The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-12-25
SPE;ECEa q E. Es. =. EsEssEsECEE,
Delivered in CHICAGO. December II, 1852

9Th. following is an extract from the
speech Of Mr.. MEhRlcK, delivered before
! lie Young Mems Association. of Chicago
We have not room Tor the entire speech,
or should gladly publish it. We commend
the snbj. iaed to ;he careful attention O!
our readers:)
But is this proclamation within the
limits the President has him self prescrb-
ell 10 the power he claims? Is ii meas
ure (which may best subdue the enemy
Who i, the enemv 10 BE- subdued? 4
voice in the crowd--The abolitiouist,
They a,e the enemy 10 come,-who Is ;he
ereuy now? The rebellion. How and To
what is it to lie s,lbdued? Ii is 70 be sub
dued by the overthrow of the Confederate
government, which is IL urpaton e,tab
li>hcd over eleven Of The STales Of hi
UHiJn, whose ci:izeis freed from this un-
their allegiance TO TIE Federal Govern
mcnt of the United States, and the Fe Ter
al Union re-established as it was. The
States, as such, are not the enemy, nor
are the whole people Of the South The eue-
my. Geographical divisions Of territory
cannot commit treason, nor an entire peo-
pc be arraigned because they could not
prevent the rebellious usurpalion Of the
ambitious and the disloyal among tiem.--
10 aid those that were loyal III overthrow
ing the schemes and the machinalious OF
those nbiiious and disloya men. and the
political authority in which those schemes
and Vaccinations had developed, was The
purpose and the Object of the Federal gov.
ernmeut in advancing lis armies upon the
land n which that political authority was
established.
The measure proposed b. the Executive
20 accomrli h this result is a measure to
overthrow llie Institutions Of the States
whose loyal citizens are unable to protect
themselves against the usurpations mpos-
ed upon the::--to confsca;e indscrimin
aiely the property ofthe loyal and di,loyal
and Wit the home of the o2pressor and
his victim with the merciless bulcherieS :.
and fendish massacrcs, and all the count
less horrors of servile war.
Can such measure subdue the enem,
Men Of Illinois, on the frs, dav Of Jan
uary, if the President, accomplishing the
act which 10 20 give effective operation to
this decree, designatcs the States 20 which
1t shall apply, there is not a man within
those States who will not ny to arms
Mothers will give up their children to the
battle, and the cold blood Of worn cut age
hred by 'his most accursed measure, will
flow again with the restless ardor of youth,
and the legions of the rebellion will ad
vance power you cannot subdue excep, 7
at the cost Of your own and your country 5
ruin. With the objects announced in this
proclamation as the avowed purposes of
the war. the South cannot be. subdued.
and ought not to be subdued. Applause
These men OF the South are blood of our
blood and bone Of our bone; and appeal
TO you, men OF lllinoise, to Judge them by
yourselves, and to answer what they will
10 by determining what you would do un-
Ter the same circumstances, if in thoir
places.
Were the Federal government, or any
,ther power. to advance It's armis upon
his State, To dcsecrate our homes, DESTROY
'ur rights, and loosen upon us hord Of
'avages to revel 10 the indiscriminare
massacre of our decrepid men, and our
mothers, daughters and wives, we would
meet hrs power with defiance at the east
'rn border-b'nn every blade of grass up.
IN our prares-- make every turfa soldiers
epuleher. and fight desperately to tho end