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BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1807.
NO. 20.
OFFICUHS Ol' tOLlMlllA ioV
Tresitlent Judgo-IIoii. William Elwoll.
Wiute Judges -;Iorbi.n
, . J'roth y ami Cl'k of Courts Jesse Coleman.
Register and Recorder Joint G. Freeze.,
... " ('Allen Maim,
Commissioners' John F. Fowler,
' Montgomery Cole.
. Sheriff Samuel Snyder.
TreasurerJohn J." Stiles.
" -I'l-v-l'. ( Daniel Snvder,
Auditors L. 15 Rupert,
, ' I John 1. Hmmon. ' ' :
Commissioner's Clerk Win. Kiickbutim.
Commissioner's Attorney K. J I. Little. '
' Mercantilo Appraiser Cn't. Geo. W. Ult
Ounty Surveyor lsnno A. Dowift.
. District A ttroney Milton M. Trough.' '.'
; Coroner William .1. Ikcler.
I County Superintendent Clias. G. Rarkloy,
Assurors Internal Revenue 1. F. Clark.
: ... John ThomaM,
5 Assistant Assessor- i ? .)iL,.mcr
I J. S. Woods,
nin F. Ilarttuau.
r Collector Bcnjaini
N
EW STOVE AND TIN SJIOP.
ONMAIIV STREET, (NRAItl.V nPfWITP.
,,111.1.1.11 b eiuiik.; iit.uu.UdUUU I, VA.
TUB inidcriigned line J-in filled up, ami opened,
hlii new
&TOYI! A&' T!. KIIOP,
In thia plare. where h ia prepared in Umax up now
'I'lfi IVAKK ol' ill kmiU in line I l repair
it.fc Willi iM-atncHK uiil iliapucli, iipun theiiinai rea.
eonnble term, lliiil.n keepa oil hand rTiiVKtt nl
varinua puiierim ami tyle, which he mil aoll upon
leruie lo auil uiircliax'jrii.
flivu himk ...ill. Ilii in a gun! mechanic, and tic
eerving of ire viliWc patronage.
JACOB MBTZ.
BlonmabiirR, Sept. 0, I?'H1. ly.
LASTjfjr75lt SALli . . ". '
The undcraigned la about filling up a
mihePEVX FtnXAOB MIM 9. nml will oiler to
.m public ONIS llL'MiUUO TUNS IiHST
Novia Scotia While Plaster,
prepared remly fur ue In iiiimi tiiiw to Milt pnrchna
cr, ut uny time frmn ilic llr.l ul' X.mM n. vt.
J. H. .McMVX'll.
Rntawina, Jan, 21, 1807,
IJOOT AXD shoe yuui'. .
oscar p. awrox,
Re-pfr.tfuUy iriforiii thn pnlilic Unit he ! now pre
yurril t luniiul.icLuru ull kimls of
m.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
at the LOWEST WWe Pncc ;
at ihort nntlco anil in tlm c.Ty bri ami Inti.m myli-t
Mr, Girlon, (as la well. known in lllimnirlmrir.) Iin
null nj:my yi'r,ra ol' ncri.iiMriil eip.Tii nr Willi u rep
atntinu lur Kinil wurk, integrity nml hunoru'ile il. iil
IliV miMiirpaaiLNl.
. O" riaeo if Dn.inoiij an Bnuili Ka.t c.ni.ir if
Mnin mul Iron MteHt, over J. K.l.irum'a flnre.
. Uluoniabilrit. Uc.. 10, lfiiii. Jiii
,'OHKS HOTEL,
CKO. W. lHACGEB, Proprfelor.
The iilmve well hiinwn lirl( Iikb r'r-iitlv nitilcr
ft) rntdial rlitinei in iu intrnml itrniiii(em-in,
nil Its propri.-l'tr iiniuMtnrc lo liin utM-r cuimiii
nml Urn trnvullinx puiilic tltat Iim nrc'tiiimoihilioiH
lor t.iu cunitort of hiti kiiuhU urn trcnml to iiihiii in
Hip country. Hid lul.l.- w ill hIwhvk l'rMitnl n
mil onU wilii iiiliiniitiii, f-.o.t, i,iu
liit ilflicartfii or lliu noa-uu, 11m wnni uwil lliinri
(icpt .mil (luptilur licVHrair! known us '.Vr Henry. t
piirrliutiifd (lir'i:t rrnui Uio iin inrt i nx liMinc, ri; in
(irlv ptir-, nml ttva fiini ull iioimmiii tiritn. ttr
In thiuikfiiMnr n lint nil i:uriiiinto in ihi uut,niitl
will coutitmu to dcsvrvti it in tlm fiMuru.
Jhim i:t. iri;a.-tr.
M
AC1IINK AND KEl'Alll fc'UUl'.
