Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-08-27

hublcon; and still later from Gettys-
burgh with loss of $4,000 men. It
was before Yankees that 81 900 rebels
stacked arms at Vicksburg, and over
| 1900 at Port Hudson. Call me Yam
kee forever, for it was Yankees who en-
tered triumphantly into your own city,
(NeW Orleans tore down that vile rag,
emblem of tyranny and oppression, and
swung the Star Spangled banner to
the breeze, and Yankees will see that it
floats there forever, And here I wish
to remind you that some fifteen years
since you was honored with the title Of
Yankee, and you would as soon have
thought,of cutting your right arm off
as you would OF taking up arms against
the United States. The memory Of
Washington and the noble defenders of
our country were dear to you. What
has caused you to change in this re-
spect?
Fourth-Yo ouspeak of your 'rights, :"
just as if the Southern States had been
deprived of their ''rights." You may
say that because Abraham Lincoln was
elected president the Fugitive Slave Law
would not have been enforced But
this argument falls to the ground when
it is well known that after Mr. lincoln s
election, a fugitive slave was apprehend-
ed in the city of Chicago, a city which
gave Mr., Lincoln decided majority, |
and returned to his master in good faith.
You may answer that this was an iso-
lated case. Ny reply is that this was a
precedent in Republican stongheld,
and it would be fair to argue that if the
law could be emf forced in Chicago there
would be no difficulty in enforcing it
throughout the Northern States Add
to this the fact that President Lincoln
more than once declared that the rights
Of States should be respected. Had
the Southern senators and members Of
Congress remained at their post of du-
ty, it would have been out Of the pow
CT of the President to encroach upon
the rights of the Southern States. If
you take an impartial view OF the mat
ter, you must be convinced that it would
have been time enough for the Southern
States to secede when any Of their rights
were invaded. Senator Mason was once
asked by Sen. Doolittle how many slaves
the State Of Virginia had lost during
the previous year Sen. Mason then
replied to the value of 100000. Sen.
Doolittle then said that if Virginia with
100000 slaves, valued at SAC, 100000,
had lost but this prportion, ($l0O,00OD
T it would be but per centage of one
fortieth per centum on the whole amount.
'"Now." says Sen. Doolittle, els there
any species of property north Of Mason
| & Dixon's Line, the risk on which IS so
small The iron on the railroad track
is less secure.
Again, you speak Of your liberty.
What kind of liberty have you had in.
the Cotton States for the past fifteen.
wears? 1t was the liberty to speak and
act just as you thought best, so long as
YOU spoke and acted in accordance with
The slave holders and fire caters; but
not an inch farther could you go-this
or coat of tar and feathers. l could
cite hundreds of cases to prove tins
statement to be correct. | will mention
one case to the point. In 1886, Mr..
Strickland, then a citizen Of the state
of Alabama, dealer in books and sta
tionery in the city Of Mobile was re-
ouoctad 10 send to New York and obtain
two copies Of the Life Of Fred Douglass.
lat first he refused, but as two Southern
oentlmen wanted to see what the book
Contained, and urged him to send for
it. Mr.. Strickland finally sent an order
for the two copies required, A mls7err-
able specimen Of Southern Chiyalry who
was too mean and stingy to purchase a
library for himself, was in the habit of
ooine into Mr., Strickland's store and
sponging his reading matter. When
the two copies Of the Life of Fred. Doug
lass arrived, this Southern gentleman
saw them and took upon himself the
responsibilityfof reporting to the Nlg!-
lance Committee (protector Of that d.
Uine IBStltHtt0n) lIlat III. W W lONl"iio .-l1 ~
kept said books for sale. Thereupon
said committee formed themselves into
J mob and drove Mr. Strickland from
his home, his business, (the largest and
most lucrative IN the State, and his
property was destroyed, and he was was
oblioed to leave his State to obtain that
IibeTty which the Constitution guaran
tees to every citizen Of the United States.
Now. here is case where a Southern
man. a resident of Mobile for eighteen
years, wear was deprived of his liberty. even
of 4 trial, upon the mere suspicion Of
selling a book which has been read
wherever the English language is spo-
ken. except among the bigoted people
Of the Southern States. The fact is
YOU had no liberty Of speech or OF the
nress. If a person chooses to dlffer
With any of the Southern slave holders
he was Immediately lynched, And this
! !; the liberty you are trying to force up