East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-24

possible.
Stand up, Mr. Apologist for Secessionl
and let us see whether You can face an
indignant people. In what work are you
engaged? Attempting 20 destroy the
Government of your fathers. 81 am not
trying to do that. / am in favor Of
peace.n Every widowed woman, made
so by this rebellion, has right to look
upan you, sir, as the murderer Of her hus-
band. Every orphan may look upon you
as the guilty wretch--the destroyer Of
its natural protecDr The loyal citizen,
too looks upon you as one who aids and
abets treason, and furnishes aid and CON-
fort TO the enemy. Your hands are red
with blood-blood OF your murdered
citizens. All, in this brief war how
many have been sent down with violence
and butchery to the grave! How many
bitter, unavailing tears have been shed!
How many pure and gentle hearts have
been crushed and broken! And still you
cry peace, when you know there is no
peace! Come, take arms in your hands
and stand by their side and point your
bayonet at the breasts of your own breth-
ren here, or else help us put it DOWN
You will stand as men and be no more
guilty in the sight of God to take arms
than to encourage others to do so. [Ap-
plause, The party that attempts to do
this ought to sink Any party ought to
sink to infamy that cannot lay aside It's
politics in this crisis; and should the dem
ocratc party, with all its ancient history,
attempt carrying the question by oppos-
ing itself to this war, there would not be
enough of them left for fngerboards to
point to the burial ground where the whole
party will be engulphed together. Zap
plause) asaas H3 rIs
THE ABsURDTTY OF PEACE PROPOSITIONS
NOW.
Now let us see. Suppose there was a
riot in Cortland, and hundred men were
engaged in the destruction Of property.
You call the magistracy together, They
all come out and attempt to put down
the rebellion, and the force is inadequate,
and they call out the military power
But the magistracy instruct them: "Go
and put down the riot. 1t is in arms
against us. 1t is threatening life and
property, and going on with destruction.
Put it down, and at the same time when
you are putting down the riot, make it
the most liberal offers of peace" You
send an officer to arrest murderer His
hands are red with blood, but you tell
the officer, when he comes: "We are op.
posed to murderers, but 60 and arrest
him, and make him the most liberal prop
ositon Of peace" That is the argument
of it. Now, l wonder il they suppose
they can have a position on such niche
as that? Yes; liberal offers of peace to
any army in the field, of hundreds of
thousands of men, with their guns point
ed in sight of the Capital, destroying life
and property, and committing every
crime, political and moral, that can be
summed up in the catalogue of depravity.
/ might possibly consent to drop some of
their leaders line, but there would be a
moose at the end of it. Laughter.) /
am for just such propositions of peace as
have been made to them at Hatteras by
Butler and Stringham. Stringham is q
very good name. am quite willing i,
should be Stringthem. daughter and
applause.) That is the only proposition
that they can understand or appreciate
and the only proposition that can OF
ought to be made. g;,5,a oa .'a
"Why, we must go with a great deal
more leniency, because they arc our
brothersm Are they? But are they au-
thorized to murder, and destroy the com
mon citadel of the family household? No!
meet them at once. 1t is much easier to
defend the door-sil than the hearth.
stone. lIl.. .r
The old revolutionary soldier that was
accustomed to walk with an eSp0ntoOn
which he had carried in the war-a long
staff with sharp instrument like knife,
at one end-was assailed by ferocious
dog and bitten. Failing to drive the dog
away he turned the sharp end of the in
strument and ran him through. The
owner of the dog cried out angrily, what
made you kill my dog? Because, said
the soldier, he bit me aud threatened my
life. Why did you not keep him off with
the other end Of your instrument?
should, said the soldier, if the dog had
come with the other end at me. Cup
roarious laughter) l--.k .irs
TREASON OR FIDELITY MUST TRIUMPH.
Now, if they had only come to us will
liberal propositions of peace, we coulC
have gone to them in the same way, bu
when they come with fire and sword, anC
war and threatening, there is no othet
way to meet them but with correspond
ing weapons, and in a manner to pu
them down. Wemust either conquer o
they must 1t is question betweer
Government on one hand and treason anC
rebellion on the other, and you may
weigh il out as many times rs you will
you may pretend TO erect political parties
on it, but the after generations and th'
! judgments of Heaven will hold him res
ponsible who undertakes to aid this re
bellion in any shape or manner.
| Woe be TO the politician who under
takes to leopard tho existence Of tn
Government by paltering in doubi
sense with this great question. tbs no
a question between North and South. /
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