TUG iinitrriiffncit wonltl mogt rntiRrtfutly nn
hniincn to tin. public pi'tH'mtly, I hrtt lie ia pn tii e l
to ricciit ' all ttindfi of M ALII 1 MJlt V, ul Ju.-KIMl
(rfllAUrL.IiH' KiUNDHY,iii U!ointii.liiir. win-re (if
r.in nlwuvii be fniiml rrmly to do all tinHa ol r'piur
juc, iiif.liiilinjt Tlirutfliini! Mti- liinos, nml in Kliori. nil
fciwrtai n( Funninu I'imihIi. A), so, 'i t'ltNINtJ AND
rniV IM' OK (JAriTINO AMI MAUMINKKV,
tlona on uliori itutkn, in n fT'tml workniiinliko man
iirr. npdii thn itiot r'H"mqlk ii'nn.
Uit loitfi fxnTii iicit in ttm ns rorcinaii In
Mio iliop vi l.uwin II, Mann ol lliii dan, for ovur
fiine yeari, wnrrnn.t linn in nyhij: (tint In. can five
uutiru Miuluciiuu lu all vviu ma invor liim Willi
'an work.
CEORfiG DASSHRT.
Bloniimturf. N.vv.'il, lttiO.
FALLON 110USK.
TIIF, nuliarrlticr having purciiiiaeJ tlm rallun
liuuau," iu
- -LOCKIIAVKW, Pa.,
properly t( 13. W. Iligny. E., wr.ui'i pay ,n tlio
ctbiidsnf Ui (j llouw, hts nciiiaiiiiQiicex, nn-l ill' pub
lic pcnernlly, liitil hn iiittinU 10 "kcrp u Ht.'iM.,
with tlie ncconimuUntioim nml comfurtfl ofaUuusu,
lid humbly solicit their patroiiHg;.
J. OITRXKIRK.
T.aleof thn Ma J I -on Ilutiso. i'liilaUi-llna.
f.ock Haven, Dec. Kit, lHiid.
ISS L1ZZI1S PJSTEKMAN,
Wmitil aitnnunro tn the ladlea ol ninniiHlnira nml
the public nuitcrally, thai ibu hua juat leceivnd Iroiu
the CAtturn ciiiei her
0 Spring and Smiiiiicr
MILLINERY GOODS,
eoniisiing of nil ortlclr f HMially found in rlrt claim
Millinery mnrut. Her pood aw n( lite lie't aunlity
and urn on r the mnnt haiidinino and chnpet mlue
initrkft. VuW and cKiiniiiie Hip in lor ynirul vrs.
Nobody uhould purchumt Ui'wli-'rn h'fure oxiimin
ing MisfiPfldrinaii'i slock ol poudi. Ilonnelt urn do
lo order on the nlmrtesi uoiico, or reptiiryd.
Hion on Mnin h Intel, 3d dtor bulow the itore of
jHi'iidui.hnll 9l Uupcrl,
Dtooiniburjt, Muy 1800. tf.
NEW TOBACCO STORE.-
s . U. II. nUNSBEROKK,
"hJttiin Strcti, bdow the "American House,"
Where ho ketpi on hand, mid fiirnliihui in the home
.and couul'7 trudo, strhiladpiphiu (lowuit) prices,
'I FIXE ( UT.ASI) TIVG TOBACCOS,
iDO.'iiESTIC AND TMroRTHD CIGAR nil kinila ol
SillOKIG TOB VCCO,
.MrTa, Mecrachnuni nnrt llrinr Wood ripet, and all
. iftellee perlaiiiini to hia traile.
7Tnoae ainali retail ilualera In cigara ond rhew.
a toliacr.na, would do well to gue liim n rail, iu
Mk4ul aemliiigtu lh ciliea fur every artirlethey
Barpurchaaiiigar Iheae country pedlura.
HMaiber ill.ldUU. 3iu,
iUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS.
aTLi w.,n,l... nk.tnlin n. Mnvcr'a Brnf Btet
-
j; PURE DRUGS
MtUtt, f alntt. Oila and Varniahoa. alwnya on
ZariV I Will be eold cheaper than at auy other
Orflla ! lown.
l 'ALITY guaranteed.
frte ' carefully compounded at Moycr'a
Ayar - "HTBia Hedlcinog aold at Moyer'i Drug
"'-'' n..i:.i n.k.. flnit l.lv.r Oil.
ui.i. ,
Wlaala
dej Byiup, aold at Moyer'a Drug
ilere,
rra
Drag .
Ualliar '
at fatanl medlclnaa, oall at Moycr'a
d. whnlcaala nd retail, tt J. R.
, iloomikurf, Pa,
iii.
THE
IS I'tllll.lMIIK)) KVI;ilV WKDNKrJUAY. IN
Hi.oo.MKiintd, va., iir
HII.I,l i)!lll II. .1 tCOitV.
TEIUM, 8J nil in inlviiiirn. If nut paid wnliiii
nniiVTiid, .l cenia nnuiilnnni win lie einirei'ii
II - No .ji prr ilj.coiiiiniieil ii mi 1 all arrnaiugea
nru p-nli! esei'pl at ih'i op'ion or tlie uilllor,
HATKJ Of ADVKII'JISINU.
1 KB LlhM OoaTlTUTK A VMIAXK.
One aqunre on" r three thaertloua
Kvcry anbat"iieut tuai'Ml'm leaa tnun n...
,..(1 Mi
.'10
,3m, tiH.
