Year: 1862

lion volunteers, at the blast of a trumpet
For his part he could not comprehend how
any human being on the face Of the earth,
who is familiar with this Government could
raise his hand against it We do not deny
the right of revolution, for our Government
is founded on that principle; but revolutions
must show some great and justifying cause.
It must be palpsble. But in all that he had
ever seen, he never yet had seen one single
cause cited against the Government, which
iustifes this rebellion. The Government had
done nothing to justify it. Here Judge Ran
ney paid an eloquent tribute to the character
of our form Of Government and to the patri-
otism of the Fathers.


If the people, he added, have not affection
enough for the Government to fight for it, it
must fall It was the only free Government
in the world. It's prosperity had been mar
vellous. 1t was peculiarly the country Of the
poor man, and of the foreigner, who was Op-
pressed in his native land. It stretches its
protecting @gis over them-difuses its bless
ings over all alike, offers its rewards to rich
and poor who seek them faithfully. No 9th
er Government on earth has done so much for
the people, and if it fails the principle of free
government dies with it. It had more than
realized all the hopes of its most sanguine
founders. Therefore, every man, native or
foreign born, should hazard everything for it
IF it falls, the hope and glory of the world is
gone. But let US remember that if we sus-
tain it now, not they who servive battle will
enjoy its blessings but their children and
their latest posterity will enjoy them and bless
their patriot fathers as we bless ours for the
priceless gift.


What sacrifice then shall we make? We
must make many. No country in the world
ever went through such a scourge as this
without great sacrifices Of person and prop
erty. We must make them for the sake Of
peace. After the most careful reflection he
had been able to make upon the subject,
Judge Ranney said that he believed we can
reach the haven of peace only through war.
And the sooner and sharper you make the ef-
fort you viii have peace.


He had not much hope in this contest, if it
became necessary to resort to drafting. The
moral force of free government will be lost.
It viii show that the people have lost inter-
est in it. It is based upon the patriotism Of
the people. He had thanked God that Eu-
rope had already witnessed the spectacle Of
five or six hundred thousand freeman spring.
ing to arms almost at the blast of trumpet to
defend their outraged laws. Let US still say
to the nations of the earth that when our ar
mics melt away, we will fill them up again.
None ofyour interference. The bones of our
fathers lie under this soil. With the blessing
Of God we viii maintain what they gave US


In conclusion, he paid glowing tribute to
the glory Of the great West and her hardy
sons. Referring to her growth, prosperity,
industry, population and resources, he held
that it was the duty of this people to main
tain communications between the West and
the external world through the natural out
lets; and with great earnestness) before he
would allow the Mississippi to be closed he
would rather bury the last man in the West
Tremendous applause