, 1863-09-06

1lLu ELOPooAAMAs ~ comc uACh Ii LIE O1feFA- /
ncnt. These will not be made to us formally
int they will come from the newspapers and
he Iublic speakers of the Eouth-until wc are
Inclined to believe that they are true, although
Hc may not. believe It now-and what Will
hey cay! q You said you wanted to restore
ve NOW LAY nc VIII lay down our arms and !.
come back Into the Union, with all our SOY
ereign rights as before" There ID the trouble,
my fslendss the very moment VIC hear the
distant 1umbling 81 peace, peace from the
Southern eople-a1though 1t VIII be couched
be open to our people Tor discussion, and
then all over these Northern Sfa.es, that null
titudc Of men who have been c1yipg for peace,
and charging you and I as Carrying on this
war, as Abontioni.ts, will array: themselves
IN 3 solid phalan1, and say to us: NOV.
to come bark again rs they we're; gire uB the !
Unior rs It,Was; give them hack their Land;
1epear the Conflscation act; lgaore the Pro-
c1an,a1ion, iand relnstate elAyery.n fCdes,
"neser! ndYorl'l Aye, never! !ncrerl tThls
never, and ali good Union men eaJ -nerer.
But there Is another multitude, clothed In the
habi1aments Of clse-theY say: "Let them
:coue back" We Eho1l hear this call IN every
county and IN every city Of our lanl- Nov,
TO seal upin his heart, and In his memory.
the declarations uttered to day, and cherish
them as a 1ever.dJ Ing element, that you will
esy, never, never" The time has come
to try you; [" We are ready,"] and I know
rebels s., win ld.,. DO ,s anythlngevey clt!
on that point; Before mob violence
begsulto manifest itse]t in this well settled
Cove rnnlent Of ours. Alexander Stephens, 4
one Of theMiso men Of the conftderacy, made
aspeteh before the war began, IN which ho
fae in b{Ss Seas E {sesSn sd u
meaner-said 1t wss:a misnomer to call 1t
TeDeliion.| Now Whit IL 1t That Davis tries to
make you and I believer That 1t Ia the In
alitnab.e right Of each STATE to Withdraw from
the Union when they desire 1t. That It IL a
tried to i.bltate that mob-and, to the ever
1astlrE dngrnce Of our Q IN State, eome men
OF Fnltoncounty. aud Of GONG other counties
IN 1Dino{e, hare initiated the mob in Now
Yerk- CDpperhead leaders have couokelled
the people to be ready for mob violence-And
zeaistance of the law, and nom tits very dlfh.
. cnlt for them to train these men down to m
obedience Of tho laws which they said were
not to Be obeyed.. They find they hare an
immense job en- their hards In their endeavors
10 bring the people down to non-resistancc
OF tie lava Of the Government.
doA't sErte with these men. I don't hare
any Logic to e1pend With these home traitors
| have no time to talk to them-nud don't
intend to expsnd my breath In. talking with
/ lergcr upon the score of reason. Every one
| Of these questions have been argued 10 these
! people for many years. Every question has
been discussed md re discussed, until
,y.Y man ma - knoxs 1 faal vel VI, xh.t
Wren came home this tall from tho field, l
pre- mi. ed the soldiers that would do my Ut
Eost 10 protect and support them at homo -.
and thus far hare done II. Teercfore, whsn
l came bone met this Coprerhsad state
ment-l cannot call II Observation-Disclosures
have been associated with so many noble aod
: true Democrats In the field-and haye seen
60 many noble Democrats; march mp to the
cal ntna mouth and die before our colors.
When ! soy Democrats I mean that class Of
ner, ~hc, rising above heteach1ngs of ,pa,Sy
The Union-that is what I Nish to: he under
ttuod as meaning. But when speak Of the
devil, and cont use his name, Jou know
resn a.CoPperhead [Cheers and haghtcr.]
We'll, ST., wheu came back to oour peaceful
home 10 Macon county, found men drilling
every sceceut man ard woman they met,
eWearing they were going to resist this Abo:
Nton Government. They would ahoT whcth.
er the ;Acolltionists we're going to rule the
i Gorerrntnt;; Ny argument to these people
( was this, ard 1t Is my argument to the good
people Of Illinois: ltoid them by, the word
81 mouth snd the power Of speech, thai Il
they meant fight, If they meant civil va: in
all Its calami;iee, to como on. We arc ready
fox you this night We are ready for Copper
beads to-day and this honr. We are ready to-
them In our State. ourcIlics, and In ourstfecti
we will stand up fair and square to them
and tell them 10 come on, We are the mon fol
yon, snd Cd d-m you, we will whip you.
I tell you, fellow citizens, there Is no othe
medicine TOR these men Do you suppose
ihas ESs sass eRsaS TX 9oUd u aaher ,a
nnes epcnd my blood upon them. They 81
their liberties n1o taken from than: Ny fe1
!. low citizens, have you lost anything by thi
) wary; Aye, many mother md father are her
/ Nho have lost a bon, many who have lost
: hruther, but where Is the man that has lost
;, spark Of 1iberty3 Where the man who, 10y
!. ing hs country, feels that he has lost grki
!, Of lts But that Is the liberty that these me
!, claim TO bare lost. The liberty to be left fte
Il undr the name Of liberty, and to destroy til
= eountry-that is what they aak. They ~
|. bowling over the nation that their ubettit
9 are rcst1ietcd. What tempting word that
i perhesd gathering, bow themseises betore
n gaping crowd, ana talk to them ot their To-
t, liberty? Itisnot their liberty that they has
= lost; It Is thelt eharaeter-that Is whit the
}. haye lost Cheers and lauehterl
& hare Roine other things to tell you, whle
n have got my due ehAso Of vanity and thel
l. arc few Without It. 1t is about this nlgg
10 question. Two years ngo would rather ha7
l. had my arm stricken from my body than
+, have assisted the least particle in iuterferi1
). With slayery In the slave States thougbt
~ was wrong to interfere with slavery IN Il
~ t1aye Statcs-wTopg to make soldiers of n
o groes; 80 I thought and felt at that tim
- mei,ts have chapgcd-7oot and branch, 81
g. stance md fbre. Do you know what ha
I'd been doing willis In the deld?- Listen!
went back to the fad again In March;
., ported for duty to Gen. Grant, who set
be f 70 SoiR va Organizing n negro regiments. a1s
nc bad one OF The best men to help me that y
Of ever saw- had Brgsdier General Dodge:
'e- Iowa, A. noble man and as good an ofilc
p as there u in the 1and to day. On my rntu
from Vickaburg. I csue along back to He2e1
End speaking with the General In comma