Litchfield enquirer., 1861-09-05

the widow Malone's pig. " Did you steal tn
 widow Malone's pig, Patrick?" asked the pries
 "That did" "What made you? Think
 when you will stand, you heretic in the Gres
 Day, when shall be there, and you will be there
 and the widow Malone will be there" "An
 will your riverence be there ?'' "Yes' "An
 the widow Malone there?" "Yes" "And tn
 pig there?' "Yes." "Well, I should sa,
 widow Malone, take your pig" Now, I do nc
 know but General Butler is going to take as lon
 credit as did the Irshnlan. But, when we hav
 Constitution, and when they acknowledge it
 force, have no doubt but every just citizen vii
 be for seeing it complied with. Now, I hay, just as much confidence in the masses of tn. southern people as in the masses of the north ern people. Both are alike The masses ar
 honest. To be sure, their institutions, thei
 means of communication, render them more ex fitahle,, nd.esasily le.;, and more relying upol their leaders for public information, and there fore more liable to be mialed than northern peo pie Nevertheless, 1 have confidence in tht southern people; and the result of the area
 conflict In Kentucky assures me that the South
 ern heart is with the people sound to the core Though terrified into seeming secession, wit the exception of one or two states in the South, l am we'll satisfied that if the question o
 Union or Disunion were submitted to the people to-day, an overwhelming vote would be given fo1 the Union and its stars and stripes. If those secession leaders had opposed Mir. Lincoln election from the time of the Charleston Con
 yention with half the pertnacity and force that did, he never would have been elected. charge in all my public speeches, that they con
 nived at that election, and the same has beer in the South. Their time had come. It must go, or they would be ruined. They remind one of little boys who want to ride horse. Those ill the city get them hobby horse, and they can ride that. Country boys get astride of stick, and ride that This knot of office seekers fail ing to get horse to ride, or even hobby, have mounted this poor stick of southern confede- racy, and are riding that. It is just such ambi
 ton as caused the angels in heaven to rebel. It was not because we had hot good government. but because they could not rule it. Call them Democrats, or entitled to sympathy of Demo crats with arms in their hands against their government, and their hands red with the blood of our murdered citizens! They are enemies of their country they are traitors against the flag and the constitution, and as such 1 arraign them In the name of the constitution and the Union. arlai gn them in the name of civilization alraign them in the name of christianity; 1 ar i;Iign them in the name of the fathers of the re- volution. who poured out their blood to gain the liberty transmitted to Us. I the great day Of accounts, tie savage i;rant and more savage Butler that :leluoed the beautiful valley of tie Wyoming with blood, will stand up and whitcn their crimes iii Comparison with tie pertit;y oi the men Nho now attempt to divide and destroy this Union. Whoever s;;lstans them, will not. Whoever cries peace, will not. afEoevcr cries compromise with them, l will not. l an for Heace. but G'n fer making rGac" with tie loy- ii citizens ui the South-the l"yHi citizens oi Kentucky and Of Missouri too, who ;!ava sent that modern Nel,uu!anezza., Ci;i,,-il Y. Jack r0n. to 'yl.,Ss. :;I> iI. Lincoln it is said. t"T- s,,ot! s;:; yi,!;te,s tie Constitution in conda2t
 ing hi.; administration Very well, there ;s a day Of reckoning coming wit; him and lis ad- visers. But it is one t':ing t. violate tiaa Con siiintivn in defense of your country. and IH:e anothe" l. violate 1t in pn1c4yorinI to sUhVcrt t. 1 ilaHe the impression tltlt :nstituting a pratcndet} government within the E'ounIal;ts ot the tnlc:l States; that stet'i!lg the treasures
 of our government, its siirs. hctraying its conl- mand;. firing upon its fortifications organizing piracy upon the high seas, and 6 long list of ol- er and kin:,ratl ;.c5-I have the impression 1 say. that these are slight nfrngements upon the Consultation. and may require cXamination 1 know not whether iir. Lincoln has observed the Constitution indeed, for all the purposes of re- sisting the rebellion, l care not. Is is due to him to say, however, that he has seemed to be in good faith attempting to put down the rebell- ion. He has not done things as l would have done them, because would have multiplied his men by about four, and where he has struck one
 blow, would have struck dozen. Therefore, 1 do not agree with him in that respect. When the day comes we can have a settlement with him, for he is to be held with all other officers to strict account. But l would not do even that under the smoke of an enemy's guns. Let us see first that the rebellion is put down. And when that is done l am ready to see how 1t has been done. l do not propose to yield this Un- ion, or any part of it, to the so-cailed conlede- rate government that has been made up in the Southern states. 1t is no government and there is nothing in the shape of d government under it, over it, in it. or around it, diagonay hori- zontaly, or perpendicuarlly. Like boy train ing, it is all officers It is made up thus You shall be president of the congress, and will be president of the confederacy you shall be min ister of foreign affairs, and l will be secretary of the treasury. Doubtless, very well; satisfactory enough. If they had kept it to themselves no one would have objected to their strutting in their stolen plunage. But it is time for the people of the Unit d States to put their hand upon it, in earnest, and maintain the government of the Constitution. Would any one if he was commanding at Fortress Monroe, Fort Mciien- ", or any where else, where he was surrounded Wlh treason and traitors at every step, would he, because sent a writ of hnbeas corpus, give up traitor who was endangering the safety of
 his command and the interests of the country No man can pretend it for single moment, it is one of the terrible necessities of war. And if were in command and had good reason to believe that l had possession of traitor, and
 no other remedy would arrest treachery, would
 suspend the writ, and the individual too. Gen
 Jackson had the hearts of the American peo
 pie more than any man of modern times. And
 why? Because he met great necessities like
 man. lie didn't go, in times of stirring neces
 sity, to demonstrate problems from musty pre-
 cedents, but when a man wanted hanging, he
 hung him first, and looked up the law atterward ! When the war is over, we may examine and set
 if any one has incurred a penalty for suspend
 ing the writ of habeas corpus. Gen. Jacksol
 paid his fine, but not till after he had put dowl
 both foreign foes and domestic traitors. s, long as there is a citizen South that demand
 the protection of this government, then it is ou duty to protect the government of the Unio
 for his sake. was for negotiating peace, un
 til fortifcation was fired upon by rebel artille
 ", and then bade adieu to all expectations C
 peace until conquered over rebel ion. 1 Sd there is no peace until you can put down T, bellion by force of arms; and when every othe man, woman and child in the United States ha acknowledged the independence of the reyolte f states, to those with arms in their hands, wi ' still oppose it, and l will talk for my own grat fication when no others will hear me. We mu stand by the Union. Fellow-citizens, the la I guage of Andrew Jackson was, The Uno . . must and shall be preserved What wou