Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-05
UNION CONVENTION AND MASS
MEETING At TzHOCKvILLE.
sPEECHEA OF HON. MONTGOMERY BLAIR,
Fx-G0yEHHoR THCeA As. AND COL.
=" john HOLLAND
THE QUESTION OF EMAsCIPATIoN In MA
6"~ RlLAND DISGUISED.
THIS PRESIDENTS POLICY ENDORSED.

The N montfoMery coNsty Union meeting Sat
urday was attended by from i,2ue to 2uoo peo.
pie, including delegations from Baltimore
Nsehinsten and other points: and the Fair
Grounds, " hers the meeting was held, pre-.
scn'ed very anirnand spsctacfe throughout
th+ afternoon and evening. Some public spirit
cd GDien men sHppiied an abundant COLLATION.
OF fn estantial Naabfes as free lunch: and the
Union ladies had done their part handsomely
in the beautiful decorations of the speaker 5
stand, wh.sh, among other floral and artistic
embellishments, bore the motto In letters of
oak ie;l q i.e Union, 1t must ana shall be pre-
s.r,rd; The abundant display OF e.UId
SioTy E-the star" and siripes-inust have been
enl and w0rmwood 70 the se cesn of Rock villa
VINO, icWafsT, X. pit themselves on their vooi
cei avior, for tie most part, through tho day
an ihcid, 1t OF the Occasion was the arrival
OF Elk DiS wagon teams loaded down with stll-
WaTt river men, Ito the number OF sixty
ionr,J Erouakt from Great Falls, al his own
expense, hy patriotic Irishman, ii!iam
hh,anngh ny NAME.
The Baltimore Musical Association an ex-
.eileni hHEd OF yocalists, was present. aud
tnade the groves or Rockville ring with their
kpiIitcd Union spEgs
Tie meeting was organized by the an;,oiut-
wtbt oi Mhj j. 7 England chairman, with
ttpt. Jas +. White, and Hon. Root. T. Dun
iop vice presidents, ana l.. a. Dawson Secre-
tasy.
sPhFCH OF NON. MONTGOMERY BLAIR
Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR being loudly
c6led for came forward and addressed the as
ttmtlage as follows.
Fei!ep- Citfsens: l congratulate you on the
hGpes Jus " inspire d by the circumstances
tRdrr which We meet to-day. The progress OF
our arms gives us good reason for be !a wing that
Ie ace VIII soon b. restored 10 our cnuntry and
tat W III II " comes il will b. an enduring peace
hecaus- obtaiftd by pre>e wing the Integrity of
tie Goyernlnent. and because ID will ne fol-
loN1d ny the early suppression from our sys-
t m OF the Institution OF dones slavery which
oocasioned most OF the difficulty in the founding
of the Goyert ment, and has been he only cause
which ever seriously endangered It's existence
!. But even " fiil>t we are lntiulglng these W.H-
1osnGt q hopes that our country is saved from
CtstTUclion BY the rebellion, We are mon .nai
ny The Nln hllon of me ultra anoIitonists wh tch
Is equaily t.spoiic III It's tendencies, and which,
II successful, could not i;Il te be- :. kp fatal ID
republican institutions. The sla, cr It's of the
South would found an oiigarchy-a sort OF fen
Cat power, imposing ia yoke over all who
uiisd the earth over which tney raignai as
lnastets. Ike Sboiltion party, walls prononn.
eng phIhpllcs against slavery, seek to make a
caste OF another color hy aIr,aigamattuy m,
biacK ell mint win the free white labor of our
iabh, ana SO 10 pxpann far hey oud the present
confines o. slavery the evil which makes il on
EoAiots TO republican statesmen and now
when The strength OF ihe traitors who ,ttem pied
10 emhody power out of the interests of sl,
very TO Overthrow the Government is seen tn
faii, they would maze the Inanulnission of the
slaves tie means OF intusiag their blood iato
our whole system by blending with il .nu1I
gandtIon, rqnaitty ana fraternity .
he cultlsators OF the soil must then become
hyhFla race, ana our Government hy hrid
Government, ending as All such unnatural
c; mblnatous have ever done. in degraded, il
not abortIye, generations, and making s-rfdom
1or tie inferior caste-the unmixed blood OF the
conqueror race inevitably asserting a despot-
is over it.
