Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-27

I o"u bSe CaOlnet Officials stand Con
''sted OF it. For my purpose, I care no
which is right. bring to your view. sim
Ply startling fact--if you have any NOR
"'"y 10 10 starl:ed-:.aat, in either even,
your rulers stand convicted, and copfsssed
convicted, Of Intentional falsehood. Tba
's the point at which the nation ha
arrived.
And now, what do we witness! TIL
nation actu1hy trembling, the nation ac-
tually doubling, the nation actually tear;in,
that that department Of the government
which, in all history, has been, ought te
be- and which, under our form of govern
ment, was intended to be, the buIwa,k o
our liberties break. water Of PASSION
say tile whole nation is trembling doubt
'ng' fearing, that the supemo Judcia
power Of The country will be utterly uue-
quail 10 the task Of declaring What they
know to be the Constitution Of their coun.
try. Ga this point I, for one, have never
yielded. I have always believed that the
, question, once made before that tribunal
fairly and clearly, they would be equal TO
! the task, though confess bavo not found
one man in a hundred to agree with me,
and that fact alone is suflicioct illustra-
ton Of the extent to which this corruption
aEe loss Of confidence have gone.
Shall the judicial department of tine gov.
ernment-lified by the Constitution above
the mere petty passicne OF the multitude
tultll the great objects Of its mission, and
say that the Constitution is the supreme
law of the land, and that al! acts outside Of
it are usurpations and consequently void 2.
II 80, this county may be sav.d; thus
revolution may be stayed. But if the court
should agree with the Congress, and leave
the President standing aloue IN. the s,rug-
gle, battling with two dep .r,meuts Of the
government, then, my countrymen, the
hnal appeal is 10 you. Politicians are
Is no truth in them. Your
leaders tell lie and swear to it but though
perjury is crime, it is passport to pow
er. If your government fails, it Will for
no other reason than a want OF honesty
and OF love of truth. Then, say, the
appeal Is 10 You, TO the people Of America,
whether you shall prove truthful and hon
est. But, ii you fail, then, the verdict is
written that you have neither virtue nor
sufficient to preserve R.puL.i
can Government, and over the falls VIC
must go, at once, and forever.
That is the question now before the
American people. l deny ei,at-isis mere
political question between t~o parties;
deny that u,is a anes,ion 'bs,wesp Union
and Disunion; l deny that it is a question
between despo.ism and liberty, solely. Ii
has become question . o: derercy or IL
deeency, of honesty or dishonesty: of truth
Or falschood, of vi'tue or vice, Of civiliza-
lion or barbarism, and he who ranges him
self on ones side or the othor must be- for
ever SO adjddged. (Arplaase,) L deny that
it is necessary at ills lay for man to
stand up before any intelligent audience
aud argue the consti,utionslity Of the eues.
'ions now being thrust upon you. There
is no man who does not need guardian
but knows they arc unconstitutional; and
you know it. The question is not a. 10
whether you understand it but Wheeler
you have virtue enough to Dc what you
know is right. And people Of Georgia,
Ihe issns is made. You are to be called
upon to determine whether you will favor
ruth or falsehood. I know that now, and
indeed, for many years back, the mir ia full
If Policy, policy, policy'-.he making of
ibis bargain and Of that bargain. l will
venture now to say-ata hopa I,shall
offend nobody though, iAAasL Aspa
care.T DO ia telling tlR ssaiIS staA
there are over fifty men this day in Allan.
La who have come here 10 see il they can
not make some Office ly joining one party
OF the other. have been observing some
Of them fortwo.days, and begin to think |
shall almost feel respectable daughter
uId cheers) if DO not got out Of SUCH an
atmosphere. I represent 10 .party;Jbe.
long to none, and therefore speak only for
myself I support that party which l
think, in given instance, j. right; and
hat party to day is represented BY these |
young gentlemen. lrAe ;menbers Of tho |
Young Mems Democratic! CluG Of Fulton
eouuty:t I~sreak ny own conviction 4
Fearlessly, and, I trust, plainly: l desire
70 do SO, and ! desire I'd 'be. 'tnders,eE;
Indifferent; wh6tiSreor ASssl
p!ease one man only, or all men. ZAP
pIause:) '''' -'i''J0lt) !iHH2
I'aeen'.is tas'Jusyto lcpYe before you
aRd put on record my views of the c nsli !
luton which il now frop5sed iotisao9,ion, 1
a'q to give tue Ireaspns why deem and
declare it infamous. am not going over
'be Sld a'l lu'usHt e5Ich)5had the honor
'f pps.endag 'byfors an i audience in ,Lis
same hall. at an earlier period of our l,,sto-
y, by which proved that The sutifosity
which authorized this matter, originally.