Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-09-12
Speech of Mr.. Chamnneus

optecH OI MT. Cnampneya
The following is the speech of the Hon T.
Chlmpneys, delivered in Lancaster, a few ,la,s
ago, in accepting the nomination ior the les'-
etnre
FELLOW CITIZENS | have not words Ia exnress
my feelings Mt the unanimous nomination Nv III
most loyal Convention. knew not until yester
day that my name wonld lie brought before vo,
and can only say that am truly grateful far hi.
mark of your endorsement. | want TO say. too
how cordially endorse the resolutions of the
Union Convention at Harrisburg, aud how utterly
| Oathc aud leIest the address Of the Chnrm,i,
0f the so cdiied Democratic State Committee II
is false to every principle of Democracy-it b
dislOyil from beginning to end Ii repndiate.
the whole action of the last Congress vet ma
Congress ever performed much valuable work
in 10 short a time They have abolished slavery
in the District OF Columbia. | voted for that IN
the Legislature, wher. it passed once without ii
count, and again with hHt eight dissenting voices.
and now the slan Democracy raise n hue and CIV
about it, when the largest ellvcholder conqs
forward to accept the terms. voted tor it, as
did Congress, because it was disrrncefn TINT
within the sound Of the Capitol could he heard
the lash of the slave driver. In n gteat snpech
made in Congress by Siephens-since Vice pres
dent of the Southern Confederacy-he said that
the South had been for twenty years keeping
slavery om Of Congress, and when they admitted
IT, Aut NuIAl Nuhlu ttitilulJ gam tue power ulIu
exclude il from the Territories that they would
have the same power to dive il out as to drive
it in. | rejoice that tbs so now--thnt these Ter.
ritores are secured to freedom, free men, nnd
free labor--thanks TO the last Congress. Stephens
told the South that they were opening the gates
of hell upon themselves from which all the fends
would issue to their destruction. How true
prophecy Nothing | could say would add to
your enthusiAem but remember that the times
sail 4fuifsf II al.a IL H..
press bis opiuion. will say that the great dan
ger now is in the fact that there are men at the
North who Iympathize with and encourage rebel,
lion. Not long since n Philadephian, through
letter to q friend, published in the London Tmts
urged England to intervene, saying that u naiOrl
~ of his party organization in Pennsylvania
would 0eleoms The interference. And in Hughes
call he speaks OF the probability of intervention,
an1 calls on his faction to prepare TO contest
with their foes the Aboliiionists Of the North
Such being the state OF affairs, what is the object
OF that party organization? THEY say TO restore
the Constitution as " il aud the Union as it was
What is "the Constitution az il s?" According
to the late Executive il ID nothing a has no power
to maintain itsef--the States had no right to 20
out, but ii they did we could not help il Yet, in
the case OF Utah, the same Executive claimed
and attempted to enforce coerciye power by ss.
ting an army thither. Such was lhnt Admins
tratiOn In England they say our county will
certainly be divided into fieO COnlederaeies,
probably into fve. What would the Revolution
have been worth if this hereay had prevailed
The French, aud Germlns, and Poles aud Irish
then fought not only for our country, but for
liherty-for q fountain where they might quenoh
their thirst al freedoms waters, with no one to
make them afraid The sham Democracy nov
talk like their brethren at the South, DE- Boris
| RrueW says, "Slayery has made the South moral
and religious-the want of il hus made the North
hfdel aud ianalical, ln Baltimore the last
Executive listened without rebuie to cheers for
Me last President Of the GaHed States. Here
gentleman, your fellow -cltizen, asked, what ate
we lighting for what nre we cutting our South
ern hrethren'a throals for Abolition has done
ii al!" A man who will, in u loyal community,
utter such sentiments, nnsl he wanting in every
feeling that belongs t0 n loyal henrtl Al the
: Courts Of France aud England, Slidel and Mason
are respectively urging that slavery is not the
issue that lt receives every protection il desires
at the hands Of tue North. What is the cadse ?
Breckinrldges organ snys an innnte hatred Of
the North aud Northern "mudsllsN The SOulh
Carolina 10000 Shareholders who control the
200 900 "poUr whites who have no vote are
prepared for Hny form Of government When
the Prince Of Wales was there, they wanted q
scion Of the royal house Of Great BriIain-thty
would return to a colonial state. lu some of the
papers North, there is not one word of rebel
uuuclllea anu wrongs, nut MI - aimed ut Tue
danger Of 44JoiHiOn. You know who these men
are | cannot add to your information respecting
them. agree with the distinguished gentleman
just before you, in saying TINT no measure should
he avoided which IL necessary to crush the rebel
lion, and preserve the existence Of the on,y free
Government an earth. Notwithstanding our
revfrses aud this hour of gloom, let us all reter
ate with Jackson, The Union must be preserved"
ut all huzar1s, and without atering as to the
meaus.
Mr.. Champneys retired amid applause, fol-
lowed by three hearty cheers, -
The Philadelphia Press, in noticing Judge
Champueys nomination, thus remarks:
Judge CHAMrNEYs is n Democrat and has oc-
cuped many important positions in our Com
mOnwealtf. Many year4 ugo be was elected to
both branches Of our State Legislature He was
the confidential friend and the Attorney General
Of the late Governor SKUNK ; sharing the conf
dence Of that magistrate and of the people during
Governor SHuNK's great Democratic Admins
traiion. Judge CHAMpEEYs has always been an
eminent member in the great Lancaster bower
and was the friend Of JAMES BUCHANAN until Mr.
BUCHANAN betrayed his friends aud his country,
until 1897 being close and earnest friend OF
that statesman This distinguished gentleman
has been Douglas Democrat. and in 1860 voted
the straight electoral ticket. lie is now warm
and oonhding supporter Of the administration of
MIR. LINCOLN. lie is not one of those Democrats
who ind no foe but what they call Black Repuh.
licanism and Abolitonism. lie believes that tho
country is in danger that its enemies are Seces
sion and slavery and that every citizen should
give his energies to their destruction.
DIED