Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-08-05


ubeeomes responsible for the same -Ss
ed and in rebellion, or capiured /, Wa,
but from fhe loyal States Of the Nor,b ana
the west and from that party which has
contributed nearly ;hree f,arshs OF ne .,k
/ dIeis ia the field to day. To-day. thew who
are our servants, creatures made ont Of
nothing by the power Of the peopla, whose
nttie oHet authority was breathed into
tneir nostrils by the peo;le, would now.
iorsootn, becope the masters Of the people:
while the organs and instruments of ,hs
| people-the press and public assemblsge.
are to be suppressed, and the Constit,,-
/ tion. with it's right cf petition, and Of d,.
process Of law and trial by jury, and IN,
laws and all else which makes hfe worth
possessing-are TO be sacrificed now upon
the tyrant's Plea that il is NECESSARY To
save the G1v"rnmeni, the Union. Sir. We
did save the Union for yssss-yes, we did.
We were the Union savers" NOT eighteen
m nths ago. Then there was not an emf
tibet in the whole vocabulary Of poli,iea,
billingsgate 50 opprobious in the eJes Of A
Republican, when apr ned to the Democout.
ie party as "Udion sbriekers," or the ain.
ION savers" | remember in my own c;tv
on the day Of the Presidential election. in
| lsgozl remember il we'll, for had trs,-
eied several hnudred miles 70 tote ior Ste
plea A Douglas tor the PresidencvZtbce
IN ward where the judges Of elec,iurr
were OIL Democrats, yoar patriotic Wide
Awakes, strutting IN auctioas Uniform
came up hour alter hour thrustine their
Lincoln tickets twixt thumb ard finger az
me urges. with the tsunt and tnee-,
Sdre the Union;. sare the Union 3" Ana
rat
''secessionists J" Aud IN grew boarded
aod grey headed men who lived erd voted
IN the times e jefferson and Madiso, ana
Monroe, AMI Jacksou=men who baye
fought and bled upon the battlefield. ana
who fondly INDUCED the deIus;on for FORTY
years that they were patriots, wake m sud.
denly to-day to find themselves TRAITORS 20
-sneered at, reviled and insulted by s,rin-
plings whose fathers would have diedaired
10 have ser with the dogs Of their flock"
OF all these things on irquisitiOn search
ing end terrible, will yet he made, as sure
and as sudder, too, IL may be- as .he daS
of Judgment We Of the lovaI Stetes-oe
Of the loyal party of the country. the Dem-
ocratic party-we the loyal citizens of tbs
United States, the editors Of loyaI neu..
papers-we who gather together in loval
assemblages, like this, and are addressed
10y truly loyal and Uaion men as / knov
you are to-day, and at this B1orseut that's
so thst's the trntb) we, forsooth. az. n hs
threatened with bayonets at the ballot.bo,
and bayonets tn disperse Dem ,crstic meet,
ingsl Again / SIX, why do thew not tai.
up their muskets and march to the South
and Ike brave men, meet the embattled
hosts of the C0nfede-ates in omen arms.
instead OF threatening. craven like, 10 6pbt
unarmed Democrats at home-possibly nm.
armed, ard possibly not. Laughter ana
applause, and remark-"That was we'll
pct in IL so belligerent. so eager 70
shed that last drop of Hood, let them VOL
untcer to reinforce the broken and sha t,e,-
ed columns Of Mcclellan in front of Rich
mond, sacrificed as he has been by the
deyilisb Vaccinations Of Abolitiopism. and
there mingle their bioOd with the blood of
the thousands who have already persisted
tn those fatal battle fields. But no. the
whistle Of the bullet and the song Of ths
shell are not the sort of must TO fan pleasS
antly upon the ears Of this Home Guard
Republican soldiery.
With reason, therefore. fellow -cifizans. /
congratulate yos to-day upon the victory
which you have achieved. A great poet
has said:
Feioe hstn her Nlctor1cs &c well as war
To-day the cause Of free government
has trlnmphed victory of the Constitu-
ton, victory of the Gnion, has been won.
but IT Is Jet 10 be made complete by the
men who go forth from this the first poiiti-
cal battle field of the campaign, bearing
upon their banners that noble legend, tbat
grand inscription-THE CONSTITUTIONS ssrr
Is. AND THE UNION As IT WAS. [Grest
/ cbeering.f
In that 81 On shall you conquer. Let il
( be inscribed upon every ballot. emblazoned
] upon every banner, f1ng abroad to every
breeze, whispered in the zephyr and tbur
/ deTec IN the tempest, till its echoes shall
rouse the fainting spirit Of every pa,rio,
and ire man in the land. 1t is the creed
of the truly loyal Democracy of the United
| States. In behalf If this great cause IL !.
4 that we are now, if need by, 10 do and 10
/ suffer in political warfare ~hateve. NAV be
! demanded Of freemen who know their
! rights, and knowing, dare maintain them.
Is there any vne mac in all this vast AS
blase, afraid u meet all the RESPONSE
Utilities which an earnest and inexora6le
discharge OF duty may require at his hands
IN tie canvass before Us? No. no, NOT
! NJ 1T but one. let him ga home and
hide his head for very shame
"Who would ic t=aster knavs
Who could I'm eeo-sys's grave,
! Who 20 base as be slave,
Let him turn and Beeo
1 1t ~ Go contest nf arms to which vou ar.
invited. Your fathers your hrothers. yof,r
sons are already by thousands and lonJ-
reds ct thousands, an the battle field tn.
day their bones lie bleeching upon the soil
! OF every Southern State from South CerT-
! lima - Missouri. 1t is to ausfher cobflict
men OF OHIO, that you are summoned. b5t
a Conflict, nevertheless, which will demand
ct you some portion at least, Of that same
determined Courage that same uuconouer-
abe viii, tbet same inexOrable spirIt "a
| endurance, which make the hero unDn tho
military battle Geld. have mistake. the
temper of the men who are here t7-ek.v. ?
have misreEd the firm purpose that spesks
from every eye aud beams from every conn.
tensnce, which stifens every sinev that
throbs in every breast; have misread IL
/ all, 4 you are not resolved to go bone and
there maintain at all hazards and by eye-y
saeTIfee. the principles. the policy and the
organization Of that party TO which again
and yet again declare unto you, this gov.
eminent and country are indebted for all
IL