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‘TIIIENOMINJiTIONS OF THE UNION
- • CONVENTION.
Thfitartioles which appeared in the
Pittebargh Gazelle on. Taesday morning
-and ;abto on. Thursday morning, must
convince the most sceptical that its
Conductors are entirely reckless
nfthe willies of the people.
• All over the country. the Union seiati•
nierit has ruled. In Ohio, in lowa, in
liv Yolk end elsewhere, desirous that
. .-nothing theiald divide the people, have
set party - is:attics aside, and gone in heart
andhand tnaustain this war.
Me people of this county, without
regard to their politics previous to the
fifteenth of April, have in every
possible manner and on every pee-.
sible occasion, expressed their desire
that no remnants of old party bitter
ness should be permitted to divide them
in the slightest degree while our Gov
eminent was threatened with unwonted
perils. The Democrats held their con
. ventinnand adjourned, making no nomi
ziagn4linlsimply declaring that all men
liblitifd t slistain their government until
+,.. 7 1140:ini,„t rebellion was crushed out and
and authority of the govern
;ittpitshifilld be re-asserted and re-eatab
lishiedi46 whole land.
, ' , ...:Tlieltispnblicans, the dominant party
inthec,Ociinty, appreciated the necessity
• of intuit - divided North, and so modified
their calls for their conventions, that it
,
„:. was In their: c is:Ter, and the people
seriably eXii&ted it of them, to floral
,nate a Union ticket. The Gazette itself
before the conventions, succumbing to
- :Art' Oerwhelming popular wish, advo
catea the nomination of a Union ticket
by thellepublican Conventions. But in
those Conventions the influence of of
fice seekers and office holders was strong
enough to defeatAhe welt-known wish
esefthe people, and when, in the words
of the Gazette, it became known that "a
straight odtßepublican ticket" had been
placed=in the field,the people, indignant
sliming thus inisused and misrepresent
stl those singular, popular
.iyrinvetnents which politicians cannot
" control,-resolved that they would have
P p;:ti - 4451 - Coinvention and make 110111111ft
thins to suit themselves, regardless of
anf'political-dictation whatever. The
Prbnary meetings to elect delegates to
.the-Union Convention were largely. at
•tendgd Ipiy the very best citizens of the
,nountV . ._ The preliminary movements
• -„wercnta e calmly and earnestly and all
"
Seethed to feel how important they were.
• ILES - int : this movement as well as about
. Oliither,lTztion movements in various
parts of the country, the Gazette was
as silent as the grave until the result of
, the,poptdar meetings on Saturday had
&own its editors 'that the people had
pasttined to manage their own affairs,
and the editors of that paper began to
perceive, like Demetrius of old, "their
calling was in danger."
So on Tuesday morning, the day of
410„ineeting of the Union Convention,
• :the Gazette comes out with an editorial
bowl, of the moat malicious character.
'ln the face of the facts as known to the
.whole county, they charge that the
- Union movement was directed and con
trolled by wirepulling Democrats, and
that the "farce of a Union ticket was
about played out." It charges those
honest Republicans who participated in
tlnymovement with being "fishy camp
fellnitiers" of the Gazelle and its party.
Ittlads up the threat of "an ugly record
fin' ?afire handling" to those Republic
ana who havenoldly said "we will forego
partY- fiatzltlie:-Sakei'of country at the
present i
tan'
But the 04424 ,thwiders have long
since ceased tribe terrible, and the fork
ed lightninga 'which in N. B. Craig's
1444Peapt, 4 ,inlithing, from ills bitter,
p&tllshed, honest pen, have degenerated
~,,„liatottnere currish growls from Errett &
the time that the Republican Con
vert:digits were held, the Gazelle favored
a Union ticket. The Democrats, both
in - their Convention and in their Com
init, bad declined to nominate a tick
et, Iddllice- the. Democrats everywhere,
Aleigded tolorego party for the Union.—
'''lghe:Reptiblican leaders and their call.
.sinethi 'airetteendorsed, were in favor of
no partizaniumiinations.'
ThelieptibTitlims met. Their vote in
the.county is about twice that of the De.
1004 . 08,43 Y and by the report' of - their' cam
mitto3te 1.4) apportion officers, an offerwas
made to give about one-third of the of
fices to the Democracy. It failed to be
-scippted . by the Convention. The Be
`10,1:0 thus declared that as a party,
eff4l74 any -other conoidexa
-5**".:,j1040::7,.€44314g0---q43 report,
*O- 41 4,.„ 4416tr ge li t i ae rot A le
'''',4loll7o4eerkTeA . LTbiilf, were for a 17220 a
ppppbg 64-Repubheans as welt its
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Democrats, determined that the patriot
ic movement now going on for the Union
should be triumphantly sustained (even
if the Republicansiin party convention,
had refused to &stain it) and that no
division should take place among them
upon issues that cannot again arise until
the great rebellion is s4c.essfully die
-posed of, and that they :world not be
dragooned into the abetting of covert
daloyalty by any of the old party cries,
called a Union Convention—a Conven•
tion of the people.
The position of things was now changd;
the -Republicans had declared them.
selves for party and the Democrats alone
stood with the shackles of party aban
doned and thrown aside ; a portion of
I the Republicans also refusing to be led
by the Gazelle and its office-seeking coin_
peers into a position which they did not
and could not acknowledge as correct.
