Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-09-06
NO. 90.

that doctrine goes down I will 60 down will
1t. There were causes of irritation betwee
the sections / admit. | deprecated them. am
labored long. and earnestly to get rid Of them
But II was not done. Those causes of irrita
tion, although they may have suggested tC
Southern Statee tn roGuest becoming guaran.
ties, they never justified armed rebellion II
any-shape or Kramer. And what were thost
! causes OF irritation This only real, practica
cause Of irritation was the nOn-execution O
the lagitive slave law. Bat that did not af
/ feet the Cotton States so called; but Missouri
Kentucky, Virginia MARYLAND, and Delaware
and perhaps one or two other Suites we're the
only ones ever injured by it. The Cotton
/ States so called never lost a fugitive from the
time Of their existence to this day. To be
! sure they ha question about territories, but
/ IL was 50 entirely Ideal, II mere Distraction,
J and so practically not real grievance. But
( i it had been ltey had the Supreme Court
and both branches CT Congress, ami practi-
cally had control of the question The fugi-
tive slave question MAS the only practical
! question therefore which apuQyed them, and
that question was not the carse Ct tie rebel
! lion. What State FIRST sccedcdf South Car.
olina began to scrRpo lint before the votes
we're counted. Laughter.l She had no
practical grievance whatever. Look ut Vir-
ginia. Though politicians caiolcd, cheated
and deirauded, and bulles held bpwie-knives
at the threats Of her citizens TO cOerce rebellion
i was long tinie before they could compel
that State iqto hhylhing li4e Secession. And
when they dds nOminaly, the State Govern
ment was reFciutioDiz ii, one part flew away
from the other and organized theis govern
ment, rather than allow it to go into the bot
tomless pit Of Secession. Maryland, when she
gets chance, votes against it. Missouri-her
citizens are pouring out Of their blood like
water and their treasHre without stint, rather
than be drawn into Secession. Look at good
old Kentucky. Her Governor and Senators
have labored to bring her ont Of the Union -
after all attempts to seluce her from her fideli-
ty to the Constitutions she ei4qs more than
sixty thousand majority for the Union
[Cheers. Now, inquire Of all citizens in
the Free States, especially my Democratic
ellow'citizens, whether they are trouble d
about the integrity of Kentuckyr4t1hether
they think it is necessary to stay up the hands
Of rebellion in Kentucky, so cmphattcally con-
demned there And now | repeat tlslt the
only practical cause Of dissenion IVES the
fugitive slave question and that appertained
to States that could only ba drawn " dru,
gooned into The folly OF Secession. Gen.
Butler has had this question on his hands,
AS long as the Constitution was ackrcWledg-
ed, all conservative citizens admitted that it
was the duty of the Free States to restore
the fugitive who was fleeing from the ser
vice of his master. Gen. Butter has found
the restoration Of the fugitives inpracticable,
in many cases. The master had thrown OF
the Constitution. What was the result? He
was obliged to receive hundreds of contra.
bands, Mud retain them. ] do rot know what
he is going to do with thenlj something as the
Irishman was going to do with the Widow Ma
lone'S pig, Did you steal the Widow Malore's
pig, Putrick?" asked the priest. "Thet J. did .
"What made you? Think, when 5o'i w;fi stand
you herctic. i'll the Great Day, when shiil be
there, and you will be there, and the Widow
Malone will be there and the pig will he there"
''And will your ri5crcnce be there?" "Yes"
'FAud the Widow Malone there2'' AYES. -" \ nd
the pig there?"' YES" ."WeEI, : should SAP;
Widow Maloce, take your pig" Laughter
Now, do not know but Gen Butter is going
to take as long a credit as did the Irishman.-
Bat, when we have u Constitution, and when
they acknowledge its force, I, iGve no dorbt
bYt every just citizen will be for seeing it CON.
piled with. Now, have Just as much conf
dencn in the muses. of the Soutrcrn people Is
in the masses Of The Nor,her" pcople. Both
are alike. TINS. masses are honest. To be sure,
their Institutions, their means Of comnunica-
r. Il Il
lead, and more relying upon their leaders spr
pubiic information and therefore more Liable
to be miS.ed than Northern people. Ncvcrthe-
less, ! have confidence in the 5ouihcrn people :
aud tll;. rc:ait Of h. great coI:H.ci in Kcmtuc-
liy ASST - C!e that The Southern heart s.Yi1h
the people sonrd to the core. Though tc7r ;EcG
into seeming Secession with the exception Of
une or two State in the South. am well rat
iaGed t!ial i lie ,iarsiinn Of U9on OF Disun-
ion were submitted 10 the people to day an Qv5
erwheiulng yJ.o voulG bc givc;l for the Union
and its .s,tpz5 and Stripes. Applause Ev-
cry 'uIicmfion has shown that whenever there
has been an election in any Southern State,
and fair opportunity given, yOu have seen
tljat the Gnion sentiment has prevailed. You
viii see that it is JJ military power by threats.
intimidation, distraction, murder and arson
that they have succeeded in getting IN advance
,i,t. cause of Seeks sion. In SOM States, as for
INSTANCE Louisiana. they never cjbnittcl the
question TO the p@et4e at;:ll. Il is base hum.
bug Of Davis, Cobb and TO to place them.
selves in power. Tho election OF political
opponent is never a cause Of Secession or for
disturbance; and if l:est Secession leaders had
opposed Nr LincolH's election from the time
of the Charleston Cuuveni,u with half the
pertindcit} aud f,lrc3 jhdt did, he never would
have been elected ! charge in al! my pnblic
speeches hat they connivcd at that election :;
and the sam has ben charged hDmu upon them
by their own. people il t'e south. Their time
had come. Il must 20, or they would be rain
eG They remind one o. little boys who vans
to ride horEe. Those ~ the city get a hob
by-horse, and they can ride that. Country bqyt
get astridei of a stick. and ride that. This knot
of ofIice-aeekers, faFfng 70 get a horse to ride.
or even a hobby, have mounted this poor stick
of a Southern Confe,leracy. and are riding that
1t is Just such ambition a. caused The angels in
heaven to rebel. u was. not because we haj'
not good Government but because they could
not rule it. Call them Democrats, or entitled
to sympathy of Democrats, with arms in their
hauds against their, Government, and their
hands red with the blood of our murdered citi-
zensl They are enemies OF their country; they
are traitors against the FHag aud the COusti,
tuition, and as such / arraign them in the name
Of the Constitution aud the Union. | arraign
them in the name OF civilization; / arraign
them in the naqle of,Glristi<pitS; l. arraign
them in the name Of tue fathers Of the RevO-
luiinn, who poured out heir blood to gain the
Liberty transmitted to. us. l arraign them
in the name Of the soldiers who marched bare
foot to secure our blood bought Liberty. az.
ragn them in the name of the holy memories
of the women of the Revolution, whose pure