The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-10-16

muTuoteri ana yet ne was Inundated. -
He was put into the hands Of the execu.
tioners, according to jim Lanes story,
and the only pslIiation l can find fol
} Jim Lane is, that he is such an internal
3 liar that no one believes the story as be
: told it. Laughter and applause. i
, Aud there is suspicion that be is de-
! based and degraded enough to boast of
murder committed, when he did not
have the Oudacity TO attempt it. APP
! plause.
But, my friends, there are those in this
faction iu Missouri who Justify this DESC
lation Of large portion of the State
7 and that, too, in the most fertile portion
, of it-and look upon it as just retri.
button. l do not believe there is mil.
itary commander, who because band
of men, four, or five, or eight hundred
slr0IIS, infested a region Of country
men who are outlaws and murderers -
would find it necessary to destroy the
whole people and their property, and
drive the people abroad and strip them
OF their territory. / can find no excuse
for it-none whatever, except in the i'm
becility of the man who makes the or.
der, and who visits upon a poor and
helpless people the penalties he had not
the power or ability to visit upon the
real perpetrators Of the outrage at Law.
renee.
CHASE NO BETTER THAN JEFFERSON DA.
Wis.
There are still other points, my friends,
upon which had intended to touch
One among the most important (and
which l do not feel at liberty to omit to,
nighD is question which has taken
some prominence in our midst, in regard
to the free and unrestricted navigation
of the Mississippi River. Loud ap.
plause. We know how sensitive upon
this question the people of the North
west have always been, We know how
:. :S..cc. .S:...c@ every neart when the first gun
was fred from the bights of Yick:SSIHSS;r.- . !
aass@s''aa0s the commerce of the country,
passing by upon the broad bosom of the
Mississippi River. We know that ev.
cry man in the Northwest exclaimed. at
never can be permitted that the Missis
Slppi River can belong to any other than
our people, or any other than our gov
ernment: that the commerce of that riv
er shall be unrestricted. That was the
unanimous sentiment of all the North
west. 1t was SO well understood that
even the Ssionists-that JEFF. Davis,
with his Congress at Montgomery,
sought to allay what he knew and felt
would SO arouse the anger of the North.
west, by declaring that they did not in.
tend to ebstruct Che navigation of the
Mississippi River, or restrict its com.
merce and believe a resolution ia now
extant passed by the secession conven.
tion in the State of Louisiana, when it
attempted 10 secede from the Union, in
which declaration was made to the eff.
feet that they did not expect, wish, or
intend to obstruct the navigation of the
Mississippi River. Our armies were
eager to rush to the field after an en-.
5argo was placed upon the river and its
commerce, and they broke it down
The valiant hosts of the Northwest broke
through and destroyed all Instructions
against the commerce of the Mississippi
River. But, my friends, we found we
were no better off after we broke down
JEFF. Davis distractions than we we're
before--that Chase had taken JEFF. Da.
vis' place. Loud cheers, mingled with
q few Kisses.
A voice--"Three cheers for Mr..
Chase."]
A few individuals cheered accord. {
ngly, thereby creating a little confu~ t
sion.
CHASE A RowDY AND BLACKBOARD. y
Mr. Blair--Well, that is d good deal ,,
ike Mr.. Chase himself--that piece of
'owdying and blackgaardism. 1t don't , ,
surprise me at all, as coming from one
Of Mr.. Chase's friends, and | am very
glad that the friends of the Government
lere, who have invited me to address
hem, have allowed this thing to pass
With so much contempt. e
[Voices--"Put him out; put him OUT U
referring to the individual who promo.
ed three cheers for Mr.. Chase.
HARGE OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE :.
NORTHWEST. =
My friends, if you will give me per.
mission, wish to say that l shall con-
end for the free navigation of the Mis-. l.
ssippi against the embargo of Chase n
IS strongly as have contended against :
Jeff. Davis embargo loud cheers, and
ries of go on !'"Go onl"]-and don't
ARE what position or what power he n
lolds or wields in this government. | ,
hall discuss this simply as measure =
Ieeply affecting the interests of our :
'eople; and l don't believe that any ar. :
;ument has been raised on the other side !,
i have not seen one attempted to be :.
aised which will jnsttfy the restrictions !.
which have been placed upon the com. !;
nerce of the great river. 1t is we'll -
;nown that since the 4th day of July,
'r, rather, since the 9Th Of July, no en-.
mics of the government in any organi.
ed force have been upon the Mississippi ! !,
River within one hundred miles Of eth. =
# of its banks; that the commerce the y
PRODUCTS Of the Northwest have been
led up here in our midst without o mar. y
iet' except over the costly railroads be. i.
ween Us and the East, have been SO tax. 9
ID and burdened that it scarcely novel
o US that the profits made by the rail.