The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-09-19
Speech OF Rev. VIM. IL. Garter.

We make the following extracts from
an eloquent speech recently delivered in
Cincinnati by Rev W B Carter Of East
Tennessee. The speech was short, and
the extracts comprise near y the whole 0!
it. The hall in which it was delivered
and its galleries were crow ded. The ad
dress was received with great deal of
enthuslasm aud vehement applause /:
While it affords me much pleasure to
appear before you to night, this pleasure
is mingled with pain. My heart is over
whclmcd with sorrow when | remember
why it is that |, stranger, unknown to
You, occupy this place iii your presence.
Why is it that we have been brought
face to face? Why am | among stran-
gers, while the loved ones at home are at
this hour mourning over my absence
But | find pleasure III my new and
strange position. Here ! have found
true friends, whose names, if should
live, in coming years mus. become famil-
lar to my children. But find higher
pleasure in the knowledge Of the fact
that the heart Of the assembly in whose
presence ! stand beats in perfect unison
with my own touching that great and
magnificent Inheritance which we have
received from our fathers: that as the
Jewish people always turn their faces to-
wards Jerusalem when they worship God
even so you aud every day fix our eyes
on the capital Of our country aud for its
safety pray; that like them both YOU and
| daily pray that the footsteps of the
proud ururpcr may never tread the halls
Of the temple Of Freedom, the founda-
tions OF which were laid by the Father of
his country very much fear that you
do not realize the full and terrible mean
ing of the word secession. The sun ap-
pears quite small to the naked eye but
it is body Of vast dimensions. SO of
secession, 1t has seemed as but speck
upon the horizon to you and to our ru-
!crs.
But it is great in all its parts. 1t is
terrible in its march. 1t consumcs-it
kills and destroys all that is good and
lovely wherever it goes. Liberty cx-
pires beneath its consuming rays. 1t
turns the friend Of form days into a
relentless and cruel enemy. 1t trans
forms the gentle and beautiful female in
to Gend of he'll. The followers of Sc
ccs-ion at once thirst for Hood on
ly for the blood Of Yankoes-but also for
the blood Of ttie"ds Of ,tormer years,
dc. | am Il stakeholder, and my an.
cestors, for three generations, have
been Shareholders therefore cannot be
charged with any prejudice against slave
ry; but tell you before, that regard
the union OF the States as Of infinitely
more value than all the negroes in Amer
ica, and Africa too. Nay, 90 further,
and say that, if the prosecution of this
war and the purpetuty of the Union re-
quiro that African slavery shall die, then
say let it perish
There are two reasons for this attempt
ed revolution; the first is, that certain
wickcd-very wicked, proud, insolent,
ambitions, overbesrIug, despicabe men
have lost power. -ls Gov. Johnson
said "He didn't eject our man" They
found out that the mud sills' were CON
trolling The de.tinies Of our country, and
would control them forever. krow
some of those proud southsons they
can't bear that a rail-splitter should be
president over them Now, | respect a
rail,splitter who has had energy enough
to make himself President Of the Uni
ted States. They don't like rail split
ter that, when a boy, tished up and down
! this river for his dinner They could not