The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-02-22
, love their country, to raise their voices

This is the first step. and il must be a
preliminary step, taken to enable tile Gen
eral Government to enforce lis laws. IA
voiee-"And shall be- ,-.
Consider the nature of our institutions ;
a government OF laws and these laws rest
ing ultimately upon the will of the govern
ed. . assE s.. -s s4-.a.r - .sr
BY what means can You enforce the
laws in communities embracing the fifteen
Southern States, if the whole population
there resist them!
You may send army after army, AMI
though you conquer IN every conflict, each
victory would be as mournful as defeat,
for the blood which YOU should spill would
be your brothers and your countrymeu' 5
blood. (Cheers.)
And thongh you should subdue your
own country men il their own homes, the
only consequence would be that you must
send army after army to keep them into
subsection. ..--sr. ~ .Hs at
l can conceive of no greater social or
political evil then the armed antagonism
OF the entire North, however great its
power and its resources against the entire
South. -.
Once commenced, the angel Of domestic
peace will have fled from the northern
continent for more than a generation OF
men.
Who shall be willing to portray the
horrors Of such war!
May Heaven grant that my ears may be
sealed, and that my eyes may be closed
before they should be doomed 10 look upon
or to listen to the recital Of the Inevitable
horrors of such a catastrophe.
May God in his mercy forbid that the
exhausted soil Of any American State sho'd
be renovated by the fattening influences Of
the blood Of It's citizens.
Let it never be said that this - land
hath made such shameful conquest Oft
self. Ms .. ..,a.
At all events, ye men Of Boston, We men
OF Massachusetts, ye men Q. New Eng land,
while, If, in the providence Of God, tle;m
petuosity of our Southern fellow citizens
orthe unyielGing spirit of our Northern
fellow citizens should involve this people,
whose whole policy is peace, in the dread
tul calamities Of ciyilwar, we should all be
nr i.aoi fn ~, - o' : 90 G''.e ','I a.
.cnnntrv s,;J Iot naoE af ,'l'r ', J"' " ,'o,' .
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agency Of mine kindIed or added fuel to
those devastating flames. No sacrifice,
hald ,,l,r,n,.l, f,oI hor',;,,s,
faar 49, ',' - '''' - 80 :
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cease Oroloro,aI annIansa1 III. voi.o
IF n9rtv rann0l T. I,.i1I MIX. ,,'e l,,',ll
If his Storm
The t;ua his CANA y,Lon oyory ,rpa
man sbonII thr.,y al ,.,rt,, .tr.,,,,,,I. ;,
the Winds
honor boil, Mr. Sa,yar1anI NJ. Adam.
fpro,ouaed cleerjro and erie, or"Good,
"a yoIce-,.Lel lem never he nqr,aI !,
this hall again w,lh apDrob,,ion"-C,ies
Of "Put him out',-Nr Stevooson-nDou',
for Gods sake pnt \ man ont of ganeuiI
Hall ''-Mr. Saitonsta!l-. rrooosc three
cheers for Charles Francis Adam, The
cheers were given very hemtily.1 thounh
it has been nv lot to differ from both. be-
cause they lave lifted themselves above
the level of their party platforms, So that
/ they can see tie storm that is gathering
on tho horizon Of their country, an
pIause) ...
Are you a Republican in name, (voiaes.
"No, no. be Il Republican III fact, "a
voice, 81 ann and realize that you have
no moral or Ieral right to Interfere Ujl,,
the local laws of any community except
that which you are a member Of, anl
consi.iel WHEELER parties and oreanizttio
in fee states upon the sdl let of ,layery
may not Ge in derogation Of the rights o.
others. w. ..-- .ra ......#I. -.
Whios, Democrats. Repnblicans. Amer
icans-ail-bring al yonr party banners
all your partizan watchword., all tie stuff
,hat party platforms is made Of, III vour
party animosities AMI aiI vour party pre-
Notwithstanding them all and lay them,
ae = burnt ciIar:u.,. ,lD0n the attl Of ye,uI