The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-15


ton they were enemies Of the Union, and should
the Government pass into their hands there would
be great danger to the public liberties Ifthe as.
sumption were true the result would be inevita.
| BILE. II they were enemies of the Union, they had
no right In Congress no business here, and II they
were honorable men they ought to leave The
| people OF the North ought 10 understand these
things, He granted what the Senator from New
| York intimated. This gush will not do the sena-
| tor said, and this walking arm In arm and Bhak.
| Ing OF hands by ConfedeTates and Union men in
| public assemblies was well enough for Sunday
school teachers. Statesmen, said Mr.. Hill wanted
reason. Representatives Of the South were not
| enemies OF the Union, and therefore ought to be
| present here. Republicans oppose the repeal of
obnoxious laws under the pre- tense that the South
was not to be trusted How could it be that the
| South was not TO be trusted because 1t was pro-
| posed to repeal la RB that had not been on the
statute book for seventy five years before they
| were enacted2 Was the South not to be trusted
because II wanted intelligence and virtue IN the
| jury box, and because they wanted the army TAX.
Ell away from the polls and because the South,
through It's reL re- enatives wished 10 prevent the
control OF elections by Deputy Marshals and Super.
| visoTsY Southern men went to war In vindtcalion
of their convictions The South did not secede
| from the Union because they were enemies of the
Constitution and the Union. 1t was driven into
secession by extre lists Of the North. The Senator
| from New York (COnkling) called the Representa-
lives of the SoHth Confederates, and then notified
| the North that they ought to be alarmed because
legislation was proposed by the same kind Of men
who were here before the war.
LOYALTY OF THE SOUTH. 2
He (HilD had been making an account TOO, and
strangely as the Senator might think fit, Of the
niue representatives and two Senators from
Georgia, nine, certainly eight, were opposed TO
secession.
Mr.. Conkling (Rep, N. ~ asked whenP
Mr.. Hill replied till IL came, and they stood up
in that dark hour like men for their convictions
They hsd no apology to make. OF the ninety
three Southern Representatives and Senator's
about seventy.fve were opposed to secession, He
mentioned this for the purpose of showing how
sound the Southern people are. They are willing
10 be represented by men true to the Union.
Mr. Hill then related some OF his personal his.
| tory South Carolina seeded In December, 1860
The people Of Troupe county, in which he lived,
requested him to serve as their delegrate in the
State Convention of Georgia. He accepted the
trust in letter in which he said he would con-
sent to the dissolution Of the Union as he would
to the death of his fatheronly from necessity; that
bad and extreme men were fighting the Union,
which never harmed any one, and that he would
never ask more from those who were destroying
| the Government in their folly than to give his
children better one. His peOple sent him to the
convention without opposition. In January he
had the honor to make the last speech against the
| resolution in favor Of secession On the 10Th of
| that month, when the ordinance was framed, he
| wrote letter to friend teh him the deed was
| done and that Georgia thai day left the Union
The streets were wild with excitement: A marty
came TO serenade him as 1t had others but his
room dark, his heart sad and his tongue silent
NO matter who was wrong, he said in that letter
the Union had fallen. In 1868 he had a CORES.
DOn0pupp with that prppt a nd gnn
Greeley, who did more to build up the Republican
party than any other man in America GreeleV
was honest In his convictions and boldly declared
them. In his letter to that gentleman, in reply to
| something that had been said concerning him he
wrote he was entitled to an audience Of readers of
the Tribune having in the winter OF 1860 warned
the people against secession, and told them war
would come an unequal, fierce, vindictive aud
desOlating war. Many Of the tTeesOileTS said If
the South desired to secede It could do so in peace
The people of the South did not secede because of
hostility to the Constitution. They pledged them.
selves to form new one on the model OF the old
The South seeded because war was made on its
constitutional rights by extremiSs of the North to
destroy its property, and because the Northern
| people, through their Republican leaders, said
| that secession should be accomplished IN peace
Greeley said they wanted no Union pinned to.