The Republican nominations left the
Democrats in the majority of those who
I were pure Union men above all party,
and as the Convention was composed
half of those who fornierly belonged to
each party, it would have been fair to
have apportioned to the Democrats at
least half the nominees upon the ticket.
But the Convention was a Union Con
vention of the people and decided upon
a lesser number. Of this no Democrat
complains, but they do complain, and
have a right to complain, that for the
share apportioned to them, acknowl
edged Democrats were not selected.—
There are among the nominees but two,
or at most three, who have acted as con
sistent Democrats and been acknowledg
ed as such for some years.
But this was a Union Convention, and
we are willing to forego all considera
tions for its support, as we believe that
country is above all party or personal
considerations.
There are many upon the ticket
whom we should have preferred not to
have seen there.
It is our purpose to give to the ticket
nominated by the Union Conven
tion, and which we to-day place at the
head of our columns, that firm, fair
and earnest support which the char
acter of the candidates deserves, and
which the exigencies of the times war
rant and demand from every good cit-
From the first breaking out of this
war we have felt the necessity—nay, the
absolute duty which devolved upon ev
ery citizen of holding in abeyance the
distinctive and merely partizan differ
ences of opinion which have heretofore
placed in opposition (and wisely, no
doubt,) men of one nation and people.
We have desired all, so far as our in
fluence might go, to forget politics, and
work for the country.
The masses of the people have nobly
and patriotically responded to their
country's call. All, save a few politi
cians like the Gazette, are willing to unite
in the proposition that in such a crisi s
as this it is well for all parties to sup•
port one ticket, pledged to the govern
ment and the war.
We deny the fact which the Gcrzette
asserts that in every democratic or
doubtful county the Democrats have
refused to co-operate with the Republi
cans. Even in Berks the Democrats
have united upon a Union ticket, and
we know of no county in the State
where the Union feeling is not predom
inant among them. The - game is not a
one-sided one, as the • =rite, in its ex
treme partizanship and natural love for
offices and office-seekers and official pa
tronage would pretend.
We shall speak oil the ticket itself
again. As we have said, there are some
names upon it whom we would rather
have seen off, but in any view it is far
better worthy of every true man's sup
port than any partizan ticket whatever.
The nomination of , Mr. Rhodes for
Sheriff,. which seems intensely to dis
please the Gazt de, is a nomination which
meets with universal approval from all
Union men. Although a Republican,
he has never been a politician nor an
office-sei•lter. Even in this instance
the °Woe sought him. As a Union man
he presents a glorious record in compar
ison with the party candidate of the
Republicans, Mr. Woods. While the
latter hart been enjoying a fat salary in
the Court House, Mr. Rhodes has been
devoting his time and his money to the
extent of thousands, in aiding the gov
ernment to procure men and equip
them for the army. The people know
this, and will approve it, too.
But we did not intend to speak at
length of the candidates to-day. and
must close.
THE NATIONAL LOAN
In a crisis like the present it is the
duty of every citizen to aid the govern
ment to the utmost extent of his power,
and we hope to see Pennsylvania do her
proportion of furnishing the means, as
she has the men, to overthrow the in
surrection which is now destroying the
prosperity of the country and drenching
'it in blood. Lett every one who can,
come forward now, for the crisis is one
which involves both the supremacy of
law and the severity of public and pri.
vats liberty, as well as the maintenance
of popular institutions.
The popular loan now asked for by
the governimmt,_ for which Treasury
notes, bearing 7 3-10 per cent. interest,
are given, will furnish the means to put
down this rebellion. As an investment
these notes are safe and sure. They
will be received as money in all ooMmtir
cial transactions, the banks will take
them on deposit, the merchant and
the manufacturer will be glad to get
them for their goods, and to the farmers
they will form a currency which is as
safe for them to holcl as gold or silver.
The subscriptions can be made to this
loon, to Joshua Hanna, Esq„ at Hanna,
Hatt & Qo.'s Banking House, corner
Viriiad:a.Fiftii streets, Pittsburgh.
eethitilfeil that southern proper ,
„HilWftmoont of too-nAlions of dol
larithasy been seized by the' Uni
tpOti*l4e.rhal in New York .
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SPEECH OF MAJOR WILL A.
A great Union Convention of the pace,
plo of Westmoreland county, without dis
tinction of party, was tiel4.at Mt. yleas •
ant on Saturday, the 14th of §efitinnber,
After organization, the Preeidipt, - Bev.
Samuel Shadrich, introduced to the meet
ing Id.aj Will A. Stahel, whO- hit' just
proved his devotion to hie country by ac
cepting a Major's appointment the
army, and surrendering the comforts of a
most delightful home for the perils and
hardships of the battle field.
Major Stokes is always elcijnent, even
when he is speaking upon dry subjects,
but on this occasion the greatness of the
theme inspired_ him with extraordinary
fire, and he poured out "thoughts that
breathed and words that hum" lire those
patriots of old, whose tongues were elo•
(joint for freedom when the revolutionary
patriotism inspired their hearts. We
publish Major Stokes' speech to-day, and
commend it to the perusal of every reader.
