Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-08-20

At the Democratic IHass C0,irehtio., held at
Indianapolis, Indiana, July 80, 1862.
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Ny FELLOW CTTIzENs-It has been my
pride and pleasure frequently to allude to
the greatness of our country. and the pros
perlty and happiness of our people. The
sun of heaven never shOne on a peo-
pie so prosperous and happy as we were
two years ago. Our people, from three
millions had increased to thirty millions.
From little line of population along the
/ Atlantic, we had grown and spread until
our shores were washed by two oceans.
/ We had stretched out our arms from the
| lakes Of the North 10 the Gulf of Mexico.
We embraced every quality of soil and
every Kind OF production The sails of
/ our commerce whitened every sea. and
the happy American tar, standing upon
the deck of his vessel, looked proudly up
at the stars and stripes floating gloriously
above him, and felt that in that flag he
I had safety and protection everywhere
! Around every tireSide were contentment,
happiness and plenty. But what Is the
scene that meets our eyes at the present
! time ?-From the plow and from the an
I vil-trom the physicians office and from
| the halls of justice-wc are hurrying to
/ arms
The Union has assumed the appearance
of one vast military camp The tax
gafirercr3 too, will soon be upon us, to
wiring from US Our substance There are
grave and important questions for us 10
decide. How can we return to that hap
pincss and prosperity which we once en-
| JOyed l would answer, it can only be
| done by enforcing everywhere the Consti-
tuition as it Is and the Union as it was.
Whatever amount Of power is necessary.
and IN whatever form, 10 enforce that prin
ciple, ought to be and must be employed.
a rebellion embracing thousands of our
former tellow-cltlzcns now aTTayed in arms
against the government must be put down
| by force of arms. And at the same time
that this is being done for the rebellion in
the South, that class of our feilow-citizens
! in other parts of the country who are see
king by other means than those of cannon
! shot and bayOnets 10 destroy the govern
ment, must be driven out of place and
power. and other men. who will acknowI-
/ edge their obligations and perform their
/ duty to the country, must be put in their
/ places.
To accomplish that object depends upon
/ yOu and upon me, but more upon YOU
I than upon me. You will have to begin
the work right here. If you have already
I begun this work, as | trust in God YOU
| have, let me urge you to keep it up by
/ every means IN your power-tor, remem-
! Der, the government, the very existence OF
the country depends upon it
am aware, ny tellcw-citizens, that
! those persons who have deceived YOU
/ heretofore will endeavOr TO do ii again.
! They always promise what your interests
seen to demand, but their performance is
very poor.
Let Us inquire little into the past his
I tory of these men. and see whether they
deserve to be trusted for the future You
remember that a few years ago we warned
the people that the formation of sectional
( parties was dangerous to the Union and
the Constitution. You will recOllect that
these men then sneeingly said TO us that
. we were Constitution and Union savers. :
They told YOU then that all our talk about
danger to the Union and the Constitution
! was the merest brageaIocia- They as
( serted that there was no danger of the
South seceding-that you could not Get
them out of the Union-their slaves would
up and murder them. Well, we did not
find that exactly the case, did we? These
men cheated you then, didn't they? Some
of them cheated themselves; others, and
by far the largest portion of the party, did
not, although they cheated you
| Well. we passed along as usual, and
what turned up next? When there began
to be signs of trouble in the Southern
country. we conservative men stepped for
ward and said, 'Let us compromise .
They replied, ''No; we will never COM
promise with rebels in arms,' They pro
fessed the profoundest contempt for the
South-said our women should 90 dowr
there and drive them all together into the
Southern ocean-it was a mere breakfast
spell Again they cheated you. Again
they proved false prophets, and, like falsf
prophets of old, they ought all to be STONED
to death Cheers and laughter. No
they would not compromise. They wan
ted little blood-letting- was absolute
" necessary for the future peace. They
said it would not come to much; these
people down South would not fight at all
And when at length your President calico
/ for an army of seventy-five thousand mer