The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-09-03
HILI.SDALE, MICH, TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1864.


; pie. Both are alike. Tho masses o,c iIon
est. To be sure, their institutions, thei
means Of communication, render them NOR
eScitable, more easily led, aud moro relying
upon their leaders for public Information, and
therefore more liable to be nlisled than North
ern people. Nevertheless, | have cunfdenc,
in the Southern people; and the result Of tho
grcat conflict in Kentucky assures me that
the Southern heart is with tho people SOUND
to the core. Though terrified into seeming
Secession, with the exception Of one or tive
States in the South, am well satisfied that
if the question OF Union or Disunion were
submitted to the people to-day, an ovcrwhoI
ming vote would be given for the Union and
its Stars and Stripes. Applause. Every
indication has shown that whenever there has
bcan an election in any Southern State, and
a fair opportunity given, you have seen that
the Union sentiment has prevailed. You will
see that it is by military power, by threats,
intimidation, destruction, murder and ar,on
that they have succeeded in getting in ad
vance OF the CAUSE OF Secession. ia some
States as for iu>tasce, Louisiana, they never
submitted the question to the people at ALL
1t is base hunhug of Dav.s, Cobb & Co.,
to place themselves in power. The election
of political opponent s never n cause of
Secession or for disturbance; and if those Sc
cession leaders had opposed Mr.. Lincoln's
election from the time of he Charleston Con.
vention with half the pertinancy and force
that did, he never would have been elected.
| charge it in all my public speeches that
they connivcd mt that election; and the same
has been changed home upon them by their
own people in the South Their time had
come. IL must 90 or they would be ruined.
They reminded one Of little boys who want
to ridc hoIsc. Those In the city get them
hobby horse, and they can ride that. Coun.
'.v boy" got .~''ilo oa ~':oL, aud ride that
This knot of Office seekers, failing to get n
horse to rGe, or even hobby, have mounted
this poor stick of Southern Coufcderacy,
aad are riding that. 1t i Just such ambition
~ caused the angels in Heaven to rcb.l. 1t
was not because we had rot n COOL Govern
ment, but because they could not rule it
Call them Democrats or cntitle them to the
sympathy of Democrats, with arms in their
hands against their Government, aud their
hands red with the blood Of our murdered
citizens. They ar. the enemies of their coun.
try; they are traitors against the Flag and
tUc Constitution, and a- such | auaign them
IN the name OF the Constitution AMI the
OnIon' l "1aI-n them IN the name | civil.
lzlton; | a,rgiLn them in the rame Of
Christianity; arrajgn them in the name Of
the father, of the Revolution, who poured ont
their blood to gain the liberty Transmitted
to u.s. | arragn them in the nam. Of the
soldiers who marched bare footed to secure
our bloc bought liberty. arralgn them in
the name of The holy memories Of .he women
of the Revolution. whose pure and gentle
hearts were crushed and broken. la tn. great
Dav Of Accounts, the savage Brant and the
more savage Butler, tha. irlugcd the bcalli.
ful valley Of Wyoming With blood, viii stand
up and Wilton their crimes in comparison
with the pertily Of the men who now at
tempt TO divide and destroy this Union.
The terociouS instincts Of the savage taught
hIm that be might be doing du.y to hi' pco-
pie; bat these men were born IN land of
elvI.lzstIon and baptjzed in the namc Of Trim
ty, and they should I've held to a strict &c.
count for the abuse of trust which has been
cootided to them. Nhe are these men in
arms agairst the Goyemmcnt-in arms against
the Union! They are men who wore eIuca-
ted at It's cxpcn,e-bcrn Iadanod with honor
--heen pamp'rcl at It's Treasury. If we
perish, We may say with the poet over the
stricken eagle:
"Kccn were his yancs. vet kccncr far to feel
He nursed the ? nion which impslled tn" steel,
VIM. the same r1u'nas'' that had warmed his
Drank tbo last Iis. Jro, or hi. n.e,io. bcort -
If the Union IS 'tung to the heart, it must
he melancholy reflection that we hav. rear.
ei the men to do it, and ike the demeuted
Lear, we shall learn
How sharper than serpent. tooth it is
To have 'h"nhlcs' child
and We have uourishci and brought up chill.
dren, aud they have rcbcIlcl agsn.t sh. in.
stitutious Of their country. We have seen
by the action Of the Border Southern States
that 1t is not their intention to permit !his
Government 70 b. snbvertrd. Every crime
known in the catalogue of dcprsyity, from
treason to larceny, has been committed in at.
tempting to drive them into Secession. How
can these men ba sustained By one, with
hands dripping with blcol--not only with
the blood Of Northern, but Of southern citi.
z'ns; ard why' Because Northern candi
date was elected, who had four wears to servo.
whose election they might hay, rrcycntcl-
whose election they couniyed at, Jhey will