Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-09-26
GREAT UNION MASS MEETING IN
i CONNECTICUT.
STIRRING sPEEcHBY HON. D. s. EIcK,
: INSON.

STIRRING SPEECH BY HON. D. s. EIcK-
The people Of Fairfield. Litcs6eld.
New Haven and other counties ID Con-
neeticut, turned out. 10000 stro1g on
Saturday, 10 listen to q speech from
Hon. d. s. Dickinson. Strong Union
resolutions were adopted.
The Hon. d. s. Dickinson wa then
introduced, and was received xitb hear
ty applause. After it had in measure
subsided. the speaker commeooed by
asking why that vast concoerse Of peo-
pie was there2 They had come. he
said. to commune together on thatters
thai concerned ours existenes-as ma.
ton. He had never voted shy other
than. the Democratic ticket, and he was
a son Of a Democrat of Che time Of
Thomas jefferson. That Democracy
taught the speaker 10 revere the Con-
stitution. Democracy, the true and
genuine article. was not taken out OF
the patent office; it was not necessary
to file a specification. 1t was not like
some Of the India rubber patents. that
could be pulled out at great length. or
allowed 10 shrink to small dimensions.
1t became every individual to go for
ward, leaving behind him his party pol
itics. and bringing his choicest offering
TO the altar Of his country. Cheers. ]
We had been so long governed by
opinion that we supposed everything
must now originate with opinion. The
ballot-box would answer for the wants
Of peace, but the cartridge-box was bet
ter calculated for war. Cheers and
laughter. When opinion was govern
ing US it might be met by opinion;
when argument was addressed to US
we could meet it with argument; when
protest was addressed to us we could
meet il By conciliation. But when
great armies entered the field, and de-
clared it TO be their intention TO over
throw US, arguments, conciliation, pro-
test, were feeble instruments, and We
must meet force BY force, arms BY arms.
Cheers. Tenderly touch the nettle
and it will sting you; but
Grasp it like a man Of mettle,
And 1t soft as silk remains.
Human government was based on the
form ofgovernment OF the universe; but
when there was rebellion in Heaven,
the author of that rebellion was not met
by propositions OF peace. Laughter,
He was hurled down upon the pave
ments of perdition and darkness forever.
where every rebellion so causeless and
wicked should be, and vhereshe pres
ent one will be hurled. Cheers. In
regard to the right Of Secession, there
never was a Government on earth that
thought so meanly of itself that it pro-
vided for its own destruction-sowed
the seeds Of destruction in its own bo-
som. And yet we were asked to be-
lieve that our Government. founded in
the best patriotism the world had ever
seen, IN the choicest hearts blood that
ever flowed, that that Government, un.
like every other, provided for its own
dissolution to allow a set OF robbing,
speculating politicians to divide the
boundaries of the nation. Whatever
might justify the standing by and see
ing the country destroyed. he would tel
them what would not justify such 6
course-Thomas Jefferson's nor An
drew Jackson's Democracy. Cheers.
Those who claimed the right OF peace
able Secession knew it was false, foI
every lawyer. every judge, every states
man, every intelligent person in the
country knew that no such provision
was contained in the Constitution. HaC
the strong arm of power been extended
to the rebels earlier it would have suit
ed their condition better. But it wa
not now too late; a triumph awaited
our arms, and within one weeks tint
there would be stirring events upon oul
borders, between rebellion and tn
arms Of the United States. A few wer
for making propositions Of peace to re
bellion; but if propositions were made
propositions must also be received, ant
treating with them would be acknowl
edging that they had rights as Gov
eminent. Those who would make sucl
propositions were the sappers and mi
ners Of the Constitution, they did NOR
to drive a dagger to the heart Of tn
Constitution and destroy this natiol
than all the rebel armies in the field
Cheers. We proposed no such thin
for the rebellion, but TO "trv the quar-
rel hilt to hilt." TCheers. We ha
no hearts for rebellion. but the heart
that put it down. [Cheers.] Put
down by force. Renewed cheering.
1t had been already tried and condemn
ed, and awaited only the Ak Of the exc
cutioners that was suspended over j
and we proposed to let it fall. But
was said that this would be coercing
State, and State could not be coerceC
: II was true that it could not be as on
Of the United States; but suppose it wa
in estate of sin and misery" then "
could coerce. Laughter. The loy'
people were not coerced, only the di'
loyal. We bad words Of amity for th
loyal Southern people. but arms for ira
tors; Tcbeers;1 and hemp for them, toc
Renewed cheers. Those who wer
carping at the Government and attempt
ing to throw distractions in its wa
would have their names, those tha
|, were worth recording, placed in no en-
viable light on the page Of history