The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18
FINDIAY OHIO, FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 49,
must be maintained. In the Union

if possible, out of it if necessary
peaoeably if we may, forcibly if We
must" Jefferson Davis said, ," say
as | said on a former occasion, in the
contingency of the choice of Presi
dent on the platform of MIR. Stewards
Rochester speech, let the Union be
, dissolved, let the great but not the
greatest of evils come" MIR. Clay Of
/ Alabama, said, "The South will never
, submit to the government of Presi
dent protesting your political faith"
Senator Brown, of Mississippi, said,
/ want Cuba, l want Tamaulipas,
Potosi, and one or two other Mexican
States-and l want them all for the
same reason-for the planting and
spreading of Slavery, and footing
in Central America, will powerfully aid
in acquiring those other States. Yes,
want these countries for the spread
OF slavery. The election of Mr.. Sew
ard, or any other man of his party, is
not per Sc, justitiable ground for dissolv-
ing the Union; but the act of putting
the government in the hands of such
men ought to be resisted, even to the
disruption of every tie that binds us
to the Union.' VIM. L. Yancey said
at the Charleston Convention, 81 want
the Cotton States precipitated into
revolution At the same time and
place, John L. Morgan said, eff had
the power, l would dissolve this gov
eminent in two minutes Geo. Gale
said, "Let us break up this rotten,
sinking and oppressive government. {"
Daniel Hubbard said, "Resistance, re
sistance to the death is what we want
now." These latter vile utterances
were part and parcel of the speeches
made at the Democratic National Con
vention at Charleston in 1860. They
were all made by Democrats; they
were listened to by Democrats; and
not one single delegate from all this
broad land had the manhood or the
patriotism to cry, sTreason, treason
Such were the threats with which the
Democratic party sought to bully and
browbeat the people to vote for their
candidates. But undeterred, mmov-
ed as the Rock of Ages, thereby, the
Republican party, for its first national
candidate for the Presidency cast I,34O-
els votes against l,224,7 given to
James Buchanan, who was elected, not
by the votes of the people, but by
State lines. The slave states, with the
single exception of Maryland, moving
in an unbrOken column for Democra-
cy, the two great free States, New
York and Ohio, leading in the march
of Liberty. Never was there a more
spirited canvass,nor one which called
out more fully the strength of parties,
than that of 1856. The Republican
party, thoroughly aroused by the op-
erations of the Fugitive Slave Law of
1850, by the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise in 1854, by the Ostend
Circular, by the civil war and Border
Rnffianism in Kansas, girded itself
for the fight, led by gallant and unex-
candidates, inspired by ev-
cry consideration of humanity, regard
ing slavery already as 4 stain upon the
government, which stung and smarted
like a wound, went into the canvass Of
1856 like Cromwell into battle, with
prayer upon the lips. invoking a just
God to judge the Right. The election
of their candidates was lost, but hu
manity and the cause of Liberty had
made a glorious Sabbath days sjourney.
There can be no doubt but from and
after the election of 1856, Southern
Democracy, aided and abetted in the
North by such men as Jesse ID. Bright,
Dan. Voorhees,, Chiffon White, G. L.
Vallandigham, Geo. II. Pendleton and
Horatio Seymour, set itself to work
by all the instrumentalities in its pow
er to destroy the Union. The REBEL
ion was delayed until 1861. But the
causes which led to it were of anterior
date. Southern Democracy would not
accept the Fugitive Slave Law, the
breaking down Of the Compromise line,
the introduction of Slavery into New
Mexico and Utah, (for it had reached
the ssth parallel of north latitude),
and the bred Scott decision, with
squatter sovereignty. Their ultimatum
At Charleston was slave-code for the
territories and the repeal of all laws
prohibitory OF the foreign slave trade.
They were determined to break up the
government. and, unlike their northern
allies they sought no apology for their
action. They made no complaint of
personal liberty bills-of the few IA.
natical abolitionists who, like them
selves, had declared against the Union.
They never thought Of the reasons, so
utterly false, as that given by the Ohio
Dsmocracy-that the North had not
performed its duty to the South. They
simply sought-without.any declama
tion or manifesto of the causes which |
should lead to the separation-to found |
q now empire, the rock and foundation
of which should be human slavery.
Never since the crime of Cain was so |
foul deed so unblushingly attempted.
And now we come to period-a mark !
ed period in the history OF parties.-i
These are the two parties pointed out
by Douglas-the patriots and traitors
the patriots first exhsusting all reason.
able means of reconciliation, but refu- |
sing all devilish Crittenden compromi-
Tylerized Border Conventions
firm in their faith that truth and |,
right and justice would prevail and
determined to do their duty, though
the Heavens should fall-formed an
invincible host, a gallant and mighty
multitude Of patriot hearts, banded
together to defend the life of their
government and sustain the honor of
their flag.
Ineed not tell you what traitors did.
Every line of their history is written
in the black book of fate, with the
blood of 100000 of the noblest and
bravest patriot hearts that ever beat
for freedom. What a history it is |
Great God! do not the angels look
down and weep over the untimely
graves of those murdered men?
But there is a class of men who,
without the courage to take arms and
fight the battles of treason, urged it
on, abetted and supported it. Some
from the first. Others, having started
right, turned their backs upon the
government in its hour of trial, and !
said "peace, peace,' when justice and
and the cause of God and
man said, "7here shnH be no peace, until
Right is vindicated-until there is sub
to law-until q people who