Iv.
nue'a'iiinrn, '.'.10 3 Of) 4.U0 li.uo 10.K1
Two aiunrea, It.uo A.uil li.nu O.oil H.mi
Three " A.iiO 7,WJ fi.SO I",n0 IH.ih.
Pour aiunrea, li en P.ihi In.nn H.dii so.ihi
llllll'rlillimil, Hl.l'i) I'.mhi ii.ni) iH.im po.oo
line culumn, 1,1, n0 Iri.UU SlI.UU IIII.INI iU.IKI
tlxeruior'a nml Ailiiiiulatriitnr'a Nnllce. 3. 'Ml
Auilltnr'a Nnllee,,.. 3,:h
coin ra
lliiaiueaa Hoticea, without idvorllieniciit, twenly,
certa per line.
rrniiNieiit nilvertiaeuienta pRynhle in ndinnro all
V'liera due nfler the flrrit lliaertinii, . '"
Ol KICI'.-lii Olmo'a Uluck, t'or.of M iin dau
Iron Hlreetx,
Aildreaa,
... ii. i'" "in,
Itlnoinaburg, Coluiiilila County, I'a
SrKIX'II OF . . . .
iio.t. iu:.MiJH ii. mix,
Lkllmxtl in the a'ly of Atlnulit,' (Ivnrijin,
Tlirmhnj, Juljl 10, S(i".
LinJies mul Fr.lhvo (,'itth:ns:
Purdun mo while I cay that, in present ins;
my views, 1 think of no living 111:111, individ
ually, lowborn my reninikrfaro to apply.
I have cf.no to talk freely to you about the
dauber.) of the country. Little minds as-
Wiiio little objects to those whoso views they
ib) not Hjrroe with, and be has attained an
unenviable reputation whoso frh'udi c:iy
"you inedii him," vrhen I aifi f-i'i-al.iiig of
treachery and ehowing the evil ounseijuenees
of a certain line of policy. I have no personal
attacks to make 011 mi enemy, even if I have
one. (ind knows if I could, w ith my own
bands, I would gladly place a ciown of im
perishable honor 011 the brow of my most
Litter foe, if I could thereby rescue my
country from tho perils that environ it!
Applauie. Rut if I have an enemy, and
n vindicative spirit, and desired him to be
come. forevcrinfiiinous, I could ask no more
of him than thai he should support the hel.
linh schemes of those who arc now seeking to
subvert tho Constitution and destroy our
liberty, lie is dicing a grave ior Iiimsclf
which posterity will never water with a tear
Let Ii 1 111 alone. I have come to discusi tho
present phase of the revolution.
Wo have had a war which raged furiously
for four years. It originated sinmlv in a
dilfcrcuco of opinion as to our rights under
the Constitution. This difference existed
from the first. t existed among the framers
of tho Constitution. It could not be settled
by argument, ami an appeal was mado to
tho iiword. It was an open fight. There
was nothing secret or ambiguous in the issue.
It was waged by men influenced in the mass
es by patriotic emotion 011 both sides; and
it was not to destroy the Constitution, but
lo assert 011 each side their different views.
On our side it was asserted that the States
were separate and independent .'overeigiitic,
and the Constitution was a compact, which
each party was at liberty to dissolve at will,
and to wj seceded and declared ourselves
out of tho Union. On tho other hand, it
was contended that we were not out of tho
Union, notwithstanding our secession acts;
and that the Constitution was not a com
pact, lut n binding law upon thu Slates re
sulting firm a coinjaui, and therefore no
one of the miinler could di.s-olve tho con
nection at will, upon this issue we went lo
war. The war was fought till wo laid down
our arms and agreud to what our cnuinies
said that wo were in tho Union.
J.'ut there if 110W atio'lior question to set
tle. It is ".still wltiiiit the pmge of argu
ment. Its proportions aro huge. Tho is
sues are startling. It is not a difTcreneo of
opinion ns to what tho Constitution mean-,
and what aro our rights under it ; hat its
objects is plainly, unmistakably, to sot aside
the Constitution and provido somethingelse.
I have never doubted that we wore coming
to this issue. In speeches made by me,
five, six, eight, and ten years ago, I predict
ed this and every pago' of ottr history since
that time has verified the prediction. The
people of the North honestly love tho Con
stitution, but the lenders thcro hato it nml
intend to destroy it, and tho convulsion
through which we have pawed has thrown
tho opportunity of making tho offort into
their hands, and tho present military bill
and tho one which is not yet promulgated
as law, aro tho means adopted to accomplish
their design, Those bills aro proposed for
our acceptance. There is a remarkable
featuro in these measures, that whilo force
is employed to cxecuto them, they aro not
yet nominally submitted to us for our accep
tance or rejection.
i object to tho wholo scheme because it is
unconstitutional. A distinguished man
pardon me, I ought to have said a notorious
individual, said to 1110 a few days ago, that
I ought not to waste my time to provo tho
constitutionality of these measures a thing
which ovory man, woman and child in the
country knew and yet he was for accept
ing I lie gpoko truthfully. That tottering
gray-haired candidate in Pennsylvania for
perpetual infamy, who is building for him
self a monument of malignity that. will over
top tho pyramids of Egypt, said the Con
stitution had nothing to do with it. I shall
never got done shuddering, and horrors will
never cease to riso In my mind, when I see
men taking an oath to support tho Consti
tution, and then legislating to put iu force
measures which are outside of it. A groat
many of our own people flippantly say tho
CotiBti.fttin is dead. Then your rights, and
hopes for tho future, and all hopo for your
children aro dead. I ask every man, if tho
Constitution is dead, why aro wo always,
every day, and at every now stop, required
to support it? '
Now, I affirm that those military bills aro
not only contrary to tho Constitution, but
directly in tho faco of tho amnesty oath you
were required to tako after tho surrender.
