The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-07-26


of you have said so to me: and inasmuch
as every gentleman from the North has
been challenged to give the name of any
Southern man who has dared TO breathe
one word in favor Of Freedom, therefore,
TO avoid being asked so to do, come up
to the confessional, or shall without
hesitation name the gentleman to this
Convention. ( Cheers and laughter! J
Al length Hon. Kenneth Rayner, OF
North Carolina. arose and stated that he
had so said and took this occasion - say
that he considered the repeal Of the Mis-.
souri, Compromise wrong and an out.
rage, TO which the North ought not TO
submit. He said if he had been,a mem.
ber Of Congress he would have had his
right hand severed from his body before
he would have consented 10 the iniquity.
Gov. Brown, OF Tennessee, said he
had state d that it was wrong and unjust
TO repeal that act, but inasmuch as it
was past. lie was opposed to agitation on
the subject by reinstatingit.
Four or five more, at this point, took
the floor at once, Ford remarking pleas.
antly, keep cool gentlemen: we are 60
ing to have an interesting class meeting
here; but come up 10 the confessional
one al a time" Laughter long and
loud! A number Of other gentlemen
confessed in substance what Governor
Brown did,l
Mr.. Ford proceeded by saying "an
open confession was good for the soul, "
and he hoped the gentleman would learn
another truiSm. The only way TO get
rid Of guilt was 10 "rePent and sin no
more" All we ask ofyou, gentlemen,
is TO do right, remembering that there
are eternal and unchangeable principles
of right, which no circumstances can va
ry, and which God himself may not dis.
lurb.
By your confession this day, coupled
with your action you place yourselves in
the condition ofa THEFT who having bro
ken into your house and got possession ol
your money, you detect and arrest
You say to bin, "yop william! what are
you doing, thus invading my most sa-
cred rightS!" The theft comes up to
the confessional, as our friends have
this day, saying. 81 know | have inva-
ded your most sacred rights: confess
| have committed an outrage and inhict.
a great injury upon you. have bro
ken into your house and stolen your
money. have done this mean thing
| regret it, deplore it; but inaSmnch, not
withstanding, nevertheless, as l hare
got in no,U let there be no disturbance
between me and thee. | both fear and
dislike agitation. Let US just settle this
difficulty. You just step out and let me
keep your house and the money tool"
( Loud cheering and laughter.
This is a ridiculous light in which we
view you Southern gentlemen out in
Ohio. { Here a MissipPian interrupts
him by saying. This line was worth
nothing, Of no value TO any person.
Ford proceeded by saying: That is beau
tiful! you will steal our property and fol
excuse say, "'ts valueless." Return
the stolen goods and let the owner fxthe
value. Ifit was but an old jack knife
It's not yours. Come up like men and
do this great thing. Confess your wrong
and do right-always remembering tha
TO do right and avoid the wrong is the
great end oiour being. Don't you gen
ilemen of The South, shrink away from
this contact with truth; don't entrea
you, through falsehood or hyPocricy
meanness or fraud, attempt 10 hide your
selves from the open eyes OF lofty Honor
| [ Long continued applause.
You Southern gentlmen have said yer,
pretty things about the Union. We' to-
are devoted to this Union; first, last, AM
all the time; and we do not make SIa
very a condition precedent to our attach
ment to this Union, either. Can you sa
as lnuchl Thank God! we Of the We;
have higher, holicr and more patriotic
motives. We are devoted to this UnioI
because ere long, by its PerPetuity an'
advancement, we expectto to become a.
empire oil Freedom everywhere! lCheef
long and loud. Every public demonSlra
lion | have attended here, patriotic gen
tlemen have attempted to turn into
Union saving machine-until am sic
at the endless prating about the Union
being fully satisfied that they say negr
once and mean negro three times!
The Union, rest assured, is in no dar
ger, We of Ohio do not intend to 60 oil
Of the Union, or let anybody else do 81
+ Loud cheering ] And if you fllibu'
ttering South Carolina gentlemen thin
of going out of the Union, please take
reti ospeclive view OF your past lives an
. YOU will find this is not the first time yo
have tried 10 kick out of the traces
And if YOU make the trial, it will not b
the first time you are kicked back! kt
I member old "By the Eternal broug'
YOU up standing once, and we OF IN
D Central North States have determined
= do so whenever necessary. (ApPlause
The gentleman from Virginia asks,
p we are so devoted to the Union at tn
n North. how il comes TO pass that we n
. ,urn such men as Hale, Wilson an
Chase to the Senate2 will answer hi
!. fully and fairly. 1t is the South tn
j brought such men into notice POLITICAL! U!
/, Al the North continued agitation OF tt
e peace of the Union for the purpose OF e.
T. tending Slavery, brings into notice IL
9 A. North of uiant intellect ar