The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-06-13
STROUDsBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. JUNEIs, 1861
No matter what may be

gainst them. No matter what may
their pretext. No. Sir, am for the Z
MON. and l am willing to defend it b
any and all proper means. Our Govern
ment is the best in the world. 1t hs
answered we'll all the ends for which gov
ernments are made. We all know this
1t has oppressed no man, nor has it bur
dened US feathers weight it has brough
us nothing but blessings. Under it We
have been happy, prosperous, and free
What more can We ask. All that Gov
ernment can do, our Government ha'
done for US, we have been free, as no pa
tion ever prospered before, and We have
rested in peace and security. Yet al
this would not do. Mr.. Lincoln was e.
lected, and corrupt politicians lost their
places. They had controlled the Gov.
ernmcut was corrupt and oppressive, and
that they would destroy it. They rob.
bed it Of its arms and munitions of war
sending them South; they involved the
Government in debt Of nearly hun.
dred millions of dollars; robbedthe trea-
sury; and distracted they commenced tue
atrocious business of Secession. They
had lost the Offices, aud they thought it
necessary to create new ones for the ben
eft of the defunct politicians, and they
did it.
This is the grand secret of the whole
affair. Had they retained their grip up.
on the Offices, you had never heard of Se-
cession. All our losses, ell our troubles
and suffering, are the legitim ate results Of
Secession. We nust bear all, we must
submit to all this in silence, that those
disappointed politicians may be presi-
dents, ministers, and high officials. Their
day was ended by the election of Lincoln.
They knew this. and seeded. made new
Offices and filled them.
Now behold the result of Secession
Distress and ruin stare men 10 the face;
strong men, honest and industrious men.
caunot get bread for their wives and chill.
dreD; the widow and the orphan, helpless
aud destitute are starving; in all the large
cities the suffering is intense; work isnot to
be obtained, aud those who live by their
labor get DO money; property of every de-
scription has deprecated until it is al
u ost worthless; in the seeded States,
Union men are dris en- pc, n:less from their
homes, or hanged; and all this, Mr.. Sen
ator from McCrackeu, that peaceabls Sc
cession may 60 Oh, and that politicians
may fill Offices. And after you gentle.
men bring all these calamities upon US
you falsely say that Lincoln did it," and
that we Union men are AbolitioDi.ts, and
aid him. But | tell sou that Lincoln has
not doDe it. He was elected President
BY your help. You ran candidate for
the Presidency that the Democratic par
ty might he divided, and Lincoln elected
That was your purpose, and you accom-.
pliohed it; and now you have elected Lin.
coin thus, you must break up the Gov
ernment because he is elected. Nothing
can satisfy you but Secession. You will
accept no compromise. To talk of COM
promise irritates Secession gentlenen-it
irritates them to talk of the rights of any
body but themselves-they are indeed a
very irritable set Of people. Ifyou speak
Of enforcing the laws of the land, why
it's coercion, and at this word they forth
with 60 into spasms. They can't stand
it at all 1t is subjugation of the South
by the North. II they threaten to hang
you when they get the power-because
you are true to the old flag of Washing
ton-and you get arms to defend your
self, why, it irrtates them, and they won t
stand it,
The Union men of Kentucky, seeing
the condition of Union men in the sece-
ded States, and seeing that they had to
be hanged or be silent, and still wishing
to be free as Of yore, have lately purchas.
ed arms with which to defend the selves
This act is pronounced as crime. And
how it irritates them. Garrett Davis re-
ceived i 200 stand of arms the other d. y,
and young gentleman Of the Secession
persuasion became so irritated that be
could not stand it at all; that the Estates
Rights" men would not submit to it-no,
peverl Well, said l, | would not put up
Win IL IL "cIt III yout PtoS0' tei'
you what would do, | would 60 and take
Garrett's guns away from him. Bat-he
didn't
South Carolina was irritated at the
presence of Major Anderson and fifty five
men at Fort Sumter; SO irritated that she
could not bear it, She tried to starve
him to death; she tried to knock his head
off, and burn him up. She bombarded
the peoples fost; shot into the flag of oa'
Government, and drove our soldiers from
the place. 1t was not Mr.. Lincoln's fort;
not bis flag nor his soldiers, bat ours
Yet after all these outrages and atroci.
ties, South Carolina comes with embra.
ces for US, saying: "Well We tried; We
intended to kill that brother Kentuokiau
of yours; tried to storm him, knock. his
brains out, and burn him up. Don't you
love us for it'll Won't you fight with US
and for US, and help us overthrow your
Government"
Was ever request so outrageously un
natural; so degrading to our patriotism
And yet, Mr.. Speaker, there were those