, 1863-11-11
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Yates, Of 1lliaois,
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BROOKLTN. N, Y,

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BR0OKLYN. N. T,
lFron tic Brooklyn N. T., Daily Union. Nor. q,
Gov. YATES, Of Illinois. vas zhep iusrodoc ID.
When the ato!m Of applause which grreted
this g. cat and loyal man OF the West had pcb.
sadea. be AZ oncs earnestly entered unnn The
cotkiderstion Of the momentous topic bnfnre
him. Referring to the magnitude Of tta cnn.
tett In p hich tho country Is now eor trnd, h.
inp1t cd upon Lis hearers sense Of ihe1u.
pe1s',ve !sia hy GUY upon every man Of giving. fu
gies Of Sire, 9Th, mind and means to t., euo.
ptrt- In view Of this grtas individual ra-
epoEalbilIty, the question Of the man who ara
tie party candidates sinks into in.tgntdcauco
ard The great mon entoas 1ssue is-shal the
Union be sustained or shall 1t be Destroyed?
Feeling that no. on the Empire State depends
tie iesuo, to her the eyes Of tue rest OF tho
States, aye, evsn Of tho world, ase turned in
Ihe ether loyal States, however distant.
knowing nothing Of candidates, caring moth.
ioe for lefty party striies. feel III ens1o ssicg
interest In this election. bee Auae tncY f3ai
ttat they live unuer the SAME Consusu.
ton. the came laws and high over
al floats the star Apaogled bl1ner. TAP
plauee Wh.t was IT to Illinois Who became
GoVertor Of Ohio or Pennsylvania Wnst
Was to them The temporary triumph Of the
lndiVidpals Notbing,-to them the question
Tss Of the Preservation or tho death Of FREQ.
dem, ftec Institutions, and this grand old
Government, aud the heart of Illinois leaped
with j"y ut lbs result.
THenty millions Of people now arc waiting
for the fi'et click Of the TELEGRAPH to s.y how
Brooklyn has recorded her Vote In this eraod
question Of whether the Goyefnuent shall
live, or.whether it shall die, and If the 8tata
of New York shall cast her vote In favor Of
I the party which is opposed to this Govern
nent, oppoaed to the prosecution Of this war,
which sympathlses with thfd internal rebel.
Lon and opposes a! the Mems necessary to
c1uah II out, then for ooo will be- for calling
back the brave boys Of Illinois who ara no
b. aripg, our Hucuuquered banner over the
South Then New York shall bs unworthy
tie place In the bright GALAXY OF our national
stars which proclatui the grandeur, glory and i;
teTr.1 Tha Of Amx,lsa; nx Iss+ /; ARPaa5s q
hiatory Of our country before the outorcak of
the rebellion, dwelling eloquentiy upon the
FREEDOM and moral grandeur of our eystem Of
government and our free institutions, and
tne1F Influence upon the people Of the country
-eVrn upon the world. tho genius Of 1tber.:
u which pefyades them gaye: eqnai rights, !:
to al. aud against these the hands Of traltosa
had BEEN ruiaed to strike them down, aud In!
their place raise the curse Of despotism and
But by tho blessing of Almighty God, by
o9r strong right arms and the: bright flag
rhich waves over US, these traitors at the
South, and their sympathizer6, the saynours,
Woods, and Vallandte hams at the North, atall
not prevail. [GEeat applauee]. Even if tho
Uniun ia surrendered upon the banks Of the
Hudson and the Atlnntfc Coast, We In the
West swear that al our rivers chau run With
blood before VIC will surrender. [Applaute].
The speaker then went on to reply to the
copperhead cry that this Is q. war to free the
negro. Such It WAS not, be claimed; The
slave power Inaugurated the mar, for the fur
the1n1ce Of its own ends !, 1t fired upon boats
passing down the Mississippi, 1t fired upon
The Star Of the West when carryicg proYis-
!ons T. to our sta1ving garrison, ana tore down
Sumter, all that slavery might become the
corner, stone and dominant power Of. "A nav
desPottc form Of government; and now, IL in
ifs own rebellfous act, slavery dies, let it die
and be ete.nally damned. [Gseat Applause.]
y, W are 9t tea'ing ior The Constitution Of ths
Davis. We were willing to stand by the
bond /; We eaw DO way to e1termlnate slavery;
We recognized the doctrine that slayery In the
States cou1d not be 1ntertarred with By Con
g1ess, and now If slavery dies It Ii because 1t
hss committed political suicide. ~
So far from the Abolitioniats or Republi-
cans, Or any body else In the fee States, at
tempting to abolish slavery and bringing on
this wsr, it has been brought on by ths per-
eistent Efforts of the t1aVe po1er to hare CON-
troll, not only: of the slave States, but Of the
Federal Government, ard bind all its po yer
to the Ferpetuauon and extension Of slavery.
