North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-03-25
VOL. 9, NO. 33.

man to return to the embraces of the povern-
ment under such circumstances ?" (aNo NON
Wise laws, just enac.ments, conciliation,
compromise in the midst of peace, rot in tho
midst OF war, may once more restore the
shattered and bleeding remains of this repub
Ic. War will no more do it than wou,d
nave the power OF standing befcre a corpse
here and place my hand upon its face till IL
should rise to life again. Our hope ia in
peace. (Great applause.) We have tried war.
ed upon brotherly affection, can be restored
by killing each other are proved to be RIGHT
and wrong, will retire to nv profession, or
get piece OF ground and spend the remain
der OF my days in obscurity, acknowledging
my error L challenge the Judgment of histo-
ry; am ready to 60 before it,. There new
er was time when there was so 'jmnerativa
necessity for the perfect organization of the
Democratic party as now. (Applause. Why,
the black man has the fostering hand of this ad
minlstrat!on to elevate him in every possible
way. Look at the announcement thew have
met Down with the white man and up with
the black man has been the motto of this adj
mnlstration. Step by step the habea, corpus
swept away personal liberty, in every form
violated the key that Lafayette gave to
Washington to hang up at Mount Vernon 40
relic OF European despotism, has been trans
terred, have no doubt, to turn the bolts of
and what have you done? Continue to try
Ii as have no doubt you will until the end t
OF this administration, and am ready to
| abide the issue; and if it should come to pass
| that those who believe that this Union. found
that fort named after that hero of liberty.
Lafayette, as if in mockery of liberty, and as
II N insult to the teachings of the revolution
as If in derision and disdain of the teachings
OF the past. Everything seems to have been
perverted, and Fort Lafayette, named after
him who shed his blood for US has been
used to incarcerate innocents Let me say
this: L am law-abiding man. l counsel
obedience to law. You have heard the con-
scrlpton act discussed. You have heard all
those laws discussed by the eminent gentle
men who have preceded me. l shall not dis
cuss them tonight. I am for no revolution
against laws Legally enacted. Let them be
decided in the courts; let tn em have fair tr-
al let them be swept away by the ballot-box.
We can abide that. But one subject has new
er failed to produce revolution, to cause the
prondest governments the world ever saw to
| rock from center to circumference when your
blood and mine flowed in the veins of the
citizens of that country. 1t is the question
of personal liberty. You cannot enslave
Saxon, Celt, or a Tenton. 1t is the proud
blood of Northern Europe all combined here,
and he who lays his hand upon the great
monuments of personal liberty might as we'll
expect TO lay his hand upon the name of the
ocean to make it be STILL say boldly to
these men, Walk within well defined ltm-
its of law and all will be well but when you
walk outside of them to strike me or my fel-
low men with me, then am your peer, and
[ resist force by force. Tremendous cheer
ing.) Life is not so precious as to be bought at
the expense of personal dishonor and pesonal
degredations. (Applause.) 1 shall say to
my people when | stand in their midst-an
intelligent and noble constiuency-as shall
on next Saturday if live, that | shall hold
the persons and property of these men who
countenance arbitrary violence as hostages
for the peace of the community. (Applause)
We are good as they are. {" Better.'') They
feed on no meat that enables them to stride
across our diminutive and PROSTATE forms.
recognize no master of that kind in this
government and of this administration, and if
its millions are determined to try this issue
then woe to this land, woe to this country.
A new desolation and new horror will seize
the hearts and limbs of men, but whatever
may betide know very well how the Ameri-
| can people will respond to that issue. They
will bear much but will not bear ALL And
it is we'll and better for these men to under
stand that. (Applause) NJ. Voorhes closed
by urging the Democracy of New-York to
join hands with the Democracy of the West
In this struggle to main tain the Constitution
and the Union, which are the only guarantees
of our liberties. (Great cheering.)
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