The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-10-12
doom of their party in the restoration of
the Union as it was.

when or where have you known ol one tnaC
has ever favored disuuion or secession
What Democratic Convention has ever by
its resolutions endorsed or favored seces-
sion Not one. Upon the other hand,
how b as it been with our opponents L
! cannot give you the date, but you all re-
member as part Of the history of the coun-
try the fact that some years ago Senator
[ Hale of New Hampshire, Mr. Secretary
! Chase, recently of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet,
and Mr.. Sew ard, at this moment part of
Mr.. Lincoln's Cabinet presented and sus-
| tanned a petition to Congress asking them
to devise some plan. by which the Union
might be divided.
! Nor need we stop here, In ls49, Mr..
Ii ncolp, the present President of the
United States, then a member of Congress
from the State of Illinois. announced on
the floor of Congress this principle, that
any people, anywhere, being inclined, and
having the power, have the right to with
draw from the existing government and set
MP another to suit them better. That look
upon as pretty good secession doctrine.
Laughler) That is just the doctti inc that
| JEFF Davis contends'for TO day, just the
| duetrine that be announced at the time of
the secession of the Southern States from
this Union,-just the doctrine that the up
holders of secession in the South stand
upon to day. You have the history of
Wendell Phillips before you. | need not
repeat the hundreds of instances in which
thar man. political preacher he is, has
declared bis hostility to this Union, has
declared himself to have been in favor for
4 6 I,z,Ji0, AhfS
You have the history of Garrison before
you, the man who declared that the Con-
stitution of the UuIted States was ''league
with death and covenant with hell"
! You have the history of Mr. Greely be-
! fore you,-an old Disunionist. What
has he said on this subject! On the 26rh
day of November 1860, Greeley said in
! his Tribune
/ eff the cotton States unitedly and earn
estly wish to withdraw peacefully from
{ the Union we think they should and would
be allowed to do SO. Any attempt to
compel them by force TO remain would be
I contrary to the principles enunciated in
the immortal Declaration Of Independence
and contrary to the fund aih entail ideas on
which human lBertyis based
On the 17lh Of December following,
while South Carolina was in the very act
OF sece1ing, Mr.. Greeley declared
'sIf the Declaration OF Independence
justified tie secession from the British En-
pire of three millions Of Coloni~ts in 1915,
we do not see why it would not justify
the secession Of FIVE millions of Southern
ers from the Union in 1851
On the 23rd Of February 1851, after
seven States had alfRdy seeded MIR.
Greeley said Z.
Whenever it shall 3 clear that the
great body of the Sodt6ern people have
become concIusively alienated from the
Union and anxious to escape from 1t, we
will do our best to forward their views
If I we're to announce such doctrines
to you to-day from this stand, you would
have reasan to pronounce me disloyal =
This man Greeley very clearly defined bis
position at subsequent time IN the follow
ing language:
ssIf, the Cotton States shall become satis-
fed that they can do better out of Uni
on than in it, we insist on letting them go
IN peace In PEACE!
Now, believe, Mr. Greeley is as violent
a war man as we can readily 6nd.
What right then, fellow-eitizens, has
this party to accuseus of sympathy With Sc
cession Further, what right has this par
ty to denounce secession They have ad-
vocated il almost from the beginning they
are secession party. l think | may
safely say that at one time or another all
the present leaders of the Republican par
ty nave been declared, avowed secession
lists
Then permit me to ask which of the
two great parties is naturalty the Union
party of the country As was on my
way here, l saw at Scranton great bill
in large letters posted up against the wall
of one of the hotels there headed Lin
coin, Johnson, and Union - aud you will
recollect thar last fall when intelligence OF
the defeat cf Judge Woodward in the gu
bernatorial contest in this State was an
nounced, Secretary Stanton declared that
that was great Union victory. that the
election of Governor Curtin was a great
Union triumph, of more Importance tot
country even than great victory IN the
field +! And you will recoliect that VIM.
Fl. Seward in recent speech at Washing
ington, made within the past three weeks,
used this language 1.-THE issue is now fair
ly made up that issue is Lincoln and
Union or Mcclellan and Disunson."
daughter Here this old Secession par
ty, this party thas has to-day upon the
statute book of the State of Massacha-
sets secession statute unrepealed. this /
great Republican party claims to be the
Lns0n party and Mcclellan, who de-
cIares for the Union as the one and only |
condition of peace. Is said to be the Dis
union candidate Isl not pretty par
~ to claim to be the Union party! All,
and il Is not long since Mr.. Greeley called 1t
the Unconditional Union party! (Laugh-