Year: 1865

buried hundreds of feet deep in the erup-
tions from the mountains Hardly less than
rescuing Pompeii trotn its burial place, is
the business that now deyolves upon us
to rescue our old genuine Constitution and
laws from the vast rubbish that has been
heaped upon them. In doing this, however
let me say to you as citizens in the honest
discharge of your duties, it will be your
task to see that the burdens which the par
ty in power have laid upon us and upon the
country, shall be equally laid upon the
property of the whole country. We will 60
back again to the good old position that lib
erty and equality lie at the foundation Of
our institutions.


We will come back again to the PROPOSE
ton that our Government shall not be made
to build up aristocracies in it, moneyed OF
otherwise. Never made, or intended to be
so, that those who have the most of this
world goods should be the very last to give
cent Of it to relieve the public treasury
Applause What is the fact upon this
sui ject? Gentlemen, the fact is, and | wish
it, and to appreciate it. The fact is, that
while your rights have been trampled on,
your liberty of speech taken away, yourmen





party in power have been building up ma
tional debt of:-thc Lord knows how much.
They tell us that il is now over three thou
sand millions: and the further fact is, that
along with the building up Of this great
national debt, which they have been accus
toned to call national blessing" they
have accompanied it with love to the mon
eyed interests of the country. If you take
this debt, they say you shall stand indepen-
dent of the States in which you reside. No
troublesome tax-gathercr shall now present
himself to your door, and ask any thing
from you. If ever there was successful
attempt, so far as they have gone, to create
moneyed aristocracy, privileged from all
obligations of sharing the public burden,
this is one. 1t was hardly worse in France,
prior to the revolution. ! say to you now,
that your duty will be, as soon as you car
get the machinery of the Government tc
operate-as soon as the family have Assem-
bled around the family circle, to see to the
administration of that liberty and equality
which lie at the foundation Of our institu
tons. If you want to get all the benefits Of
protection in very large degree, you must
contribute, according to your substance, tc
the public burdens. That will be one thing
to which we must direct our attention at d
very early day. But, gentlemen, you are
perfectly aware OF another attempt. now be
ing made. The Negro race upon this con
tinent have been taken up by these privil
eyed gentlemen, and they are undertaking
now to bring them into perfect and com
plete asso. iation and equality with men who
were pioneers; who came into these wood'
aud levelled these forests, and made then
| blossom as the rose.


That attempt is being made; the Negro Ii
to he brought among you, not to be protect
ed like other people, but to be taken into tht
! bosom Of your families to associate with yol
on terms of perfect equality, and finally t
walk up to the ballot-box and exercise /,
part Of that great rover with which 20,
are clothed, of conducting and controlling
| the Government of your country | need
| hardly assure you, gentlemen, that no sucf
state as this, and everything allied to it
the democracy can never assent. We car
never assent for many reasons, one of which
is sufficient. that if we should, we woulC
bctray the sacred trust reposed in US to be
the guardians of the poor white man against
| degradation and dishonor. With no un
kind feeling toward the negro race-not &
part Gle, Or at least with as little perhaps as
that which actuates most of the saints who
now claim SO much-I say with no unkind
feeling toward the negroes, [ must say tc
them distinctly and unequivocally that "a
wise God has made you ore race, inferior il
every particular to the race to which VIC
belong. We cannot give up our pleasant
| places to you, nor can we surrender that
God given right entrusted to our hands, to
govern these pleasant places with wisdom
do trust in God that not only the negro
race here but elsewhere may progress anc
be elevated as fast as possible--may attain
as far as possible, all the happiness this
earth affords. wish them well in every
particular, God knows, but l cannot suwen
der the trust reposed in me to vindicate thi,
Territory and these white men by white
mans Government. Gentlemen, let mt
add one word in this same connection. Fo
many years past, as you are well aware, w
we've obliged to stand upon the proposition
that the South, WHARF negro slavery existed
by State law, that it was their business
that We had no right through the Fedora
Government or otherwise to interfere with
their affairs; that was necessity of our po
siton; the absolute and uncomfortable con-
struction which we placed upon the Fedora
Constitution and upon the Constitution oi
the States, that each were sSpreme in thei,
spheres. You are all perfectly aware that
with this disinterestedly volunteering tc
protect the Constitution of the country from
invasion, by insisting that these men could
not make their crusades upon the slave
States, wo were driven into minorities ovel
a great portion of the country that other
wise we would have had with undisputcd
sway. thank my God that time ispassed
that we have come to time when we can
20 back to the point we occupied twenty:
five tears ago, and can stand and devote
our entire attention to the vindication OF
the just rights of the great laboring masses
of our country, These men for whom W.
have done to much, who ought to he CRATE.
ful to us for what We have done, have been
far otherwise. They pitched into a rebel
lion and staked their negroes upon the issue
as a gambler throws his pawn into the game
TEey AVE lost. Ltt the negroes so. Ap
plause. ........ ...',


After some remarks touching Gen Cox s
evasion Of th' questions put to him, Judge
Ranney took his feat. ~