Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-06-09
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wants, to be held responsible fot their acts
| by an Intelligent, an honest and patr;otie
J people. Am i, in making these declaras
hnnsr preaching to you doctrines subyersiva
| OF the precepts Of the Fathers. Let me -
you In all candOr, does il not seem wonder.
iuI that may at this very moment Be taIk.
ing myself into prison by utterins shese
ancient sentiments nflberty? II somefiroes
se0ms to me as if fevered dream had co,,s
upon the country, and as If after whiIs
we should wake up and hnd that ne ~
simply been plagued with hideous ma
oppressive nightmare. But Ne I,or
around us to day and the sun il ahinineS
the air IS blowing, all is real, and vet IN t6s
midst OF all this reality, and in the nooh az
the nlneteeth century, we are assaulted
with this most terrible, pernicious and de.
struetive heresy-this denial Of the right ~
the 7eople of free government to control
ana manage that government for them
selves.
What does the democratic party ufonoss
to dol 1t proposes. by the help Of God
to preserve this constitution. The constis
tuition made our Union; without IL the
Union would never have bad an existe,os.
1t brought your States together. II. and q
alone held them together more than piob.
y years. ana 1t alone can bring them 70.
gether again: It is the only power that
can restore the Union. We are constantly
t"id that 1t Is incumbent upon as 10 do eT.
srything IN our power to restore the Union.
we are ready and willing-yea, We are
anxious to do anything and everything but
"ha' is wrong and wrong can never reS
store the Union. The right, however, can.
ana that we propose to do. The democrat.
MI oil ire 4
IanIe; eternal ever living princitles Of
rlght' and of constitutional Gbarv-to A.
right by truth and justice, and Iesvs IN :.
righteous God to share the consequence IN
the future. If this Union is ever m he re-
stored, It viii be done by doing riebt-bv
preserving the constitution. the bond tbaf
made II. This is my only hope for nv
country. L follow 1t as the children of II.
rael followed the pillar of cloud by day and
the IRE by night. 1t, and 1t alone viI1
lead US through this wilderness of war and
blood and desOlation; and if it is prsserv.
ed' the time will come when the sky viii
clear away, and IN brighter. better. and
happier land we will look back upon this
scene with proud satisfaction, as will refleot
that we did not bow the knee in the bonr
OF trial to base tyranny and laHless usurpG:
ton. ~'1ipA'
In the meantime, what do we expectH-
10 we look Tor ease and comfortf Do VIM
10 DAY, expect me to tell you of an easI
way to heaven of safety. where ,hs:s
troubles and dangers shall no mora hssss
AMI affiIct US? If you do I cannot eratif1
you. You are not to repose on ioWelz
beds OF ease while others in time nas.
fought to win the prize of freedom rn6
sailed through bloody seas. We NAV sns.
Ter. Sumo of us may languish IN pr;son
and IN chains, We may feel the lion fester-
ing IN our flesh, because we assert orr
rights as freemeE. We can afford all this.
but we cannot afford to live one day or one
hour beneath sense Ofpsrsonal abasenoenE
and disgrace. A man may die. and his
memory be crowned with benediction. of
mankind, evergreens may grow about his
tomb, and the lips of generations 10 come
may bless him. A man can die in A eauss
IKE this without grief or sorrow but ia
Iroiong lie at the expense of liberv and
sen respect, Is what q proud race cannot
and will never do. O'
There has never been time in nv eS.
perIehce "nen 1t was 80 easy to determine
what was right and what was wrong tn
mark is broad and plain between The to
principles. The path of dutv l. pls;n ~
lore US. The voice Of past age, eoma. A.
US appealingly in this crisis. The a,ss n
which generous, high souled men bsTe .nE.
fered and bled for the maintenans3 of the;r
inalienable rights, implore Us in this hour
OF trlai not to falter on the plain, briekf
and shining pathway of cops.itutio1,I
liberty because We hear the cIankiie Of
chains. Va
as remarked before, it is nv nu,noaa
On thus occasion to discuss in detail auy Of
national policy measures merely, but TO Al,
l9de to these few plain and general princi.
pies winch 1t was due to myself, doe 10 nv
country ana due to the gallant and Rlori.
Gus democracy of the State Of IodiSna
shou1 be uttered in your hearing.
one man there would have been In vopr
miost to-day an invited, and an bonored
guest one whom You ali expected 10 rs
anu near upon this occasion, but that ne
has fallen, LITTLE sooner perhaps Than ths
rest TO us, victim to the base uaurnet;or,
which has taken the place of popular riSht.
ana CT the constitution. / shoeId feeI Ibst
was guilty OF injustice to GALLANT. = AoId
and constitutional loving citiIen Of Amsri.
ca, DID lail here to utter 10 the aame a
the democracy of Indiana, my solemn o,o-
test against the tyranny which places ca
ment l.. iallandigham within the wallis or,
a prison.
My countrymen, our proceedings here 10.
Gay Will. L trust, be eharscterizsd BY pru-
aence, hrmness, and justice. Prudence
consists 10 times like these, in q bold al
hefenee to truth and right. I invoke upon
TINS meeting the spirit of good for our own
otate' t6e SPIN: of peace for our people, the
spirit OF Union for tie States of America;
ana trust IN my heart Of hearts that the
result OF your deliberations will eendue6 10
the prosperity and unity of the whole pSoss
a German the other day, reading an aes
count OF meeting. came to ,hs Tord.s
The meeting then dissolved