Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-03-15

ernment and Constitution of the United
States stalked forth in the land, it was
his power and influence that crushed the
serpent in his incipiency. 1t was then
stopped, but only for a time. The same
spirit Of dissatisfaction continues. There
were men disaffected TO the Government,
both III the North and in the South.
SLAVERY.
There was, in a portion Of the Union,
a peculiar institution, of which some com
planned, and to which others were attach
ed. One portion of our countrymen in
the South advocated that institution, while
another portion in the North opposed it.
ENTREME PARTIES.
The result was the formation of extreme
parties, one especially in the South, which
reached a point at which it was proposed
to dissolve the Union of the States for the
purpose, as was said, of securing and pre-
/ serving that peculiar institution. There
was another portion of our countrymen
who were opposed to that institution, and
who went TO such an extreme that they
were willing to break up the Government
in order to get clear Of that peculiar insti-
tuition Of the South.
/ say these things because l desire to
. talk plainly and in familiar phraseology.
I assume nothing here to-day beyond the
position Of a citizen; one who has been
pleading for his country and the preser-
walton Of the Constitution. (Immense
cheering These two parties were array
ed against each other, and | stand here
before you for the Union to-day, as stood
in the Senate Of the United States in 1860
and 1861
~ THE SENATE.
/ met there those who were making
war upon the Constitution, and who wan
ted to disrupt the Government, and | de-
nounced them in my place then and there,
and exposed their true character. ! said
that those who were engaged in breaking
up the Union were traitors. have never
! ceased, or all the proper occasions, to re-
peat that sentiment, and as far as my eff
orts could 90, have endearvored TO carry
1t ont. Great applause) | have just
remarked that there were two parties,
| one Of which was for destroying the Gov
!
! der to preserve slavery, and the other for
breaking up the Government to destroy
| slavery. True, the objects which they
1 sought to accomplish were different, SO
/ far as slavery was concerned, but they
/ agreed in the desire to break up the Gov
| eminent, the precise thing to which have
/ always been opposed, and whether disun-
! ionists come from the South or North,
/ stand now as [ did then, vindicating the
/ union Of these States and the Constitution
/ IF my country. CIrcnendous applause
SECESSION.
Rebellion and treason manifested them
selves in the South. | stood by the Gov
eminent. | said then that | was for the
! Union with slavery, | was for the Union
| without slavery. In either alternative |
was for my Government and its Constitu-
| tion. The Government has stretched forth
its strong arm, and with its physical pow
cr it has put down treason in the field
! The section Of the country which then ar
rayed itself against the Government has
been put down by the strong arm. What
! did we say when this treason originated?
We said " No compromise; you your
selves in the South can settle this question
in eight and forty hours" | said again
and again. and | repeat it now, :: Disband
your armies in the South, acknowledge
the supremacy of the Constitution of the
United States, acknowledge the duty of
obedience to the laws, and the whole ques-
ton is settled" (Applause.) What has
been done since
} TIE REBELLION CRUSHED.
Their armies have been disbanded, and
they come forward now in the proper spirit
and say, . We were mistaken. We made
an effort to carry out the doctrine of Seces-
sion and to dissolve this Union In that
we have failed. We have traced this doc
trine to its logical and physical results,
and we find that we were mistaken. We
acknowledge the flag of our country and
are willing 10 obey the Constitution
and to yield to the supremacy of the laws. -
/ Great applause.) Coming in that spirit,
| say to them, g When you have complied
with the requirements Of the Constitution,
when you have yielded to the law, when
you have acknowledged your allegiance to
/ the Constitution, L will, so far as / can,
/ open the door Of the Union to those who
had erred and strayed from the folds Of
| their fathers for time. Great applause.) }
/ Who has suffered more by the Rebellion
than L have ?? | shall not repeat the sto-
ry of the wrongs and sufferings inflicted
upon me but the spirit Of revenge is not
the spirit in which to deal with wrong
ed people. | know there has been great
deal said about the exercise of the par