Tho Government thought proper iu accept
ing your submission, to tako your oath to
support tho Constitution of tho United
States, and tho Union of the States. Why
was that oath required, .if tho Constitution
was dead ?
Rut it is said that tho Constitution docs
not apply to us. Thou don't swear lo sup
port it.
Rut it is said again that wo aro not in the
Union. Then why swear to support tho
Union of theso States? . What '"Union"
does that mean? When you took that oath,
was it tho Union of tho Northern States
alone that you sworo to support? What
business have you with that Union ? No it
is the Union of all the Stales known to tha
Constitution that you liavo sworn to sup
port. Rut they say that tho oath was proscrib
ed by the President, and that ho is not loy
al. Then I must answer a fool according to
his folly, and n traitor according to his trea
son. What do they rcquiro who passed
these bills thisinilitary Juggernaut ? They
rcquiro every man who registers his nanio
to vote, to swear to support the Constitution,
and counsel and persuade others to do so
and ftill it is said that tho Constitution has
nothing to do with it 1 They say tho scheme
is outsido of tho Constitution, mid yet in
the process of currying it out, they require
an oath to support tho Constitution and to
counsel and persuade others to do so ! That
is moro than .Mr. Johnson ever required iu
the oath which ho prescribed.
It is my business to support tho Constitu
tion, and my duty and pleasure to persuade
others to do so. Some of you who favor
tho acceptance of tho military bills tako on
oath to this effect, and still intend to roto
for a convention which you admit to bo or
dered contrav to the Constitution ! How is
this? If you vote for tho convention you
aro perjured 1 Tremendous applause. O I
I pity tho i&'jc of colored peoplo who have
never been taught what auoath is, or what
The Constitution means. They aro drawn
up by a selfish conclave of traitors to in
flict a death blow upon tho lifo of tho Re
public by swearing them to a falsehood I
They aro to begin their political lifo by per
jury to accomplish treason 1 I would nut
visit tho penalty upon than. They are
neither legally nor morally responsible, but
it is you educated designing whito men
who thus devote yourselves to tho unholy
work w ho aro tho guilty parties I You
prate about your loyalty I I look you iu tho
cyo and denounce you I Applause. You
aro morally and legally perjured traitors I
You perjuro yourselves and perjure tho poor
negro to help your treason I Immense ap
plause. You can't escape it I You may
boat of it now, whilo passion is rife, but
the timo will come when tho very thought
will wither your soul and mako you hide
from tho face of mankind.
I shall discharge tho obligation of t"
amnesty oath. It required mo to supp ,t
tho Constitution and tho emancipation of
the negro, and I do. I .will not bind my
soul to a new slavery, lo hell, by violating it.
I talk plainly, but I simply want to strike
through tho incrustation of tho hardened
conscience, and make men feel and realizo
their true situation.
I have proved that theso military t-;l!s
violato tlio Constitution, and that you, in j
carrying them out, violate it aud your am
nesty atli and your registry oath. And
what is your purpose? It must bo a great
good you seel; to induce you to commit so
much crime and folly. ,
Sometimes men wink at what is by strict
technicalities wrong iu tho individual, to ac
complish sonic great good to tho public. I
do not recognize tho correctness of such
action ; but what do you proposo by tramp
ling npon tho Constitution and violating
your own solemn oaths? Is it to savo tho
State and prescrvo liberty ? This is not tho
object, but the purpose is as infamous as
the measure resorted to to effect it. You
first proposo to abrogato your State govern
ments by authority of tho so-called Con
gressa mere conclave of a portion of tho
members of that body. Ry whom is this
dictated ? The principlo that whoever
forms a governmcntshould form it for them
selves as well as others, is a correct one ; but
tho men who proposo this for us do not livo
in any of tho ten States a fleeted by their
legislation.' It is not made to suit either
black or white, or any other class of our
people, but to suit themselves, whilo they
arc not affected by it, aud if you act upon
their proposition, in a manner to suit your
selves, you will not bo accepted by thorn j
nay, you violato the Constitution to subvert
tho Government. ' And by carrying out
theso measures you disfranchise your own
people. Suppose we concede, for argument,
that it is right to enfranchise all tho negroes ;
if this be right by . what principle of law
or moral do we disfranchise tho whito peo
ple ? "O, but," you say, "the whites have
been rebels." Then they should all he dis
franchised, and not a part of them. Besides,
tho government you are to frauio is to bo a
civil government, and last for all time, and
for peace, when there can be rebels. I see
it stated that General Sickles has advised
that tho disfranchising feature be repealed
or modified, and for the reason that the en
franchised class are not fit to fill the offices.
