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

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| Complexion in politics-he may be as black as
! he pleases upon the extreme radical side, or
/ he may be deeply imbued with secession
| svmpathies as any man yon can find upon the
| Democratic side--there is no man who does
not desire peace; not peace upon dishOnora-
| BILE terms, not peace that would destroy our
| great Government, not peace that would lay
us in an humble attitude at the feet of the trail
| tors but peace that shall make liberty live,
! peace that shall establish the eternal pTfnci-
| pies handed down to us by our fathers; peace
upon principles that will not defame the char
acter of these men, is that would see eStab-
! lished in this country; not peace upon the
principles that emenate from the hot-beds of
treason in the South or secession in the \ orth-
Suppressed applause. Tia; is the kind of
peace [ want to established. Neither do
| want to see any efforts made that shall
attempt to thwart or endanger the success Of
this principle.
The gentleman from Ohio Mr.. Valandig-
haml has alluded to the result of the late
lections though that established peace
policy. L assure the gentleman, If he enter
tains that idea, that never was mortal man
more mistaken on earth. The great change in
public opinion as evidenced in these elections:
results, in my opinion, from a wait Of conf
dence in the manner in which the war has
been conducted, and the blunders OF the Ad
| mnistration. The people of this country have
not abandoned the idea of saving their conn
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understand it, in the State of Pennsy lvania.
l learn by the speeches made by Mr.. Seymour
OF New York, both b fore and since the cleo
ton, that he favors a vigorous prosecution OF
the war. A1d, 90 not believe that any man
gould maintain political position in Penn
Sylvania for day who would declare himself
IN favor OF peace on any terms.
AS to who is to blame, ii is no part of the
purpose of my resolutions to declare. | do
cot stand here for elimination recrimna-
ton. Perhaps the evil was in the removal OF
McClell Han perhaps the Administration may
have been wrong in thousand other things.
But because there have been hlnnderS commit
ted in the management of the war, are We to
stand up and publicly abandon our country
and liberty Great God is it TO be supposed
that because campa ign has not come up to
the public expectation, therefore to lay
down our arms, and for peace at the foot
of treason and traitnrs? Not at all. Does it
follow, even, that because Abraham Lincoln,
the President OF the United States, has issued
proclamation emauc ipating slaves, therefore
We, IS the democratic party, are to abandon
our country, are to go in for peace and allow
the Republic TO be rent asunder? Not at all,
sir We must have time to change all of these
ma tiers. The fact that certain men have tri-
umphed at the recent elections, furnishes no
ground for believing that the people favor the
abandonment OF the war and of its great fea-
ture, the preservation and salvation of the
country. Politicians who indulge in this idea
will soon find themselves at fault; a storm is
ahead. Gentlemen who entertain the idea that
the recent elections the result of peace
policy will find out, If the army has TO be dis
banded, and If the Government is 10 be cut
in two, what their responsibility will be to the
people of the country because, as God lives
there shall be day OF reckoning. The man
who is on the side Of liberty now, his name
and reputation shall live forever; and that
ma CEnn n ,xr.ffH 1T
the enemy prosper and take possession OF your
capital shall nave reputation and memory
as infamous and daInnabie as that of the
Cowboys of the Revolution.
Mr. Valiandigham.-I say ssAmen'' to that.
Mr.. Wrigbt.-The gentleman from Ohio
says "Amcn.' God bless fne he ought TO
have strait jacket on him. Laughter
Mr.. Failand igham.-Wi the gentleman
loan me the one he mas been wearing for the
last twenty months
Mr. Wright.-If the gentleman gets on the
jacket | have been wearing, he will have bet
ter Democratic jacket than he ever wrap.
ped up in during bis whole life, and | am Of
the opinion he will feel so comfortable that
he will wonder in amazement that he was ever
without one like it.
Mr.. Fafia ndigham Perhaps the gentle
man will have the Kindness to loan It to me
little while.
Mr.. Wright.-There is a reck oniug in store
for men on both sides of this question. There
is a record made up for the men who sustain
their country in the hour OF its Trial. grant
you that the Cowboys OF the Revolution light
have been very respectable people If King
George had but succeeded in maintaining his
government over the colonies. but as he did
not happen TO be successful the name of Cow
boys and Tories has become somewhat disrep-
utdble. Let their memory be warning to
those men now who in the dark hour of peril
and danger lend their sympathies to their
country's foe. Let them profit by history.
SO your peace men, when this great Gov
ernment is restored, as it shall be you who
cry sspeace,'' and stay at home in the enjoy
ment OF ease and luxury, while the sons and
brothers OF loyal doing battle man
fully in the field and for the great cause of
human liberty, shall hear sound rung in their
ears from the voices of indignant men as ter
rible as that rung in the ears of the Cowboys
and Tories of the American Revolution. They
need not think that by their crying "peaee"
our Army is to be disbanded, our country de
siroyed. Our Army went into the field for the
express purpose OF the preservation of the U
nion. | differ fiom the Executive of the ma
tion, and have always differed from the ultra
men of this House who want to make this a
war Of negro emancipation, instead of wal
for the restoration of the Union. The Army
went into the field for the purpose OF restoring
the Government. Its numbers have reached
to over eight hundred thousand men, larger
than any army which ancient or modern times
have seen. That Army is still in the field,
and Its destiny is to preserve the Union ana
protect the flag and it has the power and the
courage to do so, and will do so. [Applause
on the floor and in the galleries.l do not
care how many men there may be singing
peace anthems, OF crying out at the North
that blunders have been committed in the
management and conduct of the war. The
fact that there have been blunderers does not