Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-09-04

rebellion in any shape or manner. And wha
were those causes of irritation? The onl
real, practical cause of irritation was the non
execution of the fugitive slave law. But tina
did not affect the Cotton States so called bu
Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia Maryland, ant
Delaware, and perhaps one two other State
were the only ones ever injured by 1t. The
| Cotton States so called never lost fugitive
slave from the time of their existence to thi
| day. To be sure they had a question abou
territories. but it was so entirely ideal, mere
abstraction, and so practically not real grIev
ance. But if it had been they had the Su
preme Court and both branches of Congress
and practically had control of the question
| The fugitive slave question was the only prac
i teal question therefore which annoyed them
| and that question was not the cause of the re-
| bellon. What State first seeded South
Carolina began to scrape lint before the votes
were counted. ILaughter. She had no prac-
tical grievance whatsoever. Look at Virgin
ia. Though politicians cajoled, cheated, and
defrauded, and bullies held bowie-k knives at
the throats of her citizens TO coerce rebe lion,
it was long time before they could compel
that State into an thing like Secession. And
when they did nominally, the State Gov
ernment was revolutionized, one part flew "a
way from the other, and organized their gov
| ernment, rather than allow it to go into the
| bottomess pit OF Secession. Mary land, when
she gets chance, votes againstit. Missouri
| her citizens are pouring out their blood like
| water and their treasure without STINT rather
than be drawn into Secession. Look at good
old Kentucky, where her Governor and Sena-
tors have labored to bring her out of the Un-
ion-after all attempts to seduce her form her
fidelity to the Constitution, she gives more
than sixty thousand majority for the Union.
[Cheers.] Now, L inquire of all citizens in
the Free States, especially my Democratic
fellow-citlzenS, whether they are troubled "a
bout the integrity of Neutrality-suspicious. they
think it is necessary to stay up the hands of
rebellion IN Kentucky, so emphaticaliy con-
demned there? And now | repeat that the
only practical cause of dssention was the fu-
gitive slave question and that appertained to
States that could only be drawn or dragooned
into the FOLLY of Secession. Gen. Butler has
had this question on his hands. AS long as
the Constitution was acknowledged, all con-
servative citizens admitted that il was the du-
ty of the Free States to restore the fugitive
who was fleeing from the service of his mas ter.
Gen. Butler has found the restoration of the
iugtives impracticable In many cases. The
master had thrown of the Constitution. What
the result? He was obliged to receive
hundreds of contra bands, and retain them /
do not know what he is going to do with the
question but suppose he is going to do with
them something as the Irishman was going to
do with the Widow Malone's pig. ssDid you
steal the Widow Malone's pig Patrick ?'' ask
you! Think, when you will stand, you here
tic, in the Great Day, when 1 shall be there,
and you will be there, and the Widow NJ alone
will be there, and the pig will be there.''
''And will your reverence be there 2" Yes
ssAnd the Widow Molane there ?'' eyes,
'And the pig there % "Yes.'' "Well, l
should say, Widow Malone, take your pig -
[Laughter.l Now, / do not know but Gen.
Butler is going to take long credit as did
the lrshman. But, when we have Consti-
tuition, and when they acknowledge its force,
| have no doubt but every just citizen will be
for seeing it complied with. Now, have just
as much confidence in the masses ofthe South
ern people as in the masses of the n orthern
people. Both alike. The masses are
honest. To be sure, their institutions, their
means of communication, render them more
eXcitab!e more easily lead, and more relying
upon their leaders for public information, and
therefore more liable to be nlisled than North
ern people. Nevertheless, have confidence
in the Southern people; and the result of the
great conflict in Kentucky assures me that
the Southern heart is with the people sound
to the core. Though terrified into seeming
Secession, with the exception of one or two
States in the South, am we'll satisfied that if
the question of Union or Disunion were sub
mitted to the people to-day an overwhelming
vote would be given for the Union and its
Stars and Stripes. GApplause.1 Every indI-
been election in any Southern State, and
fair opportunity given, you have seen that
the Union sentiment has prevailed. You will
see that it is by military power, by threats,
intimidation, destruction, murder and arson
that they have succeeded in getting in advance
the cause OF Secession. In some States, as
for instance Louisiana, they never submitted
the question to the people at all. 1t is base
humbug of Davis, Cobb and Co. to place them
selves in power. The election of political
opponent is never cause of Secession or for
disturbance; and if these Secession leaders
had opposed Mr.. Lincon's election from the
time of the Charleston Convention with half
the pertinacity and force that did, he never
would have been elected. l charge in all my
public speeches that they connived at that
election and the same has been charged home
upon them by their own people'in the South.
T Their time had come. 1t must go, or they
would be ruined. They remind one of little
boys who want to ride a horse. Those in 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
failing to get horse to ride, or ever a hobby,
have mounted this poor stick of Southern Con-
federacy, and are riding that. 1t is just such
ambition caused the angels in heaven to re-
bel. 1t was not because we had not good
Government but because they could not rule
it. Call them Democrats, or entitled to SYM
pathy of Democrats, 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 l arraign them in the name of the
Constitution and the Union. 1 arraign them
in the name of civilization arraign them in
the name of Christianity arragn them in
the Baae of the fathers of the Revolution. who
pouredsout their blood to gain the Liberty
transmitted to us. / arragn them in the name