Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-11-08
The Next Civil War-ValIu ndfs In Il III 5
Opinion.
The following is an extract from recent
speech of Mr.. Eallandigham

speech of Mr.. Tallandigham
I dgrcss moment to tell you how? lis easily
told. They have proclaimed it already-Bing-
ham, Wade Stevens--the leaders OF the RepuJli-
| can party everywhere Under pretence Of inl-
| parchment of the President, they mean to depose
him.
| l do not say iInpeach- that is d nlild gentle,
institutional WOrd-thOugh it Is absurd in the
extreme to talk of impeacuing President for
| supporting the Constitution and maintaining thu
Union. They will depose him by violence, though
under the pretended violation of law: and let me
here say very empha tcally that upon the fundamen-
tai maxim of Lincolns administration they have
perfect right to do SO. What was it He boldly
| aud repeatedly proclaimed, and mercessIy he ac-
ted upon it from the beginning to the end aud
sustained all his underlings everywhere in eXecu-
ting it, that he had right, and that it was his
duty to remove every obstacle of whatever kind,
human or material-mcn, things, institutions
which he believed stood i'll the way of the success
fui achievement OF what he called patriotic pur-
poses. And in this monstrous claim he sup
ported Ill the beginning by the great mass OF the
people IN the States North and West, and through
oft by ma iority of them with reckessness
and bitterness, and a severity, too, never before
exhibited by Tree people IN any country or III
any age.
Now, upon precisely this Same maxim, thus rig
orOnsiv practic0d upon, the Radicals have right
to remove the President from bis Office, and to
imprson, exile to put him to death-upon
the preteXt that he Is believed to be an obstacle
in the way Of the successful execution of their
plans and policy Tor what they choose to call the
public good. And do not know that any one
who, N Lincoln time. gave sanction to the ex-
ecrAbe doctrine, could have nnv right 20 COM
plain,
iv"uil h4Vr that right. Fine Democratic part
w"ilil nav" it..nd here and there solitary wav-
t!rcr, marching out OF place with the Rel ubIIcau
hosts. Hut no matter; let me warn all concerned
that this pretended impeachment, this intended
,oposing Of the Presiden: viii lie resisted to the
last extremity. He is President under the Con-
stiutlon, and has precisely the right to en-
Crclse the duties OF the Office to the end OF his term
March 4, 1863, that tho members Of the Senate on
House. any other Of the officers Of the Govern
ment have, and theee vii find million hearts Of
OAK and arms of steele to defend him in the enjoy
Mont Of that right. We want more war-abovC
all, civil war but if they will force it. it
shall be- will be war to the knife, ard the knife
to the hilt
But to return. The recent civil or sectional war
is over. The Confederate armies have surrendered
and been dispersed, aud the Federal army twelve
hundred thousand strong, has been diminished to
less than fifty Thousand. The over, but the
Union is not restored. Did war restore the Union
Let every soldier and every officer answer. Ii war
restored the Union, what were they doing here adj
Eocatng the Pree!dent'D policy? They ali did
their duty like brave 1t fault Of theirs
that their work did not restore the Union. They
broke down the armed hostility to the Federal
Government. and it was because, in the eternal
nature Of things, by the decree OF the nmnipotent
God, force could not cement Union made by con-
sent, that the Union WAS not rest ored and now
the entire Democratic party is where it has always
been, and every soldier and officer who fought in
that war should come forward and unite with the |
party i'll seeking to accomplish through
the ballot the work that war could not accomplish. |