The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-23

time. Mr. Lincoln did exactly what jackson would have
Inere ID another resolution In the Convention
PLATFORM which deserves tho severest animadvcrsons
aude TO its avowal of the doctrine OF State rights
e right OF State 70 act Independent Of the federal
government. Admit that, and justify the action
OF tho Southern States which have seeded, and
| ought at once to recognise their confederacy
That is the damnng feature of the concern II is that
resolution which has induced 60 through this dis
ct TO expose the heresy of tho doctrine and the insd
GUS designs OF that Convention. The United States may
apy be compared to the planets that the vault Of
ngayen They, like tho States, have centre around
which they revove Tear from ts orbit and there
universal confusion and disaster BY war; by treaty, by
purchase we have expanded limits and gathered new
nto the Union for the common good and tho glory
ana progress OF the American nation. Jefferson in 1903
secured Louisiana and tho mouths Of the Mississippi
at cost Of SIS 900, 900. When admitted Louisiana
we complied with her prayer, and extended over her
people and their property tho protection Of the national
flag and the laws of the Union BY enactment State
Forda and the other States Of the original Thirteen
They can no more leave the Union Of their motion
than they could OF their motion enter it, That is the
Just principle and he who advocates the State rights doc
trine, conceived by Calhoun and which has cuminat-
ed in this rebellion, is a traitor and ought
| to suffer the traitor doom. (Great applause
Fellow citizens, depore that this country are to be
found any of that wetched band called peace men, Let
me ten YOU in the words Of Patrick Henry Men may
cry peace, peace, but there peace" Dshonorabe
peace with traitors, with arms in their hands strike
our very Threats, is more horrible than thousand
deaths There will be peace only when the rebels lay
down their arms and the laws once more have sway
from Maine to tho Gulf Of Mexico (Applanse) Peace
II means that 5000 900 of Southern men, in comparative
ignorance, superior to 20 900 900 in the North who
nave common Schools an immense newspaper press, and
all the enlightenment and civilization Of the age. II
are TO have peace with rebels, with traitors in arms
whchmeans disruption OF the Unon hen we must be
content TO lose the grandeur which attaches TO the Anne
rcan name What has produced throughout the civilized
world hitherto admiration for our constitution and for
our unon Because of our wonderful progress in
Sciences In manufactures and commerce. wealth and
power. Our inventions in every branch Of human in
dnstry have startled the land and the sea with vast
energy and Improvement Which of the two sections
the North or the South--has 50 mastered the arts
n ana sciences, so grown in manufactures and
commerce. Not the men who lord it over the
plantations at the South but the free Of the North
where labor and thrift honor and loyalty are Indigenous
Applause) In nothing have the South much ad-
Vanced as In love for the barbasm of slavery which
now would destroy the government fondy held out rs
he refuge OF the oppressed Of all nations Gentlemen IL
there anything than another to be in
these Revolutionary times, 1t Us brevty of speech
General Mcclellan, Douglas MISUNDERSTANDING
mat this IS not looked upon party at Wash
the age, infused the country with new ardor
by an eloquent speech Of two sentences He said-We
nave made our last rereatwe have suffered last
eIoat You stick to me and will stick to YOU and VIC
Tory Will henceorth crown efforts" In that speech
there is volume In aconc energy it equals the cee
DRAFTED despatch OF Caesar to the Roman SenatfVeni,
rdt ric-l came, Isaw, conquered. Let our words in
imitation OF our noble young leader be few and brief
Let our main efforts be directed raise army to sus-
tain the government in the fierce struggle which Is going
on upon the other side of the Potomac. This district
has done well SO far, and trust she will not tire
man to see her upon the sacred soil of Virginia
breas'ing the foe from Fortress Monroe to the Chain
lFldge (Appleuse) But there must be additional en-
ls'ments. am compelled say that there has been
more self sacrifice in Virginia in the Of treason
been in the North upon The side of the The
eleven rebel States with their sparse population have
more men in the field than the popuous twenty three
loyal States ] saw at Hampton village, in Virginia
houses left with all their furniture by their owners
VINO had gone TO Join the Confederatos. There was
the residence OF that miserable caitn exPresident
Tn
everything was there but the traitors who
had gone to the army of the rebels Have we not boen
treating this matter to be settled by few troops in
little while, instead of recognizing, we should have
DONE that this is the greatest rebellion that has ever dis
graced the history of mankind (Apparse) Where ever
before was there rebellion with 200 900 armed rebels
in the field? Never Why, then should we not nut ogt
that are being raised in this part of the county No 60
vernnent pays its soldiers more liberay-S1S month";
with subsistence clothing and fuel If there are those
who are not patriotic enough to enlist and Join our
gallant army upon the Potomac then let them do as
the cowboys, skinners and tories Of tho revolution
Let satisfy tho deuded people OF the South that there
is united North and to do that ectualy let US at
the coming election cast solid vote for the Peoples Union
ticket in State and county Let disregard the theories
Of fanatics North and South. Only short time since
Wendell Phillips, in Boston, on the anniversary Of the
birth OF Theodore Parker proclaimed aloud that
he was opposed to the constitution of 1857 and to
the Union which has conferred SO many bIess.
ings upon mankind because slavery was tolerated.
That was Ms reasonable declaration that Of Yanc.y
and ohor Southern mon that the Southern States
right to secede. (Applause) admire Wendell Phillips
as eloquent orator; yet must say that the utter
of his reasonable sentiments against the constitution
and the Union he ought well arstocrat Charles
James Faulkner be incarcerated in Fort LAFAYETTE In
the HERALD Of this morning is alluson to Mr. Baker,
of Sing Sing, denouncing the Presidents letter to
Fremont, which holds Fremont to the law,
while democrats, and Americans and republicans
are joining together to strengthen the hands Of the al
mnistration. l see such Wendell Phillips
years gone by obtained cphemera legal notorety nv
issuing wrts Of habeas corpus in behalf Of fugitive
slaves, Goodel and others of the Garrsonian abolition
school, doing all IN their power like the Breckinridges
TO distract our people. They ought to know
that their declaration that the constitution
with help and their anathemas against Lincoln and his
administration may incte indignant people 10 shout
ont" Ia lant're "a la Fort lafayette" and induce
them TINS To remove from their midst band Of pesrar
Gus agitators-(applause). We it TO ourselves we
owe il to tho country we owe to the Southern ctizens
and disaster that North and South should
be ''crushed OUT In the South
Many dream, witha, the hour is nigh
Tint gives them back their fathers heritage:
Do not let them imagine That the North is abolitionized
and that Garrison and Phillips and Jay the expo
and appause) have spoken freely and ndependently
as is my won't did not intend to again enter an cleo
toneerng campaign for have had enough Of that during
the past four years II has like Jordan been for me q
''prety hard road to travel" But when / saw men
adopting platform which should have emanated only
from Hartford Convention, felt it necessary for
me to come out. look upon this Union the buwark
Of human liberty, and that to advocate peace
How glorious the spectacle to Mcclellan Corcoran
Meagher Fremont Segel Benker and Weber battling for
Lyon fought and fell aud after his death his fortune
lett to tho government atess his devotion to liberty
Apphnse Better, far better gentlemen that the soce
ded States should be swept into the Gulf in the deep
bosom Of the buried' than that the United states
should be botted from the list OF nations and the divine
light Of freedom should fade from these happy shores
(Applause)
The following resolutions were offered by George O.
Farrand, Esd Of the Hudson Rir1 Chronicle, and unani
unOus piO