The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-02-27

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in what he should say he should endeavor
not to wound auybody's feelings. Our
system Of fgovernmsnt was COMPLEX
something like tie solar system. Any
organized attempt at resistance against
The government was in fact rebellion. 10
regard TO the Sena'or from Indiana, il he
bad Understood bis course he had always
opposed any measure 10 coercc the reb-l |
lious States and bring ba k pace 10 the
Union. II the President bad pursued
such course and refused to do anything
10 reduce the rebellion, he would be liable
10 impeachment; and shall Senator pur-
sue tie same course ard no; be liable to
expulsion7 lie (Mr. Davis) deprecated
the rebellion as a stnpepdous wicked ness,
and would give The President every pow.
er 10 crush it out forever. Suppose the
whole government bad taken the same
course as the Senator from Indiana, the
UniUn would have been in ruins to day,
aud the experiment Of s-lfcoverumrn,
destroyed. He did not understand that
the Senator from Indiana had ever shown
any sympathy with the governm mt in its
life or death struggle. but had voted
gainst all measures to subdue the rebel.
lion. While the REBELLION WAS threatening
The Government Senator says. am op-
posed 10 every attempt 10 subdue traitors.
Yea, moro. write letters of compliment
and friendship to the Chief Of thrm. and
seud him aid aud comfort. That letter Of
The Senator from Indiana which has ben
here, is 10 my mind full Of symp,thy tor
the Confederate Government and for its
usurpiDg Chief. Where is the passage in
the legislative history Of the Senator from
Indiana since this rebellion was lnaugura.
ted-where is his speech, his hope, his
proposition to extrieaie the Government
from this great trouble by puttii g down
this wicked rebellion, that shows any.
thing like sympathy for this Government
which tha; latter shows for the traitor con
federates snd the chief? II will not d,
for men in this death-sruggle Of the
country to fold their arms and do uoth.
ing. The Senator from Indiana must
have heard the nuite-iDgs Of this coming
s,vrm for months b-fore the last Presiden
tial election took place Es.ays in South
ern newspapers and speeches from South
ern members, which have hardly ceased
reverbsraling through these halls. al
, were pr1claiming throughout the South
1--WE will never submit to the election OF
Black Republican as President of tie U
nited States; if Abraham LlncoIh is elec
t ted, he shall n ever be permitted to be il
, augarated 10 Washington City," An
|, were they t acting up to that propos
ton? If it had not been for the energ
Of the prior Administration toward i
close, when new members of the Cabint
were brought in to take the place Of tbos
i. foul traitors who betrayed .bcir govern
b ment, and for the foresight Of Genert
Scott in providing a military force her,
notwithstanding Mr.. Lincoln had been Z
: lectsd according 10 all forms of the Con
= stilution, a mob, unlawfully galhere
d from the States Of Viagini. snd Mary Ian
"a would have detrated the Inauguration g
the Chief Magistrate of this country
% Now the honorable Senator boasts Of hi
q intimate relations for many years wit
10 so called President of the Conf-dera'
q States, and if understand it Alright thos
relations were equ,lly intimate and friend
ly with the principaI l.adcrs of that IT
J. bellion, and presume he was well al
il quainted with their pGrposes and cou'
ID sells. They Proclaimed 10 The world b
in their public speeches here, and their stun
haranguss. that they would never, in Ii
&c Southern States. submit to the election
IL Abra' am Linccln. or permit him To
b. inaugurate6 as President Of the Uniit
h States. They would seccde from the
nion. They declared thai 1hey wou
= seize upon tha government before the 4
'i Of March, and destroy the archives viii
they were yet IN The custody Of the TIN
ur President Of the UHitedStales. They kne
J4 he was feeble. They knew he was imbe il
=. and many of them believed lie was takil
10 sides with them, and was ready and W
er Ing 10 bhray the United States COVER
rs ment Aud there is too much reasC
~ even now, 10 believe that that was
or strange compound of imberiIiIy al
. treachery, AMI don't know which Gaa
O. " prepunderatet most IN the man
ry bring on the deplorable consrquenc
which have befallen this government
%. These traitors plotted secession and d.
=. lrncliou OF the Union, and to do this III
~ saw that they must divide The old dea
70 cratic party Therefore Southern DE-
10 ocrat, whom they knew to be supple a
gh in favor Of their plans, was opposed
n, Douglas who mustered the strength
=. Southern democracy. And thus they
"' tended to so weaken and break mp
IN democratic party As 10 lead 10 the Vt
Co events they had so long hoped Ior. I
gentleman from India:.a must have eno
Il. this, for he was in the secrets Of all tn
=, men. In many plac-s in The Sonth'
3" States the inquiry was made at the il
IT. of The election. how shall We vote so as
mt secure the elp ction Of Abraham Lioeo
in As for our chief, our tool, John
No Brec kinridge. we never can hope to oil
him, AMI as we are deI-rmined never
get submit 10 the rule oflhs black republic
xecntive. how shall we vote SO as c
ars tainly to insure the election OF L'hco
tba that we thereby may be enabled 10 ca
the masses of our states with US IN
reasonable and internal prgj-ct to ed
to- the dissolution of this UnionY w
course did rhs gentleman himself take
J. that electlDo9 Why was a ticket ren
Iohn @ Rrenkinridpe in the State OF