Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-30


mots IhAn thai, 10 Of .he great metropolis, ysu Of Tie
be Iutifel city Of B~rooklyn, while you every day looked
ont on the beautiful bay yonder, and saw vessel, deeply
fIeiehtsd with The rich productions Of the South while
you end IL your workshops ten thousand evidences OF
the wealth OF the South to buy, and the sbii to produce,
YOU were made to believe for years past, that th 8 Was a
helpless, dependant, poverty stricken, im6tcis people.
How A Il that against your early teachings, sgsinst
yout readings 10 history, against the daily observation
and experiences Of life, you entertained this monsirous
misuks which has dyed the land red with the blood
which has flowed from the veins OF your brethren. o.
back, my radical friends, to your teachings, to your radi-
cl press, to your prayer meetings. g, back to the
sacred house OF God. and you will see thst this mon
sIols lie was net told BY M accident and BY no ina1ver.
tsnce. tell you tits fatal ignoranc, Was the rssul. OF
log vars Of systematic teaching that spread upon the
land Ire terrible cslsmities that now food Il. (Oaeers }
Say what you please, Think Whit you please as the eau 0
of the war. Say it Is slavery, say Ii Is abolitionism, say il
il ambition, say il is the thirit Of wealth; but every man
knows, from one end Of the country to the other, North
and South, tina. If tte p.op.s had been well Informed
with regard to each others powersa and resources, North
aud Sou b. this war, my friends, would never have beer.
(Oheers) I assert, then, that the great un'e lying caue
of these evils has been Ignorance. Bat for this misar-
prehen lou, this fatal mistake, that was 90 i~nsidioasly
iuculcated 10 your minds, your country to-fiy would not
be b,,hed Ia the blood shed by brothers in an unnatural
( auicidal war. (Oheerf.) Now, / sry, my friend that
the national life demand the uu:h, the outspok' n truth
Wa must no longer be amused by Cabinet officers and
others in high places who tell US that this war must be-
matter of only thirty days or ninety days, or that 1t will
be ended 10 the next three months. Do you remember
a little while ago, when q mans person was unsafe in
your own intelligent citJS II he said that three
hundred thousand men could not crush Gu. the
rebellion, he was In danger OF imprisonment, and
now more than two hundred thousand men sleep
in bloody graves. (orits Of 'Tha!s so.9 Ny radi
cl friends / again invoke your attention. / do not
believe that the conceaing ! truth, destroys the truth.
l do not believe that If you close our lips against fair
and full deba.e, you will thereby avert the calamines
which ignorance and q false direc ion Of Affairs must 10
evitably bring upon ths. land Of ours. You may impri.
sol goid-you may lock Ii up In banks or hide 1t In deep
vaults, but 1 tell you Notwithstanding that, Ii tells a ta'e
of deprecated currency, as surely ~ II IL passed from
hand to hand in the full light Of day. (Oheers Hide
abuses in government, lock rs up II you will while We
tell Of the abuses and mistakes which nave Drought de-
tea, upon our armies and slaughter upon our bre,h.en,
and which to-day redden the great ocean itself with the
flames of burning ships. Conceal theee facts II you will,
bu. will that stay desiIu ,tioD, will that ambition DO lees
hurtful because you seal our lipsf No, my friends, you
but aRRrayate the evil. We tell you This for your bent-
q. as well as for our own. We belong TO that great Goa.
servstive party that will govern this country hereafter.
(App,ause.) / tell you, my radical friends, whether you
like it or not, the day has como when Q mighty poit cal
revolution Is not only about to take place, but has tie
ready actually taken place. (Anplsusa) l tell you that
vh,n we shall have tina. power which ws will yet WELD,
we will not orly Ourselves enjoy free speech and free ac
tiou, but We will extend the sans privilege, to you. 10
GOOD faith, I tell you that We shall never retort the IN.
