The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-19

+ pay the debt which has been incurred? I
: it because their gigantic strength tremble
!; already uuder this load? Is it because w,
have not the resources in our soil and il
the hardy virtues of our people to main
tain, even yet, the credit or this Govern
ment? No, sir it is because Of the profount
impression on the public mind, which, here
within the limits of the city Of Washington
or rather within the limits of the country
around it, extends to the Army, that the
Administration participates in the senti-
ment of the gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Stevens that he mil never consent to The
restoration of the Union under The Constit.-
tio11 as II is.
Sir, it is this which produces profound
discomfort throughout the whole county,
1t isithis which has caused resistance to the
draft. It is this which has prevented vol
unteers from hocking to your standards. 1t
is this, sir, which to-day produces that cry
for peace which rises from every section of
the country. Sir, I represent upon this floor
a city which is devoted to the preservation
OF this Union; city whose affections are
bound up in the memories of its past, and
in the anticipations of its future; a city
whose material interests would hear their
death knell in the word which speaks sep
aration of the slaveholdiDg and non-slave-
holding States; city bound to the people
of the great Northwest by every tie, of in
terest and sympathy and affection; whose
hearts throbs with their heart, and beats re-
sponsive to all their hopes and fears; and 1
should be false to every duty as its repre-
sentative here; false to you, my fellow
Represe ntatives, if did not tell you that
there is an impression growing with great
rapidity upon the mind of the people of the
Northwest that they have been deliberate
by deceived into this war; that their patri-
otism and their love of country have been
engaged to call them into the Army under
the pretense that the war was to be for the
Union and the Constitution, when, in fact,
it was to be an armed crusade for the abo-
lition of slavery. 1 tell you, sir, that un-
less this impression is speedily arrested it
Will become universal; it will ripen into
conviction, aud then it will be beyond your
power to get from their broad plains another
man, or from their almost exhausted Golfers
another dollar. 49,, -..-.1 ..-.
l know that gentleman will say that this
is sympathy with secession; that these SEN
timents cannot be entertained by loyal men.
Gentlemen, hug not to yourselves that delu-
sion until it is too late to save the Republic
until it is too late to maintain the integ-
rity of this Union, which, with the gentle
man from M Massachusetts, (Mr. Thomas) /
love with all my heart and of which hope
to die citizen You may carry your pres
ent policy so far that either retreat or safety
will be beyond your power.
Sir, / have been in favor of peace from
tn beginning of this sectional controversy.
have been in favor of peace because have
been beartily, steadfas,ly, unwaveringly for
the Union. 1 heard Mr.. Douglas proclaim
that war is disuniou. final, irrevocable. l
holi ika II oai1 a 10
floor thAt "armiess money, war cannot main
tain this, Union; justice. reason, peace. may"
1 believed it then; l have believed it at
every moment since; l believe it now. No
event Of the past two years has for mo-
ment shaken my faith. Peace is the first |
step to union. Peace is union. Peace un-
broken would have preserved 1t; peace re-
stored will, hope. in some time reconstruct
it. The only bonds which can hold these
States in confederation, the only ties which
can make, US one people, are the soft and
silken cords of affection and interest. These
are woven in peace, not war in conciliatiou;
not coercion; in deeds of kindness and acts
of friendly sympathy, not in deeds of vio-
lence and blood. The people of the
Northwest were carried away by the excite |
ment of April and May. They believed
that war would restore the Union. They |
trusted to the assurance of the President
and his Cabinet, and of Congress- that it |
should be carried on for that purpose alone. |
They trusted that it would be carried on |
under the Constitution. They were patriot
ic, and confding. They sent their SONS and |
brothers and husbands to the Army, and |
poured out their treasures at the feet of the
They feel that the war
has been perverted from this end; that the |
Constitution has been disregarded; that alb |
olition and arbitrary power, not Union and /
liberty, are the governin |
ideas cf the Administration. They are in
no temper to be trif1ed with. They think
they have been deceived. They are suffer-
ing from the death of relatives and friends
They are longing for peace. There is dan
ger of revolution. There is danger that
they may see no extrication from present
difficulties but in separation. / warn you of
it. now; Iewarn you in time, If you would
avoid it you must reverse this whole policy: |
you must return instantly and pursue stead I
lastly the principles you professed in the
You must add to them faith |
ful observance of the Constitution; sacred |
for for the personal rights of the cit |
zen; an absolute refusal to usurp power |
under any pretense W hatsoever. You must
manifest your purpose to maintain in all
their integrity the State of the Union.-i
You must invite back within the bonds of |
the Federal Union, with every right un-
touched, with every social institution unim
paired, except, indeed by the mere ravages
of war, those States which have left US. I
This bill is inconsistent with such pur-
pose. It will, if passed and carried out
render union impossible. 1t may, If your
highest hopes are realized, maintain the in
tegrity of your territory, but the union OF
YOUR States will be gone forever.
Ny friend from Ohio (Mr. Trimble,) said
that of ali things-it was most desirable that
we should have unity in our counsels. You