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ThREr DOLLARS AYEARx,] FOR THLE DISSEMINATION OF I!SEFU'iL IVTELLNE.FNAIRYT nA~ VOL Il.WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEME]1 87 O3. - aIS PBL SHED - 3 83 NiD D-ANk MORNING, itJeberiw C. I. IL -GA U t 9 $8 ,ERP Ai2M , IN .URRENCY OR PROVISINS. Vaymmntreqiarkd ifarably in advance. Notioes, Funeral Invitations, Obit a Communieationas- subeerving private aa oharsed u adveitieements. . -x TE - ed in the City. of Atlanta, r pfi esa;df,.}uly 16, 1867; in a eF dow'Citibens : Parden me-while I saythat, in resenting my-. views, I -think of dishg- man, individuallyt to w_ remarks a re to aipTy. to.talk freely to you himti e-dangers of the country. tcnascribe little objects to t ie whoie view they do not wtith-and he has attained - 7indable .reputation. wlose faiends say "you.mean hin," when I-amseaking of -treachery- and piig* thevil consequences of _"aine of policy. I have -att to make on eam even if I have one. would gladiy place a etishable honor on O ro' of"ay most 1iitt foe, if coid thereby. rescue my - -eoun e, sri s that environ -uif' I have1 ;'ataidictive -spirit, 3titn. to become -for eer infamous, -I .eohld -ask -no m than" hat he should e.. Wlish soh<ebes -of 1 who are -Aew eeeking -to s A 4t' "Const' titio' and des- -t .3a our liberty. He is digging a < elgW ioh p.0eity 1 ier ' taf et h Seioe to disE - -c ta presentrhase of'the rev aWhave &a4 a tvar wtich raged fo-far years.! It origi p n'. tA ferne of as to our rights under tho _Tis diference ex- -1 mWAh Afirst. It existed f ot the Constitu- ] %on},aot" be- settled by 1 andan appeal wa-s 1 siade to the sword. It was an1 * ~ es. ~aly -fight. .There was mthig.ecret:~or ambigious in-th:e t'a ae by men in etierei the masses -by patriot i*8bos.o both sides ; and it a.8I~Od ~estroys the Constifu aisg-bt;:t.- assr& e each side e thr-ieetviiews. On .our side i.was sserte4 that the States '^:eparate and -.indepentlent -gpueigties, and that the Gon ~.tattifwas a compact, which esekparty was at liberty- to dis spfge t wvill, and so we seceded an declared ourselves out of the Vqi~ .Onthe, other hand, it .~ ~i4%ned that we were not out of the Union, notwithstanding our sece,ssion sets.; and that the Coiitilation was not a compaet, but a binding law upon th~e States negiitinig front~ a- cogjipact, and 4%eefreno one of the number would4diosolve the connection at 'wil Upo this issue we went to *r. Te war was fought till we laid'down our arms and agreed to *hat our enemies said=,4hat we - were in the Ulniou2. But there is now another ques tien0settle.-It is still within then range-ok argument. its propor tions are huge. The issues are startlinig. It is not a difference of epinion as to what the Consti tution means, and what are.our rights under it ; but its object is 'lanly, unmistakably, to set aside te -Constituition and provide eAntIeini else.. I. havd never doubteil th)at we 'weme coming to tige issi,ie. J speeches made bg -ivfre,3diX, -4get and ten years, * ge,~edibteil -this,- and every pof anyliistor -sinlce. that timek .eriid -he. -prediction. lov e OIr4ituid, but the lea-. dlers ther. hate. it and- -intend to destroy it; and .the - convultion through which we have passed has thwown the opportunity of ma king-the effort into their hands, and the'present-military bills and the 6u64 which is not yet proniql gated s law, -are ih'e.means adop ted ,to accomplish -their design. Thee .bills ~are proposed for our acceptance. Ther ,s a re markable feature, in these mecas nres, that while force is employed to execute them, they are not yet nominally submitted to us for our acceptance or rejection.. I object to the whole scheme, because it is uiconstitutional. A distinguished man-pardon me, I ought to say a notorious individu al, said- to me a few days ago, that I ought not to waste my time to prove :the constitutionality of these measares-a thing which every man, woman, and child in the country new-and 'yet he was for , accepting ! ie. spoke truthfully. That tottering, gray-haired _candidate in Penn* sylvania, froi perpetual infamy, wio' is building for .himself a monument of.nalignity that will over4Qp the pryamds of Egypt, said the Constitution nothing to do with I shall 'never get done shuddering, and Ihorrors will nev er cease to ,rise up in my mind, when I see men taking an oath to support. the Constitution, and then legisl~ating to put. in force meas aires whith are outside of it. A Treat many of our own .people flippantly say-the Constitution is lead. Then your- rights, andi opes for the future; and alr hope fo your children ai-e dead. I ask avery man,. if the -Constitution ..is lead, why are we always, every lay, and at every new step, re Lired'to support it ? Nw, I affirm that these nnilita ry bills are rqot only contrary to Are* -Cobstitutin, but direetlyt in he faee of the amnesty oath you vere 'equired to take after thesur render. The Government thought roper, in accepting your submis non, to-take your Qath fo support he -Constitition, of' the. 