Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-05-29
NOBEL SPEECH
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< II. B. Wright, of New York at the grea
: Union Meeting in philadelphia last week:
a Mr.. President and FelIolr- CHeeens Of Phi
e adelphia:
1 am an unflinching unyielding, and uncon
ditional Uuion man. There are no butts or ifs i
my way I am not in favor of sustaining IN
r Government and my country with a proviso
/ | love loyal men and hate traitors. 1 an
not one Of those who apologize for treason
( and sympathize with the men who are now ii
open rebellion against the Federal Union
They are the enemies of my country and an
theirs [ have been an active Democrat for
third of a century. l am a Democrat now
and [ will continue so during my life. One o
its cherished principles as l learned, was lovt
of country and obedience to the Constitution
and laws-to maintain liberty, and, if need,
be, fight for it. | am one of those, too, who
believe that patriotism is above party, and
that it is the duty of all loyal men now, ire
spective OF party names, to unite, heart and
hand, body and soul, and put down, at the
point of the bayonet, the most foul, corrupt
and caueslss rebellion that the world ever
saw. The time has not yet come, Mr.. Presi
dent, when the loyal men Of the North have
made up their to minds sit down with folded
arms and surrender their liberties. 1t may be
the case with demagogues, but not with the
masses-it may be so with sympathizing seces-
sion traitors, but not with patriots Our lib
critics cost too much to be so easily surrendered.
Our ancestors were seven long years in estab-
fishing the American Union, and degenerated
indeed are we if we can not devote twice that
number of years in maintaining and perpetual
ting it. They sealed it in covenant with
their hearts blood-it is hardly yet cool and
yet do 1 hear everywhere doubling if the
! Union can be saved. Is it because they would
see it destroyed? Have they relish for ag-
rarianism Would they become the guillOt-
inc? under the pretext that this is "an abolition
war; they say " let abolitionists fight it,
| They cry, " peace" when there is no peace
| Now sir, am no Aboitionist, and yet I am
in favor of fighting this war to the bitter end
till the rebellion is crushed out, and the
| bleeding Union restored. L am as anxious,
too for peace, as any man living but it must
be a peace with one Union, one Constitution,
and one flag. 1t must be peace alike honor
able to the courage of the North, as well as
the honor of the country. Not that kind of
peace which Northern sympathizers with
Southern treason would have peace which
would destroy the last vestige of human liber-
ty. But sir, how idle and delusive to talk of
peace while armed rebellion is in the ascend
ant. The rebel Press say that " if the whole
Yankee nation will lay themselves at our feet,
and become our slaves, we will spurn them
from US. We will reunite upon no terms, up
on no condition, with them" The great lead
er of this bogus, bastard Conederacy, in a
speech recently delivered by him to the Missis-
sippi Legislature, wondered, in utter astonish-
ment, how he could have any love for the old
Union, composed of the descendants Of men
from the bogs and lens of Ireland and Scot
land, of low and vulgar origin. With such
vulgar creatures he would never again unite"
With such sentiments from the rebel press
and the great unclaimed leader Of rebel hords,
who in his senses at the North can talk of
peace2 The evidences, to my mind, are that
the man who does so is a traitor himself and
so L must regard him, despite his declarations
to the contrary. Self-pride would at least
make me resent that cool and defiant insolence
uttered by jeff. Davis and his abiect and wick
ed coadjutors. When have rebels intimated
the least desire upon their part to reunite with
the Government AT no time or place to my
knowledge. They are as insolent to-day as
they we're the day they fired into the conntry's
flag on Fort Sumter. Their accursed mission
is to kill and murder. They are moved and
instgated by the devil, and with him only will
they make terms. With the vulgar Yankee
at the North, land they denominate all loyal
men Yankees the descendants of men who en-
L !
Scotland, they will make no peace. They will
never reunite with US. If peace can not be
had upon honorable terms, what alternative |
have we left but to fight for an honorable |
peace? Our revolutionary fathers were met at
every corner by cowboys and tories, but they |
fought on and fought through. They humbled |
the enemy of liberty abroad and conqured and |
subdued him at home. What nobler example |
can we follow? Hallowed be the precedent. |
1t is worthy of all imitation. These same
bowling, dishonorable peace-shriekers at the
North are the twin brothers Of the cowboys
of revolutionary memory, and destiny and |
fame as damnable and overpowering await
them. Can the memory of that man live who
stabs his country in the hour of her trial and
danger The fame of Arnold shall be the
!
lions are his heritage Let all such join their
dearly beloved brethren in arms against their
let them kiss their hands, imbrued in
the blood of loyal thousands slain upon the
battle fields in defense of human liberty. All!
how glorious would it be to have peace with
a whole country; but bow delusive the hope
till the proud head of the rebels are humbled.
Then we can have peace. They who now cry
peace, and would accept it upon the dismem
bered fragments of this great Republic. are
worse enemies to the Union than those who
bear arms against it !; because one is an open
enemy, that may be seen and met and the
other, secret viper concealed. but biting with
more deadly venom. This terrible war did not
originate in the loyal North. For its terrible
we are net accountable. 1t is no
work of ours. A nation bankrupt, people
a vast commercial and munuiact-
lring interest destroyed, cities dccimated Of
heir peaceful, industrious inhabitants, hundreds ,
Of thousands of our brothers and sons slain in
are no trophies of ours. This
las all been done to appease the dark, evil spir
i of secessionism-a crime that has no atone
nent, stain of blood that all the waters of
he ocean cannot efface. And these are our
beloved brothers, whom NOrthen sympathizers
would hug, all covered with bloody gore Of t
heir own household, to their bosoms Ia {
pecies OF sympathy which sharpens the appe- I
lite of the crocodile to devour its own young. j
L there ever was an hour since this rebellion d
,egan when loyal men should stand together, )
t is now, now while 1 speak Peace with a t
whole country is denied to us, and we must t
light like true men. We must fight for our y
Constitution we must fight for our homes
md our fresides The safetY of the Union is :