The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-01-02

Gentlemen, II thcre are duy peIsOus i"
this hall desirous Of expressing their o.
pinion, let them hear me out. aud when
have finished. ! will hear them out.
T TCheers | But before | commence to
lay before you the reasons that have call
ed us together. | must protest against
| (Great confusion, yelling, groans and
hisscs. :,
A Voice-Three cheers for the United
States. Loud abeering, grn II
Another Voice Three cheers for Thorn
as Francis Meagher. Tremendous cheer
ling. 4ss sa.,
shall make my speech TO the report,
ers, il you don't want to hear 1T. McGe
here read he first resolution In NOV
ing this resolution, do not believe there
is one in this hall so far forgetful OF what
lis due TO himself. to ourselves and the
community in which he lives. as 70 pro;
nounce, unheard, on the proposition now
read. We in Canada, and the people OF
Canada. will meet this crisis courageous
lly. We will invade no mans home. and
we will permit no man to invade ours.
! TCheels The people of Canada will
advance not one step beyond their font
ier to wreak vengeance on a kindred Peo-
pie, but they will allow no man nor body
Of men TO cross their frontier. The only
brother ! have is captain in the Federal
army. and ii he u
A Voice-1hree cheers !or him,
Another Voice-Thrpe cheers for Col.
Corcoran. [Great cheering, groaning,
and confusion.
We now forwarn those on the other
side Chat we want no such people here,
nor do VIC want their institutions, We
want the people beyond orr borders to be
fore warned that We have ample self gov:
erpmeni, a magistracy that even they
themselves wish they lad the like Of
II Cheers and groaus And thus lorewar-
ned. Ie. them understand that whoever
comes here to invade us will meet the fate
oil a foe. [ Cheers. ,.,, ~. 2.
4 A Voice Three cheers for tile Sixty.
ninth and Col. Corcoran. Great Cheer,
ing and uproar) .yu...,.
| / am not discomposed by sounds like
these--I am too old hand for hai; but
if this meeting has come here with the
same intention as | have -[crics Of obi
: "oh p and uproar --lo consider seriously
our circumstane es, they may have no
cause for future regret. Now, what are
the facts on which we lound this resolu
ton? Tho people Of the Province Of ga
NADIA number, by the last census, over
two millions and hale There are eigh
hundred thousand whose language !;
French, and whose religion ia alnqst in
variaUly Roman Catholic. There ar'
three hundred thousand, or thereaboutS
natives OF Ireland. who, ior the mos part
flso, are Roman Catholic. There are {
: few thousand Germans thirty Ibonsanf
perhaps the rest Of the population
, is Brilisls--English and Scotch. This
; people lave within themselves all the
powers Of sth.government that any coun
try 10 the past or present ever possessed
Then we have the Imperial connection
which any thinking man mustbighly prlHt
Ter this Imperial connection is the in
/ dorser on the back Of the Provincial note
which gives it currency in the money
marie. Of the world, and which also glyei
success 10 all our enterprises" Wha
: good could tho United States bring u
that would compensate for ~ lhls 1
for one. do not know. ..dg4 7r
! A Yoico--Tbr,e cheers for iu18,-
.lGGrtat uproar. ,1a4- li rot
b | am one Of the few puhlicmeu in thu
country who. up to the present moment
have defended the principles Of the Uni
}. tod States, whom uIuslly attacked. al
Ihaye defended them when no other maj
J. would perl his popularity to 10 so dufin'
i the last twelve months, Now, genilcmol
if we arc TO have war, which most hum
= bly, pray 10 God in His mcrcymay aver
! from this land, it shall not 90 forth TO tn
+ Province of Canada or to the world, Tia
when the Scotchman is arming 10 dvIen
; his home, and the Englshman. the French
: man aud tho German are doing likewise
. when every man is ready TO fight Tor hi
adopcd country, the lrishman alone
: 'I[Loud interruption and cries Of "Pu
y Them out, ,uproar, cheers, yels and his:
Is. in which the remainder Of the sen
u tence was drowned, There is one shap
" of war which nc moralisL considers uOju'
" i(iable, the war of men in defense OF the
IS own homes. There are hundreds OF thol
sands OF the broad acres OF this lar'
l. hundreds of Thousands o. pounds, repr
senling tho aggregate wealth Of the Iris
II inhabitants of this Province and cit.
10 there sre very few millionaires among
" us. very few colossal fortunes, hut the
D. is large .nupbcr Of small proprietors.
, A Voioe--You will got a commissio
" Laugh er t,[
There is no cne land, since the lri
+ race had a place in history, where Il
: I,ish name aud honor are SO much 7
ve spected as in Canada. There are TWEEN
u u millions of people in the Northern State
:, y with navy, an army, aud treasure; al
\" in order t., punish Great Britain, th'
Is Is come to apply the torch to the rdof'tre
. uf Canada, aud sink our nation IN Z
:. blood of massacre. Cheers WI
III have we done to those on the other 81
Of the lines, that, so so m as they have
", national quarrel, they begin to threat
ia us2 80,
~ ", AVoice--Weknow you, MoGee. U
a. a. roar, :,
" Another Yoict--Three cheers for Me
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