The weekly Butte record., 1863-08-29
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ard Great applause.l Do you wish for
peace? D. you wish for viciorys Do vou
wish tor the restoration Of our national privi!-
eseSt Here lies the pathway, and let the
American people once learn the full value of
their liberties as oar fathers did and the battle
Is fought aud won. Without this. nv friends.
war can bring yOu no SucceSS-peace can give
you no quiet until the American people are
thus educated and elevated and believe thew
are rapidly becoming educated and elevated
until that takes place, war or peace are the
mere incidents OF the great underlviug causes
Of conyu.Slon wh ch have affected our land.
and shaken our Institutions 10 the very center
our particular views NAV lead you TO atirib-
Ute II 10 one special cause or another special
cause, bat there is one great underlying gene
raj cIuSe Of this war which mast be removed
before the country can be restored. and that
cause was Indifferent 10 our rights Indifferent
10 our Liberties, aud want Of an elevated wis
dom that could understand the duties Of
American citizenship When You have gained
this. peace will be restored; when You have
/ gained this all :he world can see that We have
gone back TO the wisdom of our fathers and
that we are again sustaining institutions that
invited the whole world to their shelter and
/ proiec,ion-insitutions that made US but three
short years ago the most glorious nation on the
face Of the earth. When we have again re-
stored that virtue and that intelligence. our
country will again be restored to It's former
/ greatness, and to lis former glory IGreat
applause But, my friends. anything short OF
this, viii diSappoiut your hopes. No victory
can restore greatness, aud glory. and power to
people who are worthy Of liberty No peace
VIII bring back prosperity to land which
cannot understand the great principles upon
which governments should be protected and
The great objects for which governments are
instituted. But, my friends, | must close
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Let US now. upon this sad and solemn. as
well as glorious occasion, rededicate ourselves
to the services of our country in pure fervent
patriotism. putting aside passions and preiudi
ces as far as we may aud preparing ourselves
to assert and maintain the great PRINCIPLES
stated in the Declaration of Independence and
secure to Us by the provisions of the Constitu-
tion of the United States Let us resolve from
this time on to do our duty, and to demand our
rights. Great applause) In all that digni-
hes US and SO far as they are acting in the
sphere OF their constitutional powers, let US be
obedient to rulers, let Us submit cheeriul,y,
patiently, and willingly to those commands
which they have a right TO issue, whether we
IthG luctii pE llpl. W IeG we nave done
duty let US claim our rights 10 all their fullness.
IN all their completeness. and in all their per
tection He who does not do his duty without
regard to the misconduct Of others is untrue to
his country. He who does no, claim his rights
is untrue to liberty and to humanity. ZAP
plause) Oar pathways are clear before US, if
we accept the simple aud wonderful teachings
of our fathers. From this time let US resolve
that we will uphold all the just powers of the
states (applanSe) and the rights of person. and
above all, as their best and surest shield, the
independence aud purity of the Judiciary. Zap
pause) We stand to day amid new made
graves we stand to day in land filed with
mourning, and our soil is saturated with the
blood OF the fercest conflict of which history
gives MS an account. We can, il we will. avert
all these disasters, and these calamities. and
evoke a blessing, if we will do what? Hold
that Constitution, and liberties, and laws are
snSpended-be untrue to them-shrink back
from the assertion ofright? Will that restore
them? Or shall we do as our fathers did
under circumstances of like trial, when they
oaiiled against the powers of a crown p
Did they say that liberty was suspended? ? Did
they say that men might be deprived of the
right of trial by jury? Did they say that men
might be torn from their homes by midnight
iutl uuCis- tCuCIhiJuS dtl CODIlDUe0
plause.l If you would save your country, and
your liberties, being right, begin at the hearth
stones, which are ever meant to be the founda-
ton Of American institutions; begin in vour
family circle declare that their rights shall be
held sacred and having once proclaimed your
own rights, take care that You do not invade
your neighbors rights. (Applause)
Claim for your own states that Jurisdiction
and that government which we, better than all
others, can exercise for ourselves, for we best
know our Own interests, and that which will do
the most to advance the happiness and pros
perity oi our country; and when You decide
that, take care that yon d. not invade your
neighbors rights. The speaker was here in
terrupted by cry IRON person in the audi
ence, which was followed by shouts: Put
him outp'J | thank my friend yonder that my
appeal has stirred his heart enough to say that
men should respect the rights of Others. All
the lessons Of politica! wisdom are very few
and very simple they are, for men to respect
their own rights and to respect the rights of
others Great app!ause) They are TO de-
clare that the great principles of government
were not holiday affairs, meant merely for Pc
Tiod of calm but that they are great truths
that can battle storm as well. When we
have determined this, as | said before, we can
nope that our country VIII be restored to its
former greatness and former glory. Once more,
then, you my Republican friends-once more,
this whole community | do invoke you to ask
yourselves whether, in giving way to your pas
SONS and to your prejudices, you will not en-
danger your own safety and your homes? Once
more ask those who are politically opposed
to me. if am hoaored with the attendance of
one such, that will inquire if, in attempting to
strike down my liberties, they have not struck
blow at their own also? Great applause)
| ask all such if they can hope to stop the
mighty ball of revolution precisely at that
point which may suit their passions. their pre-
jadices. and their purposes and if they are not
admonished that if they still set such an evil
example, and declare that laws and coustitu.
tious have lost their virtue to defend US. they
have equally lost their virtue to defend them.