The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-08-26
SPEECH OF VA eEN Iomx a LoeAs

Of Ma. Gen. Logan AZ Duquoin. Il. They sI
richly repay peru-ai.
THE UNHoLY" wAR.
Aud nov come 90 tell YOU how this unhOl,
war as some trlier-hearted brethren please q
call IL sis brogght about Instead of submit
ting TO tine Constitution Of ihe Uni'ed States
instead Of observing - provisions. aal acting IL
good faith towAid the people Who composed thi
Government, instead Of acting In good faith 10
wari ,he Cover .u-nr tnst had extended rs pro
tectng band over tae,n. wat did these inferno
rascAs down befe-lie-e southern brethren, d.
some people in the North who are piou-y oppo
sed % she war, c,n them-~htt did ,hey 90
Why. III tell Won what they di. hay YOU al
know very well without nv o. Ing vou. They
organized Oul OF tbt iOuiest. most damus1it, he'll
born, devil Oeg0tten cOuspilacies Lat ever az
orgs1ized by any set Of men oa earth aslii 81
one OF he very best Governments ttat ever tx
is,ei GA the face oi tue ear,a. Why aas That
conspiracy organized? Waar a. fHe reason ioi
+ it, What harn al any h9acst mif Ied mal
in ms hearing, what harIa bad Jae Hoverau 200
then done these uleu Had 10 tramlirl their
rights in auv way whatever? Hal it attempted
TO interfere with them or 10 ofpress them IN the
leasts Had il stricken them from the roll o.
honor: Had il taken from them any fame TIA,
they we're Justly entitled TO as part and parcel
OF this Government Had il sought 10 DESTROY
them? Had il sought TO obterate their Staie
Government or anything OF that kind. Ia what
respect ask, had the Government OF the Uni
ted States acted in bad faith towards these peo
pie As Government IL had acted in no re
spect toward them but = it lad toward each sad
every one else Il had acted in good faith .f
had executed its labor in good faith Even ID +;
had failed 10 execute its laws ia good faith, the
Government itself vas not responsible. They
were individual acts, never officially sanctioned.
/ say that the Government Itself had never d.,
terlered with the rights of single citizen of
the United States Why, then, should these
men organize this conspiracy? For what cause
was it done? Was il because the Government
was a bad one Was il because thev expected
70 establish better one? Certainly not Was
il because they expected to have better Con
sttutiOn? Certainly not Why, then, was it {:
| want any man to tell me-tO give NE oae -in
gle, solitary reason for the organization OF ibis
accursed conspiracy. These reasons that are
given as individual reasons, against individuals
are no reasons At all For, as said before, the
Government cannot be held responsible Tor such
acts Ii j.. only respoist /. for t5e record il
makes officially of itself. How vas this CON
spiracy organized BY whom? II was oreau-
zed hv jeff Davis, that most damnable traitor
to his country that God Almighty ever let live.
or thai man ever saw Oh the face of the earth.
II Wa gotten up by him and bis miuiOn~, and
for what purpose Not tor the purpose o re-
storing peace and haEmony-Tot for the purpose
Of assisting and encouraging tie Government 10
its onward march OF improvement and perfection
not for tue purpose OF Ocnehtung his 0wn
peOple--nOt for the purpose of being oi any
benefit 90 any man, woman or child ia ihe South
or in the North. but for the reason that certain
gentlemen ia some parts Of the country had cot
a little too large Tor their boots, aud they pro-
posed among themselves 10 make themselves the
great / Ans" of this continent But il can't
be done, gentlemen, tell you so nov in sncer-
ty-you can't do it-no use OF trying (Ap
plause) Yes, these men thought if they could
not be Presidents aud Cabinet officers by cleo
ton. they would be SO by blood and carnage
and In violation Of the laws Of this land arl OF
every other land.
But it is said that a great many things have
heen done not only by the Administrator, out
by the army, that are so outrageous that the
people can't stand it any longer. Wen let as
see | want to contrast the views of some gen
tlemen at the North with the views OF their
Southern brethren. JEFF Davis says-so does
Alexander b. Stephens-that the usurpatiOns Of
President Lincoln are such that the idea Of re
constructing the Government is perfectly ridicu-
ous Nv God Amt it astonishing that JEFF.
Davis should talk about any man being a usur-
per- | hear that JEFF GAYS Northern people
are usurpins powers that don't belong to them,
and that have never been guaranteed 90 them.
hese are the kind OF speeches they make to
the people Of the South But jeff doesn't turn
round TO the people, and say 20 them. " forgot
to say to you that we were exercising little TOO
~
lust now-wen talk Of that hereafter" So t.
seems to be forgotten To- this country when
speeches are made about the usurpation Of pow
er. They forget that JEFF. and his crowd are
doing anything wrong Oh, no. They are honest
and clever people they all belong 90 ihe
Church-all say their prayers But We are &
set of wicked evils usurping power thai don't
belong to us, and al the time violating the Con
sttution that these pious people in the South re-
spect 50 much and have such yedrniug for.
" e are set Of Northern sinners and there j.
no salvation for us but down South they never
sin against God, man. or the Constitution Of
the United States That's what we are told
here in the North-right here in the State oi
Illinois. Laughter
The COSsCRIFTlOs BILL.
1t is said that the very idea O. forcing IL man
into the army under fhe C0nSCfipt law i- infa
nous Let us see What j. a COlsclptiou law
Il is law enacted by the legislative power o
the country for the protection OF the Govern
ment. tor enrolling soldiers TO defend the Gov
ernment against all its foes, foreign or domestic
Do those people who talk o. the Infamous. tbe
odious Conscription bin, not know that there J.
not a Government on top Of the earth bu- passes
3 Conscription law whenever they i sire to raise
troops for any emergency Whatever. Some
Governments raise troops without Con-crntior
laws. They Just issue prOcamation- AID tel
the people 10 march up and be soldiers Fithou'
further notice This is the vay the7 Do En- a.,
land of jeff (Laughter.) He sssea an order
the other day without any sct OF Congress
They have 70 90 forward aud deliver themseVe.
up or they will be arrested and shot a. dessr
ters But that Is all right OF course, because
JEFF. does il. He has right 10 10 that. but 4
the President of the United States OF the Con
gress of the United States happen 10 pass Con
scriptOn laW when ve nave lot troops suougi
70 put down this rebellion, il Is al outrage.
want TO say this: II vas President Of the Uui
ted States and had the power, ard if JEFF Davi
or any other JEFF WAS fighting against the Gov
ernment to destroy il. whether | haG Conscrip
tion law or not, would have soldiers ZAP
/ plause) Aud every Han that found trying 4
excite seditiol or 10 produce dissatisfaction IN IN
army that was fighting for the Government,
would hang on the first tree | came 10. Gap
plause) That's what l would DO with them.
THE SEw YORK RIOTS.
Whenever gentlemen talk in this countr
about obeyjng law, and about the violation O
II - d