The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-09-02

their property would be taken for taxes,
their sons sent out 10 battle and their
daug gh,ers made servants in bis palace =
They said, "Nay we will have a king"
and when they came to choose, instead Of
selecting an aged statesman or expeIier
ced public man whose sagacity best fitted
him to discharge the duties of the office,
they assembled together and selected him
only who was head and shoulders saller
than any one else. Laughter and cheers
The predictions of the prophet became
true civil war ensued /; in later times,
in our own day such things have followed.
Your king demands perpetustion Of
power; he asks that you shall continue
the trust deposited il his hands four years
ago. 1t is for you to determine whether
he has so administered the affairs of your
government as to en,itle him to tha; mark
Of confidence. What was the condition
of the country in the beginning of bis ad.
ministra.ion Contrast it With the con-
dition Of things now. Then we had peace,
now cruel war; then Union with all its
blessings, now disunion with all it. hor-
rors; then the constitution maintained
, which our fathers pronounced, and we in
our day and generation, too, as the con-
summation of human wisdom that con
stitu,ion now lies PROSTATE under the heels
Of despotic power. speak freely Of the
president as one who asks me for my vote
tell him no, you have not discharged the
duty for which you were elected. You
have not SO administered the government
asto advance It's prosperity. You have
not as you promised us restored the Union
of these states, preserved the constitution
gi7en irto your hands for keeping. Whose
fault is it Dare he or any man who sup
ports him tell US it is the fault Of the peo-
pie? Did they not grant to him all that
tha constitution authorized him to COM
mand, and did he not tako all that audsc-
ious usurpa,ion could secure in addition
Not want of power, not want Of men and
money, but want of wisdom Hsut Of in
tegrity, want of capacity, want of honesty,
have been the causes of the failure Of this
administl alton. To-day our constitution al
rights are rot preserved; there is no peace
in the land nor prosperity such as for
three and seventy years under democ'atic
rule you had. You have tried, under his
auspices, the expsrimsn, Of war-thss dire
calamity, civil var between confe6el assd
states, between people speaking the aa,ue
tongue Of the same kindred and race, who
would have lived together for centuries
had but the first instrumental.ies by
which the government was Grst founded
been observed by the sdmiEiatration.-
The fundamental error was the departure
from that which lies at the foundation o.
our ins.itutiona-from a government O
consent to q government CT coercion to
compel people to submission who demand
ed redress of geevance.
Now tbs time has come for you to de
termine whether you will return again tc
the ancient order Of things. That ia The
issue before you. The policy of the ad
ADMINISTRATION has been war; the tirue has
now come when The people must resolve
whether there is some other method
Hence that great, astonishing, almost mi.
racuous change which has become visible
in every city and county and section in
this broad lard, and which demand. a
change Of policy. If you would have
lpeace abandon that dea of coercion, come
back again to compromise and conclis.
lion instead of war let us have reason
Argument, deIiberation let US have the
assembIage Of convention of the states
to consider this great question. Instead
of the experiment Of war, let us have the
experiment of peace. From military ap-
piances let US look to the arts Of peace
and the requirements of craftsmanship
Through these alone will you reach the
highway Of public prosperity. Let us
have An armistce since hos,ilities no Ion
ger marshal arms upon the field. Le, US
proclaim that now. alter four wears OF
blood and strife, such as no land ever saw
the hearts Of the people are turned again
towards peace. Instead of generals. lie,
US have statesmen and wise counselors,
and by coming together as our fathers
came, we may yet restore as before. be-
lieve it is in our power hv the means to
reconstruct the proud edtice OF American
government.