Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-03-27

talking on this Compromise Who
are We called upon TO compromise with
There stands The traitor, the rebel, upon
the violated Constitution, with arms in his
hands, the bayonet at your bosom, the sword
at your throat, and talk about compromise
This talk about compromise is a mere pre-
text When you talk about compromise,
are you going to the Southern States, which
are now under the control of the traitors
IT you compro mise with them and take
their necks out of the halter and re.irs,aie
them, what will you Go with the downlrod-
den Union men who are struggling for lib
er.y? We Of Tennessee do not come here
to demand your sympathy, but we come
here TO demand our constitutional rights.
Applause. When we turn to the great
charter of human freedom, the Const,tu-
lion. what do you find /? That the Consti-
tuition of the United States shall, not moy
guarantee to every State in the Union
republican form of Government. APP
plause- We come with the Constitution,
and insist upon the enforcement of its guar
antics, and We demand of the United States,
in the name of bleeding country and
violated Constitution, republican form of
Government, and in dong that, we demand
that the rebellion shall be put down. APP
plause. Great complaint has beer. made
about the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus. Well, there is one thing clear.
that somebody has the right or the power
TO suspend it, and that it can be done in
time of rebellion. There is another thing
hat is admitted by sll-that there are
great many in the land who ought to be ar
rested, and that the writ ought 20 be sus-
pended. And shall we fall out and quar-
rel when the power exists somewhere
And wi en- there is a large number of per-
sons that ought TO be arrested, shall we d.
vide and break up the Government on the
question, who shall exercise il? And who
Is II that complains of the ex srcise of this
power! Is there any man or woman
throughout this vast assembly, who has no |
treason lurking in their bosom, that is ap- |
prehensive OF an arrest? e. Mo-" No. |
Why, then, complain? Who is it that com
plains? {" jeff Davis."1 1t is those who
are apprehensive. Why are they appre-
hensive Because treason is lingering in
their bosoms. | am not in the habit of
telling anecdotes if | were, would tell
one that used to be told of Lorenzo Dow.
E Let's have it," He was going to preach |
a sermon on the Sabbath, and, as he went
along TO the Westinghouse man stopped
him by the wayside and told him that some
body had stolen his ak. He looked at him.
" Well says he, +" am going to preach
sermon up here to-day, and | will settle all I
this" Going to the meeting house he found
a round stone weighing about pound and
a halt, picked it up and carried it to the
Westinghouse with him and laid it down in !
the pulpit. which, of course, attracted the
attention of everybody. After he had
preached the sermon, he picked up the stone,
looked ut il and turned it over and over, and |
says he: Il have been informed by my |
neighbour" calling him by name, g that he
had his AK stolen las: night this stone
weighs pound and halt, and am going
10 throw it at the man that stole that AK"
Aud throwing himself round there was one |
fellow that lodged behind the seat. Laugh
ter. Says he: That's the man that stole
the AK" Laughter. And if you want
to find out traitors, just look round and |
shake the writ of habeas corpus great
laughter and applause and you will see
them dodge, and shrink, and complain ev-
erywhere or wherever they are. The only
objection | have 10 President Lincoln and /
his Cabinet is that they have not arrested
half enough. Loud cheers. To sum it
all up, and moi go into detail, suppose it
were true that President Lincoln and his
Cabinet officers had violated the Constitu-
lion; which is the most tolerable, and which
ought the people to oppose-a violation of
the Constitution which is for the preserva-
tion of the Union, or one which is intended
to break up and destroy it !? [Cheers. Do
you remember what Gen. jackson said in
1882? You know that most of us Tennes- ;
see people think when we die we will 90
to Gen. jackson. Laughter and cheers.
| would to God that the old man were lv--
ing and stood side by side to-day with your |