The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-10-02

military service, Oei0V6 IL my ouey IoSto.
At homo and fight tho Abolition rebels Of
the North and West. In the exercise OF
nv constitutional rights which cannot and
shall not be taken away.I propose to do my
part towards putting down this. the earliest ri,
and most desperate and malignant rebellion.
It must be met by reason and appeals 70 the
people through the press and in public as
semblages, and be put down at the ballot
box. But if the overt rebellions in Wis
consin and in Ohio at Urbana In 1857. and
Cleveland in 1859, the one at Urbaua an
armed rebellion, had been promptly and
severely punished as they ought to have
been, we never would have had any other.
Here Mr.. v. traced briefly the history of
the slavery question from the beginning to
the present day. In 1887 it had been set
tied by the compromisers Of the Constitu-
ton. and all had been peace. quiet and pros
perity till the terrible missouri question:"
which struck upon the ear of jefferson
"like fire bell at night" That bad been
settled by COMPROMISE, and we had quiet
and peace again for fifteen years till the sys-
tematic and organized anti-slavery agitation
began in 1885, at which time it was so bit
terly denounced by President Jackson
But it continued gaining strength every yeai
till it ended as every wise man foresaw 1t
CIVIL WAR" Fifteen years ago there were
Secession disunionists Sonth just as there
were Abolition disupionists in the North and
West. The former were in public places,
State and Federal; but as soon as they pro-
claimed their disuniou proclivities or were
even suspected of it, they were speedily
rejected from Office even in South Carolina.
In 1851 every Southern State without ex-
ception, carried the Union ticket upon di-
rect issue; and for years no disunionist in
the South could be elected to anv office
How was it m Meantime in the North and
West? From absolute odium and weakness,
abolitiopism steadily increased in position
and power. till the Senate began to be filled
with sbolitionists. open or in disguise, and
the House Of Representatives also; and till
every free State in every branch of its gov
eminent, fell into the hands of active and
President was elected by sectional anti
slavery party, on a sectional anti-slavery plat
form, who himself declared that this Union
could not endure part slave and part free"
And yet at the South, ever after secession
began, it was with difficulty that any State
was induced to secede, except South Carolina.
In every other cotton State there was a
large minority against secession; and up to
April 18th, 1861, North Carolina, Virgini ia.
Tennessee and Arkansas refused by large
msiorities to secede; while Delaware, Mary
land, Kentucky and Missouri adhere to the
Union to this day. In the very midst OF Sc
cessiop, if any fair and adequate compromise
had been proposed by Congress, especially
If the 'Crittenden propositions of December.
1860, had beer adopted, secession would
have persisted. Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Toomb s
both declared that they would be CONTENT
I'M = T. -
The testimony of Mr.. Douglas also. But
those propositions never received a solitary
Republican vote in either the Sen ate or the
the House. "Hence. the sole responsibility
for our disagreement t." said Douglas on the
third of January. 1861, land the only diff
Guilty in the way of our amicable adjustment.
IS the Republican party"
Sir, these are facts which it is useless to
deny and sepseless to quarrel with; and they
are part of the many circumstances upon
which found my immoveable hope ola final
restoration of the Union, in spite of the folly
and madness and wickedDess every day ex-
hibited, uniting the South and dividing the
North and West.
The South is now we'll nigh united as one
man; and for nearly three months we have
met with little else than defeat. What
united the South? What changed the for
tune OF War? In the beginning it was de-
clared to be for the U MON and the Constitu-
ton. These were noble objects, and success
attended our arms. Before the battle of
Bull Run, Mr.. Crittenden sought to offer his
now often quoted resolution defining the OBJ
jects of the war, and the Republicans did not
allow it to be even so much as received -
It was met with sneers and contempt. The
day after the battle, when Washington was
full of escaped soldiers. and fugacious con-
gressmen from the battlefield, it was offere d
again, and without objection. But two m en-,
both Republicans, voted against that
part of it. I voted for that part of
it, but not for the first, because it did
not speak the whole truth: because it
did not denounce the abolition disunionists
of the North and West also. and hold them
responsible. too. Six hundred thousand men
were soon afterwards enlisted. The victories
Of Hatreras, Port Royal, Mill Spring. Donald
SOD, Roanoke, Winchester, Newbern, Island
Ten, New Orleans, Norfolk, and others all
followed. Then was the hour for wisdom
and sound policy. But no, it was the exact
time selected by Abolitionism for the very
of its folly and madness. Every
scheme and project of Emancipation, Ex-
ecutive, of the whole session was pressed
forward, and many of them copsumm ated,
during this same period of victory. The
war was every where to be perverted from
the spirit of the "Crittenden Resolution
And with what result? The South. before
that time divided, was now united as one
man. Even the Border Slave States were
shaken to the centre, and thousands of their
citizens driven into the Confederate service.
The armies of the South were rapidly filled
up. A spirit was breathed into each mans
breast which made him host. 1t was these
things. and such infamous orders as Buffers
1t New Orleans, which inspired their armies.
making them invincible-and not over
whelmins numbers. Victory everywhere.
vas theirs. Mcdowell. the Seven Pines,