The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-05-08

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welded by this minority party in power
had been used in this way2 II the mill
tary force Of the United States had been
marched directly against the organized
force of the rebel authorities, and either
extinguished or captured them, it would
have relieved the people not in arms, and
left them free to control their own desti-
nies in their own States, to regulate their
own domestic relations in their own way.
But instead of this, you 6nd your forces
scattered from the Delaware river to the
Rio Grande, and they are always on the
threshold of some wonderful achieve
ment that is always about to take place..
but for military reasons can not be dis
closed Laughter. ] 1t is war of
.plunder. [Applause, The ascension
Of the Yazoo river was not SO much to
fud pass behind Vicksburg as to get
cotton. If it has been desirable to res
store this Union, it could have been done
in two ways, by bringing it back, State
at time, or severing the Confederacy
in two. At the beginning of this con.
test, when there was Union element in
every Southern State, it could have been
accom- plshed by q proper proclamation
emanating from either the President or
Congress, after the capture Of Fort
Donelson. So impressed was l, as have
stated in the Senate of the United States,
of this fact, that called upon two gen.
tlemen high in favor with the Admins.
tration, and begged them to 20 to the
President and ask him to issue procla-
nation of this character. One l found
willing to listen, the other was of diff.
ferent opinion. 1t is because 1 desire
the restoration of this Union, because
have no hope out Of the Union, that |
speak thus If it he not restored, go
from my State an exile and waudercr. -
Jie.yo the sol in which repoSe my an
.-.r. aud lm compelled 10 ito Jhat
N4ichi.' ml worse than death leave
j., Srtno' my UHh Bor4 npon her
Si', wish % die npon it Applause.
| lhr Uyon can he restored, hnt it is in
voln TO expect its restoration by men
who prizp Marty success above the UniOn;
hy ,ncn Win, before lne war, said that The
/ UElon without little blood letting,
would rot he worth II curse, and called
up,i ihrir associates ut home to send
s'lf backed men to the peace conference
for the probability was that an adjust.
ment Of these unhappy difficulties would
take place, and the Republican party
would he scattered to the four winds Of
heavcrL from which it never ought to
have been gathered. Laughter What
was the Union formed for? What are
governments made for, if not to protect
! life, liberty aud property? The forma
ton of a Republican party, with its
! platform and principles, was declara-
tion of war against the Government of
their country Cheers 1t was a d.
rect declaration of hostility to tho Con
slitutiou which makes the Government;
il was organized and declared to he or
ganizcd for the purpose of destroying
the largest property in one section of the
Union Its existence was incompatible
with the existence of the Union. They
tell you the existence Of slavery" is Ia
compatible with it, and when they tell
you that, they tell it directly in the face
of the fact that the Union was formed
by such men as Washington and Madi-
son, with slavery in every State in it but
one. (Cheers.) But slavery only NOM
inally existed, fellow. citizens, in five OF
six of the States The reunion was
formed by States, almost one.half free,
and yet our wise President told us that
it could not exist half slave and hall
free, though it had been in existence so
for seventy years, and these wiser men
who compose the majority of the legisla.
tors of the country tell you it can not
exist with slavery in it. daughter. y
What has the Union to do With the exis.
tence of slavery? 1t is State institu-
ton, and the States themselves, in there
sphere, are sovereign and high above the
Union. (Cheers.) The Union is the
creature of the States, and was formed
for the purpose Of protecting the prop
erty interest in every State, (applause,,
recognizing its obligations to protect mt
in my slave property in the event il
should escape beyond the jurisdiction o
my State into that of another State, rec
ognizing the right Of taxing me on my
slave property to the extent of its repre-
sentation, recognizing the doctrine tha
representation and taxation should g
together-the doctrine for which thu
battles Of the revolution were fought =
II is, therefore, unreasonable to expect {
party pledged to the destruction Of thu
Union, to WELD the powers of the Gov
ernment for its restoration, for when yol
destroy tie property interest in slaves il
the State, you destroy the Union b,
! striking down that which lies at its yer.
base, the right of each State to REGULATE
, for itself its own domestic institutions
II (Applause.) What kind of u Uniol
they would form what kind Of II Uniol
they are for, they do not tell us in direc
terms, but they leave enough upon rec
ord so that no man can err as to thei
object. 1t is to be union between tn
Northern States and Southern conquer
ed provinces. In order to conquer thos
} States and reduce them to provinces, oil
. in the language of the speaker to WHOM
+ I have referred-to territories, you hav
3 to exterminate the population of thes
r States render them wastes; you hav
to enslave yourselves, and that is the ke
{ to tie legislation Of the last Congress