Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-04-08

'ehiiehlen, nave spoken OF this crisis IN
our affairs. The world has never seen
one exactly like it Our rights have
been taken away by arbitrary power, the
sword and the bludgeon have been called
into effect these most wicked outraoes.
What have we to oppose to th.ns The
ballot only; but the ballot is mightier
than kings, Applause The poet hath
well described how II
AS lightly falls
As snowfllakes fa1 upon the d.
But executes a lreeman's will
As tightening does the win of Col"
- Great cheering1.
Now, my friends, what is required OF
US at this .luncture in our afi,irsp | ad-
dress mys.lf iadiscriminateIy to all those
who have enlisted under our banner
10 those who have enlisted under our ban
ner for the vigorous prosecution of peace.
(Great apPlause.) What is required of
uS. l say?-perfect freedom Ut speech,
abnegali,In of self, sclf-possession, steadi-
ness OF purpose, and firm and unaliera-
ble resolution TO stand by the Constitution
and the laws Well, now. your declara-
tions, U'y friends, in regard to these great
objects OF Your party organizations as eX-
pressed in the proceedings of your conven-
tion- have raised storm about your
head. and 1t RACES at the pres n time. |
am ciad that ii Is so. see in the very
. fury of tse gale the means Of deliveTancc.
/ (App!ause.l Gentlemen, I crossed The
( BlaC.> Sea once in a fearful tempesJ-a
/ tempest that sent the waves clashing after
! us Ike 50 nrssnv ficnds. but If was the
/ wild winds iiiat drove away the mist
! there along the coast. and opened 10 our
view tn anchorage OF the BosPh0rus- If
! it had not been for the gale we might
have drifted towards the Asiatic coast and
! the been caught between the S;ymple-
/ gades- Now, the rrge of man is as
raging sea-, and those that fear either will
not do ~ pursue the leviathan under the
tropics, OF to grapple with tie hylra %
/ Fedora! abolitionism. (Applause.) Gen
tlemcn, the doinCs of your Convention
haze my hearty approval They have
called out all the bitterness of opp ,sition
Now, 1t l. larcntab.c that there should
DC so muc,. bitterness at the present day,
but I supposc thai ii cannot very vel! be
.:,iped. II Won and those associated
with y3'I II drafting your resolutions had
.lJsse.i over the atrocious dOings OF tn
men in power, If YOU had compromised
With your conscienccs and tUIn1 an cN-
CASE hcrs an an apology there for what
had bc-il dJne. you might hare passed
music. yT::h the men IN power, and been
voted patriots of the scco:gj water. if not
% the first But, friends, II Is bstier aS
il is. Who noble ends by i.obic means
would obtain, should rot count the cost
fof the strlxsle Who would win the
crown must wres;le with wild beasts al
Ephesus, andI therefore rejoice that YOU
have taken your stand in favor of 5 ates'
rights and constitutional rights, and that
YOU are determined TO maintain these.
(AppIause.) Do this and You shall re-
cover your liberties (Great applause
Fail to do do this and you viii be crushed
between. the upper and the neither mill
stone. Now, gentlemen, another thing
since you have come out thus boldly
rs YOU should have done, the old talk Il
revived here in this community. Now
, those who use these words in scorn or IL
= hatred OF you, either do not know the tITI
. origin and application of these words o
tnSN art lrChtted WITH Will - tsllieu lii
'.Kin5s Evil" daughter Sir. wha
, have loyal or disloyal to do with our in
e s.itutions They are rot indigenous t
our soil any more than the Canada this
!, tie or the deadly upas When the Amer
. icans cast off the British yoke they ban
n ished the words ''loyal" and dis
q loval - from our political bible The
: are not to be found in the Constitution c
:, vour I, country, o. in the :. psalms > of Jei
/ ferson and liberty But will tell yo
/ where YOU may find them. In the pre-
II clamation of Lord Howe, and Cornwalli:
| and CLIFTON, and in- their orders that CAV
ST the JERSEYS and the Carolinas 10 fire ar
m sword and If YOU look further You ma
I possibly find them in the death warTaI
m which consigned the martyr Hale to q
N 4 innominious grave We are not called {
r indulge in any such language as thi
= Devotion TO the Constitution and to Il
re Union of. our country is the sentiment
"a our heart, and is all that we are, called upC
,a to render AS for those other words
nj treason - and "tiaitor" which polite
n hatred is constantly casting in the faces
a patriotic, lberty-loving men, they are
oe little or no account, excepting when q
,w lying tongue NAV expose some individu
we TO odium or positive injury. In such
nd case let the traducers beware (Gre
nd cheering)7 But, my friends, again the d
m iings * yoar convention have raised