The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-28

SympatuE0 VIII our 6lSCer SOuCQeIu 6tdUeS;.
that you particularly alluded to South
Carolina Whose reasonable representatives
were then assembled, and who, one day
after, inaugurated the rebellion that you
did then and there s.freely admit So r
good cause for, dissatisfaction. and COM
plant, !" because Of the election of your IL
lustrious predecessor; and!t Hon. Hanni-
bal Hamlin who the Rev. Mr.. oBrownlow
represented as . free negro. said, also,
that you were then only q conditional I'M
ionist; that you declared yourself s'not
for seeding or breaking up the union OF
thess states until every fair and honorable
means had been exhausted in trying to
obtain On the part Of the non slaveholding
states = compliance with the spirit and let
ter Of the constitution and all it's guaran-
tees" And l further stated that you. at
the same time, had assured your rebel
friends. with whom you did 90 "deeply
sympathize " that, dwhen this shall have
been done and tho states now in open re-
rebellion +" (meaning Vermont and Hassa-
chusetts) against the laws of the United
States = shall persist in their present
unconstitutional course, it . (the gov.
ernmenD viii not have accomplished the
great design Of its creation, and will there
fore, in fact, be q practical dissolution of
the union" ! repeat / told the people
that this speech, 90 made as Aforesaid BY
You (assisted BY Senator Latham who was
kind enough to read for you), was design
ed BY you to foment rebellion among your
constituents. / selected certain passages
from that speech to prove the above gen.
eral statement / referred to that part in
which yoa said "there Is no power con.
ferred upon the Congress of the United
States, BY the constitution, to coerce
state;" ] pointed to your "demand I" for
additional securities " for slavery; to
your statement that Vermont was, at that
time, guilty Of Qualification" OF "resist-
ance to the laws Of the United States, {"
which you pronounced "open rebellion, I"
/ commented upon your statement that the
conduct of Vermont had been such that
government was at an end" Nor did I
omit to- tell the people that you then and
there u8th and 10th of December, 1907
had submitted an opinion in regard to
your general complaint" I did not,
like Beecher, pronounce you drunk, nor
did ], like Wilkes, say you had been poi
soned. / permitted you to speak for your
self BY reading the following from your
speech: a g,si cir rh 5T
We have complained that their intention Is
to hem slavery in 30 that, like the scorpion
when surrounded by fire, If he did not die from
the intense heat Of the scorching flames, Il
would perish from its own poisonous citing.
You further promised your rebel friends
what Tennessee should do. If new euaran-
tees for slavery were refused. You said.
/" Tennessee win be found standing a. firm
and unyielding in her demands for those
guarantees as any other State
in the oonfederacy." l asserted slso that
you had declared the election Of Lincoln
md Hamlin sectional, -" that you avowed
your purpose 70 'sput down Mr.. lincoln
and drive back his advances upon South
ern institutions !" that you promised NOT
to abandon your g Northern Democratic
friends, and leave al to Lincolns cohorts :"
that you solemnly pledged yourself not 10
"permit N. lincoln to come with his 90.
horts, - we consider them, from the
North, to carry of everything" An the
foregoing, and much more, CHARGED
upon you, and proved By your speech of
the 18th and 10th Of December, 1850.
Oootinuing my address, ] said If you
were q credible Witness-I beg you to be.
lieve I 80 regard you'll could prove that
every political supporter and admirer Of
your axcsllsncy, and every follower Of the
sanity Brownlow then and there present
was 8 disunionist In doing this, I read,
from speech made By you ct Columbia,
Tenn, On tie Cd day Of June, 1869. Il
was revised By yourssx, and publishsd in