It is eloquent, argumentative and truly
patriotic.
There are some persons who think
there will be no fighting at Washington
City. They give as a reason that the,
enemy will not advance upon our en
trenchments, and that from all appear
ances, Gen. McClellan does not intend
to advance upon theirs. Both these
propositions are mere guels work. We
do not believe that the rebel leaders de
sire at once to attack the almost im
pregnable defences of the National Cap- .
itol,. but still they may be cornpelledAo
do it by the condition of their army and
the impatience of their people at long
delay of the promised victory. As mil
itary men, they must also fear divisions -
at several points. In Western Virginia,
Lee will find that the army of the West
has swollen to such proportions that he
will have enough to do to take care of
himself, and will be utterly unable to
lend any aid to Manassas, Expeditions
from Fortress Monroe, too, may at any
time astonish the Virginians, and ren
der it necessary to withdraw a part of
their main army from the vicinity of
Washington, and similar diversions may
be created by our fleet along the coast,
as has already been done at Hatteras
Inlet. The rebel leaders must see all
these things, and may get desperate,
and make an attack upon Washington
in order to keep their army together.
But beleagaered as Washington is, it
is scarcely possible that the hazard of a
battle can be long delayed.
Gen. McClellan has said, "No more
Bull Run affairs," and in these words he
has indicated the policy which he is
every day carrying out. He is making
preparations for victory—not for defeat.
The government needs more soldiers,
and recruiting °fliers are busy in all
parts of the country• The munitions of
war are every where being prepared
with diligence. Blankets and other
winter equipments for soldiers are being
sought in every quarter. The govern
ment has recently made a purchase of
all the, wood on the railroad between
the Capitol and the Relay House, for a
winter supply of fuel for the eiiy. All
these preparations bespeak that the
campaign is not to be a hasty one; that
the government no longer underrates
, the bravery and determination of the
enemy, who do not underrate us, but
prepare to meet every movement on our
part, and that before the battle comes
the Federal forces will be fully prepared
to win it.
We do not, therefore, agree with
those who think there, will be no fight
ing at Washington, but when the day of
conflict comes, the heavy columns of the
Republic, well armed, well drilled, well
prepared in every necessity, will swing
grandly into battle, and the cry will
start from the army of the Potomac and
resound throughout the nation, "No
more Bull Run affairs." "The rebel
lion is vanquished—the Union safe."
We aro pleased to learn that our towns..
man, Dr, A. M. Speer, has been ordered
to report himself immediately at Camp
Curtin, near Harrisburg, preparatory to
his being assigned to ono of the regiments,
shortly to leave for the seat of war.
Having been appointed during the ad•
ministration of Gen. Pierce, Physician to
the U. S. Marine Hospital, near this city
and filled the position for four years with
credit to himself and to the satisfaction of
the government, and having recently com
pleted a term of service of three months
in Cul, Campbell's regiment of Ponnsyl.
vania Volunteers. The Doctor is peculiar
ly well qualified by training and practice
to discharge any duties that may devolve
upon him in the line of his profession,
either on the tented or the battle-field.
We have received from Mr. Rober
Watson the following card, wbich•ex
plains itself:
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 19, 1861.
Mr. Editor Post :—Sir—You will please
withdraw my card from your paper, as
I decline running as a Union and Work
ing Arens' Candidate for Sheriff, and
oblige yours, R. WATSON.
LIZIIT, E, J, lizapt&N, of Greensburg,
has been appointed Signal officer, and is
thereby attached to Gen. McClellan's staff.
EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST-My
name was before the Union Convention
without my knowledge and against my
Fishes. I was not a candidate for any
office. A.. W. Locsirs.
BOWLING Gaßas To BE OCOUPLICI? BY
LINcoLN TILOOPB —lt is reported on what
appears to be good authority that General
Rousseau's brigade at Camp Jc. Holt., will
strike tents on Tuesday night, come
over to .Louisville immediately, and
taking special trains to Bowling
Green proceed at once to occupy and
fortify that important and strategetic point.
It is stated they will be joined at ',gm
oonveniertt point on the route by some of
the regiments now at Camp Dick Robin.
son , i n Garrard county.—Louisville
er, Tuesday. " ' ,
GEN, Zorzico*ew-RoSamoga Ottsmar
LAND GAP. It Vag &tibial. fq, FraOr for t
this morning that General ZollicofFeri_with
10,000 TenuaaseeNa",,4l443 l ,4 l P o3l
of Cumberland Gan; .. where, 0 1 4 At Pe
able to maintain dieniselail'aitift tl 04
force that Lincoln can, bringbring,,RAPO
them. —Louisville Courier, Tizesday,
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STOKES
WASHINGTON CITY.
DR. A. M. SPEER.
DECZINES.
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SPEECH OF ME. STOKES
Honored, Fellow Citizens, by your
invitation of to-day, I am still more
honored by being thii advocate of our
aonntry yet,loved and venerated by all
but those *lose treason has changed
a benificent mother into an avenging
ruler, andkvho hate the name justly
invoked tii repel their attacks and pun
ish their crimes. Justice never sleeps
bat unceasingly pursues those who out:.
rage her commands presenting every
where and always to the oyes and-minds
of murderers robbers and traitors,a hor
rid spectacle, awful inflexible, armed
with the lightning of the Divine wrath
and sure soon to strike with resistless
power.
