Year: 1863

the Constitution and the laws, which were


made oy their fathers as we'll as ours, it


is but their reasonable duty to submit, and


if they do not see it SO, it is our duty to


make them. But it is widely different


thing when you offer them conGscation


act which strips them of land and goods,


coupled with a proclamation which lets


loose four millions of ignorant negroes,


with Abolition preachers among them to


incite insurrecten and urge the indiscrim-


mate slaughter of the white Inhabitants


Whether they ought to give themselves up


to this appalling fate, is question which


l leave to be decided by those who have


the authority. But that they will never


voluntarily consent to union with us ur


on those terms, think is certain. If they


did, would that be the Union that Wash


ington made Would not a Union without


Constitution be as dangerous to US as to


them How long would a Union removed


from the rocks of the Constitution and


rebuilt upon the sandy foundation of


proclamation, be able to stand when the


winds blow and the rains beat against it


That there is something radically and
+ fatally wrong in war which has for its
object negro proclamation inconsistent


with the white mans constitution, is a self
evident truth which pervadcs the whole
} popular mind. The negro policy has
changed the whole public feeling every
where, North and South. When Mr..
Lincoln sent his first message to Congress,
he declared it to be his opinion that there
, was not majority for secession in any
5 State of the Union, except perhaps South
Carolina. lie was right, Nine-tenths of
the Southern people were then as true to
I Union as any part Of the North, and far


truor than New England ever was. The
: North was as nearly unanimous as any
equal lumber could be on any subject
, Where now are our Union friends in the


South Aud where is the Northern en-





siasm which two years ago marshaled the


whole population into "ranks and squad
n rons, and, and right forms Of war ? Let
, the Conscription law answer. Away,
= then, with these negro mea sures. Give us
b back our Constiton and our laws. Let us
0 have these to fight for, and a million o
+ true hearts will leap TO the conflict, where
r now there is nothing but apathy or some.


thing worse.


The men whose influence brought about
this fatal policy have done it with the will
full and malicious intention of preventing


the restoration Of the Union. 1t was moi
t a mere bluuder, but crime against tht
e country deliberately performed, Let u
do justice to our opponents. The masse!
: of the Republican party $50 called) die
: not mean it, even their leaders were mis-


led. The President is technically re-
II spousible, but Lot in the scusc of intend.
o ing all the consequences. 1t was done by
q the ultra-Abolition party, whose principa
d seat Of power is New England, with dis
l. ciples thinly scattered over the Middle
IL and Western States. That is the power
10 behind the throne greater than the throne
: itself that is the influence which shapes
e all our measures of civil administration
is and regulates the flow Of our blood in th'
c field. These are the men who rule us fo
is their pleasure and plund er us for thei
) profit.


r They avowed their purpose Of destroy
y ing this Government more than thirt
: years ago. They made no secret of tn
o malignant hatred they bore to the institu
n tions established by our RevolAtionar
q ancestors. They wrought earnestly il
~ season and out of season to excite insur
J recton and murder in the Southern States
e They did not wait for war to lcgaliz
e bloodshed. When one of their number
- as coarse ruflan as they had among
. them, an imposter, thief, a traitor and ;
, murderer, sneaked at midnight into
- peaceful village to organize a general sys
y TEN of butchery and actually commenced
u shooting down the uususpecting inhabit
IS ants, while he plundered the Government
= property, the Aboitionists Of New Eng
Il land clapped their hands, applauded an,
}. rejoiced with exceeding joy. They utter
IL ed the most furious maledictions agans
i the authorities for a"resting him. Whel
% he was hung they mourned him as mar


tyr. When he was buried they pronoun
if eed funeral eulogies over his grave, A
n this day they worship his memory an(
= sing hymns in his honor. BY their fruit
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