Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-08

views fill may be. allowed to- use thl
word1 of soldier, and not of partisan el
a politician, must call your attention tC
the great calamity,-aye, the great calam'
ity, perhaps the greatest that this country
has known-that In q former day thii
dsspotic power of our government was, no,
recognized and exercised. Thirty years pl
more ago, citizen of South Carolina,
disappointed in his personal and Poliheal
aspirations, undertook to overthroWs the
government of this country by an organ
lied conspiracy, as perfect, though not as
successful as that through which We ore
now passing. The indOmitable will and
resolution Of Gen. Jackson CaPPlause1 de-
feated the maehinations ofth conspiratora
of that dRy.aE Renewed apPlause. How
was it done By the. exercise OF this
power in our government to which I have
referred. Would the aristocratic teature
then have AnsWered2 7 Would the ajudi-
cial feature then, have ausWeredR No;
nothing saved this country in theecontdst
of 1890 and 1888, but the despotistl; God
be praised, of the indomitable Andrew
Jackson. ELoud applause. With wis
dom that the leaders of the conspiracy of
our day have not exercised, the traitors of
Jackson's administration recognized the
existence Of this power. in the hands of
this great and iron man, and they Witk-
drew from the contest. By.what was. not
in its nature, but in ito features
surrender, they were allowed,
by an ill-timed compromise to with
draw out of the arena Of contest,
with the belief or with the profession that
they had maintained their own cause, or
an acknowledgment of the rights which
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at this. From that time when the nulli-
fiers of South Carolina withdrew from the
contest with Gen. jackson, up to 1850 or
1851, Mr.. Calhoun was the busy conspira-
tor and chief in the organization of this
new rebellion which has burst with great
power upon us. You know perfectly we'll,
every man who is acquainted with the his"
tory of that day knows perfectly well that
Gen. Jackson intended the arrest tt Mr..
Calhoun, but, for certain reasons, Gtety
the aCquiescence in his purpose of ths nul'
lifieFs themselves, he forbore the eX'rcise
of that power. stand here to say, In
Faneuil Hall, in the presence of God and
you, my fellow. citizens, knowing the weight
of what cay, that If Andrew JSckson had
arrested Mr.. Calhoun in that day We should
not have had this rebellion now. [Ap-
plause.1 It waaan exercise cf the despotic
feature aud power Of our government which
was omitted, TO our great loss and our great
suffering. . Yeu will remember then, when
you know that man is arrested for some
supposed intention of mischief, that, while
no harm comes to him, under our theory
of arrest, under our theory of government,
great good may be derived by the people
and by the government. 1t is thus that
you must look at these matters, and In this
way. .......... se'.i
, Now, with alllthese arrests, and with
the suppression Of newspapers, it y not
punishment, it is simply a suspension of
the power, for bFisf time to do wrong.
In Maryland, some of the members Of the
Legislature were released in twelve hours,
others in week, others in three months.
The moment it appeared that man had
nolonger power to. ipjure the people, or
his State, or the government to which he
had made oath of allegiance, he was re-
leased. Now, with regard to those who
insist upon change of administration, l say
that, in my Judgment, no great wrong has
been committed sufficient to justify US In
turning the current of history, and giving
the victories we have won by our armies
and our nayies into the hands of our ene-
emies, by the election of an administration
that will not support the army and navy
in the work they have to do. Applause.l