Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-01
stephen A. Douglas, In 1851.


War - disuh mn !; tcdr Is final and Elf.
nat separation Hence dIsguse il an Va n
may every Union msu 10 America mn ar
advocate such amendments 20 the coustitu.
t!"n ~ VII preserve peace and restore no
Union. while every disunionist Wheeler
openly or ser city plotting its destruction
IL th. adVoc to ni peacabIe secession, or OF
WAX, as the surest means IF rendering re-.
9nion and reconstruction IMPOSSIBLE.
1 nave too mu'h rospeo; fr his IntilecI 10
.eieVs Tor rUmebt that there is a man
~ war Who is not o disunionist, Dsr
&c
hence 1 do not mean, i'll can prevent
H. that the enemies Of the Uoion-men
o'ung 70 destroy lt-ehall drag this e1up.
ny INTO war under the RlTExr Of bfo,eo.
ung public property. AMI enforcing aW,
soo collecting revenue. when their obiec,
10 dIsuoIOn and WAR"
Ihe dIsuniOnists. therefore are divided
INTO Two 81 lssss-ttfe one ppen and tho 9th.
Or SECRET seccessienists. TIE one is 10 fa-
70, Ct Peaeaoie secession and recognition OF
Independence. the other is in favor of war
as the surest means Of making eeuaration
final and eternal: ! an UNION MAN
and hence AGAINST WAR, but If the
Union must be temporarily broken by a
reVOlutioD, and the establishment of a ~
fdcto govern nent by sntns of the States. let
no act be done that will proven. restora.
ton Peace lie the only policy that can
LEAD to that result.
but We are told, AMI hear il repeated
everywhere, thar we must find ont whether
We nave government. Have We a GOV.
ernment" is the question, and we are told
that We must test the question BY using thk
military powe: to put down all discontinue
ca spirits. Sir, this question, Have We 4
government! has been propounded by ey.
cry tyrant who has tried to keep his feet
on the 1ecks Of the people sin % the world
began.
when the Psrcns demanded Magma
Cbarta from King John, at Runnymede' he
exclaimed. HAVE We a government + and
c. lied tor his army to put down the discou.
tented Barons.
When Charles attempted to collect ths
ship, money 10 violation of the EonatitI-
ton OF England, and in disregard of the
rights OF the people, and was resisted he
exclaimed, Have We a government We
csnnet treat with rebels, but put down tai.
tors; we must show that We have q gov
erOment. When James [ vas driven from
the throne Of England for trauplinI on the
liberties OF the people, he called for bis
army ana sal:, let us show that We have a
government Wheo George III called on
his srmy to Put down rebellion 10 america.
LORD North cried Justify. N couiprUuise
WHO traitors; iet US dem Dnstrste that We
nave g"Vernment.' When in 1913. the
people rose up against their tyrsnts ell over
Europe. and demanded Guaranteed ~
their rights. eVerV crowned heal in En-
rope exclaimed, have We a government
and appealed to the sruy to Vindicats their
authority. and enforce to law.
"PEAcE is the only policy that can save
the country. Let peace be proclaimed 90
the policy. and yOu will fnd that thrill Of
JOY III animate the heart of every patriot
~ the land; conf fence will be restored
business be revIved;jny will gladden. eVery
heart, o"n-nres viii OIaZe on eyerv hiIl.tDr
and in tho v.lleys; and the ehrI b-SeIIs'
VIII proclaim tie glad ,idfugs iu tVsry cjtv'
Tow" ana village in America, and the an.
Piau~e Of grsarful pe,Il4 will greet YOU
everywhere Proclaim Il : policy Of war.
ana there will be gloom and madntss and
despair pictured on the face of eyerv patri.
o. on the land. A war of kindred. family
anu h'e os. OF father against con mother
aea'n:' daughter, brother sRsinst brother,
70 sunJu ate one half Of this Intry in obe.
dIence to the other. Ifvru do m4sn peses
'e' TINS DC adopted and give the p: esideht
40 opportunity through The Seereta,v AZ
OF war, % speak the W,rd pesoe and ,5;,tr
MILL us nf people will bIess him With tbs;,
prayers aud honor BIN with THAR sbon,.of
joy.
Sir, the history Of the world dos, M.
fail 30 condsmn the fJlly. the week.-mrs., and
~'"kedGess of the governments which
q aW. its sword upon its own peopIe. wben
they demand guarantees for their rights.
This cry that We must have a government
Is merely following the example of the
oesotted. Buurbors, who never learned nv
misfortune, never fOrgave an injury. never
'orSot an anron'. Must We deuoustrats
tnat We have government, and force obe.
9'eoee without refersbcs TO the iu.tice or
lrJustIce OF the complaints. Sir wben ten
m'iilons OF people proclaim to you with one
unanimous voice. that they spprebeod their
iSmiIy alters and firesides are in danger II
becomes awise government 20 stem 10 their
appeal and remove the preheusion.-
history does not record an exampls where
any human g1vernment has been stronc
enough 70 crush ten millions of peopls into
suhJuga:iOn. when they believed their lib.
critics we're imperiled. without first CONVEX.
ting the government itself intb despotism.
ana destr"yIng the last vestage Of free
dom.
Let rs take warning r. m tIs examples
OF the past. Wher ever a government has
refused TO u ten to the Complaints O! her
people, and attempted - pct dawn their
murmurs BY the bayOnet. they have paid
the penalty Or all those who lI-tn,d 20
the people in 1913. sni granted the cbar-
ters oil liberty. AID took an oath 60 supoort
them, only one has been faithful, sni he
has been rewarded for his tiieIity. The
Hing q! SARDINIA granted Constitution and
eo"E On oath to support il; n,d to dayhe il
King OF al. II George Ill had Ls,anaI
- '"o ~ur"uIs ~ ur fHIthers. and gran.
led their just demands. he War of the Rev.
1lutIOn would have been aVerted. and m.
81 300 that was pill d would have been
10 . speech At Music Hail. 10 New H..
zen, last week, Wendell Phillips said thar
asst January President Linr In said g