Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-25
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SPEECH OF wm. a. RICuARD sON
Of Illinois in the House Of Representatives, Jdy Z,
1852, the House bsingin Committee Of the Whole
on the State Of the UaioH.


Of Illinois, in the Horse Of Representatives. Jlg Z,
! 1862, tse House bsingin Committee Of the Wh0ie
on the State Of the UaioH.
Mr. Rchsrdsou-A short time ago some IF
| teen gentlemen issued an address over their own
signatures through the public press to the people
Of the United States. That address has pro-
vOAed great deal Of controversy aud has been
assailed with great violence l. has disturbed
the peace of mind OF many gentlemen upon this
floor, caused them sleepless nights. They have
! fretted away their hours here IN assaults upon
it. Their assertions in opposition to that ad-
dress do not rise to the dignity Of reason, but
| descend to the contemplate resort Of those who
| cannot reply TO an argument, and, therefore, are
driven to rbsldry and abuse.
In this case, members in opposition to the
doctrines contained in that address, have singled
out some one whose name is attached to it; fad
| taut with some opinion which he does or does
not entertain, or some pretended speech Of his,
swear be is the author that oil Of his speech
which was never made or these opinions that
we're never entertained are covertly and secretly
| in that address, and that the public should bs
guarded against it, because Of these suppO-ed
| things.
That address is nothing more or less than
| compilation Of the opinions and views of some
of the most eminent men that have adorned this
country. For the arrangement Of these views,
| | am responsible.
| In the anxiety of the shoddy" politicians to
assai that address, the other objection to it is
that it does not denounce the rebellion and abuse
the rebels. Each thought and sentence Of that
document is for the preservation of the COnsti-
tuition, for the maintenance Of law, for consG
tutional liberty Ifthe Constitution is preserved
and the law main aimed, the rebellion viii be put
down, for it is in violation Of both aud destruc-
tive Of each
II the rebellion could be put down By denun-
citation, the sbOlitionists and those who are en-
gagged in plunderiDg the treasury, in and out of
Congress, would have accomplished that work
long ago. They have exhausted the vocabulary
Of inyective, and exhausted the subjact, but By
these means have won no victories nor accom-
piished any beneficial results They have done
no more toward success, It as much, l giant,
as the Chinese DO toward tories when in war
they beat gOngs to scare and faces 70 ter
Tify their adYersaries Tho p-underer of the
public treasury is the loudest in words TO de-
nounce rebellion and the boldest in professions
of loyalty. Il is cheap and safe service and in
every country be is ready TO perform it.
The walls of Jericho were oYerth7own by the
blowing of rams horns, but history furnishes no
other instance of warfare carried successfully on
by such means. Certain it is, this rebellion
cannot be put down by denUnciation IL can
not be beloved down II must be put down by
armies, with the sword, by the bayonet, by bat
ties, and by siege. Skill in the officers, endur-
ance, eourags, drill, discipline among the men,
are necessary to its overthrow. Al the meo, aIl
the money that was asked for, snd more have
been freely given 10 the President He has had
millions OF men from whom 10 select command
ers. He has the power to make and unmake
generals. II the rebellion has not been crushed
sooner the misfortune is not chargeable to tbs
failure Of the Democrats address to denOunce
the rebellion and the rebels
But, sir another objection is made of a very
singular character A gentleman from Msssa-
chusetts objects to any restoration of the Demo
c,atic party to power, because, he Rsys, it would
bring back the Baehanan men into place. and
they have been condemned by e strong and cor
rect public opinion. Il quote from memory, and
not the words Of the gentleman, but the sub
stance aud msaning) I propose to look little
into this matter Elsewhere j; has been said
that this address was Buchanan movement.
Daring the canvass of 1859, the supporters of
Lincoln and BreekinIidge We're very compli-
mentary, if not cordial toward each other The
Lincoln man said, am g Republican, and
consequently am opposed to both wings of tha
Democracy but the true Democratic ground is
that slavery has the right to 60 everywhere, if
the Constitution protects it anywhere. You
=
Democrats at all, for you do not pretend
to defend slavery and to be Democrat is to be
in favor of slavery The BEeckiUEidge man
would say, there are but two parties, the
Democratic and the r publican; the Admins
tration and those opposed to it. IF we ever
quit the Democratic party, we go into the Re-
publican; we oppose ali such doctrines 81 those
advocated by Alr. Douglas" And ii the speaker
happened to live a little south of Mason and
7 -,
OF the beauties and glories Of slavery, and de-
nouuce Douglas as a worse Aboitionist than
hale, or Sumner, or Giddings Thus things
stood at the election of 1860. We were routed
at every point; Mr.. Lincoln was triumphantly
and coHstitutionally elected. The camp follow
eTs of Buchanan, of course, looked cut for
themselves. Tney were not Democrats from
conviction. They are the place men" waters
on Providence The great body Of the Breck-
inridge party North never intended to be be-
trayed into hostility to the Democratic OTgani-
zaton. The leaders intended otherwise. But,
sir il is strange to hear this objection come
from any Republican, thst Buchanan men
should never agsin be called to office. Who is
the present Secretary Of War, and wha. have
been his political associations and anteeedents
Fresh from Buchanans Cabinet, he has been
called into that of Mr. Lincoln, next to the
President the mes. important position now in
this country. With energy, and doubtless some
ability, he sets himself rapidly to work to scat
ter our armies under different commanders, SO
that massed corps of rebels under Jackson of
twenty-five or thirty thousand men, dsfeas
three divisions OF our army under as many geu-
eneTsls, holds in check sixty thousand men, and
then aids in defeating fourth division st Rich
mond.
Mr.. Campbell would inquire what four ar
mics have been whipped
Mr.. Ricsardson-Fremont, Banks, Shields,
and fear McClellan's army had the worst OF the
fight before Richmond. The Secretary intro
duces the Austrian wsr tactics which Napoleon
exploded long ago, and made their failure so
plain that every schoOlboy had learned it. These
four divisions Of our army were and Gre so scat
tered that no two of them can cooperate
together, and, when the great battle at Richmond
took place, three divisions which should have
aided 10 win i. were inactive, aud not in situa
| ton to a i it in any particular The future may
reveal the wisdom Of this strategy, at present it
| is not perceptiO!e. The rebel Commander could
not have arranged more sdvantageously for
| himself, and more disadvantayeoUsly for Us,
these divisions Of the army than was done.
| Anoiher of Buchanan's Cabinet, and one of the
| best, too General Dix has division of the army
| intrusted to his management OIe Of the most
servile of Mr.. Buchsnau's followers, and one of
the most ardent of the supporters of BreclEin-
ridge, Gen. Butler, has had intrusted to him
another division of the army. He has gained
| more notoriety by his order at Nov Orleans than
he has won fame by his sword. This general
cast his vote forty-niuo times at Charleston to
make Jefferson Davis candidate for the Presi-
dency of the United States, and by his course
there did more than any one else-Caleb Cush-
| ing always excepted-te induce the South
ern leaders to take the FIRST step in rebellion by
/ leaving that convention. Gen. Shields, but
recently in command of a division in Virginia,
was another of Breckinridgs's supporters. The
chairman of the BgeckinriOge central committee
during the contest of 1860 has an important
command in the army in South Carolina Daring
that political contest Judge Douglas, satisfied
that he had no chance for success, and that Mr.
Lincoln would be elected, took the stump for 3
single purpose; thst purpose was to produce
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