The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-08-13

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plause. We asked dr you and obtained a
your hands fugitive slave law. You voted
for and helped Us to enact and to establish it.
We asked of you and obtained the repeal o
the Missouri compromise line, which never
ought to have b"en repealed. l fought it
to the bitter cild, and denounced it and all
concerned in repeating it,and repeat it here
again to night. We asked and obtained the
admission Of Tenas into the Union, that we
might have slave territory enough to form
some four or five more great States, and you
granted it, You have granted US from first
to last all We have asked, all we have desired
and hence repeat that this thing of seces-
si"n, this wicked attempt to dissolve the
Union, has been brought about without the
shadow Of cause, 1t is the work of the
worst men that ever God permitted 20 live
on the face of this earth.-Applause 1t IS
the wo'k of set Of men down South who,
in winding up this revolution, if our admin
isttalion and Government shall fail to hang
them as high as tIaman-hans every one o'
them-we will make an utter failure.
have confidence myself, and, thank God,
have always HAD faith and confidence, in the
Government crushing out this rebellion
|-Applause.-We have the men 1.-The head
Of affairs who will do it-chesrs-and that
gallant and gloriods man McClellan-en-
ttiusiastic cheefihg ! man in whose ability
and integrity have all the time had conf
dence, AMI pr"phesicd he would come right
side up.-Laughter and applausc.-My own
distracted and oppressed section Of the coun
Try, East Tennessee, falls now by the new
arrangement into the military district Of that
hero, Fremont. Cheers and loud applause -
We .ejdced In Tennessee when We heard
that We had fallen into his division,-ap-
plause,-and although have always aif
fered with him III politics, yet, in word he
is my sor: Of man. lie will either make a
spoon or spoil horn,-grcat laughter, in
the attempt When he gets ready TO go
down into East Tennessce hope he will
let me know. want TO 20 with him side
by side, on a horse and our friend Briggs;
Of New York. former member Of Congress
who is now on the platform, has promised
me large coil Of rope, and want the pleas
ure Of showing them who to hang.-Grea,
!:ppiause.-
We have had experiments in this thing o
crushing out rebellion. We had long time
az one on small scale in Massachusetts
and tie Government crushed it out. After
wards We had the whiskey rebellion in the
reighboring State Of Pennsylvania. and the
Government applied the screws and crushed
it out. Still more recently We had ter
ril,ic rebellion in South Car.l,na and, will
OId Hickory At the helm. We G. ushed it out
applause. And ifmy prayers and tears coul,
have re<urrc rcted the Old Hero two years age
though never supported him in my life
and placed him in the chair, d,>grace1 ant
occupied by that miserable mockery OF ,
M N from Wheatland, we would have hat
this rebellion crushed ou, tor le, Genera
Jackson have been in politics what he wa:
IL knew him wcll--he was true patrio
md a inccre lover Of his country.-Checrs -
When Floyd commenced Sealing muSket,
and other implements Of war, aud his asso
ciates plotting treason, had Old Hickory
been President, rising about ten feet in hi.
boots, and taking Floyd by the collar, he
would have sworn by the God that made
Moses, M,s thing must a9p.-tireat laushte,
and applause - And when Andrew jackson
swore that Thing had to stop,it had to sop
laugh Ter -. Mo,e recently still, we had q
rebellion in the neighborins State Of Rhode
island, known as the D,rr rebellion and
the Government very efficiently and very
properly put it down. But the grea. con.
spiracy Of the nineteenth century and the
great rebellion Of the age is now on hand
and believe that Abe Lincoln, with the
people to back him, will crush it butchers
and applausc.-lt will be done, it must b<
done, and it shall be done Great cheering.
And, having done that thing, gentleman and
ladies, il they will give us few weeks res,
to recruit, We will lick England and Franc.
both il they wish it.-Loud applause.-And
| am not certain but we will have to do j,
|--Psrticularly Old England. .-Geeat laugh
ser--she has been playing = two fisted
game, aad she was we'll represented by Rus
sci, for he carried water on both shoulders
| don't like the tone Of her journals and
when this war IS finished we shall hav,
four or five hundred thousand well drilled
soldiers, Injured to the hardships Of war
under the lead Of experienced officers, ant
then we shalt be ready for :he res, Of th,
world and the balance OF mankind.
i When the rebellion first opened some
thing like twelve months ss,,-I av =.
every Observing man could see. where y,
were driving 70. and what would Be tho stat,
|of things in : verY short tim,. In the in
Inauguration Of the rebellion took sides with
|ths Uaidn snd with ths Stars .ad S,ripes .
Imy eosntfy. Hox could it be otherwise
II I had trxte'ed the circuit Is Methods,
useseher h tie Ssate II South Carolina j,
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