Year: 1864

tom stand before the country shackled by
proclamations and shackled by acts of Con
gress; ] can do nothing to pacify the South, -


lie is powercss, unless, he can induce
Congress to undo all that it has done he
cannot disregard the wishes of those who
have become his masters - for one man
makes another his master when he enters
into an arrangement with him that will not
bear the investigation Of the laws of the
land. Loud cheering The Democratic
party can restore the Union and | believe
twill Great applause. If that is true,
then appeal to my Republican friends if
they are not bound to give the government
into our hands. Will any man say that we
engage in this contest for political triumph
What is a'poitical triumph? | stand be-
fore You tonight, candidate in my own
State for an honorable Office Cheers.
What matters it if politics alone were to be
considered, whether am elected or beaten?
A few brief years and shall pass away and
slumber in the grave. Voices =" God
bless YOU" In little time. we, with all
our passions, our hopes, and fears, shall be
no more.


No the issues in this contest are the des-
tiny of our country, the liberty of our land,
the preservation of the constitution, the
Union of the States We do not battle for
constitutional law and for personal rights
for ourselves alone. A change of parties
may perhaps, make you, my Republican
friends, the objects of wrong under the
precedents that you yourselves have estab-
lishcd; but we battle for your rights as well
as ours. There is no man living who values
the good opinion of others more than do /;
but when the Democratic party comes into
power, if any man in this land sees fit, in
the most public place, to stand up and de-
nounce me as all that is bad and base,
pledge myself here l will battle for his right
to do so at the cost of my life. Tremend-
Gus and continued cheering | wish that
all could feel as do on matters of religion


that they should love the gospel of peace
even of the erring, and that Christian love
and charity should abound in all the rca-
tions oflife; but ifthere be those who would
convert the temples of God into arenas for
fierce, vindictivc, partisan demonstrations,
Iwill stand in front of his porch and defend
to the utmost their right to do so. We bat
tie not for party, but for all.


In ordinary political elections the interests
Of the party may be Il sufficient object, but
now there is too much at stake, | therefore
aver that when our Republican friends say
to you and to me- "You sympathizc with
| the South They only say ''You Cal


make peace with the South better than we.
| When they charge that we have ancient


affiliations and cordial relations with tn,


South, and that we desire the political hell


of the South, they only give another reason


why we should be permitted to avail our


selves of these peculiar advantages to bring
| back our Union. Laughter and cheers.
| Is it not monstrous that the charge brough


in the selfsame breath-frst that we desr,


a separation of the Union, and next tina


all our interests and sympathizers are in ia


vor of the restoration of the Union? They


on the other hand, have political motiv,


against restoring the Union. If this is tru,


they ought to give the work up to us The,


ought to say to us, You have supported u


for four long years. you have given us thre,


millions ofm and three thousand millions


Of treasure; you have burdened your states


with taxation, and loaded down your mu


inequalities your homes have been depriv


ed of many comforts; more than all you


have given up your loved ones to die, anC


sad vacancies are left by the fircside. w,


have tried our policy for four years; wehay,


failed to restore peace and to bring back TIN
/ Union. and now in common fairness, yol
SlIDuiu bc uiluNtu w u VI .ou


policy We are not parties to their vim


dictive legislation. Let men tell you o


this Coniscation act Before you can con
fScate property you have got to get it


After wasting men and arms you will fin
that those who fight for their homes are tn
men who fight on and fight ever. Ap
plause


i And when you have got the property


will he in desolate country, and its valu
will be destroyed But in attempting t
confScatc the property of the Southern pee
pie, the Administration have in fact conf,
Gated yours by the increase Of taXatio
! which their policy threw upon you. 1t


dangerous for a government to have NOR
!. power than it can exercise wisely and wei
Our fathers wished to avoid this danger


They did not fear for the rights of tn


States, for these ca mot be trampled OF


of existence. The armed heel of militar


power may tread upon them for day, bu


in the end they will rise again in their Nigh


and integrity.
But our fathers said "If we give th


central government power which it cannC
exercise iudiciously, it will become odious t


the people. They were called upon to torr
government for Il vast extent of country
They said ''ifwe have a king, he cannt
, know the peculiar wants OF the people
1 the Middle of PENNSYLVANIA or in the middl
, of New York. He lacks the intimat
t knowledge of these localities necessary t


one who is to lcgislatc upon their affairs.
t With an aristocracy the same difficult
; would arise. They hit upon the commo
sense idea which you all act upon in you
4 daily life. There is no man in the commu
= nifty who is efficient at all trades and profe
= sions. There are lawyers, doctors and Gle
5 gymcn. lfyou desire lawyer you go to
1 person especially learned in that profession
| You say he may not be very honest MAJ
, but he understands law thoroughly. :
, (Laughter) Your family is sick-you d
1 not go again to the lawyer but to doctor
| He may know nothing of law, but he is a
t excellent physician. One man, or one st
of men, can not govern this country. Thel
must be men of skill in all departments,
all localities to do their separate work


, The people ofSchuylkill county, in Penn
; sylvania, or of Oneida county in New Yorl
from which | come, may not be the be-
+ people in the world, but they know grei
/ deal better than anybody else what schoco
, they want and who they prefer tor JustiG,


of the peace and for constable. The peopl
: of Virginia and Pennsylvania have dtferer
interests. The people of Pennsyl ylyania cal
not legislate for Virginia, but Virginia ca
legislate far better herself than any one ca
for her. And so our fathers said. We wi
! only allow the federal government to do thi