Daily Republican., 1880-02-25
|sE ATOR. RAYARD's LOYALTY.

The View York Sum haunts mp tb
seSator'a War Record-His Ad
aress Made nc tho Peace Cenven
tfon at Dover In 1861.
In June 9th, 1861 q peace conven
tiOn was held at Dover, which was at
tended by a gathering variously esti
mated at from 700 TO $500 persons. 4
Convention OF Unionists held previousl,
declared that James A. Bayard, fathe
of the present Senator, should resigl
his seat In the Senate on account Of hi
disloyal sentiments. The New Yorh
"Sun" understood to be the pdlitiea
organ Of Samuel ]. Tildsn has seer
proper to hunt up the records Of thii
meeting, and its reporter whe a few
days ago was In this city and also in
Dover, has succeeded in finding ths
speech made by Senator Bayard on tina,
occasion which 1t published In the
"Suu" of yesterday. The "Sun" gives
the full report Of the meeting, together
with the extremely disloyal remarks OF
W. G. Whitelsy, Esq, Adam 4. King,
Ex- Governor Temple, Mr.. Henderson Of
Maryland, and a full text of the speech
made by Senator Bsyard, which 1t was
said was published by Mr.. Bayard him
self, and was published in the Weekly
"Gazstte'' some three weeks after the
holding Of the meeting. That the read
ers of the REPUBLICAN may learn for
themselves what a loyal man Senator
Bayard was during the war, we publish
the following full text Of his speech.
SPEECH OF THOMAS F. BAYARD.
My Fellow CouNTRYMES: By no mar
row party name in no narrow partisan
spirit, do I address you, but a. AN as
semblage Of American freemen do |
congratulate you upon our meeting Of
this day. Important as sre the iseues
We are here met to consider, one result
is accomplished most gratifying to all
fair minded men, which cannot pass
by without notice. Imean the right Of
meeting unrestrained and Of free unre-
stricted discussino by freemen of their
government and the policy and meas
ures Of those hands 1t has temporarily
been intrusted. It's we'll known to us
all that q reign Of terror was sought to
to be inaugurated in this State as 1t has
been throughout the North, and for
this purpose troops, not Of our State,
were encamped upon our peaceful soil
at the instance Of these politicians
among us, whose insolence and oppres-
sion Is limited only by their fear and
their ability to do mischief.
To-day we stand here in the spirit Of
to vindicate our privilege and
perform our duty as citizeus, despite
the reiterated threats Of protligate
and lawless press in neighboring cities
upon the North, echoed by papers in
this State equally shameless and cor
rupt. ...--~-
In times Of danger and distress like
the present, the country needs most
the intelligent aid OF her best citizens,
and now, II ever, should they give her
the best efforts Of their hands and
hearts, undeterred by the wild passions
and frenzied violence which have swept
,ver the Northern States like 8 whirl-
Wind.
Eleven States have withdrawn from
.hs Federal Union with solemn and de-
ibsrate action, and have united under
! new Government. They have made
heir declaration Of independence Of
he Government under which we live,
md express their determination to
it at every cost. With this
ecession, or revolution, or rebellion,
II by whatever name 1t may be called I,
he State of Delaware has had naught
o do. To our constitutional duties to-
yard each and every member OF the
Union We have been faithful in all
ines.
Never, never has a thought, word,
n act of ours bsen unfaithful to the
nion Of our fathers-in letter and in
pirit it has been faithfully kept by us.
'ut the stern fact Is still before us, and
ut two alternatives present themselves.
hall we make war upon and subjugate
his new confederacy, or shall we
eacefully treat with them and consent ;
} their self government, trusting to I
me, which is the great healer of all I
rongs and passions. to bring them
gain voluntarily into a common govern
lent with us
Take the proposition of war-of hor- I
d civil war, my countrymen Grant t
, the Northern arms complete success. '
oppose that every Southern city be I
,duced to CHASTITY ruin, every peaceful t
outhern home desolated, and every n
outhern man slain or made captive. b
his SIS the evident completest real Ii
alton of that dream Of conquest SO
orribly satisfactory to those minds o
no control the Northern press. q
But what then? Will union with O.
aves and the possession of desert a
,tisfy your Yon do not and cannot "
;pect love and aid in times of your ii
,cessity from those States you have so t,
uellv subdued. II is too plain there
re, that your success in such a war N
ould be the most fatal injury to your "
Ives. c.
And is such war necessary for the R
aoe and happiness Of the United a
at's? For half century we have "
1ed atpeace with Great Britain, with u
n Canadian possessions upon eur r,
'rthern border. Upon the south, Il
exico holds her government with no o.
reats of trouble to us or our citizens. II
hy then, may not two American con- h
leracies exist side by side without h
ntiict, each emulating the other in VI
g progress Of civilization al
l believe with the late Senator Doug IL
IS, who has before been quoted to-day, W
at "a war is disunion, certain, final,
evitable," and so believing, oppose &C