, 1864-09-23

stara b. m e,rn. lCbeerr.i Thai was con:tiu,1onst.
The eucsker loved to hAyo cuFy OF the Coosli~
m.te e;er, rtrh. be- porsssssd, and hs loved to
resd II. sacred pages. hec.usa he KneW It WA
i,sutd b. Wsr hington. jefferson snd other enrh
urn VT o tnew ~hat they were ooios. Aceordiug
u ttat Constitution Ltnloln wa4 eItcssc, and had
right to be i1,.taled aba eu t1lnrd Us "a cai=t
Executive nf this Nation. aad It VA tae fi:at u,s
,hose y ho spird ne ainst tlm 70 sse th%t thls
6.ne, BuL rLe1e v y q certain psfty IN the Snalh
wticb tsio that Lincoln eooula no: 10 10, s1es1d:nt
Ii Ii United Statss.. H.'w did theI Act TneJ
did no, a,tsmpt.to rhow that be WAS nnqo.aded to
huic tbr Gfst that hr t1su been Convicted OF snJ
MEn CRIME. No; but thes toos o. sIMsi tney At
III. .ntfd thnf ~ tho city OF Washington itself,
wnere ilty had conspiracy 80 s,r.'nx nast NJ
IucuIn diu pot dare to eltef ths city publicly It
is vtt Anowh no~ that taeru was S1nspir4cT 70
sn'.: IN ID cj,im ths place thus made vacant; It
D. iap fnl to as-er: this; General Mcclellan r1m-
eel saln te believed It. There T. one party toen
"a htrt II suprrllrg Tor toe m,io .easnco OF tuia
uion, tof the riYbt Of the epeakers President Of
iheI P1csltent, OF The Pte=toeti Of every aH7ri-
cnu etlztu. t.. rule over t0ese 9nateo ssates.oFer
she az e irr9';v III Il ,os % Fxaf1 1n1on Old 1slty
lines calnuf now be maIosstpsd. for II treason
cuula bs consec1aed by the acts o. ne !saas5s OF
Democratic measure: but he denita t9st ttess0o
cnulu ever be thus consecrated. and be would do
s'as s poroo o sas
len ocra1ic p.11y IL In opposition to The Goveru-
ntnt; they Oppose VI. Lincoln: tney desire 70
wntto s1de arc they! 'Jea. D.vas.l r. al zot
wisb to be Understood as soeaklns Of IL, Lincoln
~ '',he tioveIpmett." but be WAS tne hepreseu-'
him service ~hen b. calis for II in the naae oi the
Government. ..Ah r. but say some, ''you are uo
Democrat; IL supporting Linso'a y9a xo9sd 90 d.
With 10 re it altered ~ 70 much the d3tins Of
IN or The crossing ofa T; 1t ~as good enough
tor him. Tho CONSTITUTION Was 1naasurated eeven-
IL ole u lhe greatest nar,ons on Goafs green
earth; having tried it thus lar, ht was satisfied
with it u 1t Is. lcheers.1
TnEAsoN.psFISEp.
The speaker then read the taird article If the
/ thiru seI1tp Of the Cuusitfu.o defining "fFea'
tun" apo then atked ~ho dared deny rhar there
were ttaltors in the northern ssates, men VIVA,
th.uxu they did Lot bear arms, re. gavs I'D and
eonii0tt to thu eAemy by ppposiuy tho aosera-
Eatnt. Who Wns 1t, he no1Id asx taem, "ho via
dolly oil hs could to matsu tne Co1st'a1on % , ~ Of
to support tso soldiers in the 1eldf We're rney
nat patrfuts And do any one ever he1r Of Ole o4
le nhuuo be trse.ttd. or trsmple at tho sight Of .
