The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-02-20

and to be destroyed whenever con-
lpirators enough can be allied 70,
he purpose. or you must slow t.
the world tho power OF self preser-
vation in the great Example OF Con
federated Republics That has q
quiet dormant force, which aroused
has eigsDtic strength and energy
That i not Only can protect its ciii-
zens in ell OF their rights and privll
eeee, hut can sustain itself as well
against foreign attack as internal
treason. ....u ....I..
We are fighting for the Republic,
10 tive have given our hearts, our
lives. We intend to stand between
you and the desolatiDg hosts OF the
rebels. whose most cherished hope
and desire has been and is, to take
possession oi and ravage your owD
beautiful Ohio. Once already we
have etood as living wall between
you and this fate, and We may have
TO do IL again.
Men of Ohiol You know not
what this Western Army has suffer-
cd. You know not how, the hard
ships and sullerings Of your soldiers
in their chill tents, their shelterlt Sc
bivouacs, their long, weary marches
and their battle thinned rauks. II
there be honesty and purity in hu
man motives, it must be found
among yonr long enduring soldiers.
IIoar US, and Tor your country's sak e
IL not for ours, stop your wild,
shameless, political strifes, unite for
the common cause, and never think
or speak Of compromise until tho
now empty terms mean: The Re-
public ss it wac, peacefully lift may
be, but forcibly at all events. 1t is
said. war and forco cannot restore
the Unionl What cant
Is there anything elee that has
been left uDtried, short Of national
dishonor and shsmea Nothing
Purely physical power has been in.
v, ked to destroy the government,
and physical force must meet it,
Cor quer the rebellious armies, shu,
in by blockades and victorio us arm
Ice, the dclude people Of the rebel
ling ststes, and let no peace or hap
pincss, 70 prosperity dwell in their
land or homes, until they rise up
against their own tyrsnts, until pop.
ulsr opinion with them overthrows
their false government ond dooms
their despotic leaders. Whip them
and confine them, until "Acteon ia
devourcd by his own dogs."
This is ell that can be done, and
it must be done with the determined
energy Of q united people. Thus
feel and think the soldiers Of the
grand army OF tho United Statee.-
Are yon with us, or will you now
desert Us, sell your national birth
right for mess Of pottage, and for
success in local politics, barter away
your country. crawl at the feet snd
lick the hands of the perfdious, cru
el and devlish conspira,ors, who
have organized this rebellion, and
who boast OF their success in des-
troying your government. staying
your cons and wasting your treas
ure. contcmnod. dtridcd and des-
piscd by t. EN-, while yon are bumbly
craving their favor? Not waiting
or even hoping for returning loyalty
in them or for terms Of peace to be
rendered by Them? Can you thus
di-honor yrur'elvcs, your soldiers
and your Stste2
We ask you now to stay. support
and uphold the hands of your SOL
diers.
Give some OF the wasted sympa-
thy, 80 freely bestowed upon the old
political hacks and demngognes
who SEEK a blessed martyrdom in
Lincoln bastiles, to The suffering but
travely enduring soldiers who in the
camp, the field and the hospital
bear real hArdships accomplishing
Ily. II treason must run riot IN the
North, keep it there insnlt not yonr
soldiers by eending to them the vile
emanations of The traitors who arc
riding into cfficc, place and power
over tho ruins OF the government,
and making them their stepping
stones. lneult us not by letters
speeches, and papers, which TIL us
that we IRE engaged al hirelines in
an unholy Abolition war. which
make mob idols OF the hour Of those
whose hypocritical demHgoguery
takes shape in cowardly covert trea,
SON. whose constant vocation lie de
nunc:ation Of their government and
lie armed defenders.
The army OF the west is in terri
ble earnest-esrncs to conquer and
destroy armed rebels -earnest to
meet force with iorcc-carne,t IN
its hearty detcststion VI cowardly
,raitors al home-eGrDest in will and
power to overcome all who desire
the nations ruin.
Ohio's 100000 soldiers in the
field, citizens at home, potent in
either capacity, ask their fathers,
brethren and friends, by their fire.
sides and in their peaceful homes, to
hear and heed this appeal, and to
put an end to covert treason at home
more dangerous now to our Nation