The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-06-17
True wsrds OF truly Loyal Border state
Man.

True Words OF a truly Loyal Border state
Man-
At the Great Ship Canal Convention. held in
Chicago. the ali important question Of the eoun-
try oVerbore every other, and called forth some
Of the most spirit stirring speeches We have seen
II OF c. D. Drake, OF 81. Losis, Who has jazz
been elected to oil vacancy in tie SsA.e Cos
venIisu, BY = majority Of upwards ct three thou
sand EOtes, over Competitor whs ran a.
Union man-Mr. Drake being : radical Union
man-usde a speech, from which 40 take = lev
paragraphs, begging our readers 70 bear in mind
that these are the words OF the representative
man Of The metropolis eli what was slave State
sntii since the Wzr broke out NJ. Drake said:
Ne PRKsIDENr: IL behalf OF that noble city
whlcb | have toe honor here, "a part 10 repre-
SENT lhank you Tor tke testimony which .0a
have horne IN your remarks, 10 her Ho6.e AID
genuine ioyalIy Applause One, myseit. OF
population OF loo. 900, feel thaE ! caa give
credit 10 s.. Sous iOs her i0y4lty. without ASA
ming 10 myself any vanity. NEcn you reflect
upoB all Ire circumstances that have sGrroaad
cd - Louis fren the day that the { aitor Gov
erncr of Missouri was iuaugurlIed. Ia January.
sol, 60 the prese1i tine, It VOC coUid only
know their a. sc WAC lived there ssoW them.
you would say with me. that no ci'y IL Ihe lAnd
deserves higher praise Tor the oyslsy u the peO-
pie than 81. Louis (ApplAuss.) ous sir, ST
Louis il nv person a. tnIs moment, IN hes del.
egalion occupying seats in your midst, grsets
YOU. loyal patriots OF the lane here in this A.
sembl4ge convened, under circumstances such
As have probably never been known la the past
RlstOry OF the world, 81 Louis extends to you
the arm OF greeting and Of affection, resolved to
live with you, 10 die wiki you, and 10 haze her
Interests blended with yours forever. ZAP
piause.)
IL il net strange and wonderful, cOnsidering
she past history OF the country, that 50 many
States should be represented, and 50 many clas
SEES OF men represented, aud many moods OF
political opinion represented in such a DO a.
this, few years ago the scoWl OF the South
would have rested over me assembly, either 10
Ihe person OF It's delegates from that regiOn, OF
ia the persons OF those Who feared that scoH
whensver il fell upon them. lCries OF true
Iruel') Even three years ago this BODY could
not assembled here wi1h one mind and one heart
AZ Il does BoW because, forsooth, South Carol
MIA (hisse-,) Virginia, and A kansas. ijcers) and
some more OF these strict coustf ucnon Iraitorou,
.ad your politicians would Lot hsvo dared e
come. daughter aud applause Nov. uR
shack led do We stand here. lreemen-iree irOn
this Southern diclation, and meaning 10 sSeel
it Into the Gulf Oi Mexico. loud Cheers la
dsy IL done. Id IS dead. Never more are we
| going 10 hear IN the Councils OF the Nation These
notes " stern defiance ~ eur attempts 10 devel
Cd the resources of inns great country, throus
! rs natio al power. Never more are the Tree
men Of the North 10 be brow beaten 6y the slav,
driving t,rants OF the South. Applause Ga,
OF the goriOas results Of this var. cOmpensatin.
for all the blood that il cost US aud all The treas
ure that it eIasusts is perpetual freedom frou
southern domination. Loud aud General sp
piEuse.)
We are at this time sustaining couf,ct fo
shs life of this Nation, With slavery az H eIisu
IN Ghe Southern States (VOicss, THAT is 50 ."
SOME OF Jsu say that IL so Probably 10,
know il TO De co. But tell you that lt is sla
very which is battling To destroy our countr,
aud It's Constitution Voices, That Is 80; dow
vito i y" Aud when tel you that / was
| Douglas Democrat. that / lever in my life IA
ANYTHING 70 DO with Az anti slavery party unU
alter Fof. SuBter tell, you viii understand sna
| am nO anti slavery fanatic Who undertakes 4
preach 10 you TINS ate noon. CHEERS | al
| telling YOU the sober truth when | cay 20 you
/ that you have bOIhIug on earth battling agains
your county AZ this hour bus The institutions .
Southern slavery. When you hear = fellow sA
ali these damned aOoltionlsis" he IL n copper
head. The question il, whether We shall safe
slavery TO destroy our Constitution aud 90
Cot"n, o. ~n~thcf S6-li ur-trVy IL IOrsve
aud ever. (Bravo: aud Shouts I'VE will y
For my part 1 say that he deserves dOubl,
damnatOn who hesitates one moment Oh tha
point And nov, when you 90 home, put YOU
finger On that beggArly politician. who viii at
tempt 10 convince you that il is ''Ibe damned
soOlitoDists" who have got up this war ans lus
wipe him cut. so that he viii never 0e heard Of
again, so long you live or be lives either
| lou will hu5 them scattered about all through
the State. The Lord knows how many there
are in the crowd; "a voice, "hit 'em again,
for am sure that they haV, too much impu
dence 70 have accepted nv invitation and cleared
off the premises before began to tell about
them. Look at their complexion. IL Is no
that OF a white man. IL is net that of a poor
negro IL is copper-copper. copper all over
(Laughther and cheers They belong to ihs
nleanest class Of reptiles that crawl IN the wood.
-cOpPerhesds-aBd | am perfectly certain ina
il we could institute full investigation into The
natura history OF the eOpperhead, we should
hod that it was one of them that BETRAYED our
mother Eve in the garden Of Eden daughter
and applause