| gether with bayoneB. There were hundreds of
| thousands Of persons who believed that the only
| way to avoid war was 10 secede. They believed
they had right to protect and preserve their slave
property II they had believed war would result
| they never would have seeded The Georgia con.
ventiOn sent him (Hill) to the Provisional Con
gress. The people believed that II there could be
| delay Oh a few months war could he averted
| Virginia had not then gone out of the Union and
| she issued proclamation for peace conference
| His heart warmed and he hoped for success Sew.
en- States had then gone out, and therefore they
| could 30 participate in such q convention but
| they watched every movement with interest
Those very men who make charges Of Hfdelity
the 2l1tlGTn nj tn Wayht
to defeat the purpose of Virginia.
ZACH CHANDLERs LETTER.
In this connection Mr.. Hill read the following
letter:
Washington, February II, lS61.-My Dear GOuer-
| nor! Governor Btngh and mvSelt teegraphed
| you Saturday at the request Of Massachusetts and
New York, to send delegates TO the Peace COmpro.
| mise Congress. They admit we are htaud they
| were wrong, and that no Republican State should
| have sent delegates but that they are here and
cannot get away. Ohio, Indiana and Rhode Is.
land are coming in and there Is danger of Illinois
and now they beg OF us for Gods sake to come to
| their rescue and save their Republican parLy from
rupture hope they will send stiff backed men
or none. The whole thing was gotten up without
my Judgment, and Will end In thin smoke hope
| as matter OF courtesy to some Of our erring
brethren, that you will send delegates Truly
| your friend,
,(signed) 2. CHANDLER.
| 10 ms EGCeUelCy AtStln Bar,
To this letter postscript was added, saying
"The Northern people think that fight would
be awful, but without a little blood letting this
Union will not, in my estimation, be worth a
rush." -
The representatives of the South must be trust.
| ed. The South tried to avert war while the North
tried to bring 1t on. He (HnD knew Republicans
claim TO have saved the Union, but If there had
been no Republican party the Union would not
have been in peril and there would have been no.
secession, no Returning Boards and Electoral
| Commission.
The people want purity and intelligence in the
jury box, to keep troops away from the polls, and
because they wanted to say to the States, "You
are able to control your elections" and because
representatives Of the South stood here as bul.
wsrk against those who would destroy the Consti
t1tioR by destroying the States. II you must have
war they would maintain their rights in the Union.
But he trusted there would be no war. The men
OF the South would go with the Stars aud Stripes,
the nag OF their country, The peOpe Suuld take
charge of the question. He assured those who
heard MIN that the North need not be alarmed on
account OF the South; but they had Cause 10 be
alarmed by such threats as have been made by
leading Republicans. Democrats would take the
position TO promote the glory of the Union and
PeIpetuate lB n0nOr. Ihey were going 10 the peo.
pie In favor Of the Constitution which Madison
framed and Webster expounded; in favor of free.
dom at the polls, intelligence In the Jury box and
the Independence Of the States in the manage.
ment ,oi elections hereafter. The people would |
answer, North and south
SO lar from decreasing tue Democratic majority |
IN Ihls DOdy these measures WOuld increase 1t. As
to another war. the men who lost all IL the late
war would not risk 1t again. We owe nothing TO |
Republicans, Hill said. 1t WAS through the very |
agency OF the authority and sovereignty of the |
State which you Thought Won had DESTROYED that |
we are able to be here tod day, not through ntimi.
baton aud fraud IL ia not true We are solid |
against the North. We are solid against the Re-
publican party. Why should we not bel Can you |
wondeTf | will not speak OF the past Do yon
think we are going 70 love you for the speeches
you have made during the last four weeks crimi.
mating aud slanderiDg us in every form You
may not know It, but we are men,. Every vile
:. sssOIy OF Isuu no mater now unworthy OF belief