The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-05-08

twelve times the power of New York,
and Rhode Island has more influence
upon its present destiny than your State.
G"That's so" ,s -.lf a.
Men of New York, give up your chase
after that which will disappear as the
frost before the morning sun, and direct
the power of your State in favor of the
preservation Of your liberties and the
Union of our fathers. [Great applause.
Wall street had it in its power at one
time to have ended this strife, but let the
time pass. New York has it in her pow.
er to-day to end this strife. Applause ]
When one fifth of the country in aSolid
column of ths,people ofthis Statespeak,
and speak In words of soberness and
truth, the nation must heed. How will
you settle this diticulty2 By single
act, in my humble opinion. 1 give it
mot as the only mode, but as one that
suggests itself to my mind, by single
amendment of the Constitution, not
amending as much as a line of printed
matter upon the page, without alluding
at all to this question Of slavery, without
wounding the sensibilities of any man in
land, and in perfect cordance with the
theory upon which your Constitution
was framed-that this is a Government
of checks and balances, intended to be a
Government of the people-dsgenerated
into Government of a party. The
amendment I suggest is in entire harmo.
ny with the intention Of the founders of
the Government and the authors of the
Constitution. The great fear of the
men of that day was'in the organization
of a sectional party. They we're fearful
that the larger States might oppress the
smaller States, and hence the equality
of representation in the Senate of the
United States They attempted to make
each branch of the Government q check
upon the other, each department check
upon the other-a Government of checks
and balances. Experience has shown
that the apprehension of the founders
of our Government was not directed in
the region where danger lay, and no
provision was made for the representa-.
tion in the Government of the majority
of the people, although it was intended
to be, and was framed upon the theory
that it would be the peoples Govern.
ment. Now, to carry out this theory,
and to perfect the intention of the found
ers of the Government, you have nothing
in the world to do but to adopt provi-
sion to the Constitution, making the can
ddate for Vice President upon the de.
feated ticket the President of the Senate
OF the United States, with an absolute
veto power npon the legislation of Con.
gress, and every interest in the Govern
) ment is represented, aud it becomes a
peoples Government, as it was intended
: to be. Observe that, by doing his, you
would not take from the majority the
) power Of legislation, but you would ena-
BILE the minority to protect itself from
, vigorous legislation, and to retain the
, condition that the country was in at the
, time the party in power went into pow
J er. We would have had then no legis,
} lation in direct conflict with this dogma
, of our Republican friends, that freedom
is national and slavery is sectional. |
have laughed at them often when they
r advanced this theory, and asked them
| why, if freedom is national and slavery
f sectional, they insert a clause into every
, bill relating to Territories, prohibiting
slavery there? If slavery is sectional
that is not necessary. Cheers. With
this provision we would have had no
} Legislation working injuriousy against
the minority, When three tickets are
, run, the defeated candidate that receives
l the highest number of votes would be
, the President of the Senate. Under
/ such provision we would now have
. Lane or johnson in the Senate of the
= United States, with power to preserve
| the people from the mad legislation Of
5 fanatical party. These men have been
j educated to one idea for the last TWEEN.
: ty.fve or thirty years. Nothing but alb
i. oltion has been preached to them moth
ing has been taught them in the schools
9 they have heard of nothing else from thu
: stump; they have been educated to in
| dulge in feeling against their brethrer
s of the South, that belongs exclusively tc
q hell-and that is the feeling of hate
}, Cheers. Let, then, the energies o
o this Government, instead of being mis-
# directed and misapplied for the purpos'
}, Of perpetuating in power party obnox
e ious to the people and subversive of tn,
n Government under which we have beef
4, born and reared, let them be directed t,
}. the object which they said at the begin
l ming they had in view, the restoration o
e the Union, the holding of the propert,
IS of. the Government, and the execution o
l. the laws of the land; and if that be don
n in good faith, and it can only be dom
d by your requiring it, and it may not ye
l. be too late for you to do it, if that b
IS done, my word for it, some simple pro
= position of this sort is all that is wantet
d to bring peace and prosperity to ou
10 country, and restore our once proud ant
IT happy Union The recollection of wha
10 the flag once represented is, tonight
i. vivid in the minds of Southern men.
/. 1t is because it has been prostituteC
n to purposes for which it never was in
y tended, [applause, that a feeling o
It hatred is being engendered against it. :
d 1t is not the colors upon the flag, it i
]. not the red and the white and the blue
It and the stars, nor the stripes which W,
love, but it is that Of which they are em