Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-09-06

that or the other division Of political parties
When we assemble around the grave of
T neighbor, and hear those words that havt
: riven SO many hearts, "EIrth TO earth, dus
TO DUST ashes TO ashes and Eear tine creakin!
T of the cord as the remains are lowered to the
final resting place, the strifes of passion ar,
= hushed in the bosom, and we remember onI,
: that we are men-inqnirc net what were thu
political views IF the dead Or living. At mid
: night you hear the cry of fire !" You rusl
1 into the street, and find your neighbors dwell
ling in flames. 1t is fcund that in the terror
= of the moment a mother has left her infant il
: the chamber. The flames hiss through ever,
crevice, the rafters tumble, The cindcrs crum
Q bic, and another and another makes the at
tempt, till at last ole is lost in the flames =
5 Every eyeball is strained, every heart papi
: tates. every breath is hushed, every muscle
, stands out like whipcords, aud all believe ht
is lost but finally he appears and restores the
loved and lost to its swooniug m Jthar, but nc
one inquiries to what political party t,e belongs
When the citadel of our country is in flames
when the edfce that Washington and Frank
lin and their associates erected. is in flames, ii
becomes US, whatever may have been our 20.
litical procliTilies before to rise far above all
other considerations, and to keep this citidal
from destruction. [Cheers,J l cannot afford
to turn away from my duty because political
opponent is acting with me, nor to stay from
duty because a political friend deserts me-
No; must 60 on and discharge great duty.
1 hold it to be the first duty Of every citizen,
Of every party to aid in restoring ng-if restored
SIT can be this great ard good government
| EChoerS, and cries Of "rhat's true doctrine =
Previous to the last political election, this
country was ct peace with the world and it
was in, the enjoyment Of greater privileges
than any other Government on earlh there
was no people so blessed in every ratification
of society. This mighty sea OF happy faces
before me teatifes to the fact that they have
been in the enjoyment of civil and religious
freedom. Aud SO it was from the N,c,h to
the South, and from the East to the West,
with over thirty millions Of people, unopppres-
sed by Government, bat every one enjoying
the fruit of his own industry, and literally
more to rrolest or make him afraid. Then,
what cause is there for this great disturbance :?
Why is it that one portion of this country is
in arms against another? Let us nGuire the
cause of the complaint first, and then see five
can prescribe remedy afterward. We ali
agree that the grievance is most serious. But
what is the true way Of pltting down what
shall term a rebellion? And we can all agret
in one thing that rebellion is either right or
wrong, justifable or unirstitabe--to be ap'
proved CT condemned, as q whole IF it is
right for portion of this country to take up
arms against this Government, t is right 10
/ in, fbn,-
they should be put down by the power Of the
people. EApplausa.l There is no halfway
house in this m4.ter-ro, tarrying place be
! tween sustaining the Government, anl at
tempting its overthrow. There is no peace
proposition that viii suit the case until the
rebellion is first put down. Applause. II
| And were / in favor, or disposed TO tamper
with this rebellion, or aid or countenance It.
would go and take up arms with them. Be
cause, if it is right for them to take UP arms
it is right for them to have armed aid aud
assistance. If they are wrong, if they are
guilty Of treason, and murder, and arson, then
they should be overthrown by the Whole. row
Ter Of the Government. Applause, and cries
of "good"1; and put down SO that no ressur
rectiou day will ever find rebellion again
FReuewed applquse.l Now 1 believe 1 am
one of those Who in former years, thought that
sectional discussions put in jeopardy the we'll
being Of the Union. I believe nQw, as then
that there never was a sectional controversy
that Justified this, or any armed rebellion.
believe this rebellion did not arise out Of sec
tional agitation, but from bIinl. wicked
reckless ambition. End | believe il is the
duty Of every man, woman, and child to raise
an arm against it to crush il. Our Con5titu-
tion is fever to be put down. An insdis
tinct voice in the crowd" Compromise =
What does my friend say, compromise -
Well. I will get at compromise" before gel
through. Laughter ard rheers.l believe
in the integrity of the Union | believe in the
integrity of the Constitution believe in sas
taining both by the power Of the )vernmsnt
Bat they say, You would pct coercc Il State 2
! No; would not coeFcu Z Sojatc. have saa
| would not cacrce a State first, becnusa it IS
! impracticable because you cannot c1eFce Il
State. Sec cnad, because it woa.l Ja unjust Ia
coerce State in its domestic. policy if ii could
be done. But ynu may cocTce rtballion in
State until You give that State an opportunity
to act through lis loyal citizens in its duties to
! the Union. Aud [ would cocrce rebellion
wherever could find it. You may not Co
cree community, bat yoI may coerce its
thieves and muTdercrs.. You may cocrce
State criminals, and thus enable the State and
its loyal citizens to fulfill their relations in the
| Government Of the Union. IL we can sustain
our Union, If we eau uphold our Constitution,
it is not By compromising with rcbellion-it
| is by putting down rebellion. and making our
! -,:.T. e
| voice-"There is your Democracy And OF
all men living, Democrat is the last man
who can take stand against the Constitution
Of his country. Cheers.l a Democrat lives,
and moves, and has bis being IN the Constitu
| ton. lie cannot Iva outside OF, or in opposi-
ton to, the Conatitufion. Hc must sthnd by
/ the Constitution in all its parts. 1t was that
doctrine that gave the Democratic party its
| power and ascendeney in the times Of Jefferson,
of Madison, and Of that old hero, Andrew
Jackson. Just in. proportion as the Denoc-
racy has wandered from the Constitution, Just
in the same proportion have they gone down.
| And f they had been faithful and stood fully
up to their own doctrines, all the Abolition
parties of the earth, and all the Republican
parties Of the earth, and all the combined
powers of the earth could never have put down
the Ord Democratic party. Cries Of "'Fhar
is so, and cheers. have ever believed in
the justice of Democracy, and believe in it
today as much as ever. And believe it to
be my duty to stand upon tire ramparts Of the
Constitution, and deena it from all foes
whether they come from the North, the South
the East or the West. tCheers.l My fellow
Democrats, supposing there are saca men in
my hearing, [Cries "Ihere are" There are,
suppose Brecknrldge had been elected, Gar
rison, and Wendell Phillips and the. Aboli
tionfsts of the New England Staiea generally