'United states, and the Union ofthe States. Why was that. oath -required, if :he Constitution wis dead ? . But itis said the. Constifution loes not apply to us. Then don't nvear to support i t. But- it is~said again that we are io'L. in the Union. 'Thenwh iwear to support the Union of hese States? What "Union" loes that mean ? When you took hat -oath,-was it the Union of the vorthern States alone that' you wore to support? What busi ess liave' you with-that Union ? No, it is-the Union of all the States cnown to the Constitution. that rou have sworn to -upport. But they say that -oath was pre >ried-by the President, and that ie is not loyal. - Then I. must tnswer a fool according to his fol y, and a traitor according to hs reason. What do they require vho -passed these'bills-this mili ~ary Juggernaut? - They requiire ~very man who registers his name' o vote to swear to sup'pPrt- the Jonsti ution, and counsel and per made others to do-so-and, still it s said the' Cohstitntiori has noth o do -with it! They say the ~cheme is butside of the Constitu ion, and yet in the process of ~arrying it out, they require au ath to support the Constitution ud to counsel and persuade oth ars to do so ! That is more than Kr. Johnson ever required in the ath which he preseribed. It is my business to support the Constitution, and my duty and pleasure to persuade others to do s. Some of you who .favor the ac septace of the military bills take snoatheo this effect, and still in tend to vote for a convention which ou admit to be ordered contrary to the Constitution ! How is this? If you have a conscience, I have saidl enough. If you vote for the convention you are perjured! [Tremendeous applause.] O0! I pity the race of colored people who have never been taught what n oath is, nor what the Consti tution means. They are drawn up by a selfish conclave of traitors to inflict a death blow upon the life of the Republic by swearing them to a falsehood ! They ai-e to begin their political life by perjm ry to accomplish- treason ! I would not visit the penalty upon them. They are-neither legally nor mnor rally- responsible, but it' is - you educated .designing wvhi'te 'men who thtis devote yourselves to the unholy work-who are the guilty parties! -You prate about your loyalty ! I look you in the eyes and denounce6 you! [Applause.] You are mor.ally ,and legally perjured traitors: You-.perjur.e yourselves and perjure the poor~negro to help your treason ! [Immense ap plaue.]You- can't -ecape it ! You may boast of it now, while passion is rife; but the time wvill come -when the very thougl\t a.vill with er your soul and make 'you hide from the face of mankind. I shall discharge the obligation of the amnesty oath. It regumired me to support the Constit ein and the emancipation of the negro, and I do. I will not bind my soul toa nem aver to helt, by viola ting it. I talk plainly, but I sim ply want to strike through the in crustation of the hardened con science, and make men feel and re-. alize their true situation. I have proved that these mili tary bills violate the Constitution, and that you, in carrying them' out, violate- it and your afnesty oath and.your registry oath. And that is your purpose? It Must be.a great good you seek, tQ in duce you to commit such crime and folly."? Sorietin.ies-men -wink ' at what is by strict technicalities wrong: in the individual, to accomplish some great good to the publie. - I do not recognize the correctness of such action; but_ what -do you propose by trampling upon the -Constitution and violating -your own soleinn -oaths? It is to save the State and preserve .