The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-02-12
NO47

ling the doctrine and practice Of secess-
ion lOr,v at rest" .
The following is the ct c5uclusion Of
this remarkable article: tsa .s'sis 10
'The fate Of nations, like that ofsiDdi.
Viduals, is in The. hands OF God. His
dealings with the American people have
beer wonderful, from their 6rst settle:
ment on this continent, nearly two and
halt centuries since. And bis dealings
with the American nation, since the thir.
teen colonies. nearly eighty'ssyen years
ago led by His providence. became a
nation composed Of Sovereign States-ot
if any prefer i, BET ame Sovereign States
composing nation; have never ceased to
be full Of mercy full, Also, OF the prom
1873 Of mercies still in store. Here We
plant ourselves with cohfdiDg faith in
God. We canEot see that His use Of this
great nation is done; we cannot construe
His providence toward us, and under
stand that He has achieved all He de-
signed by or. ating such nation, and
leading it as lie has done. He rs trying
us, to reveal our dlness for a higher des.
tiny; He is puOisliug US for our unthank.
fulupss, Our pro6,sbleness. our mani.
fold sins; he is ID gihg US thoroughly!
for m re rrious reer, to be achieved
; through coming ages. So we understand
the c4lan ties thai have come upon US; go
we unde stand our duty, 10 the midst of
, th N al r. this f1 damcn.a and deci-
sive ground ofc,nfjebce, le, us add one
=, NOR, wiicn forufes and es ablishes our
ghl to tru t as we do. God. in his great
goodness, kept back the nation from Civ
, ing Just prOvoca ION from this frightful
e war; aud in His ad)r,bie mercy, He Las
e abundau ly laiI to our hands all that is
neediul to bring il 70 a sp e y and tri-
u unphant end Our clear and imperative
v duty lies before us. Let us discharge II
e in th- lear of God, and reap. as nation.
8 tie great ward Whnt zoe are called to
s first Of all 10 break the military potG-
er Of our reJellious c6antrymsn. In doing
y Ills, instead of being phrensiea by their
e staJJorn opposn on, let Us frdnkly honor
a tie hereism of our race displayed BY them.
e Tie Jrare lore the 6r0De; and these men
v are acorthy to die at our side, rather than
' by our hands. CfaH Wars. those like This
|. tend to tie gTsdtest troc'ty; get Of all wdrs.
). tie grand objects IRE propose in Mis, ought
4, to Je effective in Keeping US the most care
o fully from all injustice and 6arbdrity. II
.e Is not to erterminate but 1t is to restore,
e tia! we hare put firth such amazing force.
h II is impossible to withAold our haRd--Or
i, turn aside from the butle, till the ,OOrk of
W war and death has achieved lis indispensa-
;s Ue oJj,tt; but after hot. comes tcork of
h life and peace, t0hich ~e must perform as
Y, thorughly as tie work of gar and aedth.-
III knd-with Coils blessing that work oi
e. life and peac- cab be achieved as perfect.
n. ", il we, k ep ourselves in temper fl
be for IFS performance, as Te are snre the
n preliminary work of war and death car
he be, if We quit ourselves like men. Grea
e. as is our coufd, nee that this rebellion
is can be conque ell, it does not exceed th'
to strength OF our convi. fon, that failure
in af e,ward, 10 restore the Union as it was
o. would BE- attributable at least as much Il
"a. our own folly, a' 20 IN phrensy Of ih'
st Southern people, What should be th'
nd fate Of men and p rites who seek to bring
n. out of the most costly triumph. only ig
nominy and ruiu?"
,t We should not omit to observe that tn
90 uumb-r Of the Dsnville Review from
en- which we have quoted, is that Of Decem
,e Der, and that the artiOie of DR.. BREcK1N
in. RIDGE was prepared some weeks befor
on tie Presidents Proclamation Of the IL
NJ; Of January was - Gin. Com.