Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-31

= reading men, that when South Carolina vot
ed to secede, for sheled the way, her leading
; men rose on the floor of the Convention and
thanked God, with upturned eyes, like Sim.
con of old, that they at last beheld what they
had so long looked for, and criod, "Now. oh,
Lord, lettest Thou Thy servant depart in
peace, for mine eyes have seen thy saliva
ton" Lawrence Keitt, and other members
of Congress, VINO said they had been labor
ing for this end ever since they had been In
public life, thus publicly on the floor Of sheir
own Convention acknowledged themselves
perjured scoundrels, who, when they. took
their seat in the House Of Representatives at
Washington, and swore to obey the laws
and support the Constitution, were then and
all the time they had been in public life, lab
oring to overthrow the laws and destroy tho
Constitution. l am in favor tonight of let
ting out out as a contract to the Yankees by
our Government the saving Of South Caro-
lima out of the Union and floating her into
the Atlantic, and sinking her into perdfitiOn.
! [Applause and laughter. Ifthat cannot be
done. am for reducing Charleston to ashes,
and then hope those men who are running
for Congress will pledge themselves to vote
for a law that it shall never again be rebullt
while God liyeth and man serveth. Laugh
ter. A.@ a.s #-..4-s.
Let me call to your minds Judge Douglas,
the late lamented Senator from this State
I regret his death as much as any of you,
for if he were living tonight, know enough
of the man, to know he would be in this war
with . cooked hat on his head, epauiettes on
shoulders, his sword by his side, and com
mission in his pocket, signed by his old op-
4 ponent in the law and in politics, Abraham
Lincoln. Applause. He would be fight
ing the battles Of the Union against this in
fernal rebellion, for Douglas lived and died
true Union man, and if he could be resur-
rected here tonight, with what infurste
scorn and contempt, would he look upon
these Democrats who are sympathizing with
this internal rebellion Judge Douglas
while in his place in the United States SEN
ate heard remark from Southern Senator
which he exposed from his place in the SEN
ate, and dared denial. But he never dared
deny it because he knew Douglas could prove
it, and what was that remark? "No matter
what the North may agree to conccde to us
the South intends to reject anything and ev-
erything, because we intend to 60 out. y
! Who was that Senator? 1t was that most
corrupt understandable of all old demagogues,
that old, spawned glandered, distempered,
ip-shodden, sway backed, whiskey rctted,
John NJ. Mason, of Virginia. Laughter and
applase know John M. Mason and have
known him long, and l know him if he is
living o-night, in France or England, as the
embodiment of original sin. Laughter. i
He is one Of the men, whom, associated with
John Slidell of Louisiana, our benign Gov
eminent took out Of Fort Warren when we
were feeding them on wholesome diet, put
them on British vessel and sent them as
ministers p,snipotentiary to the Court of st.
James and St. Cloud, to represent jeff. Day.
is Confederacy. III had have been the Gov.
eminent, would have tied an ordinary -siz.
ed grindstone around each one Of their necks
and cast them over into Boston harbor
where John Hancock, Samuel Adams, OF
their friends long time ago, threw some
tea. Slidell is worse man than Mason, be-
cause he has more sense, Slidell has lived
for thirty years by forgery, false swearing
lying and stealing but Sldel bears on the
side of his head face that the Almighty put
there as an advertisement, that no judge o.
human nature in Europe or America might
, ever mistake him for an honest man.
, Laughter ,.. ...
We had as many as four candidates in thu
field, two years ago to-day, and were all can
, wasting and talking about the Presidential
election. Four regular tickets were in the
f field. l confess to you candidly that il
Breckenridge and Lane had been elected, as
fortunately for the country they were not
we should not have had this war. Why do
l say so 4? They boast at the South in their
speeches, since the Presidential election, III
Al.
tons, that if Breckenridge had been elected,
and administer the Government as peaceably
to all appearances as it had been administer
as in former days; they intended to put the
military and naval establishments everywhere
throughout the United States to making pis.
tolls, sabres, swords, cannon, cartridges, iron.
clad steamers, war vessels, and transports OF
all kinds, Notifications on the Southern coast
so at the close of the four years in 1864, or
before that that time, they could seize upon
whatever money there might be in Treasury
declare the Union dissolved, the Government
J no longer in existence, and the South indie.
pendent. That was their plan, and they now
boast of it. You may thank God as do
that their ticket was not successful-that a
) better man, more honest, upright, patriot
, ic man was elected than ever John G. Brock
inridge was ever capable Of making, unless
! he was made over again, and know enough
about God Almighty to know that he would
not undertake such job. Peals Of laugh
ter.
But we are now in the midst of a rebellion
and our business now is to fight our way out
of it to peace. am an advocate to-nigh,
not because am away from Southern dan
ger, for what was l there am here tonight
and what am here viii there if ever litt
to get back again-I am an advocate OF coer
cion in this war, Applause, l am the advo
cate of subjugatisn, if you please, [coatinuee
applause, go beyond that; am the adj
vocate of determination. Tremendous ap
. plase.] say prosecute the war until We ex
terminate the whole race, and then call upon
God in prayer to people that country With :
better breed Of dogs lGreat applause ane
cheering s..s. 4a. -.
The Parson read libelous editorial OF
himself frcm the Chicago Times, and ther
proceeded 10 pay his respects to the author
in the following style: ~ T
Il am not here in pay of any Abolitionists
nor was invited here by Abolitionists. Now