The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-03-20

Lincoln, and a Republican would
justly have secuted the idea two
years ago, that he owed allegiance
to Buchanan.
The above report does no, give all
the Judges remarks, nor does il
preserve their exact orler The
prophecy that within thirty days the
President will rescind his proclama.
tion-ehut out European sympathy,
and make the South q unit, both
black and white, is q little risky. =
But the Judge must comfort him
self and his brethren over an appar.
ent change on their part, by q ian
cful one on that Of the President.
His great fault seemed to be one OF
charity. The bowels OF the Judge
were moved towards the poor rcb ls
because they are disirancbised, and
cannot get into Congress. No one
really y suppcses that IL the s nth re-
turns to duty the law will be viaor.
ously executed. One OF the gravest
charges ever made against King
james econd, was that he vipor-
oasly executed the law against the
traitors who rose under bis nephew
Monmouth. after they had laid
down their arms. And in that mat
ter he did act brutally. Does the
Judge expect to see the "bloody as
sizes' repeated2 Surely not in his
district. But must there be no cpu,
fiscstion lsw to operate against
rebels in arms and their aiders an1
aBetters, because by a policy the
most unjust and inhuman it might
be enforced against penitente?
II the Judge really wishes to see
the rebellion put down, he chose a
very impolitic time to say he owes
no allegiance to Abraham Lincoln.
Hundreds OF thousands OF our fellow
citizens are sworn to obey him; and
we are all by birth or oath bound to
acknowledge him as the head OF onr
government - and as such obey
him-as much as are the subjects OF
Victoria to respect and obey her
Outside OF their respective constitu.
tions neither Lincoln nor Victoria
deserve the obedience of their peo.
pie. The Judge put a sophism Into
the mouths Of the ignorant Of which
he oughtto be ashamed.
His charge that the proclamation
divided the North is not very deli
cstely made. Il part of the North
has really disclaimed the war, he is
Of that part. limo part has done 90,
the proclamation has not had the
bad fleet he alleges. And he says
he is tor the war through thick and
thin. even fit takes a,oay slavery.
Then away with The trash about d.
vision; if Whiteley is on our side.
who can be against MS?
That the proclamation united the
South, is still morc groundless. II
gives us the working material, while
without it we got nothing. That IL
affects only as Tar IA the army gocs
. a mistake; tor slaves are men
with power Of locomOtion Tho as.
ards OF them fly into our lines with
as much skill as q Jew ever sought
- city OF re uge.
In this war. tor the support Of the
consti,ntion ard the laws. our Pres.
ident hesitated long before he was
willing to uproot the established d or
DER oi society in the South. II he
did not exhaust other means, nc At
least gave them isir test. lie hcs
i'ated perhaps still longer on ac-
count Of the known pre- judices OF
our countrymen against the slave
When mercy. justice. humanity aud
common sense wonld suffer him TO
delay i: no longer, he spoke the
wor1 Of Freedom, and long, long
may the word be our battle cry.
All Of the speakers found fault
with the substitute provision OF the
coDscription act, as il u were ininri-
ons to the poor man. In facr we
know nost men who are abIc will
hire substitutes. Last Fall, when
men who had been previously offer.
ing tor the service, were drafted,
substitute money was raised =.
Should the government allow the
prices Of substitutes to range ac-
coIding to the wealth of particular
Doigbborhoods? or should it not
rather eet upon exemption such q
price az will enable il to procdre
soldiersa II, as tho Judge claimed,
it will take twenty five Democratic
soldiers who 20 into the war merely
because they must obey, to be
worth one Republican who goes be.
cause he has the cause at heart: il
will be better far to tska three hun.
dred dollars than Democrat. The
government can obtain as many sol
diers as it needs-such as viii fight
and not desert, and seldom ask iur
loughs, by giving one hundred dol
lors extra, besides the bounty and
pay. j. b. -.