Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-09-25
"0hi what fall was there. my countrymerl
Then I. and you, and all Of us fell down,
Whilst bloody treason fiouriahed over ug >,

Then I. and you, and all Of US fell down,
n Whilstbloody treason fourlshed over u.s."
: Gentlemen, do you want your homes safe;
do you want the right to talk, and the right5to
read and think for yourselves, and not accord.
Ing to the ordera of Abraham Llnooln2 II you
! do, vote the Democsatic ticket. loud cries
J of "We will do it'll But, my citizens,
, the truth about this Republican party is, that
its ofginators and founders never did like our
, Constitution. They are not content with 1t on
many points. 1t 10 q party Of iysannical dis.
position; Is is party of Entertainments upon
other peoples rights; 1t is party representing
the Phsrisees Of olden times. | sometimes
trace up their origin to the old Federal party,
as have to day, but it Ia worse than the Fe1.
eral party. You have TO look much further
back to find their proper origin. You hnd 1t
iu the days of ChFist's sojouTn 10 Jerusalem,
! when one prayed aloud to be heard by men.
These men profess they are better than any
body else; more loyal, and have more religion,
+. and thank God they are better than that pub
|, lican and sinner down there. When you fnd q
!, man of that eort, set him down as &n Rrseat
, kpsve. [LaugLter
!, 7 his 10 just the way With these Republicans
!; now. They etand up before you-y0u WNO pay
the taxes and do the hard Woik--and say they
are 80 much better, and 30 much more loyal,
aud consequently they should have more rights,
and they steal away yJur right'. II ia all
right for them to hear speeches; all right tor
them to hear whom they please, and read what
newspapers they please, because they are 30
, much better than your democratic papers, your
! Chicago Times, your Cincinnati Enquirer, your
t ONO STATESMAN, or your Columbu1 CTiSisi
YOU can not be trusted to read them, but they
can trust themselves, because they are Phari-
aees Loud laughter.l Go into any neigh
borhood in the country, and you fud that these
, people insist upon having things all their own
way. IL must be 80, because they think 1t
right; and II you don't think with such per-
l son, he does not stop to reason, and give you
some different opinions. He says at once,
, "You are dsloyal and not good man az Gil -
Now, my friends, he does not like the Consti.
tuition any moro than he likes you. And Why 2
3 Because the one differs as much from him as
D the other. loud laughter.l
D Talk to an Abolitionist, tor instance, on the
subject of slavery; take the Constitution aud
: read II to him, and, when you come to that part
0 which p,ovidaB for the return of the fugitive
slave TO his master, you will see his gorge rise.
0 You will have 10 wait moment and ace how
l. he gets over that. lie reads il for himself, sud
you tell him that the Constitution I. 7ires that
| if a person, owing labor and service, escapes
from one State to another, he shall not thereby
{ be released from obligation to bis master =
Now, the Abolitionss s4JH: o! he can not 20
/ that Bat you say IL is the supreme law of the
3 land. IL is 30 declared by the Constitution,
D which is the supreme law. "0hip says he, 81
{ have o higher Law than any written law
There Ia his higher law, You ask him to show
his higher law to you, and he ssys it is his con.
J., science; aud you might reply: III you have a
, right TO set up higher law than that provided
by the United States, and against the supreme
Q Law of the land On one subject, you have on all
9 and If do not feel inclined to obey the bal
u ance, need not, II recognizes higher Law
: in public affairs. If you have higher Law
n than the Constitution, 30 have i, aud 60 ha
,t every body elae; and the result would be an
k archy aud confusion; and 1t Ia on this highe
| law that Seward and Lincoln arelscting. Ant
J; this is simply Law of anarchy, chaos ant
|, | bOodshed, when each man has q law by which
J. he may do what seems right to himself."-
n ["That's so."l
b Talk to one OF these AboliIlons!s upon ths
o subject of slavery in connection with the Bible
: read to him the Mosaic law, where, according
d to my information, God, 10 that grand philosu-
n phY, wrote rules by which oue race and another
race of different cast and cabeF, unlike in the
II origin and language, should be governed. HI
i put the one iu subordinalion to the other. Coz
: did it, know the Aboiitiouists don't like IL
lr but nevertheless God did it. The Abolitionis
70 would sauirm aud twist, and at last would ga,
3. it was under the old cispensatlon, which haI
is been done away with, and Ne have now new
dispensation; but that under tho old dspensa
= tiun God did foolish thing bus has snct
= grown wiser. loud laughter -i.a d. --'e
!. Why, gentlemen, my opinion is, that God Il
Ia an unchangeable Being, as wise when He mad,
4, this world as to-day-as wise when He mad,
4 your eye blue and your skin lsir as He Ia to-
II day in his control aud management of human
affairs--as wise when he made the black man
n aud placed those eternal lines Of distinction
a between the two races as He 10 to-day. Wor
N ship an unchanging God. These AbolItionist
,e worship changing God; one who acts accord
ia ing to one rule to-day, and another at anoihe
If time Thus Burngame, of Massachusetts, an,
,r his party, put up this prayer a few years ago
10 and what for2 They said we must have ney
IL Constitution, a new Bible and q new God Thi
must be because they were and-slavery. Mr.
,f d. said this because the old Bible the OLD Consti
"a tuition and the old God, are none of them O.
10 the ride of AbOlitonism. Lohd laughter
M They must oil be changed to trit the Abuii
ne ti0nists. Now I propose, here, to-day, betor
r. the yeomanry of Central Ohio,to announce m
le faith and my belief in the old Bible and the oil
at Constitution. Loud cheers. am in fave
I'd OF the ancient law, and the Great Jehova
III Lord God,unohangeable forever. lam oppose
te TO any higher law than thia. They suit me an
D. they suit you. They made your fathers grea
@, and prosperous; and while they were obsdien
at to these great principles OF Just government
le there Was no need of higher law party; aut
while they were governed by these principles
there was no opportunity for sowing poison II
10 the minds of the people; and, before this, ",
70 were great, happy and prosperous people.
Is They say the Democratic party 10 diaoyal
y that it Ia unfaithfal to the institutions of you
- county. l"They are liarp." Ofcourse they arc
~ We have taken the Constitution, snd by the Con
- s,itution we protect those rights have spoken Q
y to day; aud this party By the Constitution sprea
- - ont this county as an unfclded map, with
\, special view Of making 10 homo Of libert
: - and of greatness, aud have raised IL from wha
:, 10 was in the beginning to what Is was befoI
y the triumph OF secionalism, by Democratic rul,
" under Democratic administrations, under Den
10 ocratic laws. For more than sixty years, Stat
y, !. after Ssate-young empires - were added
y, ~ this Government, spread out throughout th
~ ~ wonderful country, made happy homes for yo
- - gave you good Wagea for your labor and &
s. your productions, ioH taxes-snd, thank Gt
y, y, for the countrySpast hiS,ofy--no mousnir
:. S' widows, no Wailing wives, no death or gray,
'9' vatds lining your borders for q thousand mil