The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-06-25


him off to Mexieo-a striking coinci
dence the very country whose caus
he championed.
A brighter light never went ou
than Corwin's, when he and who'll
hecatombs of Wings fell, under rthei
opposition to the nations war. Don
letlus reverse the record to-day, anC
place ourselves in the unfortunate po
sition our politiealopponents then occu
pied. tell you you cannot pursue thi
hostility to the war without bringing
reproach upon yourselves as party
and as individuals. Letm say to- you
young men, who are fighting in thC
ranks of the Democratic party to-day
beware how you tread on that platform
tits unsound, and the reproach will
follow you in all your future years
You cannotwipe it out 1t will be said
of you, and to your children, and to
your children's children, that man was
opposed to putting down the most
wicked rebellion the world ever knew
and when that brand is put upon you
it will mark you as an enemy to your
country. Young man, let me beg Of
you, turn back; go with that party nc
longer which adopts such reasonable
policy, Let your energies go with and
for your Government in putting down
the war Don't cover yourself with
infanly, by taking upon yourself the
reputation Of trying to strike down
the efforts of the Government in sup
pressing this rebellion.
4 You must conquer this rebellion, OF
submit to recognition Of the Southern
Confedcracy. You can do but one Of
two things; it is folly to attempt any
thing else, for there can noteXist slave
Confederacy and free Contedcracy
side by side on this continent They
could not live together. Nay, more
than, that | fervently believe that the
great God himself intended but ono
nation should occupy this country. lie
gave US the lakes for our northern
boundary, and the rivers stretching to
seas,upon whosewaters are born our the
commerce tothc nations Of theworld;
while man has done all that can be
done by Science to bind us together, by
means Of railroads which extend like
mighty links over all the land. You
must conquer the whole country, Ol
abandon the whole country; you mus
preserve this us one. Government, or see
it rent into twenty or fifty different
factions.
Il have not proposed to-day TO argue
with you the question ofseccssion, but
say 10 you that that dogma, so dc
strdctiye ofovcry principle upon which
this Republic is based, must be crushed
out, there will be no unity or ma.
tional life hereafter. | think old Jack
son settled the question of secession
when he knocked Calhoun and his ar,
gnment down with his proclamation
Ithink every man in this land will
deny the,right ofsccession'; but ! had
a talk with an old friend this mornng
whom ! saw here a few moments ago
Tsaid to him. Do you admit the right
ofa State to secede? "Nosir ] don't
Doyou admit the right Of Washington
county to secede from Ohio? "No.'
Suppose she does it2 IL. will try tC
coax her back" Suppose she won
be coaxed back? ~ will use gentle
forge to bring her back. But suppos'
she has. stolen all your arms and ask!
you to come on and fight? 81 willjns
tell her, 'wayward sister, goln peace.
These were John Van Brcns words
but he repeated them. Now take that
principle and apply il to the State
How long Abut it would be folly t.
ask, how long would the United States
hang togctherv4how long would there
be two States pulling together? How
long'before you would be cut up int
clmswith more chicltalns than the Ro
man Empire in the days Of its dissoIu
tion2 How long would you comman'
the respect Of other nations, or Of your
solyesf When you talk TO me abou
not c6crcing anybody, ] reply that w
coerce men for all the crimes that the,
commit" We cocrcc men to.tho Pcni
tcntiary for stealing q horse; and VIII.
on earth shall we not cocrcc Il man 10
trying to break up this Government
TO say nothing about n constitutions
argument, common sense i6rbids Tia
ilea Now you may talk till you ar
hoarse, we have got to continue on
Governmcnt-one united pcoplc--o
bddivided into factions, each suhjcC
to danger from every other in the lanC
Then is there any doubt in the min
of any man, as to his duty in this col
test? There can not be. We mu
settle this matter, aud again build u
thiseountry rs God Almighty designc
it be, and Us we have been trying
make it. ....
This country, my friends, is the la
hope of frecmcn throughout the wori
1t is the field upon which civilizati,
has aourished and science begun
accomplish its great purposes, ~
nations and people Of the old Wor
are marking its progress from day
day, rs it eniranchises men from eve
servitude, And are you going to gi
tupp Young man can you afford
give to your posterity worse hcrita
than that your father gavcto you?
yon can, YOU are taithlcss not only
yohrown manhood, but to your God
You are bound TO have one necountry, O
hag and one destiny. And wi
country shall that be? What but I
cnilni1Y Won Ind hrfnrn the rnhnlli