Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-09-05
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must be by summary chastisement and
overthrow of rebellion,so that the loyal
people of the Southern States can come
forward and administer the Government of
these States as before. Who is the mis-
sionary that is going with bis peace prop
ositions? What is he going to sap? What
will be say to this party in rebellion? It
is pretty thing to talk about and for the
designing to dupe the North; it is a very
awkward thing TO reduce to practice. II
you drive out rebellion, you will have q
loyal people South as well as North. Then
they will all do what Virginia, and Mssou-
ri, and Maryland are trying to do, and
what Delaware aud Kentucky are doing.
Are there any men here who want this Un-
ion divided [sNo.p] Then do not SYM
pathize with treason in any form, in gender,
number, person, Grease in any of its rami-
fications. Hunt it like a ferocious monster
wherever you find it. Is there any one
who wishes this matter let alone to perfect
the rebellion SO causslessly commenced
Who would be a traitor knave9 ~
f Who would fila cevard's gravel
Who so base as be a slave?
Let him turn and flee.
Who for Union and for law
Freedoms sword will strongly draw,
r ~ freeman stand or freeman fall, -
: = : ALahim tollow me-" w
And that is, fight for the Union, the whole
Union, aud nothing but the Union. Let
every American citizen, instead of crying,
Peace, peace, when there IS no peace, rally
upon the ramparts until Secession is 81
lenced; until the roar of artillery has
ceased. Then we shall have peace, endu-
ring, perpetual peace, and as monsters are
seldom born of the same generation, we
shall have no more of this Secession in
the present century or the next. This
Government is the Government of the A.
mericaH people. It's ours 10 use, ours to
enjoy, but it is not ours to subvert. We
are trustees. We are charged with sacred
trusts. All we have to do is TO bask in
the sunshine of its blessings. But cursed
be the unholy ambition that attempts to
destroy it, 1 regard him and treat him as
a traitor to his kind. God will set a
mark upon him too; but it will not be like
the mark set upon the first murderer of
man-for that was set for safety-but this
will be set for destruction. And God
grant that it may be SO. "Amen."1 1t
will be time enough to struggle over who
shall administer the Government when we
are sure We have one to administer. He
who is not for it, is against it. have de-
termined to fight this battle out, but on no
political grounds. I stand upon the Con-
stitutional ground of my fathers. There
| will stand, and animate my countrymen
10 stand with me, and when once we shall
have peace restored-when we shall have
put down rebellion, when we shall have
encouraged fidelity, when peace and pros
perity shall again greet us, then let US see
if any part of any State is oppressed, if
any individuals wronged, if any are de-
prived of their rights, see that equal and
exact justice is extended to all. This is
great crisis, not only in our affairs but in
the affairs of human Liberty. The Angel
Of freedom, after coursing over the wide
expanse of waters in the Old World, found
no rest for the soul of her foot until she
hovered hore. Here is her resting place.
God of my fathers, o protecther. Let US
go forwaed to this great work of preserva-
tion not merely as members of political
parties, but as American citizens [cbeers1,
bound to carry out the work our forefath-
ers began, by the exercise of every energy,
moral and material. Here is our glorious
Ship of State, with its ensigns streaming
its Stars and Stripes so redolent of hope,
carrying gladness wherever seen by the
true. hearted, and we hail 1t as the noblest
emblem of earth. Heaven bless that no.
bic ship. .s--..J IA NJ. Il g.5
We know what master laid thy keel2
What Workman wrought thy ribs of steel7
das Who made each mast, and sail, and rope?
What anvils rang, what hammers beatf ~
In what forge and what a heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope.
Mr.. Dickinson retired amid great cheer
ing. s,1.-ll.
In the evening the meeting was contiu-
ued in front of the Wall Hotel, and ad-
dresses were delivered from the balcony
BY the Hon. L. Elhanon Smith, the Rev.
Thomas H.. Ward, George Landon, ESQ.,,
and Gov. Dickinson.