l'rDvuet M"rth~lf He uefded nu pistols to dcfeud
his pre- clous body nom Govern mentst rJrluuy;
le CUTS al free as air. It Ia the wicked who 't:s
wheu uo nl.n roEsacth the RI. hteous are bold u
Hon. tchcer'ngl The spsaker bsl.eEed tnat
MsG. hontss IT. lssn eEs d shs
them he would sppeal. LIST them ask themselves
whittier they aEs tendiue. to reflect on which side
o. ,1s great anfe.on , theg are aIFtyed wsss
out this gigantic var, begun by the people Of the
Suu1h,. Or we're they ho:uing themselves aloot
from the aozt fa s ths 1ssa
The spesker would not cay that any man
who seized with tue Dcmocratsc party was traitor
~ hsa1t, md Wished to zee cn1atry Destroyed:
That pla,it1u, were Aorsltg, kno owtn9ly or uncon-
teitusis, to carry Ibis county oser 4 p,eclpice,
abs,f
had 1t with h'u,, and volld refer to 1T u moment
AS The gentleman who had preceded him had re-
luage tu what they would do; it left ludica-
tiva Of tkeir Iutlre coures very uLcertAlu. Let
them look. then, IT The SECOND kcctiou {the ONO
&c.} lie would tell then, the history Of that It
WIS the identical resolution 1dopte1 on the s3d OF
Dectmt-r 1861. Sone uue hsd sud t1at be, him
aa Gsue9s s aat q bsea
n.nlnated, TO w-ui1 have supported Hin, let hin
have been run Oh whsteTeE platform they ca3-c
was hlk htrt choice, but another man had recefvei
the sut1ssges OF the Unlon party, aud hs should
c1AraE ok F4uunE Examined.
The scceud resolution epukc OF" tour Jears Es.l-
urc-" EnW nurh Of tsilufc hid there besu?
When this var began, tt was at our very doors;
they could stsnd On tue soil Of illinois AID SEE
the rebtl preparations for war; the M1ssieslppt
was c1osed TO our cumtnefce; We Vesa shut ID,
and the whole OF the Southern country Tas under
cantIol BY the tebels. V1vin1a cicar to the verT
borcefs OF the capital WIS IN ps.eeesioa Of the
Enemy. and their armies confronted oura-at the
very Ent. Of Washington. We were without navy
wc1s d. Bui stng uns1 the a'
OF an honest heart. The man re had c!cvattd to
the President,a! cnslr determined that the Cor.
COLI was honest, and b. did vha: he did itom an
honeet~ impulse. The breath of slancer never
dared to s.ssrt other rise. auoa afterwards urAat
c1nie to Cairo tin Eovenber( The speakers
! regiment and others cones+gaied there, aud IN
! February tney moyed doxn tu1 river. Ho weu ro-
men.be1ed bow At thar time be Waa IN exceeding
hnt The ordrr came ieE then to move. and movs
they did. under the direction of that man whose
nap%. woulo Tor ever stand en1blazeued en- the
Grslt't. IGrest cheering lTney moved DO. . to IDS
| month OF the Cumberland. and could eee OH the
!, banks the rebel outposts and yidettea, and ~ers
| Denry; that was The nrst engagement. Taeepesk.
ct then rapidly detaied the various s1ceees.s which
! had followed that movement IN the West, enaiaG
T, with the fall Of VlcRshurg, which opened up the
Mississippi to our commerce and navy, allowing 1t
to down unse1td to the Sea, add asked II those
splendid t1lumphs were the incidents Of four ye1rs
| OF failure. AID few thiugs had been done eince
then. The rebels Lad scarcely been successful at
Ch,t.anooea or Knoxville, and although it was
Atlslta. ltru]onRed chee1s.l And 80 va had
rohe on, from port tu pot. taking nosaesston Of
in tic ned the last dollar exhausted, their supplies
plsipg ont IL yet It has ss.1 tour Tears ALL
they are oeses.ina at the rate Of a regiment pei
fstnts" se9u&h they e aEs driven out 81 A.
n. h a. JET: Davis dots: be soad ehsrscterizsl It
a ''sil95s, 70 eount ,nI sLsqsh1sr Tes{ do not
one 81 e tfe We We,sst 6.nket. thss oycr I'll
them was the capture Of Atlanta, anont the tina
lbey met IN convention to declsre the whole thing
t assennhlsge seemed to him like funeral train.
| winch be expected lt~ouH prove to be. (Cheers
Whs tne stot5 e. failgfs would Be news s iuaes +,
Tbete WINS no such word written on their banners.
