Year: 1862

meTous instances IN point. The children Of Is
rasl were not, uor could they have been, DIVIDED
by the wickedRess of JerObOam, the son OF Ne
bat, who rebelled against the government; ~
it required the mad folly of Rehoboam' then
rightiul sovereign, to divide them.


When the wise men who had been Tor mary
years the faithful advisers of his father came to
Rehoboam aud endeavored to persuade him to
respect the tights Of all his subjects and admin
lister the government without partiality to any,
his answer was: " My father lashed you with
whips, but I will lash you with scorpions, and
nv little finger shall be thicker than my fathers
thigh :" From that day forward Israel was
divided kingdom, shorn OF It's glory and It's
power. This last Congress has done ior us, as
far as was in their power, the very same thing
that Rehoboaln did for the Kingdom Of Israel.


As have said before, enc year ago there was
8 lar~e Union sentiment in the South. In view
of this fact, what should have been our policy
should we not have eudeavOrd to convince these
pecple that beneath the flag Of their country all
their rights of property were secure! do not
know how You are going to reconstruct this
Union without some basis toplace 1t upon. Such
basis we might have had in this strong Union
element at the South. Who does not know that
two-thir5s of the seeded States were carried
into the wickedness Of secession absolutely
without the consent of the people and against
their wiz


The hearts Of these people were for the old
government, il which they had always trusted.
and tho old constitution, which they had always
revared. Suppose our policy had been 10 foster
end encourage instead of driving of that Union
sentiment. There would have been no army in
tie Eeld to-day. But, il lieu of that policy Of
coaciilG5n which would have been our saliva
ten, We adopted the policy of meeting them all
with fce aud sword, and the fatal conseq quences
are rot yet all told.


Nov, l agree that It is right ard proper in
every government that, where you put downre-
bellion ike this you should punish the leaders,
but 10 government ever adopted the policy in
relation to the people themselves that ours has.
A few yoars ago the HungaTians rebelled against
Austria. That is Cne of the most despOtic gsY
ernnlsu;s on the face Of the globe. The govern
ment succeeded in oyerthTowing the rebellion
how They executed a few of the leaders, sent
tGe remainder into exile, and passed amnesty to
the residue yshOwere not leaders In the rebellion
There never was a government that has not uni
fornly let the bU-Ien fall upon tho leaders,
while the great mass OF the people were per-
aitte1 TO return and resume their allegiance to
the government And I viii venture to assert
thas il, after the battle Of Fort Donelson, the
government bad adopted this policy OF concil
alton. there would have been no rebel army in
the field to-day. But instead Of that being the
cass, they are at this moment confronting Us
with an army more numerous Gnd superior to
our own, and we are compelled to call tor more
volunteers. Now the volunteering ROW going
OF, In view Of the doubt already cast upon the
subject, stands fair; but it is evident that our
people are not rushing to arms with the spirit
and in such numbers as they did when the for
mer call was made, when there was q hope that
the war was to be conducted upon more humane
and conservative principles. In this State and
in Illinois we shall probably succeed after
while in raising our quota of volunteers, but in
many of the States they viii be forced to draft.
The congressional legislation Of late has been
tEta. to rs In every way.


I hear good deal said now and then about
the Statesmen" OF this Republican party, but 1
have never been able TO put my finger upon any
of their craftsmanship. I have served along
with them in Congress, and I have found it in
variably the case that whene7er any man called
by their name begins TO rise 10 the position Of a
true statesmen they crowd him out of the ranks
Take EIE. Cowsn, Of Pennsylvania, as gu exam
pie They hate that man worse, and denOunce
MIA more bitterly oven than they do me; for they
say Richardson is an old sinner anyhow, aud
they DO not expect much of him.


l am afraid that when the future historian
comes 90 write Of cur times, as he viii do, he
Will group these men, with respect to statesman
ship, and viii say "Here is a set Of one-idea
fools, who permitted the government handed
down ID them by their fOrefathers to fall to the
ground rather than give up an absurd notion
which could never be realized or carried OUT


You cannot administer government success
fully with one idea, and let me tell you that
these men, when, in the pursuit OF their one idea,
they come to make the negro do every thing and
have every thing, dwindle down, down, down,
until they become totally incapable Of anything
10 f-17a. tgt tae agt win " /
gaw my venerable friend here from Kentucky,
together with Mr.. Crittenden-msn who had
been associated in days gone by with Clay and
Webster aud BentOn-oCcupying seats upon the
floor Of Congress amongst these intellectual pig
mics and ono idea men, the poetry of Moore sug-
gested itself very forcibly to my mind as pecu
hsyly applicable to their situation:


4 feel ike one who treads al me-


Some banquet hail deserted,


Whose lights gone who guests are fed,


Aud ali but lie departed


When we pass into the page of history, as we
soon shall, fear that not one of al the Repre-
ssntatives of the Republican party now in Con-
gress wal ever have been found to have produced
a paper-tO have been guilty of thought
that is worthy of the great cause aud the great
interests that are committed to their charge,


Now, if you send these men back 10 Congress,
the history OF this republic is written. Our days
are numbered, and we are numbered with the
past UNANIMOUSLY, ingloriously, without strug-
ge, we passed away, and became " a school
BOYS tale-tha wonder of an hour"


| have heard good deal about the &" conserve
tiys ReDublcans ia Congress" These sO-csled
conservatives are excellent men, judging them
by what they say; indeed, they talk the best to
vote 50 badly Cf any set Of men ever saw. We
did think at first that your Representative from
this Congressional district would vote with US all


IL 4 4 ad yuba
the time for talking passed by and he was called
upon 10 vote That is the way with all Of these
men. For a time they would make good Union
speeches, talking toierably conservative all the
time and voting just exactly ike LoVejoy and
his friends


came to the same conclusion about these
" conservative Republicans that a Yankee once
came to in regard to the Siamese twins. The
S;anlsse twins had come to Boston, and the old
Yankee had paid his money snd went into the
show He examined the hgaments that bound
the young men together, and, as soon as he had
satisfied himself that it was real thing and no
humbug, he said, " Well, l rather guess them
fellows are brothers" Just SO, my fsllowciti-
zens. l have been compelled to conclude that
these 50 conservative Republicans and aboli-
tionists are brothers. Cheers and laughter.
Oae is Just about as bad the other, or, if there
is any difference It is IN favor of the abolition
ISIS. IoveioY a7owed his policy. l like bold
man If he is wrong in principle, can at least
admire the courage which enables him to avOw
himself always could understand Lovejoy,
but never could understand your Representa-
tive from this Congressional district. Laugh
ter. If, during the last Presidential election,
these conservative Republicans had ayowed
the sentiments they expressed by their votes,
the country would not have been in the cjndi-
/ ton it is a. present. Now, let me- urge you, if
YOU are going to send Republicans to Congress
ct all. let us have the full-blooded fellows, and
none of those men who talk one way and vote
another. know Lovejoy will not cheat me.
/ hate to be cheated, 50 l would rather have the
/ full-bloodei ab3.itioaists to deal with | under
stand their position. The danger Ct the country