Year: 1861

is the Bengal Tiger, measuring fourteen
feet from the tip of his nose to the tip of
his tail. and fourteen feet more from the
tip OF his tail back to the tip of his nose,
making in all twenty eight feet" Laugh
ter.)


| Now think their estimates about their
forces and capacity are jeust about as Lbs
erai. Nevertheless, they have great ele-
ments OF mischief. And il Satan himself
had been sent On earth to scourge man.
kind, and to cover the land with desola-
ton, he could not have performed his
mission more successfully than by assu-
ming the shape of rebel demagogue,
and preaching Secession. ESound Now
l have clear and wei! defined, and dis
tinct theory, of what I would do with this
matter to attain a peace. do not know
thatthis Government ever can be brought
back to where it was before, in the en-
joyment of all its relations; but I believe
it can be. In population, wave succeeds
wave in generations as wave succeeds
wave upon the ocean, and the men of to
dsy pass away tomorrow. I believe it
can be brought back, but not by fostering
rebellion; but it is by treating it as treas
on, robbery, and murder. And, if this
Government can ever be saved, it must
be by summary chastisement and over.
throw ofrebe.lion, so that the loyal peo-
pie of the Southern States can ceme for
ward and adm mister the Government of
these states as before. Who is the mis-
sionary that is going with his peace prop-
ositions? What is be going to say? What
will he say to this party in rebellion? It
is a pretty thing to talk about and for the
design to dupe the North; it is a very
awkward thing to reduce to practice. If
you drive out rebellion, you will have a
loyal people South as we'll as North.
Then they will all do what Virginia, and
Missouri, and Maryland are trying to do
and what Delaware and Kentucky are
doing. Are there any men here who
want this Union divided? No Then do
not sympathise with treason in any form
genoer, number, person, or case in any
of its rami6caticns. Hunt it like a fero-
cious monster wherever you find it Is
there any who wishes this matter let a.
lone to perfect rebellion so causelessly
commenced.


Who would be traitor knave?


Who would fill coward's grave?


Who so base AS be slave?


Let him turn and flee.


Who for Union and for Law


Freedoms sword will strongly draw,


Freeman stand or freeman fall,


Let him follow me.


And that is, fight for the Union, the
whole Union, and nothing but the Union
Let every American citizen instead oi
crying, Peace, peace, when there is nc
peace, rslly upon the ramparts until Sc
cession is silenced; until the roar Of artil-
lery has ceased. Then we shall have
peace, enduring, perpetual peace. and as
monsters are seldom born of the same
generation, we shall have no more of this
Secession in the present century or the
next. This Government is the Govern
ment of the American people. 1t is ours
TO use, ours to enjoy but it is not ours te
~ubvert. We are trustees. We are
charged with sacred trusts. All We
have TO do is to bask in the sunshine o.
its blessings. But cursed be the unholy
ambition that attempts to destroy it, and
| regard him and treat him as a traitor te
his kind. God will set a mark upon him
too; but it will not be like the mark sci
upon the first murderer of man-fcr thai
was set for safety-but this will be SET
for destruction. And God grant that il
may be so. Amen. 1t will be time e.
nough to struggle over who shall admin
lister the Government when we are sure
we have one to adminiater. He who is moi
for it, is against. it have determined to
fght this battle out, but on no political
grounds. I stand upon the Constitutional
ground OF my fathers. There will stand
and animate my countryme1 to stand
with me, and when once we shall have
peace restored when we snail have put
down rebellion, when we have encourag-
ed fidelity, when peace and prosperity
again greets US, then let US see If any
| part ofany State is oppressed, if any in
diydual is wronged, ii any are deprived
of their rights. see that equal and exac
Justice is extended to all. This is great
crisis. not only in our affairs but in tht
, affairs of human liberty. The Angel o


Freedom, after coursing over the wild,
expanse OF waters in the Old World, founc
no rest for the sole of her foot until sht


lowered here. Let US 60 forward to this
: great work of preservation, bound e
carry it out as our forefathers began BY
S the exercise of every ene' gy, moral ant
: material, Here is our glorious Ship o


State. with its Stars and Stripes carving