The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-03-26

law beyond psradyen,uro. Immense
Applause.
Again be said:
With this explanation let me say to
you that nothing has occurred which
IN -kes it necessary 10 my judgment for
any fairminded man to oppose tho prose
cuIion Of the war. | believe that not
wi.bslandiug everything that has been
done, it is just as much our duty to,
night to unite in vigorous prosecution
of the war, under the President of the
United States, AZ it sver was, when the
war was first declared. (Continued Ap.
plause.
The following impassioued paragraph
occurred toward the close of his speech
in speaking Of tha democracy:
AS general rule, they are wise. and
prudent, and patriotic. Occasionally
blind guides or bad drivers take some
sleepy passengers into bad roads aud up
set them. as they did in '48. daughter
but then they wake up. the passengers
get out, they inquire the right road. and
finally get all right again. Laughter
l think they will do 50 low. 1t has
seemed to me. hat as careful man,
looking al their course just at this mo
msnt. it was prudent for me to get out
and walk. (Great laughter and applause
shaking Of hats, canes and handker.
chiefs. Mr.. Prosper NJ. Wetmors rusbes
10 tbs front Of the stage and shskes a
Handkerchief wiIh energetic ecstacy J.
Whether l shall step into the stage OF
not, or foot it through, depends upon cir
cumstancea Blu. whatever they do. or
whatever anybody Else does l shall sus
tain this war to the bitter end. The State
Of New York will do it; after sending
80 oooo men, aud spending $4,000, 900,
900. they will not hesitate to 60 through
Tie State will not hesitate to 20 through
Was there anything ever more pIspos
ferrous than the idea that when we art
told by ,hc Southern men we must REQ.
ognize their independence before they
will treat with US that we should be
wasting time in negotiating peac. wher
the President of the Conf federats Repub
lie. as lie claims to be, deuounces tb,
best men in the North aud East and We,
as pirates and hyenas, and what he Seems
TO suppose woisc than oil, as ankees
Ish possible TO make terms with him
or 10 listen with composure to any ar
rangement for an accommodation? Wht
are the men we have sent from the Stst
lof N,w York; Who are those denoun
ced by this rebelltous chieftan? ! hav,
differed with great many Of them po
Elitically; bu' when you fDd the Ke.r
neys. the Van Ranss leer's. the Middle
tou's, the Schuy yler's. tho jays, the Dixs
the Pratt's the Costar's. The Hcxter's i
the Campbell's. the Cham behring's tn
Duer's, the Kings, the Wadsworlhs
the Hewland's. the Vosburg's the bss
blood of tho State OF New York denoun
ced as pirates, why, l submit lhs, it re-
quirss more tI,an ordinary composure :
listen, Yankees? They are the Knick
erhockers Of New York, and when the
) peril lives for the Constitution and tb
country and the union or the States, b
wh" dtnounces them as pirates and hy
enaS is forgetful Of the principles of trut
aud honor that should govern the Ian
guage OF gentleman. We have moth
ing to do but fight this war through.
The patriotic Democrats are up
arms against the submissionsts Of Ii
Vallandigham stripe, and such are son
of the utierances of leaders in New Yorl