Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-05
THE mEEr1NGIN NEWPORT, KY.

THE mEETINeIN NEWPORT, KY.
Tb. R,rht KIND Of RESOLUTIONS Pass
ed--No Hincing OF Words--Sti n 9
RemarlLs by senator johnson a1ter
their Adoption.
i RESOLUTIONS.
atResolve6, 1. The existing war was
forced upon the country by the disunlon-
\ lists of the South.
"2. As our fathers pledged their lives,
their fortunes and their sacred honor to
the Foundation of the Union, it Is as little
! as we, their sons, can do TO make the
same pledge TO maintain and defend II
49, In the Language of Gen. Jackson:
i"our Union must, and, by the Eternal, shall
be preserved
~. The Mississippi River, its month and
all its fountains, the country which lies be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific, the
lakes aud the CULTS, must all belong to one
and the same people; and that, too, under
one government of the United States, or,
in our Judgment, war, with all its solemn
and untold horrors, will hang upon US
and our children to the latest generation.
'sThe government which does not pun
ish treason, and cannot suppress rebellion,
is not worthy of the name.
as. On the subject of sacred soil,' we
! say LuAb AuE sun VI EAEAhASAI 10
only sacred when fioated over by the stars
and stripes, and as to neutrality, with the
/ highest respect to everybody, and intend
/ ing no shock to delicate aud sensitive
nerves, we shall say that. according to our
Judgment, armed neutrality is just armed
Z nonsense
n6. Our Legislature, which meets to-day,
should promptly meet the war tax of
| $500, o00; shonld disbaud the State Guards;
should refer the case of Governor Aagofin
to the committee on treason; should re-
solve Breckinridge and Powell out OF their
seats; should furnish to the Government
4 her quota of men; put our loyal men upon
an impreguable war footing, and, tipping
her proud hat te General Anderson, say TO
I him, Walk in my own Old SUMTER
80. We are for peace; every good Union
man depreeating war; and we demand
/ that this war shall cease at the earliest
possible moment: that is TO say, rs 'Oon
/ as it can be obtained with American honor
so soon as all rebels lay down their arms
and treason is properly punished, and oar
/ old flag floats over every foot of our soil
The last dodge of the Secessionists in this
/ city for peace is trap TOO transparent to
catch even the weak and simple.
| SO. We welcome to our meeting our dis
| tinguished guest, the Hon. Andrew john
son, of Tennessee, now torn and sundered
| from his dear wife and sweet children by
wicked and traitorous hands. We Ken
/ tuckians, in this vast presence assembled,
promise him that he shall be returned TO
| their arms; we promise it here, under that
pure shining Heaven, by the sacred honor
/ of Kentuckians, and by every drop of her
/ rich Union blood"
The banished Senator then arose, and
coming forward, said that he was here to
address the citizens upon questions grow
ing out of issues before the whole country.
SENATOR JoHSsoS's SPEECH.
Mr.. johnson saidsecession was the cause
of all our woes. He said:
Let me ask any one within the sound of
| my voice, what right they have lost under
the stars aud stripes [Cries of none,
none.l When and where nave the traitors
of the South shown any violation Of their
rights under the constitution They have
not, aud cannot make such showing.
most heartily concur in the sentiments
embodied in these resolutions, and say
again with the distinguished President aud
patriot, jackson, that the Union must and
shall be maintained. [Gheers.l Not like
tue late President did jackson do when
danger threatened the Union. "By the
eternal" he "took the responsibility" but
Buchanan lay supinely upon his back while
the Union was being FILTERED away by
traitors before his eyesI
Slavery was made the Pretext to break
up our glorious Union. There was no
right violated, nor never could be il the
people would abide by the Constitution.
But thank God the people of the United
States did not, do not, sanction this unhOly
rebellion. The leaders of it tell you here
ia Kentucky that slavery is in danger; but
it is only a pretext to terrify you, and
draw you into the yawning gulf of Seces-
sion. am Southern man, sharing the
prejudices of my section, and am no,abO-
litionist, but tell you, my fellow country
men, that Secession has done more harm
to-day than all the nbolitionists il the
country put together since we wereA ma
ton. [Cheers.
Men talk about their rights, will yen go
to the South to get them 2 Will you tell
them in the South to come here and get
them for your ECries Of'.noI no ri Your
distinguished representative in the United
States Senate-I say distinguished. for
use terms of respect toward him rs
| would toward any other Secessionist-T
labored hard for. spent my money to
print and circulate his speeches, and
stumPed the State OF Tennessee to elect
him. but stand mere to-day 10 disnY0H
: those acts. ] disOwn him. lie deceived
; me. The fault was has; if he deceives me
: again the fault will be mine. desire TO
E express my mind here, which cannot do
: in Tennessee, from which am an exile.
f John C. breckenridge was not representing
: Kentucky when he was sent to tue Senate
by her people. He was helping to break
: up the United States. TShouts of sdown
e with the traitOrT"l
E am not particularly for the Adminstra-
ton, but if Mr. Lincoln administers the
laws according to the Constitution l will
( sustain him, aud so will you, my friends
l If he does not, impeach him and hurl him
from his scat. But he has done well thus
far. What power had he when he assumed
] the rnins nf Government None Das