The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-06-09

we nope LOT, peace WV ueoiie, "hu
peace we will have. / have nothing to
say to you tonight of politics, and, my
friends, hope you have nothing to do
with them. You have political power,
and its exercise Is only postponed until
the coming of that event which Ger.
tainly anticipate-the restoration Of
your constitutional rights. (Applsuse)
Let us, then, stand still and quietly
await developments. The men of the
North, like yourselves, love their gov
ernment aud understand their rights,
and men of the North have no idea Of
surrendering in their own country
those great bulwarks of constitutional
liberty-the right of trial by jury, the
right to elect their own officers and the
right to determine their own internal
policy and as soon as their prejudices
and hatred against the South are re-
moved. and they see that by the unlaw-
full action of those in power toward the
South these sacred rights of theirs are
in danger of being invaded, they will
become your adjuncts, aud you will
hold the balance of power; and in that
hour your power will be great and your
success will be great. (Applause.) /
said, and here repeat it, that despair
not of the restoration of our liberties.
They are not ours only they are equal
ly the liberties of the people of the
North and the South, and when they
at the North see that laws are made for
their oppression, do you not believe
that the men who have descended from
revolutionary sires will Mise their
voices against them? Do you not be-
lieve that when they come to look
calmly upon the question between the
North and South they will foim parties
and platforms upon which you can
stand And when that hour comes
then will come the fulfillment of the
promised era of constitutional liberty,
which 1 so confidently anticipate and
hope for to-day. I may not live to see
it; but, if do not, / shall die confid-
emily believing that it will come. /
know, my friends, that in this l run
counter to the feelings that are prevail
ent in different portions of our country,
but believe this is the true policy for
the South to pursue at present. The
.. South cannot hasten the day of her de-
= liverance by attempting to assume
. leading part in the politics of the coun-
try today. Let her people quietly and
-. earnestly devote themselves to the
- work of improving and building up
:. their material prosperity, leaving those
= who have the power to settle these
: questions among themselves, simply
. saying to them, 1--WE know our rights
q know they are invaded and then
# wait patiently untiDwe see them divid-
70 ed and at issue with themselves, and
n join the party and support the candi-
"A date and the platform that promises a
g restoration of constitutional liberty. 1t
9. is then that you will hold the balance
4. of political power in your own hands,
q. and it Is then that all your rights will
r. once more be restored and guaranteed.
- (Applause) have shaken hands with
politics. l am now engaged upon mat
ters Of life insurance. daughter and
vi applause) would like to insure al
your lives for hundred years. Laugh
ter and applause) 1 have, therefore
my friends, very quietly presented this
n, opinion, which l entertain upon the
r. subject, that has been the duty of form
Is, er years, but not of present years.
1T. know can do you no good. am no
ry engaged in public affairs, but hope Il
id do you some good by showing TIN
world that, though have retired from
l., active public service, yet it is my purpose
~ ~ to serve you, with head and heart ant
-. hand, as long as 1 live, Your interes
:. is mine--not in mere abstract ant
~ general sense but in that devoted car
-" which have for your welfare and hap
- piness, and the only reward l ask o
va seek is that may live to see all you
Ior political rights restored and the who'll
nd South prosperous, Independent ant
fer happy. tApplause.) Therefore, i
II what have said have only spoken @
Die what consider the best policy for tn
re. people of the South, under the presen
l circumstances, to pursue. Let the pee
a. pie of the North take care of then
on selves. You went to war upon til
,at same question for which your ancestor
ay and theirs contended in the first revt
of luton against the government of gre
re. Britain-the right of commercial ind
ib. pendence or State sovereignty. y
of succeeded in that first war, and Stf
i've sovereignty must again be restored
al else the republic of America is failur
md Despotism cannot be exercised under
his Republican form of government, an
md my friends, if you can but wait all W
ere be well. II any of us die before I
row day of peace and liberty dawns, let
eep die in faith that it will come at la
1ul, The people Of the North will never 81
reat render their rights; and when they S
i've, the danger at home then they will ne
ted, your aid and will come to you, a
still then you will be crowned with victC
t, if and triumphant success. (Applaus
Let i am not of those who accept the s
,ery uation." accept nothing. These ca
ples phrases that we hear so much of abb
that accepting the situation and abb
this our rights having been submitted
and the arbitrament of the sword"
will but the excuses of towards. (Applaus
hey admit that power prevails over tru
and admit that that power is 50 great Il
nph it would be folly to resist it, and the
for fore i am in favor, myself, of be
up acquiescent, and l advise you to
sub same course. but / do not admit [
ould our rights have ever been submitted
iord the arbitrament of the sword. "
IS of has the power to submit your liber
eces- to the arbitrament of battle?
pass never delegated that power to y
eful, representatives. 1, as your Execut
day; never claimed it, and never, dyin,
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