The weekly Butte record., 1863-12-05
Ateklp Butte Aetor0
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k sent at that time did not strength
he hearts Of our army, and did not
n the tide Of battle in favor Of the
flag?
/ Since the first day of January last
+ have raised more than sixteen thou
d volunteers. If you will add the
P nber that We sent in response to the
' | for thirty days-and there times
en- men are sent into the bat.le-G field
the very moment when their services
ID not be replaced By ten years of
er work. If we add the number sent
response to that call, We have sent,
ce the first Of January, more than
rty-four thousand volunteers to the
vice oe our country-more than three
les as many as the co-erciye action Of
government produced--more than
been sent by all the other northern
stes Of the Union put together. With
Sc facts, with this generous support
is freely given to our government,
hear charged day arter day, that
: administration has been hindered By
! State Of New York. When it was
own how many men had gone from
State, the republican papers Of the
ate seemed to take the greatest pleas
2 in declaring that this was not so,
i in stating that we had only sent
zee thousand volunteers, because by
ne informality they were not men
ned in the books before they were
stored il, but while they were preparing to
Does not this prove that Injustice is be
done to this State in the disparagemeut in
ich il is spoken Of? Does it not also prove
great lesson of which have spoken, that
government to be strong must be founded
the affections Of the people.
They tell Us that the Constitution may be
aside. BY what right do you worship your
d as your conscience dictates? By what
ht do you stand up here in the face of this
immunity aud say, although | stand alone no
N shall stand between me and my Maker as
the mode in which shall worship Him.
by, 1t IS written down in the great charter
your liberties. 1t Is by that alone that you
ve all the evidence to which that right ex-
$, and all the means by which that right can
entorced BY what right, when you go TO
Or homes, however humble they may be. DO
U close the latch saying This is ny Casile?"
Is only by the guarantee Of tie constitution.
hat Is 1t that makes sacred the relations be
zen you and your wife, and sister, and aged
her and mother that sits by yOur ireside?
G are told that men who talk Of coUstitu-
pms are traitors to their country. We are
ID that the constitution is 10 writ OF protec-
pn against Abraham Lincoln as General,
hough a. powerful against Alb abam Lin
h as President. have sustained him fully
freely, frankly aud fairly. ! did not want
N there, but have Infinitely more respect
him as President than as q General -
Cheers These doctrines are dangerous ana
evolutionary; they strike at the existence of
the government; they endanger your nation
libertiesi they threaten 10 shatter the very
snds OF society itself. The Vice President
the United States, IN a speech within The
nts OF yoUr own State. said: There are
me men who want the Union as it was and
constitution as il IS. Wen, they can't have
en- We can't have the constitution as il
This question is involved in the coming
acilons. ask you when you have, by tie
let Of your votes, sustained Il party that de-
Ares Itself opposed to the constitution. viii
'a have left one third Of that fundamental
10 protect yon? | defy any man to show
Aeneyer we have been untrue to the constitu-
m or untrue to our past. defy any man to
oW That 1t is not trGe that we on our part
we been IN favor Of exerjing every material
| d every moral power and every exertiou of
|acSmanshlp to bring this war to a successful
INCLUSION, and, en- Ike oiher hand, that we
I'VE reiraned from placing those obstacles in
e way o! that result which are placed there
Il the theorists who propose to make it no
|nger war for the cons tiiution. but q war for
c eXteImuation ofslayery, aud for the crush (
Is cut o. the rights of the Sta es lor the les /
ming Of the Jurisdiction of the constitution. .
d the widening of that Of the administration. /
heSe things are involved in the election that
about to take place. As said in the out
i, they concern the couatry and the commu.
Ety, they concern each man in his liberty. in
is conduct, in his home have alluded to the
rongS done our State. have not alluded to
PC wrongs done to myself. nor shall do SO.
or tell you here, and in saving these things
know | speak FOR every trGe lover of the
ouniry-however unjust our political oppo-
entS may be to Us, however much they NAV
-aduce our character, however much they NAV
hreaieO, We shall never be turned aside one
air breadth from the faithful performance Of
ur duties. Cheers. We shall not be pre-,
enied from doing our whole duty to this ad-
in all respects where they have
light 10 cu'. upon Us; nor, on the other hand,
vii We be driven to DO . wrong to cur own
tights by the full exercise Of this power. We
sill do our duty. aud We will demand Our
lights. Wewili battle on faithfully and hope
uily for our country. f1r let ne tell you this,
nd say that which believe in my inmost
leart that dark Is The clouds are which hang
'var our country, mistaken rs has been the
'oiicy ofoar rulers, unfortunate as has been
heir caudacf. tell you. Notwithstanding that
feel IL my own heart assured that our Union
hail live, that cur constitution shall be pre-.
7rved, aud that peace viii again dawn upon
,ur land. Loud cheering I believe that
he very eNncriwpst.S crlr r,gitfirsl o-,r,rauts