The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-08-27


than the tocsin of war was sounded in the
South. The South had prepared for it, and
threatened that in case of Lincoln's cleo |
ton they would rebel. They would not
submit to the majority. There are some
who say that Mr.. Lincoln inaugurated the
war. He hoped there was no such man in
Lyon county. Everybody knows that be-
fore Mr.. Lincoln took his seat as Precedent
of the United States, eight rebel States had
seeded from the Union, JEFF. Davis had
taken his seat as President of the so-called
Southern Conlederacy, at Montgomery.
Alabama, the armories had been stripped
of guns, which had been sent South, the
navy had been sent TO distant seas, the sol
diers had been sent to New Mexico. Utah
and Texas, to prevent any attempt to send
them to the South, the treasury had been
robbed by Buchanan and his emissaries.
When Lincoln was installed, there was no
navy, no army. no money. Fort Sumter
had been surrounded. And yet some say
this is an abolition war. sometimes ask
myself what ought to be done with Blu
chanan. the old traitor aud idiot. Talk
about an abolition war! 1t is pro-slavery
Democratic war. and nothing else.
There is another important question l
will talk to you about. We are near the
cIoee of the war-or proposition to close
it. The rebels viii propose peace. That
proposition will be that they will lay down
their arms and return to t..eir allegiance, If
We Will restore slavery where it was before
the breaking out of the war. They will
only fight SO long as there is chance to
win. AS a representative in Congress, he
had said in that body, and in the principal
Northern cities, that he would never con-
sent to lay down arms SO long as the shack
les remained on single slave. Applause. |
Slavery and treason were Synonymous
terms, and they both might just as we'll be
crushed at once. We have lost 100, 900
lives in this war. Kansas had done more
and raised more men to sustain the war, in
proportion to her inhabitants, than any
other State in the Union. Every dollar we
have spent and every life we have lost will
have been in vain, if we leave veetige of
| slavery. We must not make any terms
with slavery or traitors. So far as I am
concerned, do not propose 10 leave sin
gle slave. / would voc to maintain wal a
thousand years before ] would have slavery
fastened upon the country. When the peo-
pie of Kansas choose TO instruct me to vote
to compromise with slavery. I aoW resign.
and let them have another Senatorial election D.!
Applause. want to whip the rebels.
[ want to convince them that we can fight
just as bravely, just as gallantly, and lit
tie longer than they can. In fact, there is
danger of closing too soon. We are get
ting sort O. used to it, like the old woman
that didn't like her husband at FIST, but
she became sort O. used to him. We
were prospecting more than ever before, ma
| terialIy. He did not know but that 1t would
be we'll enough to make war permanent
institution. He wanted the white men all
| TO come home. He would raise an army OF
100000 negroes. He wanted to say to
Macmillan of Mexico, that our fathers es-
tablished the doctrine Fifty years ago that
none but Republican form of Govern
ment should ever be established on this
continent. He wanted to tell him to go
back to Europe, and if he did not 60 we
would send our 100000 negroes down
there to make him go. England had also
wronged us when we were in trouble. He
would say to Mrs. Victoria. you must pay
for every dollars worth of property de-
etroyed By the rebel Privateers Alabama
and Florida. You built them. You must
pay for their depredstions, or We will march
our 500. 200 negroes over and take posses
sion of Canada.
If you want dishonersble peace, vote
for the Chicago nominees. Is there a man
within the sound of my voice that is wait
ing the action of the Chicago Convention
/ can tell him who will be the nominee just
as well now as after its adjournment. His
name will be JEFF. Davis. of Richmond.
Virginia They may not call him that.
They may call him Mcclellan, or Seymour,
or Vallandigham, but can tell you be is
the friend of the rebel government. what
e'er his name.
| Is there man in Lyon county who is
going to throw away his vote on Fremont,
the great pouter ? Fremont vas impressed
With the idea that be was great military
man. The War Department bad differed
with him little on that point, and ever
since. Fremont had been poutiug. He was