Wo 11, if bo has done so, he hasactod wisely,
aud has shown himself capablo of apprecia
ting one truth. ' And it is a great truth
one that will liido a multitude of sins ; and
it might bo well for his fame if theso rec
ommendation a lone could bo remembered or
his administration. In tho fact that a repub
lican government van rest upon and ho per
petuated only by tho virtue and intelligence
of tho people, you propose to cxelmlo the
most intelligent from participating 'in the
govornment forever I
You will by those nieniurns inaugurate a
war of races. A people who will abrogate
their own government ami disfranchise the
most intelligent of (brin nt tho dictation of
those who are not to be affected thereby, and
live under tho diclation of a foreign power,
have no conscienco ; but if you have a con
science, 1 hopo to reach it. Ry allyou hold
dear I warn you that by accepting these
military bills you inaugurate a measure that
will externiiiiato tho African race. Some of
you who have como anions tis nro taking
the negro by the arm telling him that you
aro his friend, and that you gave him his
liberty? Yi hiimcritt.i! Ye VVUITEIj SEl'
n.ciiHKs 1 1' Ye mean in your hearts to do-
. 11 . ...
ccivo aim Diiy up tuo negro vote lor your
own benefit. (Applause.) Tho negroes
know no better ; but I would ask thorn : If
those men aro faithless to tho Constitution
of the country, how can thoy bo faithful to
you ? Yet the-o men admit in the very act
that they are disroi'iirding the Constitution 1
They tako 1111 oath to support it, with tho
purpose and intent, termed beforehand to
violute it, aud vote fur measures contrary to
ill They are not fit to be trusted by any
animal, dog or man I (Applause.) Such a
man would betray his pointer, and such a
woman sell her poodle I They are not cap
ablo of being tho friends of anybody but
themselves. I don't pity tho whites so'
much who aro to suffer by theso measures.
"You knew your duty and did it not," and
if you aro beaten with many stripes, wo
have tho authority of Scripture for saying
that your punishment is just; but to see
the Africans led off by a clap-traf which
they don't understand, and used because
they don't understand it, and thus led to
tho slaughter by men who aro faithless to
every principlo under tho belief that they
aro being elevated and exercising God-given
rights, is enough to mako nnyman feel Bick
at heart and experience tho deepest pity for
the unfortunate race.
This is not tho first time that such things
have been attempted. Unfortunately, there
havo before been both fools and knaves in
the world, and some of you, it would seem
will not learn wisdom from tho lessons of
the past. If tho Constitution is dead, wo
aro outside of it, an pray, what government
havo we ? We have nothing, iu that case,
but the will of an unlawful co'nclavc, and
don't you know this means only anarchy,
and then despotism and tyranny? What
inducement is held out to you to accept their
propositions ? You say it is to get back
into the Union ! and for this yott are will
ing to submit to disfranchisement and tho
inauguration of a policy that tends to a war
of races 1 all to get back into the Union-
just where you aro already, and always
were I
Wliatdoyou want to get back into that
sort of a Ujiion for ? If you are not now in
it, what can you expect by getting in such
as they present to you ? You say it is to
get representation in tho Union I Is not
Kentucky iu the Uniort,? Has sbeany rep
resentation ? The telegraph informs us that
that resolution has been introduced into the
so-callou Longress making inquiries wheth
er Maryland, Delaware and Kentucky have
State governments or not ? Are you so stu-
as not to see wnatan mis means ,' i iic
result wIIJ bo tho substitution of tho Radi
cal will for all hvi 1 Take that homo with
you and digest ii- That's where you aro go
ing ! Kentucky is tvdciJcd from represen
tation because it is alleged her representa
tives were voted for by disloyal men- W'at
is meant by disloyal? Every msn who
does not support tho Radical party will Si.'on
bp declared disloyal, and every Stato which
docs not voto the Radical ticket will bo dis
loyal and her government illegal. 1 tell you,
unless patriotism shall wako up from the
stun which tho horrid confusion of war has
given it, the Radical party will bo our only
government, and Radical will bo our only
law.
I look for this revolution to go on. Who
ever thinks this war npon tho Constitution
will stop with the ten States is a madman
or a simpleton to bo pitied, or a knave to be
despised. I havo expected them to take
charge of Connecticut because she dared to
elect a Governor that did not agree with tho
Radical party ; and sure enough, Sumner
in a late letter sivikos that key note. He
says a similar hill for all tho States is a cut
short to universal suffrage. The so-called
Congress immediately on its meeting took
chargo of Kentucky aud excluded her wholo
delegation with ouo exception. If they can
foject those, tliey can reject every ono who
differs with them, ond they will do so ; and
they will receive only those who will agree
with them. . These thoy will receive. I
caro not what may have been their sins here
tofore ; if the very worst secessionist in all
this land will whine around the streets and
say he is a radical now, he is as good as the
saints in Heaven for Radical purposes.
