Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-10-08


s,gn over you and ne I? Dat Il will be,
: all the boNck flag be erected Shall the
higher Law be executed by the President
( the United States over the reign Of the
Constitution and the Lswsf Shall propr-u
= - ssvsAsA with iops~ity yssy yss4
viii find hundreds that will say, and they
,eg.n slIesdx. ~ SOY, @ wait, wait TOR
% Ne oseh ~, est sos him 70 do some
Tell me, will any person enter
aiming tsel.ngs Of self respect, having the
'pistt lhd courage o. . man. welt to prepare
Tor wsr whilst its cloud is Ia the horizon,
ls,ii after the declaTz alton OF war il made |
Tell me, il he hosting Of the black repub
ican Dag In the hands Of an adventure, born l
in . nsighboring state, . not
i'll begotten Ia this very city, tell me IL the !
hosting Of the black flag over you by a
bas,ssd, whilst the arms Of
civil war are slready clashing, is not 10 b.
deemed an over act aud declaration OF
war Well sir, you will not only hear the
cry, wait wait and that, too, IN The sa-
cred name of the Union, thai can only be
saved by action now, they will aay wait.
wait, wait, not only 10 the sacred name OF
conservatism. which they are crushing. but
they will 20 further Ny friend Mr..
Sc ott) asked this evening what Southern
man would dave 10 take office under Ere
mont Itell hin man after man, can lay
my fnger upon ,hsm-that will say : 90,
you viii allow NJ 10 take Office, because w
vii, go in 10 protect your rights They
will have us wait that they may have the
privilege OF holding Office: II yce ssbmit
TO the election Of Fremont, You will prove
what Seward and Bnrlingame have said, to
be true--that the South cannot be kicked
out Of the Union
There viii be no limit TO aggression.
There will be IN uolinieed. deGSsding
submission. In THE state Of things, what
do " ssss The farce Of lsgssds@aio
played BY parties, pretending to be op-
posed to ssch other, every day, st every
convention, and every meeting OF the
psople-prstending to quarrel and then
eusing those that styls Themselves old
line whigs calling them selves the 'osher'
psrsy, and the Know Noshines calling
themselves the 'tother' party. Lsugh.
tor and Cheses.l The vhiee bold Coo
vention, and you see ie foil Of Know.
| Nothings; end the Know. Nothiogs hold
. Convention, and you zee it full oil
whigs; and they claim 70 be The "other'
party or the "tother" party, according
TO the circumstances, while they are OIL
fusing in the North and distracting ths
South. How long are you Southern go.
pie to DO honeyfuggled, cajoled ssd
cheated out Of your rights sud pescs
and social safety, by this sort Of legsr'
demain? believe, confidently believe,
that the God Of nasions hiss 40 eye over
the destiniss Of this land, and that the
eyes Of the people will be open before
the day OF election, and that they vii
not DO allowed to strike the blows o.
blind gisnts upon the constitution. and
thereby involve oil in ono Discriminate
ruin. Loud ohesrs.] hope and trus
in God that We shall be saved from sucl
a calamity. [Cheers.l He 10 . deadl
enemy to his country; he is Q dastard
he 10 . demon; he 10 guilty o
the sin Of Cain; he 10 the worst OF mur
derers-s fratricide, who would, with
out sufficient cause, light the 6smes o
civil war. But,
Rather than wcsr dishonorrd chsins,
Or follow cAptives ut the trophied car,
| Give US again tho witness Of our woods,
Aud the n.rce iresiolu OF our srt At forefAtbets
Tremendous cheering. ! would presc
1 p0uCcs WOubu votC sos PO"SS Po"S
and honor. [Cheers.l Look up to hesv
en-, or, turning, look down upon th
Garth Of Our native land, and ask your
selves, tell yourselves the answer to th
| question, which 10 sverlastingly OCCUR
ine to me-what will you DO il this proc
lamation Of war 10 made? Do you as
inc what will do1 say to you that
reserve my answer for the present. Con
| sidsring the question deliberately, oahu
", end being we'll fortified in the though
1 deliberately say to you that | will d
whatever you will back me 10 to save u
or die. (Tremeodous spplauss.l la
making no threats. | will remember II
oath | have tskon to preserve the const
tuition and defend the rights Of the pee
ple-I will fight for them, il must 6gh
to save, not to destroy. Enthusiast,
( applause. War 10 terrible thing, an
W have Ill to remember that II it bt
! gins, it will not only be the Mort
/ against the South, It will be u OWL WI
Of ghborhoods for liberty against de-
cotism right against power
fCbeersl Oar enemies will remembs
shat il they have minority 10 virgini'
We have Q minority in New Englsn,
New York and Ohio, and everywhel
North. IL they have their fifty or ski
thousand left them in the Stste of Virg
MIA in svory Northern State ws hav
hundreds Of thousands OF arms that al
with US. Tremendous cheers. Yo
have more than your own power at hom
The saddest reflection to me is, that
such a crisis there will be found mar
traitors amongst us. But if We may he,
| enough to do with these few at hom
the black republicans have enough to d
with the thousand. that are still left
the Northern Ststes, to battle for ii
Union and tho rights Of all. rermel
doue cheers. Virginia has not depop,
lated herself without some return Of Il
bread che has csst on the waters. Thel
10 many heart in every state OF Il
Union that hss gone from the home Of
Virgins family; many On arm that W.
conceived in the womb Of q Virgini
mother that will, when the dogs Of ",
! | are let slip, be raised in vindicatioo {
her rights. Loud cheers. We ha'
friends across the water too, az we'll I
, | foes, who will cry havoc 10 such q wa
, [Chesrs.l What they consider our Vel
. weakness will prove to be orr strsngs
$ With proper knowledge of military di
cipline, I will prove that our faithf
slavss can and will repel the black r.
publissns, and their trsitoro . allie
: who may invade us.
al These remarks we're hsilsd With vooi
erous cheers.
Il The meeting then ssperased, It beir
, | within Q few minutes Of IL O'Clock
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