The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-08-09

To cODsunmate at Once-what our political
history shows to have been with thom a long
purposc--the Acknowledgement OF
The Government. Thoy said to lhensclycs.
Since wo can no longer monopolzo tho
great Offices of the Republic as We have boon
accustomed to do. wo will destroy il, and
build upon its ruins AN empire that shall be
Dur own.and whose spoils noilhor tho North.
nor the East, nor tho West, shall share with
u.s."
Dcplorable and humilating as this cor.
taiuly is. 1t is but rehearsal Of tho snd, sad
story of the past. We had indeed, supposed
that under our Christian civilization we had
reached a point in human progress whom a
republic could cxist without having its life
sought by its own offspring; but tho Gait.
lines OF the South hayO proved that wo were
mistaken. let no man imugiue that because
this rebellion has boon mado BY mon ro.
nowned in cur civil and military history.
that it is therefore tho lcss guilty, or tho less
conragoOusly to bo resisted. IL is precisely
this class of mon who have subvorted tho
lost governments that have over existed
The pures: spirits that havo lived in the
lido Of time. tho noblUst institutions that
have arisen to blcss our race, have found
among those in whom thoy had most con.
rded and whom thoy had must hunorod.
mon wicked enough, either socretoly to DO.
tray them unto death, or openly to seek
thoir overthrow By lawless yiolenco Tho
republo of England had its monk; tho ro-
public OF France had it's BOnaparte; tho ro.
public OF Rome had its Caesar aud iis
Catalinc; and tho Savior of tho world had
his Judas lscariot, IL cannot be necessary
that | should declare to you, for you know
them we'll. who they are whose parricida.
swords are now uusboathed against the Ro
public of tho Uuitod States. rhuir names
arc inscribed upon II scroll of infamy that
can never perish. The most distinguished
of them woro educated by the charity of the
Government on which they aro now making
war. For long years thoy wore fed from It's
table aud clothed trom lis wardrobe, aud
their brows garlandod 10y its hoLors. They
arc tho ungratetul sons of fond mother
who dandled them upon her knee, who
lavlshod upon thom tho gushing love of her
noble and devoted nature, and who nurtured
thom itom tho worry bosom of her life and
now, IN the frenziod excuses of u lcentious
and bailled ambition, they arc stabbing at
that bosom with tho ferocity with which the
tiger springs upon his proy. The President
OF tho United States is hnroica!ly aud pat.
otically struggling to bafilo the machina.
tons of these most wicked men have un.
bounded qualification in knowing that he
has the courage to look traitors in the face
and thar, in discharging tho duties of his
gy0at Oftlco no takes no council of his fears
lilo Is entitled TO the Jealous support of the
whole country. and, may not add without
offence, that he will receive the support o
all Who justly appreciate tho boundlosl
blessings Ot our free institutions
Ii this rebellion succeeds it will involv,
necessarily tho dcctructiOn of our nationali
~, the division of our territory, tho por.
manent disruption of tho republic It mus,
rapidly dry up tho sources of our matorIa
prosperity. aud year by year wo shall grow
moro and moro Impoverished, aud more ant
more revolutionary, cntecblcd and dcbascd
Zach returning election will bring with il
grounds for now civil commoiiou, ant
traitors, prepared to striko ut the country
that has rejected their claims to power
will spring up on every side Disunion one,
begun will go on and on indefinitely, anc
undor the Influence of tho fatal doctrine o.
Secession, not only will States secodo from
States also, and towns and cities from
counties, until universal anarchy will bt
contaminated in each individual who car
make good his position by force of arms
claiming the right to defy the power of tn
Government. Thus we should have brough
back to US the days of tho robbor Barons
with their mOated castles aud maraudin
retainors. This doctrine whom analS zed
simply a declaration that no physical fore
shall ever be employed in executing tho law
upholding tho Government, and Govern
ment into whose practical administrator
such principle has been introduced, coul
no more continue to exist than man coul
live with an angered cobra in his bosom
Ii you would know what arc tho logitimat
fruits of Secession, look at Virginia an
Tennessee, which Eavo So Iatoly given them
selves up to tho embrace of this monster
Thero tho schools arc deserted; the court
of justice c!osod public and private credi
destroyed; commerce annihilatcd; debt
repudiatod, cOniiscaiions aud spO!iation
everywhere prevailing every cheek blanch
cd with fear, and eyory heart frozel
with despair and all over that desola
ted land the hand of infuriated passion
and crime is waving, with vultures screar
| for blood, tho sword of civil war. Aud thi
is the Pandemonum which somo would hay
transferred to Kentucky.
! But am not here to discuss this propo
oltIOu tO'niBut. WISH bOloInuly 20 utCldI'
! before you and tho world that am for thi
Union without conditions, one and indivls
| bio, now and forever. | am for its presoI
walton at any and every cost of blood ant
treasure against all it's assailants. l know
no neutrality between that glorious fla
which now floats over US, aud the migrate
and traitors who would trampe il in tn
dust. My prayer is for victory, complete
enduring and overwhelming, 10 tho ar
mios of tho Republic over all its enemies
l am against any aud every scompromis
that may be proposed to be made under tn
guns of the rebels, whilo at tho same time
| am decidedly in favor of aaOrGing over,
reasonable guarantee for tho safety OF South
ern institutions, which tho honest conviC
lions of tho people--not tho cOnspirators--
of the South may demand, toheneUer The
shall lay doloa their arms, but not until then
l Tho arbtrament of tho sword has bee
defiantly thrust into tho face of the Govoru
Ment and country, and there is no honora
Bile escape from it. All guarantees aud o
attempts at adjustment by amendments
the Constitution are now scorntully rejected
and the leaders of the rebellion openly pre-
claim that they are fighting for their inde
pendence. In this contemptuous rejectio
of guarantees, aud in this ayowal OF the OF
jects OF the rebellion now SO audaciousl
made, We have complete exposure of tha
fraud which through the slavery agitatio
has been practiced upon the public credulit