Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-20
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THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTR 90.


his speech at the Winuebago county (llI) Ag
ricuIturul Fair, last week, said:
I'VE have had too much Of Waive, at
least, of the South have-aud VIC need uow.
above all thugs, peace, and it is to plead Tor
peace that am here TO day. l make po cou-
cealment of the part taken by myself 10 the
late war, nor would your respect tor ne DC II.
creased were to cffer any unmaply. apology,
| Up to the beginning of the contest used all
| nv iphucncc TO preserve the Union, to aVold
| the war: but when that came | obeyed the com.
mand of ny State, as You did yours, and l
fought y0u as long and as hard as could But
when | Surrendered did so in good faith, aud
| iroui that day to this | challenge any one to
| show that the terms Of my parole have been
violated or that any act Of mine has been 10
consistent with my honor as colder and my
duty as citizen. You of the North followed
| the dictates of your own consclencc5. We OF
the South did the same. Let US each 90 JUS
lcc to the other, for without mutual scltre-
srcct there can be no permanent peace and 90
restored fraternity.
Lock at her wasted fields her ruined INDUSTRIES
her fearful n,isrnlc, and you can doubt no long
pr Do Won doubt her sincerity? Whatever
NAV be. cr may have been, ber faults her worst
enemies have never charged her with hypocrisy,
nor speakipg with double tongue. Rash, I'M
pulsiyc. imnctuous she may be, but false never.
Loud applause. Lock back to those trying
times when the Presidential question was un
settled What was the coItsc OF the South
then? There were men 10 the North who were
willing to inaucnratc another rcOcl!lon, aS
though, like us cr the South, they had fought
YOU bragcy 10 battle; thcy w<rc from the liTSt
willing, anxious, carrcst, ~ produce another
revolution, 10 add to the evils OF The country,
and was not the opportunity gwen to the South
then? What prevented y gun from beng hrcd
in South Carolina? Ooc riot in South Caro-
lima and we would have had acivi war through
ont this broad land 1t would have beor a war
Of sectiops-pos war in which one part 6; our
great country warred against another. D!Vineo
by sections 1t would not have been what this
country had been not long before. II would
have been cruel war-brother against btothcr'
household agaius: household. At that time
South Carolina used all her ctfort--ayc. my
friends | can tell you that the people OF South
Carolina are as brave, as true, as the Splrit cl
The people of Illinois, and stood then ten tunes
mere than you would have done. TIC lfcsl'
Dental question wGDt into Congress-. Hin was
it in Congress that prevented the haOuSternE
1t was what some Of the violent newspapers oi
the North have chosen to call the 'Conleuera'e
Brieadier Generals These men said that, as
Congress had voted for the Commlsslon' i's
acts should be sustained, and there was not 4
man in the South Who did not acquiosce IN lta
decision, and who does not propose to obey all
steadily to The end.
"rhe second proof Of Southern sincerity.
that recent one which has Just passed II mcaa
the unfortunate strikes aud riots which spread
through the whole Norlh) h)-where was TIE
South then Did she come forward; ANXIOUS
to take part as disturbing element? NOT
single man OF tho South joined ln those RIOTS,
but manifested conservatism throughout the
whole difficulty. Here, then, are two evidences
OF the feeling at the South 10 giving bonds TO
preserve the peace, and she wants peace. We
surrendered in good faith, and L want to
impress upon you this fact, that | cnal'
lcngc any man living to say that from that
dav to this | have violated 10 any degree
my oath. / pledged myself then to supper;
the Constitution Of the United States ah4 aii
| its amendments and when took the otlciai
| oath as Governor Of South Carolina l s"9rc to
uphold it, and, so help my God, lntenu 10
| keep it. Loud applause IL was Well saH
| by Wellington that it is the duty OF every c!t!
| zen to obey the laws Of his country, Whcthef
| right or wroug. Now, We propose to OBEY INC
| Constitution Of the Uolted States, ana We ask'
and have the right to ask, that the Co9St'tu
ton shall extend equal protection to South
| Carolina and Massachusetts,, to Louisiana ,, ant
to illinois, aud VIC have the right to ask that
every citizen in every State should be cHua!ly
protected @ by the Constitution Of the United
States. Loud applausc,l | come theo' icl-
low citizens, appealing for peace. Wo como
because it is The highest wisdom to restore
pcsca. The very ethics Of statesma;9shp lc'
nuirc The restoration OF the Union. We rec9&' ;,&
nizc that the Constitution is paramount, we
Tccorriza m that the Uoioo Is restored We pro
nose to be good ctiz2os, and como from ,nc
| Palmetto State 10 the Prairie State TO take inc
hands OF the men Of lIlinois ln peace IN ra,cr m
nifty, ard in reconciliation. believe It Will DC
met in the same spirit that 1t IL offered.