To facilitate this purpose, q concerted apneal
ls now made 10 the people OF the free States
through The Press, TO open the way to this dar-
ing innovation, beginning in the Southern
e., ha han
by the CaihounIte COnsplrAtors. With this
view, 1t is proposed 10 declare the State Gov
vacated in that section when they
are restored to the Union, and ii the 10y nj men
of the South, " hom the treason of Presidents
fleree ana buchanan, In cCmpliciry with
Southern traitors, has subJugated, are to come
under absolute submission 10 the representa-.
tiyes OF the Northern States in Con gress with
Out the yesnRe OF a State right, a State law or
Constitution to protect them. Nay, not even
the 1ranchIse vote to send q single representa-
tive 10 the legislative body TO which their d.s
tiny 10 TO be committed
Simultaneously, three leading organs-the
Chronicle at "ashin gton, boassinx sort of
Official sanction; the Missouri Democrat the
ultr Rbolisher, OF Fremont graft, at St Iyouis:
the Atlantic Monthly, which lends to the parent
stock at Boston al IL can boast OF literary
strength and elegance, ,-have struck the KEY
nots OF revolution, the sheer abolition OF STATE
In the region o suf~ring under the
rod of thersbelfion, IT.
The article in the Atlantic Monthly nav
justly be quoted as the programme OF tho
movement 1t presents the issus on which tho
abolition party has resolved to rest It's hopes OF
setting Up Its domination In this country. The
bpldnsss that marks the announcement of its
design 10 assume fog Gohgrees absolnts power
over The States re covered to the Union without
allowing representation for them Ia the BODY.
argues mush for tAs confidence OF those who
never attained an ounce OF political weight
until they threw themselves into tho scale OF
the Republicsn larty adjusted at Chicago,
wherein State iia hts, oven the most doubt{ui
NM a A1rnr rl~-ax
OF siatery Was solemnly recognized.
:" za0 scU 80 htts dtscussson,' says tho new
uka.e, "te are brought to TIE practical question
rhieh ss destined to occupy o.nch o. public atte,s-
T. beav directly upon tie re5ss yatrs 4ass n,sy be
ander ne aat.oriy g coasaress-or stmpiy By
ma"g the dans,s.on ID, o. rseoets.o" e. ths stats,
1edoSss cf he proportion 10 tkaf Congress shoN
assame 5urfsdictsen Of nc rebel States
one you'd suppose that "the action Of Con-
rectly on the rebel States" by the armies which
CsngTess has raised and sent against the rebel
ota!efi or, to use exact language, tho States in
Whlch the rebels enforce an nsurpation over
the loyal people. But 1t is not over the States
IN the hands OF rebels which the abolition pro.
sIaInme proposes TO assume Jurisdiction but
over tne States when wrested from the usurpa-
uon OF me rebels and In condition to be restored
to the control of the loyal people against the
political military bodies now e1erting the forces
OF Government in that portion Of the United
States In which the rebellion reigns for the time
triumphant The Union wages war, but it does
not wage war upon the 10y al people, upon the
constitution they recognize, or the true Consti-
tuition, upon the spirit and forms of their Gov
eInment, upon its archives or property On
the contrary, the whole system as part of the
Union subs1sts and is res pected by the nation,
and only remains In abeyance where the rebels
hold sway by force Of arms. 1t is against this
rebel organization, against the persons and
property, the means and Observation-Disclosures of
the rebels. that the United States make war IN
defense OF the loral men and loyal govern
ments. -rH
The assumption that the certain States OF the
South are extinct-annihilated by the rebel.
Iion-and that a Congress composed of repre-
sentatives from the States in which the rebel
lion does not exist, has the right to consider
the sister republics where iDsurrec tion for the
prevails, as dead bodies, to be dis
posed Of as they please when they get possess
sion, is abhorrent to every principle on which
the Union was founded. No member OF the
union nor the Government of the whole, can
g. upon any of the States but in the mode pre-
scribe d by the Constitution. They are all
bound TO guarantee to each a republican form
OF government, an that is a government adopt
cd by the people, for 1t is the essence OF repub-
liean government that it shall emanate from !
the people OF the State.
The Federal Government derives its power {,