Year: 1867




pcrjure every man who accepts


them, with every principle of


honor, safety, and justice dispe-
;garded, trampled upon, despised-
all to perpctuate the power Of their


wicked authors. Can this scheme
succeed? Will it succeed? That is
the question. | feel truly thank
ful in my heart that | have an
answer which lifts my soul amidst
all the gloom and apprehension of
the hour. Some ofyou may not
appreciate it, but to, me it IS the
only oasis in this desert. This
scheme will never, never succeed,
and l proclaim its ultimate failure
today in your hearing. Unbound;
ed applause.l I know that some
think it. will. The air is full ofthe
words Of those who proclaim that
there is no power to prevent it..
Men have before this been weak
and foolish, and towards and trail
tors have before believed as you
talk now, but 1 have a reason for
the faith that is in ME, which, IS
absolutely ysubiime in the strength
OF its foundations.


.lst. It Will fail, because it's not
possible to pcrpotsEatc q govern
mont Of force under the forms of
q democracy. It may take some
time to comprehend this thought,
but you Will not forget, it. That
which is now proposed is force: 1t
is proposed by men who, do not
live in this State, and whose agents
do not live here and it is sought
to be accomplished by military
power, but under the pretence of
your sanction-not to please your
selves, but them. There is not an
instance in ALI history where 4
government Of force has been per
petuated under the form of free
Institutions: tits IN impossibility,
and can neversurcced. [Applause:l
3D.: But it is sought to be accom-.
pIisAed by deceit and fraud, which
cannot much longer escape dctec.
ton. The masses Of the people Of
the North love the Constitution
and fought for it and the Union,
but the leaders did not. fight for it,
and do not love it, and they. now
seek to destroy it under prctcnce
that, we must give some further
guarantee for our future good be-
hayior than merely supporting the
Constitution. As soon as the
means by which their deceit and
fraud have been covered up are:re-
moved, the scheme will be crushed
to death by the people. It is a
doubleshapcd monster, like the
sentinel at Hcil-g which can
live nowhere except in a political
pandcmonium.


And what must be the result ?
I do not say we will como out Of
all this with free Institutions pre-
served, bit this. scheme can never
succeed.-A despotism over the
whole country and over all the
people, guilty and innocent alike,
may cnsuc. You fail, but you may
bring ruin upon ail.-Whenevcr
vou pull down the Temple Of
Liberty, YOU will be crushed by
Tho fail. You cannot level nor
lower rs and elevate yourselves.
We must either all rise or all go
down togcther.-Desrotism may
come, empires may rise and fall
among Us, but whether they 90 OF
not, we shall not have the reign
of Radical party. Understand
me: If l say o man cannot live
high up in the air, I do not mean
he cannot 60 up in balloon and
remain for time or if | say a
man cannot live under water, do
not say he cannot 50 down III q
diving bell and remain a while;
but the Radicals will as certainly
fail to perpetuate their power
under this scheme, as that a man
will fail who attempts to dwell in
the air, or drown who makes his
home under water. Such a gov
crnment would be unnaturaI-a
political monstrosity, and cannot
last; but you may destroy
the forms as we'll as the principles
Of free government, and then YOU
will have u monarchy, an arlstoc-
racy, an empire, or a dcspotlsm,
as the case may be. =


1t may BE- that we Of the United
States have been 50 crazy in leav-
ing the Constitution-the only
Ark OF safcty-that our Heavenly
Father has doomed us to perish,
but I am gratitied with a hope
that it is not 50. IF not, there Is
but one method for our rescue, and
that is by prompt restoration OF
the Constitution. Will it come?
Will we escape an agrarlan war,
with resulting dcspotism, and save
our institutions for our children ?
| hope VIC shall; I believe we
shall.-Though q great effort IS
being made-a designed etfort-to
destroy us as Rome was destroyed; !
I believe the effort will fail l
have great faith in the Anglo
Saxon blood. | derive great en-
couragement from Anglo-SaSon