The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-07

had gone quietly there alone. and denosi,-
ed his unconcealed SUFFRAGE suffraa.
winch his conscience approved, and for
which ne was answerable to God. No rnor
dare charge that he had ever in his life on
deavored to influence any one to vote
| against the honest dictates of his GOV
science. He declared distinctly that he
had never done so. He referred to a mo-
chant, who in a Know-Nothinp I,odga -
tins city, affirmed that Archbishop Percaii
kept rolls of Democrats in his possession
whose votes he could absolutely control
ana which, so this merchant asserted baa
mad offered to influence in favor of nar.
ticular scheme. Although he was i'll whom
ne heard OF this gross and unalloyed false
hood, ne mustered sufficient strength n go
! before magistrate and make affidavit 10
Its utter falsity; and the merchant througb
the sheer contempt of both his own parfx
ana Its adversary, was forced to abscona
from the city. [Applause.
lie had voted against the Democrat.
ticket, not because he desired to wound tho
Democrats OF his acquaintance, nor because
he desired to propItiate their Opponents
but because he feared that if Vallandigham
was elected, the attempted withdrawal of
Ohio soldiers in the field-with Rosecrans
would ensue, and that the State of Ohio
would be tossed with revolutionary onno.
sition to the war policy. He feared that
raids would be invited, the parallel of
which might be found in Quantrells bar
barous and inhuman invasion of Kansas
"This may all have been fancy" said the
speaker, ''but it was my honest opinion.
and who, in Gods name, could ask me to
cast my vote for the inauguration of such
anarchy and such atrocity." [Applause.I
We cannot have a divided empire. I'm!
mense .applause.l Mr.. Pugh said to him,
the other day, that the Southern people
would consent to permit our steamboats, to
traverse the Mississippi river, but that
that they would never trade with us, and
1t would be vain for us to endeavor to
make them strike hands with us as of old.
He (Arch bishop P.) could see no argument
in this. The question was one of right
not OF expectancy, and, for one, he was de-
termined to work for and pray for the
right, until, with Gods blessing, it was
established in all its beneticence. TAp-
plause.]
He had heard there was dread among
many laboring men, that if slaves were lib
Grated, they would come to our Northern
cities and displace thousands of honest,
Woodworking white men. For himself,
ne did uOt anticipate any such result. In
his opinion it was impossible. He had al
ways wished to see every man, no matter
what his color, free. prolonged applause
The Catholic Church has ever been the
liieu VI lTeeuOm. IL was CnflStS
mission to set men free, and Christian peo-
people disregard his precepts and exam
pie, when they seek to uphold or perpetu-
ate involuntary human servitude. APP
plause.
Cardinal Wiseman, whom he regarded
as possessing the Hottest intellectual en-
dowments, and many of the distinguished
Catholic magnates of Europe, looked upon
the slavery Of any race with the strongest
disfavor. MOntalambert had stood before
an audience of great Catholics, and decla-
red that man who holds human beings
black or white, in bondage, was the enemy
of freedom, and tyrant at heart. The
denunciation was received with unanimous
plaudits; not one of that distinguished
Catholic assembly, but responded with un-
disguised approval. [Applause.l
lie concluded by saying that he hoped,
now that the excitement was over, that his
friends would all concede that he had per-
formed his plain duty. He had conceived
the course he had adopted to be such, and
tearlessly he had pursued it. No man
could do less and be sincere; no man could
do less than follow the dictates of his con-
science, if he hopes to win the approval of
his Heavenly Master and Guide
The Archbishop Immediately retired
from the stage, followed by loud and pro-
longed applause. His remarks occupied
less than an hour in delivery, and as might
be expected, created a profound. impress
sion, not only from the sentiments express
sed, but from the candid and unstudied
manner in which they were made public.
Gin. Com.