The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-02-11

purpose OF Creating 4 landed arlStocfacN. Nlicl
shall give to four hundred thousand the govern
ment OF eight millions OF whites and four MIL
lions OF blacks. IL j. Tor that that JEFF Davis
and his coutedera,es have undertaken a rebellion
which they claim il 10 secure the rights Of the
people Do you think, Il il was rebellion Of
the people it would be necessary 70 resort 70
corscrint0n % raise their armiess Did our IA
thers have 10 couscript men Did not our ia
thers willingly 20 forth! A. This time may
say lhai more than one half OF the army OF the
South is composed Oi men driven INTO rs service
al the point OF the bayonet Did ANYTHING OF
this kind ever succeed before, and Will it succeed
u0ss No unless the laws OF nature are entire
Is reversed.
NON ict - look directly az your interests aud
your duties, fer am speaking nov, having just
come from the COTTON regions where interests
ard dlars for once 20 hand IN hand. Would
YOU wish 20 be Al the command of those masters
az The south who could make You do as they said
hs cutting Of the supply Of cotton! IL = Tor
tour freedom from those masters that We are
t-htinr to-day: that the people OF the SOuth
NAV not claim 20 be our masters but our broth
e-s: thar We NAV place ourselves where they
vii feel u.s. 10 be. a. We kuoW ourselves 70 be,
tLeir equals not their interiors IL is 10 correct
tt.s IDA that ihe Northern man with red blood,
blue eyes light hair and an that God gives 10
this image of himself L. not equal 20 the slave
drivers, viii tteir thin lips aud pahd bro~s-t
. IS 10 correct tnis Idea, ra,, shat -e are engaS-
ed in this uomentous struggle. That Is the
question before Us. and be Who does not side
sith a. ON that question. says that he desires 20
kiss the feet Of those masters. went 10 Louis
iala desitiug 20 90 everything 10 restore it as t
Nas; 10 see i 10y any possibility might orirg
thc prime pies the iass aud the Institutions which
govern thai STATE into harmony with the Union,
out found there 30 disposition 20 have that
done. iouad that the afistocracy looked upou
Us a. their enemies, aud found that the work
ug aud middiug classes loohed upoa Us as
friends Within the hist month 1000 Of those
VINO compose the bone and sinew Of New Or
lears had taken the oath Of allegiance. not by lip
service only, but from their hearts and iron
that day 1 found no man owning slaves who
would take the oath of allegiance, except for
+ the purpose OF saving hs property. That was
tEe ruic. There were some exceptions found
the working men true 10 the Union. / dealt
Alud.s with the working men, and dealt harsh
F lis with the Shareholders. ] recognized my friends
49, ms eueniss, and | made vide difference
between abe one and the other a between Dives
aud Lazarus. ] understand that YOU have sent
forth your sous aud brothers, not iof the pur-
+ pose o. makng peace, bat war, wherever they
found enemies believe that YOU sent out your
sous and brothers for the purpose OF insisting
that the dag OF the United States should wave
evervs ue-e ln sympathy With the powers OF the
United States, aud un0n that thesis have acted.
f I encouraged tne labOriug men A thousand
T we're employed every day by the United States;
thirty four thousand we're fed every day by the
United States, aud over seventeen thousand of
these were foreigners, whose CORsuls assumed
TO represeat them, but who did not represent
thcm truly. because the Consuls represent CON-
merce aud property, not men. Thirty-iour thou
sand a. have said we're fed every day, and
precisely the same action was taken toward men
WhO needed this assistance would be taken
here But those men had no voice IN the news
papers abroad OF at home. and the consequence
was their thanks and their applause ere never
heard, while the complaints Of the property men,
Who felt that when they we're struck, slavery
WAS struck, flowed all over Europe and the
North: aud every misrepresen 9n that the
malice Of enemies aud traitors cOui wise, wAs
re-0rtcl a LA v de' esaIast -, as. possible,
defeat nv plans. Bat there 10 one tning have
I a right 70 sag-and 1 thank yOu, sir, for advert
ing 10 it-aud that IL, from the first week when
our soldiers entered New Orleans Until | left
there, it was as safe, az quiet. aud as cOnvsneni
10 attend TO ones business, by day or by sight
as ever it was IA the best governed cities Of the
NOrtb-even our own.
Now, my friends, have detained you upon
these topics quite too long. have only come
I mere 10 meet YOU dAA near itolh W tuo-c hlAl
manifestations which YOU have been pleased 10
oestos upon NE. aud 10 return TO you the heart
b ielt gratitude which feel. assure you that 70
vour efforts. 10 the Efforts Of Massachusetts, and
' 10 the ideas of Massachusetts aud New bugAud,
the country l. indebted for that measure OF safe
rs which has been secured; aud for those great
efforts which are now being pGt forth. Be not
deceived BE not weary Remember this that
Nhile We may feel this war is hard for Us, It is
the effort Of desperation for them. / have seen
the couscript laws Of the South taking the boy
Of sixteen anl the old man OF siIty-the school
& master not excepted-and force them into the
e auks. While il costs Us effort, ii costs them
= desperation. While il costs Us labor il costs
J. them life blood. wish that they might be won
10 back without this but 20 they have not chosen.
A. long a. life Lasts. long as any power re-
mains. We must sland by the Union, ose and un-
Q digi-ibe E.ery trsitor every man, every stream,
every lake, every river, every mountain that ev-
D er belonged % the * Of the United States cost
] xba- lt will cost what u may II, as you Hat
b. t...irsig observed, / shall 90 back TO another
e Geld vi duty, shall % back wiki the determin-
y auoa never 20 give up, never 70 compromise,
never 20 lave any thing but that flag OF ours a.
tao symbol of our nationality. Whoever differs
p from that 1T lim q south Of Mason aud DlKons
= Iae-he has 10 business here. We may have
@ a, means o.. dealing with him here, but there are
p.eary a. the South who viii receive hm With
open arms for the reason that be j. their friend,
+ the friend OF the country. Who proposes
st 10 give 10 the tomb u Washington, hc
! Yorktoxns VINO the hOnors Of Jackson a.
% Ner O-leanss Who proposes 20 have anything
o. less than that which belongs 10 us: VINO pro
IL poses o. give 70 our fair CAIN 70 Mexico, 4 i
ar cones o. matt 10 one proposes 10 give up th'
af risht- of TINS Uuion. Bat lei NE repeat-oe
az cause hear that there are some WHO later
Q, come What NAV, whether veal or woe, there
or oas Thug which ~e vii not lose, AID that u, to-
ve supremacy Of this government over every Incl
r! Of our 0ollGary-
desire d -.ng's word o. the question o
ar emancipation. Oa that question yOu know
lo nave hell certain opinions. These opinion
cir nave received. in some degree, correction
~ nave vieSs % oasr Th'ch thisk Wil cOmnen
irs r.ese YES % the judgment Of every one Of you
l. r there a r. 4n mere ~LO dOuo,s that some tim
- or other. in the Providence Of God, TIE negro
he . Be- free and that some day the protection {
Be the hTsElA De extended over him, and that
m ~iI become freeF No man doubts that. and =
-rt desire % guard AGAINST the evils that may ari'
from that change. and which cannot be mad
n Eitn0ai dis3rgaliz.ng our political system
er : uv opinion tla- al TINS hzs been cent upo
Iph the nation Tor some object; and 10 = nv opii
7en ion that it vii b. easier a. tns tne 70 ee'l
d ,ts osestion taan % leave t 70 be setuea her
tne after r it not evident 70 every nino' tnat Z
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