The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-09-01

freedom ot speech ard q the press 20
that ierriiofyi anl bis entire readi-
ness At al times aud On al occasions,
with the single exception of spas
mode ciIor, in The Charleston Con-
vension. 10 Do all the dirty work re-
qaired BY his masters, the slave dri-
yerS
Mr. Pugh. in bis speech, ities 20
show that The Nor.li s responsible fur
the war that It nigh, have been pre-
vented lhat Il is uueonslJtulion ionally
prosecuted that peace ought 70 be
proposed to the Jef. Davis Govern
meni, iha, the property Of lhe rebels
should not be touched ard above all.
negro slavery should not be injured
T Il was not exactly unconstitutional,
but then it was a great crime for the
Northern people 10 elect President
without getting the consent oi the
South. The South could not be ex-
/ pected to remain IN The Union il it
/ was not permitted TO name tie Pres
ident. Then why did NJ. Pngll sub
NIT to their terms at Charleston But
ioI the action Of the Douglas party ia
that Convention, every body knows the
South would have Lad their way, "a
usual, both as TO the President and
the platform, as they bad in all pre-
ceding Democratic Con, ,enlions. Mr..
Pugh led off in the opposition to
Southern dictatIon, at Charleston, an !
il is the only manly act that stands 10
his credit in his whole public career,
Before and since, be went as far in the
line Of officiating as any other North
tih DSluONid dls us = iiNlol " -
written in the public records. But
when il came to TINT, that the people
Of the United States were not 10 be
permitted to elect President in a
constitutional way, without giving
cause 10 section OF the Union TO Sc.
cede, il is manifest that the time had
arrived, either for testing the question
as it is being tested OF determining
TO surrender to the South ut once and
forever, the manhood of the people Of
the North. If the latter pliee had
been paid, as Mr.. pagh thinks il
should, such a Union would not have
been worth preserving The South
suffered no wrong in the election Of
Mr. Lincoln. This, Mr.. Pugh admits
The same is admitted by Alex. II
Stephens. Still .heir dignity was IN
suited and their 81 glts' were Threat
ened /; and it was very wrong, accord
Ing 10 this great champion Of free
speech, &c., (Mr. Pugl) to talk
against slavery, and to have n free
hallot-box. This is just what Mr..
Pugh says in one breath, while in Ihe
next he shouts himself hoarse in
bawlng out threatenings and slauglli-
er against the Government for inter-
fering with the liberty of an out-spokcn
enemy to the Government.
Mr.. Pugh having repeated, for The
twentieth time the anecloe Of Pat
and the potatoes, to illustrate his reas-
on for not abusing the rebels, he pro.
ceeds to indiie Mr.. Lincoln, on con
sttutional grounds but he is very
careful to avoid particulars. The
Constitution has been terribly viola
ted but wherein ii has been violated
is not stated. He next accuses Mr..
Lincoln for not assuring the South,
between The time OF his election aud
Inauguration, that he did not mean TO
hurt their institutions or interfere with
their rights.
Well, they would not have believed
him if he had. How could they be
expected TO believe him, or TO DC in
fuenced by his promises, when they
had been told over and over again by
such men as Mr. Pugh, and such pres
ses as the Cincinnati Enquirer, that
the Republicans were Aboliiionisi',
and that the intention Of this party
was to interfere with the rights of lbc
South
All, Mr.. Pugh, when you say that
such declaration On The part Of Mr.
Lincoln, in advance Of Isis b, coming
President, wolld have kept the South
in the Union, you convict yourselfand
the party with which you acted, Of tic
great crime Of melting the South to
rebellion. Mr. Lincoln had declared
hundred times that the rights oi lie
South would not be interferei with BY
him; and the platform on wlich lie
was elected was explicit IN opposition