M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-08-28

lon. Are they OUT Amt South
CArOlina as mucI, IN the Union to-day
as che was ten yeap ego ! j she 10
ont, how did she get out There isI
no place In the Constituil0n' fof hseto
get out, save that Of anlhOrialhG o
National Convention. Shs sIInply
broke q hOlC trough, and when on The
other side, cried: n am Oni." They
undertook TO establlsha q minority scy.
ernment; they have undeFtakeh q
establish II by arms. Now, P'lItia!i !
authority is derived but from o6s
source, and that 10 the win Of iheso
ioI whom II Is to be exeFciseFed' The
Consultation OF the United States was
formed by the States, each acting fJF
itself by adoption. When adopeed.
il colld no longer act but by the viii
Of the other thirteen States. south
CAROLINA says she is out ofthe Uaion, t,
we say she is not, and instead ct ma
king war on q foreign power, we sim.
ply proceed to suppress domestic In
surrectioG. Our triumph will be sim'
ply over that, and not over tne State.
When they say they are out and want
to be let alone, they cay no more tban
the criminal who says, after the com.
mission Of the crime, that all he
wants is to be let alone. Y0p will
be let alone when your tongnse arc
thoroughly cleanscd by the oath Of
allegiance. ,,eas,sl
Now, my friends, the President Of
the United Stateshas called d for troops.
He called before, and this makns me
pause 10 look at the srectacle which
resulted from that call. Mr.. Lir.
coin sas elected, as many Others oi
his predecessors had keen, BY . party
vote. he was comparatively un'
known before, although Tepnted IN
honest man.. lie carried into paice
none Of that personal power which
Washington and Jefferson .csrfied
with them. I say nothing about par
ties now which brought about thit
result. 0nr business now 10 y put
put ont the fire, aud afterwA:d We vii
hunt up the incendiaries. Mr.. Lin
coin was elected, land here the spsak'
Ter narrated the events which nfeFgh
ON hoslilities.--tIie firing eB thes sHe'
lofthe Vest, and the bombaEdment o
Fort Sumter.] There was DO csuse
God andsman knows, existing Tor tlla
shot. No matter what differences o.
opinion we may have entertained
| God and man can testify there VA
no cause for that shot. II was tn
preastsG crime the world has know
since the cEuci6xion. When tina
shot was fired, the Presidsn, Of th'
! Tinted States, acting for the county
called for the childFeb Of the county
70 cnme forth TO the aeienee Of thell
ancient mother. There was Q cal
for 5000, and in Q ttls while Q cal
for a half q million . fore. And nov
,bere was exhibited % scene euch o
the world never .bbfore witnessed
100000 men, not lspers and meHdi
cants. not beggars dbd vagabOnds--
ZOO 600 men, citiEeis free sid cas-,
| in their circumstance s--lawyers, doc
tors. merchants, farmers, mechanics
nayipators, schoOl.teaeheFs, day labor
ers--men Of all classes, oil parties
all religions, and some Of no religion,
responded to the call Of The Govern.
ment. How did they respond : Did
they respond to avoid starvation
| No. for they bad plenty, and were IL
the midst Of abundance. Did they
respond 70 make money! No, they
lost lnOuey by going into the army
| Neither did they respond because
there stood behind them On Officer
with q spear to force them INTO Che
army. No. DID they ever respond
because they desired wari No fol
thew knew It was Q life of hardships
and ,privations, Of peril and Death
but, Influenced by their allegiance tC
the Copstitution and the Government,
they arose as one man, each saying
10 The Government, ~ have bnt one
life, and that ] offer 70 my country
for its salvation" THE speaker cited
the great popular movements Of bis
tory, showing that there was no paral-
lei to such IN uprising; thai when
Rome was impsrlled by Hannibal,
and the Republic Of the French rev.
CLINTON BY The allied armies u the
crowned heads OF Europe, every man
OF the great armies then called ont
was o conscript. s,1 ..t,s t..s,
Now, my friends. the WORLD
speak according TO the outhodox 90
count, saying nothing about the geo
logical accountable such scene was
ever beheld in its history before, 90
that which l have just described. 60o.-
600 men laying down theiT lives for
the defence Of their Goyefpmsns'