Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-10-17


being no such men. | say that
do not question the LOYALTY OF
the great heart Of New York. !
mean that man has not, even
here in New York, attained to
human perfectability. There are
men, doubtless, here wAo would
be willing to be the great partic-
ular magnate here in New York
at the expense of the Government
at Washington. 1t is certain to
my mind that once it IS establish
ed that is possible thing to
tear asunder the States, there will
be men tugging at il day by day
and year by year, and YOU will
not have the confidence you once
had that these attacks should be
resisted, and you may be led to
ask whether, to escape anarchy
at last, you had not better have a
stronger Government. There is
safety for us and fallen humanity
throughout the world in the pres
ervatlon Of the Government of
our fathers. We have coniden-
ce in the flag which floats over
the soil Of New York to-day, but
when tie enc shall have been de
stroyed, AMI the otter trolling in
the dust, what confidence shall
we have in equal success2 at
home felt that : was a degraded
man, because | was a son Of the
South, and tie people with
whom ! had lived 80 long, had
forfeited their birihright, and
turned away from me, and [ was
too big a coward to make myself
martyr. | was npslied to
leave my home auder clrCumstan-
ces painful 1t any Il e. The
Angel OF Death lad just passed
over my house. Bltw why saon!d
| be allowed to remain and weep
with my vile over the tomb oi Il
little daughter, al OIL wretch
who dared 20 tell my neighbors
that tie solemn oath had taIca
to support the CoastIfu.ion of ii.e
United States was s.... b.nain.2
| had done TOO much to be per
miltcd to i've peaceably * ho ne.
] had robbed ~ man IN the aad:
there were those who at tiIac3 J
had fed, and they we're frst - cry
"Cruclly him, hang him IN
Mexico there are now 5O3 men
who left as let. They are IL
the mountain Businesses, hunted
like wolves. Are tleg 10 have
help? Give them a chance and
they will bleed for tier country,
die for it, redeem it; and thee are
men enough here to-day to re-
deem it if they were organized
and had arms in their hands
Let no man be permitted 70 I've
IN the Government who will dare
again to strut his little hours upon
any stage and preach treason to
his fellow man. Restore the
Government, its Constitution and
its laws u all, fe.,ow-citizens
With all nay heart. Restore the
Union as II existed for the year
Just preceding the rebellion?
Coo forbid. Am to be remit
ted oack to the soil OF Texas, to
be hunted by asSassins the li;t,e
remnant of my life? NO, no.
Am | to go there to teach my llt-
tie son that the chief blessing Of
his great future is to ran from
street to sire t, and from man 20
man, and insist that he is as
sound a man upon this sulject of
Slavery as lives? Am to see
my neighbors and friends hung D.
the neck because they have doGbt
ed hat the chief business CT the
Great Ruler ot tae universe is not
in directing aud controlling and
maturing and perpetLating the III
stltution OF Slavery? NJ, fellow
citizens; if can not 90 tlere and
strike HANDS with nay friends at
home; if can not be again uGi-
ted with my family. except upon
the terms that | am to I've IN
such society as exists there, hard
as it is 10 utter, | can tad il Ia
my heart to say, let me never see
them.
But if YOU mean by the resto-
ration OF the Union Is it was.
a restoration ofthe Cmoa sucl
as our fathers intended Il 20 be,
then, with al my heart let u
have it. The issue is simple; it
is plain. The wayiarng man
must read Il a. he runs, though
he be fool: Slavery on the one
hand and liberty on the other.
And yet, fellow citizens, for
these brief, dssultory words, hon
estly spoken. ! am Yet to be