, 1862-10-08

-. ~ u"H 1tatt. Ill LUue1Ana It IL now
Eno"n that there were majority Of the votes
cast against secession. At many Of the po1;s
were posters saying: "Let the vote be omen
Ihat We may see who are the traltors,'' and
the Union men dared not vote.
PERSECUTION OF SOUTHERN UNION MEN.
It might be said that the Union men of the
south ought to have gone forth and exercised
their rights, and have combated these law1ess
proceedings. Very true, but most Of Us pre-
becoming martyrs. There were no little ter
to fofs On the prospect Of being dragged with
tough rope to the lonely prairie
" To be left thing
yer which the raven aaps her tnaefa1 wing 4
T., That thing had happened, and was coutinu-
i1ng 70 anppen, and Moo!d happen, until the
power Of this government should relieve Il Them, 1
lApplause.] That course of procedure com-
menced before his knowledge, and before the
election of Lincoln. He was not member Of
Vigilance committee, or of the Z. G. C,'s,
put at least eco loyal men OF Texas had lost
their liyes In this war, because suspected Of
loving their children more than thew loved
1he1r ne1ghbors' negroes (Applause.] If the
rebellion resulted from love Of slavery and a
distrust Of slaveholding, and the rebels were
Justified in their effort to overthrow the COY
eminent In order to sustain slavery, they had
severed his allegiance to that Institution.
=
tons in this change Norneed The men Of Tie
state be surprised at his position; that if they
forceu him to the issue Of infidelity to the gov
eminent Of the United States, or in1delity Of
slavery, his choice w4s made easy. rLoud
cheers:] If they compelled him to elect be-
tween bis children and their negroes, it was
easy to tell where hs would be found. ZAP
probatton.1
That issue was upon every man in the whole
country, and must be met fairly By all. H8
spoke deliberately in the matter in condemns
tion Of the leaders Of this rebellion, who had
pc oeen led to DO os they did, only for their own
something that they did not know eighteen
months ago. It Nas a simple thing for citi-
zen OF the South to decide whether he was
better of in the great Southern Coofederacy
than in the Union. With his vile barefoot,
n1s children naked, his home in mourning for
those slain in battle to preserve his neighbours
negroes, himself q conscript Was there any
argument needed for him to decide9 Did he
need to ask what had the North done to in
1Qre him They never stole nigger from
Texas, though some Of their own neighbors
bad stolsn their neigabors' nigggers, sold them
pockets. He thanked God that Il an opportn-
nifty ever offered to grasp q musket in defense
OF that government, he would risk his life for
it. Ltud applau:e.l He would not pretend
that this vas the outspoken opinion OF the
people OF Texas. There WAS provost mar
shal and vigilance committee and E. G. C.'s
Wormipg into every family, and spies upon
every man in the land. One whisper of the
deep emotions Of the heart is enough-the al
legged traitor is prisoner, perhaps working
Oh the roads, with a ball and chaia as prelimi-
nary to conscription. [Laughter.] For him
self, be had been obliged to re1ire to the
mountains, and about hundred OF his friends
sought him out, and brought their old mus
kets and round or two OF ammunition. II
they could hear the old men-loyal men
speak with tears Of the fast fading hopes of
rel1et from the old government, they could
realize that the faces in public did not give
the true refex OF the thoughts Of the pesple,
The loyal men Of the soufn were out in the
cold. They had to feed upon the husks, and
would gl'd1y return to their fathers house.
lApplause.l We heard much talk row shout
the constitution a5 it is, and the Union as It
Was. For himself, he said, the constitution as
it is-yes; the Union as it was? No. 1Tuun-
ders Of aprlause.]
WET He DIDN'T WANT THE UNION As IT WAS.
Colonel Hamilton invoked the aid Of loyal
citizens in support Of the government; but
sa1d Il they we're to invest him with the power
Ct reinetating the Urion as it was in Texes in
1851, he would not thank them for the boon.
LApplauseI If he Was to be suspected be-
cause his conscience could not be measured
BY his neighbors; if he has to be regarded as
1oathsome because he could not believe that
slavery WAS the acme Of beni6cence: if he
was to be stjgma1ized as a traitor because he
advocated the principles OF Washington, he
wanted no such Union. [Applause.1 Wnen
that Union vas restored, as he trusted it
would, he hoped to be allowed to raai,za
that he enjoyed tae right ot speech. as Vel
as the liberty Of conscience, he would bless
TIE Urion that gave that right TApproba-
t'cn.l He could Lot consent that his child-
rer should 20 about trying to convince every
body in their vicinity that they were soucd
upon the subject of slavery, fApp11usc He
did rot sptak with hatred Of the instisus sion
Of slavery, as he once knew it-uat becau,e
bis conscience burt him because he had been
STAKEHOLDER. lApplause.1 They Wera to
have slavery en- the one hand, or freedom for
the whites on the other. He believed in tie
freedom Of the non-slayeholder. He spo1I.
tor Class destined to be in the majority. ;l51I
whose Hg hts we're assaiicd.
Mr. SpFatt and his co6djutars we're de7s1oo-
ing their pet idea Of the failure of republican
Institutions, and the necessity Of new aud
strong government. The Shareholders intend
that slavery Eh i'll be perpetuated, il democ-a-
cy pe11shes. It becomes the dQ,F of every
man to 1cccept the issue rendered bv the
South. fGreat appl .use.l
He conjured the people Of the North to rise
10 the hight OF this great argument With
one united effort let us give to the president
our hearty and cordial support. Ssantiug
for the first time on free soil, he might be per.
mitted to ask with Webster, that il freedom
should fall it fall it must 1t should fall In the
MIDST OF The proud monuments it had reared.
lLoud and prolonged applause.