Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-11-06
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Gated tho peculiar institution aif my lifc.
tme, and they knew it They, passed. 0
loint resolution by the two houses, '4nyjtinr
Dr.. Brownlew of East Tcnnessae, who'is in
our CITY, to a,iiress the two branches of the
Legislature Of hlabamss In our lceiSlafNe
hail.. with such of our citizens, ladies' and
gentlemen, as may bo Inclined to turn OUT,
Pht, YOU know, was quite nm bonor to
have beth branches Of The Legislature. Inv
Joint vote, invite one to address them But
lwas good fellow with them. We wore
~ good fellows, Southern men, well met
Thcy knew was true man. They tun.
% out IN such q crowd as hardly ever look
co upon inlny life. spoke to them two
dreadful hours, | defended the ,insttu-
tions of-the South; but in the winding up of
the speech, said /: "Geutlemen, you have
done me the honor to invite me BY a Joint
resolution 70 make this speech, aad you
nave turned out in solid column. But do
not desire. to dismiss this subject and lehve
the stand without defining my position in
unmistakable terms. / have w,tnossed
your deliberations hero to day. A law has
passed your General Assembly with great
unanhnity, appropriating $3.50, 900 10 arm
and equip the militia of Alabama, and 10
prosecute the war against the North in the
event the North shsil dare to elect a Presi-
cent, no matter W ho, whether Douglas, Lin.
coin oI anybody else, we are going to put
TINS thing down and $3.50, 0O0is appropria-
ted-for this purpose. Ifyou are dctermin
ed, gentlemen, TO make the issue before
TINS great Datlun, of Slavery and no Union.
or Union nnd no Slavery, | am on tho side
ofthe Union. so help me God, though IL
put down and crush Slavery, and every 9th.
or institution on the lace of the earih.-
lApplause. Now" said /, 'you have
my hand; I've played my last card You
understand me. They never have had
any use for me from that day TO this
Laughter and applause Mississippi at
the same time enacted law, appropriltine
fl5O,000 for a similar purpose. Georyia
Appropriated money; but Georgia, and Flor
ida, and Arkansas enacted laws re orpani-
xing the militia, and requiring them to drill
and get ready for this war. And these
congressman and Senator's of yours knew
well that, without disclosing the purpose on
the part of the South, our Southern politi
clans, who had pretty much the control in
military matters, have been accustomed in
the House and Senate to Introduce meas.
ures to condemn certain large lots of guns.
Springfield muskets, Halls carbines, and
similar articles, having them pronounced
unserrviceable, They were chen ordered TO
be sold at public outcry to the highest bid.
der They wonld send word in the mean
time to their own Governors that ON such a
da7 there would he a sale of large lot of
muskets, which would go for song. At
those places our Governol;woud have agents
who thus bought thousands upon Thousands
OF mpskets that had never been loaded or
nred. They took them to prepare for this
work. while you did not suspect what they
were af,er for the purchasing through the
agents by the Governors never leaked out.
PREVIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR SECESSION,
Our folks at the South have bnan prepar-
ing diligently fer this war for years Henry
"A. Wise, US Governor of Virginia, four
years ago, IN advance of the election, wrote
an artfllly drawn up and very significant
clrcular to each of the Southern Goyernors
and said at the close Of the circular to the
Governor OF every slaveholdine State in the
Union. saw tho one sent tO Governor
Andrew johnson. He showed il 10 me
In that letter he called for men and money
and that troops be got in readiness, the men
drilled and prepared to meet the emergency.
fJohn u. Fremot should be elected, IL
might bo by an overwhelming vote of the
people. II might be constitutional and
rightly done under the forms of law. "No
matter, says Henry A. Wise, II will march
upon Washington, seize the archives of the
nation, prevent the Inauguration of Ere.
mont, take the Capital, and break this Gov
ernment in pieces" Our Southern lead.
ers all the time intended never TO stop short
OF tho dissolution oftho Union and the
destruction Of the Government p l.nI
WHAT THE TORIES PROPOSE TO DO.
We had as many as four candidates in
the heii' two YEAR, ago today, mud were all
canvassing and talking about the prcsiden.
tial election. -Four regular tickets in the
field. ] confess to you cnndidly that n
Breckinridge and Lane had been elected. as
fortunately for tho country they wero not,
We should not have had this war. Wby do|
say 30? They boast at the Soutb. in
their speeches, since tho last presidential
election, in the leading papers and in pri.
vate conversations, that it ifBmcknridee had
been elected, they intended to 20 on and
take charge of and administer the govern
mont as peaceably in ali appearances ns il
had been administered in former days: tbey
intended to put the armories at Springfield
and Troy, and the military and naval estab.
lishments everywhere throughout tho Uni. |
ted States, to making pistols, sabers. swords,
cannon, cartridges iron cad steamers, war
vessels and transports Of all kinds, fortiiica
lions on the Southern coast, 50 thut, at tho
close of the four years in 1894, or before
that time, they could seize upon whatever
money there might be In tho Treasury, do,
clare the Union dissolved, the Government
no longer in existence, and the South indie
pendent. That was their plan, fund they.now
boast OF it. You may thank your God, as /
do, that their ticket was not successful
that better man, more honest, upright,
patriotic man. was elected than ever John
Y. Breckenridge was ever capable of ma
king, unless he was made over. again. and
know enough about God Almighty to know
that he would not undertake that sort of
JOB. Peals Of laughter. .9 -
HE ENDORSES THE PROCLAMATION.
:. hut We are now in tho midst of a rebel.
Ion, and our business now IL 10 tight our
way. out of it to a peace / am an adyocatol
seo'night- not because, am away from
Southern danger, for what | was there
am. here tonight, aud what sln here |
will be there i'll ever live to got back again.
! am an advocate OF coercion in this war. ~
Applause. ! am the advocate of subjn-
CATION, fyou please Continued applause.
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