne
alum, frost, . cold wolf track, which
fin, meier fit to be outeide OF the
Iunat'c asylum would not give =
shilling . reck for. They may vex.
they may hsrr ,ss; they tnsy destroy.
they may commit piracy, bu, ih,
reckoning is to como for all this.--
They will be brought TO the Judgment
of the American peorle-oi theil
own people. They will he arraign
I'd, and who 10 there will be ready e
etsnd up "a their defenders in III,
name Of the Constitution?
81 tell the Cuiloden dread echoes shall ring,
With blood.hounds that bark for their fugitive
king"
What a glorious Constitution We
shall have when Il finde such glorious
interpretersl How strong our insti.
tutions will be anchored upon sucl,
foundations! The Constitution will
then literally
"L've through all time, extend through al
rpfeHd undivided, operate and unspent."
know there are some who fesv
the warlike power OF the rebellio .
ststes. They had . great deal o'
power for gooi; butthey have Q great
deal less than they imagine or 10
generally imagined. tor evil. We
are a good deal slower in waking
up, but when walked up we ere a
good deal more in earnest. The
tone Of the rebel press ls exceedingly
brsggart in regard to lie men and its
victories. Il reminds me, when !
bear Of their self.lsuded prowess, Of
the Snowman who spoke for the
great capacity Of the animal no was
exhibiting: "Ladies and gentle.
men," said he, "this is the Bengal
tiger, measuring fourteen feet from
the tip Of his nose to the tip Of his
tail, and fourteen more from the tip Of
his tail back TO the tip OF bis nose,
making in all twenty. eight feet."-
Laughter. Now | think their
estimates about their forces and c.
pscity are just about as liberal,
And they are to be looked at accord
ingly. Nevertheless, they have
great elements Of mischief. And ~
Satan himself had been sent on
earth to scourge mankind, and to
cover the land with desolation, he
could not have performed his mission
more successfully ihan by assuming
the shape Of rebel demagogue. and
preaching secession. C"Sound."J
Now. have . clear and we'll de.
fined, and distinct theory of what !
would do with this mstter IT, attain
. peace | do not know il this gov.
eminent ever will be brought back
TO where It was before, in the en-.
joyment Of all its relations; but /
believe IL can be. In population,
wave succeeds wave in generations,
as wave succeeds wave upon the
ocean, and the men Of Ia. day pass
away tomorrow. l believe it can
he brought back. but not by fostering
rebellion; but il is by treating it as
treason. robbery, and murder. And +,
II this government ever can be
saved. Il must be by q summary
chsstisement and overthrow Of rebel.
lion. 90 that the loyal people Of the
Southern states can come forward
and administer the government OF
those states as before. Who Ia the
missionary that il going with his
peace propoaitionsi What is he
going to ssy? What will he say 70
this party In rebellion2 !, is Q pretty
thing to talk about and for the de-
signing TO dupe the North; it 10 q
very awkward thing TO reduce to
practice. If you drive ont rebellion,
you will have . loyal people Soutl,
~ well North. Then will all do
what Virginia. and Missouri, and
Maryland are trying to do, and
what Delaware and Kentucky are
doing. Are there any men here who
want this Union divided? T"No."l
Then do not sympa.hize with trea
son 10 any form. in gender, number
person. or case in any Of its ramifi
cstious. Hunt il like a ferocious
monster wherever you find il. l..
there any who wishes this matter let
alone to perfect the rebellion 80
esuselessly commenced
"who would be a traitor knave'
Who would NIL n towards gravel
Who go base as be n slave?
Let him turn and fee.
who Tor Union and for Lar
Freedoms sword viii strongly draw,
freeman stand or fioeman ia'i,
Let h,m Joiioio me-"
And thar il. fight for the Union,
the whole Union. and nothing but
Union Let every American citizen
ins'ead OF crying, "Pvaco. peace"
when there is no pyaco, rally upon
the ramparts until secession ia si
J. need; until the roar of artillery has
ceased. Then we shall have peace,
enduring, perpetual peace, and No
monsters are sci q born OF the same
gcntration, We oh all have no more
0f this secession in the psessnt cen.
trfy or the next. This government
10 tho government Of tho American
people. 1t is ours to use, ours to
enjpy, hut not our, to subvert. We