Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-09-02


\ large territory from which TO g.iher sup
plies 50 yoa see Ne are not in extremities
Bot II ~ vere-if we rere ~ithout money.
~ifhou; food. .-itbou; weapOns-if our coun.
try -ere devastated. and our arrnie. crush.
ed and disbanded-cogld -e without giving
up our manhood. give up our right TO gov.
ern ourselves? Would yoa not rAther die.
and feel ycurselfA man. than i've. and b
subject TO a foreign Power?"
Prom your standpoint there i. force in
-hsi you say. replied the Colonel .. Bat
- did not come here 70 argue With you
Mr.. DAVIS We cane. hoping 70 snd some
honorable ~ay to peace and I am grieve,l
% bear you say What you DO. when have
seen your young men dying on the battle
field. and yoar old nen. women and chill
dren starving in their homes. have felt I
could risk nv life 10 save them. For tba,
reason am here and an grisved. griev-
ed. and there Is no hope
Il know your motives. Col. Jaques. and
I honor you Or them; bat What can do
more than an doing? I would give nv
poor life. gladly. fit woald bring peace
and goodwill 20 the two countries: bu; /,
would not Il is With your own people YOU
shosld labor. IL Is they Who desolate our
homes. burn our wheat selds. break the
wheels q our wagons carrying away our
women and children. and destroying supplies
meant for our SICK and wounded. Al vour
door lies all the misery and crime of this
usr-And it Is fearful. fearful account
. Not all of i. Mr. Davis. admit a
fearful account. bot IL j. not al a; our door.
The passions Of both sides are aroase,l.
Unarmed men are hanged. and prisoners
are shot down in cold blood. bv bvyourselve.
Elements Of harbarism are entering The var
On b0th sides that should make us-vaa
and me. a. christian men. shudcer 90 think
o. In Gods name. then. let us stop H..
Let us DO something. concede something.
70 bring about peace. You cannot expect.
nth Only Tour and = half millions. a. Mr..
Benjamin SAYS you have. 70 hold out for
ever against t~eaty millions.
Again Mr. DAVIS smiled.
q" DO yOu suppose there are twenty m il-
hons AZ the North determined to crush ~ =
9" ! dO-to crush your government. A
small number Of our people. a very small
number. are your friends-seues.ioni.ts
lhe rest differ about measures and candi-
dates. bot arr united in the determination
70 sustain the Union Whoever Is elected
IN November. be must De committed 70
vigorous prosecution ofihe var
Mr.. Davis stiii looked ineredslous. /
remarked
90 IL - 80. sir. Whoever tells YOU other
wise deceives YOU. think know north
ern sentiment, and I assure you II j. %.
You kno~ - have a system Of lyoeun lee
turcing in our large towns At the close
of ihesr lectures il j. the custom for the
people % come upon The platform ard talk
With the lecturer. This gives him ar excel
lent opportunity Of learning public senti-
ment. Last winter lectured before near
u hundred o. such associations al over
the North. from Dubuqse 20 Bangor-and
! took pains 90 ascertain the fee lngs 9th
people. ! found unanimous determina-
ton % crush the rebellion and save the Tn
ior ~ every sacri6ce. The maiofitv are IN
favor of Mr. Lincoln. and n-ari, aIi Of those
opposed % him are opposed % him because
they think be does not igbt you 9TH enough
vigor. The radical Rep1blicans. who 20
for slave sufrage and thorough eonfscation.
are those Who -iil defeat him. n Be j. 10 be
defeated Bot II be l. defeated before the
people. tbe House ill elect a worse nan
! mean worse for you. II T. mere radical
than b. is-you can see that from Mr. Ash.
les Reconsfruciion bin-and the people
So more rafi-alttan tbe Hone " lin
coln. kno~. j. about % caH out fve hun-
dred thousand more men. and can't see
boz you can resist nnu n longer; bot n vou
DO. You I'll Only deepen the radicsl feeling
q The Northern people They vin no~
give ,ou fair. honorable. generous terms.
bot 10 them suffer much more. ict there b.
q dead nan IN every house. a. there is nov
in every vilisge. they -ili give you no
ierrns-they I'll insist On hasging every
rehel south o.. Pardon ny terms I
uean no oH-nce~
Yea give 10 oHence.~ BE- replied.
srniiing very pleasantly II vouldnr have
you pix your -ords This - frsnF.
free taIt. ard hke you the better for ssy-
ing that you think. Go on
Va merely going 10 az th,f. iet ths
nor'hern people once really feel the var-
ibev a. NJ, feel :, yet-snd they vi in-
'i.t on hanging every one o. y0ur lesders.
Wei sdmitting aH you ~. 7 osnt 80