The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-08-21
W lrS aien sn1 az sPsSsiih PCSiIl,eoe CO i Hon

Extracts fFOm tho speech Of the Hon /.
VIM. Alien, Mt ChiIlicOthe.
Fellow-citizens: The Government of
our country is seventy years old. During
these seventy years Of its existence il has
conferred upon its citizens larger amount
Of human happiness. and greater nun
Der Of human blessings; than any other
Organization devised by human genius
| Nevertheless, q part Of those 10 whom
this Government has measured out most
| literally its beEed;ctiOrs. have. In defiance
Of reason, regardless Of truth, patriotism
aud gratitude, forgetful Of what they owe
10 the memory Of their fathers. and what
/ they owe 10 the descendants of their own
bodies, and regardless Of the rights ofhu-
mauity-- they have seized arms to destroy
this Government. and that, too, while en-
velUped and COVERED over with the bless.
lings which the Government has been
Ipiling upon them. '.'' -''l,' D'' ~ "
= Itwodld seem, fellow. citizens, ttat il
is Tie misfortune u tte human race thai
upon this planet no social or political or
ganization csn be devised In which It will
I not be possible for a sthall lumber Of bad
men TO inAict an iuca!culable amount o.
misery upon millions Of theft feIldw flor
tails. Excess Of prosperity seems 10 give
as much discomfort to some mems mihds
as an excess of apprehension and wan
gives to others. OF all the acts recorded
Of the human mind since the fall Of man
none strikes me as being so irrational and
unjust, SO reckless, so insane, as the con
duct Of these men in trying to destroy
the best, wisest and purest Governmen
that man has ever made. or that the worlj
can ever expect. In the Oldest Of oul
books, in Which are portrayed the frail
ties Of our nature, we read that there
werc rebels in the household Of God him
self, and we have it that these rebel,
we're hui led over the baltemeDt Of hea
ven down to place as hot and thick SCI
with traitors as Charleston itself Wher
lha. WAS the case there. it might well be
expected that our Government. Eotwith
standing The measureless blessings it ha
meted out to all men, would at som'
time or other find enemies within it.
These men say they want to be sepa
rated from the North. They have sue
ceeded, they say, and all they want nov
is to be lei alone. II an incendiary were
to SET Cincinnati on FIRE, and the sheriff
should take him. would it pe sufficien
plea for him to say tl.at all he wantet
was to he let alone? These meL won't b'
let alone till they let the lawsand the con
stitution Of their country alone. What
ever may have been the disposition ant
temper of the American mind months ago
there is no mistaking what it's condition
is now. The people Of the loyal State
have made up their minds, not in pc
, but 10 the deep deliberation of their rea
son. coolly and patriolioally, upon thi
great proposition. as did their fathers il
establishing the Government, that tn
, great American family shall continue on
and indivisible come what may; that bu
one Government shall exercise power ol
this Continent; that those in revolt agaius
it have but to choose whether they wi
continue to be part of this Government
q or subordinate to it. We are bound man
=. woman and child. 10 assert and maiutai
this proposition Mt the sacrifice Of ever
8 man and every dollar. We are determir
=. ed on this, not from any desire TO oonque
or oppress the weak, but to prevent tbl
n Continent being the scene Of unceasin
strife and civil war. To prevent this W
do believe there is no human means but
thrash the rebels. aud placing the Amer
can banner before them, compel them
come under the broad eyis Of this Gov
!, ernment. II South Carolina, or any otbt
& Stale, says she won't come back, then "
say you shall come back and remain wit
;. us. Now, if you ask what is to be dor
II after the armies Of the rebellion are di
;. posed of and the people of those Stat
!. still stand out, you will answer that b
/. simply occupying oil the country. Yc
0 will have military possession OF all Il
A important points and able officers in con
70 maDd. If il be said that the populatic
81 will stand, say prolong the time Of mil
a. tary occupancy; and if they wish il shol
=. oned, they can have |! done through the
II decision 10 come back into the Union.-
of They can determine it for themselves;
r. that whether they come back Of their oV
will is a matter of no consequence to us
n They say they are out Of the Union.'
n. Arc they out? Aint South Carolins
much in the Union to day as she was t
years ago2 II she is out, how did 8
get outP There is no place in the Go
stitution Tor her 10 get out. save that
authorizing a National Convention. S
simply broke hole through, and when
= the other side, cried; II am out" Th
ng undertook 10 establish minority goveI
S. ment; they have undertaken to establl
itby arms. Now, poitical authority
Z. derived but from one course, and that
=! ~ the will of those for whom it Is to be G
VI ercised. The Constitution Of the Unit
ps' States formed by the States, each acli
for itself by adoption. When adopted
~, could ne longer act but by the will Of
'aa other thirteen States. South Carol
'G' says she is out OF the Union; we say
40; la; is not, and instead of making war OF
'ed SEA foreign power, we simply proceed to 81
els press domestic iusurreclion. Our
icy umph will be simply over that and.
'ITy over the State. When they say they
,,pi out and want to be let alone, they say
~, ~, more than the criminal who Says, al
llo the commission Of the crime. that all
'eS wants is to be let alone. You will be
pa, lana ,nhnn unnr innpnes are thoroug