, 1863-09-06
STAND NO. z.

9. W. AOuiLOQ WAS nppSluLeV 1[CalQtls VI
Tie first etnnd.c He introduced the proce.d-
ings In speech Of considerable ability, after
which the Presidents letter was read to the
immense nssemblnge. It WAS cheered tre.
merdously In some parts; especially In that
where he said: "0ne alternative for ending
the rebellion WIS to give up the Union. He,
for one, WIS not for that. We're They'll
when the Fesponte WAS perfectly terrific;
vast roar If voices like the burst Of looseaed
sea, coming from the amphitheatro and shnk-
Ing the very roof.
Mr.. Monlton then introduced Senator.
Chandler. Of Michigan Who was welcomed
sPEEcu OF SENATOR CHANDLER OF MICHIGAN.
It was coed to be there. When he saw be-
fore him not acres of men, but sections Of
mtn, sftenall who had gonn to the war, he
could hold up buth hands and swear that the
Union Wa4 safe. It WIS NOT well whilst the
Government WAS engaged In the most cruel
war that ever was cracted against a people
Twas not, perhaps, well to enter into the
causes Of the. rebellion. The first act In the
d1sma, IL a house Tere on fire, would be to
rueh to the buckets and put out the dro
snd then there would be time enough to ask
about The cause Of It. There could be but
room for neutznls; no ground for anY one to
stand on, betwee patriots aud traltoEs- They
were either for the Administration or against
II. But He did not want to stop free dlscus-
did not expect them to agree to every act Of
/ Abraham 1lnco1n's administration. Ho Of
feted the Tight hand 1f fellowship TO the man
who stood BY the GoTernment-and he who
did not help It was accursed, and q tra1tor-a
trsiior :ttfore God and man md he would
mn, TrN taEr hin hand than hN tr7.111 fhs$r
| u mu1de!cr or thIetl
= When this great continent was scttled, It
wss by diverse races. The Northern and Mid
Ole States were populated By the laboripg
clHs:cs Of the world, who tloeked to thus
Scu,h-was settled, as they claim, BY the
Sitting of what, Why, Of gamblers and
| blncsleee, who were bankrupt in character,
end .aitsd for something to tu1n up to help
them They nercr thought to help them.
selyes by labor-that was too mean IN occn-
pation The Institution OF slavery vas, It was
une, thrust upon them; and they complain
cd Of this to the mother country. It never
took root In the Northern States, and wns
ntytr Intended to take root even In the
/ South. But slaves incrvased in the South
then the revolution came, the Coz tedcracy
was f1ar.ed, ard then our fathers tried. to
| make Coufederacy Of the States; They; In
their dom, mAoe Constitution, of which
the preamble was As follows: {He then read
the preamble, ,wh!ch every body Of course
kDoTe, md eald It such thing as Copper
lead Werc present he hoped he would listen
to It, snd digest 1t, and come ont = better
fellow fcrf.. After he hid read the preamble
be asltd, how the Copperbeads liked III
Pretty coed, he (the speaker) thought 1t
| for the Union tide.> Bat the South thought
for al nor equal happiness. They dnamed
| Of q great Gull Confedsracy! Thst Was thelr
| dIetU, dny AID Eight, ana this Confederacy
was to be based, not on the preamble, bus on
slavery: But they we're not ready for 1t nntn
!ssa, alihough they had tried y on In 1870;
:, come 10 dissolve tho Union. The tarid bill
IVES Unconstitutional, she said, and she would
re4 1T 1t TO the denth. She armed and drilled
hrrpeople-t then. luckily, James Bachan
laughter.l But General jackson WAS and hs
said to:thcrn, 'Darc to 7ifs your finger agains
the Cnited States Government md By God
wm barg you'll" Scott Was called to coun
etquently tried to be made for South Cazoll
pa- Old Jackson said, "Let South Carolin,
obey ihe lawa!" Immense cheera.] Tha
Dutthey said there arc Calhoun and Mac
feelings bespa1ed :" The old hero said. "Gcn
tlf-acn, therc Is the warrant for the arrest o
JOAN G. Calhoun" Cheers:l When. subss
quently, these friends weut TO Calhoun an
! told him that jackson had said he woul'
~ horg. him T drop of blood was shed i
J South Caroliua, he replied, Then, by God
81 ho will do III" And 20 he would. The
) might thank Gcd that Buchanan Was no
1et ldcut at that time IA voice, .*That's 50. y
! But from that period downward, reyolntio
t had been rife In that State In 1856, til
8 iesue MS fairly d1nwn. Governor Wise, {
! IirElria, proclaimed that II Fremont we1
elected President he would seize Harper,
I Ferry md dissolve the Union In oths
I words he promised to do the very thing fe
c which, two years afterward, he hanged job
+ Brown for dotpgl {At this point vast bod
G Of delegates came up, ana the senstor hal
: eefk Bpeashaas ss md bis traitors were then e.o
{ ted. Floyd, who has now gone to his q.
9 ceurt, WIS the Judas Of tho cabinet Thel
= WAS indeed but one patriot In It, and b
!. nsn Was Lewis Cncs, Of Michigan !! fCheers
l. All The rest Wetc t11itore. Howell Cob
j. fouId government securities 10 In the ma
g kct.' He tried u. destroy the EovcEnmen
I He bought up lis securities, with this obje,
J. inxlc~1 Floy d robbed the Treasury Of Il
g rtt-and NC had no money to pay tho cl.
t exEen.es before tie WEI broke out. That
! how Cobb did his eharc, 60 lar. In the d
q tttuctlon Of the government. He told Il
" New York. brokers that the government cre
L It Was gone, and It's securities not worth
a ccntl-and when he had dono his worst
/ Il destroy the Union, and the Republic,
ID | writ Snr4h and to{nt Il fhN &rhs1a "a vote