The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-08-29
(From the Cincinnati Gazette.
ohi,a7 Speech Off er
-CEN,L JOHN C. LEE,
.AT M.ANSFIHLD, OHIO.

iinoa AT MANSFIELD, OHIO. go
kasThe} first regular appointment O.
Gen John c. Lee, the Union Repub
Elican candidate for Lieut.. Governor
was at Mansfield, on ednesday eye
ming AT the hour appointed, {
large and yeryrespectable attentive
audience assembled inx Miller's hall
In Introducing the speaker, Sena
| tor Sherman said: so $50 la. 81.
am requested to introduce ste
[you the speaker of the evening, who
lis the Union Republican candidate
for Lieutenant Governor, a gentle
man of high character, who served
in the war, rising to the rank, Of
Brigadier. General, and distinguish.
| ling himself as soldier. He was a
Lawyer before entering. the service
and, 1 have no doubt, he will pre-
! sent to you the issues involved in
the campaign fairly and in anainter-
esting manner. 5Hes s-sr lsgI s,l
su4PEECH OF GEN. j. c. LEE. saa'3
In discussing before you the ques-
tions in which we all feel an inter
est, I shall be compelled to intro
duce them mostly in outline, for
they are too extended to admit of
elaboration. j iad fieaa9 "lae o o.
Z" The practical question for every
/ elector, at every returning election
| is: How shall I cast my ballot ?
That question goes, in its answer,to
this further extent With which par
ty, the Union or the Democratic
party, shall my ballot be cast? We
have but these two parties, and the
elector in Ohio, whether he will or
not, casts his ballot in theinterest of
one or the other of these PARTIES
It is idle for the oftizep OF Ohio to
say that he does not agree with the
policy Of the Democratic party yet
he will vote its ticket, because he
holds sentiments not entirely in ac-i
-cordance with that party, and does
not mean by his ballot to indorse
the platform Of that party. He can
not help it if he would. His vote
does endorse the platform of the
party with which he casts his ballot.
Hence, we come down to this ques-
ton, with which party; the Demo
cratic party or the Union party, shall.
my ballot be cast? How shall we.
answer this question ? I hope we.
shall pass by our former attach
ments, 1our.prejudices for or-against,
and go to reasons that in themselves
should be decisiyeof our choice.
I cennot conceive of any thing
truer, as astandard, than this: What.
is the present policy OF. each party?
What has been its political history,
and what n ow are it's constituent ell.
ements When we shall have made
full examination, of each, We shall
then certainly be able. to decide for
ourselves thesquestion, with which.
of these parties We should.yote.T
p What is the present policy Of the
Union party? In its platform we
find that it asserts that the, great
teachings of the late war are that
this is a sovereign nation--not a
mere compact Of States mot a mere
confederation of soyereigpties. co
herin gysimply by will, simply by the
power of persuasion, by consent ).
which cohersion shall be, sundered
upon the Withdrawal Of any, Of the
several members aThe platform de-
claresgth att this nation has within it
Self the power Of self preservation !;
that is an entity, an entirety, as
against all internal and external for
icesgaz Y'lia edi '.sia ;aaiffbhG linsn.
J, Now what says, the Demo
party on, that, point /" We believe
In the, doctrine of States rights, in
State sovereignty, as, against the
power Of the Federal Government.
Wef1nd that a Capitalization of pow
er, such as the present Union party
is in favor of, and is trying to work
out, is sdangeroeis tos Our Republic
and. destructive of personal liberty.
We are in favorof the States preserv.
ing and maintaining their own State
| power to, such an extent ! that The
General Government instead Of be
| ing superior3 supreme; shall be sub.
ordinate and subject I,to'Tthe States
This. is the same doctrine that was
| urged. by and in the defense of Sc
cession i'm 1860 and 1851 3unde1
whicn South Carolina declared it:
ordinance, ofsecession. and followed
it, the other. States subsequently, tax
ing the same course. 1t was "a ne
| cessary part of their theory. 81 fTh.
step Of secession, by each State
must have legal sanction, if posi-
sible. q They must be able toarfint
for it that which mould zbe respect
ed, in the eyes Of the several States
and in the eyes Of nations, if posi-
BILE. And hence this, doctrine, o
calhoun, which, in his day, took th,
form. of nulIifcatidn,, must be adopt
fed.a And we find Buchanan il, hi
message in 1860, recognizing tina
doctrine, and saying to the Congress
that be finds in the Constitution nt
power, to prevent the cons lamatiol
ofesecession.l Thattislthei position
Of the Democratic party to day
| And why do they assume that posi-
ntion2 lIs Hi becanse they haYe.,
conviction that is right,4,that it i
expedient and afpractical doctrine
| i think not. |, Tt afi1dsls It hecessar.
that that, party should adhere to it
randz zgiYe,it al practical workingaou ut
4tpcan better no " subserve' it's pres
4 lIeht purpose 2 of relieving the "insur
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