Year: 1861




lions of people unoppresscd by Govern
ment, but every one enjoying the fruits
Of his own industry, and literally none to
molest or make him afraid. Then, what
cause is there for this great disturbance
Then why is it that one portion of this
country is in arms against the other p
Let US inquire the cause of the complaint
first, and then see if we can prescribe a
remedy afterward. We all agree that
the grievance is most serious. But what
is the true way Of putting down what
shall term rebellion :? And we can all
agree in one thing, that that rebellion
was either right Or wrong, that it was
justiiable Or unjusti6ab!e-to be appro
we'd or condemned as a whole. II it is
right for a portion Of this country to take
up arms against the Government, it is
right to sustain such action, and if they
are wrong they should be put down by
the power OF the people. (Applause.)
There is no halfway house in this mats
ter-no tarrying place between sustain.
ing the Government and attempting its
overthrow. There is no peace PROPOSE
tien that will suit the case until the re-
bellion is first put down. (Applause j.
And if were in favor or disposed to
tamper with this rebellion, or aid or coun-
tenance it, l would 60 and take up arms
with them. For if it is tight for them to
take up arms it is right for them to
have armed aid and assistance. II
they are wrong-if they are guilty of
treason, and murder and arson. then
they should be overthrown by the whole
power of the Government. (Applause,
and put down so that no resurrection
day should ever find the rebellion again.
(Renewed applause.) Now l believe,
that l am one of those who, in former
years, thought that sectional controver.
cies put in jeopardy the well~being of tie
Union. l believe now, as then, that
the e never was a sectional controversy
| that justified this Or any other armed re.
bellion. l believe that this rebellion did
not arise out Of sectional agitation, but
from blind, wicked, reckless ambition
And believe it is the duty of every
man, woman and child to raise an arm
to crush it. Our Constitution is never
to be put down. Gan indistinct voice in
the crowd, "Compromise.") ("WhaI
does my friend say, Compromise wei
will get at Compromise before I ge
through" Laughter and cheers, l.
| believe in the integrity Of the Union;
believe in the integrity of the Constitu
lion; and l believe in sustaining both by
the power Of the Government. But the
say, ''you would not coerce State o.
No, l would not coerce State. have
said | would not coerce State--frs
because it is impracticable; because yo,
cannot coerce State. Second, because
it would be unjust to coerce State in it.
domestic policy if it could be done.--
But you may coerce rebellion in State
until you give that State an opportunity
to act through its loyal citizens in its du
ties to the Union. Ard l would coerc,
rebellion wherever could find it. Yo,
may not coerce community, but 20,
may coerce its thieves and murderers.--
You may coerce State criminals, and thu
enable the State and its loyal citizens tt
fulfill their relations ir the Governmen
of the Union. If we can sustain ou


Government, if we can uphold our Con
stitution, it is not by compromising will
rebellion--it is by putting down rebellion
and making our compromise with fdeli
ty. (Applause and a voice "Thers il
your democracy And of all men liv
ing, democrat is the last man who cal
take stand against the Constitution o
his country. (Cheers.) A democra
lives and moves and his being in til,
Constitution. He cannot live outside o
or in opposition to the Constitution. HI


must stand by the Constitution in all it
parts. 1t was that doctrine that CAV
the democratic party its power and as
tendency in the times of Jefferson, o
Madison, and of that old hero, Andrey
Jackson. Just in proportion as the de
moclacy has wandered from the constitu
ton, just in the same proportion hav


they gone down. And if they ha


stood fully up to their own doctrines, al
the Abolition parties of the earth, all tn
Republican pa1ties of the earth, and a
the combined powers of the earth coul
never have put down the old Democrat
ic Party. (Cries of "That is SO, an
, cheers9 1 have ever believed in tn
justice of Democracy, and I'believe in
to this day, as much as ever. And
believe it to be my duty to stand upo
t the ramparts of the Constitution, and de