The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-09-06
They roll'd not back
When Canute gave command.

rows another. His repeated prophe.
cies of the ending of the war IN sixty
days, in ninety days; his trucking to
Great Britain, his inordinate ambition,
his remarks about you in Now York,
his versatility, all combine TO arouse
the fears of the people that somebody
will be sold for nothing who cannot
J be redeemed with a price.
When | saw you last week urged
the proverb, "look before you leap
The great question is yet in your own
hands, and | assure you that the loyal
people Of America will rally around
you with all their former enthusiasm,
when they see you standing by your
declarations in the Senate OF 1860 and
1861, y our declarations when Governor
of Tennessee, your declarations wheh
in the inscrutable and permissive PROV
idence of Almighty God, the Head of
the Nation was laid low BY the hand
Of the assassin. and you assumed the
rcins of Government with the declara-
tiOn on your lips that
| "Treason is crime the highest
And be made appear odious."
All, sir, to restore those rebel states
to power without at least the condition
precedent presented by Congress,
would be the blunder and the crime Of
taking in the wooden horse, within
the walls Of our Troy, for you cannot
fdi to hear the clankihg of armed men
within its capacious body. Let the
horse in, and the men within will let
themselves loose on all the interests of
cur more than Trojan state
Judge Hucston, of Nashville, whom
| met at your house, said on that occa-
sion that he agreed with me that there
should be conditions precedent to the
restoration of those states to the places
they vacated for the purpose Of break
ing up our glorious Government, And
that 1tteranee (although he did not
specify the conditiohs) will swell into
harsh thunder. when the ballot box
Shall give the authoritative response
The country needs settlement, a
peace on Just. and understood basis.
The south needs, desires this, and must
have it.
1t is in vain 10 cry "e&cusionist"
and "secessionist," and endeavor to
make Congress as blameworthy as
southern destructionists
The south was self excluded. Like
the rebels in heaven, they LETT their
first estate, vacated their thrones of
glory, and as far as they could do it
defcd the government of God. But as
the fallen angels could not get out Of
Gods domain, nor dissolve their obi
cations TO his throne, so these southern
rebes have failed in breaking the
bonds that bind them to obedience, and
subjugated by our arms, they should
consent to such amendments OF our or
ganic laws as will afford reasonable
assurance of safety for the future
This | most religiously believe. | saw
Sherman, ShelIabargcr, Lawrence,
Bingham, Clark and others, and stated
your most urgent objections to the ac.
ton of Congress, IN that Congress has
not said ,hat these amendments shall
be a finaIty, or that the states shall be
admitted Immediately on the rat
ifcation by them of the amendments
Each one of these gentlemen declar-
ed in favor of said finality or admis
sion, and told me that they would see
10 il that such u decaratory act should
be passed at the present Congress, il
that was any obstacle in the way.
| also advised them to call caucus
of the Union members, and appoint II
committee Of conference to see you and
if possible adjust the matter so that we
can again co operate in the mainten-
ance of the integrity of our glorious
country, and you have the peerless
honor Of building the waste places and
raising up the foundations tor many
generations, and ne called "The repair
er Of the breacb;' 1.-The restorer of paths
to dwell in" Isaiah, So chap, l2verse
"Then shall thy light break forth as
the morning, and thine health shall
spring forth speedily, and thy right
cousness shall 20 before thee; the glory
of the Lord shall be thy reward. -
Verse s.
"Then shalt thou call, and the Lord
| shall answer. Thou shalt cry, and He
shall say, Here am. And if thou
draw out thy soul to the hungry (he
freedmen) and satisfy the afflicted soul.
then shall thy sight rise in obscurity
and the darkness be as thy monday,
and the Lord shall guide thee contin-
ually, and thou shalt delight thyset
in God, and he will cause thee (with
tho pcople) TO ride upon the high pla.
ces of the earth, and feed thee with
the heritage OF thy fathers. Yer
ii.
Dear sir, pardon the freedom with
which / have addressed you. Ny love
to my couutry-my regards for you,
: and for your fame-tho assurance in
my mind that you, abrve any other
man, can lay your rignt hand on the
north and your left hand on the south,
and "be the Mediator of the new Gov
: enant founded on better promises,
and thus serve your country In this
critical hour to better effect than jack
son or Lincoln both have done, or
, could do (for prevention is better
than cure;) and such an opportunity
comes hut seldom in centuries.
MY dear sir, let me beg you to pause
and think and pray, and abide with
the friends who elevated you TO power,
: with the assurance of your cO'opera-
. ton in securing the nationality Of our
land on a just basis and lasting tounda'
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