Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-02-10
Speech of Mr.. valIandIgDam

/ The House proceeded to the considera
u0h oil MT Hnghts resolution, declaring
the rebellion deliberately wicked. and
without reasonable cause; that this WIZ
was lnaugura;ed solely for the suppression
Of the rebellion and restoration of he
Union as 1t was; that the Union restored
the war should cease, and the sece5inr
States be received back ;uinunities ~
which they were originally entitled.
Mr.. tALLANDIGHAM (Dem J, of O5io
briefly alluded to the efforts at COMPROMISE
curing the session of 1861, and ct the be-
ginning OF var, and to the scenes which
followed and also to his own position at
that time, and TO the luilure Of war. He
then maintained that reunion was not only
possible, but inevitable, unless defeated by
the deliberate folly and wickedness of the
public men and the people. lie argued
the question at length from history, and
cited many examples. lie insisted that
physical causes ell tended to that event.
that there was no radical difFererce in the
white race here to prevent; that ell the
original causes which led 10 Uaiou-con.
men descent, cOusanguiui;y. language
/ measures, and laws Of defense, common
interest and domestic iIauquiIi,y-alI still
existed in full fierce, and 8 me of them
were much stronger now than at the first.
Many artificial oa2ses had Strung m
since, such as works Of Improvement. mpi.
/ tp'ying travel and trade, migration. ard
intercourse, and there were also certain
less material, but equally strong ties, such
as Common history, national reputation n. ard
! the nss D! common BATH i-fielis.
lie also msiutained that the causes hieb
I Iec 20 G'sunl' II were not eternal and iner.
adIcable, and were weaker than those
which tended to reGnI5b;- that slavery
was rot the cause, bet only the develon.
ment OF cause Of see;i, nalism; that there is
no irrepresslble conflict between slave la
DOR AID Tree labor-the s.ayeboiiing States;
that the fundamental idea Gf the Cons:itu-
tlon Is the Perfect aud eternal compatIbili-
~ oil unIrn 1t States. part slave ard part
Tree, and that such c Union was in fact
the strongest Of all popular Governments.
lie c3ntended that nothing keeps us ansrt
except hate, en'agonisnl. revenge. and that
war heats these passions seven times hot
ter, and that While it lasts reu,iou cannot
commence. lie insisted that these rreiu-
dices eou'd be ovarcome. lie explained
the origin OF the jealousies between New
England and the S5uth, tracing them 10
difference OF manners, habits, and social
lie, and different idea Of religion, NOR
als, AMI politics. lie rejected the idea Of
excluding New England, and Insisted that
there was large Dou-Puritan and canser
yatIve element 10 that section, which would
oil itself overcome the narrow, extreme, ard
fanat'cai Puritan element. the SUPREMACY
OF which ne declared TO be incomratible
with the peace Of society and OF the Union.
lie alluded TO Roger Williams as the
fourder Of New England civil cation diff
ferent from the May fDwsr aai Plymouth
Rock.
lie next maintained that New York.
New, Jersey, AMI Pennsy lyania could not
separate from the Syuth no- the South
from he North, AID spoke of the geograrh-
zeal ties which bouuG them together. The
Northwest woulj not separate from the
South. The day which divided the slave
holding from the MISUNDERSTANDING States
would decree the eternal divorce Of the
West from the East. There was no cause
OF controversy excepting slavery. The
agitation OF that subject, as q political ele-
ment, must cease. We must return IN the
old constitutional AMI actual basis Of ffty
years ago-the three-ffths-rule, the speedy
and ready return Of fugitive slaves-no
more agltotion, and the transit and TENN
crary sojourn Of masters with their slaves
in the free States. This was the price Of
the Union, and whoever was unwilling TO-
pay 1t must finally declare for separation
and disunion.
The South was interested Just as much as
we in reunion. lie spoke, IF the terms Of
slavery on the old basis as the way to re-
union, referring to the almost exact simi-
iarlty Of the two Constitutions, Federal and
Confederate, and Of the impossibilty Of
keeping up two such Governments with n
natural boundary The only difficulty ia
the way Of reunion was the want Of the
will to reunite. and while the war lasted
that will would never exist.
III the country were nearly tired Of the
war, and thought the military experiment
had been tried long enough. aud enough
blood and treasure expended and misery
Inflicted or both sides, be would then
propose tue following treasures Stop
lighting; make an armistic, but no formal
treaty; withdraw your army from the Sc
cedec States, reduce both armies to q fair
and sufficient peace estal lishmeD.: declare
an absolute freetrade between the NJrth
aud South; buy and sell; agree uycn a
IOlverien, recall your fleets: break up
your blockade; reduce your navy; restore
travel upon your railroads; re establish the
telegraph; re-unite your express Companies.
build no more Monitors aud irca-slads'
but set your friendly stean,ers and steam
ships again in moticn; visit the North and
West piS,-ste; inter,marEy; let slavery
line; bold elections at the appointed timer;
let us choose President in 1864, and when
me gospel Of peace shall have sounded
again from Heaven into their hearts, and
the gospel of Abolition hate been expelled,
lat nlarou and tho nhnrnbee =
Christian intercourse North aud South; let
the secret orders and voluntary associa:
tious everywhere reuDite as breihern once
more. In short, give to all the natural
and oil the ofhcial causes which impel us
together their fullest sway. Let Time do
his office, drying sears, dispelling SORROWS,
mellowing passion, aud making herb and
grass and tree to grow again upon the
hundred battle-felds Of this terrible war.
lie denied that this was formal recogni>
ton, to which, for obvious reasons, be
would not consent. It was an Informal
/ recognition. aud so was the exchange of
| prisoners, flags Of truce, &c. If it confess
| ed disunion. it was only as the surgeon,
who sets fractured limb aud heels it, and
admits that it is broken. 1t would rot do
| to say that the Government would have
failed to crush out the rebellion. 1t had
| failed, and would always fail Neither
ought anybody TO complain that no one
| would be hung. Neither would there be,
though the war lasted for fifty years.
| But, if no body was to be hung, then let
the wrong-doers Of the Administration re-
joice and be exceeding glad. He abprov-
ed of mediation as a means Of suspending
/ hostihties, but rejected arbitration. He
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