It is this—this abject fear Of punish
ment—this trembling of the arraigned
culprit, which is now the impelling mo
tive of the chiefs of the rebel• ion and
which prolongs—for the hope ofAsvor
able negotiation—a contest known to be
hopeless. Disappointed ambition pride
of position, self-assumed superiority,
the resolve to rule or ruin, originated
the demands, denunciations and threats
of 1860, intensified by inherent viru
lence of political poison, into the tree
son of 1801 and culminating in the for
mation of a pretended nation—alas, too,
in the fire and blood of military con
flict.
Save in a single state, the majolity
of the people are still loyal—deluded
but honest—and ready, at the right
moment to demand the freedom of which
usurpers have temporallydeprived them,
Masses eaten are never fools in their
deliberate conclusions. God has given
them a mysterious and instinctive wis
dom. But for this, self GoTernment
wculd be impossible—but for this, des
potism alone would be legitimate—but
for this, the Constitution under which
we live would be lies and snares, for
they all proclaim following the Declar
action of Independence, that Govern•
merits derive their just powers from the
consent of the Governed—denial o.
which in the case cf Kansas was the
first fatal error of Mr. Buchanan. who
yielding thus to arrogant dictation of
Slave Oligarchs and violating at once
his pledged honor as a gentleman and
his sworq, duly as President opened the
way foal the unnumbered woes under
wiheh the nation now groans In the first
flush of power of the Administration
which I had assisted to elect, I Publi
cly denounced this baseness. West
moreland led the way in assertion of
political intregrity, inrespective of party
ties. Let the dead bury the dead, but
let no imbecility, timidity and corrup
tion pass unreproved out of that false
sympathy which would deprive the
world of two wholesome warnings of
historic reprobation.
But irrespective cf remote causes,
let us look at the facts before us, and
lot us look them fearlessly in the face.
Let'us nct be deceived by our wishes,
above all let us not by deluded by hol
low hopes. We are in the midst of
one of the most tremendous wars ever
waged on earth. The intense r the con
flict the speedier the end. There are
those who cry, peace, peace, when there
is no peace False teachers of fatal
folly? I too am for peace, but—all
hope of milder means being gone—for
peace by treaty written by the sword
in letters of blood, and 'proclaimed in
thunders of our victorious cannon
Rightly to rebuke rebellion we must
except its own test, and defeat it by
the judgment of its own tribunal.—
It has appealed:to arms, and if we evade
or avoid the final and irrepealable sen
tence of the sword we encourage subse
quent attack. To make peace with
armed traihrs is to offer a premium to
armed treason and to give impunity to,
to sanction, to share the greatest of hu
man crimes. It would be no peace, for
there would neither be concord to unite
nor strength to control, nor justice to
punish. It would be monstrous to sac
rifice safety, life, liberty—all that is
dear and sacred—to! the delusions of
folly or the wiles of enmity. No if you
are right and stroe , , strike boldly the
decisive blow which shallkill the mon
ster forever. If you are wrong and
weak, withdraw your fleets, disband
your armies and proclaim ,:your erred
and impotency. Surely it is neither
wise or valiant to yield to demands
backed by force. If now you surrender
to dictation; for what has the National
treasure been expended, for what has
your brother's blood been shed?;
You know, my friends, that I was
last winter the, zealous advocate of con
cession and compromise, for I thought
conciliation, if possible, on any terms,
at once the truest policy and the highest
duty. But when the•cesis came, when
all hope of concord was gone, when an
open organization defied the I ower
of the Governinent, when every offer
was spurned and a direct attack made
on our flag, when the symbol of the Re
public ceased to protect our people and
became the warrant of violence toward
them—then I felt that justice and mercy,
united in demanding the most energe
tic measures for rebuke of these inso•
lent assumptions and repression of these
hostile acts. You well know that those
who were last to abandon hope of peace,
were first to decl4re for the integrity of '
the Union at all hazards and at every
cost. I mean to speak plainly. I op
posed Mr. Lincoln's election, fairly, sin
cerely and from politioial principles
which I then held and still hold. But
he was elected and he is my Presidei?t,
as ranch as if I vbted for him, for he
is the President under the terms of
the Constitution which I bare often
sworn to support. I was a citizen of
the Republic—title broader, higher,
more glorious than any party name, in ,
volving obligations more solemn and
sacred than any political relation. In
truth the Democratic creed, announcing
for its cardinal maxim, the supremacy
of the Constitution,' Democrats best
demonstrate their party fidelity by fidel
ity to the elect of the Constitution; nor
is this paramount duty diminished be
cause we are defeated in election, any
more than it is strengthened when. we
are sucesaful. Fellow Democrats, allow
Me therefore to-say that you best prove
your party purity by sustaining the ex
isting Government, especially in its ef
f9rts : to enforce the epargetic doelara
tion of our illustrous champion Andrew
Jackson--"theYederal Union it must
and shall be weseriTd"---mi;hty will
in a fawirOrds'expressed and directed
their firsktLttered, against the father of
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the secession hardy 'Nes orelauders
in our county, Jackson was first nomi
nated for.. the gresideney; it is fit there.
fore thatthe Stir of Ale West would
shine in all 1240rillancy to illuminate
the pathlit which those tread who now
sabeed him in--declaring for the per.
petuity of our GuyernOont.
