Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE COUNTRY'S PERIL.
Speech of EBen. Wade at Cleveland. .

Senator Wade spoke at Cleveland, Ohio,
on the 10th inst, according to appointment.
A large meeting listened to him. He be-
gan by saying that in bis judgement no
more important crisis in the history of our
Government had ever existed than the pre-
sent The speaker assured the people that
as great peril exists to day as when armed
rebels struck NJ the life of the Republic and
ardeutly appealed To those who saved the
nation hy their valOr then, to rally to its
salvation M one could say he had been
an alsrmist. During the war he had never
duuh,cd our ultimate success but the ma
chinations Of the present enemies of the re-
public do not arrest the attention, as did
the clamors of war, and are so much the
more dangerous tor that reason. He refer
red u the TACT that the rebel leaders show
no signs Of repentance, but are ready to try
egaiu when opportunity offers. He spoke
OF the Congressional Committee which in
vestigated tue temper and disposition OF
.hc South, and concluded that the rebellion
is as rite as NJ any time during the war
He said in reference to that state of feeling
"1'he danger lies in the fact, that standing
back of those who got up and carried on
the rebellion was large organized party at
the North, whose sympathies were with
them, ana who gave them all the aid and
comfort in their power. | will even say
that were it not for the sympathy of the
Democratic party, there would never have
heen a rebellion. | knew this better than
you, who were at home. For day after day
! | was in close council with jeff Davis,
! Toombs, Benjamin, Hunter, Crittenden, aud
| Others of minor note. In that room, where
! there were none to take notes for publica-
tion, all talked familiarly together, and
the plans and purposes of the South were
| openly avowed. We told them that they
would bring on war. But they said no {;
! YOU cannot coerce State, insisting upon
| the right of States to secede. If war carries,
/ said Davis, the blow will fall upon you, and
I not upon US. The North, and not the South,
! will be devastated. If it comes to that, the
| city of New York has agreed to go with us
| | have no doubt they had an understanding
! to that effect with Wood, Barlow and others
| to hurl, if possible, the great Metropolis in
! to the whirlpool Of secession. Davis also
said that Pennsylvania and Indiana would
go with them, and to support his statement
| held up deiantly the resolutions adopted
on the fifth of January, 1861, by Democratic
Conventions in those States, sending greet
! ings to the leaders of secession, and pledg-
! ing two hundred thousand men to assist
(
! il any attempt was made to coerce the South
the armies of the Government must march
over the dead bodies of the Democracy
These he faunted in my face, and told me
that even my own State would join with
them. | recollect the reply that l made
to him. The Democracy of the North, like
the Devil, will lead you into the scrape, and
then leave you there. Great laughter Wber
it comes to the clash of arms, not one of then
will dare to raise his arm in the cause o.
rebellion. Again, say that but for the siC
and comfort afforded the Southern leader
by the Democracy ofthe North, there would
have been no war. l charge upon this grea
organized party, the responsibility of thre,
hundred thousand the flower of our you'll
lying in their graves. BY the Democratic
party, he meant those who kept up th,
party during the war, and through 1t, op
posed the government. Those who, II