North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-01-13
SPEECH
c. c. BURR, Esq. at A
Festival in Bergen County, New Jersey.

ply TO The toast, =" Blessed are the Peace
makers -
GENTLEMEN-A man might suppose that
those who asked him to speak to this senti-
ment had some designs on his liberty. Be
hind this divine word, there sits bastile. 1t
was the Son of Man who said blessed are the
pcacemakers: but Abraham Lincoln and all
the worshippers of blood and negroes declare
them accurscd. To pray for peace was once
| a Christian virtue. 1t was the evidence of a
| pure heart, and of an elevated intellect. 1t is
! treason now. The paths Of peace instead Of
! leading mems footsteps TO heaven, lead to a
dungeon. If you dare speak for peace there
will come such a camor of profanity, impu-
dence and brutality about your ears as was
never heard out OF PandemCnium. But still
! we dare speak for peace. Appealing to God
! for the rectilude of our motives. and despising
the base wretches who would impugn them,
We cry aloud for peace, as a man cries for wa
| ter when his house is on fire. We are for
! peace not alone because We know that war
! is rendering the restoration of the Union i'm
possible, but also because it is destroying the
organic life Of our Government. 1t is tearing
! oui the Keystone Of the arch on which the
| whule edltiCe Of the American principle and
American liberty rests. This is the ire
presslbe reason way every patriot opposes
the war. To cover up this black spot, and
! a lraV hs.D lI1 ind k,
sue, the Abolition traitors cry out what,
would you let The South go!" No, we would
not il We had the power to prevent you from
driving them off eternalIy. 1t is precisely
because we DO not intend to bandon The In
| ion, thar " are Cor peace, just a. You are for
! war, because you have abandoned it. You
not and shall not be restored. Vice Pres,
dent Hamlip says it is demagoguei>n to talk
+ of such a thing Therefore You are not fight
ins to restore the Union. There is but one
| Union. That Is the Union as 1t was-formed
| by the Constitution as it is, which yOu affirm
! shall never be restored. because it would per
! Ittuate the labor institutions Of the South,
as they are secured by the Constitution. Ii
! is as iupudent lie FOR these Abolition trail
! tors to cali themselves friends Of the Union as
! II would hay- been / the French revolutions
G! The throne of France. They were see king
to rcv"iGu4pzc the Government Of France.
as the Ab"i.;iunlsts aIe trying 10 revolution
/ :zc the Government of the Uaiuu Roars
| pierre said, ''awai w:ta the throne that grant,
| letters pa;en: ot nobiIity" Lnculn and hl>
! party say "away with the Constitution thai
allows white ...rn to hold negroes as taxable
! pro- erly." Tins is the inik IN the cocoanut.
| HE cocoanut is a uegry's head. That Is
! what we are fighting for.
! In relation to Tie war, there are three par
ties: First the Abolition or Republican par
! y, which say, the Union shall not be restor.
ed under the Constitution as II Is second,
the party of nonde>crpts, or War Democrats,
who profess ihat they want the Union back
just as it was, and yet support a war which
! they admit Is for the purpose Of destroying
| the Constitution and The Union. This should
be called the iunatrc party. Must not men
bc crazy to support war which they de-
nounce as uncnnsututonally carried on. and
meant to rev"iutlonlze the Government and
destroy the Union? 1t is charitable conclu.
| sion to suppose that such men are crazy. l.
i; for piunde, and Office that they connive at
| the barbarOus murder Of hundreds of thou
! destruction of the Union that was formed by
our fathers and the overthrow of the Govern
ment OF The United States Is it for piunder
that they conniVe at these base and brutal
designs ? Then are they dogs, and not men ?
But we are told that it is policy. What is
policy? Is that the mild name that you Give
TO the base cowardice that mandates YOUR
own laws, and aids the AboIitionsts in
breaking to pieces the affairs Of liberty that
were built by our iathers? But the people
are not yet ready for the truth. When vii!
they be ready for the truth, if you continue
to teach them lie ?
But the people are not yet ready for the
truth. Is it the cowardice or treachery of
the politicians that has confused and demoral-
lied the ranks of the people The meaning
of this word policy is lie; it is the last ref
uge of a coward and scoundrel If the
word was not made in hell it ought to have
been, for it is the DEVILS own trick to cheat a
man out OF his virtue. 1t was not policy that
won liberty for these states. 1t was princi
PIE
The policy mongers said, wait the time is
not yet. But the true man said, strike, the
time to be free is now and forever! On no
lighter terms was liberty ever preserved
The true policy of the Democracy Is TO stand
by its principles of State sovereignty and
State equality. These are the foundations
Of our Government. Strike them down and
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