Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-08-30


ward. tLaughter,y There are times and
occasions when this is the only way TO do
IN dealing with treason. The 1sh law afs
fords no adequate remedy, While you nray
be discussing the question the coutry may
be ruined, the capital in flames, the arch<
ives destroyed. When the war is over wd
may examine and see If any one has in<
currcd penalty for suspendrg t'le writ OF
habeas corpus.
G,n. jackson paid his fnc, but NOT fl
he had put down both fnreign foes and dos
nestle traitors So long Ms there is citii
zen south that demands the protection Of
this government, then it Is our duty to prc<
iecl the government of the Union for his
sake. (.Sound," "Thafs the taNs," &c.t
And when there is none, Il is our duty to
maintain il, for politically geographically,
socially, and commercially it is one in cvey
sense-it Is utterly impossible for this gov-
ernment 10 be divided without It's utter de-
struclion 10 both sections. When you at.
tempt TO divide north and South, you must
do il east and west. Then all viii 20 to
pieces, and OUT country viii be a Mexico
worse than Mexico, because we have ten
times more material for mischief and de.
struction. A military dcspotisnf will be in<
auaurmed whenever you pcfmst fhis febe1<
lion TO triumph. But some c,y we are in
tator Of peace. Yes, we are all for peace
now. was for negotiating peace, until
fortifcation was fired upon " rebel aftil-
lery, and then ! BRIDE adieu to all cxpecta-
tions of peace until conquered over rebels
lion. (Cheers.) ] say there is no peace un-
til you can put down rebellion by force Of
arms and when every other man, womans
and child in the United States ftas acknowl.
edged the Independence of the fevofted
states, TO those with arms in their bands
viii sill oppose it, and will talk for my
own qualification when no others will hear
me. daughter, and cries of "good.'y We
must stand for the Union. Fellow-citizens.
in the language of Andrew jackson, "The
Union must and shall be preserved" What
would Gen. jackson have done had be been
at the helm to-day? He would have hung
the traitors higher than Iaman. You may
make peace with the loyal men Of the south.
and there is the place to make it. But how
will you do it with rebellion? Go with an
agreement in one hand and revolver in
the other and ask the confederacy to take
its choice? If there is any you can deal
with, it is the loyal citizens of the south
those that are prosecuted for the sake of
their government those that lore their
constitution, and are willing to die in its de-
fense, when they are restored to position by
conquering rebellion. All should strive to-
gether for this good end-men should bare
their boscms in battle, women implore in
the name Of heaven that the blessings Of
the Union should return, and children raise
their little hands to curse this rebellion az
feroeious monster that has come thither
TO torment them before their time, and dim
with blood and tears the luster of their
bright star. / believed when the evening
of the last presidential election closed down,
that | should claim exemption and a honor
able discharge from the discussions of the
day. congratulated myself that should
once more enjoy repose in the quiet of my
home and in the pursuit loved.
But this question Of Government or an.
archy has arisen. and find it my duty to
raise my voice at the demands of my fellow.
citizens, until the turbulence is hushed, OF
is crowned with triumph. Are you in fa-
vor of war? No; but / am in favor Of
putting down war by force Of arms. am
opposed to war, and in favor of obtaining
peace by putting down the authors of tho
war. j am in favor of peace, but am in
favor of the only course that will insure it
driving out armed rebellion, negotiating
with loyalty. When this country ryfn-
mences to die, it win die rapidly. When
this nation is given up to disruption, it will
go to swift destruction. Rome, to be sure.
was three hundred years dying; but then
its physical powers were greater than ours,
/ Its moral force less, its nervous energy les.
acute than ours. When we fall, we shall 90
| down in blood and darkness; but not in
tears, for the dying never weep. Nero, the
last and worst of the Caesars, sung tp bis
harp while his capital was in flames, Tam.
erlanes TO signalize his brutal ferocity. rear.
ed monument of seventy thousand human
skuls-Attilla declared that the grass should
never grow where the hoof Of his war-borse
irod. Hyder Ali left the Carnatic black
with ashes and desolaiion; but he who des.
treys the American Union will be greater
than all or either. And :" the foe. the mon.
ster Brant,' who fell upon and slaughtered
the defenccless women ard children OF this
valley, will be more approved in history by
men, and be an honester man in the siplt
OF God, than the despoier of our late hap
py Union. Shall the fell destrovers of tI;s
beautiful fabric be permitted to accomplish