Give`the Etelintivnilair chance, by
yielding your hearty ,upport, do not
madly commit politichd suicide by per
mitting minor considerations of detail
to obstruct the gigantic efforts of a great
people to free themselves, from the grasp
of a serpent which, while the
slept in supposed seouritY,lias coiled its
slimy folds around the body of the
State, and is ready to crush it in its
corrupt embrace, while striking to the
vitals its poisonon%.fangs.
Talk of eoerciOn!' Government is
coercion—lawful force to restrain vio-
lators of law. The duty of obedience
admits the right to command. Right
is in its inherent nature self vindicating.
The limit of its power is to be foneTd
in the pending necessity, and no exer
cise of authority is unlawful which is
not wantonly beyond the exigency
which demands its use. All presum
dons, in time of war, are in favor of an-
thority, for the essential requisite at
such time and the basis of all success is
absolute strength, and none but those
who exercise it and are responsible for
its abuse can determine the degree of
force requisite for the public security,
The safety of the Republic is the Sup
rune law, binding alike on the Govern
ment and the people. •
I recur to the question—are you
right? Answer frankly and fairly.—
Answer so as to save the country, or its
present peril will speedily become a
final catastrophe. It is for all of =us to
resolve and act—Democrats--RepUbli
cans—the true men of all parties—every
citizen worthy of the gtle—every
irrespective of present name or former
ties, who, annimated by patriotic heart,
100 with . olear eye on the tempest which
rages around us, and inspired by the
courage of right and truth, is resolved
on the ascertainment and vindication of
univeral political justice, softened by
the sympathy of brotherhood, but
strengthened by determination to teach
traitors that the way of the transgres
sor is hard.
On two conflicting and irreconcilable
grounds the Southern leaders put their
cause before the world. First, they al
lege that the government of the. United
States is a mere co:,federation of inde
pendent and sovereign States, each hav
ing the right to withdraw whenever it
may see fit to do so—that assumed in
vasion by the North of the rights of the
South, justifies the recision of the con
tract of the Constitution, and they refer
to the question of slavery in the Terri
tories, the execution of the fugitive
slave aw and the election of Mr. Lin
coln as the main justification of their
course.
The second ground is
_the reserved
right of revolution—the exigency for
resort to which they allege is to be
found in the same cause on which they
argue for the policy of Secession.
The first is said to be sanctioned by
the Constitution--the second is in avow
ed defiance of that instrument.
Fellow-citizens, I deny the. right of
secession—l deny that the Constitution
of the United States reserves the right
to each State to withdraw from the
Union at any time, on its own mere
motion. On the contrary I hold that!
the Federal Government, though of
limited powers, is ale gitimate govern
ment for the purpose of its creation,
perfect in all its parts, Executive, Leg
islative and Judicial—self-sustaining,
independent—making, construing and
executing its own laws by virtue.-of its
own inherent force.
Reason revolts from the idea of politi
cal suicide—of a contract to bind-no
body—of an agreement for disagree
ment—of a union for disunion.
But the question now presented by
the attitude of the seceding Statesp is
one not subject to the test of the
technical lawyer, or the results of ab
stract philosophical speculation. ,
We stand, in a momentous time, in
the presence of appalling facts. Are
we equal to the time and its duties—
can we comprehend these facts and their
consequence? If we are not—if we
cannot—the death knell of the Repub
lie is already rung—the great experi
ment has failed—the demonstration is
complete that man is incapable of self
government--despotism has forever
triumphed over liLerty.
Denying the doctrine of secession; I
admit the right of revolution. Jt is a
right reserved by every people in every
government—without it tyranny mould
ba eternal. Its exercise is in the sole.
judgment of those who assert it. Its
vindication is in the result of. war.
But resort is only to be•had to this cx-,
treme remedy, as Mr.. Jefferson well.
B ai,d, when tyranny becomes overwhelm
ing, not for lied, and transient causes,•
and only when all other means of re
dress have failed. It is the desperate
and tardy remedy for accumulated, in
tolerable and hopeless wrongs. Its :
declaration of war is in the thunder: i
tones of the people united by the exter
nal' pl.( a sure of a crushing' oppression:
and nerved to resistance by the oz.:
tremity of a common angering. •
Did any of these conditions exist.
when the present rebellion broke out ?-
Not one. We were all.. living under a:
government the - best which - the world'
has ever seen—well illustrating thae
maxim that the best government is that
which governs least. t - ,
As to slavery in the Territories they'
bad it, by legislation and .'judioial
vision, all their own way...Seale4r ,
Statesmen first demandedthat it should i 1
be simply a domestic question for the
people of the territories to settle among
themselves. By the Compromise Acts
and the Kansas Nebraska Act they got
this. They ware beaten at ; their Om
game by the popular voile of Kansas,
and changing their ground, they invok
ed judicial authority for the ninversali
ty of slavery. This aleo they got ac
cording to their construction of the
Dred Scott case. How often did this
minority expect,us to charge our iiciii
tion<to obey their shifting and conflict,
ing - commands? They at lengthfctind
at Charleston o: at Baltimote and in the
reluetentktaroised =weasel- the North
ern' enweraq at the pollS the Mit of
their exactions Ind of our oonsidaisitiOe.
