Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-04-01

y fragments as emblematic OF their hate c
o ii and the Government, yet not a wor
r does the sympathiser urge against thi
d outrage and violation of that sacred in
strument. General jackson, the old hero
t broke the Constitution at New Orleans
N but he did so in order to save the coun
l. try and its Constitution. Bur your sym
I patlIizer says not word against JEFF
: Davis and his clan, who violate the Con
o stitution in order to destroy the countr
L and the Government. We certainll
ought to stand little more of that in
= frinement on the Constitution to save tn,
5 Government than to destroy it, Hac
j Old Hickory been where BuchanaI
q was, land / helped Buchanan 70 ge
e there, too he would have stamped hi
foot upon this stream of rebellion wheI
4 IT was but little rill. But there wa.
Buchanan there he stood, or sat-nC
r matter whlch-with no feeling-with nei
1 ther wife nor children, laughter cold a.
an iceberg, saying to himself - no matter
what happens, so that | can turn the
trouble over to my successor" But now
= your sympathizer" says we have Mr.
Lincoln, and We don't like it. And
these sympathizers want to take hold oi
} the war and build up party against Mr..
Lincoln's Administration. No; you don t
want the war stopped by vigorous work
and speedy crushing of the rebellion
You want the war 70 60 on till you can
get the power, and then claim the merit
Of closing it. With these party views, of
course you don't want the war to stop
You cry peace, peace, well knowing there
IS no peace, and that your cry of sympa-
thy only prolongs the war. | am for the
end, come when twill but if / fight
till the end of life l would enioin it on
my children to still fight for this great
and good Government,-fght if need be
not only for seven years, as did our revo-
lutionary fathers, but for seven hundred
years,-as long as Spain warred against
the MoorS Immense cheering |
would not surrender. No, | would tell
them as Paul Jones did, when asked il
he surrendered his ship when his colors
We're shot away, '',S5Trender? No, I am
jaSt getting ready 10 fight! [Great applause.
Governor johnson here read the origii,-
al letter of General Jackson, written by
the old Hero's own hand, full thirty
years ago, wherein he foretells that as
the Calhoun conspiracy was ostensibly on
account of the tariff, while the real de-
sign was disunion and Southern confed-
eracy, so says he, '' the next prstect will
be the negro or slavery question" And
this, said Governor johnson, is as truly
fulfilled as anything in Isaiah
Governor johnson then proceeded to
speak with great force in relation to the
"pretext," as General Jackson called it.
He showed that the Crittenden Compro-
mise, about which so much has been said. |
as being the means for preventing the |
war, had it passed Congress in 1861, was |
defeated, not by the Free State members. |
but by theSouthern members themselves, |
six OF whom remained in their places and
refused to vote, when it required only
hall that number to have passed it
Then as soon as the vote was announced,
these same men fastened to send dis
patches South, saying the {" Crittenden
Compromise is lost-there is no hope for
the South" Why did they do this p
Because they did not want it to pass
This was part of the plan of the con-
splrItors 9 to fire the Southern heart"
Governor johnson then proceeded to
show the other steps of legislation pro-
posed by Mr.. Corwin, of Ohio, but which
the South refused to accept, though it
offered to secure every right they claim
ed TO be endangered. They refused all
and turned and made war
upon the Government Yes, Beauregard |
was told by Major Anderson, ON the 18th
OF April 1861, that the provisions for his
men IN Fort Sumter would not hold out I
beyond the 18th. But instead of waiting {
for this, Mr.. Pryor, OF Virginia, pseudo,
hermophrodite Kind of Democrat, post
ed on TO Charleston in order to fire the l
lrst gun, saying that the " roar of can I
non would wheel Virginia out of the 4
Union,"e So these conspirators could not
wait these three days, but must fire at
1nce, thereby inaugurating this war by
their, own rebeilious hands, and all to
prevent compromise. And now you are
asked to COMPROMISED How does it look?
And yet the sympathizer claims that Mr.
Lincoln broke the Constitution because
he called out $4,000 men to defend your q
own capital. Were ! to utter any COM '
oialnt against Mr. Lincoln's management l
It would be that he did not callout more
men for the purpose of crushing the re- !
oeliion in the bud. Cheers.l | have no
to offer, and, yet lhave one, I
ust one-the Constitution of the United I
states, the best compromise ever made
Cheers. All that IS necessary TO make I
peace Is Tor the traitors to submit to this
constitution and obey the laws. Cheers. /
10 let jeff Davis and Toembs and their :
,ang hang all the Union men down 1
south, IS TO end this government. If the
government fails to put down this rebell- :
on, 1t is at an. end. BY submitting to
he rebellion you set a precedent for all
lme' to come But put down this re- :
'eillon, and the Government has safely :
'assed its third and final ordeal 'ss.' !" :,
f.r5 a- 20 -. d.
But about the Presidents Proclama- n
ion; as for its effect / care not the snap o
+ my finger for it; because laws derived t;
rom the nature of things are at work, "
hat will work out the same results, n
Thether right or wrong. We are moving O
orwards and the time has now come
hen the operations of those laws begin n
. develop their results These the Pro n
lamation cannot affect one way nor the Q.
ther. And let me tell you my friends, 4
hat 10 continue this war is to lcork tie :,
ld Of SareTy! 4 Immense cheering. II Q,
md these traitors to their Government q,
egan 1t, and let its results fall on their a,
wa heads. Prolonged applause. In I,
egard to- this matter, there has been \
ome talk about the -unconstitutionality b
thus invading the "rights of the n
outh THE rights of whom ? Tie riqlsts b,
rebels Cheers and laughter. What Al
ghts have rebels i? Without taking is N,
lie on the Proclamation, / would ask are Ii
lere not laws of war that govern this it
hose rebels have violated the Constitu- m
on and broken the laws, what rights
ave they, then, under them? We have ps
II the sake of humanity in conducting b.
lie war, regarded them as belligerents 81
i'd as such what rights have they left as sa
II enemies? When you complain of %
le Proclamation in their behalf, we ask :
ou to come in and help the Union white
EN- of the South. They have been
united from their homes and driven to C:
ountain gorges, and they say the time til
IS come for the breaking of the oppress- Is
Is rod and to let the oppressed 60 free ba
immense cheering. / am not for pros So
,uting this war for the purpose of abol- ne