Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-04-25


me topck out the sweet from the bitter
and fellow Democrats took them oil Tout
chters] because they were constitutions
obleotions [applunse1 and taking then
all, | stood by the South aud Southerr
rights under the Constitution until I'D
vauctd aud locked into the very pit of dis
union, and not liking the prospect quietly
withdrew. Immense applause aud langh
ter And We were fom that hour apart
ana bow far apart you can judge when
. tell you that on the 2Sih of December
1861, shook hands on terms of personal
i'lendshp With Jeffe son Davis, and on
28 OF December, 1862, had the plea.
sure OF reuding bis prvclama ton that was
to be hanged at sight G eat apppanse
and laughter. Aud now. my friend, il
] you VIII ail"" me tofpaSs on for a moment
III this line of thought, as VIC crme up 20
the point of time when their men laid down
their Consilu'ionAl obligations. What
were my rights and what were theirs2 At
that. hour they repudtu'e ed the Constitution
OF the United Slaies, 10y solemn vote in
solemn Convention ond not oply that hui,
they took arms in their han nds, and under.
took by force TO rend from the Govern
ment, what seemed 10 them the faires. Dor.
tion of the heritage which my fathers had
given TO me as a rich legacy TO my children.
When they did that they alb oga ed, abne.
gated aud forfeited Every Constitutional
| right, aud released me from every Cohstitu
tioual obligation. Loud cheers Aud
when was thus called upon to say
What should be my action with regard to
slavery, l was left 10 the natural instincts
Of my heart, as prompted by christian
eduratlon in New England, and / dealt
with it accordingly, Us ! was no longer
bou"d lDmeu>e applause Then |
undertook earl,stiy and respectfully to
MAINTAIN, with the same sense of duty TO
my constitutional obIigat ons to State
rights. so long as they remained under the
Constitution, that required me 10 support
the system Of slavery, and the same sense
of du,y aud right, alter they had gone ou'
| from under that Constitution caused me
10 follow the dictates of my own conscience
untrumDeled. Cheers So my friends,
you see, however mIsjudg'ng ! may have
Leen, aud | speak 10 my old DemocraIIc
friends, claim We went along, step by
step, up to that point, aud we should still
go along, step by step; for, except the right
to hold slaves was made a part of the com.
promises made by our fathers in the Consti.
futon, aud if their Sta,e rights were to be
respected because of our allegiance to the
| Constitution aud respect to state rights,
YET, when that sacred obligation was taken
away, and we as we'll as the negroes wert
disenthrulled, why should not we follow ID,
dictates of u od's law end humanity Ire
mendous applause, aud cries of "B,avo
Bravo"
BY the exigencies Of the public service
removed once more 10 another sphere Of uc
tlon, at New Oieaus, found this problem
to come in another tom, and that led me
10 examine aud see how far had progressed
this civil commotion, now carried on 10y
force of arms | found, under our complez
,ysIem ol States aud au independent Gov
ernment, aud the UuIted States cove in.
all, that there can be treason TO the S at,
and not 10 the Uni;ed States, aud revolt
uuiOn in the State, aud not aS rega, dS the
Uuiled States, and loyalty to The Stale
aud dsloyalty to The Union. and Loyalty /,
the Unlon, aud diSloyalty to the orgnniz,
Government Of The Safe. Aud, MS an il
iuslration, take the troubles which almos
lately arose IN the Stale Of Rhode Island
where there was an attempt1o rebel agains
the state government to cha ge the form
of State Government. All of -. are ia
millar with the moveT 'orr
there was no Intent gains
the Uulled States, agaius
the SAFE Guverume - therefore il
Louisiana iUuud State Government tha
had entirely changed It's form, and ha,
revolution Zed Itself SO tar as she could
created couits and imposed taxes aur
!; | found, 80 far a> this State Government
was concerned, it Was no longer III aud u
itself one OF the Uni,ed States of Amerc,
Ii had 50 far as it changed i,s 5 ale G "
: ernment, and by solemn act had f1teve
seeded from The UniIed States of Americ
aud attempted to j1n the Coniederat
STATES ; aud found, | respectfully submit
: ievuluiiunZcd 5 ate There nad been !
revolution beyOud an in,u rec ion and il
fraction of the law; beyond the aOnegatIu
aid setting aside OF the law, aud ne,
: Safe Government oimed, that was bein
: supported by force of arms. Now, upo
what thesis shall deal with these pcopll
: Organ zed inro Community under tormS 1
. law, they had se,zd Il portion Of the tel
| rltory Of The United Stale; and e,pecv
=. fully submit must deal with them as alie
e enemies. Great applause They hu
e forever passed the boundary of waywar
sisters great laughter and applause, III
less indeed they erred as Cain did again,
t his brother Abel. They had passed b,
Q yond that aud outside OF that. Aye, an
}. LOUISIANA had done this 10 the stronges
r possible way, for she had seized on terr
5 tory which The Government of The lutte
}. States had bought aud paid for. Their
!. fore / dealt with them as alien enemies :
b Applause. And what rights have allie
+. euewles, captured in war? TheYh pave I'll
!. right. 20 long as they behave tiemselv,
S aud are non combatants. To be free fro
:. personal volence; they have no 9th,
z rignts; aud, tneretoIe, II is my duty 10 st
u to II, aud believe the record will show,
L did see 10 IL. Great applnuse aud lou
!. cheers. dld see To il that order W.
I preserved. aud that every man who beh