Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-03-26

should be done, has yet, I venture to
say without feat of contradiction, con-
Quoted this struggle more actively,
more skilfully. and more successfully
than any nation on earth, placed in
similar circumstances, has ever con-
Quoted any war. We have had enough
and more than enough of carping and
fault finding. The Government has
done well, has done nobly; and chal-
lenges to-day the admiration and ap-
plause of the civilized world. The
kings of earth, who stood looking on
our conflict with iealous eyes. ready to
find fault with form of government
they hate; anxious to spy out our weak
ness and our failure, and eager to step
forward to feast on our destruction, now
stand aloof, struck with the evidences
of your power and determined self-sup-
port; and the only danger which threat
ems us to-day-the only object which
stands in the way of triumphant
crushing ont of the rebellion is want Of
harmony and unity among ourselves.
For this purpose, to promote this har-
mony address you to-day. For this
l ask you as citizens of Ohio, as Amer
leans. as patriots. to lay aside all party
differences and unite as one man in the
support of your Government. Let me
say to you as said the prophet Of old:
"This is not vain thing, for it is your
life." 1t is your life, and the life Of
your friends and your brothers, your
families, your posterity. Woe be to
him who does not feel that his country
is sacred, and that it is glorious to de-
fend it, even at the cost of all possible
sufferings and dangers.
This rebellion is already tottering to
its fall; pressed by our great power
from without, and struggling with its
own inherent wickedness within. it al
ready exhibits unmistakable signs Of
approaching dissolution. A united ef-
fort in support of our Government and
in support of our armies must inevitably
crush it out OF existence, and restore
the Union to more than its pristine
strength and prosperity. Let Ohio lead
the van in this glorious work; her sons
in the field are covering themselves
with glory, let us act equally well our
part at home. Let us lay aside our
party strifes and differences, and let
us show to the world, that we are ready
and willing to postpone every conside-
ration which provides for q mere polit-
ical triumph, to the far more important
object of now restoring the Union, and
crushing out the rebellion by the pow
err OF that very Government which it
has so wickedly de6ed.
We all desire peace, but there is only
one road to peace, and that is over the
prostrate body OF the rebellion. Those
who have defed the Government and
tempted its power, must be made to
know and own its strength. II, in a
foreign war, with only a comparatively
trivial matter at stake, we demanded
as basis OF peace, Indemnity for the
past and security for the FUTURE" how
much more now, when the very exis-
tence of the Republic hangs trembling
IN the balance. We want security for
the future, by wiping out the causes
which have produced the war, indem-
nifty for the past, by the condign pun
ishment neted out to those who have
brought this suffering on the people.
I conclude, then, this appeal to the
noble and honest men of the Demo-
cratic party, by saying to you that you
have but one course to pursue-tear
yourselves away from the dictation of
those who would cast you at the very
feet Of rebels who are battering down
the fabric Of your free institutions, your
free schools, your universal suffrage,
and all that you value as citizens Of
free State; and unite your destiny with
those who uphold the Government, and
support those who are now maintaining
your rights on the battlefield. "Resist
to the last the Internal spirit which
would waste the fruits of victory in bu-
initiating compromise" This voice
comes from the brave soldiers of the
West, who are laying down their lives
for you, for me, and for our children,
on every battlefield; we must stand by
them, we must hold up their hands, as
Aaron and Hur held up the hands of
Moses, while the storm OF battle RACES.
He is a vile slanderer of American
soldiers and American freemen, who
dares to say that our brave men in the
field are desirous oflaying down their
arms, or returning to their homes,
while there>sre armed rebels and ene-
mics to encounter. They tell you
themselves, that "The Army of the
West is in terrible esrnest--esrnest to
conquer and destroy armed rebels
earnest to meet force with force-earn.
est in its hearty detestation of cowsrdly
traitors at home-earnest in 1iH and
potOer to overcome all who desire the
nations ruin" Address of the In.
diana soldiers 1t will be a fearful
day, when the will and power of that
army is turned from Southern rebels
against Northern sympathizers. Let
our prayers ascend TO that God, who
rules the hearts Of men, and who holds
in his haBd the destinies of nations, to
ask him TO avert from MS and from our
land. this direfal calamity. One word
morc-tbose citizen soldiers, from our
own State. will this year have the privi.
lege of voting with us-they will vote
for their friends, for those who sup