The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-04-08
EXrRACTs FRON TBE
~FEECH OF GERRIT NTH.
N ALBANY. F.B-UARY -. 1888.
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Nr snilh proceeded 90 say.
The ~4y is 10~ open for me - Mention -sa.r
of our duties at this crisis.
Let Tie Re5.iiion mast 10 PIT dorm.
81. al hands must he .,f if ao,en.
The Republicans. Democrats aud Abolition
ISIS must all help, b. it whatever risk 90 taer
respective parties Indeed go iar as she rebel
lion is concerned. Trey must all give Up th,f
parties and become one partg. Ouf-iir 81 this
ore party they MAJ .'l maintain % fa-tt
ia.a .a.- ail o.l parry a.u.s ul- fa fa'- -e4 sa-
sacred patty they must Orius 10 patty i--vre-
no party jealou=,es, DO party divisions. H. this
party al must bc harmony a.d It's members
must know each other only as Americas.
1 add that " whilst on the one hand the Ab3.i
uouisis must help put down the rebellion no-
merely because it is pro slavery oLe-(ior si--
very out Of The question, tAey should be eqaa.l
prompt t0 put !. dOwnl-oa the other hall the
anti a0ohu0uisls must u0t withhold their h-i0
because 10 Is pro-sisvery rebellion. The Drui-
ocrat- mus; be as prompt 10 assist IN purtag
down tli- rebellion as they would be were ii aa
anti-sl4very one. They know that The, ual'l
lose teit at-a tne ia a.....-. faaI ..s- ...
most vudictvsisl a4 their might against p N.s
Eugiaad auii-slaycr, rebellion. They ai, aie
now peace drmocra's soul4 tLen be '-4 Drino
Gratis 4.d slcn OF tAeu as a.. nsr tac u.st
tender 90 rebels, aoali taeu be tse .e., pa.,4i
% rebels.
-iid that tne Anait.oni-fs must help To- pnt
down the rebellion Ii 4.s of them uld Boz
have il put down unic-s slavery be put i,an
~itli it or before 10. tacl are wrong. Tia rs-
bel0n is, aside from all Questions oi slavery, an
tnOf nous ey a-d a. ~uca. al. a~- bound to
help upgrc-- 10, unc0naitioi ally AID gaca.cui4
ting5. Moreover, ia tAs isht OF . SOUND pl-
losophy, there is ro rig thing laal cat be i4Il-
aged boy ending an evil; and hence 10 tle 1aler
taking ID abolish slavery be ri.at. nothing IS 90
be feared Tor it from The suppTe-sio o. tle re-
behon.
called the existing rebellion a pso-si2ver}
one. 90 not forget that there ara persons to
find it conveuient 10 deny ia this characIer
fhe southern statesmen, one Of whom aHs sla
very the corner stone oi their neg nation, do
not thank them iof THE deuiul Tie South
ern cieTgymen DO rot lha4k ta-m .os &C. They
entirely concur wlta the southern statesmen o.
this point. Their Bishops ia their recent pasto
rial letter, are not ashamed TO avow that the
rebel states are about to plant their national
life" ON Slavery
add thai the present IS no dime 10 talk and
get up issues md multiply divisions, about the
Constitution, tie Union aud the country. One
person may wish 70 have the constitution al
tered, and another may not. For one | 90 not
aud never did wish any alteration ia it. No
Democratic sjicker for the Constitution az IL j.
be he living or dead, has ever spoken or writ
ten es much a. | have tor the Constitution as IT,
Is. Two years ago the democratic party, aud
small portion OF the Republican party were
ready tor pro slavery changes in the Coustitu-
lion. l opposed them; but | did not ask for a.
q slavery changes | was entirely content with
the Constitution j1st AZ the Fathers gave IL 10
US Again, " hilst one person may Wish the
Union modified another, Ike myself, may bee
satisfied with its present terms And again.
whilst one person Iaay wish Co have the country
40 larger another may 60 as tar a did in Con
sress, aud wish 10 have it include CUBA aul al
Mexico Oh n0, tbe present is 40 time 20 a..
tate. or even 10 mention these questions. There
"a time now for nothing else than for all OF u
90 band ourselves together ana to determine in
the depths ct our souls, JLat the rebellion -hai
90 aosn, evea though the Constitution and th,
/ Union sud the country go down with it. Bat
-0ue OF Won ie' me-, thar YOU wisn % save tnc
Constitution the Union and The country. So do
/ / Nish 10 save them There Is, however, onis
/ ore ~"y % save them; aud thar wav Is TO ior
/ get them-to forget them in Che one encrossiag
/ purpose 10 crush the rebe lion.
Now does all this which [ have inst been saw
iug seem extsvagants Nevertheless il is only
ia the spirit OF al this that the rc0eiou can be
overcome. lt is this out of -easog taIA tor the
/ Coz suigtl0n aud the Union q the way through
the var, that has So confused the nation. aud
/ prevented the concentration of it, interest aad
energies az the poiat which claims al i-sre-i
and energies and that bas done more fhaa aay
and all thing else 10 demoraIze, debase aad de-
stroy the nation. 7, tLe Democrats. Bepu5h-
cans and Abotionsfs would come into "a Hutu
al stipulation nor 20 speak ter riuetv dsvs ol ihe
Constitution, the Union OF slavery, there would
within that time grow up such earuestness and
uuauimity IN the work OF anhiatiug the rcbol
lion, that It would be auihiated
" The Constitution as = - md tie Union
rs n igGs Gs'-this, All fhs wav through The wsr
has been the great motto not OF the Democrats
onls, but OF most ci the republicans a.so. ! ID
not say that it was a bad motto With wtich q
face the disc0ntcnt-, murmurs and threats tha
preceded the war. ! ID not saw that it was uu
ly & continue 10 recognize l., m those early
stsge- Of the Har. "a hicl nearly al ofus horet
would not result 10 actual and proper WI. BG
neither consistency nor snv other consideration
required them 10 recognize 10 auv longer. r.
effect any longer could or only 10 deceive sns
destroy. And yet, even new, when the s.rit'
has taken on the dimensions Of the widest as,
the character of the most horrid war. this mo-
= 70 Is sui current. Alas. what misconceptions o
the hour have they, Who in this He and dealt
struggle, would inspire Us with sny parsmoun
anxiety, or indeed with any anxiety, for th
Constitution aud the Union. And, alas, bo'
untitled for part in this struggle are an the
ShO yield themselves up 20 this untimsy an
comparatively loE Inspiration I saw NOT tina
10 uill be improper 10 revive this motto after "a
rebels are conquered, bat do as 5h@r ut
then it mus be buried and forgotten. Fo- ul
/ I'll then re have nothing 70 ihiub Of but the re
{ 0eliion aad nothing ID DO but to pa, 10 down
repeaJ thar know rot whether the slave
will come 70 Us, or whether ID they do they vi
: work or fght They are called the most pa;ier
and iorgiving Of al the races Taey vii csi
tAiuly prove that they are if they can forget th:
mOnstrous aud meanest crime a. letting tn
I thousands 10 worked on the Ncksourg c.
- of, fall ssaiu into the hands. Of the vildct y
a shareholders and # they can also forget h
e inumeraoe instances In which slaves coming ID
. 70 our lines. some With verv valuable news
: The designs a.d movements CT the enemy, sn
q all with hearts aui hands e help u have ",
i, satanic mlI-nitv been returned 70 The fate fro
q which they had fed; and It. I'm a word thev c.
b forget our persistent ridicGle, ioatbins and mG