, 1862-11-04
ANOTHER WAR DElIOCdAT.
81 eech Of Major e. II. Roc Of the 33d
Illinois,


Illinois regiment, who will be remembered AZ
the Democratic candidate for superintendent
of public instruction against Mr.. Bateman, in
the presidential election. made powerful
appeal ut Bloomington to his old Democratic
friends, to sustain the presidents proclama-
ttun:- We ropy the following extract from hts
speech, as published In the Rsntdgrapa:
He allnded to his former po1itfca! opiuions.
He Was known as supporter OF whatever
Compromise the fathers hsd made with ths
lucaf institutions OF the South He had been
honestly willing, for the sake Of peace. to Sac
rihce the rixht-for he always felt THAT It was
sacrifice Of right. He stood by the slaveaold-
ers till they themselves threw down the gage
constitution to the sxord-xhen they refused
to Keep the bond, and plunged the nsrion Into
bloody revolution to gain new advantages
| tor alavety-then he felt the lime had come
when he was no longer bound to be parsy to
j devilisl compact Their treason released
him, and lie r.ioiced in the tre=dom- It WAS 4
bad bargain at the start; but the best our
| fathers could make.
He referred to his former we'll known op-
posi,ion to abolition, and justified Ills action
| stlnces, at the time; and he commended the
frmaess Of pre4ident Liuco1n for resisting the
| pressure which WAS urging him to pronounce
the freedom Of the sl1yes, 30 long as It ap-
peared possible to subdue the rebellion with
out. But the war itself Was pressure too great
to be resisted; and now that the proclaim .tion
mnst come and had come, he approved and
sustained It moAt cordially.
It might seem strange, In these degen-
crate DAYS, for ! soldier to acknowledge
his belief IN The os9rrnlin9 PAYER T. O. q T. 5e,
Omuipotent hand which governed ths Unl'
verse, md moulded nations at WILL, had laid a
pressure upon the president and the people
| which no human po~er could resist AuI tor
one, he had no regrets that thu great r4arc1
OF events had brought us to this stupentou'
; issue. The president had been N ade the in-
strument for announcing thst tue chains
should be stricken f1om ,000, ,003 OF slaves
and for himself, he would rather have tht
. glory Of having issued that proclamation thar
Of any single act eyer performed By tie hand
| OF man.
, But he supposed, after the uttesa9cs Q
| such sentiments, he won1d be cl1lel IN A3oll
tiopjst! Be It SO! Brand it upon his fore
} head, II ron, will-rames bay: no terror TO- e,
ion, and everything which supports an1 up
! holds it. Perhaps he would be considered a
il no longer worthy to b. called Deno:r3t
u he was soz1y for Il; but If the u.teran:e aat
G defense Of eentiulcnts like these excluded hin
rom tie Democratic rarly;t ne w2ua ~ rs Il. H.
It himeelf, year ago, in that very ball; aud,
n necessary, sand alone, while paztisans wer
1ghtinE tor the spois OF Office
But are you not afraid, ny Democrat
friends, IT ron continue to cut of snch men q
McClernand, and scates, and 1ogerson, An
Logan, md host of others in Illinois, beside
n thousands Of -FOUR highest lights th-oaghou
q the land, that you are likely to be in the san.
| condition as the Professors j3cs.knife
When the handle Vas lost and be got ne
one, 1t was still the same knife; and sFhe
tie blade Was lost, and 3 new one ob:atne'
the knife was still the Fame! By this kind
- | logic alone can you Claim to be still the Der
! ocratic party.
But, he erquired, what is the proclaim
ton, and wha. the necessity that requires 4
The proclamation ~as declaration, by Il
comnander-in-c CHIEF, that If pY the first day
January, the rebels did not Lay down the
arms, and return to their allegiance, the CO!
mapder ard his subordinate officers. and Il
- ermy will do nothing to obstruct or preVe
any efforts which may be made by sfAyss
the refe1 States 10 obtain their liberty 1t y
simply = t,ry act, contingent upon {
conduct OF the rebels t1emselves, and adm
'e' ten ts leading Democrats Of this city. wi
"a whom br had cenversed, to be jus.iaAb'e,
IT,. not absolutely netessarE.
et The necessity OF the act Was then sho'
II from fhe speakers own experience. He b
er eetn the march Of Gen. Curtis army, IN
OF hour Of sore de.titution. obstructed for d.!
bad required for erection the labor
sre thonssrd. Of slaves for many days, aad raa
!ef xeskt. He had seen the plantations OF
We kareas and Mississippi. over hundreds
ey miles with bu: single white man ie1t up
leg each, slaves alone aetiug Is the l.ooring
nd serve While the entire white population '
led In the srnv He b8d seen the men Of
u own regiment doing the labor which ~as dc
or bv eleyes alone In the rebel sruy-tt
-. ing for hon,s d,y .er a. ssTing se T'4gs;1s, ne
as snd falIire down exbausted, 10 sleep Ia
ent dust or rn1d md ha hid been compelled