Applause. Thoy are not for raoe or color
nor for antecedents ; it you now favor rad
ical schemet you are loyal, and if you oppose
them you are disloyal !'-
But you say you are in favor of going in
to the Union, because if you do not, your
property will be confiscated. A gentlemen
of this city, a few days ago, said to mo that
he was in favor of the acceptances of these
military bills, because ho thought it tho best
we could do. Isa'dtobiin, "You do not
say that for yourselves, but for your brick
stores I" .' Applause. But you aro not
half so wise as you aro knavish I You would
lose tho Constitution and thocountry to savo
your brick stores, and then by your very
courue you will lose your brick stores also 1
I am anbttiiicd to talk or use argumcntsabout
confiscation iu lime of peace I It is a war
power, not known to international law except
as a war power, to bo nsod only in timo of
war, upon an enemies goods I Confiscation
in time of peace is nothing more or less than
robbery 1
Rut you say they havo got tho power and
they will excerciso it, unless wo do as they
bid us. And will you in this caso abandon
your only protection ? It is like going out
into the highway ond surrendering your purse
to the robber to keep him from taking it 1
I could introduce a great deal of high au
thority to establish the point, but I will not
insult tho Radical portion of this audience
by reading from any authority for them ex
cept from a Massachusetts Judge. Here is
what he says :
' 'It has been supposed that if the govern
ment have tho rights of a belligerent, then,
uftcr the rebellion is suppressed, it will havo
the rights of conquest ; that a State and its
inhabitants may bo permanently divested of
all political privileges, and treated as foreign
territory acquired by arms. This is an cr
vor. Relligorout rights cannot bo cxeerdsod
where thcro aro no belligerents."
That is what I said : Confiscation is only
a war measure, and ceases with tho war."
Again : "When tho United States tako
possession of a rebel district, they mero vin
dicate their pcr-existing title- Under des
potic governments tho right of confiscation
may bo unlimited ; but under our govern
ment tho right of sovereignty over any por
tion of a Stalo is given and limited by tho
Constitution, and will bo the same after the
war as it was before tho war."
Thcro is ouo Lot in Massachusetts, ond if
Abraham woro alive to day, I would have
him pray to God to spare that Stato and trust
it not only to three men, but, even to one.
Thcro is at least ono good man iu it, aud he
is a Judge, ond dares to proclaim to all
that security to property Js given by the
Constitution the samo after as before tbo
war. Aud now, I will read for tho patri
ots of tho audience, something from tho
most distinguished of all writers on inter
national law :
"When a sovereign, arrogating to himself
tho absoluto disposal of a peoplo whom he
has conquered, attempts to reduco them to
slavery, he perpetuates the stato of warfifre
between that nation and himself. Should
it be said that in such a caso, there may be
peace, and a kind of compact by which the
conqueror consents to spare tho lives of the
vanquished on condition that they acknowl
edge themselves his slaves : ho who makes
such an assertion, is ignorant that war
gives no right to tako away tho life of nn
enemy, who has laid down his arms nml
submitted. But let us not dispute tho
point ; let tho ;'ian who holds such princi
ples of jurisprut. keep them for hia own
use and benefit ; j well deserves to bo sub
ject to such a law. Rut men of spirit, to
whom lifo is nothing less than nothing,
unless sweetened with liberty, will always
conccivo themselves at war with that op
pressor, though actual hostilities nro sus
pended on their part, through want of abil
ity." .My friends, this was written by a man
who lived in despotic times, a mau who was
taught unib-r a a despotic government, and
how bis love of liberty and law shames the
praters about loyally iu free America I
Eut I will dwell no moro on this subject.
Confiscation is tho law of enemies iu war,
and in peace it is tho law of the robber. If
they have tho will to rob you, you will nov
el' escape bj submitting to their power. If
you submit, give tip the law and substitute
tho will of tho robber, he boldly avows that
ft. is his purpose, not to give tho black man
hi? rcjiu", but to bring about such meas
ures, au'd so to shape things as to perpet
ato the ruin of tbo Radical party. livery
man who joins the party, and can satisfy
them that bo will sincerely help in this
work, will bo accepted. They will put their
arms around you and call you brothers.
fAnnlauso-l You cau make a friend of
tho devil upon theso samo tornis laugh
tor and applause, ond thcro is but little
diil'ercncc between them. Grcatopplauso.)
If you pleaso tho one you will go to tho oth
er, and I am not sure but you will get what
you deserve, but I object to your taking tho
country with you. Inimeso applause.
But, O I it is sad to sco the Constitution
trampled upou and tho country destroyed,
only to pcrpetuato their heillish dynasty
and then to see some of our own peoplo join
in this unholy work, calling upon us to sub
mit and become tho agents of our own dis
honor I This is sad, sorrowful, and fills mo
withshanio!
Those bills propose at every step to abro
gato tho Constitution trample upon the
State and its laws to blot out every hope
to perjure every man who accepts them,
with every principlo of honor, safety, and
justice disregarded, trampled upon and de
spised all to perpetuate tho power of their
wicked authoro. Can this scheme succeed ?
Will it succeed ? That is tho question. 1
fool truly thankful in my heart that I have
an answer which lifts my soul amidst all tho
gloom and apprehension of the hour. Some
of you may not appreciate it, but to me it
is the only oasis in thii desert. This scheme
will never, nover succeed, and I proclaim
its ultimato failure to day in your hearing,
I Unbounded applause I know that some
think it will. Tho air is full of tho words
of those who proclaim that thcro is no now'
or to prevent it. Men havo beforo this boon
weak ond foolish, and cowards and traitors
have before believed as you talk now but I
havo a reason for tho faith that is iu mo,
which is absolutely subliuioJn tho strength
of its foundations.
