Year: 1863

ill claimed it to be the duty of every man to sta


up for it whether he believed it right or wror
= did so, for printed the Cincinnati Enqr
a rer about that time voice: l wish v
1y printed it now Well, I don't if it advoc
a ted the same principles as now How I pour
IN hot shot into those who opposed the war! Ho
n fired whole broadsides at Tom Corwin an
u where is he cow The brightest intellect II
nobest man the old Wing party ever had i
le Ohio-they hardly own him now, having sho-
J. ed him off to Mexco-a striking coincidence
g the very country whose cause he cbampionet
: A brighter light never went out than CcrwinF


when he and the whole hecatombs of Wings fe
n under their opposition to the nations war
f Don't let US reverse the record to-day, an
>. place ourselves in the unfortunate position ou
{ political opponents then occupied. | tell Vol
: you cannot pursue this hostility to the wa
i without bringing reproach upon yourselves a
+ a party and as individuals, Let me say Il
! you, young men, who are fighting in the rank;
2 Of the Democratic party to-day, beware how
you tread on that platform. It is unsound
aud the reprOach will follow you in all your


future years. You cannot wipe it cut. 1t
will be said Of you, and to you children, and
to your children's children, that man was or
posed to putting down the most wicked re-
belIion the world ever knew and when that
brand is put upon you, it will mark you as an
enemy to your country Young man, let me
beg Of you turn back go with that party no
longer which adopts such treasonable policy
Let your energies go with and for your Gov.
ernment in putting down the rebellion Don't
cover yourself with inlamy, by taking upon
yourself the reputation of trying to strike
down the efforts of the Government in suppress
sing this rebellion.


Y ou must conquer this rebellion, or submit
to a recognition Of the Southern Coniederacy
Yen can do but one of these two things it is
! folly to attempt anything else, for there can
not exist slave Conederacy and free Con
/ federacy side by side on this continent They
could not live together. Say, more than that,
1 lervently believe that the great God himself
| intended but one nation should occupy this
country. He gave us the lakes for our north
ern boundary, and the rivers stretching to the
seas, upon whose waters are born our com
merce TO the nations of the world while man
has done all that can be done by science to
bind us together. by means of railroads which
tAt At6Ilu ilhG lHt5uty liuhS All ONGi AuC lduu-
You must conquer the whole country, or aban-
don the whole country; you must preserve
Ibis as one Government, or see it rent in twen-
ty or fifty different factions.


Ihave not proposed to-day to argue with
you the question Of secession, but l say to you
that that dogma, so destructive Of every prin-
cipe upon which this Republic is based, must
oe crushed out, or there will be no unity or
national life hereafter. l think old jackson
settled the question of secession wien he knock
ed Calhoun and his argument down with his
proclamation. think every man in this lard
will deny the right of secession but had
talk with an old friend this morning, whom l
saw here few moments ago. | said 70 him:
Do you admit the wright Of a State TO secede?
i" No, sir, don't" DO you admit The right
Of Washington county to secede from Ohio
g No. Suppose she does it Sc will try TO
coax her back" Suppose she won't be coax
ed back? Il will use gentle force to bring her
back" But suppose she has stolen all your
arms and asks you TO co ne on and fight? Il
will just tell her 'wayward sister go in peace
These were j Ohm Van Buren's words, but he
repented of them. Now take that princi pie
and apply it to the State: How long-but it
would be folly to ask. how long would the
United States hang together-how long would
there be two States pulling together? How
long would it be before you are cut up into
Clans with more chieftains than the Roman |
Empire in the days of its dissolution? How
long would you command the respect Of other
nations, or of yourselves? When you talk to
me about coercing any body, reply that we
coerce men for all the crimes they commit
We coerce men to the PeDitentiary for steal
ing horse; and why on earth shall we not CO.
cree a man for trying to break up this Govern !
ment? To say nothing about constitutional |
argument, common sense forbids the idea
Now you may talk till you are hoarse, we have
got to continue one Government one united |
peope-or be divided into factions, each sub
iect to danger from every other in the land.


Then is there any doubt in the mind Of any |
man. as to his duty in this contest? There !
can not be. We must settle this matter, and |
again build up this country God Almighty |
designed ito be, and as we have been trying !
to make it.


This country my friends is the last hope OF
freemeu throughout the world. It is the field |
upon which civilization has fourished, and |
science begun 10 accomplish its great
purpose. The nations and the people of the Old !
World are marking its progress from day 10
day, as it enlranchise5 man from every servi-
tude. And are you going to give 1t up?
Young man, can you afford to give to your
posterity heritage worse than that your
father gave to you? If you can, you are
faithless, not only TO your own manhood, but
to your God You are bound to have one
country. one flag. and one destiny. And
what country shall that be? What country
but that you had before the rebellion raised its
paricidaI hand to strike it down? That coun-
tIy, with the incubus of slavery wiped away
a country that has risen again, and is march
ing on to its great destiny. What flag? What
other than that old flag which has given pro-
lection and honor to your siTes and yourselves
from the day of the Declaration to the pres
ent? Stand by it, then; let it be the flag of
the Union restored. raised aot to float forev-
er. Or when it falls if fall il must, let there
be nothing around it but crumbling walls, and
nothing aboveit but the angel that shall speak
the end OF time and the beginning OF eternity.





Correspondence orth. n,llw ,rs Gazstts,I


Erom the goth Regiment.


CAMP NEAR VIcKsBURG, Miss.


june 9th, 1868.


Ed. GAzETTE:-I have deferred writing for
some time anxiousiy expecting | should be
able 10 record the surrender or capture Of
Vicllsburg, by the victorious legons of the
army of the West Thus fur the redoubtabe
stronghold has bid defiance to our unceasing
ef,,rts to gain an easy entrance. This makes


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