Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-21

here to say that the lie sticksin the throats VI
OF those who utter it; that the Government tn
has never oppressed or wronged to the 10
extent Of q penny any citizen of the south. II
rs That's soy Did the Government wrong 81
jefferson Davis, the architect of the edihee p
that now casts g black shadow across the n
whole land, when it took him in rags from )
his fathers hand and educated him at its L
own expense, pouring the light Of know u
ledge on his ignorant, darkened braint Did c
the Government wrong the hatehet-faced L
Slidell Of New Orleans, now a lying EN- Z
bassador to a foreign court; or JssmS NJ: '
Mason, the trucking, sycophantic rebel
emmissary at the Court of st. Jamest The {
issue which they present is not the redress !
of their wrongs, but to reverse the great
central idea of modern ciVilization-that
is, they that cultivate the soil shall live to
enjoy it. If you do not believe it, read
| the speech Of Alexander H. Stephens, IN
which he expressly declared that the Con
| federacy was to be built up on the prinoi-
pie that Capital should OlOH Labor.
Go back to the year 1850 and read the
record Of these conspirators, and answer
me what part Abraham Lincoln had
with the revolt Read the proceedings OF
the great Southern Convention Of 1880 OF
which General John A. Quitman, Of Lou
isiana, was President when they said "
will not live under the Constitution n
further, ~that South Carolina, having had
the honor to lead off in the secession
schemes Of 1882, shall have q like power
now. and when the Government attempts
/ TO coerce her, the other States will uphold
her" WHY would they not live under the
Constitution? Because that instrument,
from beginning to end, is aclear deelara-
? ton Of the right of every man to the IN
: alienable rights of life, liberty and the re-
e suits OF his own toll, and has the right to
enjoy the protection Of his person. They
would not live under the Constitution, be-
cause they knew it was an evsngei for the
oppressed of the earth, who daily anu
e nightly lifted up their voices hat God
n would preserve this great country with It's
s Constitutional rights secured to every man
Tbev would not live under 1t, to use their
own literature, because they thought
h that the small-fsted Yankee and the greasy
Ie mechanic was not fit to associate with the
gentlemen Of the South.
j. 1t happened to me, said Mr.. Bingham,
ID to be a spectator on the Senatorial MOOT,
before Abraham Lincoln had been elected
g. as President, when q Representative OIL
~ | South GarOlluh ATOb6 anu hnnuuASN1 49,
It. in every community it was q law OF society
IS that the working man should hold a
at mental position, and, in plain words
ic should not be allowed to take part in pub
g. lie measures. He declared that the work
e. ing men were at least but the mudsiLls o
in society. They, the men. by whose toi
n nations live. were thus denounced by on
US who was indebted to the laborers to keel
u the breath Of life in his WORTHLESS
Is body. The men who heW from the forest
ey and build the h~abitations of man, who ar
elf the life and health and strength, tn
is mighty b~ody-guards Of mankind, ar
in but the "mHdsiHs Of society p Tn
a revolt of the STAKEHOLDER is a re
ted volt against society and the pre-
Ore lection Of society. 1t is for the purpose 9
ion securing the whole vast domain Of th
EN- West, as an empire Of slavery.
nts 1t is asked $40 you proposed to su9Jl
gats our brothers Of the South? Surel
fed ne do, unless they lay down their arms an
the sue for mercy Of the great Magistrate
der the land. Why not s%ubjugate them
,or- What right has a traitor to liye2 II
yer man who lifts his hands to destroy Il
ex- Government which has maintained hin
var lifts his hands against the ark Of the CO.
itch enaant Of God, and deserves instant deaf
ned TApplause. l have weighed well Il
der word l have uttered. Living l wi
nal assert it, and dying l will repeat
nit Those men who strike at the stability
}, in that Government which protected you al
iga- yours, strike not only against the ma
.sts, hood Of the land, but they strike also
eted the mothers and the little children vi
New are to be the generations to Come
Ing Would Overturn the fabric Of Governme,
also and with it the security Of your childre
Mis- Is it worthy your sacrifice to save
lted this Government? Is it worth nothil
cas- to you to know that your Government
to safe and secure, and able to protect 4
bile only you but your children? That was
Is if noble sentiment Of the patriot who, d
urO- ing, committed his soul to God and /
by daughter to his country You have
hich assurance, if this fabric of Governme
,e to is overturned, that that beautiful gre
ion. spot you call your home Twill be secure
hour after the Government is destroyC
But l cannot stand here to debate Il
,ion question. The man who must be debat
To with upon this question deserves not
oDJ live, but, like Judas Iscariotof old, shou
The go out and hang himself. [Great a
plause.
i'm lubIo uuObuoA poAnb u AnNoAN1b-A ~
70 - Of taxation. Nh. Bingham here REFER
I'LL to the power and the influence Of {
Press, sand referred with sharp cri
At cism to the appeals of certain papers dI
ing the past year, to the people that tn
orcs farms were mortgaged, Sc, " to carry
- this fratrieidal war" He then 81
,;taI that every mar holds not only
.a;oi possessions, his horses and catt
IL ,I,o HE fo-s1- orI
81 own life, in trust for the benefit of his Gt
CO. eminent, to be yielded up in it's hour
AZ need. The hosts Of young men who ha
gone from the Northwest and laid do
.e,o. their lives, have proved that they read 4
AZ obligation Alright. Mr.. Bingham then p
- his attention to those who whine for
NJ 81 Constitution as it is" and quoted fr
~ that instrument that congress shall hG
~ power for the common defense to levy a
assess taxes" How much? Why, just
hare much as is necessary. and your lar
roof could be taken for no better purpose tn
.ome for Just this thing. But the northG
oile demsgegues object not merely to payi
tbs5 the tax on their own farms, but q
;on to taxing those Of the rebels. We agr'
Al in BUR platform that we would not int
fere with slavery in the States, but VIC
r. not agree that we would let them ats
.faIv and repudiate the Constitution, with
and our taking means for self-protection.
Mr.. Bingham then referred to the pr
siple Of common law, that a mans housl
his castle, and said that in time of war
uuIy principle Of public safety over-rides
common law. Away then, with all &C
ltro- plants about the taxation Of either a P
10. riots or a rebels property, upon
grounds of its "unconstitutionality."
low those men their way and they wor
of not allow the tax-bill to be passed, or
ury. ecuted if passed They would thus Viol