The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-08-01

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bellion in the land; know that
there are traitors in the North "a
we'll as in the South; and know
they ere living upon the fat Of the
land. Ialways begin TO
suspect any mans loyalty when he
talks to me about tho violation OF
the writ OF habeas corpus. or this
thing or that thing done % sustain
the Government.
| listened the other day
with q great deal Of interest to a
speech OF the Senator from Della
ware, (Mr. Salisbury in which, |
think tor about hall an hour, he SUN.
med up what he' beloved to be the
causes of this rebellion. OF course
men will differ on that point, bot |
have made up my mind that this IL
not the time to find fault. / listened
to the gentleman talking about rer
mark Of President Linc5lns that
the Union could not stand with
half the Safes free and half Of them
slave; bu, | can tell the gentleman
that u era is ono sentence which |
have in the book before me which
has done far more injury to this
Union. When a certain President
OF tho United States wrote these
words; "Ksneas is there fore a, this
moment as much q slave St to as
Georgia or South Carolina;" and
when that was followed up Ly de
cision Ct the Supreme Court, the
highest tribunal of tho land, that
your fathers and mine made Con
stitution that carried slavery where
iihers>was no law for it--l was no-
in tho country at the time; but
think understand the popular heart
.of this people--it struck the hearts
Of millions Of irecmcn az u falsehood
and slsnder. The people we're
told thar Kanaas wa us much q
slave State "a South Carolina, where
they have been lesisla'ing on the
'nhjcct for eighty years; and it was
xpected that the honest. loyal men
OF this country would swullow o
doctrine 30 monstrous. | go for the
doctrine Of the lamentcd Douglas
tie true expounder Of the C,nstitu
'ion, and ore Of the best, abIest, and
most faithful public men this coun
try has ever produced % for no
such power as is stated in t"nf, dc
cision Ii my 'riend from Hela
ware desires to Fl j The causes ot
the prcs mt REBELLION he will fnd
one of them in that celebrated mos
aage of James Buchanan.
Why. sir, look at the vast amount
Of property in the North as well as
in the Sou,h, owned by these rebels.
There are towns in the west that are
paying thoasardl OF dollars every
year to these Southern men. When
a man comes to Ind ana, where |
live. and breaches doctrines opposed
to this conliscation bill. | have bul
one thing to tell him: there is
scarcely n hamlet there that does
not contain a widow; there is
mourning all over the land; and by
the side Of the graves Of these boys
in many instances, there are large
buildings and fine farms owned by
Southern rebels. Sir, that property
should be taken. not to morrow bn'
to day, instantly North and South
and wherever you go, let the watch
word be war! war!l war!l
When | sustained General McClel
Ian in the few remarks | made tho
other day. | sustained him becauet
he Was a General in the army; he il
my General. sustain the Presi
dent because he is my President.
snstain whoever is in authority.
know no other way to sustain this
Government than by sustaining those
who are in authority; and will
not find fanlt by the wayside with
what he is doing. If think a gen.
eral is incompetent, will go to the
proper suthority about 1t, but ! will
never introduce resolution in this
body to weaken the arm of Gener
al or the President.
| desire to say that tho sentiments
OF the extract | am about 70 send ia
the desk are the sentiments Of the
people of Indiana on this slavery
question. Indians ia a national
State. She desires to live in peace
and harmony with her sister States
and 10 preserve this Union. | ask
the Secretary to read this extract
from remarks made by a friend o.
mine,
The Secretary read as follows:
"Whether the war shall end in
subiugation and emancipation is &
question that c1ncerns the rebels
and not us. They can lay dowr
their arms and consider themselves
conquered or su9jugatea, as their re
fined sense OF honor and delicatt
taste may prefer; and, though thu
political power OF slavery ia forever
broken, the tenure OF property il
slaves may continue; but if they
protract ths struggle until the en-
durance and, resources Of the natioi
. are expended, | predict that, with
/ out any congressional or executiv
. interference, and as the inevitabl
. result of invasion and the conflict @
/ arms, the longevity OF slavery vii
be coincident with the duration G