-liberty ? This is not the object, but the pur pose is as inftnious as the mcsur e resorted to effect it. You first pro pose to abrogoate. your State Gov ernments by autho ity of the so called Congress-a mere conclave of a portion of the members of that body. By whom- is this dic tated? The principle that whoa ever forms -a -government should. form it for themselves as well -as for others, is a correct -one; -but the men who propose -this for us do not live in any of the ten States -to be affected by their legislation. It is not madeto suit either black or white, or any other class of-our people, but to suit themselves, while they are not affected by it ; and if you act upon their propo sition, in a nanner to suit your selves, you Wvill not be- accepted by.them; nay, you violate -the Con stitution to subvert the Govern ment. And by carrying out these measures you disfranchise your own peop}e. Suppose we 4oncede, fr -argumentz that it is right to tifrancliise all the negroes: If this be right, by what principle of law or rnorals do we disfranchise he white people ? "0, but," you say, "the whites have ieen rebels." Then they should all- be disfran chised, and not.a part of- them. Besides, the governrhent you are to frarne is to be a civil govern ment, and Tast for all time,and for peace, when there can be no reb els. I see it stated that General SiAkles. has advised th t the -dis fninchising feature be repealed or moiiied, and for the- reason that the enfranchised class are not fit to fill the offices. Well, if he has done so, -he -has aeted- wisely, an(d has sho-wn himself capable of ap preciating one truth: . And it is a gie:at truth-one that will hide~ a ultitude of sins; and it might be well for his fame if this recommen dation alone could be remembered of his administration. In the fact tht a republican government can rest upon and be perpetuated only ~y the virtue- and intelligence of the people,you propose to exclude the most intelligent from partici iatn.g in the goverinment forever! You will by these measures in-. angarate a war of rades. A peo pe who will abrogate their own government and disfranchise the most intelligent of them at the dictation of those who are not to dffected thereby, and live under the dictation of a foreign power, have no conscience; bui if you have a conscience, I hope to reach it. By all you hold dear I warn you that by accepting these mili tary bills you inaugurate a mea sure that will exterminate the Af rican race. Some of you who have come among us are taking the ne gro by the arm-telling him that you are his friend, and that you gave him his liberty! Ye hypo crites! YE wHITED sEPULCHIRES!I Ye mean in your hearts to deceive and buy up the negro vote for your own benefit. [Applause.] he- negroes know no better; but I would ask them: if these men are faithless to the Constitution of the country, how can they be faith ful to you.?' Yet these men admit in the very act that they are dis regarding the Constitution ! They take an-oath to support it, with the purpose and intent formed be forehand to violate it, and vote fo' measures contrary to it ! They are not fit to be tr'usted by any animal, dog or man ! [Applause.] Such a ma'n would betray his point er, and- such- a woman sell her poodle ! They are not capable of being the friends of anybody but thmselves. I don't pity the whites so much who are to suffer by these measures. "You knew your duty and did it not," and if you are beaten with many stripes, we have the authority of Scripture for saying that your punishment is just; but to see the Africans led off by a clap-trap which they don't ,,dersad and used b-ecause they dont unerstand it, and thus led to the slaughter by men who ,are faithless to every - nrinciple-un der the belief that they are-being elevated and exercising God given rights, is enough to make any man feel sick at heart and experience t the deepest pity for the unfortu nate face. This is not -the first time that such things have been attempted. Unfortunately, there have befbre been both fools and knaves in the world, and some.of you, it would seem, will not learn wisdui from the lessons- of the past. If the 1 Constitntion. is dead, we are out side of it, and, pray, what govern- i ment.have we? We have noth-. , ing in that case, but the will of an unlawful coneJave, and don't 1 you know this neatns only -anarchy and then despotisni and tyranny? W-hat inducement is held out~ to i you to accept their propositions ?, You say it is.to get back into the I Uiion ! and for this. you- are wil- I ling to submit to disfrauclisenent and the' inaugur:ition