The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-17

|Ex-GpV. THOMAS H. SEYMOUR,
Al sas fsty Hal, Harsford. Com. Hssssta,
llH Essniag, FzsbrsldrJ To- 1see.

Stk fHk kIEiAS xsD FkL3owl CIflzrsk:
thank you for this kind reception. and
ckef1tuly respond to your call for some remarks
frerh mp he time hhs renhe eiep w1elshonld,
all Of tis, speak put plainly ard &isduss thc
qnesiidns EFhich these ubhsIlpy dhJs have
given birth to. Neglect 70 do Ibis nay be
soufee of flltur fegTet- IL DO rot mean TO IN
cIsr ilId pe1alty Of any sncl ragtetiff can help
i, and therefora purpose sfle4 king u bour
meeting whenev$r il may TO proper f9f Iic 10
do 81. i believe we have reached . crisis in
IpublEcI affairs when the bodest kIiSuhge will
prove to be the beat for the occasi oTl and bes:
Itor our country. We have ret 10 deal with
lprihcibalites and powers which need 70 DC
lrebnkAd. aud we have got tol deal with men IA
IpoFe1 who should be tdld that theff u point
ibeyoTE which forbearauee ceases td be D vir-
tine For the last eighteen Tposiths the pcoP.cl
lofIhe freq States. SO called. haFe sulEsred
gresst abuses at the hands OF their rtIleIiS Ii
] has now come the turn Of tie people to be
heard II has come their trfn, nokIta render
evil for evil but to vindicate ltlleirrgtis under
The GbnStitution. and by 50 doing pvervhelgn
the men in authority who would abfogaae
THOSE rights. That is their nissieH, and II Is
| a mission which expect 10 see sheeessfully
acfbnplished.
y Oh have come tegclher, eenaetrnn. under
sop9ewhat better auspices thAnzwe have had
/ to beast Of inR long while. Fou AaYe today
the restdrntion Of HAT Freedom df speech
which was denied to you d year ago. This is
due. in great measures tp the latI elections
And this privilege is not oulyI res5Prei TO you
buti Gait be taken away agaiH. I iwonId
make oath 10 that lIehckfortl, hyleonniry
men, never let orders from Headquarters. come
j in what shape they may. never letb1ch orders
prevent you from asserting your rightto dis
lcnss fully and freely, as yph please the affairs
of GbverIrhent Neverl And anbther thing.
l had hopkd The day Of illegal arrests was
overs but the recent exhiSitisn Of the mailed
lIllalld. at the city of Philafelnhia proves that
terror. That exhibition 4f despotic power
Eshould bb the last. OIL Ehe day. ofilisgal. ar
rests shouid come again, with its bolts, and
bars. and shackles for ffee1nen, Ilet freemen
I soiemalyE protes against such thigh handed
4 Tneaear and take their protests 10 the ballot
boxes. And if the ballot should faillto correct
4 such enprmities add preserve Their liberties.
they may be driven TO look for some other
remedy.
| Genlldrnen.. ihe bitEcr e4peri4heesl of the
3 past year have solved new prbbIen in our
Iinstitutiens. They have proved ilat the most
-tdaugeroils cf all experiments un3Ier form or
goyernmtnt like ours. is that which aims to
lstill the voice Of a free peopic- Such an ex-
pertinent may be successful for awhile, but ii
can rot last. FofbiddeH 20 spehk tc:r frek
lthdughts they are driHehito rel tlct more deeTl-
lily than before OH the value Of i4eEr liberties
Their rights un. er the Constitution arc stndi
: cd over aud over again; the au{iacians insd-
{ Hence of the bad inch in power, Who would do
Eprise them Of those rights. is stsfny set bs-
: fo5e their eyes; the lleroc exalhIIle OF their
l Revolutionary Fathers comes uIi before Them
admoniShing them fiat The prie9 Of liberty is
Fl eternal wig lance4-anH al az osle4 the storm
bursts forth, the soul asserts its luIeiendcucb
lard the wronged, ablAed, Insulied citizen. Is
lfrse ttris7 and powerful to asbert Inailltain
. Laird defend his rights as&i3st tip powers shkl
ITO, Though backed bf a nFsipnI of bayonek
i lS1ch is lhe Isoblefn Which has lust now bet-
S solved in our very midst, and sRch the Iessdu
Q which i furnishes 10 present a'ft future gene
I lrHtions. Reflection tlIe.ihihuitots proceedinks
E lofithe EoNernment which snppressed FREE
! ls.gecch and a tree press. AID sohght to punish
{ linen fdr spgEesting i,faEefaz measures as a
means Of sayitg the UIiibIl wlrithl We ali had
} 81 much ak heart the result Of their media
/; lilpn nithese things, is n clear convincing ,n
: a4sweritble, powerful aid peiiectly crushing
D a4gundnt against the rircsent AdIni1istratidh
! I'LL Theirs are many tliihlys 1hai might be dis.
/, letssed on This occasiou If timel would permit
HAS yen have called me put. geii;lomkn, let las
lnhtIce some few OF them which oto strengthen
ElAe sFEunent 10 which | have just refarrfd
5 Yoa all know hsw Often X Is Hehlaiked
Fl war might have been pIefentell, and the ria
: spnt iishallY given FIR such IL mark. LetIus
HlBok ilitp tits very tkiffy il tay do go WIKI
) aht ttitig y5u, aud Bee how dns case stands
: iIIbegin with the sHcession of South Carolina
> HAhd tie States which iInnedfzlely followed
lHer.
Wien this occuT1ei, it BECAME a ser:du.
: Eutatterior the entire country. To1 had the
) Army and Navy IN your hands, which some
,lsnpposed should be hunches at once aeainsi
i the South. More e0nsiderate nien Insisted or
: tAkngs different cqurEe. rhfy clt9se to treat
the aci of disunion as q political rather tlat
aE military sne, and deal with il adcOrdingIy
IGlf ihSs nunAer was Air. Criltenddn, of KEN
Shcky whose resolptips for sHyIng the Union
And IIcvtnting bIo4dFhea arc familiar to YOU
AN. These resolutibfs were aEeept4bl6 10 our
, eonserratise citizens generality land If they lIad
HBeenlaocepted, as they should have been. there
would have been no whr; the State would have
J been hnited. and We should have gone Oh
again in al career Of peace, prdsperity and hap
: Biness The assertion oil Nottnern Opponents
Il 9f fIete resolutions that the Bohth would no,
AcceFtof them, il tisproxen by Governor
II Biglsr5 Of Pennsyl lyatIla in his able letter on
u This subject lie has shown Is| that the lead
3 iPg Southern men I'M Congr9ss at that time
: ~hqke names are most olnoxIons 10 the North
{ FerH willing to accept Of the IComptomise Bili
! IAs q 6hAIiiy. They aid inaedd claim that they
wers sHtilIsd to tie benefits tf the desisioI q
! EEivipg theHa an eqH14l share in the Terri
J lHorissl
NEVERTHELESS, for the sAke df peace, they
Fenld Accept Of the Csittenden BIZ. with the
!, Understanding that il Should be = fnal adjust
suent Of she difficulties 6etwAon tho slave and
ESree States. Such was zthe slate Of the case
lFhen the bin came ~ vosd 10 Cobgress II
: is scarcely necessaFyito ask who defeated This
: bill The Repnblican6 wcuk Aar-a inst II IN +.