Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-09-07


TCheers. A Democrat lives, and moves,
and has his being in the Constitution. He
cannot live outside Of. or 10 opposition to, the
Constitution. He must stand by the Con
stitution in oil its parts. 1t was that doc
true that gave the Democratic party its
power and sscendepcy 10 the times of Jetfer-
son, Of Madison, and Of that old hero, Andrew
Jackson. Just in proportion as the Democ-
racy has wandered from the Constitution,
Just 10 the same proportion have they gone
down. And it they bad been faithful, and
stood fully up to their own doctrines, all the
Abolition parties Of the earth, and all the
Republican parties Of the earth, and all the
combined powers of the earth could never
have put down the Old Democratic party
ICries of "That is co." and cheers. l have
ever believed in the justice of Democracy,
and believe in it to-day as much as ever.
And 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.
TCbeers My fellow Democrats, supposng
there are any such in my hearing, Cries,
There are," "There are."l suppose Breck-
nridge had been elected. and Sumner, and
Garrison, and Wendell Phillips and the DO.
ltionsts of the New EDpland States gene
rally had started a rebellion against the
authority Of the United States, what would
have been done? would have done as am
doing now. would have tried to animate
my countrymen to put them down by force
Of arms TCheers. and cries Of Good " l.
Now, why not treat Southern rebellion just
as you woulj have treated NortherC rebellion
- Eastern rebellion as you would Western
rebelliou-and wherever rebellion comes
from, pnt it down forever. Cheers. That
is my doctrine / have stood upon that
doctrine in olden times, and ] will stand by
il now and If that doctrine goes down will
go dowo with it, There we're causes of irri-
tations between sections admit. depre.
Gated them, and labored long and earnestly
to get rid Of them. But it was not done.
Those causes of irritation. although they
may hove suggested to Sonthern States to
request becoming guarantees, they never
justified armed rebellion in any shape or
mau0er.
THE REBELS ARRAIGNED.
1t is base hunbug Of Davis. Cobb and
Go. to place themselves in power. The elec.
tion of political opponent is never q cause
Of Secession or for disturbance; and if these
Secession leaders had opposed Mr. LiDcon's
election from the time of the Charleston
Convention with half the per,inacity and
force that did, he never would have been
elected. | charge in all my public speeches
that they connived at that election sod the
same has been charged home upon them by
their own people in the South Their time
had come. 1t must go, or they would be
rniued They remind one Of little boys who
want TO ride horse. Those n the city get
them hobby-horse. and they can ride that.
Country boys get astride of q stick, and ride
b,t Gno af fail; tn
get horse to ride, or even o hobby have
uounted this poor stick Of Southern Con.
federscy, and ore riding that 1t is just such
ambition as caused the angels in heaven to
rebel. 1t was not because we had not good
Government. but because they could not rule
il. Call them Democrats, or entitled to
sympathy of Democrats. with arms in their
hands against their Government, and their
hands red with the blood of our murdered
ctizpns They are enemies of their country ;
they are traitors against the Flag and the
Constitution, and as such | arraign them in
the name OF the Constitution and the Union
! arraign them 10 the name OF civilization
arrsign them in the name Of Christianity
arraign them in the name of the fathers Of
the Revolution, who poured out their blood
to gain the Liberty transmitted to US. |
arraign them in the name of the soldiers who
marched barefoot to secure our blood bought
Liberty. | arraign them in the name Of the
holy memories of the women of the Revolu
tioD, whose pure and gentle hearts were
crashed and broken. 10 the Great Day of
Accounts, the savage Brant and more savage
Butler, that deluged the beautiful valley of
the Wyoming with blood, will stand up and
whiten their crimes in comparison with the
perfdy of the meo who now attempt to divide
I IL. e.,
stincts Of the savage taught him that be might
be doing duty to his people; but these men
were born 10 land Of civilization, and bsp-
tised in the name of the Trinity, and they
should be held to an account for the abuse OF
| the trust which has been confded to them.
| Who are these men in arms against the
| Government--in arms against the Union
They are men who have been educated at its
expense-been laden with its bonor-beeD o
pampered at its Treasury.
PEACE, BUT NO coMPRoMIsE-CoERcI
How can these men be sustained by any
one, with hands dripping with blood-not
only with the blood Of Northern, but OF
Southern citizens: and why? Because q
| Northern candidate was elected who had fOnr
years to serve whose election they might have
prevented-whose election they connved at,
| lney VIII DaZAro Wnole eternity, SO Tar as
temporal existence is concerned, to crafty
present personal pique and feed mean
ambition Whoever sustalns them. | will
not. Whoever cries peace, | will not
Whoever cries compromise with them, viii
not. Great cheering am for peace, but
| am for making peace with the loyal citizens
OF the South-the loyal citizens of Kentucky
and OF Missouri too, who have sent tina,
modern Nebuchadnpzzar, Claiborne f. Jack
500, to grass. Great Laughter. They
ask, in repetition, can you coerce a state p
] say no ! you cannot. You might as wei
cOerce the sun to shine or the stars to twinkle
Can you c0erce a neighborhood to be honest
No; but you may punish its criminals. NJ
one can justify armed rebellion 10 opposition
to the Union and the Constitution of hi,
country But Mr. Lincoln, it is said, for
sootb, has violated the Constitution in con
ducting bis Administration Very well
there is day of reckoning to come with bin
and bis advisers. But il is one thing Il
violate the Constitution 10 defence Of ou
country, and quite another to violate it il
endeayoriog to snbvert it. When my Dem
ocratic or Republican friends. cor any othe
man." are disposed to call the President I,
account, and sm not his defender, | merel,
beg, when they get through with bin. the,
| will merely inquire whether Mr. Jefferson