The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-04-16

& On the I'd inst, Genl Butter mace
grand speech in the city of New York
from which We take the following ab-
stracts:
THE STAGE OF THE OUTBREAK
The General then proceeded to inquire
into the matter Il the war. "Was it a
riot, an insnlr-ction OF revolution (
The Administration OF Buch"nau dealt
with .his great change IF affairs in the
country as it It Were a riot, brcause his
Government officers gave him The opfn'
ion that in Charleston It was but rot /;
aud as there were M civil anthorities
there TO call out the militia, Fl Sumpler
must BE- given over tn the rioters. F'om
this iucpient state it advanced TO tha Of
an iasurreetion, which was its proper con
dition wheh he Was in Baltimore. There
they burned bridges. aud had hardly
arisen 10 the dignity of an lussrreclion,
because the Stat. had not moved as An
orgauizd d community. Alter men W. re
rio!ing in Bal more, you will do me the
determined to put down all kinds of in.
surrerllon so leng AZ The SAFE of Mary
land WAS and continued loyal to the
Uniled States and SO long as 10 ats
tempt was made at revolution. which |
understand to be an iniIaclion OF the
laws. Transferred then 10 a wider sp ere
of action at Fortress Monroe, found
that the State of Virginia had lak-n it..
self Qua oe the Union aud was using eve
~ rudeavor to erect Tor itself a separate
and distinct Government. and tn relore !
dealt with that Sac as being in r'bpl>
Gon, and on tn ground that the property
Of rebels in every form, shape or Hgurc
should be dealt with as FebelhOus prop
ery."
q e' rGRTINa COMPANY.
After an illusion 10 his poll'ical stand
ing as an old Jackson D mo- RAJ, Genera
Bu'lsr proceeded tn define his presen az
Rtude 10 the ipsurrecliou and its authors
thus:
"On tie 2Slh Of December, 1860, ]
shook hands on terms Of friendship will
Jefferson Davis, and on the 98th Of De
4 csmher, 1863. | had the pleasure Of read
ing his proclamation that | was b.
hanged A. sight Laughter and ap
> pause. And now. my friends, il 20,
will allow me this line Of thought mo
mint. will inquire wha were my righ,
and what were theirs? A. that hour the,
i .repudialed tie Constitution OF the United
STATES by s,lemB vote And not onI,
thai, but they took arms il. their hand
and undertook by force TO rend from un
der the Constitution what seemed 10 then
Z the hirss, portion Of the h-ritags viii
my fathers had givrh to me aud to m,
children as rich legacy: and when the,
did that. concluded, from +vety fact
that they derogaled aud .orf tied ever,
constitutional righ', and had relieved m
from every constitutional obligation Il
them. Loud and lbng continued ap
plause I And when was called upcl
10 say, shaI should, be my a. ton IL 9
b, gard to Slavery. l was left to the natu
raj Instincts ofmy heart, as prompted b.
a Christian educationiu in New England
Tapplause -and l deAlt with it accord
inglv, for was no longer bound BY con
stiIutit nal obligations [Applauss L
Then undertake to claim that the sam
'.sease Of duly TO my constitutional obi
d, gations. and TO the rights Of the Sta'es
which require me SO long as they reuai
B loyal, 10 support the system of SLAYER
.1-,hat same sense of duty and Of rikhl
% Fsay, afer they had gone out, from IN
der the Constitution; caused me to follol