Year: 1861

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discharge from the active discussions of the
day. congratulated myself that should
once more enjoy rcpose in the quiet of my
home and i'll the pursuit loved. But this
question OF Government or anarchy has aris-
en-, and find it my duty to raise my voice
at the demands of my fellow citizens. until
turbulence is hushcd, or crowned with tri-
umph. Are you in favor of war? No; but
am in favor of putting down war by force
of arms. am opposed to war, and in favor
OF obtaining peace by putting down the au-
thors of the war. am in favor Of peace,
but | am in favor Of the only course that
will insure it--driving out armed rebellion,
negotiating with loyalty. When this coun-
try commences to die, it will die rapidly


When this nation is given up to disruption,
1t will go to swift dcstruction Rome: 10 be
sure, was three hundred years dying; but
then its physical powers were greater than
ours, its moral force less, its nervous ener-
gy less acute than ours. When we fall we
shall go down in blood and darkness; but
not in tears, for the dying never weep
Nero, the stand worst of the Caesars, sung
to this harp while his capital was in flames;
Tamerlane, TO signalize his brutal fcrocity.
reared monument of seventy thousand hui
man skulls; Attila declared that the grass
should never grow where the hoof of his
war-horsc trod. Hyder Ali left the Carnatic
black with ashes and desolation; but he who
dctroys the American Union will be a great
or monster than all or either. And "the foe,
the monster Brant,' who fell upon and
slaughtered the dcfcnscles women and chill
drcn, of this valley, will be more approved
IN history by men, and be an houcstcr man
in the sight of God, than the dcspoiler of
our late happy Union. Shall the fell de-
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to accomplish their internal errand, and
shall they be aided in this work of evil by
the cry of peace? Let none escape under
this shallow pretcntion. Solomon. the wise
King of Judca, spared not the murdcrous
Joab, though he fled for refuge to the inclos-
ures of the Tabernacle, and clung for pro-
lection to the horns of the altar. he slew
him there. And cry of peace to be nego-
tlated with armed traitors should secure u
city of refuge to none.


| | am panied to see the vast destruction of
property that must follow; | regret to see
the prosperity of the country blasted and
destroyod regret to see the great loss of
human life that must ensue. But if these
events must come they had better come
with country preserved, than come with
a country divided and destroyed. We must
fight battles, and bloody battles. We must
call vast numbers of men into the field. We
must not go as boys to general training.
with ladies, and idlers, and members, of
Congress to see the show, but we must 60
III carncst-Go prepared for action-to fight
it as battle, and not to fight it as q play
spell. We must unite rs whole people,
going shoulder to shoulder. And when we
do so we shall conquer And why? We
have the right, we have the prestige of Gov
ernment, we have the sympathy of the dis
interested world, we have the moral and
and material elements to do it all, and to in
sure victory. Rebellion has not the fnan-
cial ability to stand u long war, with all their
gains from privatecring and piracy, and is
suing Conledcrates bonds-made q lien upon
the property Of people who were never con-
suited as to their ISSUE and who repudiate
thcm-worth rs much as a June frost, Il cold
wolf track, which no iinancer fit to be out
side, of the lunatic asylum would give u shil-
ing Il peck for. They next may harrass.
they may destroy, they may commit piracy,
but the reckoning is to come for all this.
They will be brought to the Judgment of
the American pcople--of their own people
They will be arraigned, and who is there
will be ready to stand up as their defenders
i'll the name of the Constitution?


" / tell thee Culloden's dread echoes shall ring


With blood hounds that bark for thy fugitive king"
What glorious Constitution we shall
have when it finds such glorious Interpreters!
How strong our institutions will be anchor
ed upon such foundations? The Consttu-
ton will then Literally


olive through all time, extend through all extent


Spread undivided, operate unspent."


know there are some who fear the way
like power of the rcbelious States. They
had great deal of power for good; but
they have great deal less than they imagine
or is generally imagied for evil. We are a
good deal slower in waking up, but when
walked up we are good boal more in earnest.
The tone of the rebel press is exceedingly
braggart in regard to its men and its victo-
ries. 1t reminds me, when | hear of their
self launded prowess Of the Snowman who
spoke of the great capacity of the animal he
was exhibiting: "Ladics and gentlemen"
said he, "this is tho Bengal tiger, measuring
fourteen feet from the tip of his nose to the
tip of his TAIL and fourteen 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 just about as liberal.
And they are to be looked at accordingly
Nevertheless, they have great elements of
mischief. And if Satan himselfhad been sent
on earth to scourgo mankind, and to cover
the land with desolaton, hecould not have
performed his mission more successfully
than by assuming the shape of q rebel de-
magogue, and preaching Secession.
Sound" Now, | have clear and well
defined and distinct theory, Of what would
do with this matter to attain peace. | do
not know that this Government ever can be
brought back TO where it was before, in the
enjoyment of all its relations; but, believe
it can be. In population, wavo succeeds
wave in generations, as wave succeeds wave
upon the ocean, and the men of to-day pass
away to morrow. believe il can be brought
back but not by fostering rebellion; but it
is by treating it as treason, robbery,
and murder. And, if this Government
ever can be saved, it must be by
summary chastsement and overthrow
of rebellion, SO that the loyal people
of the Southern States can come forward
and administer the Government of these
States as before. Who is the missionary
that is going with his peace propositions
What is he going to say? What will he say
to this party in rebellion? 1t is pretty
thing to talk about and for tho designing to
dupe the North; it is very awkard thing
to reduce to practice. If you drive ont re-
bellion, you will have loyal people South
as well 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 sympathize with treason in
any form in gender, number, person, or case
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