Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-09-05


: flames, it becomes us. whatever may have bee
our political poclivities BEFORE to rise far aboy
all other considerations, and to keep this cjts
del from destruction. ECheers. 1 cannot al
ford to turn away from. duty because polite;
opponent is acting with me, nor to stay bac
from a duty because political friend desert
me; No; l must go on and discharge a grea
duty. hold it to be the first duty of ever
citizen. of every party, to aid in restoring
restored it can be-this great and good Govern
ment. Cheers. and cries of THAT s true doc
trine.'1 Previous to the last political election
this country was at peace with the world,
was in the enjoyment of greater privileges thai
any other Government on earth; there was n
people SO blessed in every ramifcation of soci
ETY.. This mighty sea of happy faces befor
me testifes to the fact that they have bern il
the enjoyment of civil and religious freedom
And so it was from the North to the South
and from the East to the West, with over thirty
millions of people, unoppressed by Government
but every one enjoying the fruit Of his own in
dustry and litteialy none TO molest or make hin
afraid. Then, what cause is there for this grea
disturbance? Why is it one portion of thi
country is in arms against the another9 Let U,
inquire the cause of complaint first. and ther
see If we can prescribe a remedy afterward.-
We all agree that the grievance is most serious
But what is the true way of putting dow
what shall term a rebellion? And we can al
agree in one thing: that that rebellion is either
right or wrong. jnstifable or unjustifable-
be approved or condemned, as a whole. If il
is right for a portion of the country to take up
arms against this Government, it is right to sus-
tain such action; and ifthey are wrong, they
should be put down by the power of the peo-
| pie. lApplause.1 There is no half way house
in this maiter-no tarrying place between sus-
| 10 ont md -tfp arfI 1fc
overthrow. There is no peace proposition that
will suit the case until the rebellion is first put
down. GApplause.] And wcra 1 in favor, or
disposed to tamper with this rebellion, or coun-
tenanee it. would go and take up arms with
them. Because, If it is right for them to take
| MP arms. it is right for them to have armed aid
| and assistance. If they are wrong, if they are
guilty of treason, and murder, and arson, then
they should be overtbrown by the whole power
of the Government. [Applause, and cries of
"good'l and put down so that no resurrection
day will ever find rebellion again. CRenewed
applause Now. / believe that l am one of
those who, in former years, thought that sec
tional discussions put in jeopardy the we'll
ing of the Union. believe now, as then, that
there never was sectional controversy that
justified this. or any armed rebellion. be-
lieve this rebellion did not arise out of sctional
agitation. but from a blind, wicked, reckless
ambition. And believe it is the duty of eve
cry man, woman and child to raise an arm
against it and crush it. An indistinct voice
in the crowd-"Compromise.' Well, l will
get at "Compromise' before l get through
Laughter and cheers.1 Ibelieve in the integ-
rity of the Union; l believe in The integrity of
the Constitution; believe in sustaining both
by the power of the Government. But they
say, ''You would not cocrce a State?" No;
would not coerce State. / have said would
not coerce a State-first because it is impracti-
cable; because you cannot coerce State. Sec
ond, because it would be unjust to coerce a
State in its domestic policy if it could be done.
But You may coerce rebellion in a State until
you give that State an opportunity TO act thro
its loyal citizens in its duties TO the Union.
And | would coerce rebellion wherever could
find it. You may not coerce community, but
you may coerce its thieves and murderers.
You may coerce State criminals. and thus ena
BILE the State and its loyal citizens TO fulfill
th ir relations in the Government TO the Union.
If we can sustain our Union, il we can uphold
our Constitution, it is not by compromising with
rebellion-it is by putting down rebellion, and
making our compromise with fidelity. GAp-
plarsc, and a voice-.There is your Democr,-
cyl And of all men living, Democrat is
the last man who can take stand against the
Constitution of his country. GOheers. A De-
the Constitution. He cannot live outside of, OF
in Imposition to. the Constitution. He must
stand by the Constitution in all IFS parts. 1t
was that doctrine that gave the Democratic par
ty its power and ascendency in the the times OF
jefferson. of Madison, and of that old hero
Andrew jackson. just in proportion rs the
Democracy has wandered from the Constitution,
Just in the same proportion have they gone
down. And if they had been faithful, and
stood fully up to their own doctrines, all the
Abolition parties of the earth, and all the Re-
publican parties Of the earth, and all the COM
bined powers of the earth could never have put
down the Old Democratic party. Cries of
THAT is SO, and cheers.l l have ever believ-
ed in thejustice of the Democracy, and believe
in it to-day as much as ever. And l believe
it to be my duty to stand upon the ramparts of
the Constitution, and defend it from all foes,
whether they come from the North, the South,
the East or the West. [Cheers. My fellow
Democrats, supposing there are any such in my
hearing, T..There are" "there are,"1 suppose
Breckenridge had been elected, Sumner, and
Garrison, and Wendell Phillips and the Abo-
litionists of the New England States generally
had started rebellion against the authority OF
the United States, what would have been done?
1 would haved done as lam doing now. Iwould
have tried to animate my eountrymen to put
cries Of 'tGood.''1 Now, Why not treat South
ern rebellion Just as you would have treated
Northern rebellion-Eastern rebellion as YOU
would Western rebellOn-and wherever rebel
lion comes from, put it down forever. Cheers.
That is my doctrine. 1 have stood upon that
doctrine in olden times. and will stand by it
now, and if that doctrine goes Gown will go
down with it, There were causes of irritation
between the sections | admit. deprecated
them, and labored long and earnestly to get rid
of them. But it was not done. Those causes
OF irritation although they may have suggest
ed TO Southern States to request becoming
guarantees, they never justified armed rebellion
in any shape or manner. And what were
those causes of irritation? The only real. prac-
tical cause Of Irritation was the hon-execution
of the fugitive slave law. But that did not affect
the Cotton States so called; but Missouri, Ken
tucky, Virginia; Maryland, and Delaware, and
one or Two other States were the only ones ever
injured by it. The Cotton Statas SO called never
lost fugitive slave from the time of their exis-
tence to this dav. To be sure they had ques-
tion about territories, but it was so entirely
ideal mere abstraction, and so practically not
a real grievance. But if it had been they had
the Supreme Court and both branches of Con-
gress and practically had control of the question.
The fugitive slave question was the only practi
cal question therefore which annoyed them. and
that question was not the cause ofthe rebellion.
What State first seceded3 South Carolina be-
gan to scrape lint before the votes We're counted.
Laughter She had no practical grievance
whatsoever. Look at Virginia. Though polit-
icians caioled. cheated, and defrauded, and bull
lies held owie-knives at the throl his OF ber cit
liens to cocrce rebellion, it was n long time be-
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