The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-29

But, for Gods sake, don't let Us be like
the Jews, quarrelling among ourselves,
and devouring one another 10 these times
of the extremity ofimperilled institutions
Of freedom. For nVsalty I Am en- old time
] iiv"sy 1CA.J Il >,,e. ~ NkstGeY way q
Whig; and l expect yet to die National
Whig. But at the same time tell you
all here, If you proceed to nominate a
constitutional Union man for President.
though he DO . Democrat, will vote for
aim. [Applause.1 Fam an old Baptist,
too, baptiSed ell over with running water,
yet, II you nominate Sprinkler, and he
be otherwise Constitutional Union man,
will vote Of him for eli that. Laughter
and applause.] Shall l tell you, gentle
men, what further we have had 10 Ken.
tucky to make Us tired Of military rule
1t was but'twO days before our late Au.
gust elections that a-mihtaFy commander
in our State issued an order that one Of
our candidates for Judge Of the Court of
Appeals 1--WE had but two candidates)
should not be candidate, and we sub.
mitted under the stress Of bayonets
But we rallied and nominated another
gentleman and succeeded and elected him
over the negro candidate. lApplauseI l
mention this in view Of the fact that we
have another election in Kentucky next
November, and will vote then as we did
in August, and carry our candidate by all
our thousands. Continued applause. l.
Sir, am freeman. will vote. Why
nots 1t is my right. Do you think l
will fail to exercise my right2 I will vote
or die. And Kentucky will vote next
November, and will carry the nominee Of
next Mondays Convention by fiity thou.
sand majority. Unbounded applause. l.
We will do it, and report ourselves at
headquarters in good order. And those
men who have been depressing and ruin
ing the country will be driven to their
mountains, and they will call upon the
mountains to fall upon them and hide
them from the fierce indignation Of the
people. [Checrs.]
Gentlemen, | cannot but warn you
against their negro emancipation policy.
II they free the slaves, you will have to
feed them. You are bound to take them
here in Illinois. want to send my share
Of them into Illinois to Mr.. Lincoln to
support. They won't work, they will eat
and do nothing else. And Al the same
time you will be bound to pay taxes
You will be taxed upon everything per-
tanning to life and business. You cannot
draw or pay out money, but you will have
to pay tax for it. You will be over
whelmed with taxation, besides the care
of the negroes; and what time you will
have Of it, for they will not work. or il
they do, it will be for half the compensa-
ton Of the white man and he in the shade
half the time. Laughter.
Gentlemen, when ! was invited to speak
here to night, | felt that l could not, and
you perceive well enough that, with this
wind in my face. | have no voice for SO
large hearing. have done what could
This is great confederacy Of States, and
it is your part, gentlemen, to see that un.
der law, each shall be kept in its own
sphere. Let each man kiss his own wife,
and nobody else's wife. and let each wo-
man whip her own children. will close
what have to say in an old couplet,
changing two words:
Far more joy Mcclellan exiIed feels,
Than Lincoln with q Senate at his heels"
Applause