Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-08-29

plauSe, and cries OF good j and put down
so that no resurrection day will ever find re-
bellion again. Renewed applause. Now
| believe l am one Of those who, in former
years, thought that sectional discussions put
in jeopardy the well-being of the Union. -
believe now, as then, that there never was
a sectional controversy that justified this, or
any armed rebellion. believe this rebel
lion did not arise out Of sectional agitation,
but from a blind, wicked, reckless ambition.
And l believe it is the duty Of every man,
woman, and child to raise an arm against it
to crush it. Our Constitution is never to be
put down. An indistinct voice in the crowd
-"Compromise: !" What does my friend
.tCompromise, before I net throush.--
Laughter and cheers believe 10 the in.
tegrity Of the Union I believe in the integ-
rity Of the Constitution; believe in sustain
ing both by the power OF the Government.
But they say, ''You would not coerce a
State?" No; would not coerce State.
| have said would not coerce State--frst,
because it is impracticable because you can
not coerce State. Second, because it would
be unjust to coerce State in its domestic
policy il it could be done. But you may
coerce rebellion in q State until you give that
State an opportunity to act through its 10y
al citizens in its duties to the Union. And /
would coerce rebellion wherever could find
it. You may not coerce community, but
you may cOeIcc its thieves and murderers.
You may coerce State criminals, and thus
enable the State and its loyal citizens to full
ill their relations in the Government of the
Union. 1t we can sustain our Union, if we
can uphold our Constitution, it is not by
compromising with rebcllion-it is by put
ting down rebellion, and making our com
promise with fidelity. Applause, and a
voice-'There is your Democracy And
of all men living, Democrat is the last man
who can take stand against the Constitu-
ton of his country. Cheers. A Demo.
crat lives, and moves, and has his being in
the Constitution. He cannot live outside
of or in opposition to, the Constitution.
He must stand by the Constitution in all its
parts. 1t was that doctrine that gave the
Democratic party its power and ascendency
in the times of Jefferson, of Madison, and
of that old hero, Andrew Jackson. Just in
proportion as the Democracy has wandered
from the Constitution, just in the same pro-
portion have they gone down. And if they
had been faithful, and stood fully up to
their own doctrines, all the Abolition par
ties of the earth, and all the Republican par
ties of the earth, and all the combined pow
ers Of the earth could never have pat down
the Old Democratic party. [Cries of That
is so, and cheers. l have ever believed
in the justice of Democracy, and l believe in
it to-day as much as ever. And Ibelieve
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
such mon in my hearing, Cries There
are, There are, " suppose Breckenridge
had been elected. Garrison, and Wendell
Phillips and the Abolitionists of the New
England States generally had started re-
bellion against the authority Of the United
States, what would have been done? would
have tried to animate my countrymen to put
them down by force Of arms. (Cheers and
cries, of Good. :" Now, why not trea,
Southern rebellion just as you would have
lion as you would Western rebellion-and
down forever. Cheers. That is my doc.
olden times, and 1 stand by it now, and il
that doctrine goes down 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 suggested
to Southern States to request becoming
guarantees, they never justified armed re-
bellion in any shape or manner. And wha
were those causes of irritation? The only
real, practical cause Of irritation was the
non.execution of the fugitive slave law. Blu
that did not affect the Cotton States so call
ed but Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, Mary
land, and Delaware, and perhaps one or two
other States were the only ones ever injured
by it. The Cotton States so called never los
a fugitive from the time of their existenc,
to this day. To be sure they had question
about territories, but it was so entirely ideal
, mere abstraction, and so practically not
, real grievance. But if it had been they hat
the Supreme Court and both branches OF
Congress, and practically had control of tn
question. The fugitive slave question wa
the only practical question therefore whicl
annoyed them, and that question was no
the cause of the rebellion. What State frs
, seeded? South Carolina began to scrap
lint before the votes were counted. Laugh
2 ter. She had no practical grievance what
ever Look at Virginia. Though politician
. cajoled, cheated, and defrauded, and bu
: lies held bowie knives at the throats of he
= citizens to coerce rebellion, it was long tim
before they could compel that State into any
thing like Secession. And when they di
so nominally, the State Government wa
! revolutionized, one part flew away from tn
other, and organized their government, ratf
= er than allow it to go into the bottomless p
+ Of Secession. Maryland, when she gets
: chance, votes against it. Missouri-hs
4 citizens are pouring out their blood like wats
: and their treasure without stint, rather tha
. be drawn into Secession. Look at good ol
a Kentucky, her Governor and Senators hay
I abored to bring her out of the Union-afte
!. all attempts to seduce her from her 6delit
!, to the Constitution, she gives more tina
: sixty thousand majority for the Unior
r Cheers Now, / inquire of all citizens
3 the Free States, especially my Democrat
: fellow-citizens, whether they are trouble
. about the integrity of Kentucky--whethe
= they think it is necessary to stay up the hanc
! Of rebellion in Kentucky, SO emphaticall
, condemned therep And now repeat tbs
1 the only practical cause of dissention was I'll
q fugitive slave question; and that appertaine
! to States that could only be drawn OF dr.,
I gooned into the folly Of Secession. Ger
J Butler has had this question on his hand
! As long as the Constitution was acknowledl