Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-10-27
CDpAT SPEECH IN BROOK
- LYN, NEW YORK.
Genera, !. ,r,I Carl schurz ON slavery.

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From great speech by this eloquent pa '
,r;ot delivered in Brooklyn, N. T., we take
the following passage" !
WHEN TIE WAR WAS A FAILURE ,
We went into the war for the purpose OF
maintaining the Union and preserving our
na,;onality. Although it was the slave
nover which had attempted to break up the
| f1n;on. we did not at first touch slavery IN
| attending the Union. No. with scrupu-
iomsness of very doubtful merit, slavery was
protrcted hy many OF our leaders-espec,a',y
one of them, who at that time held the h,gn'
est military command, made 1t spec',l op
7 iect not to hurt slavery, while naeune r
against the rebcllious slaveholder. ana nc
exhausted all the resources OF MS s!a'ee, s!a'ee
mansh;b for that purpose. Long continued
laughter, 1t is true, he exhausted at the
.ame time the patience Of the people,,
LAUGHTER, That statesmanship threatened
70 exhaust all our military and financial re-
sources. hut it, indeed. it did threaten 10
exbaus, the resources of the rebellion the
threat was very gentle. Continued laugh
Ter and cheers. You remember the resh,ts
of tha, period Of kid glove policy; when the
South found so very gen'lemany; reverse
after reverse; popular discomfort rls,ng 10
aespopdency; ruin staring us IN tne 'ace.
|
f.;lnrc: and if the resolution OF the Chicsgo
Conyention, which declared the war fa'',
/. nrc had specal reference to the pcr,od
!. when the Distinguished candidate OF the
J. democratic party was General-in.Che1,
tban. il must be confessed, the Chicaeo
;. Convention showed certain degree o. Jhdg,,
Il non,' iSbouts of laughter and applause
l. OBJECT OF THE WAR NOT CHANGED
Gradually il became clear to every canh'1
mind that slavery, untouched, constitutes
le the strenpth of the rebellion; but that sa-
ar ar very, touched, would constitute MS ~snk
ness. The negro titled its helds ana ieo WI
vi armies; the negro carried It's paRpaso a
e. dug ira trenches; and the same negro was
Sc Longing for the day when he cOuld he per,
- mitIed to fight for the Union ins'esn OF
~ Ie;np forced to work for the reheIi,en; Ap'
:, plauee To obligc him to work y" 'ne
u rebe)Iior instead OF permitting him t" hgh'
for the Union would have hc,n more man
s? fnllv. il would have been a crime apa,ns'
E the naion Loud cheers To give hln
H.. his freedom, then, was an act OF Jl>uc ;, mo
only 10 him but to the American hep1ono
[Cortinued apnau,e. IT the rehe',o" s'a
7 Slave power had submitted alter me h's
six months of the war; 1t ls pnssin'e u"a
slavery might have had anot"er 'easo "
N, lie. But its resistance being vigorous an
>" stnbborn: and not only that hut its resist
lent ance heinp crowned with success: 1t hecam
rdi- a question of life or death-the death oi n
,l,yS xny nation or the death Of slavery. Then IN
ope Goyeru,nept chose. 1t chose the NE W !.
nation bv the death of slavery; and IN
hi. reyolntion rolled over the treasonahie 'ns'
nny tuition and crushed it wherever 1t iouhl
',ar, an Enthusiastic cheers Could an ac' wh'.
by undermined the strength OF the enemy AZ
;,rn ,n,', in the same measure added 10 our "~n
! H. rtIn
{ and ;ts or;y;nal purpose? Was not the object
hish tLe war 70 restore the Union? How, the
my could VIC refrain from using tor our po
:, noses an element which was certain 10 g., CO
,rihute most powerfully to that endf " y,
il not the object of the war to make the U
ion pernanent by restoring Ioyhuy W !.
!. Union? But by what means 10 the w"r
- can Ioyalty he restored il it is not ny cruI
ny inc out the Element which breeds diS'oya
lends and treason as its offspring! But II u Is
u ';',- cpinion of our epponents that " was
i" IN ,h ny original object OF the war to Iay '"e N''
~ ~ tin, the hoinless at the feet Of the South, then
large ,nus, he admitted the war is now much y
re .r',a, o, yrr,ed from it's original object. r.
d,ges- cbeers The matter stand clear IN the ''s
'esl'a, NJ .vner,erce. Every man who pi"f's
saved IN he for the Union and shows any tch1
nes. for an agency which Is bound TO
'n% ,,,'s troy the Union has in his heart dark
: been ner. INTO which the spirit "i true Loyalty
notye penetrated. Tremendous nrplan,
',2, And, on the other hand, every man. WI
There ever his previous opininns may nave pt
}, Is o, as soon as he throws his whole h"ar'
a. NJ %'v mV the struggle for the Union. throws at
eats same time his whole heart intn 'he s'Ius
der tte .,a;rst slavery. [,'heers lIo"k ut ''
h,o 81. asa's ~ hs hri.h'est names which the hitor
Of rEfs ,h;s neriod will hand down to po.ttrl'
'I," 10 M m yw,r own Daniel S. Dickinson. Benjaml
on, the Rntlrr of Massachusetts, the veneer
state Rtsckinridge Of Kentucky. the brave
NV one drew Johnson of Tennessee, (trement
u week cheer, ! and many thousands OF brave sp
,g, . and ~ less note. You cannot say that they
Abolitionists: but they are honestly 'or
death Of slavery, because they are hnh
ns nS ai,h for the life OF the nation Loud apP'at
ON the Emancipation would have been decart
iry~a, r" this war even if there haa MOI oeeh >
md. as Aboluion,st in America betere me W.
ne ut the The measure followed ~ naturally
,erS .N Sn"r snrv upon the first threatening sirc
he time If the rebellion. as a clap Of thunder TO
o. o. t,,,er "Sn.p upon fash OF lightning. sS
i tair4ady = SPLENDID PERORATioN.
ing per; Look once more up ami down the
,'d"n.u whom, , .vnnu,s of your history. Show me
NJ Royal. mn in n q Gysi great days OF the Rep
y OF llle wbose names shine with nntarnrhed lns
elasping The men whom you parade ~ me h'r'
!, !, TX; mSr when you boast before Inc worm ~"
'ot>'' your nations gIeatuess-Ih here Is not
\, ,l,r them who did not rack his brain to
T. "'''"'' way in which the Republic eou'd p, ~
..u cred of the incubus OF Slavery. bu'
epdeavors we're in vain. 'fhc masses
people did not see the greatness oi TO
VI, N M rer; their eyes were blinded by the
~ live shine Of mofAenlary advan'ase.
line at once begau one Of those great ia'
aa which human affairs right thenisclv
'ean. operate. 1t is the law that q great
% 'o" urged on by It's necessities, must ren
seii M insupportable, and defy destrnc,
Slavery grew under your. fostering
ON I" o" with the dimensions grew its necess
II a-ked for security at home. anu
J, asked was given. 1t a.ked for rs :
what We held in common, and what
, ,np,r. was given. It askedfor the lions sha
= " accom- @ panied jts demand with ,hre
Try, what il asked was given. Then It a
VANS, ,.hst we had in common. Ii aske