The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-25

slaves That platform was the true ori,
gin Of this war. When they adyanced
that platform and placed their candi.
date upon 1t, the South saw that their
safety consisted in resisting his election
at the polls, and the whole fifteen States
voted in a solid body against him. =
Now, Mr.. Lincoln, be it remembered,
came in as the first President upon a
sectional question. All other Presi-
dents had been elected by the votes Civ.
en- partly in the North and South, and
partly in the East and West. Lincoln
was the FIRST sectional candidate who sue
ceeded in obtaining power, and obtained
that power while having million less
votes than the votes cast against him. -
\ Now, my friends, it ought to have been
admonition enough to Mr., Lincoln to
see that fifteen States contiguous to
each other, having common interest,
had voted against him. That was sufi.
cient proof of the danger which the
Southern people felt their most impoF.
tant rights we're exposed to. He knew
that his election was purely sectional
. that not one slave State had voted for
, him; and he knew that he was supported
by bare majority in the free section of
, the Union. Now, my friends, mark what
| am going tosay. wantto do justice
in this contest, and while l condemn the
, resort to arms on the part Of the South,
must do them justice in pointing out
the canse which excited them to it. The
L. Northern and Southern States had all
equal rights by Constitution; that equal,
, ity OF rights was not only acknowledged
in the body OF the instrument, but was
recognized in its sovereign embodiment
in two clauses of the Constitution.
The first was that clause which gives to
each State one vote in the Presidential
election, when, in consequence of the
failure of the people to elect, it goes in,
to the House of Representatives Del.
aware, the smallest State, and little
larger than one of your counties,
has one vote, and New York, though
? it is as big as this State, has but
one vote. In the Senate of the Uni.
ted States the State sovereignty is
: again recognized. Delaware, the small,
est State, sends two Senators to that
body, while New York and PennSylva-
MIA, the largest States in the Union, send
but members to that body. These pro.
visions in the Constitution were put
there to enable the States to defend their
sovereignty against the preponderance
OF members in the House of RepreSen.
tatives. Now, mark you, here was
provision intended to guard minorities
against what might be the ambition or
cupidlty of mojorities. In the progress
OF society the black population had pass
ed to the South. We made way for the
filling up of the North with white pop.
ulation. In the progress of society un,
f der Democratic auspices, mark you; for
| must stop here in my argument to re.
call to your recollection that though
these fellows are talking and denouncing
Democrats, that the Democratic party,
so far from being in favor of cutting up
the Union, was the only party that ever
added anything to the Union. Who
purchased Louisiana? A Democratic
President, Who purchased Florida?-'
A Democratic President Who took in
Texas? The Democratic party. Who
took in California? The Democratic
party. Who were the war.party when
our enemies were foreigners? The Dem.
ocratic party. Who were the peace par.
ty when foreigners were our enemieS?-
i A voice, "Tom Corwin and Abe Lin.
colp."] The AbolitioniSts. Cheers,
Fhe Democratic Party Always
True TO the Union. ID. ...
i Now, mark that in every case where
an attempt has been made to invade the
rights of man, the rights of States, or
the integrity of the Union, the Demo.
cratic party has come up to defend and
save them, and has succeeded up TO this
time, and is going to succeed this time
too. [Cheers. When in power, the
anti Democratic Administration un-
dertook to do what? WhOt do you
suppose they undertook 10 do2 They
had the same hatred Of foreigners which
these Abolitionists now have They got
THAR President, the father of the head
Of their party Of late years-they got
their President and their Congress to
pass law, known for its infamy under
the name of the "Alien Act" BY that
act Mr.. President Adams was enabled
to jerk up anybody that happened to be-
born out of bis section, By another law
of the same description, they could ar.
rest any man for publishing a paper like
the Cincinnati Enquirer or the Colum-
bus Crisis. But | don't mean to SLAM.
der these fellows, for they yneVer pretend
ed that they could take man before a
drum-head court martial of jackasses.
They gave men the benefit OF trial under
the Sedition Law, even in my day. +
F am fifty.six. Somebody asked me how
long I intend to live. | don't know
but mean to outliVe the Abolition par.
ty. iii my day we took money'out Of
the pablic treasury and paid back the
fine Of men who we're fined and ippris.
oned under that old gag law. Matthew
Lyons, him who had been fined and i'm.
priSohed under the john Adams Sedition
Law, we paid The money that had been
unjuStly taken from the man for writing
and talking And now we have to wit.
ness, in our own day, and within the lin.
its of this Con sressional District, re.
petition Of the same tyranny, in far
more odious formgnlWhen the integrity
Of the Union became uassailed, who was