, 1863-03-17
sPEECz1 OF JUDGE STAE.aC.
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We commend to our readers the following
sentiments Of Judge stallo, at the great
Union meeting In Cincinnati March 18th. i.
Their truthfulness cannot he controvertcd,
aud their genuine patriotism will find an echo
in every loyal heart. Judge sta11o said:
desire this evening to offer few sugges-
tlonE Us to tile nature and consequences Of 4
scheme, which is manifestly entertained By
number Of politicians in the Northwest, and
which, in ny judgment, is TIE most t dangef'
tcal spirit of if5union has Jet been embodied
Tie design, as understand 1t, is to Withdraw
our armies from the Deld, to recognize the
Independence Of the rehelious States on their
own terms, then to rise In arms ourselves
pence. bv some process to extet1n1nete the
anti-slayery md loyal spIritin our midst, aud
thereupon 10 lick the dust from tile feet of
The Southern oligarcbs, and beg to be admit
ted into their copfsderasy, &c: recognizing @ ne siay LAY
emuly binding ourselves to capture anl re-
turn The fugitive negroes who may seek to
escape through the Northwestern territory,
The men who advocate this project are, Of
course, fully aware Of the condition in which
We HouIu u1n ourselves unuet sucn 1n Mt
rangement. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and all
the other nop>inally free States on the border,
would become simply colonies Of mean
whites, whose chief occupation would
be the performing Of police service
for Southern shareholders. Ne would be Ito
borrow Russian teEm) Cossacks Of Slavery,
stationed on the frontier to prevent the cgress
ern Influences and tdeas. Our duty would
be to keep the Yankees out and the negroes
in. Our civil rights would consist in the priv
ilege to vote for sucll measures as the speedy
revival Of the slaTe trade; go elect legislators
and other officers under pledge TO enact
and enforce laws for the suppression Of free
speech, and whatever else brings peril to
slavery; to read newspapers edited for us By
men sent for that purpose from South Caro-
lima or Louisiana, and generally to do what in
the opinion Of Southern gentlemen mly be
safely done in the presence Of the peculiar in
stitution. OF the machinery of this new Con-
federatc Government, (which would certainly
not be republican, or republican only in
uame, } and Of the cost Of that machinery I
will not now speak. But will ask the trail
torous or deluded men, who are comprising
such designs, question: Is your scheme
practicable? p Can yon; for instance, pnt down
the spirit Of opposition to Slavery in our
1nidsts Are son ready and able to level to the
ground all the schoolhouses in which your cAil-
dren learn to read ind write? Will Jou dcmol-
ish a}i the churches in which you are con.
ffontcd With your conscienccs? Will you dis
| Journals, in which the right or wrong o
slavery is discussed? Viii you knock out al
The brains, which are unfortunately SO consti
tuted rs to be incapable Of concciTing the di
yinity and beneficeuce Of the fundamental in
stitution? All this you must do, for q gov
unless slavery ceases to be i subject OF dis
cussion. It cannot be done. !: is impossible
to repress hostility to the Stare system anon!
the thoughtful industrial classes Of the North
west. solong as nature asserts the supremac,
Of her 1aws-so long rs human brains think
nifty and Wrong-tnst so long will the intelli
gent Northern laborer continue to protes
against slavery as permanent institution. I
Is idle, il is insane to dcclaf1n against thl
Northern spirit. Anti-slayery ideas and senti
ments spring up in the minds and hearts o
Northern men mud women, as naturally ant
inevitably US grass grows on the prairie. I
Abolitionlsm, as it is called, than it would b
to resent the generation Of heat by the ray
Of the sun, or the filling Of d stone By th
force Of gravity.
