The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-03-04


discussions of a few years ago. They
forgot that we live in actions and
not in years. They forget that we
sometimes nation may live gen
Grafton in single year, aud the ex-
pericnce of the last three years has
been greater than that of centuries of
quiet and peace There arc men
WHO do not seem TO realize that this
is struggle for existence; terrible
fight of flint, bayonet with bavonet,
with bayonct, blood They still re-
tain some hope that they can smile re-
bellion into peace. They use terms
strangely. In these modern days
words have lost their Significance
If n man steals his thousands from
the Treasury, he is not a thief; oh,
no; he is 'defaultcr.' IFS man hangs
shackles on the limbs of human he
ing and drives him through life rs n
slave, 1t is not man stealing, it is not
even slavery, 1t Is only "anothcr FORM
of civilization"
We are using words in that strange
way. There me journals in New York
city, / am told, that never call this n
rebellion-it is only "civil commo-
tion," "fratcrnal strife" ] had
thought the days OF "Southern breth-
rem" and "wayward sisters had gone
by, but l find it here in the high noon
OF its glory. One would suppose from
all we hear that war is gentocl and
graceful exercise, to be indulged in n
quiet and pleasant manner. ] have
lately seen a stanza from the nursery
rhymes of England. which | com
mend TO these gentlc-hcartcd patriots
who propose to put down the rebel
lion with soft words and paper reso.
| lutions;
There was IN old man who said, how
! s Al 1ae from tbs b rflblo crwy
Iwl,s st on ih' s':'o,
Aud coutir u to .mHe,
Which may soften the heart of tbs cow"
| tell you, gentlemen, the heart of
this great rebellion, cannot he soft.
ened by smiles. You cannot send
commissioners down to Richmond,
as the gentleman from New York Mr..
Fernando W God proposes, to smile
away the horrible facts of this war
Not by smiles but by laundering
volleys must this rebellion be met,
and by that means alone. am rem,n-
dcd Of what Macaulay said in regard
to the revolution in England. lie
said:
"lt is because We had preserving
/ revolution III the seventeenth century
that we have not had DESTROYING
revolution in the nineteenth 1t is
because We had freedom in the midst
of scrvitnde that we have order in
the midst Of anarchy. For the au-
thOrity of law, for the security Of
for the happiness Of our homes, our
gratitude is due, under Him who raj.
ses and pulls down nations at His
pleasure, to the Long Parliament, TO
the Convention, and 10 William Of
/ Orange
Mr.. Speaker, if we want peace
that is not hollow peace we must
follow that example and make thor.
oueh work Of this war, Wemust cs-
tahi;sh freedom in the midst Of scrvi-
tudc, and The authority Of law in the
midst of rebellion. We must iii the
thinned ranks of our armies, assure
them that grateful and loving peo
pie are behind them, and they will go
down against the enemy bearing with
them the majesty and might Of q
great nation. We must follow the
march Of the Army with law that
will sweep away the cause of the
whole terrible revolution. The war
began 10y proclamation, and il must
end by proclamation. We can hold
the insurgent States in military sub
lection half Il century if needs be, or
until they are purged of their dross
poison, and leave them TO stGnd up
clean before the country, to come
back with clear hands if they come
at all. ] want to see if all those
States the men who have fought and
suffered for the truth tilling those
those fields on which they pitched
their tents. want to sec them, like
old Kapsar of Blcnheim on the sum.
mcr evenings, with their children
upon their knees, and pointing out
the spot where brave men fell and
marble commentaries it.
Let no breath Of treason be whis.
pered there. / want no man there,
like one from my own State, who
came before the great struggle in
Georgia and gave us his views Of
peace. lie came as the friend ofVal-
landigham, the man for whom the
gentlemen on the other side Of the
House from my State worked and vo-
ted. We were on the eve of the great
battle. ] said to him, "You wish tc
make Mr. Vallandigham Governor ol
Ohio Why?' because, in the
first place." using the language Of the
gentlemen from New York. | Mr.. Fer,
nando Wood, propose to withdraw
without trying it any further, In the
next place, we do not want anything
to do with an abolition war, and will
not give one dollar for that purpose y
; Remember, gentlemen, what occurred
on the conscription bill this morning
| "Tomorow," l continued, "we may
| he engaged in death struggle Will
2 the rebel army that confronts us, anC