The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-10-30
Speech Of Secretary Chase at Cincin
Iati.

Secretary Chase was enthusiastically re-.
ceived at Cincinnati on Monday tho I2 h
inst. Ho was of course called upon to make
q spench. and did 40 In one of his happics,
efforts. We should be glad to give his
speech in full, but can only give the follow
ing extract regarding some of tho more
prominent measures of the Government
"Nnw. my fellow citz ,ns. | am not going
to make speech but viii 90 over some
of those heads that appear most prominent
to NY own vision. l have shown YOU wat
kind of n man We have; I have shawn YOU
where We stand in the war. allow mo 10 saw
nlother thing TO you. Il was ono Of the
most natural things in the world ,hn,, when
the war began. We should want to got
through it without disturbing tho iu.ti-
tulion of slavery. I have often spoken
in Cincinnati. and you oil know what nv
feelings are, for l am just tho samo man |
was when spoke 10 you ton years ago. 1,
was very simple and very plain that slavery
depended for it's existence outside of those
States upon tho national will. which ia sim
ply saying your will and my will-thst Sia.
| very outside of those Stntes should not exist
ao,pgoristic 10 free labor. But with slavery
IN South Carolina, we in Ohio had nothing
10 do, und was just as much svo,ss to my
interference with nylhing w,tnin the limits
Of tho States-altbough dislike the insti.
| I'M - IL I
much averse to any interference with it. as
l should be with their interference with our
institutions here in OHIO. That is my dog
triue. Aud so. when this rebellion cou,
menced. it would have boon extremely
agreeable to mo If We could have put our
font upon tie suake-l mean iherebe.lio
,,nd crushed it without any further trouble.
But while l greatly desired that. and had l
been Genoral.in-C Chief l should have at.
tempted, in an awkward kind Of a way. to
accomplish it; still We all know the rebellion
went on, and assumed greater and greater
Proportions .,. ..r e.... ....tH
I'VE put greater and greater armies in
tho fold, but tho slave population in the
S,uth was tho heart of the rebellion rails.
ing provisions in the army, while tho army
was fighting in tho fisd so that they could
sund almost their whole white laboring pop.
ula,iou into tho battle, field, aud they had
another population behind them, to feed
aud support them. And, therefore, it ap.
p.ared evident, especially as we had to do
pend upon the blacks 10 the South for in
formation for oar armies. and that tho
population was so far demoralizsd that they
we're the only friends our armies could find
whom they passed through, It seemed. / say,
perfectly clear that ws had 20 strike at this
under prop of the rebellion. and so when
President Lincoln though: ft 10 issue bis
proclamation. l said amen. with all my
heart Enthusiastic cheers
"It WAS mover inteuisd to Interfere with
States that were loyal. This proclamation
comes up as great foa'urs in this war. In
my judgment tho proclamation was the right
thing in tho right plac's, [sheers] and with.
out II, am ju,t ss sure as am OF my nwn
existence. that ws could not h.vo malo the
progress we have male. [T.,ud chee,s J.
Aud hold that who danuunc.s the prncis.
nation, either speaks ignoranily. speaks
about that of which no knows little or moth
ing, or olse he really desires that the REBEL.
ion should succeed. (Cheers There is
no alternative the rebellion would have
succeeded but for tho proclams alton. IT.
then, man opposes il. il is because no does
not understand il, or because he wishes thu
rebellion to succeed. But then, say some
you are making war upoa these people ia
tho South, and you will not lot them com,
back into the Uuion with thor slaves. Well
now gentlemen. there are two classes OF
States in the South there IS the class o
States that is affected by the procIamati
aud u class Of States that is uoi. With this
last class of States. which 10 not affected b,
the proclamation, we have simply, nothing
TO do. except TO bid God sp. ed To tho uu
cOnditi0nal Union mon Of these States. tha
tney will do thor own work in their owr
way, and in their own time, and all we hpv,
,, to do, is to stand by them. IOhsrrs.1 Bl
in the States. which are effected b, III,
proclamstion, the case is d f5sren,. 4 the
the proc sns,ioD was . great, mons,roul
sham. and an imposition 10 tho fsoe Of tb
world, "r s'ss thar prool,mstion vas an sf
= iee'ual thing, aud there arc M slavs. tn da!
Q 10 tho vebsI States. Cohsors ] They ar
all 'pfianchised by thn procam,,ion. 70
what says il : sli tho slaves Of tbebe State