Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-09-28

fraud-for by no other means can it be
done-if by force or fraud he be declared
the President of the United States, then
there is no hope of saving the country.
Applause. The state OF this country
depends upon the verdict of the people, to
be reDdered in November next, and if the
glad tidings are once flashed upon the
wires, that the people of the North, un-
aided by the people of the South, have
been able to vindicate the Constitution,
and rescue it from the hands of the des-
troyer, when the announcement is made,
the work of restoring the Union is more
than commenced. [Applause
/ have read of seas of upturned faces,
but this is the first ocean Of faces | have
ever seen. Laughter. The pillows of
public sentiment are rolling high. God
grant that in November next you may
wait the Ship of State into the harbor of
safety. (Cheers.) | was telling you how
dangerous is Mr.. Lincoln's election. 1t
is perilous to elect him. 1t will endanger
the life and destroy the liberties of this
great Republic, but | know that you are
all resolved that he shall not be returned
to Washington in November next. But
Yesterday heard from the Tenth Legion.
What news do you suppose they send
Or, eting to their friends in Philadelphia ?
Why, ''we intend to keep the ballot box
open for week" Uaughter.) And there
was message from old Northumberland.
God bless herl Said the message, "telI
the men of Philadelphia we Will keep the
ballot box open until we get enough
(Roars of laughter.) There is one truth
| will tell you. | have lived all my life,
before this war, among the people of the
Southern States. | know them. My
childhood, my youth, and the vigor of my
manhood has been passed among them,
and tell you that to-day, in the States
of Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee
alone, there are 100000 men, between
the ages of eighteen and fifty, that are
now patiently awaiting the result of this
election. They sided with the Govern
ment at the commencement of the war.
They have resolved to stand by the Con-
stitution and the Union as long as they
can find brotherhood among the free
States of the North (Applause,) They
wait with patience to know the result of
the popular verdict in November next.
tell you that if you elect Abraham Lin
coin to four years more of tyranny and
misrule, they well know that he will des-
troy the remaining features of the Consti-
tuition, and the Union will be gone for
ever. And when it is told to them
that Abraham Lincoln is reelected they
will look around them for their own safety
and it is not difficult now to look the mat
ter in the face and tell where they will 90.
l do not tell you where they should 90,
but l tell you where they will 90. Mr..
Lincoln to-day cannot invoke men enough
and print money enough to suhjugate and
trampIe under, and exterminate, and dis
grace, and enslave such people in such
an age of the world. Great applause
In our State we will have no vote Why ?
Because Abraham Lincoln has used the
army and navy Of the country for two
years and half to get Tennessee out of
the Union, despite of the wishes of the
the State. CRenewed cheering Tonight
[ arraign him as the best commissioner,
the best recruiting officer, the best prose-
lyte that rebeldom has ever had. TGreat
enthusiasm. They are arresting men in
this country for discouraging enlistments.
but l tell you that Abraham Lincoln has
done more TO discourage enlistments in the
Union armies than any ten thousand
rebels south of the Ohio River. TSensa-
ton. l will tell you what more he has
done: he has done more to stihe the
Union sentiment of the South than anv
fifty thousand men who have been in
Richmond since the commencement of the
war. He has done more to disgrace the
human race than any being or creature
that walks the face of the earth. TRoars
of laughter and cheers.
| speak what | feel and what l know.
In this war Mr.. Lincoln has caused all
the misery and suffering of the people, of
Tennessee by his broken faith. In the
commencement of the war, Missouri,
kentucky, Western Virginia, and Mary
land were true to the Union, and refused
to respond to the calls of the secessionists
to leave the old Government Mr. Lin
coin to retain these Commonwealth,
made them repeated pledges. The peo-
pie of these States responded that they
believed in the efficacy of the ballot-box
and they said that secession was mad
ness and crime. They did their duty
IN standing by the law, and the Constitu-
ton, but Mr.. Lincoln failed in his duty
to them. If the States did not 60 out of
the Union it was not because Abraham