Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-08-20

and delivered in New York, aud reported, sal
that no State would secede. He said ther
would be little debate for about thirty day
ana by and BY every body would acquIesce an
rejoice In the election Of Mr.. Lincoln. Nov
there is no prophecy Of holy writ more CON
pletely fulfilled than that made by the orator
and editors Of the Democratic party befor
/ Lne election OF Abraham Lincoln. Bat, m,
Republican friends, j know you can give ex
cuse, any body can, excuses are as plentiful o.
blackberfies, but there is the fact; you Ver,
warned that the election OF Abraham Lincolr
would produce results, not because we de-
sired them, not because we would not avoid
shem, but because they were the inevitable
consequences of that act. Abraham, Lincoln
i was elected, and you all know what has fol
lowed Hardly had the echo came back Of the
shouts OF triumph of his friends, before all the
States bordering on the Gulf Of Mexico made
ready to leave the Union. Il Was the sense OF
alarm IL vas the aenee of hostility on the part
Of the great body Of Northern people, as exsm.
plifed In their votes for Lincoln, that brought
upon us all these difficulties. Now, don't
stand here to excuse the secessionists. l say
that their action was upjustifable, but esteem
II the natural result of the Abolition party of
the North, and the man who denies u is either
Ignorant Of the motives which guide the human
heart, or chooses wlllfully, blIndly and mali
oionsly not to aee thom Why, say my Repub-
lichn friends, do you not abuse the secession.
ists ! With all my heart, II thought they
would hear what / said aSout them but they
don't happen TO be present, and it would be-
wasting my patience and strength to abuse them.
II would, my friends, boa great deal like the
lrishman who was hired to dig potatoes. IL was
very hot afternoon, and the Irishman, instead
OF going about bis work, lay down under the
ehade OF tree and went fast asleep, and when
the old farmer came out and saw him he shook
him and said, "Pat, why don't you dig my DO
tatoes 2" The Irlshman said, Bring your DO.
tatoes here and will dig them" Laughter. |
So | say to my Republican friends, "Bring the
secessionist here within the sound of my voice,
and will abuse him to your hearts content "
tCriea Of goodl He would not know that I had
abused him, and therefore do mot propose to
waste any empty breath upon that subject but
If there are any Of my Republican friends who
wish to exercise that gift, let them 20 ont into
the woods and pick out any tree or saplIng and
let him represent Jefferson Davis, and shower
upon it oil she anathemas that he can possibly
think Of until he has exhausted himself, and
he may say at the end that Pugh may say
Amen [Oheers.l ! hope that will crafty
him. As said at the beginning, what we have
to do 10 fret to repent OF our own eins, and not Of
the Gins of the secessionsts. When we have
removed the beam out Of our own eyes, then
We can undertake to remove the moat out of
the eyes of the people Of the Southern States,
and not until then. li'' '+ goa ~
H., Mr. LINooLN's ELEorIoN. -
Mr.. Lincoln then was elected not by ma
jority Of the people of the United States--far
from IL; he was In the minority of one million
OF votes, but he was elected according to the
forms OF the Consultation; and agree with my
Republican friends that he was entitled 10 en-
ter upon the Office and discharge its duties az
fully as If he received the votes Of every man.
But then what2 be was bound TO purnue, and
observe and obey the Constitution Il was q
Constitution which made him President, and
when he attempts after getting into Office by
forcing the Court to suspend tho Constitution,
he commits as great an absurdity as II man
were to hold himself oHt at arms length. ID
is an impossibility, 30 absurd O thing, folly
50 gross that no honest man would be guilty Of
II; no man believes It; IL Is jast impossible for
any man to bslieyo 1t, and any man who says
he believes il convlcts himself of being kuaye,
Within the limits, according to Its provisions,
he and bis oficers are entitled 70 the obedience
Of every American citizen. Beyond the limits and
powers oon6ded to him by the Constitution, he
is mere county court lawyer, and not entitled
to my obedience or respect, and ] will give him
neither obedience nor respect. 80 help me God.
[Cheets and cries Of "Goody'l And when he at.
tempts to compel obedience boy oad the limits Of
the Constitution BY bayonetB and by. swords, /
cay shat he is O base aud despotio usurper, whom
1t is your duty to resist by every possible means,
and, If necessary, by force of arms. [Cheers
and cries "Thst's the talk."l II must have
. despot, if must be subject to the will of any
one man, for Gods sake let him be man who
possesses some great civil or military virtues.
Give me man eminent In council, or eminent,
In the field, but, for Gods sake, doa't give me
the miserable mo1ntebank who at present exI
ercises the Office of the President OF the United
States. Yes, cay that advisedly, meaningly,
within the limits of his Office, there is no
human being, not bis most devoted per-
sonAl admirer who will be more exact in his
obedience than ! will be, but, beyond the I'm.
its of his Constitutional authority, i will never
submit to him one hour, never, never at any
hazard whatsoever. What is the object Of the
Government That few men may hold the
Offices and take the salary, and that few may be
clothed In purple and fine linen, while the great
body OF the people labor, toil and sweat, and
pay taxea to support such Government No,
my fellow citizens. The most valuable portions
of the Constitution Of the United States, are
not those which define the power and dignlty Of
Congress, nor those which defne the power and
dignity OF the President or the Judges, but those
which define the rights OF the great toiling
millions Of the people, who pay the taxes In
peace, and defend the Governments In war. And
when gentlemen clothed with authority, mot, 8
I said, by the majority Of the votes Of the ,pe6I
pie, bat merely BY the forms Of the Constitution
have the audaclty to tratnple on the reserved
rights Of the States and the people, they violate
the Constitution as audaciously and wickediy,
yes, more sudacioualy aud wickedly than the
Secessionists Of the Southern Shtes; and II
you submit to II my 'feilow citizens, you are
not oaiy slaves, bus you deserve 10 be. . Cries
of"We will never do ft."l 9AsI said at the
Columbus convention, and repeat TEL do'ntin-
tend TO submit, at any peril, whatever, Of
life, imprisonment, or exile, or whatever else
the Imagination OF man osn suggest! Il ID q
solemn contract Of the Government with me,
by which It calls upon me to pay taxes, or In
time of war or public danger 90 on6of the MI
itis, to defend , shat ehAll respect the rights
that are set down, for me. Ibelieve With Dan
iel Webster, that q bargain broken on one side
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