The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-08-15

arouse and cheek It's coasummatieu =
I.et eyety true lawloving man rally at
once TO the standard Of tho Constitu-
ton Of his country. Applause. r
Come. Do net abandon your rights.
Defead them Talk for them, aud IL
need be, before God and the country,
fight and die for thcm. Enthusiastic
and prolonged applause. Do not talk
or think OF secession or disunion, but
come up TO the good old platforms of
our fathers--the Constitution. Let all,
North and South, come and swear be-
fore God that We will abide BY Il in
GOOD fsith, aud oppose everything that
violates H. The pan who loves the
Constitution nov, and Is willing 10 live
and die for Il, is my friend aud brother,
though he come from the frozen peak
Of Mount Washington !; and the man
who L for trampling upon it is my enc
my, and I shall hold HIM 80, though he
come from the sunny cline Of the orange
aud the cotton bloom. That Is my Us
sue.
0,how sorry creature is the man
who cannot stand up for the truth, when
the country is in danger. There never
was such an opportunity as now exists
for isan TO show VI what stuff he is
made. How can you so about the
street aud say "all IS wrong, bat can.
mot help iti' You want courage, my
friend You are coward You lack
courage TO tell the truth, aud would sell
your birthright for temporary mess
Of pcttagc, even for little bit OF a
iudgcship or Bureau officers place.
But some one says ''How viii you
resist ,tls viii resist il first by not
approving it, II everybody would do
nat It would be eifectually resisted SO
far as We are concerned. But the So
called Congress has provided cover
for itself in advance, under which to
hide from the odium attaching 10 this
scheme, It has provided that you can
vote either for or against convention,
and again vote for or against whatever
constitution it may frame. 1t Is sought
to make us responsible for whatever
may be the consequences, and relieve
them. After while when you become
alarmed at the results, they will say,
1--WE did not do this: We only gave
you a chance, aud you did it,"
But il we defeat this, it is said mill
tary rule will continue. Certainly--un-
Ill wicked men shall be driven from
power. But let il be so. General Pope
seems to be a gentleman, and | infinite
" prefer his rule TO the rule Of such
men as You win get under this scheme.
Besides, the new government, ii iaau-
gurated, will not be able to live n day
without military protection. 1t safer
70 be governed by power than BY trcach-
cry.
Perhaps you viii think have over.
drawn the picture Of the fearful consc-
qucnecs Of accepting this scheme. l
recoIIect M incident which occurred
oyer six years ago, whcn was urging
the people Of Georgia not TO secedc, be
cause the country would thereby fall
into the hands OF Radicals, and predie.
ted war aud lis attendant stifferings as
the result---though then deemed vision
nary. / would be almost ashamed now
10 read INV remarks OF that ,lay---my
hicture would be SO tame aud so far
shsrt Of the dreadful reality that has
followed. A very prominent gentleman
rs1jicd to me, urging that there would
be no war. and to prove it. he read an
article from Horace Greeley's Tr;5uae
and old Ben. Wade's speech declaring
the South had right TO seccde. and II
she chose 70 exercise that right. they
should be allowca to do SO IN peace
He then said that Greeley and Wade
we're better friends of The South than
who was born here. for | was IRVINE "a
friehteu he southern people oat ofthe
exercise 81 a rirht which they scones.
ded and thew were representatiye men
of their marty. What eould / saw m
rcplyy i could only tell him tho truth
That these men only desired n on.
courage The south 10 d;sun;on for thei,
wicked purposes 70 DESTROY the Cousti.
tuition and that . qreat government
couid moi ne dissolveJ vi,5out hIaoJ.
and what have Greeley and Wade done
a., .;..s Al na -.
b rs;set ri. sch.,ne al farcs s,s,,d
MA d,ee;t which c,,pyress has dev;ssd
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