Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-11-04

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which the South sought. ly perjury, b
Intimidation. hy the prostiruted use O
the Unite,i States Army. 10 force yil,
system upon these unwilling men VIII
ha' voted aimcst unanimously for libert,
and against Slavery in tha; State. Bat a
last the day of utter darkness had passed
and the gray twilight was on the morn
ing of the horizon. At last, for the frs
time. believe, IN the whole conflict Be
tween the South aud the North, the vic
tory went to the North. and Kansas be
came a free State. Kansas became al
impulse that was given to pOpulsr feeling
and in 1856 Mr.. Fremont was nominated
for the Presidency. He came so near {,
being elected that, but for an enormous
cheating in ihe polls of Pennsylvania h,
would have been elected; but, instead o
Mr.. Fremont. Mr. Buchanan was retur ned
We aimed at an esgle and a buzza d.
| Now | call you 10 witness that, in q perioC
of % or 80 years of constant conflicts Will
the South, at every single step they gain
ed the advantage, with the exception o
Kansas. What was the conduct of the
North! Did they threaten Secession?-
| Did they threaten violence? So sure wer,
they of the ultimate triumph of tina
which was right. provided freespeech wa
left 10 combat error and wrong, that they
patiently bided their time. By this timt
the North was cured OF its love of or in
Inference TO Slavery. BY this time new
conscience had been formed in the North
and a vast majority of all the Northern
men at this time stood fair and square OF
the doctrine of AntiSlavery. 1t went
through all the quieksands of that inta
nous demonstration offour years, in which
senators, sworn by the constitution, were
plotting Vaccinations to destroy the Gov.
ernment, IN which the members of the
cabinet who drew their pay month by
month, used their time and their officisl
position to-steal arms, to prepare fortii-
cations, 10 make ready, and in which the
most astounding spectacle that the world
ever saw witnessed, our great people paying
men 10 sit in places of power and office to
betray them. Hear, hear. During ali
those four years what did We? We protes-
ted. and waited, and said: God give us
the victory, for it is Gods truth that We
WELD, and Gods truth we promote, and
with God, in his good time, shall be the
giving OF the victory" Great cheering. |
In all this time We never made an inroad
On the rights of the South. We never
asked for retaliatory law. We never
taxed their commerce, or touched it with
our little finger. We evinced them none
of their manufactures; but sought topro-
mote them. We did not attempt 10 abate
by one ounce, their material prosperity;
We longed for their prosperity. Cheers.
Slavery we always hated; the Southern
men never. They were wrong. And in
our conflicts with them we have felt asall
men in conflicts feel. We were Jealous
and so were they. We were in the right
cause; they in the wrong. Cheers. We
never envied them their territory; and
{ was in the heart. and it was the faith of
the whole North, that, in seeking for the
tbatement of slavery. and It's final aboli-
lion, we were couferring upon the South
the greatest boon which any nation, or
part of nation, could confer upon
another. That she was to come down.
and pass through the valley of humilia-
ton during the progress of her institu-
lions till she passed from forced labor to
Iree labor. have no doubt; bat it Was not
n our heart to humble her. but rather to
lelp and sympathize with her. defy time
and history to point to more honorable
SOuNuCG lndn lndl VI ihC iEcC NOIlu tO-
ward the South during all these days. In
1860 Mr.. Lincoln was elected. Cheers.
ask you 10 take notice of the conduct
If the two sides at this point. For thirty
'ears we had been experiencing sectional
lefeats at the hands of the Southerners
For thirty years and more we had seen
,ur sons prescribed. because loyal 10 lIber
y, OF worse than proscribed--ubOrned
md made subseryient to slavery. LCheers.l
We have seen our judges corrupt, our min
sters apestate, our merchants running
after gold against principles; but
We maintained our fealty TO the law and
and had faith in victory by
egitimate means. But when, by the
means pointed out by the Constitution,
nd sanctioned 10y the usage of three-quar-
ers of a century, Mr.. Lincoln, in fair,
pen field. was elected President of the
United States, did the South submit
Cries of NO" and cheers.l No offense
lad been committed-none threatened;
mt the arrogation was that the election
f man known to be pledged against the
xtenslon of slavery was not compatible
nth the safety of slavery in the South.
nd on that ground they took steps in Sc
ession. Every honest mode To prevent
!, all patience on the part of the North
II puSillanimity on the part of Mr.. Bu-
hanan. While he sat, before his success
r came into office, he left nothing un-
one TO make matters worse, did nothing
D make things better. The North was
atient then, the South impatient. Then
anne the steps. The question was put TO
be South, and with the exception of South
arolina, every State in the South gave
opular vote against secession, and yet
1ch was the jugglery of political leaders, !
efore few months had passed they had
every State into secession
hat could never have been where there
-as common people.
Now against all these facts it i, attempt
to make England believe that Slavery
rs had nothing TO do with this war. You
hight as well have attempted 10 persuade
Ioah that the clouds had nothing to do
18th the flood; perhaps some man will at
empt TO persuade you that the plain trees
nd orange trees will grow at the North /.
ole; perhaps some one will persuade you
ext that there is no sand in the great
esert. 1t is the most monstrous absurdi- /
= ever born in the womb OF folly. Moth !
lg to do with Slavery! IL had to do with
othing else. Slavery was the mother of
.ebellion. The father of it was-O, no,
.e never mention him. Much laughter.)
.gainst this whitening fact-against this
aiming allegation-what is their escape?
he attempt is to say-the North is just
5 bad as the South. Now we are coming
D the marrow of it. If the North is as
ad as the South, why did not the South I
nd it out before you did! If the North |
as been in favor Of expressing the black
IAN. and just as much in favor of Slavery I
s the South, how is it that the South has
one to war against the North because of
heir belief to the contrary? \ voice
Slavery does not pay in the North
hold in my hand publish
d report of the speech OF the amiable,
and credulous President, be-
eve, of the Society for Southern Inde-
endence. ! have some cur.oSities in il. |
Laughter) That you may know that
are not all dead yet. will
ead a paragraph:
The South has labored hitherto under
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