Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-08-22
EIo0uent and Patriotic Speech
Of Judge VIM. Given.

cellent speeches were made. The following is
SYNOPSIS of that of JUDGE WILLIAM GIVEN.
1t has the ring OF the true metal. We have
known JUDGE G. intimately for many years and
would as soon believe that the sun would cease
TO shine, as that he would falter in his duty TO
his country in this hour Of her great need
Read it and hand it TO your democratic neigh
bors:
JUDGE GIVEN was then called with
one universal shout, and took the stand
amid the widest storm of patriotic ap
plause. Quiet being restored, the Judge
said he "Had learned this morning, from
bills posted in different parts of town, that
there was to be meeting of citizens to-
night, without regard to party, to consider
their duty iu the present crisis of our coun-
trv's offairs. In accordance with this call
he had come here this evening, with the
rest of his fellow-citizens, to consider a pat
riots duty, in this the hour Of our country's
peril. This was our privilege at all times,
and if so, how much more is it our privilege
and duty now, when our country, with all
its glorious institutions are at stake. A
crisis is upon us which makes it the duty
of every patriot to exert himself to the ut
most, to avert the evils which threaten us,
and save the most benign government up
on earth-the best and freest governmnt
under which man ever lived. Under this
government, all that makes great at home
or abroad, all that is good, holy, and pure
in religion, and every thing calculated, to
render mans sojourn on earth pleasing and
desirable, has been guaranteed to us. This
is the government and country, we, as pat
riots, are called upon TO defend with our
lives and our property. Will you, my fel-
low citizens do it? Zone universal shout
of "we will ]" went up from the audience.
The Judge then proceeded to say, that
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Potomac,
100000 rebel soldiers, with 1000 masked
batteries, were leagued in battle array to
overthrow this greatest and best of all gov
ernments. All the pirates ofthe world had
been invited, by the rebel Chief, to aid in
its overthrow. The unburied dead, on the
fields of manassas, wha went bravely forth
at theii country's call-the blood of our
patriot fathers, call upon us to rally as one
man in the defense. of our country. What
is our duty as citizens, as patriots? For
his part his mind was fully made up-his
duty was TO defend and sustain the govern
ment wih has fortune and has life. (Pro-
longed applause.) He said it was our du
ty to preserve and maintain this govern
ment intact. We should do so because it
is our Government-the Government of
our fathers, bought with their blood. He
was man of peace-peace at home, peace
abroad-peace every where when it can be
honorably obtained sll
Our Government can only be maintain
ed in one of two ways: by treaty, (or COM
promise, as it is generally understood or
by war. If the Government has done
wrong to any citizen, it is her duty to right
the wrong. He knew of no wrong done
by the Government to any of the States or
citizens, that justified rebellion. Who has
not been protected in the enjoyment of all
his rights? Not one. Two causes brought
on this war-the direct and remote. He
had no opinion to conceal. Some thought
the cause inherent in the Government itself,
others said it was the legislation of certain
States; and others again attributed the
difficulty to the late Administrations
What if individuals have done wrong to
individuals? He knew of no act of indi-
yiduals, State, or Presidents, from the
foundation of the Government to the pres
ent moment, that aOiH justify this rebellion.
The Judge then declared it to be the duty
of the North to stand as one man in de-
fense of the country and the maintenance
of the Government. Upon our anion de-
pends the tate of oar Government. have
said there are but two ways of saving the
Goyernment-by compromise or treaty?
With whom make compromise? With
whom will we treat? lam told, awe will
treat with::our brothers, We must comprom-
ise with tbem." Ah! can it be so? If
we treat at all, it must be with traitors,
with pirates, with the sworn enemies of
our Government-witht those who resolved
upon the destruction of our free institutions
who are now seeking to establish a for
eign government upon our soil by force of
arms. II has been said that the Constitu-
ton has been violated to the injury of our
Southern brethren. l answer, that when
ever the Constitution has been stretched
to its utmost tension, at has been an favor
of those very States which are now array
ed in deadly hostility to that Constitution
and our Government. Even now our Gov
ernment offers them a compromise. II
sends its armies with the sword in one
hand and the olive branch in the other.-
1t offers them the Constitution-that
Constitution which secures to them, and
will still secure them, all the blessings that
man has ever enjoyed. With whom, l ask
again, will We compromise Il answer
again, that if we treat at all, it must be
with The very men who are now arrayed in
deadly hostility to this Government, and
have adopted ordinances repudiating the
very Cons stitution which has secured to
them all that they are, and all that they
possess. But they offer as a compromise.
And what is it? If it is fair and right, it
it is our duty to accept it. After having
done all in their power TO destroy this
Government, they say TO u.s. "Acknoaol-
edge our independence, admit the right of
secession, the right of each and every State
to set mp a governnaent for itself, and ac-
knowledge the dissolution Of the Union,
and the destruction of the best government
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