Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-01-28


stand by the Constitution and the Union.
Ihen you will have such united power at the
North as, when brought to bear and concen-
trated against this rebellion, will put an end
to it forever
When cast my eyes around, see upon the
domestic hearth stone the bloody footprints of
those infamous men who are attempting to
destroy the Government. And yet, these dam
naoie outlaws. who have attempted to stab and
destroy liberty, have their friends and sympa-
thisers in the north. They are not ssmy broth
ers," in the cant phrase of northern sympathi-
sers They are rebels. 1t is only loyal men
who are my brothers. TApplause1 Yes, sir
with all the great wrongs that they have heap
ed upon the nation with those red-hand crimes
whose enormity must make even humanity
blush, these men have their friends, aiders
and abettors scattered all over the North, and
are held up public martyrs. And we are
asked to disband Army for their relief
and benefit. Why. sir, these mems necks
ache for the ha!ler To slay our citizens is
entirely excusable. They are openly encour-
aged to decimate the North, murder our peo-
pie, ravage our seas. destroy the best Govern
ment that ever God man devised. And with
these men we are TO make peace upon such
terms as they may prescribe. will make
terms with them, but they must be such terms
as shall not destroy my manhood and my lib
erty, and, above all, shall not destroy my
country. None other have they right to de-
mand, and none other will the loyal men of
the land ever c0ncede to them. To do SO
wonld he to commit a crime as great as that
charged on the enemy of the Union.
Talk about making terms with these men.
You can make no terms with them that will
not come within one or tie other of these al
ternatves. and the men who cry sspeace' know
1t. Great God is not this country, with all
the institutions of civil liberty which our IA
theirs planted upon this continent, worthy of
every effort that men can put forth to save it
IT 2O,OU0 900 men cannot defend these instiu-
tions against S,000,000 rebels, if they must
yield, il must not be set down to their weak
ness, but to the degeneracy of the age; and it
ls time for us 20 repent in sorrow over our de-
pravIty and our cowardice. Sir, l tell you
that We have the men, we have the money,
and we have the loyalty and courage to accom-
piish that end, in spite of any cry of sspeace''
that may come up to US. They are in rebel
lion now, and the only thing for us to decide
for the present is, whether shall conquer
them or permit them to conquer us. One or
the other event is inevitable. When the thief
is caught in the act OF taking your property,
and you arrest him, do you stop to listen to
TO his inquiry, and debate the question what
you are going TO do with him You hurry
him off to the mag istrate, and leave him for
the officers of justice TO dispose of. 1t is
not az this time a de ebatabe question what you
are going to do with these men. They are in
rebellion, and must be put down. We put
them down, Notwithstanding the obstacles we
have to encounter. l have my eye upon
single object, which is the polar star of my
destiny-the flag of my country and the gor-
geous temple of liberty and when | cannot
see and behold them any longer, may God AL
mighty blot out its light forever
ou cannot preserve restore peace by
yielding to men who are fighting to tear down
this great temple of liberty. There can be no
peace but in their submission. The gentle
man from Ohio Mr.. Vallandighaml this mor-
ming talked ola dividing line between the
two sections, and undertook to speak for the
great Northwest as TO the course she would
pursue The gentleman could see in the East
a dividing line between the North and the
South in the Potomac, or the Susqu ehanna;
bnt for theWest he saw no such line Of demar
katlon, no line of separation between the head
waters OF the Mississippi and the Cult What
was passing, pray, in the gentleman's brain?
Why can he discover natural boundary be-
tween the middle States and the South and
n orthwest, and no line OF boundary between
the South and Northwest
Mr.. Vallandigham.--I sought expressly to
show that it could not be established.
Mr.. Wright will tell the gentleman pre-
cisely what inference could, in my Judgment,
only be legitimately drawn from what he die
say.
Mr.. Vallanaigham cannot answer for
the gentleman's inferences. expressly ar
gued against any such line. The gentleman
misrepresents ne.
Mr.. Wright have right to draw nv
own inferences; and it may be that the gentle
man cannot show that they are very far wrong
after ALL In the gentleman's plan for the
joining OF the n orthwest with the southern
States-in rebellion, he leaves New England,
New York, and Pennsylvania out.
Mr.. Valandgham.- I want them all
to go together.
Mr.. Wright.-Well, can tell you gentle
man he will get Pennsylva ia into any
such scheme as that.
Mr.. Vallandigham.-I suppose the gentle
man goes for reunion, does he not?
Mr.. Wright go upon the principle of the
restoration of all the materials that formed
this Union, without leaving out one State or
one Territory.
Mr.. Valland digham.-I am for the reunion of
all these States, and a hundred more that may
be carved out of the limits OF this Union /
beg the gentleman not again to misrepresent
me upon that point.
Mr.. Wright have no disposition to mis-
represent the gentleman from Ohio. Is the
restoration of all the States and Territories,
organized and unorganized, that once were
united under our national flag. / desire to
see them all one people, one Government, one
Union, with one destiny aud one liberty per-
vading the whole. That is the kind of recon
structionI want. / desire to peace on
any other terms. / want no aImistice. Let
me suppose case. Suppose there is such
peace declared as the gentleman from Ohio
would ask, or such peace as those who, two
years ago, were supporting Breckinridge for
the Presidency rr
Mr.. Vallandgham.-The gentleman surely
does not mean to indicate that supported
Breckinrdge.
Mr.. Wright.-Certainly not. The gentle
man supported Douglas, as supported him.
i did mt Ind to- fha lam