But, suppose for u moment. that it wer
possible to wipe out the civilization OF tn
Northwest, and TO reduce popular intelligenc
and morality here to the standard lcyel pres
cribed By Southern Shareholders for non-slaye
holding whites; suppose, also, you were safel
rid Of the Eastern States-what will becom
Of your population: How, for example, vii
YOU dispose Of the Yankees among them
catching elayes for Southern masters, or t.
studying Southern political eatcchisms, what
ever YOU may be re ready to do. Whethe
the contempt with which such noble
men Us Vallandiglam and Cox are wont t
speak Of them, be meritcd Or not, one thing
| ,fof..- Y,7nr IN n
the hunting dogs Of Cavaliers to-day, tia
their ancestors, The Roundheads, were in tt
time Of Cromwell. 4 Yankee is fit fora grea
many things, but he is not fit to be the =
tainer Of Southern duke or count. Il
would be bad and unruly citizen in a con
rid of the Yankees, then. Now, take out {
tlle Northwestern country everything that
!, Yankce-thc Yankee men and women, Yaukc
; contriyanccs, Yankee sowing and thrcshin
machines, Yankee steam engines, Yankee Il
comotiyes, Yankee steamboats,, Yankee nt
, tcrprise-what sort Of a country will youhav
, lefts And if it be not immodest in 1ne, ! wis
t to make another suggestion. In the forest
! of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, and on th
, prulrics Of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, &c, so
! ings made and hon1esteads built b
!. persons who speak the language {
!, | my native land, and who have come here t
: find place where thinking and speaking ar
i free, and where honest labor is respectable
r You will will also find them-agatn bY til
+ side If the TankceE--in the workshops {
). your towns. Now, know the feelings
+ these people, for they are my countrymen
f double sense. And tell you, the morlcr
d you incorporate the Northwest with slay
C holding political community, to the exclusio
c Of the anti-slavery States Of the North, thes
= Germans, who now clothe your bill
p1- I'm xx.ffh FIR {T<.Jr
!. with corn, who buy the lands along yo1
c railroads and rivers, and see to it, that yot
d boats and cars do not run without freight
f who, moreover, understand someThat tt
s ehouldering Of musket when their countl
r is In danger-thcse Germans, I say, will b
s come e1nmigrants once more. They will wa
d DIR northward or eastward, until some spot
n reached where the light Of day smiles upe
6 the labor Of frcemcn, and; where they are
J. no danger Of being called away from the plo
: or anvil to assist in capturing poor negro {
D his way to freedom. But before they 60,
g nm pclined to think they will be apt to 4
| tempt a little fighting: and II they have
kinsmep, who would follow them, but not
+ 4 land darkened with Slavery. The tide
c immigration which hitherto. in times of peac
= has annually brought thousands Of faInilie
d and millions Of money, from Germany to tt
c United States, will inevitably set In iowa
b other shores.
3 do not know how many persons Of Nc
l. England md German origin we have amol
:. US, hut think an safe in saying that at lea
J. one-half Of our present population won
d have to disappear if III the haters Of slave
!; we're driven away 7v1Se NV, w., Ehqs You'd 70
4 your corner lots? What would be Il
apa''''9ss anS Sonds " alter such '0aa an 'tSs ers
Il nation as this? If Jon annex the Mort
# rest to Southern Confederacy, you had bt
# ter, without delay, repeal al laws and cons
l. tutionh provisions. prohibiting slavery amol
0 you, reopen the slave trade; parcel out 20
J, Territory into plantations, and let the dusl
9 | African with his rude labor at once begin Il
o | task Of depicting your soil of the riche
J. | which, under the care Of the fair, free and
f telligentt Northerner would hare increas'
l. and accumulated In endless progression.
!, trust that such time will never come; but
E Ds ss;e Pf5hsF It ser t. nor any of my knd's
n Ny fe1low-citizens, ana ashame to prese,
4 r. considerations like these to convince you tn
= it is your interest to be loyal, and to adhere
f the determination to defend the life Of yo'
d country. know that you will stand By Il
: are the custodians, not only Of the legacy
s your revolutionary fathers, hut Of sacred i
+ lc1itance transmitted to you by the couftsso
7 Of freedom and progress In all ages and land:
3 because In saving the Union you save the Ii
: kind. And if there should be q traitor amor
d | Fou, who does not fear to be haunted by Il
t | frownlng spirits Of the thousands Of martyr
# who during the last two years hare left the
bodies on The battlefield. let me remind hit
that there Is host Of spirits get in the boo
under such leaders us Rosecrans and Hooke
{not to speak Of those who are here at home
Il to whose inst indignation even such trait
s will hardly be inscnsible.
d a Patriotic Union-lovinE VIII
n From the Peoria Transcript, 1ith.1
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