The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-09-04
CAMP OF 57TH REGIMENT,
WALNUT HILLS, Mississippi,
June 25th. 1863.

seems to be the truth. The Ameri-
can Government can never fall except
by the double crime Of treason and
suicide--a compound felony as yet
unknown in heaven, earth or hell
Surely nation of such provIdential
and marvellous history--constructcd
upon the wisest principles-must be
safe where the greatest diversity is
combined in the most perfect unity.
| speak in regard to our whole union,
where every power has its just and
equal balance, while the labors of
government are dscreetly and safely
divided between the people, and their
public officers equally diffused thro'-
out the republic; where the only OBJ
ject of the Government is tue general
veal and the greatest good of all. A
national union, founded on sound law,
pure morals, and the bibles religion;
in land where civil and aggressive
war has never been known, (until the
present one;) in country where ev-
cry facility for the acquisition of
wealth, learning, fame and happines.
are freely offered to all; and ut home
a class of men that are doing all they
can to encourage the traitors South;
where free and happy people were
once uudissolubly united, and bound
together by every social tic Of inter
est, affection, virtue and bliss: where
the laws of society in all their rcla.
tions. adaptations, cYcellcnces and util
ity are understood and obeyed. where
justice is the only test of right, and
moral excellence the only standard of
merit. Such n Government. embrac-
ing SO many principles of national
stability, never cah fall until it is dis
solved by the "wrecb Of matter and
the crash ofworlds." That the Amer
lean Government has imperlections,
and needs Improvement. is not neces-
sary to deny, but were it otherwise it
would be Heaven and not the Amori-
can Union. And it is equally true
that it is the best Government the
world has ever seen, and contains more
excellence aud utility and more prin-
ciplcs Of national stability than all the
other Governments of ancient or mod
ern times. Its value is beyond all
computation or human estimate. Its
durable support is found in the heart
of every freeman and patriot, (and not
in the Copperhead) and every lover
of humanity on the globe. Its dura-
bility is unmeasured by the flight of
years or the datelcSs cras of futurity
To think of dissolying such IA Govern
ment would be the hight of folly and
as well rs universal ruin
Suppose the Union dissolyed-who in
the whole republic would bc in the
least benefited? or who in the whole
Union would not be injured? Who
could wish to survive the ghastly,
bleeding. groaning, expiring corpse
of his country? How would You di-
vide the territory of three thousand
millions Of acres. II which all the in
habitants are tenants in common? -
How would the Copperhead divide the
saluhrious atmosphere, the broad seas,
the wide rivers, the expanded lnlSee.
the sublime cataracts, the mineral wa
ters, Gul tLc sweet gushing fountains:
lie shall rot do il. Where can you
fad co.rt except in Hedren's high
chanaery which Las jurisdiction to
dissolve this partnership of (but Il
shorC time ago) 3O,000,0 900 Of free
men, and close up the business Of the
firm justly and satisfactorily to all
parties concerned? What dismal i'll
fated character shall express the
equation or proposition for dividing
thirty millions Of husbands and wives,
parents and children, brothers and sis
ters, friends and relations, and lovers?
What doomed figures can be selected
from the whole universe, which would
consent to stand as the exponent for
the dividend each citizen should have
in the graves Of our common ances-
tors, and the bones Of our hcroes?-
Give us the arithmetic of each citi-
zen dividend in the ashes of Washing
ton and his Generals. What Ameri
can Judas-what demon would dare
auuihilatc the model Government Of
this world / hopcuot a Copperhead--
but for aught we know, of other
worlds--and then meet in future eX-
istence, the frown----the withering
scowl Of cold contempt from Wash
ington and his heroes. Who could
endure for a single moment the finger
of scoru--. the curse Of God---and oi
all creation, emphatically SAYING
That is the wretch who dissolved
the American Union" Dissolve the
Union? Perish the thought before
high heaven---never think of it, until
the sun, moon and stars shall be
turned into darkness, and rush madly
from their orbits, wandering raylcss
and tracllless through infinite space
Dissolve the Union? For what pur
pose---for good or eyiy For cvil.----
Never until the last saber shall be
.shivered to atoms, and the heart of
the last American ceases to beat. For
good, impossible, until it shall be
necessary to light a taper at MONDAY
to improve the light Of the blazing
sun, or dip Al oar to hasten the plunge
of Niagara; or wave Il lady's fan to
increase the fury ofthe tornado. The
motto Of every American is----Ou,
country, may she ever be right, but
right or wrong--OuR COUNTRY,
C.
Headq'ts Company II, 57th Regt., !
GAn,p Srp,,,N NItssrsstuD,