Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-09-16
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HON. WILLIAM ~ ALLEN,
Delivered at HGmiitOs, sBGtler' County, on he
l0M Of September; 1863.
Vo0-r1 son [oonoluded. laniIoqmi ~
You are upon d piece of lahd, and you know
that your neighbor can turn you of, when he
pleaaes; he comes and saye. f"You know, Mr..
Jameson. that lam q good hearted man; that
never did Jon any wrong or harmj ] never
did my neIghbors any harm; but you are afraid
to put In that crop Of corn, because I'll not give
you anumber OF gears to hold the land. You
are afraid that whom the crop is ripe I will OF.
der you OFF and take the corn, You know III
not do this. You know am o very clever
man." "But," you would cay, "ciever as you
are, want something cleverer than that to de-
fend me and my rights. Upon this crop ot corn
depends the maintenance Of me and my cbil-
drep; and II you should come here and say,
Leave here,' I want to be able TO say, I'll
leave here when I've gathered my corn crop,
and not before. wlh to have my rights depend
upon some unchanging principle, and not upon
the caprice or volition Of any man or set Of
men," Do we not see the same thing every
year in voting7 Every body knows that In
voting for Governor or legislator there are 90
many majority. Why not just say 90 at the
ballot-box, and take the will Of the majority %
laW7 The minority says: "Perhsps we may
dIssgree about what the will IL the majority 10;
In oder that there may be no mistake, put II
down 10 the Legislative act; we want no guess.
work here" 81 want Q law that will guard
my little children when they are not able to
guard themselves, o law that will block up my
threshhold as efsclually as stone and mortar
block up that of the Wealthest; law that will
alike protect the minority as well as the mejor-
ity" That's the kind Of law We want. How
/ could the Southern people act when they were
turned over to the mercies Of the North2 Bat
when the North had shown that they were
determined to take the entire Government In
their hands, they had shown it, not merely in
the platform and Presidential election, but by
calling to the Washington Cabinet every man
who was deadly opposed to the interests Of the
South. But more than that, their platform
was o declaration Of war, that the Southern
States from this dsy forward, be expelled from
the Union. The Chicago platform expelled the
Southern States from the Confederaoy, 90 far
90 that party could expel them. II Douglas
bad been elected. would this war have happen
edl would this Union have been dlssolved7 II
any one Of the other candidates that we're before
the people had been elected, would any snoh
thing have happenei9 No! what was the
cause Of the -War7 Il was the intermeddllng
OF this party with slavery In the Chicago Plat
form, and Il was the carrying out Of the Chi
cago Platform In the organisation Of the Csbi
net, and In the refusal Of the President listen
to the voice Of the fifteen States chat were foI
the Union. Bat Mr.. Lincoln and his pasty TAXI
refuge under ithe plea that they could not an
ticipate all that has happened. Bat what d.
the masses pay o President for, II he can no
| anticipate dapgers7 But you see how far 10
low the intelligence of the most ordinary labor
] ling manin this country Mr.. LinoolnW was. Whsi
! on bic way 30 Washington, he replied 10 refer.
enne t0hhe dhnEefh bf thecbubtFyj tcho's haSt
Let any one ask him now who's hurt. Let hin
askhlmselG repeating hls oldqueation put near
! ly three years ago, who's hurt2 and the hun.
dreds OF Ithousands ofjffssh graves will sent
forth response. fCfies Of "Thats sou A
million and AlhAlfiof .aidoaslsnd 0fphsns vi
send forth response. The desolaion Of the
lrespolse. slT The biighted hopes Of the hrightes
hopes the world ever had send forth response
The mourning Of the people thatis eyerywher,
being heard will aend forth the responsl
to thati question, Who's hnyt7 MY Godi le
him put down that question, In 1861, and thel
. lpus Il down Id 1868, and let him bring the an.
swers arranged one after snothert as fhaye ar
ranged them, and he will not ask, who is hurt
The great question Will be, who Ia pot huri2-
l[CrIes of .That's so," and cheers,l ,Nobody
can ansWer that queetion but the eIooptraotor
that buy mules and beeves---contrsetof any
ce-holdefs--the men that swarm Ike mag
/ gots In the national cheese; these men are th
| ZONES that are not hurt. The black garments
that shroud the mothers and sisters Of the bfavl
who have fallen, tell that they are hurt, Tbos
who ought TO be here nov shaking hands Witl
us in congratulAtion, are now In their graves
Another million are now commissioned 10 g
Ion with this business Of Wholesale murder, an
every newspaper brings us the bloody chrOuicl
shot down at this or the other ravine, 90 man
tens Of thousands woanasd or dying 10 the hos
Ipitsl. Every paper brings these things, an
Mr. Lincoln wants to know ,~ho's hurt! Wh
tried TO prevent slF thisqs' The same party thu
did succeed ln preventing itwhen .thsy had th
in the case Of the Alien and Sedition Law
/ In, the, case of the Hartford Convention, On
| In the case Of nullifcation In South Csrolina
the Democratic parry prevented itby peaceabl
! lmsans. Lincoln has shed enough blood to hoa
Eshe Great Eastern. and h,H much nearer th
end doea he get1 II Cries. of 'Nope.''l His Or
lie siill for blood The Administrations stand
lons tip toe. every day, With its eyes distende
and lis afme sIretched forth, calling ON Oh
y American people for more blood and more mo
II ney. v[ApplAusello % And their preachers :
L those Chicago priests that went to Detroit &
Y get Lincoln to bite the forbidden fruit, 10 com
mit the frst, the initial sin, By the publication
Of an Aot emancipatipg the slaves--thes
prissts, Iwould not IKE % have met these fel
Howe, they went down, csnting aud whining
their mputhp all thetv wetesibe for the bloc
II Of the people. Every one Of them though
that God had made 10 his special business to 6
land beg Lincoln 20 commences the business q
numbering the American people. When di
We have civil war? o! The first year thes Aboll
tIonlsts game aintoIapowsF. lIi4ow happens
I that under Federal administrations w hl
q admiaIairstions,s aud Democratic sdminlaIrs
tions, no, vsE,nos 4speck of war, ever exlste
besWeen our ,owp psoplef q [. eat VA ab.ssT
III How happens IL that, before that time, 81
n Government OF the United States, on the da
tof Lincoln'S election, had hot one solitary lrli
on within the limits Of the Republlc--the yer
~ ieIl and penitehtiary OF Columbus we're used fc
y the pnnl sbment Of mallrobbers and such Grim
inals, because tho Federal Government had .
iails--and now, although they have walled