In support Of this proposition the speaker
reviewed the history Of The foundation Of the
Constitution and the frequent attempts of the
slave power to assert Its supremacy Us 1t ex-
tended Its profits aud power. In 1882 the FIRST
flag Of secession was raieed By Mr. Calhoun,
one Of the ablest snd most unscrupulous
statesmen oftfe South. South Carolina, that
pestile1t and pugnacious little State then
ToEe In arms and DECLARED herself out Of the
Union. But Calhoun had no Buchanan to
deal ;With; be bad AndreM jackson Echeersl
hang you, liz" foheers. :. ' e'>'t ''' "i
But then an the country was patriotieally
united, party Issues were sunk and Clay aud
Webster stood beside jackson In support Of
the government. In 1876 ne acquired Texas
money and . bloody and fearful war, aud then,
too, all the country VAS united In defense Of
the governments; but the slave poTer took
occcaeion to widen the breach opened in 80.
In 1850 California Was denied admission into
would come in as fee State, and ahe was
Of Mr. Benton, under which, it haa bsen d.
legged, the North surrendered all ltd dignlty
AID manhood 10 the South. From '54, slavery
was almost the only question egitatiug the
speaker was in Congress, he Ind again and
again been submitted to the humiliation Of
seeing Northern Senators and Representatives
bow the knee and est dirt before the insoleuca
Of Southern: dlctation. In '54, the repeal Of
the Missouri Compromise was enacted, throw
I'M f1r to he n4ehY1 "a pF hot frkf
Ing slave power al onr virgin Territories Of
the Northwest. In '58, If previous to that
time tEere had been other questions tnciden.
tal to parties, than elaEe1y became the only
ORG. Then tie South became bold enough
to declare openly that If the North In the e1-
elected President in opposltlon to their
choice, they would secede Gov. Wise said
that II Fremont Mero made President, he
would seize Harpes's Ferry and the archieves
at Washington, nhilc Toombs threatened to
call he roll Of his ela7es At tho base cf Bun
ker Hill.
1twas not during the Republican Admins
t1ation that this war was brought upon Us.
Dpring the administration Of James Buchau-
an, Floyd stole the money from the Treasury
that onr navy was scattered to nil quarters
Of the glebe-that our mutations Of war we're
Gent to Southern arsenals-thst State after
S'ate went out Of the Union, and Southern
Senators ard Representatives rose In Congress
and announced their purpose Of leaving the
Union, and detted the power and authority Of
the Federal Government. Now theu, though
this is not war to free tho negro, Ii Is q war
which, In spite Of ourselves, viii tree the ne
gro. [App1ause. They must abile by the
consequences Of their own acts, as criminals.
felons and tcourdrels must do. 1Applause.1
Let slavery 60 down, let this curse Of hu.
man bondsge 6e forever obl1terated from the
lace Of tie earth [gTeat applauss], then only
vii the artstocracy OF free labor bs estab.
nshed, aud peseo smile on and bless our land.
lApplause ! These sentiments may ba de-
clared radical, but there is NO compromise
between truth AID justice On one hand, and
error and Injustice on the other. FOhesrs /
Slavery stands In the path Of the Republic.
and We can but say, let it die. slavery las
rent nsunder the Methodist Church in Isl, the
Baptist and New School Preaby terIan Church,
esat later date, ths Whlg party In sc, md
the Democratic party In 10, and finally, now
that It has raited iss arm against the Govern
ment ltse11-let it die. :.
The speaker eWelt at sore length upon the
duty Of loyal citizens to sustain authorities
chosen By the will of the majority, In legal |
constitutional form, and stigmatized as trai- |
tors Of the deepest dye those who would, in |
the face Of our free form Of government, at.
tempt revolution against it, OF impede its !
rr:ogrsse IN crushIggs rebelllqn.. sympathiz-
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