The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-02-04
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we to gain by this proposed change Of
our relation to the General Govern
mcnt? We have always had the con
troll, and can yet, if we remain in it,
and are as united as We have been. We
have had a majority Of the Prestdents
chosen from the South, as well as the
control and management Of most of
those chosen from the North, We
have had sixty years Of Southern Pres
idents to their twenty-iour, thus con
trolling the executive department. SO
Of the Judges Of the Supreme Cont, we
have had eighteen from the South, and
but eleven from the North; although
nearly four-ffths of the judicial bust
ness has arisen In the free States, yet a
majority Of the court has always been
from the South. This we have reQuir-
ed, so as to guard against any inter
probation Of the Constitution unfavor-
able to us. In like manner, We have
been equally watchful to guard our in
tercsts in the legislative branch Of
Government In choosing the presi-
dents pro. tenn. of the Senate, we
have had twenty-four to their eleven.
Speakers Of the House, we have had
twenty three, and they twelve. While
the majority Of the Representatives,
from their greater population, have al
ways been from the North, yet we
have so generally secured the Speaker,
because he, to greater extent, shapes
and controls the legislation Of the
country.
."Nor have we had less control in ev-
cry other department of the General
Government. Attorney Generals we
have had fourteen, while the North
have had but five. Foreign ministers
we have had eighty six, and they but
fifty-four. While three fourths of the
business that demands diplomatic
agents abroad is clearly from the free
States, from their greater commercial
interests, yet we have had the princi-
pal embassies, SO as to secure the
world markets for cotton, tobacco and
sugar, on the best possible terms.-
We have had vast majority Of the
higher Offices Of both Army and Navy,
while larger proportion Of the sold
iers and sailors were drawn from the
North. Equally so of clerks, auditors,
and comptrollers, filling the executive
department., the records show for the
last fifty years that Of three thousand
thus employed we have had more than
two-t thirds of the same, while we have
but onc-third Of the white population
Of the republic.
"Again, look at another item, and
one, be assured, in which we have g
great and vital interest; it is that o.
revenue, or means of supporting Gov
ernment. From official documents We
learn that a fraction over three-f -fourths
Of the revenue collected for the support
Of Government has uniformly beer
raised from the North. .
"Pause now while you can, gentle
men, and contemplate carefully and
candidly these important items. Leav
ing out Of view" for the present, Tho
countless millions of dollars you mus
expend in q war with the North; will
tens of thousands of your sons anC
brothers, slain in battle, and offered W
as sacrifices upon the altar of youl
ambition-and for what ? we ask
again. Is 1T for the overthrow of the
American Government, established by
our common ancestry, cemented anC
built up by their sweat and blood, anC
founded on the broad principle ofrigh'
Justice and humanity? Ard as such
| must declare here, as | have Otter
done before, and which has been re
peated by the greatest and aciSeSt o
statesmen and patriots in this and othe
tands that it is the best and treeSt Coz
crRmcnt-the most equal in its rights, tn
most just in its decisions, the most lenien
in its measures, and the most aspiring II
its principles to eleudte the race Of me'
that the sun erer Shone upon. Now, fol
you to attempt to overthrow such ;
Government as this under which w
have lived for more than threc-quar'
ters Of a century-in which we have
gained our wealth, our standing, as {
nation, our domestic safety while th'
elements of peril are around us, will
peace and tranquility, accompanies
with unbounded prosperity and right
unassailed--is the height of madness
folly and UickedaeSs to which l cal
neither lend my sanction or my vote