Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-06-26

suppressed toole democratic paper, the
Cheag" Iines, and throughout the w esr
to day the people stard trembling upon the
preciplce, hestat;ng whether TO rise en- zsosse
aud expel these military satraps, or ou,e,i,
submit to the grave Of despotsm which j.
being dug for them, aud this night the city OF
Chicsgp may be in flames. Ttere has been
assemb'ed there to>nighs one of the largest
end most iesoiuie gatne, ings of the people
esef In Chicago, in front OF The Times offiee,
protesting aaaiust tnls military usurpation
against The lights of a free press. (Cheers)
II kno" loe chars cter oi the men at Cnica
GO. they possess rhe spi'it of the men uf New
York l'ad el!eers), AID dare and DEFY the
Aanifisl a!i"n to send to the city of New
York ,ne,r General Burnside, (hsse-) aud
here IN the nasle of this Assembly,, thousands
aud tens of thousands Inside and outside,
request the Administration to give General
Burnside this district tor his command.
(iremepduus cheers, with groans and misses
i"r burn>Ide.) And if tins connct must come.
it the revolution must cnmmence, | want the
p"" rs that be to try ,helr hands rpnn u.
{Uprmrnus ch-ers.) Fei!ow-citize,ls | ma,
have uttered the Language Of treason. Isush
ter. ''Cso on" '.No.") | certainly said
ii"re than the language uttered by our lameu.
ted snG glorious tr.enJ, Valland hnm who
was 'trucS dosn for 1t. {Cheers Tor Vaian-
dig li&u.l | may b7 the most < 'orious lnartvr
upon the altar of nly Country. l':No.0
ask your attention. AID quiet tor a nluu,eut TIL
relate you anrcdote of Gen. ashingten
W hen 8 oung man. he was, as We all know a
Planter upou .he Potomac river. He had a
large and fine plantation, aid had a nelg hoor
whI owned al adjoining piantaiion with whom
he had dispute about the boundary line
between the two. HIS aei2hb.r was tyrau.
meal, desp"tlc. res"luts man. ('That's Abe"
lie probably conceived that he was the own.:
OF tue disputed boundary, but Washington
honest, res'lute, not desrous of infringing ON
the rights Of others. finally believed that the
titIe.to the disputed line was in himself.
Que day he Was waking with his faithful
servant e bis side. end ic those times my
friends, it was tns practice to go over these
la ye areas, comprising thousands of acres,
with an armed servant. Suddenly he found
himself right on the disputed boundary, and
before him his enemy, the claimant. The
Claimant stood before him, holding rife in
hs band, and he says to Washington. ''Sr,
| " ashington, calmly, i will cross it, Ths
| enemy took his rife and cooked it. Says be,
'sSir, If you cross that line " i'll kill you.''
| Washington cooly turned to his servant and
said, "John, do you hear what that man says
I, John, intend to cross that line. When ne
takes aim you take aim, and John, wher he
shoots me- d" you shoot him." Laughter.
| Now, my friends, the application that make
il this: when one of your own ieliow.ciizens,
! be it the humble indis idual before you, or any
saher o,.e, shalt be taken in the discharge oi
his rights and in the maintenance Of his own,
d, you strike down the tyrant. Loud ap.
pause and cheers.] My friends, am opposed
/ to this war because 1t is failure. ["Tbat'-
s." Even admitting its legality and con
<utionalty, admitting that it is really prose
cutsd for the purpose of Union, admitting that
there has been none of these encrpachments
apor. our rights, admitting that the Admins.
tratoa had done nothing but what they were
empowered to do, and what it was best for
them t. dp-I say it is a failure, that we have
undertaken what We cannot perform. No
rev"ted people that have kept an independent
/ Gaseroment for twslvemoush have ever ye,
oeen subjugated, and no purely agricultural
Ipeople in the protection oi their domestic
j rights have ever yet been suojngated since the
world was founded. s 50
Even laying history aside, the history of thi.
/ two years shows that " hilst we are brave
and determined, whist we have thrown oul
best spirit and energies, aud an unlimitse
amount OF treasure into this contest, whiis
Our men have fought as men never Tough
before, yet We hasesonly gained defeat, hum,i
iiaiing to our sectional pride, dertruetive +
All our. material interests, aud apnhilating Il
fsvsry spirit. otliberty. Caudar should compe