, 1863-09-07

war with tie rebels, because they would not
obey the voice Of the people, AID accept
Lincoln US President. The Northern men
intended, since the Southelners bsEa9 o the
their arms, and begged as whipped. l and sot, =. |
ronfu1 children to be allowed to return 70
their allegiance. He had heard Of late goo9
deal about compromise. he tor one: woula
consent to no compromise. N9!Mos out
an unconditional submission Honio eVel gsI
els, and rather than he would humble etais tnls
g1ent people BY offering any terms to Isoel5' rebels
be would see the great rlTer red with BLOOD,
and red forever Immense cheers.1 we
must carry on the war to the end. laye!
aye that st. Bully for 5oq! lSe he eo%%PrtGS, %aPrtS
%sss meant t. 5ns Do eeoR1fin ese@Tin seu hsiR tSsns
Yes, yesl Immense cheering:l He knew
they would; already they had given their
sens, and brothers, to the War, a1a o.,Iyy tney
would all go, to man, IN Illinois; Monlant
they? rather than that the war snodid Seaae
Yes! that's IT, and loud cheers.1 He was
denounced as an Abolitionlst because he ad-
vocated these Views. Well, he was content
to be an Abolitionfst, II this was the g, meanlng
Of Abolition. "a voice: Yours ~ IignI.I
disloyal he could tell them that If the ques-
ton Of war TO the end, and the support OF the
Administration in the mean while, were
brought before the 18th District they would
give an overwhelming majority tor the War
and the Administration. Immense cheering
fends had assembled here, md that they were
an unauthorized, miserable contemplate body
who had sunk and degraded the Democratic
party until It WIS almost disgrace to be
Democrat. It was also true that they were
not patriots, but traitors, and they shoWea owed
It Vallandighan, and elsewhere In sendinp
1eputation to the President, calling upon him
to release that falsest, hollowest and most
unp1incipled demagogue, and turn him loose
upon society once more, to blight and curse
supreme authority. II he had been President
Lincoln he hardly dare say what he would
have done to- those delegates He didn't think
they would have got home again as rcadilyas
they went there. But this lie knew, that they
would hare had to ask him . good many times
Lincoln gaye them to understand very clearly
what be thought Of their errand. These Cop
perhea1s were no fair example OF the State.
The State was loyal to the cora, "a voice
that's so j AID that meeting WIS sufficient
liked; that Vallandighan Was public mar
tJr-that Lincoln was despot, But he {the
speaker had always spoken his mind
end said just what ho had to say, and
Jet nobody bad ever arrested him; He had 1
on his pillow without any dread Of wax
iDg up some fine day ii limbo. Why,
then, we're the rebels afraid? Did the people
then present remember the passage In the
good old book: "The wicked flee when no
that was the case with these Copperhcads.
They we're skesaxd because they were wicked,
ard were afraid lest they ehould get their de-
gerts. If that was democracy he disowued It !!
BE had no part Or 1t With these these men, n A. In In:
because. l be believed Il was . relig.
ious, as well as civil duty. He cared
peither for one soft Of politics nor another.
He had seen glorious old 0glesby on the field
when bullets fell around him Like hall-and
WAS fighting upon Democratic principles; nor
was be Little erough to Put such . question
to the General. They were fighting for the
Republic. That was enough for both Of them
[Bn1]yl You'll do! and loud cheers.] There
ought 10 be ro politics now-nothing but
besaycd, and the rebellion crushed beneath
the victorious heel Of the Federal armlcs. The
speaker alluded to Gen. Grant, and passed .
very high eulogium upon him, to which the
people responded b. giving three tremendous Us
q biog1aphicsi M I sketch @A Of I'D The - aenssrai s
to whom, he eaid, Governor Yates
gave his first military command. He, himself
! htst met Grant about two years ago In Spring
field. he was very ordinary looking man,
aud wo.e an old slouched Lat, and he believed
| that he Was wearing that old hat now.
