The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-09-19
speech or Rev. WIN. b. Carter

Il
! We make the following extracts from
an eloquent speech recently delivered ir
Cincinnati by Rev. w. b. Carter, ol
East Tennessee.
While it affords me much pleasure to
appear before you tonight, this pleasure
il mingled with pain. Ny heart is
overwhelmed with sorrow whcn l re
member why it is that !, = stranger
unknown to you, occupy this place in
your presence. Why is il that we have
been brought face to face? Why am
among strangers, while the loved ones
at home arc this hour mourning over
my absence?
But find pleasure in m, new and
strange position. Here I have found
true friends, whose names, if should
live, in coming years must become fa-
miliar to my children. But | find a
higher pleasure in the knowledge Of the
fact that the heart Of the assembly in
whose presence Istand, beats in perfect
union with my own touching that great
and magnificent Inheritance which We
have received from our fathers that
As the Jewish people always turn their
faces towards Jerusalem when they
worship God, even so both you and
every day fix our eyes on the Capital
Of our country and for its safety pray
that like them both cf You and | daily
pray that the footsteps Of the proud
nsurper may never tread the halls Of
the Temple ofFrccdom, the foundations
Of which we're laid by the Father Of his
country. | very much fear that you
do not realize the full and terrible mean.
ing Of the word secession. The sun
seems quite small to the naked eye !;
but it is body Of vast dimensions. So
Of secession. Il has appeared As hut a
speck upon the horizon to you and our
rulers.
But It Is great in all its parts 1t is
crriblc in its ms,ch It consrmcs-it
kills and destroys all that is good and
lovely wherever it goes. Liberty ex-
pires beneath its consuming rays. II
turns the friend Of former days into
relentless and cruel enemy. Il trans
forms the gentle and beautiful female
into fiend Of hell. The followers Of
secession At once thirst for blood--not
only for the blood Of Y ankces--but also
for the blood Of the friends Of former
years, &c.
l am STAKEHOLDER. My ancestors,
for three generations, have been slave
holders; therefore, cannot be charged
With any great prejudice against slavery.
But tell You before, that regard the
union Of the States ~ Of infinitely more
value than all the negroes in America,
and Africa catoo.-(Great applause. Nay,
l 60 further, and say that if the prose-
cution Of this war and the perpetuation
Of the Union require that African sla-
very shall die, then | say, let it perish.
There are two reasons for the attemp-
ted revolution the first is, that certain
wicked-very wicked, proud, insolent,
ambitious, overbcaring, despicable men
have lost power. As Gov. johnson
said, 1--WE didn't elect our man. They
found out that the mud-sills were con-
trolling the destinies Of our country,
and would CONTROL them forever.
know some Of those proud Southrons !.
they can't bear that rail-splittsr shall
be President over them. Now, / res
pect rail-splitter who has had energy
enough to make himself President oi
tho United States. They don't like 9
rail-splittcr, that, when boy, fished uE
and down this river for his dinner
They could not bear to think Of raj