Litchfield enquirer., 1863-09-24

down the rebellion. It must, shall, and vii be put down. [Applause.] I talk to tho rebels.
 Who inaugurated this rebelons soutl
 Carolina had been plotting it for thirty years and if the letter and spirit of the Federal Con stitution had been carried out, she never could have been member of the Union, for she never had republican government which is guaranteed to all the States "A man must own ten negroes before he can be elected to the Legislature. She ought to be let out on contract to Yankee company, to be sawed out, hoated of, and sunk in the ocean. This rebellion is an old plot. As far back as 1856 Governor Wise sent a secret circular to the Governors of all the Southern States, stating, Fremont would be elected. I propose, in this event, to march to Washington, seize the archives, and declare the Union dissolved. " Fremont was not elected, but meaner man was-James Buchanan. Leading Southerners in Congress refused to stay in the Union. even though they were allowed to dictate the terms of compromise. Mason said the South would go out, although the North should give more than she asked. Good United States arms of all kinds were condemned at the Southern ar senals by Southern officers, were advertised for sale in obscure papers and Southern Govern ors were notified to send agents on, to buy up Sl5 muskets at S2 50 apiece. Thus they pre- pared for rebellion, secretly for years. In 1860 I visited Montgomery Alabama, and was invi- ted by the Legislature to deliver an address in their hall, on public affairs. I did so. l de- clared myself Southern proslavery man, and desired the prosperity of the South. They applauded these sentiments. But I added, l had seen with pain their act to arm the State in~case Republican President should be elected. said it meant treason, and that was an unconditional Union man, and would stand by the Union although slavery should perish. Some of the men hissed, and some elegantly dressed ladies bounced up and left lue Hall IHe uefll Wds HI tHeu, Iueh' pehois it got into the men.
 My tickett in 1860 was the Bell Everett ticket, a sort of Kangaroo affair, with all its virtue in it's hind legs. John Bell is now DO king about Rome and Atlanta with an old cotton umbrella uuder his arm, hunting for his rights. He'll get them. his iron works have got them already. Douglas headed the next ticket-a gallant patriot, who, if alive to day would be n the field with star or two on his shoulders. Breckenridge headed the third ticket.
 The fourth and last ticket was headed by Mr. Lincoln, and If none of you have heard the result befole, have the pleasure of in. forming you that he was elected There would have been no war if Breckinridge had been elected. He would have gone into of flee, sworn before God and kissed the Bible on it, to defend the Constitution and the Union, spent four years in filling every Southern fort and city with arms, removed all the public money South, manned the whole navy with traitors, and at the end of hs term walked out of the Union, leaving the North without a gun, q ship, pistol or a sabre. thank my God to-day that neither Bell, Douglas, nor Breckinridge were elected, and that more honest, brave. wise and patriotic man was elected than ever Breckinridge could be, un- less he could be made over again, and think I know enough of the divine character to say that the Almighty would never undertake that job. These Southern leaders are the worst men who ever lived. There are better men in the Penitentiary, and if were not afraid of getting up a theological controversy, l would say that there are better men in hell! They took a solemn oath of office, tGey devoutly kissed the Bible upon it, and then, after legls- lating in Congress all day, and drawing their salaries, met in secure room by night to plot the overthrow of the Government. Honora- ble Toombs! Honorable 4. o. ?. \. !. 4 Nicholson will not insult Judas lscarlot by comparing him with these wretches. why, after all their cry against Abolitlonlsts, these rebels are gang of negro thieves. Scott's Alabama cavalry, composed of the Southern chiyalry, kidnapped my negro Charles, one Sunday, and run him South. He came back to me the other day, having given them the slip, after getting his "rights' abundantly Now, had expected that these :" blue coats might take a negro occasionally, but not the flower of secession aristocracy. These rebels have stolen more negroes since the rebellion begun, from Union men, and run them South than the Abolitionists ever did. Northern Abolitionists are not fit to hold a candle by the side of these Southern negro thieves Your Captain Perkins of the town of Frank lin, is specimen of these negro thieves. They are hypocrites and scoundrels, as we'll as trait ors. hope the devil may seize them and drown them in the sea, as he did the swine in the New Testament.
 An ingenious swindler, named Webster, has been making handsome thing out of the dis honest streak in human nature. His dodge was to address a circular to his customer pro posing to furnish exact limitations of Sl U. S. Treasury Notes for $50 hundred, and single