Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-08
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Iron the Springfield Reeister.l
ADOAA1aOnlsun az the National
GravesY0rd.

IaVOS Hof0s
Inc aooiit'onIsts seized the opportunity
at the conservation OF the National Gene
try at GeitysourG 10 make political capital.
abuse their political o2Ponents and to throot
their revolutionary dogmas down the
throats Of the thousands Of people who bad
assembled for the purpose Of doing honor
to the gallant dead. Lincoln began bic
dedicatory address By the enuncia,on Of the
foll,Wing political falsehOGd:
Four score and seven years ago cur
fathers brought forth upon this CONTINENT o
new nation, conceived in liberty. and dedi.
Gated to the prOpositionstbst ell men are
created equal. Applause. Now We are
Engaged 10 Q great civil war. testing
whether thaG nation so conceived and 90
dedicated can long endure. III
IL the abOyeexfract means auythinR ct
ell. 1t IN that this nation was created to Sc
cure the liberty OF the negro a. well Nc
the white race, aud dedicated to the propo-
sitIOu that all men, white and black, were
placed, or to be placed. upon terms Of
equality. That is what Mr. Lincoln mean.
to say. aud nothing else. Aud when be
uttered the words be knew that be was
falsifyinR history. and enunciating an ex-
pIOoeo pONtlCat 0umOug.
Secretary Seward was equally a. offep.
eive in the eDunciation Of bis political
views. He could not refrain from utter.
ing sentiments which would have bean
more appropriate ct an abolition convsn.
ton than at . national GENTRY. He
said
am now sixty years old and upward /;
l have been 10 public life PARTIALLY forty
years Of that time. and yet this is the frst
time that ever any people or comnunity 90
near to the border Of Maryland was found
willing to listen To my voice and the rea-
son was that said forty years ego that
slavery was opening before the people a
graveyard that vas filled with brothers faI.
ling in mutual political combat. / know
that the cause that was hurrying The, Un-
ion into this dreadful strife vas slavery,
and when l did elevate my voice, it was to
warn the people to remove the csuse when
they could by constitutional means, and DC
avert the catastrophe of civil var that nsW
unhapp'lV has fallen upon the nation, de
ludiDg it IN blood. That crisis came, and
and ne see the result. a0 thankful tha
you are willing to hear me ct last. ! thanl
my God that believe this strife is goinI
70 end IN the removal Of that evil which
ought 70 have been renewed BY peaceful
means and deliberate COUNCILS.
At the very graveyard Of the thousand
slain 10 this war Seward takes occasion 4
claim the respectful hearing which be re-
ceiVed as 40 evidence that bic long cher.
ished notions Of slavery and abolition bav
at last gained the s.cendency in che nation
The battle-helds Of this war are o sad bu
crushing eVideece Of the triumph OF abo-
litiOnism. A 6t place was Gettysburg foi
Secretary Seward to claim an evidence o
the ascendeucy Of bis views.
Oneswolud have thought that at least Ed
Wa:d Everett would have refraiDed frOu
attacking or enuneisting party creeds IL
his address"n the occasion. But in, thi
We are again mistaken. He attacked til
doctrine OF Stats right, and euunciate
the Old exploded dogma Of the federalist.
S 6H tSs s sts.. ee re- fd5s sS1ssi
nuciatinn renounced all the most i'm p6r.so
p'er"gatiVes Of independent Stster.'. W,
shall ent'r int n argameut to refut,
the tallscity and sb-urdIty of this doctriu,
of the old federslIsts- The ductrine bai
been fought by the Democratic party fol
yesrs, and DO principles could he more of.
fensive 20 g. Jefersunian Democrat thar
those uttered by Edward Everett ct Gettys
surg.
But this i not ell. There is,s.ill anoth
or chapter 10 this series Of abolition ont
RACES at the National Cemetery. John W
FOrney was called Gn for q speech. o
course be responded. He never refuses al
opportunity 90 serve bis new masters ant
70 stulitfy his previous political course
He is thus reported:
| sHa ahidad hia anHsan..
for not giving President LincoIo q NOR
ENTHUSIASTIC reception Of cheers and ap
pIsuse when, IN answer TO thor serenads
be had appeared and spoken. we're the
! aware, he asked, that the owe their YER
homes. and that the people ell over th
Do:th owe the safety of their homes 20 Pre-,
Idsnt LiOcolDi He had been . Duugla
Democrat. but be believed that Dougla
died ct the right time.' Ca.
The sbove comple'es the picture. Form
ey, the iIck-spIttie, the bringing cur, th
collar on whose geek 10 apprupriatel
marked "A. Lincnln's dog : be Who supper
TED Douglas Tor President. now Fejoices il
Douglas death and lauds bis master {
the skies as God. No doubt Duu gIa
died at the right time for abolitionists.-
Where be nov living bis eloquent .voic
and powerful influence would be heard an
felt ic the nation, and he would deal sacl
crushing blows to the present revolutions
~ dngmas Of Lincolo's administration q
would arouse the people every where to tb
msEnI:ude OF the crimes AMI corruption O
| our rulers. 49,
| Verify. a6OlitioDism is Q hard MASTER
1t requires the services Of lie followers o.
every and ell occasions. No place is .
I n RnI ka IL. a.
aDoe Of irs revolutionary and fanatieaI her
esiea