Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-07-16

public man need fear to express his senti-
ments, and the truer the suggestions of his
own heart the warmer will be the senti
nents. I have never feared to express
mine, and am here now TO proclaim to all
| the world that have always been an anti
| slavery man, and theresis no terror for me
in the cry of ''Abolitionist" The proud.
est summit of human power which the
popular voice ever placed man in could
not induce me to give up these sentiments
of liberty and humanity.
a great deal has been said upon arbi-
trary arrests. Traitors to their Govern
ment are particularly sensitive upon this
ground, but now let me tell you, that il
| you arrest 8 man VINO ls q traitor in the
free States, you do a far more praiseworthy
act than if you arrested traitor in the
South. ECheers.] Every nation is enti-
tied to the right of selt.preservalion, and
if these arrests are unconstitutional, then
your Constitution itself is unconstitutional
. because it says that the writ of ha6eas
corpus shall not be suspended except in
cases of rebellion or invasion, and il shall
be suspended in that case. Rely upon the
courts with their slow, crude processes,
listening to ingenious arguments of their
counsel and the doubtful and ambiguous
instruction of the court to the jury Rely
upon them, while your country is beeding
at every pore and the enemy laundering
at your gates. .- a....... ... .....
Tie Constitution says that the writ of
habets corpus shall be suspended whenever
In case OF insurrecton or rebellion the
public safety shall require it. The Presi.
dent has the power to suspend it +; if there
is traitor in the land he has not only the
power but it is his duty to arrest him and
send him South, where she belongs, as in
the case of Vallandigham.
There is man who has never had one
warm, patriotic impulse; who in Congress
voted against all measures providing for
supplies for the United States Government;
vino by his disloyal sentiments has been
discouraging enlistments. and who in every
place has been talking against this glorious
| Government of Washington and ours, and
yet he is nominated by certain party as
the candidate for Governor of Ohio! Ii
Ohio shall doom herself to the everlasting
infamy Of his election, then the star that
answers to her name shall have no associ
alton in the everlasting cluster that pro.
claims the freedom and power of this
American Government. Cheers.l We
are not to talk about arrests no, we mus,
quiet treason when and wherever found
there is no crushing out this rebellion I'm,
til we extinguish the fire in the rear
will take that back, [cries "don'5 take ii
back yes, because the country will be
saved anyhow. [Cheers.
Fellow-citizens, speak upon this cub.
iect with feeling and emotion, but | an
for the Union. and will spend what little
of life Heaven has blessed me with before
the ever glorious stars and stripes shall
trail in the dust. | am q southern man
and there in Kentucky is the grave of my
mother, the home of my childhood; ant
so help me God, before one .jot or title O
southern rights shall be torn from them
would lay down my life. l could ash
for them, that when this glorious nation
shall be restored, that it shall be free from
the everlasting curse Of human slavery.
consider that there is nothing discouragin&
in the prospects before US. If I had tn,
power, this war should be brought to
close soon. l should adopt the Language
of Mr.. Douglas that +" the shortest road to
peace is the most stupendous preparation
|
people for our army-I would have fiv,
hundred thousand to be drilling at home
and pressing forward to support those tina
have gone before them.
If you don't like the President, he i
the best you have got and you must stant
by him, and not bring him into contemp
) before the world but, like true patriots
sustain him in this most perplexing caus
l ioh ho &c
my democratic friends, and my republican
friends, and Union men everywhere, Their
is no longer any republican party or demo
cratic party. 1t is now union or disunion
. and, fellow citizens, know no party ex
cept my country! In all my appointment
[ have appointed more persoLs whose pc
litical faith is opposite to mine than thos
of my own party. | have received ever
man who will bring good, honest heart
[ and a strong, valiant arm in the detenc
S of his Government. The news comes OF
this 4th of July that our armies are glo
riously triumphant.
| pray you, without distinction of party
3 to send to those brave boys in the army
: send to them the undivided sentiment
one glorious, one universal cheer from al
e the inhabitants of the North. 1 ask thes
: men, who are now making every effort il
t opposition to the Government, if the,
t have sunk so low as to be considered en-
emies of their country, that they woul
not say one solitary word OF hope an
cheer for the poor soldiers who are pour
ing out their blood for them to-day? |
this the democratic party, who hav
r brought themselves down so low as to b
i considered enemies of their country il
this her trying hour? Will they be read
to do the work Of traitors?
: Fellow citizens, | need not say that
refer to Wisconsin with delight. Wiscon
: sin and Illinois are the two twin sister
: who have done so much 10 carving OIL
, this war. Covered with glory and resplen
| dent with the lustre OF the great achieve
ments OF their sons-the memories c
: whose deeds will be carried down to th
remotest time and cause their States t
stand among the brightest stars in the gal
axy of the Union. They never quailed il
the hour of conflict; their very names ar
synonymous with heroic deeds and loft
courage. and, alas, upon many a rude spo
upon the wilds of Arkansas, the Ohio an,
Mississippi, in Maryland and Tennessee
, repose the remains Of those brave boy
who left mother, father, friends and al
the enjoyments of civilized society to offe
up their lives willing sacrifice to thei
country. They were brave and intellgen
as any of you here; but now they sleeI
their last sleep, they have fought thei
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