The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-07-10
JULY 10, 1868.
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control and management Of those chosen from
tho North. Wo have had sixty years Of
Southern Presidents to their twenty.four, thus
controlling tho Executive department. So
Of the Judges Of the Supreme Court, we
havo had eighteen from the South and but
eleven from the North; although nearly
iour.ffths Of tho judicial business has arisen
in the Free States, yet q majority of the
Court has always boon from tho South
This wo havc required 80 us to guard against
any Interpretation Of tho Constitution unfa-
yorable to us. In like manner we have been
equally watchful to guard our interests in
tho Legislative branch Of government. In
choosing the presiding Presidents (pro tem.)
Of the Senate, we have had twcnty.four and
they eleven. Speakers Of tho House, wc
have had twenty four and they twelve. While
the majority Of tho Representatives, from
their greater population, have always been
from tho North, yet wc generally secured tho
Speaker, because ho, to a great extent shapes
and controls tho legislation Of tho country.
Nor have wo had less control in every depart
ment of tho general government. Attorney
Generals wo had fourteen, while tho North
had but five. Foreign ministers we had
eighty.six, and they but fifty-four. While
thrco.fourths of the business which demands
diplomatic agents abroad is clearly from the
North, from their greater commercial inter-
csts, yet we hayo had the principal embassies
80 as to secure tho worlds markets for our
cotton, tobacco and sugar on tho best posi-.
bic terms. We have had vast majority Of
tho higher Offices Of tho army and navy,
whilc largo proportion Of the soldiers and
sailors were drawn FROM tho North. Equal.
ly so of Clerks, Auditors and Comptrollers
filling the Executive department; thcrccords
show that for tho last fifty years, Of tho three
thousand thus employed, We have had more
than two.thirds, while We have had but ono
third of tho white population of tho Repub'
lie.
Again, look at another item, and ono, be
assured, in which wo have a great and vital
interest; it is that of revenue, or means of
supporting government. From official docu-
mcnts wc learn that q fraction over three
fourths of tho revenue collected for the sup
port of government has uniformly been raised
from the North. ...,.
Pause now, whilo you can, gentleman and
contemplate carefully and candidly these i'm
portant items. Look ut another necessary
branch of government, and learn from stern
statistical facts how matters stand in that
department. mean tho mail and Post OF.
ilcc privileges that wc now enjoy under tho
general government rs it has been for years
past. The expense for tho transportation OF
tho mail in tho Free States was, by thcrcport
of the Postmaster General for 1860, q little
over Sl3,OO0,000, whilo tho income was
$40 100000. But in the slave States tho
transportation of the mail was Sl4, 900,
while the revenue from tho same was ST.
600, ,2G5. leaving deficit of $7,ll5,735 to
bc supplied by tho North for our accommo'
dation, and without which VIC must have
been entirely cut of from this most essential
branch Of tho government. .f..|.
Leaving out Of view, for the present, tho
countless millions of dollars you must cxpend
in war with tho North there will bo
thousands and tens of thousands of your sons
and brothers slain in battle, and offered up
rs sacrifices upon the altar Of ambition
and for what, ask again? Is it for tho
overthrow of the American government, es-
tablishcd by our common ancestry, cement
ed and built up by their sweat and blood,
and founded on the broad principles Of Right,
Justice and Humanity? And, as such, l
must declare here, us I have often done be-
fore, and which has been repeated by the
greatest and wiscst Of statesmen and patriots
in this and other lands. it is the best and
Greest gopernment-the most equal IN hsrights
the most just IN its decisions-fhc most
ienient in its measures. and the most inspiring
in its principles 10 cleraie the race Of men,
that The sun in heapcn ecer shone upon.
Now, for you to attempt to overthrow
a government as this, under which wo have
lived for more than thrce-quartcrs of GEN.
tury-in which VIZ havc gained our wealth,
our standing as a nation, our domestic safety
while the elements Of peril arc around us,
with peace and tranquility accompanied with
prosperity and rights unassailcd
lis tho height Of madness, folly and wick
edness, to which can neither lend my sane
ton nor my VOTE" ..H .aw cum
Smito and Spare Not. ..