Year: 1861

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+ Messrs. ellison, Schmick. Webb. Barrel;
t and Heiner are as good Union men as al
J. of Mr.. Jewett's friends that know in Il
r State. If their course during the pa
!, summer commands your approval. then Al
l with them. They are for using mild mea
! ures-cempromises, talk, reason-in fac
anything but fight. It's folly, my friend
/ to attempt thus to deal with an army
over 100000 men within a days march
: our Seat Of Government-men, too, VIII
: have killed the soldiers of our army-wh


have robbed our forts-who have commits
; stoned pirates to roam the seas. No, no


Measures of peace will be laughed at ana
spit upon by them. An example mu:
soon be set to all future traitors Th


ring-leaders of this rebellion must be pu
OUT OF TIE wAYI This done, the thou
sands of good and loyal men now actin


with them from compulsion, will again re


turn to duty. and our good government a


gain shed its protecting care over all


whether weak or strong. rich or poor.


To accomplish this, l have felt it m,


duty to surrender everything that stood il


the way. Among the most prominent oh


stacles in the way of sustaining the Presi


dent of our glorious country, was party


organizations. So soon, therefore, as


discovered that the war would probably


extend to the time of our State election,


at once counselled and advised that former


party organizations be given up during thC


struggle. that thereby the undivided atten


tion of all good men could be given to the


work. This has been donc-handsomcly


done. Democrats and Republicans car


hand in hand act together, without the
surrender of single principle for which


either may have heretofore contended.-


Upon no other condition would L for a


moment accept the position [ now occupy.


Before taking my seat, wearied as you


must be, allow me briefly to ask your at


tention to the call of the Secretary of the


Treasury upon the loyal citizens for means
to prosecute this war. Judge Manning
has been duly authorized to receive sub
scriptiOns to the loan, and will cheerfully
explain the whole matter to you. 1 have,
for myself, freely investigated the charac-
ter of the security, and can assure you
that in every particular the securities are
the most desirable the mOney-lender can
find-safer than bank stock, equally safe
with bond and mortgage, and paying a
higher rate of interest than can legally be
cb.ained.


Again, the investment is free of taxa
tion-an important item in view of the
fact that, high as our taxes are, they must
necessarily be somewhat increased until
the rebellion is put down. Show, then,
fellow-citizens, your devotion to your coun-
try, and your confidence in the stability of
our Government, by liberal subscription
TO this loan. Low as the price Of pig-iron
now is, | intend to convert portion of
what have into gold and invest in this
way. OF the two, l greatly prefer the
notes of the government to its gold eagles
The one bears interest. and the other does
not; and if the Government is sustained
and maintained, they are of equal value,
and if it is not maintained, neither is of
value. Small subscriptions are desirable,
for aside from the fact that many small
sums, when taken together, will make a
large one, the fact that we all voluntarily
subscribe to cur Government bonds viii
demonstrate to the world the confidence of
all in its stability. Search then deep in
your pockets for the gold you may have
laid aside for a wet day, and exchange it
for the securities of the Government, which /
has and will thereby be enabled to contin-
ue and protect your honest earnings


In this connection it may not be amiss
to notice the PATRIOTIC howlings of Webb
and Gibson, who are endeavoring to scare
you into a settlement of what some Of
their party liken to an sup town quarrel
against a lower. town." by alleging that
you will be ruined by taxation. 1t is true
the Federal Government, to enable it to
pay the interest on the loan have spoken
of, has assessed a direct tax upon our State
Of about s 100000, to be paid next year;
and it is also true that this tax may have
to be continued until rebellion is put down
Well, now, who but such men as Webb and .
ellison will object to pay their proportion
of this tax? Assuming that their taxes,
the present and past few years, amounted
to the sum of $40 each, their proportion
of this national tax will be about SI,5O
each. Who but paltroon would object
to pay this trifing sum to maintain the
best Government the sun ever shone upon.
Why, my friends, there is not coal miner
in all this valley, but that would cheer
fully work nights to pay that amount for
his adopted country. Even the most oP-
PRESSED one l have in my employ, will
pay his own share, and Webb's
md GilsOn's too, if they will only stop
heir eternal croaking.


But I am far exceeding the limit of time
;et for myself, and will therefore present
o you my young friend Glidden. /