The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-08-17

tuelpulu SpcCuldllOui u RTtuJcf Will
be the power aroused to resist it.
"He who ofold would rend the oak,
Dreamed not Of the rebound"
All, sir, we suffered too much-in-
vested too much in the integrity of
this nation to hazard its interests by
any maudlin sympathy with the men
who, il they had power, wopld be in
arms to-day against that flag, that
you proudly said should not come
down from the Capitol of your native
State, when God gave you infallible
directions to maintain it, at every
hazard, which you most nobly did.
Listen not to the mermaid song
rather copperhead and pelican-that
comes from that Philadelphia specu-
lation. The sunken rocks of ruin
{ are there, and your noble craft,
which has weathered so many storms
and tornadoes, will go to pieces there,
"where two seas met"
assure you that the infallible in-
stincts of the people are against that
concocted of tue party which at Chi
cago declared 'the war for the main.
renance of the Union a failure" and
advised the withdrawing OF our ar
mics from" the bloody battlehelds
where our national life was preserv
ed
Let that coalition become an estab-
e lished fact, and in proportion to their
j prospects of success, is the gloom
that hangs over our land. Our
''public securities" given to get mon
g ey to buy clothing, food and ordnance,
D with which to put down rebellion,
are haaarded, professions to the con
trary Notwithstanding.
Security for the future" by &C
copied amendments to the organic
and paramount law OF the nation, is
our only safety. And / assure you
d the people will demand that.
d That sentiment is flood tide, with
|. ground swell from the profoundest
depths of national patriotism, and
there is no power, nor combination
II of powers, that can bid those pillows
back again.
They rtll'd not back
Wren Canute gave command,
l fear William II. Stewards coun-
sells; he has brains, but he has White
House ''on the brain" l fear, like
the boatman, he is looking one way
while he rows another. His repeat
ed prophecies Of the ending of the
war in sixty days, in ninety days; his
trucking to Great Britain, his inor.
dinate ambition, his remarks abou,
you in New York, his versatility, al
combine to arouse the fears of the
people that somebody will be sold fol
IN nothing who cannot be redeemed Will
n price.
When saw you last week / urgel
the proverb, Look before you leap.
The great question is yet in your
b. own hands, and l assure you that tho
loyal people of America will rally
around you with all their former en-
thusiasm, when they see you stand
ing by your declarations in the Sen
ate of 1860 and 1861, your declara
tions when Governor of Tennessee
your declarations when in the inscru
table and permissive providence o
Almighty God, the Head of the Ma
It's ton was laid low by the hand OF tn
assassin, and you assumed the rein
of Government with that declaration
on your lips that
treason Is crime, the highest,
and must be made 10 ;glpcar odious.
N.
All, sir, to restore those rebe
- States to power without ut least tn
nj condition precedent presented b,
ce Congress, would be the blunder ant
the crime Of taking in the woodel
horse, within the walls of our Troy
for YOU cannot fail 10 hear the ctank
'S- iRg of armed men within its capaciou
body. Let the horse in, and the mel
Dn within will let themselves loose OF
re all the interests of our more thai
ne Trojan state.
:. Judge Hueston, OF Nashville, whom
C. I met at your house, said on that oc
he casiou that he agreed with me tha
on there should bc conditions preceden
u to the restoration OF those States tt
to the places vacated for the purpose o
s. breaking up our glorious Govern
Il ment. And that utterance (althougl
C he did not specify the conditions.
will swell into harsh thunder, wher
in the ballot box shall give the authori
at tative response.
Mt The country needs settlement, :
ld peace on just understood basis
The South needs, desires this, ant
'n must have it.
We 1t is in vain TO cry "exclusionist'
ne and "secessionist," aud endeavor tC
or make Congress as blameworthy a.
e, Southern destructionists.
OF The South was self excluded. Lik,
the rebels in heaven, they left theil
m first estate, vacated their thrones o
ou glory, and as lar as they could do
e, deiied the government OF God. Blu
ig as the fallen angels could not get ou
ou of Gods domain, nor dissolve thei
ut obligations to his throne, so thes'
Southern rebels have failed in break
by ing the bonds that bind them to obe
,ir dience, and subjugated by our arms
nd they sould consent to such amend
wv ments of our organic laws as will af
lat ford reasonable assurance of safet,
for the future. This l most relig
ts iously believe. / saw Sherman, Shel
raj labarger, Lawrence, Bingham, Clarl
pl and al haro anl stntnl Noup.,p ,,at N n