worthy threats you made against Us. (Appaise)
After q lengthy expose Of the frauds OF tho Black
Republican party, in conducting the war, Mr.. Seymour
| proceeds to speak Of the necessity Of maintaining the
Constitution inta:t, aud s,id:
We propose to bring this war to q speedy and suo
cessful conclusion, because, my friends. We have a dih
| mite and determinate OH ,ci, and that 10, TO restore the
| Union as l. was. (0heers) We are told BY a great
| mapy that they do not want the Union ss IL was, but
| the Union as Il should be according TO their ideas OF
| what the constitution shall be. (Rsneved applause -
| Look for q moment Of this thing, without impsaching
| the wisdom cfihese men. without inoeaching their
| patriotism. What is this proposition You, my friend,
who want this Uaion saved. you who want to know II
We are 10 favor of bringing this war 10 q successful con-
c,uiop. why do you doubt rs when We tell you what we
| propose 10 do-lhat q thiug Is definite, and that some
| thing Ia within our reaclt What d. you do, 10 the az
firs of life, when you embark in q great undertaking,
| Have you eoLfisnce 10 any ptj OF that Is brought be
fo.e YOU that Is iudeh lite 10 Ito parpose and indth.
ni,e 10 its entt What Is this idea that men done want
I the Constitution as Il was, bat they want an amended
constitute ?" That implies that j. ID TO b> amended
10 sui, the fanoies and TO suit the views oil every man in
our Iaud. Have | not as COOL q ii ;et - say that the
constitution sh al b, AMENDED to suiG me rs Mr.. Greeley
has 10 saw that Il shall be amended 10 suit himi (Hisi zee
| for Greeiey) II you open this Pa IRA box, where does
Il emf One man wants Q proViSol tia. Is TO bear h4A-
vly upon Que olass Of the country, and another man
wants a provision that will bear hesvly upon another
| saotioo OF tho country. 0le man wants to work at q
p-ovIsi IN ,hA' ~iatsrferes wish tii peculiar views Of gov.
| Ornamental policy as a personal u Sht A1d wbep, my
| friend. YOU will for q N ,msbt tolerate this proportion
that We are motto rts,ore the Union a. IL wss. you 'ole.
rate a proportion that 10 addition TO ell the evils oil civil
war atd ali The uncertainties which hang over our ooun'
try Is to throw into this state Of tf .irs an endless ee'
m,nt Of discord. and Of confusion, too. (Arpl'uss(
b: with auo'h,r clssl OF higher Law N ,n-ihe higher.
law men of the South-WAo also have ere, ed themselv' q
aeains. the hSs &C The land aud right'ul authority, who
| hive undertaken to resist is decree, who would not
content theus,l ,es with the ballot, but would have the
bayonet and the bullet, to them We cay We will settle u,
question, thep, with the bsyonet and the bullet Great
caeering) We did not want this way. We impiored
| them not 70 engage Ia It. We entreated the higher law
m m Of the North and the highsrl'~ men OF the South
TO abstain from this moustrous col Il c.. Now, shen the
m IN OF The South N Ido the bayo1et and the sword the
| arbiter, (they elected, and not wf) when they dete--
mined to ssttl, 1. by blood (srd not wei he s<ord, go
far a. the present IL co0cS rned, must be the arbite; and
il cur strong right arms i; shall strike vigorous and tue
blows for tNe Life Of our coun'ry-for III i%nsti;u'io1s
and for g Il e. (Appause } Now, let mo say this to
the hieterllv men OF the North, aad to the higher law
men cf the South, and 70 the whole world iha. locks on
witnesses to the mighty events transpiting in this coun
try, that the Union never shall bs seversd-no, never.
(Lcul cheers Would that my vocs could bs heard
through eyery Southern State, and 1 would tell them
their mistake. Look at the Conservative trinmphs in
h, North, and listen not TO the teachings Of ihose who
say that We are not true TO the Union aud to the Con
sti,uion. You kno~ that We are those who bitled
for long years for The Constitution, and vindicSted your
| rights, whsn 1t was asaisd and denounced. You know
tia. when you deserted your country's Il G, you deserted
% who had been true to thu principles OF this constitu'
tim. Read these triumph., and Ih,y tell you that they
bring iuto power men whoss love for the constitution Ia
| a tradiuon-men who inherited IL from theis fa'hers--
men who consider i. identified With the constitution
which We are pledged to uphold. Therefore til We tell
| you, and We I'll the ,whtli world, that this great cor-
sNrvadvs party will erect the shattered eolumts OF the
U lioa. (Ohetr') We will lift II higher up sIil, rearer
Heaven than L. vas before, aud from It's lefty top and
rowing greatness there shall ever w.va you' nations
HR, with every star and every stripe that bias b,en
placed there in The wonderful peegress Of our country
and whatever &C iar men may s,y, az for the oonserva'
tive people of tbs country AID as for mysslf as an indi
yidu il--let other men say and tbiak what they please