The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-09-16
VOL. 9, NO. 22.-WHOLE NO. 43S.

failure was because Lee could not whip Mesde
/ This was the plan of the rebel sympathizers wb,
! we're anxious to save the constitution.
The only hope OF the South to-day WAS il
the traitors of the North. They had been prom
ised, and they expected, material aid from th,
North. Would this audience give il TO them
(Nol noD He was sure of that Benedic
Arnold had gone down to death amidst the an
sthemas Of all good men, and his name was deep
ly damned in history; but the COpperheaC
wretches who had synpsthiLed with and helped
the rebels would be hundred times more deep
ly damned, both in the present and the future
hell fhey we're Pariahs and trsitors, unfit &C
dwell in free country with honest men.
Mr. Chandler concluded his address with the
following words, which We give verbatim:
But shall We succeed. In looking over these
sections and townships of people, who are de-
termined that We shall succeed, and taking into
account our recent successes and the unmistak
able indication that the God Of battles is With
u, | should think il rather probable that we
shall (Cheers) What will then be the condi
ton of the Northern COpperheads' Benedict
Arnold Was simply true 10 Government he had
once sworn 10 protect He merely changed bis
mind as to his objections of loyalty 10 his old
Government. What have these traitors sworn
allegiance tOs They have swogn allegiance TO
the RAttlesnake Government Have they any
right TO go against their own Governments Has
it ever oppressed thems row rot
These rebel traitors of the North will 90 down
into history with worse infamies on their heads
than Benedict Arnold. There will be no cave or
pile OF rocks deep enough TO cover them from
the damnation of this people. They have upon
their heads all the blood that has been shed.
To extend TO them the right hand OF fellowship,
is something / never can do and never shall do
Nv friends, what is to be the result Of this
great rebellion! | will tell you what, in my
judgment, is 70 be the result. The rebellion is.
to-day, upon its last legs. The whole male pop
ulatiOn OF the South, from the age OF sixteen,
is now in the rebel army. They have none al
home capable of shouldering a musket They
have even sent their chidren-forced them in
10 the rebel ranks. These young men and old
men have laid down and died like sheep They
have not had the same hospital attentions and
clothing and provisions for their wants that our
soldiers have bad. With all their stupendous
efforts to keep up their army, they are nov ex-
hausted. They may make one more spasmodic
effort. aud then their game is finished. Cheers }
They will have failed in the contest Instead OF
having established slave empire they viii hy
their own acts, have destroyed all the securities
that slavery ever possessed; they will have
swept away ell compromises by which slavery
has been tolerated by iorbearing people. This
great negro question Is settlirg itself n a man
ner more arbitrary aud certain than we could
have settled it. Ii is being settled by God Al.
mighty, and am content with his settlement
of the great question. When this question is
settled, we are coming out of this rebellion the
greatest military Government on God Almighty e
earth, and more thoroughly prepared TO main.
tain and transmit our glorious heritage of free
dom than ever before. Aud we will have more
freedom to transmit. When this war commenc.
ed, We could borrow only about &, 600, 900, and
that at a rate equivalent to about IA per cent.
We have spent 81 200 OOO, 900 and TO- day our Sc
curties are above par We owe every dollar TO
ourselves. Our condition excites the wonder
of the governments Of Europe. They don't
know how 20 account for IT, They feel verv
much like the man who offered to bet hundred
dollars that bis horse could outrun any horse
that could be brought on. A man who heard
the banter offered TO run an OK against him for
hundred dollars. (Lsughter) The maR re-
piled, " | will run my horse against any horse
you can bring on, but don't know what your
id old OK can do" And 80 the other govern
ments Of the world after this will now know
what We can do. Let the Northern traitors pro-
claim that our resources are exhausted. We
have hardly touched our resources yet. We
have not yet found out, ourselves, how vast
how inexhaustible, our resources are.
am for peace. l am a peace man But
am for peace with honor Aud | believe We
have the resources in men and means 70 obtain
such a peace. Great Britain has proclaimed
neutrality, aud has been making ammunition anC
cannon, shot and shell, and, at last with piratica
Enuliah ahfna "a aafuO undar fha prstsaI
prey upon our commerce, not as honorable enc
mics. but as pirates. say to you that GreG
Britain shall pay every dollar that has been de
strOyed, so help me God We are not in sit
uatiOn just now TO 90 into war with Great Brit
ain nor are we in the right situation or the righ
mood to bow humbly to any power II Grea
Britain is not willing to wait, let her step 10 now
She never has put fifty thousand Of her own sol
diers into the field, aud they would not form
picket guard to our army.
How about Franceg II she can afford IL L
let us alone, we can stand it for the present
she thinks she can't, we have about two hundre'
thousand soldiers down towards New Orean
that have not much to do just now, and We coul
send them down on the Rio Grande if it woul
be any accommodation TO her. With Fifty thou
sand men We could sweep the French out G
Mexico now.
The skies look bright in every quarter. tn
rebel armies in the Southwest are perfectly de
moralzed. Wherever Rosecrans shows a bsyc
net they run. Wherever Grant shows an arm
they run. As for their talk of conscrptior
they have no men to conscript. They have onl
part of FIVE States to conscript from.
! As for their putting arms into the hands
FIVE hundred thousand negroes, they have nc
got more than two hundred and 6ty thousan
stand of arms; aud they dare not put even
club in the hasds Of negro. They are playe
out, and this rebellion is virtually ended. o
the fret day Of January, 1884, if you will tax
care of the COpperheads, you will see q grea
happy and united country. Ny father is no
living, and if l live to be as old as be is, l el
pect to see this nation number over one hui
dred million Of inhabitants, and be the happie
and wealthiest nation the world has ever know
! Tremendous CheeIs)
SUBsIDEscE OF The JERsEY SHoRE-Acco