1st. It will fail, lecauso it is not possible
to pcrpetuato a government of forco under
tho forms of a Democracy. It may take
some timo to comprehond this thought, but
you will not torgct it. That which is now
proposed is forco. It is proposed by men
who tfo not livo in this Stato, and whoso
agents do not livo hero ; and it is sought to
bo accomplished by military power, but un
der tho pretenco of your miietion-uot to
pleaso yourselves, but them. Thcro is not
an instaiico in all history where a covern
nient of force has been perpetuated under
tlio lorm of free institutions. It is an im
possibility, and can never succeed. Ap
plause J
d. But it is sought to bo accomplished
by deceit and fraud, which cannot mueli
longer cscapo detection. Tho masses of the
people of tho North lovo tho Constitution
and fought for it and tho U
nion, but tho
leaders did not fight for it, and do not lovo
it, and they now seek to destroy it under
pretenco that wo must civo somo further
guarunteo for our future good behavior than
merely supporting (ho Constitution. As
soon as tho mentis by which their deceit
and fraud havo been covered np aro remov
ed, tho schemo will be crushed to death by
tho people. It is a double shaped monster,
liko the Sentinel nt Ilell-gato which can
livo nowhere except in a political pande
monium.
And what must bo tho results ? I do not
say wo will como out of all this with free
institutions proscrvod, but this scheme can
nevor snccoed. A despotism over tho whole
country and overall tho people, guilty and
innocent alike, may ensue. You fail, but
you may bring ruin upon all. Whenever
you pull down the Temple of Liberty, you
also will be crushed by tho fall. You can
not level or lower us and elcvato yourselves.
Wo must cither all riso or all co down to
gether. Despotism may come, cmnircs mnv
rise ondTall among us, but whether they do
or not, we shall not have tho rcicn of a
radical party. Understand mo : If I say a
man cannot live high up in the air. I do not
mean ho cannot go up in a balloon and re
main for a time ; or if I say a man cannot
live under water, I do not say ho cannot
go down in a diving bell and remain a whilo ;
but the Radicals will as certainly fail to per
petuate their power under this scheme, as
that a man will fail who attempts to dwell
in tho air, or drown who makes his home
under water. Such a government would be
unnatural a political monstrosity, and can
not possibly last ; but you may destroy tho
tornis as well as tho principles of free boy-
eminent, and then yon will havo a monarchy,
an aristocracy, an empire, or a despotism,
as tnc case may bo.
It may bo that wo of tho United States
havo been so crazy in leaving tho Constitu
tion tbo only Ark of safety that our
heavenly lather has doomed us to perish,
but I am gratified with a hopo that it is not
so. If not, thcro is but ono method for our
rescue, and that is by a prompt restoration
of tho Constitution. Will it come? Will
wo escape nn agrarian war with insulting
despotism, and savo our institutions for our
children ? I hopo wo shall I boliovo wo
shall. Though a great offort is being mado
a designed effort to destroy us as Rome
was destroyed, I behevo tho effort will fn!l.
1 . ntrwOjiiith in the Anglo-Saxon blood.
IdoV.. '' "ouragemont from Anglo
Saxan hisu,.. Our liberty was not born in
a day. It is not tho work of ono genera
tion. It is the fruit of a hundred struggles,
and its guaranties have been perfecting for
eight hundred years. Many havo been the
efforts to destroy it. Often the English Con
stitution was trampled on. Often traitors
sought to substitute arbitrary will for well
established law, and often havo tho people
for a timo been misled. But thus far they
have always waked up and called the traitors
and factioiiists to account. Charles I. tram
pled on tho Constitution. He had Judges
who decided that his will was the law, and
all who resisted that will and defendod tho
Constitution were punished as disloyal.
And it did seem as if his power was iiro
sistable. No doubt if you weak-kneed Rad
icals of tho South had lived in that day you
would havo said "the Constitution is dead,
and we must consent to what we cannot re
sist." But John Hampden would not con
sent Ho resisted, lie was tried as a
crimnal for resisting, and wascondomncd.
But what was tho a'quel? Tho peoplo
finally asserted their power? Charles and
his ministers perished. Tho very Judges
that condemned Hampden were themselves
tried and condemned as crimimls, and tho
very olfcers, even tho Shoriffswho executed
the order of Charles and his courts, were
Bued by tho oitizeus for damages, and had
to pay nearly a million of dollars for execu
ting the processes of a void, unconstitution
al law ! For a time traitors held the power,
and trampled on rights but vengeance oamo,
and perpetual infamy followod.
' So Cromwell and his Parliament violated
tho Constitution, and though thoy also
flourished for a season, thoy too were over
thrown.; So James 11 trampled on tho Con
stitution, and had to flee from his kingdom
a fusitive for life. In all these struggles,
good men, for a time, suffered, and bad nion J
for a time, ruled but tho Khglish race have)
novor yot failed to rescue1 thoir Constitution
from the power both of traitors and fanat-
l.'S.