of a ploliey that tends to a war of races! all to get back into the Union-just where you are already, and alwyri weTre4 ! - I -What do-you- want to get blek |t into that sort of i Urdon -fr ?, if' I you'Ir - not now in it, \vhat -can you expect by.ettrng in suc-h as they present. to)-ou? You say it - is to get represeutation in the i Union I Is not Kentucky in the a Union? Has she any representa, r tion ? The.telegraph. informs.,us that a resolution has been intro- s dRced-.into tlhe so-called Congress I making iniquiries whether Mary-, land, Delaware and Keihtucky have 1 Stat. governments or not.! Are t you so stiipi.d as not to see what all this nreant? The result will e -be the substitution of the Radical ( arty -for all governments,. both ( State and Federal ; and the subsfi- f fution of Radieal vilf-for:atl law ! 1 Take that home-with you and di= e est it. That's where you are .go ng! Kentucky is excluded from t representation because it is alleged her representatives were voted t for by disloyal men. What is -a meant by dislowal? Every mana who does not support the Radical 1 party will, soon ho declared .dis- If loyal, and every State whicl does s riot vote the Radical ticket will be 9 disloyal, and her government ille- 1 ,gaL I telLyou, unless patriotism ] shall vake up from the stun which. c the horrid confusion of war has t given it, the radical party will b~e s our only go.vernment, and Radical s will be our only rawv. -- r I look for' th0~ IevOlttionl to go ~ on: Whoever~ thinks this. war up on.the Constitution will stop i.ith I the ten States is a madman or a - simpleton-to be pitied, -or a knave ~ to be despised, I have experfte?d them to take charge of g5nnecti ct because .she dared to elect a Govrnor that.d!id not.'agre~e with I the R adical par ty ; and sure enoggh. Sumner in a late letter str ikesc tht ker note. lie says a simila i bill foV all the States is a cut shorit? to universal suffrage. The so called Congress im mediately on1 its meeting took charge of Ken-a tucky and excluded her whole del egation with one exception. .lf C they can reject these, they can re ject every one who differs with I them, and they will do so ; and they will receive only those who will agree with them. Thleses they will receive. I care not what, may have been their sins hereto-i fore; if the very worst secessionist 1 in all this land will whine around the street and say he is radical now, he is as good as the saints in i heaven for Radical purposes- r [Applause.] They are not for i race or color, nor for antecedents; if you now favor Radical scheme~s you are loyal, and if you oppose t them you are disloyal!t But you say that you are in favor j of going into the Union, because ift you (do not, your property will be i confiscated. A gentleman of this 3 city, a fewv days ago, said- to mec 3 that he was in favor of the accep-[ tance of the military bills, because c ie thought it the best we could[ do. I said to him, "Yon do noti say that for yourself, but for your brik stores !" [Applause.] .B3ut 1 you are not half so wise as you are knavish! You wvould lose the Constitution and the country to< save your brick stores, and then by your very course von will lose your brick" stores also ! I amrn ashamed to talk or use arguments < about con fiscat ion ini lime of peacef !1 It is a war power, not known to1 international law except as a war power to be used only in time of war, upon an enemie's goods !1 Confiscation in time of peace is nothin g more nor less than robbery! But'you say they have got the n ower and tihey will exercise it, unless re' do as- they- bid us. And will you, in this ease, aban. Ion-your only protection? It i like going out into the -highway mid surreuder your _purse to the robber to keep him from taking it. I could introduce a great deal 01 sigh authorily to establish this )oint, but I will not insult thc Radical portion of this audience. >V reading fr3m' any authority foi hllem except from. a Massachu. etts Judge. IIerc is what he avs: .