The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-09-09


nut the uaion,uen down and ceeree il,em
into reh6lhon, worll have hui make
that plea. Raald have hiln'sot up the
pie. thas tho pgesenk sSeretaty or War
eyaa member Of tbs sf'Eipet Of ,lame
Buehanan VI The tins this trace wes made
hy which The fate of sQniler MS sealed
wo,iil have him say t9at, cgea antler
Mr. Lircoln assumed Ga teins of power, /
the ouestiul Of winioreiug and vietlml- /
Ing Fert SumiAr seas asscpased in the
eaI,inet, abl every pleriber Of thai CaIi. |
net, with the es,tensioa ni one, voted
against ~ reinforcement and IL favor ofE
surr>s5.egtng It 10 .hc hels. would
have him say that eii9ers . laiih 10 the
Geyernnieni wss upon isonditian Of the
Gorernneats faith p IFS pitiasrs; thai
tl.e Gogaylmeat was beGe3 to'pguiecf ITS
citizens. bound not 70 give ernls 70 traiiors
an7 r6nels, kR' bonna 60 send its arms
and il armies to its te1a aud faithful
citizens. 1t Gid not 20 Is Alr ata,heus
;houeht that, having bets ahaude4sl by.
his Government, he cep. Led No greater
fat;lt in iiAaiis yiel iiu4 sSssseeessien than
the 6ovrrnmeiit did III ,sssertine him IN
tie first place,
do not wish 10 be understood rs sas
! ing that the tarpitafle Of one individual
is any excuse or defence fer tie crime Of
lanealier. but Mr. Becheaan, and Floyd.
and Holt. aud the other Cabinet dinis-
tiers, made the actual Gogernment Il he
thine. aud that Government iWni hea
arms To the rebels; and entered inio eeas-
Iventions with the releis anahlina them
10 use those arms. while it tied the hands
af the Government rs against she rehels.
Thus the Goyefnmcnt actually betrayed
+ the Tnionists Of tho South. and net only
permitted but uidet tie rebels to coeYee
them into secession. 4 man who IS con-
strained to commit crime cannot be
punished iof. it, especially hy these whe
aided in eGnstgaining him 70 the conimis-
sion u the deed. more especially il those
who aided in conslrainiug him were bound
TO protect and defend him. Now, imag
: inc Aleek Stephens liz tie criminal 10cl
j with Joe Holt as the pualie prosecutor
| Aleek making that maeniicent Uniot
i speech which he delivered in The Georgi,
! convention, aud contrasting with il ]u
i Hollis letter of November or December
/. gl2G0. jnstitying treason and rebellion
i and also with the Convention made b,
. Ruehanan's Cabinet with the rebel Com
c .missiouers and signed by Joe Holt ani
It Toucey, in which they agreed not to dc
Y fend or reinforce the forts, but allo7e'
r the rebels to construct batteries agaii.s
r theih. which aiierward DESTROYED them
n Who. | ask would look mest Ike cri,a
II iual in the eyes Of the nation?
Now, ! have male this suppoaitian b
e cause have heard 81 rtuch about th
: total aaaihik.ion of these men who hay
= been in rebellion. especially by these me
5. who have never been down here to hel
,rto kill any. Of them who were clrefl
! Aot to 20 South as long as the rebels ha
!, arms to defend themselves with. TN
. class are Tor extermina.ing the pe1pl
/, dt the South anu brushing out their elal
= lines
il ton. ia the strongest patti t rttitteE Ii eoase
es which am capable. the attitude occupie
se by our Government te these States IN 81
er beginning Of the war. When Virgin
10 votei, BY 10000 majority. for the l'niol
"a but when Il crowd Of balies IN Ricimon
le We're ready to drive the State ont of I'll
IN Union, the Government stood hy vii
es It's arms folded Didn't ihcse loyal me
IN have the right to demand protection
nj that time as much us the GoyernmcI
= had to demand them to romain loyal
Ii When every State in the South was
ty tho same condition the oxceptio
IS of South Carolina. I don't believe
ii can be asserted Of any State that a nlajo
-i-Iity were in favor OF secession. put
Of this plea in behalf. of Il great number
of men who remained loyal and true to ii
hit Government as long is they could do $
and would have relnsined loyal and trr
r. to thisday if the Government had remain
in ed loyal and true to them | say thu
| they shall not now be prescribed BY tt
to rery mem who deserted and abandone
so THEM in the days Of their trial.