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Then as to the fugitive slave law—
it is their own work for their own ad
vantage. I agree t hat hostile legisla
tion in some States give just cause for
complaint—not because it offer t 1 any
real obstruction to" , tkolext"Atioo the
law, but because it vfOlatedl the i T4sinrit
of concord; I agree 2fitrthfit thkt
barbarous enactments of signo 'of the
slave States directed against,' the. safety
and liberty of our tree citizens, although
they might provoke, did not_justify,
legislative retaliation. Every, State
seemed ready to repeal its so called per
sonal liberty„bills,
mations were spurned. So far AS- the
legaisltion of the free Stales
tatioriatno one”luitlanY.-tightHoi.;diat.
plain, least Oall the speciaLclitimpkuis
,of State Sovereignty., So far, as it
might be , unconstitutional it wits' void,
and - the Supreme Courtt-JargeW.eran
pcsed of Southerners, was nevei-ielne
taut to exercise its power in this re
gard.
Then as to Mr. Lineeln's election-
It irf: not, denied that, it.wiis 'in 'AI
speots according to the „Qorietit4tion.
To seeede then 'on thisirooll,;,wal'.
virtnalty to - iloolare thst; ; ;:theltsnOtittt-'
tion is not hinding in one - -partZtl the
country because it smilchite
been observed another:- -Tlur mere
tact of opposition to - a eaudididoiin
volves an obligation of honor te/recogs
nize his election ifle is saieeesaftil: To
take, at the same times the chttrice:;ef
success and avoid the risk of ; defeat is
the base trick of , the bleak, leg.. who
stocks the cards, and is wholly unWorthy
of those who loudly - vaunt a ;special
chivalry and epersemal honor too
sative for equal intercourse with , plain;
men like you and me:
Toallthis it is replied that wetivereVar-!
ned beforehandthat tne eleotio#Arer.,
Lincoln would be deemed end teitrin
_as
sufficient cause for dissoliibg the reit&
That is to spy an net wholly unjustifia
ble in itself is to be justified because it;
was preceded by a threat; or, in other
words, insolence is justification for
crime. This is argument fit only to in
fluence slaves—argument repelled by
our self-respect and which our self—
respect forbids us to answer,
n very truth, my friends, the real
reason of this revolt is to be found in
none of these things, but intheiintiends
ing probability that 'these - op - tent:if eI
pire was about to depatt trete 1;4 hant4
which had held it : almost
,exerusively
from the organization of the."govern
ment—result ane to thepteyettiwilAlity
of the Slave States to compete with the
Free States in the pursuits industry,
and consequently in wealth, numbers,
intelligence—all that constitutes the ef
fective forde of'a people.
All complaints centre in slavetj',
yet slavery was totally untiffeetedin the
Cotton States which first •flew firinkAhe
glorious galaxy. The pretenef;Aller*
fore, was false—and - swilict =hierarchy
of evil is compoted—OomPleatS4Wati,
insults, falsehood; crime. `"?
1 do not blame the -Sinaerntpeople
for this. I sympathize, with, them -
We arc fighting:their battle as much
as our own. They haw been the in•
nooent victims of grievous wrong. The
leaders dared not ask for the expression •
of their judgment or wishes, but cut
the Federal tie without the consent of
--without eonsulation with the masses.
They did not submit their Secession
,j
Ordinances to ,popular vote, but a few
gentlemen in secret session in Convene :
tion assumed, without warrant, to every'
turn one Government and establish!
another, to release citizens from their
allegiance, to compel them to ,a riew ; i
and indefinite loyalty; in 'short - these.l
self‘appointed usurpers undertook tot
exchange, transfer arid convel; rianyi n ,
millions of men who supposed-thernsi
solves freerwith the same disregard, of!
their subjects, wishes, as, if tiv were
the slaves in fact which they ,becamei
by this act. It is true, that after hos..”
tilities began, a certain ardor of ;tortilla',
arose ilk the South, and this mere net";
oral spirit of combativeness has been
invoked to sanction thepestilentoberesy:
of secession, But in thelearte of the;
people, once their voices can bn•heard,l
we shall find yes, even the veri•streets:
of Charleston when the ensign of-the Ret
public once more unfoldsitestripes.and
stars, and recalls with mingled pain'and
pleasure, all its holy memories of glory;
ana patriotism; in the hearts of - the pees,
pie we shall fid faith, truth.
reverence for the past, hope for_ :the fug;
tore. Then the:hour of ,xeckOning.will."
have arrived; - theri will. the ,traßta,
hurled igommonsly from. their,-trlaces
the right and reason resume theittSum,y;t
then wilLonrivetherore.renOrt..he great;
National family, then the wicked shell
cease from-troriblingland; 'the -weary Ile
at rest; the reign of the Conatitutien will'
be re-inaugurated and_leaviug to our ,
children, ummpaired,_the
bequeathed to us by our 'fathers, purl;
ged and purified by.fire and blood, and,
coining generations shall : rise up and
call us blessed because 'neither '.dottfit,,
nor despondency, noriielfishessinrikir,et.
