The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-07-17


their military career, YOU have utter
", signally, disastrously--I will not
say ipnominiously-failed TO subduC
ten millions Of "rebcls," whom yot
taught the peopls Of the North and
West, not only TO hate, but to despise
Rebels, did sayY Yes, your fathers
were rebels, or your grandfathcrs -
lie who now before me on cmaass
looks down so sadly upon us. the
false, degenerate and imbecile guar
dians of the great Republic. was a
rebel And yet we, cradlcd ourselves
in rebellion, and who have fostcred
and fraternized with every insurrec-
ton in the nineteenth century every
whore throughout the globe. would
now, torsooth, make the word ':rebcl'
u reproach. Rebels certainly they
are; but all the persistent and stu.
pcndous efforts of the most giganti,
warfare of modern times have; thro
your incompctencv and folly. availed
nothing to crush them out, cut of
though they have been by your block
adc from all tho world, and depend.
cut only upon their own courage and
resources: And yet they were to bc
utterly conquered and svbdued in six
weeks, or three months Sir, my
Judgment was made up and expressed
from the first. | learned il from Chat.
ham; "My lords, you cannot conquer
America And YOU have not con.
qucred the South. You never will
now MIR V. WOULD rUT DOWN THE RE-
BELIIoN.
Rnt ~ho- spcuK OF ways or terms
of reunion nowl The will is vet
wanting in both sections. Union is
consent and good will and fraterna'
affection. War is force, hate, revenge
Is the country tired ut last of war;
Has the experiment been tried long
enough? Has sufficient blood beer
shed. treasure expended, and misery
inflicted in both North and South?--
What then? Stop fighting. Make M
aiInistice--no formal treaty. With.
draw your army from the seeded
States. Reduce both armies to fail
and sufficient peace establishment
declare absolute free trade betweei
the North and South. Buy and sell
Agree upon vollverin. Recall YOU
fleets. Break up your blockade. Re
ducc your navy. Restore travel
Rc-establish the telegraph. Reunit'
your express companies. No nor,
Monitors and irou-clnds but set youl
friendly steamers and steamship
again in motion. Visit the North AM
West. Visit the South Exchang,
newspapers. Migrate. Intermarry
Let slavery alone. Hold elections q
the appointed times. Let us choos
dnew President in siNty-four Ant
when the gospel of peace shall hav
descended again from Heaven int
their hearts, and the Gospel of Abo
lition and of hate have been expelled
let your clergy and the churches NEE
again in christian intercourse, Mort
and South. Let the secret order
and voluntary associations every
where rcunitc as brethren once more
In short, give 10 NIL the natural nm,
the artificial causes which impcl us tc
getheI their fullest sway. Let tim
do his ofilcc-drying tears, dispelip
sorrows, mellowing passion, and NAL,
ing herb and grass and tree to gro'
again upon the hundred battlefield
of this terrible war. See Journ,
of House.
These sentiments were uttered viii
opposing Il series of patriotic rcsoir
tions proposed by that staunch Den
ocrat, Mrs Wright, of Pennsylvania
who dclicatcly alluded to the loss Z
q son in battle in n quotation from q
ancient Philosopher:
IL should blushcd If Cato's house ha
stood secured and flourishcd in n ci'
il war"
The resolutions which Mr. Valll
digham opposed in such violel
speech were in the following words
/. That the rebellion on the part
the seeding States against the Go
onment and laws Of the Union W;
deliberately wicked and without re
sonablc cause; the compact of UniC
being perpetual, no State has the co
, stitutional power TO forcihly scced
!. and that there was no grievance, rea
or imaginary. upon the part of the 6
ccdinG States, for the redress ofwhil
the Constitution does not furnish M
, PIE remedies.
GAlr V, had said in n speech
p 1861, that thc South wCs justified
p scccding-that her grievances we
{ found in Abolitionism and section
Q leeislation: an Il therefore he cou
T. not endorse this resolution.
i .. That the rebellion being in co
D travention Of the Constitution al
y laws, it is the duty of the Governme
= to put il down without regard 20 60
or the consequences that may bel;
those engaged in it, and all necessa
. constitutional means tor thispurpos
4 and this alone, should be furnish,
e by the people; that innsmuch rs t
i great and wicked crime invoked t
c power of the sword, the war shou
T. be prosecuted with all the vigor al
+ strength and means Of the Fedel
V Government till rebellion be subdue
e and no longer.
d 3. That an honorable peace is Z
l. sirable, but no peace while armed G
It position mcuaccs the capital a
e threatens the overthrow Of the Unic