Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-16
PARIS, MAINE,

destroyed; commerce auuihilated debts
rspudiated; confsca,ions and spoila,ions
sverywhers prevailing every cheek blanch.
ell with fear, and every heart frozen with
despalr and oil over that desolated land
the hand Of infuria,ed passion and crimo
10 waving. with a vulturc's scream for blood.
the sword Of civil war. And this is the
Pandemonium which some would have trans.
ierrei to Kentucky.
The south IN the Wrong.
But sm not here to discuss this propo.
si,i,n TO night. I wish solcmnly to declare
before you and the world, that am for
this Union without conditions. one and 10.
/ divisibls. now and forever. am for its
preservation at any and every cost Of blood
and trsasure asains. oil its asailants. l
know no neutrality between my country
and its foes, whether they be foreign or do
mestic; no neutrality between that glorious
/ lsc which now floats over Us, and the in
crate. and traitors who would tramplc 1t in
the dust. My prayer Is for victory, com.
ple,e. enduring and overwhelming, to tho
armies OF the Republic over ull its enemies.
I am against any and every comprom'e that
may be proposed to be made under the guns
Of the rebels. while. at the zane time. am
decidedly in favor OF aGOrdins every reason
abl, guarantee for the safety OF Southern 'n-
situations, which the honest convictions OF
the PcOple-nO, the eon'pira.Ors-Oi tho
South may demand, uionsrr they ''aH lay
dolra iLsr arms, but moi until hcn. The
arbiuament Of the sword has been dsfan,ly
thrust into the fac, OF the government and
eonntry. aud there is no honorable escape
iron il. All guarantees and all attempts
a, adjg',men, by amendments TO the Con.
s,i,ution are now seorniully rejected. and
the leader. Of the rebellion openly proclaim
iha, they are fighting for their Independence.
In thi, con,emp,uous reyc,'on OF guaran.
tees, and In thi, a,owal OF the objects Of
tho rebellion now % audaeiou'ly made, we
have a complete exposure Of that fraud
which. through the slavery agitation. has
been rrae,'eei upon the public eredal'sy tor
the las, fifteen or twenty years. IN tho
light Of this revelation, we feel ~ one awak'
enCd from the suGoea,ins tortures OF night.
mare, aud realize wha, blseless dream our
apprehension. have been. aud OF what
,raitorous swindlc We have been made the
victims. They are lighting for their inde-
pepdence! independents Of what! lnde-
psniencs OF those laws which they them.
selves have aided in enacting independence
Of that Constitution which their fathers
framed. and to which they arc parties and
subjec, by inheri,ahce indepcndenes OF
that b..nefcent government on whose treas
ury and honor. they have grown strong and
illus,riou.. When man commits rob.
berry on tho highway, ora murder in the
dark, he thereby declares his independents
Of the laws under which he lives. and vi the
society OF which he Is a member. Should
he, when arraignci, avow and justify the
offence, he thereby become, the advocate OF
the independence he has thu. declared aud.
IL lao resists 10y force Of arms the officer, when
dragcins him TO the prison. the peniisn.
,iary. or the gallow., he is ihcreb" lighting
for the independence he has thus declared
and advocated; aud such ~ the condition OF
the copspira,or. o, tho South a, this mo.
ment. I, is no longer question OF South
ern rights, which have never been violated,
nor Of security Of Southern. institutions
which VIC know PERFECTLY w have never
been interferred with by the general GOV.
ernmen,, but 1t 10 purely with US a question
OF national existence. 10 meeting this ter.
rible issue which rebellion has made up
with the loyal men Of tho country. westand
upon ground infinitely above all party lines
and party pla,!orms--srOund u. sublime as
that ON which our fathers stood when they
fou sb, the battles Of the Revolution. attn
7 for throwing into the contest thus forced
upon Us oil the material and moral resources
and energies Of tie nation. in order that the
struggle may be briei and as little sanguin.
AIRY as possible. !, is hoped that We shal!
soon SEQ in the field halt million OF pat
rio,lc volunteers. marching in columns
which will 10 perfectly irresistible. and,
borne in their hands-'or no purpose OF
conquest or sutjugation, bu. Of protection
only-we may expect within nine months
to SEQ the Stars and Stripes floating in every
Southern breeze. and hear going up, wild as
the storm, the exultant shout OF that eman.
cipa,ed people over their d,liverance from
the revolutionary terror and dcspo,ism, by
which they are now tormcnted and ogpres.
sd. The war. conducted on such scale,
will no, cost e1ceeding four or five hundred
millions Of dollars; and none need be start
LED at the vastne.s Of this expenditure. The
deb, tbsa created will press but slightly up
on us; /, will DO paid, and gladly paid. by
pos,eri,y. Who will mako tho bes. bargain
which hes been made since the world began,
Y IL they can secure to themselves. in It's in.
tsgriiy and blessiogs, such q government as
this. at such z cast. But, u in this aniici-
patton We are doomed to disappointment I;
IL the people Of ,ba United States have al
ready b.eomc 20 esgeuera,ed-may not
cay 90 crayen-in TIA presence oi their foes
as to surrender up this Republic to bc dis
mcmbered aud satSsrtei by the traitors
who have reared tue standard OF revolt