Year: 1862

ried into the wickedness Of secession alb
solutely without the consent of the pco.
! pie and against their will


The hearts Of these people were for .he
old government, in which they had Away,
tru sted, and the old constitution, which
they had always rcvered. Suppose oul
policy had been to foster and encourage
instead Of driving off that Union senti.
mcnt There would have been no army
in the field to-day. But, in lieu of that
policy of conciliation which would have
been our salvation, we adopted the poll
cy Of meeting them all with fro and sword,
and the fatal consequences are not yet all
told.


Now, l agree that it IL right and prop.
er in every government that, whore You
put down rebellion like this, you should
punish the leaders but no government
ever adopted the policy in relation to the
people themselves that ours has. A few
years ago the Hungarians rebelled against
Austria. That is one Of the most des-
potic governments on the face of the
| globe. The government succeeded in
overthrowing the rebellion-how a.? They
executed lew Of the leaders,, sent the
remainder into exile, and passed amnesty
to the residue who were not leaders in
the rebellion. There never was a gov
ernment that has not uniformly let the
burden fall upon the leaders, while the
great mass of the people were permitted
to return and resume their allegiance to
! ho | 4
assert that il, after the battle of Fort
Donelson, the government had adopted
this policy of conciliation, there would
have been no rebel army in the field to.
day. But instead Of that being the case,
they are at this moment confronting us
ior to our own, and we are compelled
to call for more volunteers. Now, the
volunteering now going on, in view o!
the doubt already cast upon the subject,
stands fair; but it is evident that our peo.
pie are not rushing to arms with the spir-
it and in such numbers as they did when
the former call was made, when there was
a hope that the war was to be conducted
upon more humane and conservative prin-
| ciples. 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 will be forced
to draft. The Congressional Legislation
Of late has been fatal to us in every way.


| hear good deal said now and then


about the Statesmen" OF this Rebuilt
can party, but have never been able to


put my finger upon any of their states
I manship. ] have served along with then


in Congress, and / have found it invaria


bly, the case that, whenever any mar
called by their name begging to rise to po
f sition o! true statesman, they crowd


him ont the ranks Take Mr.. Cowan,
of Pennsylvania, as an example. They
hate that man worse, and denounce him
more bitterly even than they do me ; for
they say Richardson is an old sinner any


how, and they don't expect much from


him.


l am afraid that when the future his


will do, he will group these men, with
respect to craftsmanship, and will say


"Here is set with one idea fools, who
permitted the government handed dowr
to them by their forefathers to fall to the
ground rather than give up an absurd no.
ton which could never be realized or car.
ried on -


You cannot administer government sue


cessfully with one idea, and let me tel
you that these men, when, in the pursui
of their one idea, they come to make tn
negro do everything and have everything
3 dwindle down, down, down, until the
t become totally incapable Of anything lik
g true craftsmanship. Last winter when
( saw my venerable friend here from Ker
9 tucky, together with Mr.. Critienden-
t men who had been associated in days gon
by with Clay and Webster aud Benton
1 occupying seats upon the floor of Congres
, amongst these intellectual pigmies an
one idea men, the poetry of Moore sue
gestcd itself very forcibly to my mind a
G peculiarly applicable to their situation:
t 81 feel like one who trcads alone,


!. Some banquet hall deserted,


Whose lights are gone, whose guests are fet
G And all but he departed"


n When we pass into the page Of history
as we SOOu Sllali, tHut llOI OIS VI u
i the representatives of the Republican par
: ty now in Congress will ever have bee
: found to have produced paper--to hav
e been guilty of thought--that is worth
: of the great cause and the great interest
: that are committed to their charge.


Now, if you send these men back t
o Congress, the history of the Republic
: written. Our days are numbered, and W
n are numbered with the past. lnfamousl!
If ingloriously, without a struggle, we pass
@ ed away, and become "a school-boy
IS talc-the wonder of an hour"


j. have heard good deal said about II
!, conservative Republicans in Congress.
, These so called conservatives are exec
st lent men, judging them by what they sa,
d indeed, they talk the best to vote so badl
= of any set of men | ever saw. We di


think at first that your RepresentatiN
II from this Congressional district wouI
is vote with us at this time, but we were sat
r ly.disappointed when the time for talkir
If passed by and he was called upon to vot
: That is tho way with all these men, Fl
is time they would make good Unic
h speeches, talking tolerably couservati'
i all the time, and voting just exactly Ill
II Lovejoy and his friends.


1t came to the same conclusion abo,