St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-11-28
John Coohran,g Speeoh.

John Coohrany speeoh.
] ii, speech s. ~6Ieht.,.': W. WI n|s1
tract last week. lis Of vital importance, en-
dorsesl a. iti.b1 Secretary G.meron.1=,lYea
therefore give more ezt.eaaadsd selection,
He said:'"t ~ .ErEiv sasns>s yai.9s bed
=; They have ;resot,ea 10 ::arps,, an,;i' havIss
thereoy senitted'as To resort to arnnliss::-2
lt'it be- selfpreservatioh OH Their part, II
IS no less SELF: preservation ooti ours. ! But
bis friend, the doubter;; exclaimed, .Oh,
would you disrup. and tear fasunder the
Constitution 2"' What vas the Constitu!!
ton whom tss;t:-e ...... .iE aisn4 i. L. i
declare That i IS not Obligatory upon them!
The Constitution, by. the necessity Of the
controversy, was cast beyond The" arena IF
the strife, and there let it rest. sacred and
hallowed, until, Ut the end Of the contro-
versy, it can be restored to its pristine
vigor and ancient brillianey. TO. what
means, then, should we resort in this war
for very existence IA war not prosecuted
merely for victory and its empty honors.
not alone tor the triumphs which E,ovc in
glorious procession along our crowded
streets, but a war for" the protection Of
their homes, their families, and 'for the
maintenance of their domestic uffairs? In
such war we are bound to resort to every
force within our power. ; ~
Suppose, said the speaker, our army Gu
counters myriads Of cotton bales, and We
are able to export those cotton bales to
Europe and receive from them millions
upon millions Of the sinews Of war, do you
say we should not seize the cotton? No.
You are clear upon that point. Suppose
that munitions Of war, that subsistence
fur their army, are within our reach, would
we not be guilty of shameful neglect were
We not to appropriate them to our own
use? Certainly We would. Suppose the
enemy advances against you, would you,
from any sqeamishness, from any false
delicacy, refrain from leveling tho hostile
gun and prostrating then in deAth2 No.
It is your object, it is your purpose
Then, if you seize their property, if you
open their ports, if you destroy their lives,
l ask you whether you will not seize their
slaves? ask you whether you will not
arm their slaves, and whether you will not
carry them by battalions into war against
their masters? CCheers.] What r. You
have no sympathy for white rebels, and
yet you will spare the black slave whom
they use? Why, if it be necessary to save
this government, would plunge. their
whole people, black and white, into one in.
discriminate sea of carnage and slaughter,
and build upon it . Government which
shall be the vicegerent of God. Let us
have no more Of this dallying with peo-
ple's dilate conservatism, this doubling in
Cabinet when your soldiers are perishing
in the field. VT
Soldiers, you know, no such reasoning
as this, You have arms in, your hands,
and those arms are for the purpose of ex-
terminating the enemy until he submits to
law, order, and the Constitution. Then
explode whatever magazine of combusti--
bles is in our way !; set fire to and consume
the cotton export the cotton !; take prop.
crty whenever you find it; confscate prop
erty wherever you find it; take the slave
and bcstow him upon the non stakeholder
if you please; do unto them as they would
do unto you raise up in their midst
party interest against the present skvehol-
der retract their counsels. Do Ill this,
and if that be not sufficient, take the slave
by the hand, place musket in it, and bid
him in Gods name strike for the liberty
Of the human race. [Grcat cheering. ~
This, said Col. Cochrane, was not Adolf
;ionism or Emancipation. Abolitionism
vas to place the slaves above their mas
ters in the social scale. Emancipation
was to free them. THIS war was prosecu
ted for no suci, purpose The South COM
menced the war, and the North was not
for; its consequences, TIE
speaker then stated the proceedings Of the
Charleston Convention to show the DELHI,
crate purpose. on the part Of the leaders Of
the South to p'ecipitate revolution. =
The Louisville Journal is very much iex-
ercised over this plain, common-sense view
Of the case in hand, anil thinks that "if
our beloved country survives the stupidity
Of her defenders, she will become the
pride and masterpiece of the human race."
This is a new specimen Of cool KEN
tucr1 impudence. . The State which is
not able i, defend her homes and iresides
from the hordes Of ruhians she has reared,
condesccnds to accept defence and protec.
ton upon condition that she shall dictate
the terms Of acceptance, in such way as to
govern not Only the policy Of her own
State, but also Of all those States who in
terpose to save her from destruction: } =
Il II reminds IL of the dutchman ewho fell
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