Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-10-13

were writing this resolution in relation to
JEFF. Davis they were right. Let US read It
as it should be: jefferson Davis, pretend
ed President of the Southern Confederacy,
you have, under the pretense of military
necessity, or war power higher than the
Constitution of the United States, because
all the power he exercised is above and be.
yound it,)-you. have violated and disre
garded the Constitution Of the United
States in every part" Now, that is true,
There is no doubt about it. jeff Davis and
his whole army are in opposition to the
Constitution. They have separate flag, a
separate Congress, separate army, and
they have attempted to make DAVIS, Presi-
| dent in violation Of the Constitution, and he
has appointed Cabinet in violation of the
Constitution. Every act they have done
has been in violation of the Constitution.
They have destroyed the peace, happiness
and prosperity of the country, and that
resolution applies to them and to nobody
else -. Io,5E.i
Let US take the next portion Of this res
olution and examine it".And public lib
erty and private right alike trodden down
and the material prosperity Of the country
essentially impaired, justice, humanity, lib
erty and the public. welfare demand that
! immediate efforts be made for cessation of
hostilities with view to an ultimate con-
vention of the States, or other peaceable
means, to the end that at the earliest prac-
ticable moment peace may be restored on
the basis Of the Federal Union Of the
States. aaJ a.o edi q bied seq s#5st
! If / had found that resolution in rebel
paper, as having been passed by meeting
Of rebels, would have said that it was lust
such resolution as | would have expected
them to pass. They would probably have
said further = We. the Georgia militia
have fought four years to keep jeff. Davis
In power, and we and jeff Davis have vie-
lated the Constitution in every particular,
and we demand that we be permitted to ask
for convention Of States to ask it to allow
US to lay down our arms and return to our
allegiance leave it. to any man in this
audience, if you take the facts on both sides
and examine the resolut; MS, to say whether
that resolution was not more fit to have
been passed by rebels who are tired of the
war, then by convention Of proud Ameri-
can citizens. That resolution was written
by a sharp man. / see the points of Val
landigham,s fingers there; see Wood and
see Pendleton.a And / see upon it the
marks of all the infamous traitors who stood
side by side with old Cobb and his CO.
| workers. ;.f,ep tat sst f3
They. say further, we are going to hav
a convention of the states Let us suppose
though it is almost unreasonable to believe
that these men live in the North--let US
suppose, however, that they are honest but
deceived; how are they going to do. it?
They are going to ask for cessation of
hostilities. What does that mean? Itmeans
chat an agreement shall be made between
the President Of the United States and the
pretended president of the Southern Con-
faderacy, that there shall be no more fight
ing for certain length Of time; that we
shall withdraw our armies, and see if we
cannot settle our national difficulties Don't
you know that if an armistice existed be-
tween the rebels and ourselves, and we
should withdraw our forces to the Ohio
River, that the rebels would follow along
up, and retake the same positions that they
held year ago J? and that it would require
four years more to whip them back again
to the lines they now hold. Then it would
| probably take three or four years to finish
it up, making nearly twelve years of war.
Crhe speaker here read the first and Sec
ond Baltimore resolutions:) sYaI
That is the language Of the Lincoln
they talk so much about. 1t has the ring
Of the metal IN it. That is the kind of
speeches have made ever since the war
began, whenever | have made any. ''Do
everything in our power to aid the Govern
nient in quelling by force of arms the rebel
lion now raging against. its authority, and
when the rebellion is suppressed. bring to
the leaders such punishment as their crimes
deserve That is what the resolution says,
and 50 help me God am for it, ap
ask any Democrat, any Republican, any
American citizen who loves his country
what there is in either of these resolutions
to object to They breathe true patriot
ism. They say they are for suppresslng
the rebellion. They are for closing it by
war-the only means by whichit can be done
and that is my kind of talk and doctrine
II have no comment to make on those two
resolutions. They commend themselves to
the good judgment and appreciation every
patriot contrast them with the resolutions
passed by the VaIlsndighan Chicago mill
tia, and says which suits you best?
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