The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-10-03

COL. r. N. HUDSON
D~fss<red 90 rae K1grsasa N TUrs-Hasfe,
September 30fs. 1854.

LApiEs AND .GESTLEMEE=I a not
sxpect on this occasion 70 present any
new fscfssjn connection with the stirring
incidents Of the day, but hoping 10 pre-
.ent some historical truths IN 80 succinct
form that you may be more warmly m
pressed with them, 1 ask your attention
for n few Doments-
Prior 10 tho nomination aud election OF |
NJ, Lincoln, r. President Of the United
states Of America, VS. had enjoyed almoei
uninterrupted peace Tor three quarters Of
. century. Dur people bad passed 80 far
beyond the military impulse Of the keVo-
hutton and Of the war Of 1912 that cock
ades and epsuIettee were n rAre among "a
A. were good men in the cities Of the
Main. We had ceased - read Of war. 70
think Of war, or % practice war. The
great mass Of the younsan and middle aged
men did not know how 10 ''set a squad
ron in the field" We had given u At
tention 20 the arts Of peace. We had
emerged from n militarf - the greatest
commercial people in rhe world. Our
ships whitened every sea, and the buzz OF
our spindlos aud the noise Of our mannfac-
turing shops fell upon the ear wherever a
torrent rushed from the mountain, or coal
could be procured 10 generate steam
We were making the most rapid strides
in the arts and sciences and in christian
civilization hat had ever been made by
any race Of men. The Federal Constitu-
ton protected us all in the enjoyment "
slife, liberty, and the pursuit Of hsPpi-
ness The laws OF Congress were 80
framed as 10 advance the interest Of every
section, and secure the individual and col
lective rights of all. Under the Federal
and State governments. we had grown, 10
an unprecedented short space Of time,
from a people hardly Of sufficient impor-
lance 10 be ranked among the nation, Of The
earth 10 q frat class power. Our extended
public domain was being rapidly c~ultiva-
Ted. Our mechanics We're our boast and
pride, and in fact fosa years ago we were
the most prosperous, the most Industrious,
and the happiest people the world had
ever seen. Next o. oar religious faith
We venerated the institutions handed down
10 us from Revolutionary times. IL VA
our individual boast that We were no
citizens of Indiana, Of New York oil
Massachusetts,. but that We were Amer'ea'
c~ffizsns-
We were not only happy and prosper
Gus ourselves, but we wished all othe
people 20 be 20. We offered secure an
happy homes 10 the oppressed from ever
cline. We threw open the great doors @
the Federal Government aud asked oil, N
matter where from, 90 enter and find free
dom from oppression, and liberty of con
science. The Federal Government foun
ded upon the great doctrine Of the RICH
and capAbiity OF tho people to COVER
themselves. was bat a reflex Of the SOW
ereign peoples wish, and gave. ut once. Z
each individual q full and complete redres
from every wrong. There was no favor
itsism known 20 our Statue books NO pc
culiar privileges granted 10 any man O
go Of men. which were not alike open I
all. In short. under tho Federal Consti
tuition and Congressional laws. all wer
alike-none superior, none inferior. tn
North In her mechanical, commercial an
manufacturing interests was fully protec
ted. and the South, in her peculiar insti
t~utions," had her varied interests equal,
guarded. As our fathers intended, ever
section worked sufficiently together {
make one ~stupcndous and almost pcrfec
whole.
Amid all this general prosperity-thl
universal harrinc~s-this glorious sun
light Of christisn civilization, sprang int
existence this most canseless and wicke
slave-holdes rebellion. Like the alsrI
of the firc-bcli Al night, IL startled the n,
ton, and the people jostled n again
another. and with anxious lips enquires
~Why i all thi--what wrong has bee
inflicted which cannot Be redressed-
sohere ss tie reusos fer fhis rsb>fisoss,
and the snswcr came hack from the rch,
leaders. thaii the Republicans had electe
President who Was an sbolitionist an
that he intsndcdto interfere with the inst
tuition Of slavery where IL existed BY VII
tue of State Legislation. That they inter
ded a. HAYES carfederacy cf States whos
chief corner stone was slave labor, an
upon i build Al s~riatacrscy. pure and -
p%erior. and -hich could not be reached b
the working class. That they would nj
submit 70 the election of Abraham Lin
coin nor any ether Republican Pre<iden'
That although \ majority Of the Amer
can people might elect their Prcsiden'
still they would net sahmit-they weF
opposed 70 majcrities and in favor Of a
a~rristocracy. That = privileged clsss1hs,
and always ought 10 rule IN this ccunfr,
That the southern gentlemen would n
Mbmit b. have one. sprung from the lo~s
classes rule over him. That the arists
cratic blood OF the south mus; rule IN
country, or they would rain the coantr,
That they must either control our politis
or they would have politics Of their owr
whore capital should NJ Labor. snd
superior class should govern BY night :
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