I toll you the American people will not
always bo decoivod. They will rim) lb do
fenco of their Constitution, and traitors will
ircmblo, Thoy who rallied three millioil
strong to defeat what thoy considered an
armed assault on tho Constitution and
Union, will not sleep untill a few hundred
traitors from behind tho masked battery of
Congress al oaths and deceptive pretensions
of loyalty shall utterly batter down tho Con
stitution and Union for evor. I warn you,
boastful vindictivo Radicals, by tho history
of your own fathers, by overy instinct of
manhood, by every right of liberty and
every impulso of justice, that tho day is
coming when you will fool tho powor of an
outraged and betrayed people. Applaus. j
Go on confiscating I Arrest without warrent
or probable cause j destroy haletu eorput;
defile your oWn race, and flippantly gay thn
Constitution is dead I On, on with your work
of ruin, ye hell-born l iotoi s ih sacrod things 1
But remember for oil these things tho people1
will call you lo judgment, f I'rolonccd an-
plauso. Ah! what an issue you havo
nindo for yourselves. Succeed and you
destroy tho Constitution I Fall, and yoU
havo covered tho land with mourning.
Succeed, and you bring ruin on yourselves
and all tho country I Fall, land you bring
infamy upon yourselves and all your deluded
followers ! Succeed and you aro tho perjured
assassins of liberty I Fall, aud vou nro defeat
ed, despised traitorsforevcr. Yo who aspiro
to bo Radical Governors and Judges in
Georgia, I paint beforo you this day your?
destiny. Unbounded applause You arc
but cowards and knaves, and tho timo will
como when you will call for rocks and moun
tiins to fall on you and tho darkness to hid l
you from a outraged people. Applause.
.Does it do you good to tramnld oh the)
Constitution deceive tho negroes add ruiit
tho conntry ? It may bo sweet now, but I
tell you tho sulphUrou fires of public infanW
will never be quenched on your spirits.
I Applause, j 1 pity you from my souL
ould that tho timo had nevor como whoa
I had to stand on Georgia's soil and thin
talk to Georgians. A struggle Is coming.
It may bo a long and bloody one, and you
who advocatejhiiwicked. scheme will perish -in
it, unless tho people now arouse and check
its consmnation. Let every truo lawloving
man rally at once to tho standard of the Con
stitution of his country. Applause. Comet
do not abandon your rights. Defend them.
Talk for them, and if need be, before God
ond tho country, fight and die for them.
Lnthusiastic and prolonged applause Do)
not talk or think of secession or disunion,
but como up to tho good old platform of out
fathers tho Constitution. Jst all North
and South, Come and swear before God that
we will abido by it in good faith, and oppose)
every thing that violates it Tbo man who
loves tho Constitution now, and is wiUinjr
to livo and dio for it, is my friend and
brother, though ho comd from the frozen
peak of Mount W ashington ; and the man
who is for trampling upon it is my enemy,
and I shall hold him so, though no come
from tho sunny climo of tho orange and tho
cotton bloom. That is toy issue.
0 1 how sorry a creature is the man who
cannot stand up for tho truth, when tha
country is in dangor. Thoro never was such
an opportunity as now exists for a man to
show of what stuff ho is mado. How can
you go about tho strcot and say "all is wrong
but I cannot holp it?" You want courago
my friend ! you are a coward I You lack
courage to tell tho truth, ond would sell
pour birthright for a temporary mess of pot
tago ; even for a littlo bit of a judgshlp or a
Bureau officer's place.
Rut some ono snys: "How will you re
sist it?" I will resist it first by notapprov
ing it. If ovcrybody would do that it would
bo effectually resisted so far as we aro con'
ccmed. But tho so-called Congress has pro
vided a cover for itself in advance nndcr
which to hide from tho odium attaching to
this schemo. It has provided that you can
voto cither for or against a convention, and
again voto for or against whatever constitu
tion it may frame. It is sought to make us
responsible for whatever may lie tlio conse- "
quenco, and relievo them. After a whilo
when you become alarmed at tho result, they
will say, "We did not do this: We only
gave you a chance, and you did it"
But if wo defeat this, it is said, military
rulo will continue. Certainly uiitil wickod
nion shall bo driven from power. But let
it be so. Genoral Pope scorns to be a gen
tleman, and I infinitely prefer his rule to the)
rulo of such men as you will get under thin '
schemo. Besides, the new government, in
augurated, will not be able to live a day
without military protection. It is bettor to
bo governod by power than by treachery.
Perhaps you will think I havo overdrawn
tho picture of the foarful consequences of
accepting this scheme. I recollect an inci
dent which occurred over six years ago,
when 1 was urging the peoplo of Georgia
not to secede, because the country would
thereby fall into tho hands of Radicals, and
predicted war and its attendant suffering
as tho result though then deemed fission'
ary. I would be almost ashamed now to
read my remarks of that day my picture) '
would he so tame and so far short of tho
dreadful reality that has followod. A very
prominent gentleman replied to me, urging
that thore would be no war, and to prow it,
he read an artiolo from Iloraoe Greely's
JWfctmc-, and old Bon. Wade s specon
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