Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-08-06
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JUDGE RAnNEY ON THE WAR

JUDGE hAMNE1 UN IhE WAh'
Ara War Meeting held at Lancaster, Wed
ussday evening, July 23d, Judge Ranney, can
didats Ior Supreme Judge of the Democratic
ticket said he had come at the urgent invita-
tiOu Of the Governor, to present a few eOnsid-
erations why the people should respond to the
reauisition Of the President Coneurring with
the Governor freely in the propriety of the
call, he had yielded to his desires. There was
no doubt but the army must be increased
Legitimate authority tells US so. The Gov
ernors Of nearly all the loyal States had re-
commended It. It seems to be a necessity.
The question is, are you willing to endorse it ?
Its pecuIiarity Of this Government that to
the people is reserved the right to decide up
on questions Of voting and Of bearing arms in
support Of the Government. One is as obi
gatory as the other Its our duty to see that
laws are made equally our duty to see that
they are enforced, and that when they are
violated It is obligatory upon US to use armed
force, if necessary, to protect them. This is
our situation. We are not called upon to up
hold this dynasty or that privileged class, but
we are calling upon the American citizen to
defend the laws he himself has made.
There is every reason why you should re-
spond oheerfully to this requisition. If you
are constrained, if the Government is obliged
to resort to drafting, the moral force Of such
an army and Of public opinion is entirely lost.
This is a principle we cannot afford to lose.
Il is of high Importance that we maintain it
before the world. Let US, therefore, step for.
ward, cheerfully, and provide the necessary
force to crush the insurrectiou. The speaker
had no information about the war, which is
not in possession of every one. It is palpa-
bic that we are operating with inferior forces,
and that if they would avoid foreigninterfer-
eDce, we must make this shOrtwar. What
we want is such prosecution Of the war as
win put down traitors.
BE did not want to allude topolitcal differ
ences If be undertook that he might differ
with everybody; bnt there is one point where
al can meet The laws are in danger Of sub
version, and we must have force to defend
them. That is enough to see. The Consti-
tuition requires the President to suppress in
surTectiOn. It is his sworn duty before God
TO maintain the laws, and if the law is assail-
ed by force, we must defend it with arms
We want the restoration Of peace, the ezecu-
ton Of the laws. We want no more. The
President has no authority to do more. That
must be done, or we must confess to the world
that we are incapable OF self-governmeut.-
Ny opinion is now, as lit always has been, that
as long as there is a man in arms against the
laws, that man must be put down by arms.
Judge Ranney expadated at some length
upon the obligations Of stay-at-home citizens
to the families Of soldiers eoncurring with
Mr.. Ewing, that those who do not Gght must
provide for the families Of those who do. But
in considering who should go he admonished
men not to look round to find some poor man
who is obliged to go, but let each man in
quire If be ought not to go, and so determine.
It was indisputable that those who go sacri-
fee the most, and therefore those who do not
80 should be liberal to the families Of absent
patriots. We are under high obligations to
the soldiers already in the field. We virtu-
ally said to them, Eve win sustain you-if
disease ard battle thin your ranks we viii ELL /
them up again. That time has come. Let
Us make good our word. Don't hold out
false hope 70 our brave soldiers. It is due to
them that we should not leave them to cone
with superior numbers. The speaker pro
oeeded to show further why American citizens
should voluntarily take arms to defend this
Government, expatisting upon the fact that
its peculiar organization and character needed !
that development which has already shone so
oonspieuousIy, in the response Of half mil