The Worthington advance., 1876-08-10

dill 1llSulC tlat every piOuu nall Will
resent. ':' ''ci ~Ht,
Iwantto seeif the President will put
Indiana troops into battle, depending
upon support from negro regiments.
If he does, when your sons 60 into bat-
tie, and the negroes give way, as they
will, leaving them to sustain the honor
of the field, then the blood of every
Indianian who is slaughtered is upon
that Congress who passed that bill and
upon the President who signed it.
wish to say that, as Democrat and
Conservate citizens, we will. stand by
peace and good order; we will give
our influence in favor of the law. I
know that, in some Of your neighbor>
hoods, you are exasperated by seeing
young NEIL who have taken French
leave from the army taken back. They
should not have done so. Before
volunteering they should have thought
we'll of the matter. At that time | did
not advice anybody to enlist, because
I was not going myself, and / would
not recommend any one to do thing1
would not do myself. While l did
not recommend any one to enlist, say
to all to-day who have enlisted that
they ought to stand by their country
and colors; and if any young men have
left their companies to come home
without authority, they have done an
unfortunate thing, because they have
not acted in accordance with law. So
that you cannot fight the battle at is
sue in your neighborhoods. You must
act in accordance with law. If any
body, however, comes into your neigh
borhoods without law, and proposes to
take anybody away by force, that is a
matter without law, and you had best
attend to that gentleman at once.
[Sh0uts of ''We'll attend to them. old
fellow !''1
Again,i on the subject of a COM
promise and Mr.. Lincoln's Emancipa-
tion, the new Senator said:
What the next two years will bring
about, do not know. There is one
course for us to pursue, and that is to
do our duty. 1 have hopes that this
war will not last very much longer,
and that there will be some adjustment
consistent with the honor of the gov
ernment and the Union of the States.
am ready to compromise ut any time.
am ready to say to the people of the
South: ''Come in again and we will
secure to you your constitutional rights
and, if you desire them, additional
guarantees.' If there is any man
who desires to continue fighting and
spending the peoples money and lives,
l do not sympathize with him. |
should like to see these States brought
together in Convention again, and set
tie upon mode of adjustment. do
not know whether we have govern
ment that will do it or not. We have
elected majority of the next House
of Representatives and, unless the
Border.state men go unexpectedly, and
MI. Lincoln cheats the people with his
Representatives from military dis
tricts, we shall be able to accomplish
something. But that Congress will
not meet until next December, and
until that time the Government will
be under the control of the Abolition.
lists. It may be that events will settle
the question before that time. If it
goes on little while longer as it has
been since the President issued his
proclamation, it is going against u.s..
do not know whether that procla'
nation is going to be taken back OF
not; I am going to vote to take it back
the first opportunity get. lCheers.:
1t was wicked thing to have issued
Mr.. Lincoln said that on a certain day
he would issue such a proclamation
Then came the elections. Indiana first
said. "Take it back - then Ohio
then Pennsylvania, then Illinois, and
then New York,-in all, nearly thir
teen millions of people of these States
said to Mr.. Linroln, ''Take it back. ,
But he has set himself above the peo
pie. They said to him, "you are de
stroying our Government, and making
the restoration of ofitimpossible." it AND
yet he said the result of the election
reminded him Of ananectote he hear(
once out in Springfield, Ill. 1t mus
have been very amusing, that expires
sion of the condemnation of 5000 ,00'
of people! The people say t.
Mr.. Lincoln, .'You must stand by in
; Constitution You have no right t.
make an Abolition purpose Of thi
War" Mr.. Lincoln says to the people
"you are not loyal. am loyal.' II
says, "You fellows, you men in work
shops and on farms, I'll put you il
dungeons if you do not be still when
shake my head This is the argu
ment that comes back in response t
the expression at the polls.
81 Republican Grape-Shot.
81 Mr.. Bowles says that Bristow's hea
3 is as level as his jaw is square.
Democrats discover that Sam Cox
3 as a fly, don't catch any fish.
Ex-Governor CASTOR, Democrat,