The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-07-08

citizens had been deprived OF their rights Ne
would ask Wherein All this gamm arises
out Of the fact that the man Valland CHAM Las
been arrested and punished TOR giving AID to
The enemies Of the country in the hour Of great
peril and danger. and when it belooyes ev"~-
man who has the least spark Of patriotism
hs soul. the least particle Of love for our noble
form Of government. 10 do all in rs power to
assist il in restoring our glorious Union TO IT.
former state Of greatness aud prosperity. II
no part OF the country has the sacred right OF
tie ta.lot box been denied or interiered with.
except in the States now in rebellion against
the government. Why do not our exercised
Democratic friends assist the government in
restoring 10 the South this sacred right. about
which they pirate SO much. and which is held as
dear To every soul in the Northern States a.
the apple OF the eyee We ask why instead OF
irving 10 work upon the minds Of the people
with such subterfuge. aud bring about
spirit OF revolution in the North Shame upon
the N L Of a great party who will resort TO such
low. contemplate tricks.
After the speech Of Mr. Clark, s L. XII
bourne ESQ. moved that q committee Of five be
appointed. 10 draft resolutions expressive of thr
sense Of the meeting. This motioHprevailed.
and Messrs. Klbourne, Peck, Clark. Lorangcr
aud Huntington. were appointed as such COM
mti-e
While the committee were preparing their
report the time was filled By Nr. Hoyt Of De
Witt, who failed to get of anything new. funny
or original After bis speech the committee
on resolutions submitted a report. which on
account of its great length, we are compelled
to omit.
After the reading and unanimous adoption
Of the resolutions Mr.. Peck. Of this city, was
loudly called for and came forward. and made
one Of bis characteristic speeches He had
considerable to say in regard to desecrating
the Fourth of July. andJusufed their meeting
by precedents from other parties. He said
talk to No about Dissertation; you have desc
Grated every church in the land. You Wings
what was your practice in 1902 Show me a
Republican Of to day aud | will show you a
man who paraded the streets at that time with
a coon skin on his back.
He INDUCED in his usual amount of bombast,
called his usual amount of hard names and
beched out the wonderful assertion that the
Republicans did not hate the South a bad rs
they hated him We pity the man who is so
glOated with egotism 1t is a well known fact
that the Republicans, and great many De
nocrats here, care no more about what Mr..
Peck SAYS than the idle babblngs Of a child.
he charged the failure Of our army at the
battle OF Bull Run upon the Republican party.
He made lengthy talk upon the formation OF
the government. and gave an elaborate history
of its first settlers He said the Constitution of
the country guaranteed slavery and protected
it, and that it was the doctrine of the Adolf
tionists of the North that the Union could not
be restored with slavery in it, and that every
Republican in the land supported ths doctrine
Of the Administration. which is nothing but
AbolitOnsm. pure and undehled. if such q
thing can be- He said You called on us for
men and money when the war broke out and ,r
gave you have called on as repeatedly and ne
have given.
By the terms zee and we suppose Mr. Peck
means the Democratic party. including himself
A. to Mr.. Peck's including him elf i'm anything
given towards suppressing this rebellion. we
think ii comes with lad grace 1t IS well
known in this community that he has given
neither time nor money to induce a man to
enlist In this section. We do not believe be
has given a penny. save what he has paid in the
was Of taxes, to save the country from over
throw He advised the Democracy to give Just
what men were conscripted and not a man
more give just what money they were taxed
az not one cent more. This Is in fair keeping
with his whole line OF conduct in this commun
ity during this rebellion.
he said in Philadelphia army contractors
grew up like mu>hrooms-all Abolitioni.ts
And here, he said, We have Abolition ministers.
of the gospel. preaching soont this goriou-
war. 60 to a soldiers funeral and hear th,
patbos of these minister's over the d al body
extoling the Abolition war in which he died
Honor to the dead but damnatou to such
heretical ministerial servants. He had a great
deal to say about putting the negro on an
equality with white men. and thought that by
putting them in the army we were making
them equal with the whites, and placing our
selves under obligations to them in ouellinr
the rebellion.
We will close our notice Of Mr. Peck bv
giving what he said in regard to Vallandieham
he said Now, gentlemen, honor yallandip
ham. He has said some things do not endorse
but be has issued volumes of truth that
believe as sAcredly d the Constitution itself
His soul is the very essence Of liberty. He la,
not a particle Of sympathy with the rebels. He
stands forth now as the most remarkable man
in the civilized world. He attracts more a.
tention in Europe to day than a thousand
Abraham Lincoln's. Mr. Vallandighan repre-.
sents the true spirit of the American people:
the cause Of civil liberty. His name Will con,
tinue to live in history when that Of every
Abolition Genaal shall have passed away. I
6nd no fault with anything he has ever done
thank God the people have found the man.
and my prayer to God is that the man NAV
find the people
Mr.. Peck spoke frequently about armed
resistance. upon certain contingencies When
ever be spoke in this manner he was vociferouslv
cheered, showing, evidently. the disposition OF
the peace Democracy. II gives Us pleasure 10
record the fact that there were many Demo
Gratis present on that day who deprecated much
that was said whose hearts are LOYAL 10 TIA