The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-06-12

come to this point. The putting down Of
this rebellion must be done come what will
to Constitution and Union. and even coun-
try. GApplause. Can you go that p
Applause. and cries of " Yes. yes."l For
hold that our duty to justice. in putting
down this rebellion, is infinitely more COM
manding and absolute than any duty we
Fows 10 the Constitution or the Union, or
even the boundaries Of our country. claim
that we are to go for putting down the re.
bellion Internationally. Can you 90 that ?
You are not TO say, we will consent to put
down the rebellion on condition Of the saw
ing of the Constitution, the saving of the
Union. or the saving of the country. You
are to say. we go for putting down the re-
bellion uncon.iitionally. and thst is just
where these traitorous enemies will no, go
along with u.s. Applause What some
one questions me. Would you 60 for pat
ting down this rebellion with all the possible
risks tha. the Union, the Constitution, and
the country might go down with it l au-
swer. l would. l answer, | make no cal.
culation at all at that point. My only duty
has been, from the first the putting down
of this rebellion And hence some old
Abolitionists, perhaps. would ask me. Do
YOU 90 for putting down this rebellion at all
possible lizards, that Slavery may survive
and be stronger than ever? l would.
run that risk TApplause. | have no
conditions to make in behalf of any OF my
hobbies. and have not had since the day the
bardment OF Sumter. Applause And
now let me here say. that IN my philosophy,
the putting down of crime cannot bring any
= bot,
to any evil Hence the putting down of
this rebellion, which is the crime of crimes.
cannot bring any possible harm 10 any
good, in the Constitution, in the Union. or
In the country, or liz freedom-none what
ever l call it the crime OF c.imes. Earth
has never known greater crime than this
attem pt to destroy nation which had never
done anything to provoke tia. attempt a
ma ion which had always been not only just.
but exceedingly partial. to those guilty of
this piratical and murderous attempt. Ap-
pause Aud now let ms here say, that 10
make ourselves most elective In this work.
we ought to cultivate earnestness. On
" hal an immense advantage the S,uth has
had over US in that respect Ii all our
early Generals--I beg your pardon, Mr..
President. l did not include yourself
laughter you are too nearly kindred TO
me that I should do .hat-I say if our early
Generals had had but 1.-THE of the earn
estnesS that characterizes the South and
Southern Generals. We should not have
needed to be meeting here; the rebellion
would long ago have ended. And there is
,ne thing more we need to cultivate. and
hat is, resentment. Can you 90 that p
!" Yes, SIR" and applause know there
al ~h,y~ h.
which takes fright at the idea Of cultivating
esentment. We need more resentment to
light the rebels As we ought to fight them.
That has been our want all the way through.
recall conversation with that great aul
good man, Theodore Parker, which l had
ew years before his death "a conversation
on the elements in human character. He
claimed grea at credit for our power of party
hating That's like him; and Were he now
alive, you might be sure OF having at least
one hearty hater of the rebellion. He would
,xclaim with the Psalmiss, Do not | hate
them o Lorld l hate them with per-
feet hatred" Perhaps some one would
remind me Of the prayer. {" Father, forgive
hem. they know not what they do" Now.
[ hold that this resentment is entirely com
pa,ib. with the highest civilization AMI
pYrest Christianity, and entirely consistent
with :orsiveness !; but. moreover, these ras-
Gals do know what they do. (Great laugh
ter and applause. Our Savior had none
such in his eye when he prayed. APP
plsuse. They. know " hat they do, aud they
do it with hatred and with will that puts
to shame our indecision and g-ntleness I
say, we must 60 Internationally for p1t'ing
down the rebellion. And let me add. our
loyalty is to be unconditional. We have
tried our Government and we can trust it,
[Applause.l l do not say that we are
bound TO agree with it in all lis views Of
tariffs and other things; | Go not say that
we are bound to approve all war measures
even 1t is entitled to our loyalty. because
it has abuulantly proved itself to be hoDest-
Is aud earnestly intent on putting down the
rebellion. l observed this forenoon a skit-
tishness on one point-at the point of poll
ties. A word on that. l have observed, I
that this grand Loyal League into which |
would have all right men of the North.
South, East and West enter, will become
party machine. Now | would have this
grand Loyal League mighty power in
politics. Thst'smyview Oft. Applause |
| would have it work day aud night 10 keep
out O1 pOl.NiCat oAlcc every man VINO Is not
unoonditionally against the rebellion | do
not say keep out of Office Democrats or Re.
publicans, but every man who does not
stand BY the Government. who is not un-
condiiiobaliy for the Government. have
never 10 my life voted Republican ,icke; !;
for l am, as think, a Democrat OF Demo
Gratis. Not sham, spurious Democrat :;
bu, man going for equal rights of sll men.
[ [APpl.use-I II any man here can saw.
am Democrat, [ answer in Paul's words
II. more" Oar great work is before
US. Il is not TO save the Union, or the
Constitution. or the country that is all
pratiug. | do not want to hear a man sneak
about his love for his country, but rather
about his hatred of the rebels | will infer
his love for his country from his hatred OF
the rebels. Put down this rebellion. and
the Union, and the Constitution. and the
country will take care of themselves. If a
murderer should be discovered in Utica. the
concern is to be not for the safety Of Utica.
but to arrest aud punish the murderer
Arrest and punish him. and Utica will take
care of herself. Nor do / wan: you TO talk