The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-23
Judse Kelly in Mobile.

speech is taken from the Mobile Times, which
instigated and would naturally favor the mob.
The reporter for the Times sat within two feet
OF the speaker, until driven off by bullets. and
must have known What was said. 1t NAV fair
ly be assumed then that nothing harsher than
what follows was uttered: .fti
Fellow citizens: I am here tonight, not AZ
has been stated in one of your papers as the
emissary of faction, and not to speak in the
interests of a faction, but to speak for the conn
try, and to endeavor to heal the wounds of that
country. We are one people, not only So nv a
common Constitution, but nature herself has
made us one people. We occupy a common
country from the Cult to the lakes, from ocean
TO ocean; our geographical position makes us
one people; 1t Is the order of Providence Into
your grand Gulf pour the rivers watering CO..
QUO miles OF common country Every acre Of
land that these rivers water belongs to our
common country. The speaker here alluded to
the grand extent OF that common country, but
our notes suffered during the confusion. He
nad been denounced by one the city press as
the leader Of faction. The faction he served
was 32,OO0OO0 of people and he
served against the world. Loud
and long continued cheers1 He came
to speak to them because he felt that
they would not be guided by narrowminded
men, and would listen to even the views of the
notorious radical from Pennsylvania. The war
that has scared both sections has been equally
felt. Half million of our southern brethren
lie in unmarked graves; similar number OF
northern men lie equally undstinguished.-
No marble marks their remains; regiments lie
where the ploughshare shall pass over them,
and the farmer will find many acres rendered
fertile by the bodies of the slain. This horrible
war was caused by the demagogues of the
then, to keep us asunder. We meet here to
take COUNSEL together. (Cheers.] Although a
notorious RADICAL as the Mobile Times says he
had been listened to with respect in Memphis
and New Orleans. He also felt safe in Mobile.
In spite of all the editorial quilts in the State,
he was there to take counsel on and speak up
on the interests of the country. First, they
must forget the evil memories of the past
They must forget and bury those remembrance
eS. Now all must exercise vigilant, a Sleep
less effort to secure universal liberty. To the
bondmen he would make an appeal They saw
that you are ignorant. The eloquent Vice
President of the Southern Confederacy said
that slavery was the cornerstone OF the Con-
federacy. Knowing that you. won the regard
and esteem OF Southern mel by the humane
manner in which you took care of their
families and titled their fields, those who
prOphesied rape and murder and outrage
ON your part were much disappointed
Trusting in God for liberty, you indicated
your fidelity during all that trying period OF
war. You can forget the wrongs of parties to
yourselves, your wiz. and children. You can
forget. You have proved that you could. We
of the North, though every internal passion of
human nature was aroused in us when The
rebel guns Numbered on Fort Sumpter, and
we rallied in our strength from the hills and
wales, we can and do forget our wrongs and
'sutferings. The fair result.of the war is the
conquest of your liberty. The thunder oftheir
guns made two questions. 1st Have we a
government, and Is the right of secession guar
anteed by the constitution? 3D. Has it
unnI m In hats I,op
vine sanctionb These two questions were Fl :
nally submitted. The South withdrew from
diplomacy and legislative settlement, and re-
sorted to arms. They suggested a compromise
a compromise that L then pronounced, and
now pronounce, an unholy One--a compromise
that liked slavery forever in the country; that
rendered it necessary for every State to agree
before slavery could be extinguuished in any
one State, and rendered the abolish
ment of slavery impossible as long as one
State retuaed its sanction to the Adjustment.
The Southern senators, i'll their seats, refused
to vote upon the question, and Andrew John
son of Tennessee told them that the result of
that action would bring war upon the country.
They would accept no compromise, and head
ed by such men as Benjamin and others, they
precipltated the last war, upon the country.
They endeavored to estrange us from each
other, just as the editor of the Mobile Times
has endeavored to do when he made his attack
upon Senator Wilson and myself How many
cannon we took during the war is lmmaterial;
We took all that were captured, and lost all
that were taken by the confedcracy..z Laugh
teri 1t was a big pool that we captured. They
prevented us from knowing eaehsAother then,
and are trying to do the same thing now
Would 1T have been safe to talk to you before
the war? mo, no. Would you have dared
to hear me? No, no. Then the war has
made us all free. thank God as reverently
for it as the humblest freedmen among you. /
am now free to speak to you. Were you al
lowed before the war to read a northern news
paper? ENo.] How brutality was Imam treat
ed who was found on a Southern railroad read
ing the New York Tribune, the Liberator, the
independent, or any other republican paper!-
This right of free speech was never denied at
the North. Southern natives spoke in our
Academies of Music, and our halls, and South
ern papers were subscribed for and read in all
our reading-rOOms. Demagogues would not
let us understand each other and have cursed
us with this war. Shouts of Turn him OUT
were here heard. Don't turn nybody out
As long as the lamp is burning There is d
chance for a return to common sense. Down to
1S47, Feb. 3, John @. Calhoun Offered resolu-
tons of an abstract character relative to the
territories l"Put him down" was shouted in
the crowd.] i tell you the 18th III. s. Infantry
are at my back, and if the 18th U. s. Infantry
cannot maintain my rights as they were main
tanned at Memphis, have the United States
army to fall back upon. am not afraid of
being put down. My friends will keep quiet
and hear what have to say. i'"I -
AT this moment the speaker disappeared, and
the reporter Of the Times, with all the notes
he could pick up in hurry, made his way to
more tranquil scenes. asti,A =. .r.s.5D.g