Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-09-17

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So of the judges of the Suprem,
Court, we have eighteen from the
J South, and but eleven from the North
although nearly four-6fths of the judi
cial business had arisen in the Free
States, yet q majority of the Court
has always been from the South
This we have required SO as to guard
against any Interpretation Of the Con.
stitution unfavorable to us. In like
manner we have been equally watchful
to guard our interests in the Legisla.
tive branch of Government. In choos.
ing the presiding Presidents (Pro.
Tenn. of the Senate we have had
twenty to their eleven. Speakers
of the House. we have had twenty
three, and they twelve. sWhile the
majority Of Representatives, from their
greater population, have always been
from the North, yet we have generally
secured the Speaker because be, to q
great extent, shapes and controls the
Legislation of the country. Nor have
we had less control in every other de-
partments of the General Government.
Attorney Generals we have had four
teen, while the North have had but
FIVE. Foreign ministers We have had
eighty-six, and they but ffty-four.-
While three-fourths of the business
which demands diplomatic agents
abroad is clearly from the Free States,
from their greater commercial interests,
yet we have had the principal embas.
sizes so as 10 secure the world-m arkets
for our cotton. tobacco, and sugar on
the best possible terms. We have had
vast majority of the higher offices
of both army and navy, while larger
proportion OF the soldiers and sailors
were drawn from the North. Equally
50 with Clerks, Auditors and Comp.
trollers filling the Executive depart
men., the records show for the last
fifty years that Of the three thousand
thus employed, we have had more
than two-thirds of the same, while we
have but one-third of tie white popu-
lation of the Republic.
"Again look at another item, and
one, be assured, in which We have
great and vital interest; it is that OF
revenue, or means of supporting gov.
ernment. From official documents, we
learn that fraction over three-fourths
Of the revenue collected for the sup
port of the governm ent has uniformly
been raised from the North.
"Pause now while you can, gentle
men, and contemplate carefully and
candidly these important items. Look
at another necessary branch Of govern
ment and learn from stern statistical
facts how matters stand in that depart
ment. I mean the mail and post Office
privileges that we now enjoy under the
general government as it has been for
years past. The expenses for the
transportation Of the mail in the Free
States was, by the report of the Post
master General for the year 1860, lit
tie over SI3,OOO,OO0 while the income
was S19,OO0,OO0. But in the Slave
States the transportation of the mail
was S14,7l6, 900. while the revenue of
the same was S8,o01 ,O96, leaving
deficit Of Sc, 6,115,735, to be supplied
BY the North for our accom- mediation,
and without it we must have been
entirely cut off from this most essential
branch of Government.
"Leaving out of view for the present,
the countless millions Of dollars you
must expend in war with the North;
with tens of thousands OF your sons
and brothers slain in battle, and Of |
fered as sacrifices upon the altar of
your ambition-and for what, we ask |
again? Is il for the overthrow of the |
American government, established by |
our common ancestry, cemented and
built up by their sweat and blood, and
founded on the broad principles OF
Right, Justice and Humanity? And as
such, | must declare here, as 1 haYe
often done before, and which has been
repeated by the greatest and wisest
statesmen and patriot in this and other
lands, that it is the best and freest gov
ernment-the most equal in its rights
the most just in its decisions-the most
ienient in its measures, and the most in
spring in its principles TO elevate the
race of men, that the sun of heaven
ever shone upon.
'Now for you to attempt to over
throw such government as this, un-
der which we have lived for more
than three-quarters Of a century-in
which we have gained our wealth, our
standing as nation, our domestic
safety while the elements of peril are
around US, with peace and tranquility
accompanied with unbounded prosperi-
ty and right unassailed--is the height
Of madness, folly and wickedness, to
which can neither lend my sanction
nor my VOTE"
This is full vindication of the
friends of freedom and supporters Of the
Union in the North. No copperhead
traitor dares to meet the facts stated
BY Stephens. This speech should be
read by every freeman in the North,
whether Democrat, Republican, or
Abolitionist. 1t forever settles the
question that the South was the ap.
gressor and that the North acted in
self.defense. 1t was after this speech
was made that Stephens was bought up
by the offer OF the Vice Presidency Of