strained us - from vindicating the:443l4e.'
many of the law of freodOnt bytthe finds
of freemen
But, my friends, the soldiers in the'•
field must be sustained-by -their-fellow-;
citizens in -- ciiillire7“'o! theirs = t?ffoifa'
.will be useleas---thetr strength ~Parar
lyzed., This can oulybe done by sup-5
porting the Government—by, , lnyitity,
in'worda'and acts to the - -corintry- as
represented by the Conatituted'auther-.
ities. An ores enemy in the ttield,
with the recognized 'arms of warfare!
in his hands, is not so dangerons as' ;
the secret opponent who insinn.ates'an.
opposition ;which bels'afraid to avow,f
'whose weapons ; are hostile oriticisms oiy
'the measures , of the GAVOrlin..4O9 l4l C l
119 to the propriety‘oflts morentenV
atiedea jealousY anOPPachiiiiititifonl
Popular right, n'PrbidrAPPOY
sufferings inflicted loy or on
senseless olamiiefor'poice - Withoutyek
gar' to means or terms, predictions- , .et,
disaster, slander of our leaders,
~._14:44
Berated estimates of the - cost of; wari
evil anticipations of impending rain and
universal bankruptcy, false and der=
dating estimates'of thelinittanfe of
the contest, debasing comparnionScbe7
tween out troops and those 0f..4 1 0 11 el '
,m 5, evdttkon, thinly seiled:and.magi
Acted. sympathy over mir4irvOti.go4
o#Alr. Wfboter said the P(10 iikret!
ptition-of7tke elKOEY'f*****ll
4voittir!- s er..thcoe s btle;iiiitilit4 l l4,
tik 5 41444 11 / "liberir 40tOliviArnten'
-,k;. , '..' -:..4i. , f .--,--...-;,.:,
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7-
afterwards?' Such are:3"- :i.dom tt
~,,,,
assaults it is
. youfvfiff =limpet
Tifoo" . , aro...the enemas whiclll4.l ll " 6
to'ilniiibit4 It is atrodnualb***iii.
hoino, in, unity, should be perMitte4
to liiimtrieqe allies of hose who kiss
raya-agebts; t our .brothers on the field,
of battiff. Their hands arestaited- with,
' thellned which, may be shed by-prolong
the conflict. They give that merit lu.a
and comfort to the enemy which fflw
gigraflefftheittret zscortiYAbia -' l l
they receivv,lind`-byth*idik of aitt .
vided North- it'll. is -... :* --- 0n. , :4-4 16 "
with-thelle-- 4 niisereanEetfiiTae
hearte4 ;.., , , ,blaci4.lpiit* , 44oo*46*
vampires, 'iiihi'i su lk' - iint'lhe! il.4,Y-life
blood- of the. State. ----Theak:Geil<Alieur .
„
are liuiiew ettepi, nkiserAhjqreVtPif-7.f.
none - I - liiiiii,-ifi-oni elie#7,i,-,.•4154_
wheroveetheyarc, end'liiicAti(f4t, ',O
[ we, treat thetn-41 deridly-;foiat,temtiesit
crimes' denfand'inetrinf, itratii-P' . !-?':# ,r_-:,
4 -
geance. These whale la '10art4;. , ,-_
duty and m - are all 444'':W . ,-
their ownvafety, and shrink*tlii;Alt 7
vulsive terror from the Ihalitli - Whet
ruerit..: - Rely 'on iti il you epfofilf.-
laws—cmile as *Tuft to - 000 1 f Vl
uftemteni±4ti Willioeu.siiii44 , ..thr:
oortheni iliooiitt tici pl '-,
foul-mouthed; t1ie449i,44
trimen 'at - Y -01 k:OrnialncieliiiCiegio
corners,: ' i ''' ":`'" ~ -
~.., " - `,t.'„.; - ",
This is ncianger'Aii,.nrian ilti r e)i&M, .....
The_day-for discussion.Juerliarooac. , Tite
contest i.... , . PA Pt-tt4:fiattpt - 111 , : r?
ever any etaefoitielt-prii&itiori: The
war is as holy as any ever waged since
that directly commanded bypod him
aCif.-tc-Punich•Jtie 0 0411 - ilut.f the
crying sinsr-"c l ite feettrzetifitrixoty ) '4
wanting for warrant of resistance. The
Constitution is ignored, the laws are
annulled, the existenifkcittke *Km
rni4t-4titlost 'Acit4irr' iniiint-41 lialintif,
the very life - of the Republiaais indeo - 1) -*
snip, our forts and ships and troops
have been attackekthe mails, the rev
enue
has been stopped, all anthcrity
legislative, , ' judicial :and comentive is ,
defied, armies have been raised,: the 7
Capital is menaced ) yiratesnejiturent#:' -
etninuereein,;l price is: , ,nitini...th,W.,.lu
oe - Our - teople, tortures ailti , ' - '0414;i4141-
out regard to age or nex,iiositioo4: . #l . :
flitted on iiiiiodeniiiitiVillairat‘
eased orgroundletaily i aopahtti
lition sen tinienti"-=terror 'reline *grey
er our enemies hold - away . .__ - - . •
Such is the conduetWhi - 4514senao.
