The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-07-12
in which father seeks to reclaim
his erring Offspring.

in which father seeks to reclaim
his erring offspring.
No conquest, no efiusiou OF blood,
is sought. In sorrow, not in anger,
the prayer of oil is that the end may
be reached without loss Of life or
waste OF property. Among the
most powerful instrumentalities re-
lied on for re.establishing the author
ity OF the government, IL that Of the
Union sentiment of the South sus.
tained by liberal press. 1t is now
trodden to the earth under q reign Of
terrorism which has no parallel but
in the worst dsys Of the French re-
volution. The presence Of the gov
erDmebt will enable i: to rebound
and look it, oppreesors in the face.
At present We are assured that IN
the seeded states no man expresses
an opinion opposed to the revolution
but ut the hazard of lite and prop.
erty. The only light which is ad
mitted into political discussion is
that which flashes from the sword or
CLEANS from the glistening bayonets.
A few days since one OF the United
States Senators from Virginia pub
lished q manifesto in which he an,
nounces, with oracular eolempity
and severity that ell citizens who
would not vote for secession, but
were in favor of the Union-not
should, or ought to--but "must
leave the state" These words have
in them decidedly the crack OF the
overseer's whip. The Senator evil
dently treats Virginia as a great no.
gro quarter, in which the lash ia the
appropriate emblem of authority,
aud the only argument he will con
descend to use.
THE srAR-sPANGLED BANNER.
let us tten twine each thread OF
the glorious tissue Of our couatvy's
flag about our heartstrines, and look
ing npon our homes and catching
the spirit that breathes upon us from
the battle fields of our fathers, let us
resolve that, come veal or woe, we
will, in life and in death, now and
forever, stand by the stars and
stripes. They have hoated over our
cradles; let it be our prayer and
struggle that they shall float over
our graves. They have been uniurl-
ed from the SHOWS OF Canada to tie
plains Of New Orleans and to the
halls OF the Montezumas, and amid
the solitude of every sea, AMI ev-
erywhere, as the luminous symbol
OF Irresistible power; they have led
the brave to victory and to glory.
1t has been my fortune to look upon
this flag in foreign lands, and amid
tue gloom of an oriental despots.n.
and right well do know by contrast.
how bright ORC ITO a.~-., .rL hnr
subime are i,s Impressions! Ii this
banner. the emblem OF us OF all that
ia grand in human history, and all
that is transporting in human hope,
is to be sacrificed or the altar Of II
Satanic ambition, and thus disap-
pear forever amid the night and
tempest Of revolution, then will |
teel-snd who shall estimate the
desolation of that feelingl that the
sun has indeed been stricken from
the sky of our lives, and that hence
forth we shall be but wanderers and
ouicasts, with nought but the bread
Of sorrow and of penury for our lips,
and with hands ever ontstretched in
ieebleness aud supplication, on
which. in an hour, q military tyrant
may rivet the fetters OF a despairing
bondage. May God in his infinite
mercy, save yon "nl me, and The
land we 40 much love, from the
dom OF such degradation.
( AN ArPEAL To KENTUCKY.
Could my voice reach every dwell
ing in Kentucky. | would implore ia
inmates--if they would not have the
rivers Of their prosperity shrink
away, as do unfed streams beneath
the Summer heat-'to rouse them
selves from their le'haryy, and fly
to the rescue Of their country before
it is everlastIngly too late. Mar
should appeal to man, and neghbor
hood to ncighborhood, until III,
electric fires OF patriotism shall tl,sl
from heart to heart in cne unbroker
current throughout the land. 1t is
time in which the workshop, the OF
, flee, tho counting house, and I'll,
field, may well be abandoned to
the solemn duty that is upon us. fo
all these tolls will but bring treasure
not for ourselves, but for the spoiIer
it this revolution is not arrested
We are all, wi h our every earthly
interest, embarked in mid ocean OF
the sane common deck. The how
of the storm is in our cars, and "th'
-, lightuings red glare is painting bel
on the sky" and while the noble shiI
pitches and rolls undor the lsshih.
OF the waves, the cry is heard thu
she has sprung leak at man,
/, points, and that rushing waters 1r
mounting rapidly in the hold. Th
man who, in such an hour, will no
work at the pumps, 10 either ma
MAC or monster.
Sincerely yours,
JOSErrr HOLT.
! LORD LYONS. the British Minister
has been negotiating for n costl!
residence in Philadelphia, and pro