| [Cheers.l He was workman, md had TIM
merry In tie State; and there 1t was that he
| learned to tan The rebels. ECheersl. He be-
| lieyea that Grant who came to the surtnce SO
| suddenly, Tas thrown there By God himself,
traitors at the head Of our armies, and meant
now to give Us chance with gocd and honest
| generals. He would say o1e word about the
| Consc1ipt Act. It WAS Just in itelf-but he
| thoughs they could do without 1t. They
could make q conscr1pt law of their o1u,
Of the Government, and be fur more effective:
| It was the women and young girls who could
| make this Law, and pass 1t too. So that our
armies should never need a soldier In the
ranks. He advised all ths girls, every one Of
whom had one sweetrheart at least in her
train, to tel :the man who wanted her that
| he must first prove himself patriot by going
Into the army to fight for the Republic. And
| then II be returned minus an arm, or . leg,
| she would take him, With MI his glory, to her
arms, and tend him like IN angel until LIS
| death. Mothers also must tell their sons that
| country WIS " first, and last, and midst, and
without end" They must emulate tho Spar.
| tan Mothers, who, n hen they gave their sone
their shields, said to them "With this, OF
upon it!''
SPEECH OF SENATOR DooLITTLE or WISCONSIN.
Senator Doo1ittle of Wis, said ne were met
at most solemn crisis of human afinfrs. We
all felt It in our families and In our friends.
How many before him had sent their sons to
1ght for the flag which waved over theil
laid down their lives for the dear country
which they loved: How many parents had bid
their sons God speed, but had bid them fire
well torcyerg We had q mighty struggle to
60 Though before these troubles would be
over. BE had been deeply struck by the Ian.
| Senator Chandler had said that God ruled the
| war; Al d amongst the P1ovidences Of God ht
looked upon that as foremost Of al1, which
gave US Abraham Lincoln as our President
Many Of us might have been Impatient Of n
policy, but events had proved that he had
been working with the Almighty, and mo-
agafnst him. Judge Haynic had stated the great
Pfedominasing issue Of the pzesenthour to be
Nhsther re should hold !lt On On IL eur endeavo1t q
ballot box, or, Ike the Mexlcans, appeal from
the ballot to the bulleti Unless the peopl.
were to centrolthe Government there Was NJ
liberty anywhere on this earth, either 10,
w6ite 3a J. or blash Immense nm ches5s Th' M
been changed: It no longer rested will
the North, whether we shall stand by tht
Government; and the soldiers Who are tight
ing it's battles. There Was no need for revo
lurion In this country, because Us Judge Haynlt
had told them, the remedy was already pro
vided. Revolution without sufficient caus,
Was the greatest of crimcE-atiA sufhcien
cause It was On iualfeDable right. It wa!
abominable in the rebels to quote the Ameri
can revolution as precedent for that un
grateful outbreak, and moustrous crimt
against which ne were contending. Their
was no resemblance between them. Th
rebels had full share in MI the offices AMI
emoluments Of the Government-they ha{
no ground Of extra taxation-no ground 0
pnfahness, or oppression !; they had on tn
contrary, q majority in the Cabinet Offices
the foreign ministers were Of their appoint
nent-and they we're literally rulers II
Israel. There was no cause then, no
pretest for rrebellion. IA voice-tsThat'sso so."
The t.uth vas, that they rebelled because the,
were called upon to divide and share the pow
ct cf the government with the free States 9
the North. Immense cheers Nj: G. c
willing to remain with you as long az we cal
rule fol, and no logger" THAT game's playe
ont, and loud cheers.l He remembered, thu
these men IN the Senate Of the United States
had majority at the very time they with
drew from the Union. They controlled tn
public affairs, and could prevent the appoint
ment Of any officer by the President himself
! any where throughout the country. The
1ebel1ed then, because they could not con
tinue to control the President, and rule th
country as they pleased. Immense cheer
E ing, ! They had the appointment Of tn
Judges, and these Judges were, Of course
their political friends. They had a negatly
| | control Upon the appointment of the member
| Il In oklra N,11l to or,~