Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27
SPEECH OF HON. S. EDGERTON OF
OHIO,
Delivered IN the Honsc of representatives,
NJ. MAY 2S, lS62.
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EeoNc1UDRD.
No, sir, this Democratic party has nei- 7
ther heretofore, nor now, shown any mark
TO the Government When the I
traitors who represented the seeded States /
upon this aoor left this Hall they left be- (
hind them the seeds Of their noxiOus doc !
trines, and i very much fear warm SYM /
In their hollish treason. know |
that in the Northern States there are at /
this time men calling themselves Demo- |
Gratis, who are, in reality, as deep-dyed .
traitors as jefferson Davis or Ex-Secreta- |
ry Floyd Yet they are the very men who !
talk increasingly of adherence 70 the Fed |
eral Constitution. They are the men who |
would seem to be eunstinted In their Gdmi- |
ration of the Constitution, which we know
they have trampled under their feet whom
ever the leading secession traitors de-
manded Il with as much indifference as the
elephant treads down the grass,l This ad-
dress Of the panic Democracy, stripped of
its verbiage and brought out in its true
light, would read nearly as follows
"The great Democratic party has been bro
ken in pieces. What John Randolph predicted,
has como to pass. The masters, our natural al
lies, are running from. their Niggers, and the
Niggers are running from their masters. The
fearful auguries Of Jefferson are being fulhlled-
The judgments Of an offended Gcd are already
upon US. There is no other way to re-unite our
forces Rndget into power again but bya louderand
more vigorous cry against the rascally Abolition
lists. The old stalking horse, Abolition on which
50 many Democratic victories have been won IN
days gone by, must be again brought into the
field with renewed energy, and II all Demo
Gratis will but cry loud enough, they may ex-
pect one more Democratic Victory, and perhaps
smother twenty years Of power and ru- e., with
like glorious results. Though our old friends
the apostles of Secession and Rebellion, Messrs.
Yaneey, ROst, and Mann, most stoutiy declared
to Earl Russell that 1T was from no fear Of losing
their niggers that they got up the rebellion We
all now see the deplorable state OF things brought
about by the pernicious doctrine Of the infatu-
ated Abolitionists, that the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence is true to the letter, that ell Men are
entitled to Life, Liberty and the pursuit q hap
piness. The very Corner Stone OF the Demo-
cratic Party has been knocked out, and five can
not unite the Masters and their niggers' 70 say
nothing Of that numerous company Of all shades
and complexions as the result Of the happy con-
nection OF Master and Slave, the Democratic par
ty can never recoverit former status, and Slave
ry viii be no more forever. Freedom for ali
Men, that great heresy Of the Fathers OF the Re
public, will be the established law and practice
of the nation, when no labor can be had without
pay, no man can sell his owon children, or separ
ate at will husband and wife, parent and child,
brother and sistor. Our southern brethren
will be no better of than the 'Mud-sills,' greasy
mechanics : and hard fs ted 'farnersof Freedom.
The White trash Of the South Will have
to read and write, and perhaps cypher, and get
great many other Yankee Notions in TO their
brains as the result Of Abolition What Jefferson,
Washington, and q host ef revolutionary wor-
thies said about slavery, can be said anywhere
with perfect safety-no lynching, tar or feath-
ers. We shall have no more o. the barbarous
treatment Eof the dead and dying, no more
brutal exhibitions OF ChiYalry ia the Halls Of
Congress upon unarmed Senators for freedom
sBsesA Z Ss g sS,dS sSs9 SSa y sfsis sage 81 e
Democratic Party are called upon by all their
| past associations with the SlaveOcracy, to rally
around the old standard Of slaveholding alliance
The great rebellion of our southern brethren
must be treated Fith extreIn e kindness, without
reprOaches or complaints.
