M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-08-09

GolS, " OlE WuulS--dHu ~ YOU w ltOl
like them, you must 60 back to Mas
sachusetts, where you will 'fnd better
ones. [Applause.l So it is in the
Southern States. If you OF Massa.
chnsetts, or we of Illinois go toI
Charleston or to New Orleans, it does
not become us to tell those people that
they have bad laws and bad institu.
tions, which we do not like. They
are their institutions Ifthey be good
ones, let them enjoy the blessings of.
them--if they are evil institutions, let
them bear the burthen and the evils
they entail until they become wise
enough to change them and make
better ones. Applause. And espe-
cially, when you go to Kansas, or to
New Mexico, you will find body Of
men there possessing more Of the ele
ments Of energy, OF courage, Of enter
prise, and Of intellect, than you will
find in any State Of the Union; for !
suppose that | may utter one great
truth, without fear of offence, being q
Yankee, like the balance of you, by
saying that New England is an emil
grating country, and whenever New
England farmer has TWO sons, the Que
a little wild, daring, reckless, but in.
tellectual, he thinks the valley where
he was born little too small q thea.
tire for his operations, and starts off
West, goes into the wilderness or.
upon thepgGiries, and carves out his
own fortune, and makes man of him
self, by his own energies. The other
brother being, perhaps, a little moro
obedent to Observation-Disclosures, a little
less ambitious, aElHtle less energetic.
and a little more lazy had rather stay at
home and be supported by lis daddy
and nanny, than to 90 West, and
support himself. TGreat merriment. 1
Hence, if you 90 to the frontier. YOU
will find men OF the highest capacity
of any in the known world. These
men go from Massachusetts, from
Vermont, from South Carolina, from
VIRGINIA from Gernonv trnro Iro.
land from all parts OF the world. and
whcn th,y oct there thew curve ont
thair own homps eroct thnir own
honseq. Inv ont tbeir own towns erect
.thair own churches establish 4heir
own schools and rn nIlcoos and law
,haro ,ho f,rndatinn. Gi, soc;ntn am1 m
esTahI;sh inst s,,eb institution, ~ fbny
|bniieve viii be best for themselves and
thcir Dostcrity forever. T"Good y
..uoolI5 and applause / believe
tint thcy are entitled t. thai great
privilege OF solfgovernment. 1t Won't
do for you to tell them that . partcu,
lar system OF laws is good and anolh.
er bad, and therefore they must not
have it. They have an inalienable
right 10 determine for themselves what
is good and what is bad. That is
their privilege aud not yours. You
Judge for youFselYass lot them deter,
mine for themselves. They are re-
sponsible to tie same Divine Provi-
derco as You are. They have got con
sciences Of theirOwn, as well as YOU
They leave children behind them TO
be blessed CT to be cursed by the acts
of their fathers, aS well as yen. Let
them work ont their own salvation;
make their own laws; establish their
own institutions; manage their own
affairs in their own way; and be re-
Sponsiblo to posterlty aud to the AL
mighty, but to no other power ON
earth. Applause, and cries OF good ]
Gentlemen, l AID not come here to
make speech to You butin the pres.
ence OF that monument, and inspired
by the place and by the noble deeds of
those immortal men to whose virtues
and patriotism that work was erected,
my attention was unayoidably direct
ed to the consideration OF the great
principles involved in that memorable
struggle. That principle was, re-
peat, the inherent, inalienable right,
of the people-the people of colonies,