! The lance of. Donelsou and Shiloh and Ftcksburs
Md other places were inscribed Gu thsls aige and
their memory Wou1d he immortal; hat with them
&tbero was DO such word a. tail. and be WAS ha'i
inclined to believe that II the 1lllrofs boys had
been teld to march do@n and take hieh,nona. 1t
t Graht al well Ill did the speaker. From the time
he started down The rives till nov, 10 hid not Ell
te5ts!De5 1oltsry dub; ss e @ h!s suscsss He
l1re, no nsttc1 how long It took. he will takc
RithmoDo, 3nst as tnre as Richmond s; ts IN W;
iRe ' e With ns "ea cue
aS0 eo1, 'V1 Who ess doubts It .esSo%i ne Ao u;
only thirg tbalnt rtevrn, II, for the onj hope of
ihose gentlemen is il tie success of thu rebel
CAGE; be would not bel n to q parsy #ho1c enc.
there Was man who still doubted what be- ought
to do, Jet ihim censider this we'll. He would ask
bis audience which way the rehels would like ns
1nensced US In Illinois, uonld rejoice at The ee:s
ton Ut McC:ellanl Ii they did not feel like having
gained y.ctosy, he believed they wonld at least
aiding theerem5 to tell tae peope 1t Il Impossible
IT, co, quor the South, that it is unconstitutional
To- eceEse ststs thas this Il an u9eonsti,utionsI
the prese. vsiton Of The Constitution and the laws,
TO ray that Lincoln Is despot and traitor? Lei
each one ask HIMSELF consult bis own heart, judge
by the light Of hfB own COINCIDENCE, aud II a. does
Iot admit 1t to be legal eason, he will aow that
| the people who caa do this are morally guilty.
iTrue.] To those ~ho thus commit themselves be
would cay. ''Tear the treason out Of your heart,
ard II 1t takea your heart with It. 1t Ia bsttes Mar
better, than the gloom, Of treaton against 7our
seep cone duti1s me last four years to restore te
Union IL very far from nelog an utter failure.
,ARMsT1cE.
On the contrary we can take those results a.
'resdy achieved al basl. Of calculation, and any
echool boY caE c3nhe1 out how long 1t will take to
conquer the whole country but this Is 3ost what
the traitors are afraid Of; they know that tue end
IL rot far dittant but do not rant it on the bass
+ do It., -tChceis.l. We have shown our ability. to
nut down this rebellion by force, mad we vii do
it. Tterebels are driven to shel, LIST resoorees.
they upon their last leet, they to dsy tre-
blirg On the TeTee Of barkEuptcy, completely de-
mc1alized Ard this L. reasod why tslu,th sdfatc
efforts sEou!d be made for cessation OF hostttt-
ties" snd We arr told that "tnstce requires that
meant We eau usually get a n,nn'a mnt1vcs by
abaIyzlng bis verbs. ID order :hat convention
OF the States may be called, or other pc .ceable.'
&c. What is required to give effect to m asmtstice,
trch a. is pEon2aedt awho should meet 10 debate
on the terms OF peace9 The South does No: ask for
convention Of the States, and 1t would Ill become
us to 20 down on nnr knees to the eight millions
Of the South, and ask them for terms Of peace.
] They have not asked ns to give them terms OF
pesce upon the basis Of Union, and are We going to
peycFI, But suppose q convention. possible, and
desired before It Intake place. 1he LEGISLATURE ot
vi the States must, By twolhlrds N a}orty, asrea