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

fine, but not until he had put down
both foreign foes apd domestic tr.i..
tors. So long as tbere il . citisenss
South that demands the protectionn
Of the government, it Is our duty 10
protect the government Of the Union,
for bis sake. ("Sound.s rThst's
the talk etc.] And when, there "a
none, II is our duty to mAintsin Il; for
politically, geographically, socially
and commercially II is one iu, every
sense--it is utterly impossible, ior
this government to be divided with.
out it's utter destruction to both
sections. When you attempt to
divide North and South, you must
do il East and West. Then all will
Igo to pieces, and our country will be-
q Mexico-worse than Mexico, be-.
cause we have ten times more ma
tcrial for mischief and destruction.
A military despotism will be iuau-
gurated whenever You permit the
rebellion to triumph. 'i
But some cry we are in favor Of
peace. Yes, we are all for peace
now. was for negotiating peace,
until a fortification was fired upon
by rebel artillery. and then l bade
adieu to all expectations of peace
until conquered over rebellion
.[Cheers | say there is no peace
until you can put down rebellion by
force OF arms; and when every other
man, woman, and child in the
United States has acknowl, dyed the
independence Of the revoltsd states,
to those with arms in their hands |
will still oppose II, and will talk for
my own qualification when no o,hers
will hear me. Laughter, and cries
OF "good."] We stand by the
Union. Fellow citizens, the Ian.
guage Of Andrew jackson was,
The Union must and shall be pre-.
served" What would Gen. Jack.
son have done had he been at the
helm to-day2 lie would have hung
the traitors higher than Haman.--
You may make peace with the loyal
men Of the Sonth, and there is the
place to make it. But how will you
do it with rebellionl Go with an
agreement in one hand and Q re-
volver in the other and ask the con-
federacy to take its choict2 If there
is any you can deal with, il is the
loyal citizens OF the South--those
that are prosecuted for the cake Of
their government--those that love
their Constitution, and are willing
to die in it's defense, when they are
restored to position conqueriny re-
bellion. All should strive together
tor this good end--men should bare
their bosoms in battle, women, i'm
ploring in the name Of heaven that
the blessings of the Union should
return, and children raise their
little hands to curse this rebellion as
a ferocious monster that has come
hither 10 torment them before their
time, and dim with blood and tears
the lustre of their bright stars.
! ! believe, when the evening OF the
last Presidential election had closed
down, that should claim OK mption
and an honorable discharge from the
active discuss ons of The day. |
congratulated myself that | should
once more enjoy repose in the quiet
of my homo, and in the pursuits |
loved. But this question Of govern.
ment or anarchy has arisen, and |
find it my duty to raise my voice at
the demands Of my fellow citizens,
until turbulence is hushed, or is
crowned with triumph. Are you in
favor OF war2 No, but | am in favor
of putting down war by force Of
arms. am opposed to war. and in
favor Of obtaining peace by putting
down the authors OF the war. | am
in favor of peace, but | ain in favor
of the only course that will insure
it--driving out armed rebellion, ne
gotiating with loyalty.
), When this country commences to
die, it will die rapidly. When this
nation is given up TO disruption, it
|. will go to swiit destruction. Rome,
, to he snre, WAS three hundred years
, lin dying; but then its physical pow
ers were greater than ours, its moral
|. 'orce less, its nervous energy less
acute than ours. When we TALL We
shall go down in blood and dark.
} ness; but not in tears, for the dying
never weep. Nero. the last and
worst OF the Caesars, sung to his
harp while his capital was in A imes;
! Tamorlane, to signalize his brutal
ierocity, reared a monument of
seventy thousand human skulls-
Attila declared that the grass should
never grow where the hoof Of lis
war horse tro Hyder Ali lei, the
Caruatic black with ashes and desc
lation; but he that destroys the
American Union will be greater than
all or either. AID "the foe, the
monster Brant," who fell upon and
. slaughtered the detenceless women
, and children OF this valley will be
more approved IN history by men,
and bs III honester man in the sight
of God, than the despOiler Of our late
happy Union. Shall the iell destroy
ers oi tins beautiful fabric be permit
ted to accomplish their Internal err
rand, and SHALL THEY BE AIDED IN
THls WORK "F EVIL BY THE CRY OF
pEAcEf Last none escape under this
shallow proteusion. Solomon, the