The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-09-13

been forgotten Dy yourselves. Ap.
plause.
| attn thankful for that most ear.
nest, that most eloquent, that most
flattering recognition, which in your
name has been given, Of my fidelity
to our common country, under cir.
cumstances OF peril and of trial.
Most grateful. too, am | for tha,
friendly, that kindly alusion to my |
native state, Kentucky tcbeers Tor
Kentucky, whose star, 80 long OBJ
scurcd by tho baleful influences OF
unfaithfnl men, is now preparing to
shine forth in The strength and luster
of other days. Applause, and cries
OF "Gooi, good"
Kentucky has assumed her present
position under no prompting of pas
sion, but calmly and deliberately, |
after careful review Of the whole f Id |
OF controversy; and in view OF all the
gloom and perils that encompass the
Union, che now avows she loves it
still, and will cling to it amid its
sorrows, as she has clung to it in the
days OF its strength and its g.ory.-
[Cheers.l That which che has 80
nobly declared from the ballot box,
it Is now her manifest duty TO make
good upon the Observation-Disclosures
applause]; and that duty, already be.
gun, will, firmly believe, be faith
fully performed upon the meeting Of
her Legislature, which takes place
but a few days hence. Full, full
will be the measure Of my joy, when
shall behold the patriot Soldiers OF
Massachusetts, and the patriot Sol
iiers Of Kentucky meeting upon the
same fields of danger, aud with the
grasp Of their fraternal hands, re-
buking those traitorous men who
through long years, have strven to
render hem aliens and enemies to
each other.
Fellow citizens, am gratifi. ID to
say that during the somewhat ex-
tended tour that | have just made, !
have nowhere found the public voice
faint, or the public purpose faltering.
in reference to the vigorous prosecu.
ton OF this war, until the stars and
stripes shall float on every flagstaff
from which they have been torn
I Applause ] Nowhere have | heard
the word C)MpRJMISE- cheers and
cries Of Good, goo ~ ii word which
can now be uttered only by disloysl
lips, or by those speaking openly and
lirectly in the interests OF the rebel
lion. [Cheers, and II voice -"That's
the kind of talk VI So long as the
rebels have arms in their hands, there
is nothing to conpromis cheers -
nothing but the hon II OF the country
and the integrity o' the government,
and who, but he who is ready to fiji
a c)wards grave, IL prepared iol
submission to such humiliation as
,hi.?
Fellow citiz'ns, it cannot be die
suised that we stand at this moment
confronted by great national calam
i, tiles. Eleven members Of our Unior
, are in open, and thus lar, Successful
. revolt; and an army it may he Of :
hundred and fifty thousand men
, breathing vengeance and slaughter
is lowering upon our lines and men
i acing the safety OF Washington
= From this pressing peril no valian
+ resolves, no hr,lliant declam ,tion. II
fervid prophcsyings can possibly d,
a liver. u. N9.t,h9jianRa a.Rpt.tblc r,SSRa,ltt
8 can now save this country from tn
/. last catastrophe that can bciall lre
II people. The enemy has been teste
e and we can no longer underrat
t either his power or his recklesenes
| in battle.
Il Let no man cherish the delusiv
Il belief that since this rebellion is I'll
=, cause Of CT ime, that, there ore, it wi
d be the less dariIgly maintained =
History has recorded, tor our instruc
r ion and our admon:tion. that Cat ,lir
and his ca conspirators tell with the
9 faces to the enemy; and 80, probabl
r. will fall lhsrebel leaders Of the Sout
:, The more earnest, the more promr
e the more united the efforts that n
r, now made, the brieicr will be II
IS struggle. A II delay, all seeming he
e itancy, all dissension, while strengt
ening tho rebellion itself, is lraug
with incalculablo danger and mi
a. chief to oursolves.
g, II, however, from any cause, til
Y, contest is to he prolonged, we mu
a. not seek to conceal from ourselv
ni Its possible consequences; but ev,
is now, in advance, we should brave
and calmly look the worst of the
m in the face. Your ships may ha
at to furl their sails in many sea. al
c. the grass may spring up in maj
OF heretofore pressed by the busy fe
n. OF commerce; wide spread bankruI
Sc cy may possibly ensue, and tho wi
sc OF sorrow may go up, not only fro
of stricken households and cOmmur
o, ties, but also from cities and state
or over the brave and true men wi
ye have laid down their lives upon Il
b. altar of their country. But our |
III stituiions nre well worth all the
or sacrifices, and all other sacrllio
I'd which we may or can possibly ma
rs Tor their preservation. All that ,
b. are and all that we have are Il