The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-05-07

the members to gather the whisperings of
their indignant constituents? How have
they expressed their sympathies on the side
of the United States, unless by attempting
to array the State authorities against the
| United States, to excite the prejudices of
the people against the necessary suspension
of the habeas corpus, to represent the asser-
ton of the supremacy of the United States
courts and officers in the enforcement of the
| United States laws rs inyasions of the rights
of the States? What Democrat in Pennsyl,
vania did not vote for Woodward? What
Democrat in New York did not vote for
Horato Seymour? What Democrat in Con-
necticut did not vote for Seymour of Con-
necticut? What Democrat in Ohio did not
vote for Fallandigham -? 1t is vain to at,
tempt to conceal it. The history Of that
party during the war proves the declaration
made on this floor that there is no such thing
as IA Democratic party for the war; its elias
tic mantle cove!s equally those who, like the
gentleman from New York Mr.. Kernan]
have love for the Union and tail when he
comes to vote on it, and those who. like the
gentleman from Maryland, [Mr. Harris,
glory in the failure of the armies Of the
United States to conquer the States in
rebellion.
The gentleman from New York Mr..
Herman who last spoke, and whose earnest
tones all must have felt, declared himself
ready to do all in his power to suppress the
insurrecton, and yet he failed to vote for
the conscripton bill, the indispensable con
diion to tile prosecution of the war. This
is the type Of the war Democrat Very
earnest in vague generalities for the war,
equally earnest in decrying the policy of the
Administration, but, having exhausted their
earncstness on those topics, are so unable
on any practical measure to tear themselves
away from party association, SO penetrated
, with valetudnaran views or perverse juds,
mcnts on the Constitution Of the United
States, that their aid is more embarrassing
than their opposition.
But, Mr.. Speaker, il it be said that time
may come when the question of recognizing
!ae southern coniederaey will have to be
answered, admit it and it is answering the
strongest and the extreme case that gen
tlcmcn on tie ether side can present.
admit it. When a Democrat shall dalkcn
the White House and the land; when
Democratic majority here shall proclaim
that freedom of speech secures mpunity to
treason and declare recognition better than
determination Of trators when Nallandig
liam Shall be Governor of Ohio, and Bright
Governor OF Indiana, and Woodward Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, and Seymour Gov.
ernor OF Connecticut and Wall Governor Of
New Jersey. and the gentleman from New
York city Mr.. Wood sit in Seymour seat,
and thus, possessed OF power over the great
center Of the country, they shall do what
they attempted in vain before in the midst
of rebel triumphs-nrray the authorities Of
the States against those of the United States;
oppose the militia to the Army Of the United
States invoke the haLcas corpus to dis.
charge confined traitors deny to the Gov
ernmcnt the benefit oil the laws Of war lest
ii eNtcrmiuatc its enemies when the Demo,
Gratis, as in the fall of 1862, shall again, with
more permanent success, persuade the peo'
pie Of the country that the war should not
be wagcd till the integrity of the territory OF
the | nion is restored, cost what it might
that such war violates the spirit of free
institutions, which those who advocate it
wish to overthrow, that it should stop. for
their benefit, somewhere this side of nbso.
! lutte triumph, lest there be no room for
compromise when gentlemen of that party
! in New York shall again, Us in November,
1892, hold Illegal ana criminal negotiations
with Lord Lyons, avow their purposes to
I him. the representative of Il foreign and
! untrirndly Power, and urge him to arrange
the time of proilcrng of mediation with a
/ view to their possession of pewcr and their
preparation Of the minds of the people to
receive suggestions from aboard when
mediation shall appear, by the event, 10 be
the first step toward foreign Intervention,
swiftly aud surely followed by foreign armed
enemies upon our shores to join the domcs-
tic enemies: when the war in the cars shall
| begin, which WAS menaced at the outbreak
of the rebellion. aud the friends Of Seymour
| shall make the streets of New York run with
ublnod. on tn. eve of another Gettysburg less
damaging to their hopes when Mcclellan
and l'itz John Porter shall again have
brought the rebel lines within sight OF Wash.
ington city and the successor of ,Iarscs
, Buchanan Shall withdraw our armies from
the unconstitutional invasion of Virginia to
the north OF the Potomac when exultant
| rebels shall swocp over the Notifications and
| their bumb-slc!ls shall crash against the dome
Of the Capitol; VIXEN thousands throughout
| Pennsylvania shall seek refuge on the shores Of
| Lake Erie from the rebel invasion, chcclcd and
! welcomed by the opponents of determination;
when TIE people, exhausted by taxation, weary
of sacrifice, drained of blood, betrayed by their
rulers dcluded by dcmngogues into believing
tlmt peace is the way to union and submission,
, the path to victory, shall throw down their arms
| before the advancing foe: when vast chasms
across every State sllnl make apparent to every
| eve, when too late to remedy it, that division
! from the South is anarchy at the North, and that
| peace without union is the end of the Republic
THEN the independence Of the South will he
an accomplished fact, and gentlemen may, with
out treason to the dead Republic rise in this
migratory House. wherever it may be in Amer
| lea, and dccac themselves for recognizing their
masters at the South rather than discriminating
| them! Until that day, in the name Of the
! American nation; in the name of every house
in the land wlec tlc.Q is one dead for the holy
cause; in the mime Of those who stand before
) us in the ranks of battle; III the name of the
| liberty our ancestors have contided to us, |
devote 10 eternal execration the name Of hin,
I who shall propose to destroy this blessed land
! rather than its enemies
But until that time arrive, it is the judy
ment ofthe American people there shall be no
compromise; that ruin to ourselves or ruin
to the southern rebels are the only alterna-
tiycs. 1t is only by resolutions of this kind
that nations can rise above great dangers
and over come them in crises like this. 1t
was oniyby turning France into camp,
resolved that Europe might exterminate,
but seould not subjusate her, that France
is the leading empire of Europe to-day
! 1t is by such resolve that the American
people coercng reluctant Government to
draw the sword and stake the national exls-
tcncc on the integrity of the Republic, are
now anything but the fragments of a nation
before the world, the scorn and hiss ofevery
petty tyrant. 1t is because the people of
the United States, rising to the hight Of
| tho nrru sion delico ed this Uanarntion IN