The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-08-18

alton, or that was In favor of dividing thi'
Union by any means. And want this mar
Storey--he never spoke to me, If be did, de
not know it--he never spoke to me, il he did
am sorry for til want him to tell me who
it is that told him this. II he does not {, he il
a coward, a sneak, poltroon, aud traitor tc
his country.
What he says further as to what Gen. Lo
gan said at Carbc noale, is false. He (Gen
Logau) said further at Carbondale:
"If / was President would have no mots
The first man that raised his hand to resist
the law, would hang to The first tree or lamp
post I don't blame the President for being
more lenient; only say what / would do.''
So help me God, il ioas President,
would hang every maa that led him up 10
resist the laws, while this Government was 10
these straits. If this gentleman caused any
thing to be published In opposition to the
law. would serve him the same way. Pro-
longfd cheers.1
Now, l wish TO read the last paragraph
from this Storey.
"The reader will understand this frantic
violence Of new convert when we tell him
that this same John A. Logan, at TIE begin
ming of the war. openly encouraged recruiting
n Southern Illinois for the rebel army that
two or three Of his own relatives entered the
rebel service on bis advice; that he grossly in.
suited Stephen A. Douglas in the streets OF
Springfield for the stand that patriot had ia.
ken concerning the war; and that he openly
instigated the people of Southern Illinois to
resist tho passage South Of Federal troops over
their soil"
Well, that is pretty tolerable clear indct-
ment. Make hin take it back Now. as
for any regard for the Southern army, that
thing is so Infamous and damnabe that don't
care for noticing anything about it. He
knows he is 81 anderer, defamor and liar,
and the truth is not in him when he asserts il.
He says that | induced some of my relations
to join tie Southern army. 1 have bad the
exquisite pleasure Of taking three or four Of
the gentlemen prisoners.
MIR. Vallandigham, in the letter he wrote a
few days ago from Canada, says he has been
satisfied all the time that ;hc people of the
South could not be whipped, that is, could
not be corqnered, and that the Government
could not be restored in that way. These are
the men who halloo for jeff. Davis, Vallandig
ham and John Morgan nj the same time, the
three great cha npions that belong to the So
ciely whose name is, believe, The Golden
Circle. And these men of the South have
asserted the same thing. They have asserted
that they cannot be conquered. If this be so
then gentlemen need DOT be troubled about
Proclamations or anything else. II their doc
trine is correct, / do not see what the earth
the reason is that they are so much afraid
their rights will be iuierfered with.
But. Fellow Citizens, there is something
else want TO talk about, in reference TO the
uuconsituticnality Of the Proclamation. l
herd Of a meeting at Springfield, and they
called it a Democratic meeting. have al.
ways been a Democrat, but do not think
some OF those resolutions have the truo metal
about them. L ind n resolution there which
they call Resolution No. 23. only speak OF
this because l contend, and | do assert most
positively, t at the men who proposed and
passed those resolutions were not Democrats.
Now, let us see whether !, is or not. This
resolution, | believe, was passed on the 18th
Of June. According 10 this resolution, and
to the doctrine adopted by Mr.. Singleton, aud
these men wbo followed, we must have stop.
ped tie war at this time. If we had stopped
then on the l7th Of June. what kind Of con
d;tion would we have been inf IL they had
ceased on that Gay suppose Gen. Lee would
have Travelled just where he pleased; and that
| reckon would have been constitutional act
But on the 4th of July Gen. Meade drove
Gen. Leo out Of Pennsy sylvania, end that, l
suppose, was an unconstitutional act.
All of his acts, of course, tend to anarchy
and misrule, because he drove Gen. Lee out
of Pennsylvania. If we bal stopred there
we should not have taken Vicksburg.
Well, Gen. Macarthur, [addiessng him
you aud do not believe we violated The Con-
slituton, whom we II arched down the streets
of Vickshurg and pla,oJ Yankee Doodie ana
had the "Stars and Stripes " waving over us.
| Great cheers.
II we had stopped then Port Hudson would
not have betn taken; if We had stopped then
Gen. Prentiss would not have whipped Gen.
Price down at Helena. II we had stopped
then, the Mississippi would have been block
AIDED by their cannon and bristling batteries
Dut then, according to these Resolu tions
we must stop at that tmc and all our acts
since are unconstitutional. Thcn, according
10 his doctrine, the opening OF the Mississippi
River is a violation Of the Constitution, and Of
tho law; an act FOR which we are all response
BILE; an act for the violation Of which you, and
/, and each and every one Of US ought 10 be
tried for treason (cheers)
Now, this is the condiio, in which these
men have placed us. 1t is not the Democracy
| Lave known. 1t is not the good old sort.
L want TO read the resolution little further:
ave are in favor Of peace upon the basis of
the restoration Of the Union"
The "Union as it was" They are in favor
Of National Convention. Would they have
a Convention at which delegates should as
semble from North Carolina, Texas aud FIori.
da, and all those places that are now 10 rebel
lioul II SO, want the gentleman who in-
troduced the resolution, and the men tha.
passed it, TO tell me how long il would take
to get South Carolina to send delegates to
any Convention. How would you notify
them of III How would you induce them to
send their repres ntativesl Would a mem.
ber Of Congress, elected in one Of those States,
attend any such conventionl No such thing
They knew it well. That phrase was intro
duced for the purpose Of misguiding and mis-
leading the people.
Now, my fellow citizens, want to read the
latter clause Of il, asd show you what a strange