times found defenders isv.eu'in:ll,l
vania—dogs 7 baser' thent;iiiiinfray,4ol ,
even spaniels do not courtAieonign,
though they may submit fa.le - .llow
their Southern allies must des isethese
reptiles , erawlicgroktb*„*llicet 3 / 4 30
Fellow-citrieni, Yen ivar te mindful
of the glorious record of your fathers
'written in the French war, the Raii*
lutionary war, the war of 1812,ethe
hioxieau wari ioniiill' not "forget that
Pennsylvania was first among the States
that formed and, retifiedAhe, .•-Coriititris
titni - Ofilio z •Union,?tnuflilre''idiiiiyotiiii
, -
its inflexible defender against all °pp.
Dents and every attank. You will
~ 10#
sully the emblazoned pages . iii4W:
the world reads if fatrilialAk;- , ,
reverences their patriotism, Itit.W.,f-'`
will cherish these holy memorises 14?'"
emulate these heroes - of Peen° and war ; =
y ou will vindicate , -yourbirth.lift -.4
proving that you are worth yr it.
Product of patriotic effort, fruit of
toils - and danaent, reivarilsbg •iviiiihi
' and valor, pnissed by, suffering and
blood;crown Eitblikeioliitifitary - eon
„ ...,.
' test, is the . Constitution %PßP -1-lwizekt
States. Its construetion,was a labor of
love; let it be 4gainz-liiiil perpitially
renovated by the political aftelltiOnZof
, this great nationalflunily. -
, It formed the Union and is its sole
i security. 'The'Union . -L--bleile t d-inkitliiiit
of all her children—b Juntifnl source of .-
the greatness of,the•lteprik,
lic--shields shie . l& - of security----asenranes;:Af
i prosperity—concentrated wisdbM Of
its immortal firnaderS — Pl:S# their
tittitidietni- ,4 leeitan Z - ra";i01” ' • .4Y litgroPrabil_ .;
ages—the happy expedient by - '4llich
freedom 1 d9IngIfick,SOVOOPPPk is
connected - with ;Tower in foreign affairs,
each ample, nother-I,*paired—couso-
I ling, evidence thatAltqciirtilP494l-
man' Soil - a DMrieliiiiiiiiiiiil*W. of
I concord stronger than -arms—capable
i ofolifterd etaubiaatienaAfer , • eteettrig a
governmentmain powerful than -des
; potisui—commeeded3o our affections
by the tenderest recollections of the
past-r , miugled with our r•fhlEvat•FtoPea
for the fatnithit - saiireW 1414 of
out a n9ek t9 P4M l l9k l "4.l l loibiNlALzift
f4ithi44 : 4040.4.#0# 10 40104, ii. 00 4 --
, ed to our posterity = ---10pd i oakm-iroild
-4iglit Pf, , e omm .
; care that its rays, streaming across
oceans and contiffeete;viay beam theta
diank.glory of • eq_palltl=thAjefkiu the
political fiinistnoiti - tfainAWviiirsing
f
and fruc...tifljug. , tie- 0.0417.-.oe fkoilmi,
every *bete, so that all - peopifil'may
find final repose under - titk yrotenting
branchCticirthalreakis lihett.. _
..
Not for =wins alone 144 for ; the
tifitiliivtiibil - =:nteforitte4rtienV'Caly
)11.0, for all , Limb Alie grok , problem
now to be solved of the pianitiffitY" of
sustaining government lik;utpial jams :
oLtha-fitness. of _man; --.for. , .:lrcedoW
Dissolve the Union:and Democratic lib
, crty,dspleadgAilmrdilawlaiiiiliig
, poi= succeeds. God ITCski/e - ,4 . #1 1 / 4 1 -
lovediennt4 from- , : , *theri-ivivll i ti i i --
.
the cruel arms of, conflicting givers
a iiiaiiiiiiiiiiid lutio4l4teltbients:
tke defeTte ? ,„Or incl l ..Ai r :olk_itilice
ot ajeditioit - t4I!WIAAWAyi*Ity,
Heaven
..' to 0111! 'Writ lisr intrusted
the' sac M( #0 . 2* . f 1 0 4 04 : :' - lit us
ki , tri.w , : ' ,.t:4 )1 41,400, 4 *.;40 1 Ar1a
In.as - 9 1 00**riosivrlitteLOSAT_Om
the natieneinakinjoienlipin life' -arid
tight„ - igitcpp,bliclik** 1 ',
1 'hiiii r fikkqt v i r' l)l4o 4V - etrOOY
4iiiiiiiitiiii*. - **;: , #.l:4*** - ror
officers o . .ihti - ftirmy''Waelko6 . (:, lie
61,40 - ii,:)iiit liirotiq 444 l '' ' 4 : 4 oVi ;-`,'
ledge of 4 4SiOria t *O - tilia
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always , •beeli , hippy and -.. lii&ii i '-iv** 44
and in kidAiFgOtt liire*eilliiiiirsi* •
id by emotions iii - prafounirlkaftu
am. Let us Sill/West4l4llon;'A-
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