The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-08-31


species Of insurrootion against the enforce
mcnt Of It's legal enactments.
II is Unnecessary to argue the duty Of
every citizen TO yield obedience 70 the laws
consttutionally enacted, as long as they rS-
main in force. II men may take up arms to
resist laws, in the policy or effect Of which
they do not concur. then ali government is
at an end land we are resolved into auar-
chy. This state Of thugs il not TO bo toll
eratei. A Government may as well perish
in bold and vigorous effort TO maintain it's
Integrity, as to suffer an insurrection to nou
tralize its laws and defy It's power.
Most earnestly do l appeal to the people
of tho State, not to engage in this forciblc
resistance TO the laws to which evil coun.
sellors and bad mou are leading them. 1t
cannot aud will not succeed. Its triumph,
if it achieve any, must be of mere tempo
rary character. Tho Government is not
weak. II is strong and powerful. 1t can
not and will not, permit an armed insurrcc.
tion to impeach its strength, or impair it's
power, while contcnding with the South
ern rebellion. | do not say this to you in
any spirit of intimidation, or in any threat.
ening tono. speak il to you as a warning,
and with an imploring voice 10 hear ard
heed it. know what the determination
of your Government is, aud fully compre-
hend the power st hand to enforce it.
What can you, who contemplate armed
resistance, reasonably expect to gain by
such u movement? You cannot cflcciually or
permanently prevent the enforcement of
the laws. Ycu cannot in any wise improve
your own condition in the present, and
must seriously injure il in the future. Ju
dicious and conservative men, who look to
the supremacy Of Government for the pro-
lection and safety of their persons and
property, will not sympathise or cooperate
with you. You may commit crime; you
may shed blood you may destroy property
you may spread ruin and devastation over
some localities Of the State you may give
aid and comfort FOR season to the rebels
already III arms against tho country; you
may transfer, for brief time, tho horrors
of war from the iolls Of the south to thos
of the State of Ohio; you may paralyse
prosperity, aud create constornation aud
alarm among our people. This is bare
possibility but it is all you can hope to
accomplish for you have looked upon the
progress of our present struggle 10 little
purpose, if you have not yet learned the
great rocuperative power and tho deep
earnestncss of tho country in this contest.
The final result will not be doubtful; tho
disaster to you will be complete, and tho
penalty will equal tho enormity Of the
crime.
From tho commencement Of this rebel
lion, the State of Ohio has maintained
firm and inileXible position, which cannot
now be abandoned. In this internal dan
ger that now threatens us, call upon ALL
good citizens to assert and maintain the su.
premacy of tho Constitution and tho laws
of tho land. These constitute tho great
elements of our strength as nation, and
they are the bulwarlls of our people. Hold
IN suOJeouoh 10y persuasion and peaceable
means, If YOU can, all attempts at civil in.
surrection, or armed resistance to tho laws.
Failing in this, there is another duty, as
citizens, from which we may not shrink,
and to which earnestly hope wo may not
be enforced. To those who threaten us
with evil, say, we do not use any threats
III return--thero is no desire to provoke
passion or create further irritation Such
men are earnestly and solemnly invoked to
abandon their evil purpose; but at tho same
time, they are warned that this invocation
is not prompted by any apprehension Of the
Government or tue success of the attempts
to destroy it. | would avert, by all proper
Means tho concurren CO of civil war in the
State, but ifitm come, the consequences
be upon those who precipitate it upon us.
JOHN BROUGH.