I'm case that the powers that be, or expect to
be, should demonstrate the fact that one slave
holder is not a match for five Yankees who work
for a living, th0n we must take measures to re-
store ouf Od friends, the ring-leaders IN the re-
bellion, to their former standing in the Demo
cratic ranks, giving them all they ask, and thus
with the time-honored cry Of Abolition, clutch
again the reins Of Government, share its honOrs
and its spoils, yielding in magnanimons spirit
to the lords of creation.
aFor more than 20 years, mark the period the
Democratic party, with short intervals controll-
ed the power and policy Of the Government, and
had every thing their own way apd N5eloid the
fruits" at the end Of their rule. Buchanan,
Breckenridge, Floyd, Cobb, Toucey, Davis,
Toombs, BENJAMIN, Wigfall and host Of other
distinguished worthless, graduates from the great
Democratic school, having shared the honors
and emoluments Of the pure and elevated rule
OF the party-having had access to the nations
treasury, taking its mInts, elstom-houses, arse
| nals forts, &e as trophies Of this long and hap
py period of instruction in the science of gov
eminent; and following in its wake the uprising
of chivalrous people, skilled in the arts Of civ
ilized warfare, as exhibited by their eEtraordi-
nary valor, and the humane treatment Of their
eaPtiyeS bidding defiance to To- the & corrupt, yenal
mans the vile, sensual, ANIMAL brutal, inhde,
superstitious democracy Of the north and north
vest, the stupid democracy of Canada, and AFRO
CANT, tyrannical New England and the rest Of
mankind, as more fully set forth in De Bows Re
view, the very elite Of slaveholding literature,
which says that all government is usurpaton,
that the few of the chiyalry must govern the
'rnassesP Nov in view Of these Tanscendant re-
suits Of 80 years rule, and the broken and dis
hOnored fragments Of q once glorious Demo
cratic party and the terrible consequ which
will ensue II we cannot put things back just as
they we're, and re-establish upon an enduring
basis, the time-honoFedr relation of master and
slave, as the true platform Of Democratic power
and rule the party can never rise TO It's former
RrandsJU, and the nation viii be lost forever II
the Democratic party don't save IT,. We see put
one way by which our hopes can be revived
There is but one fuierum which viii wake the
slumbering energies Of the party as we said
in the outset and that i Is the old cry OF
abotiOn-no matter what Yancey, Rosts
and Mann,- honest, high-minded souls, sad 10
Earl Russell that vas for the English and French
abolitionists and master stroke Of Democratic
policy. sQuryp policy here is to saue the Demo-
cratic party, andif it can't be saved by the Mas
tiers and their niggers-allowing every white
man to have as many niggers as he Wants-then
s2st % t5sB II No eoe fR 10 the P rescue % Let the 1ste6
word be Death to Abolitionl Long live Slavery
and the Democratic party All yoke in side by
side with marked and branded slaves and the
year ofjubiIee viii come. ..s.....I- --.. u I'd
But, Mr.. Chairman, 1 cannot dwell long
er on this point / have other matters to
attend to, and unless hurs3on, fear
that my hour viii have expired before
II . l. n Ffof
colleague from the Dayton district of Ohio
TNlr. Vallandigham was the father, the
coneoetor, and the writer Of this address.
It is proper, therefore, that we should look
into his record, for il is an inTariable rule
that the offspring will ever partake Of the
nature Of the parent 1t is my purpose to
trace the record of my colleague, and to
show what has been his action in the past.
1 want to show what were his sympathies
and his feelings in the very recent past, so
that wemay be tterjudge Of the real lcharaet-
er Of the movement which he ehas inaugura-
ted. So long ago as 1850 my colleague, in an
address which he delivered before the
1 Cooper institute, Of New Y FORK, made use
of the following very remarkable Language;
If any one or more Of the States of this Union
should at any time secede for reasons, of the IN
suficiency aBd justice Of which, before God, ana
! the great tribunal Of history, they alone may
! Judge much asI should depioFe it. IneTer would,
as a representative in the Congress Of the United
States, vote one dollar Of money whereby one
/ drop Of American blood should be shed in civil
war" -TfH -IIT- r5 ---fz.e -ltF.t...
In 1880 then, he openly aTOwsd that he
would, vote no money to stay the rising
Of this rebellion, or to prevent the con-
sumation of the infamous doctrine
of secession. He would vote no money
to disperse and destroy the men who ap-
peared de6antly in arms against the
honor and the dignity ofthisRation, ,dndwho
threatened the integrity Of the Constitution
and the destruction Of the Government I
will say for my colleague that this bold
declaration, which he made in 1860, he has