The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-05-26

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:. whole power Of the Executive thrown on th
} side Of treason and civil war; and wbencve
) that man sent an officer into Kansas, il b,
had an ator Of decency left, and stood ou
, for the cause of outraged humanity, how lone
. did be stay therei At last, that man at th'
head Of the Government found man a
mean as bimself-(laughter)-to have con
uol OF power there, aud that is saying
great deal. (Great laughter.) believe
and | am not afraid 10 say it here in New
J York--there are great many such in thi,
city. l will not insult this audience by sup
posing there are any such here. will simply
say, that think there is not n mcansr thing
on Gods earth than a Northern man with
Southern principles. (Cheen. We had
these men throwing all the power and patron
age OF the Government into Kansas, on the
side Of the South, against the men who had
settled there, aud who bad declared in favor
Of justice, freedom and truth. What more
had WEI We had tho Union staggering
down step after step to dishonor; we bad, in
the South, outrages on law and order; had
men there mobbed, whose only crime was
their Northern birth, or, il Southern born,
because they remembered the teachings of
Washington and Jefferson; we had, in the
National Congress, our Representatives and
Senators from tho North dishonoring their
manhood, going down under the feet of tho
slave power, had tho benches and desks
there crimsoned with the blood of the bravest
and truest soul, who ever let Gods truth
grace his lips. (Long- continued applause. -
We had had the brother Of the man who was
murdered thirty years ago, in the West for
the cause Of truth and justice-we had that
man stPnd in tho House Of Representatives,
with bis life threatened every day while there
because he dared to stand up and proclaim
that slavery, that had killed his brother, was
the murderer Of the nations life. (Cheers.)
We had tho eyes Of the whole world fixed
upon the chambers of the House of Repre-
s,ntatives when scenes were enacted there
that would have dishonored a Five Points
rum shop in New York. Worse than that, in
my own city, Philadelphia, wo had had mob.
bings, one after another, and Philadelphia
stood iu this respect for New York, Boston,
Ohiooso, Cinoinna,i- Mnhhinn took placs all
up aud down the land, in those dark months
and these mobbings were not against the Alb.
traitors; Go, VIC had to have six hundred and
fifty police officers put around National Hall
to allow George VIM. Curtis TO speak as
Republican there; AMI when he came to us
the next winter, he was NOT permitted to
speak at all. We had worse than that here
in this 9th, 10 the Academy of Music-and,
by the way have nothing TO say Of the
Academy. (Laughgter) Two years ago,
when the nations life was at stake, the lips
of favorite speaker said, that il the North
persisted in its course, the South was perfect.
ly justified in seceedipg. No wonder that
that the doctrines of Secession and treason
has bc,n wo.ksd out to its bitter consuma-
ton. The speaker proceeded 10 enumerate
acts of humiliation and concession on the
Of the North, and then asked if the South
coutd not after all live in peace with Us what
~ero to do, and how could we make peace
with them to-dayi II compramises are made
the spirit eff liberty and truth in the North
will be stronger than any conciliation, laws
or compromises that yoa may establish or
offer. The South understood that perfectly
well, and SO it seeded. This same party
wero impcrious for peace in the North, and
stood IN the attitude of traitors in 1880 and
in 1850, and without any attitudiuizng it is
an open traitor today. (Applause. In
1882, wherever John @. Calhoun had
friend and supporter to day; that Fernando
Wood and Charles O'Conor, and such men
who stood up in support Of Calhoun and nul
LITIGATION 10 1882, stand up for treason seces-
sion, and rebellion to-day. (Cheers) Miss
Dickinson quoted at some length from the
remarks Of Leading Democrats, and continued.
Later than chat of New Jersey-mean, con-
temptible, c,ining, little New Jersey, that
must have been made OF the ofscourings and
fragments Of the Union after it had been
formed, is a contemptable thing anyhow
(Great laughter and applause.) New Jersey
was crying out for peace through its Repre-.
sentatives 10 1851. Gov. Rodman, on April
0, said: 81 say, empha!ically, New Jersey
Shouts 60 with the South, for every wise,
prudential, and patriotic reasons" On tho
same day we had the Democratic Convention
10 Now Jersey, meeting at Trentyn, saying:
The streets of the State Of New Jersey shall
run with blood before Northern Army shall
leave our sell to fight the South" We had
General Patterson, March 8, 1861, writing a
letter tofa noted leader of Secession in Rich
mond, saying: "If had the power would
hang every villain of them (referring to the
Republican party)6fty feet higher than ever
Haman was" Aud Goneral Peterson proved
bis righ. TO wrtc such letter, and establish
his claim to a traitor there set up, by betruy-
ug us at Bull Run. (Applausc.) In Phil. {
,delphia, at great Union meeting hold o, S
he 10th Of January, 1861, resolutions were
passed, asserting that the Middle States should
20 with tho South, and that no war should
% inauguratel. l On December 2, 1850, {
Buchanan, whose spiritual nature was repre-. q
euted 10 bis physical, one sided, and that :
oward the Sou.h the President Of The Unit. q
d States, sworn 10 uphold the Constitution |
lid not provide for it's own safety, and that |
here was no power delegated to the President =
u Congress TO coorce any State according. -
in Congress, the speakers, I
presses. and pulpits Of this party, openly q
in 1870 aud '6l that we had no '
ight to coerce the South; but let them 60. T
And what did that prove but that those {
non clsmorous for peace in 1861 were open '
eparationists, secessiooists, and trailors?--- ,
they prove thcir right to thin name since the i
var broke out, by opposing a attempts to .
'unis treason, by opposing volunteering and 3
I.af .tto l. II.