Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-03-25

pies that ever men bravely stood by. and in
which were centered the hopes of the human
race. [Applause.l
am Northern man-bone of my bone
flesh ofmy iesh.I am from them-and would
be bastard and dog if / consorted with
those who defame and revile them. / come
of race of men who proudly boast pedigree
that has been honored by historical associa-
tion with every struggle in England for the
cause of popular liberty. [Cries of ssThat's
so."l Ancestors of mine were conspicuous
in the uprising of the Lollards, and followed
the immortal Wickliffe in his struggle for the
right of private judgment and the liberty of
conscience and when Charles expiated his
| falsehood and treachery upon the block, nv
kinsmen sat in the Parliament of England,
descendants of Franklin's, Wind icating for all
the freedom they had inherited as a special
property.
/ Years before that, driven by religious per-
secution and political tyranny across the dark
and stormy Atlantic, came thar band of pill
| grims from whose head and leader proudly
trace my lineage. [Cheers.] The first act of
that band of sages, heroes and saints was, by
solemn league and covenant to bind them and
theirs to obey the law. True to my blood,
| have kept their covenant. When slavery was
the law, stood by the law. [Cheers.] And
when treason absorbed that law, stood up
and now stand up tonight for that higher law,
| the law Of self preservation the law of obedi
ence to constituted authority, the law of 10y
atty to the Constitution, and love for my land
and its people. [Cheers.
'sBreathes there a man with soul so dead
| That never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land ?''
am Yankee of Yankees, and | glory in it !;
and the man who reviles them reviles the best
| blood and the best men that have made illus
trious the history of his country and the cause
of popular liberty. [Deafening cheers. /
would have the country as it was if l could
| have it SO; but since rebellion has reared its
| horrid front, and struck down the law tina.
sheltered us all and sheltered it, am for stri-
king slavery dead, as it is the pretext of this
great wrong. Loud and long continued ap-
plause.] There is not principle of the Gov
| ernment that would not deliver over to in
slant death if it were the cause of such foul
treason as this principle of involuntary servi-
rebels wronged Their country? Yes. Hu-
man rights3 Yes. Northern men? Yes
But, of all others, their wrong to Northern
Democrats was the meanest and foulest With
majority in both branches of Congress they
left; and their excuse was, they could not
trust Northern Democrats
Ii they cannot trust us, why shall we trust
them wh oh
handed and in arms against the State itsclf7
From the day that this Government was form
ed, they have, with but one exception, ruled
and controlled the official power of our nation.
and that exception was the Administration of
the elder Adams. With that exception they
have directly controlled and guided the poll
cy of the Government. The very changes
that have from time to time taken place have
been the result of their own changes of opin-
ion, legislated by their own majorities, and
executed by officials who represented their
wishes; and yet with all this, when, for the
first time for full half century, they lost the
patronage of the Government; and still had
full sway over the legislative branches with
which they could check, control, and hinder
the Executive, they aband oned their trust and
basely struck blow at the liberties of their
country, abandoned their political allies, and
made the principles of republican democracy
scandal and reproach. [Applause.l
Are these the men we shall act with, or have
pity for, or excuse, or justfy2 [CrIes of No,
never. neveril Never would prosecute this
war to reduce rebellion and punish traitors,
and | never, never will consent to see our great
Republic and its vast territory divided to es-
tabish second rate and hostile power that,
by treaties with our enemies abroad shall con.
troll the navigation of the Gulf of Mexico, |
close up the mouth of the Mississippi, and
shut US out from intercourse with our Pacific |
front, where we are now just about to compete |
in triumphant rivalry with England for the |
commerce of the Indies, the source of all her |
wealth and all her modern power, as it has |
been the treasury OF wealth to all nations that |
have enjoyed its commerce. [Applause.l
Peace Never but with submission to the |
laws. The day we make such peace viii be
day of dark dishonor that will shadow every
mans door, and spread lamentation and shame |
throughout the land. As We conquerd our /
common territory from common enemy-as
We Joined in a common covenant for our COM
mon good-we must never break our faith with |
the past or with posterity by surrendering an |
inch of that territory, releasing one man |
bound by the common covenant of our noble |
Constitution.
1t is estimated that nearly two million of |
barrels of crude oil have changed hands at |
Pittsburg, Pa, during the past year.