Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-08-06
A RINGING SPEECH.
A Soldier gets after the Rebel Sym.
pathiSers.

pathisers.
Major =. A. CALKTNs, Of the Third
Wisconsin Cavalry, made speech at
Fort Scott on the Fourth which has rare
ly been equaled in pith, point and elo-
quence. The main portions are given
below, The sophistries of rebels and
'peace men, have seldom been more
wittily and mercilcssly torn to tatters
! Mr.. President, and Ladies and Gen
/ Hemen II supposed that our fellow
citizens, the subjects of jeff. Davis and
the "Wayward Sisters" are celebrating,
as we are celebrating, with such facili-
ties as they have for being jolly, this
same glorious anniversary They prob
ably waste no powder on salutes to-day
they can't get enough to charge their
shot guns with for service. They are
probably short of whiskey, another main
element of southern enthusiasm, Qaugh-
ter). That is $50 a gallon among the
thirsty confederates. Other means of
enjoyment is doubtless wanting south of
that ''belt Of desolation," which is the
boundary of rebeldom. But they are
doubtless doing the best they can under
the circumstances whata comment
airy is it on the fratricidal crime which
they are enacting. The great declara-
ton enunciated 81 years ago to-day, de-
clared all men free and equal. They
are fighting to perpetuate slavery over
one half Of mankind within their bor-
ders. 1t declared the right Of the peo-
pie to self-government They are fight
ing to establish military despotism
and to rivet the chains which were i'm
posed on their people by force and fraud.
1t denounced usurpation and tyranny.
They are fighting to sustain usurpa-
ton, the most fragrant in history, and a
tyranny such as never before oppressed
mankind Itdeclared that the governed
should choose their rulers-they are
making war on the rulers whom the gov
erned choose. These are some of the
monstrous anomalies for which this re-
bellion is waged And every word which
they speak in its defense is an uttered
outrage, and every gun which they have
| fired was wicked and murderous assault
upon the principles that day announced
and a gross-oh how gross and un-
pardonable insult to every sacred and
glorious memory linked in the undying
thought of a free people, with the day
we celebrate. Why do not the immortal
dead burst their cerements, why do not
their ashes speak, or their sanctifed
spirits move with preternatural power
for the defeat and overthrow of organ
lied and armed revolt against the gov
ernment which they formed, and insti-
tutions bequeathed to us as our priceless
inheritance? !? (Applause.)
A WORD ABOUT THE GRUMBLERs.
There is class scarcely less criminal,
at the bar of their country and Of his
tory. and not less miscnevious in the eff
feet of their acts upon the great strug-
Gle for the preservation of the Govern
ment. than rebels in arms. 1t consists of
those citizens of the North who, with,
perhaps some sickly and morbid rem
nants Of love for the Union, which all
once cherished, complain of the efforts
made to preserve the Union, as not in
proper form, or at the proper time, or
too violent, or too mild. care not
whence that man comes, be he who he
may, or belong to what party he may, if
he seeks to embarrass the Government
by his complaints, or his inaction, or his
malevolent criticisms, or his opposition
to the means used, he might as we'll, so
far as the welfare of the country is con-
cerned, shoulder his shot gun and join
the rebel army. Yes, better, far better.
For then, on the spot where he stood
among all his co-conspirators patriot
bullet might find him out, and end his
life and his power for evil together
(Applause.)
ALARM ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.
They talk about danger to their lib
erties-that their constitutional rights
are in jeopardy. What patriot will
whimper in our ears his complaints, that
his liberties are endangered, when trai-
tors have armed to overthrow the very
government under which his liberties
are defined and secured? What patri-
Of will raise the cry that his constitu-
tianal rights are assailed, when gigantic
oboll;on is ramnant against the consti-
tuition by virtue of which he has any
RIGHTS at all, and under which his rights
are protected? Away with this solemn
farce Was firing on Fort Sumter, a
violation of the constitution? Was the
establishment of seperate and hostile
government within our boundaries; is
the assassination of your neighbors,
friends and relations violation of the
constitution? Oh, no they are only
slightly irregular proceedings little
,swayward, that's all! (Laughter.) But
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