-It has been -supposed that if :he government )l:ve the right of L belligerent, then, after the rebel ion is su )pressed, it w ill have ter -Iht of conquest; that a ~State nd its inhiabitiits may.be peCrnui iently di,sted of all political rivileges, and treated as foreign erritory acquired'by arms. This San error, h grav( and dang;erous ,rLnr .il.ligi(ei'itit rights cannot te exercised where there is ud bel jcgerants.' Slat is what I iaid: "CouIls atiou is .nly a war .1Y.surle, and ease with the wtr." . Again T' heir the- United States take )4e)tisssi11 , i t rebel distric-f, t_ej nr'Iely vindicate O-heir pie-ei tinlg itle.. Tndei- despotic govern 1eiets. the rights of t.onfiscation any- be 'nlimited; but under' our ;over11nernt the right of sor'r int.y over any portion of a State given and limtite' by - the .Con titatioi, and will be the. same .fter the war as it was before." There is one Lot in Massachu cots, and if Abraham. were alive p-da.v, I would have him pray to sod to spare that State and trust t-not only to ten men, but, even o one. There is at least one good ian~in it,-and'hC is a Ju-dge, and ares to proclaim to all tlitt sc urity to pyo'~erty is -gi've by-tbe 'onstitiition, the same after as be ie the.war.. And nON, I will cad for the patriots-of the audi ne, something from the most itligtuishe-d of all writers on in ernational-law: - - "When a sovereign. nrrogating o himself the absolute disposal of peQple whom he has conquered, ttcmpts to reduce them to slavery; e perpetuates the state of war 11e between that nation and him elf. - Should. it be said that in such ease, there may be peace, and a ind of compact by which the con crerer consents to spare the lives f the aninished oncondition tha heyacknowledge themselves his laves; hQ w h a makes such an as rtion,.is ignorant that war gives 0 righ t to take away the life of.an nemy, who has laid downi his arms ul s~ubmitted. I>ut h>t us nd1idis ute the pbint-; let trbe ma!i who odIs such principles of jurispn.a enec keep thein for his <>wn use nd benefit; lie well deserves to be p>ject to such a law. But men of pirit., to who lOf ife is niothing us-thanii nothuing. imle, sweteni d withI liberty, willafways~ etm elve theniselves at war witht thi:.t re suspe-nded on their part, brough want of ability. My friends, this was written by ,man who lived in despotic times, ,man who was taught under a .estic government, and how his ar of liberty and law shames the raters about loyalty in free tmerica! But I will dIwell no more on this ubject. Confiscat ion is the law f enemies in war, and ini peace it the law of the robber. If they ae the will to rob you, you will Lever escape by submitting to their ower. If you submit, give up the aw and substitute the will of the obber, he boldly avows that it is his purp)ose, not to give the blhek aan his rights, but to bring about uch measures,' and so to shape hiigs as to perp)etuate the rule of' ie Radical p)arty! Every man who ins the party, and can satisfy hem that he will sincerely help u this wvork, will be accepted. :hey will put their armas around our necks~and( caIll you b)rot hers. A pplause.] Tou can make a friend f the devil upon these samfe ternms, laugh ter andi applause,] and there s but little dlifferenice between hem. [(Great applaus~e.] If* you dcase the one you will go to the ither. and I amn not sure' but von vill get what you deserve, but I >hject to your taking the country vi'th you.-[Immense applause.] But, 0 ! it is sad to see the C'on titution trampled upon and the -ountry destr'oyed, onily to) per >etuate their hellish dynasty, and hen to see some of' our own peA le join in this~ unholy work, call ng upon us to submit and become ie au-rents of our own dlishlonor! [his is sad, sorrowf~ul, and fills me hVith -hame ! These hills prospose at every e.-, o bogt th Constitution -trampIlc upon the State and its laws-to blot out every hope---to -pijure every man who accepts them, with every principle of honor, safety, and justice disre garded! trampled upon, despised all tQ perpetuate the power of their wicked authors. Can this scheme succcd ? Will it succeed ? That is the question. I feel truly thank ful in my heart- that I .have .an answer which lifts my soul amijst all the gloom and.apllrehension of .the hour. Some of you -may not appreciate it, but to me it is t-he only oasis in this desert. .This scheme will never,.inever succeed, and I,proclajn its ultiinate failure to-day in your hearing. [Unbound cd applattse.] I know that some think it. will. The air is full of the I worids of those wha proclinl tlitt there is no power to prevent it. Men hae beflre this been' wealk and foolish, hwci cowards and trai- i tors lave bebre belie-ved 'as you talk now, but I have a- reason for the faitli that is in - uie, which- is - alsolutly-sublimilc in the st-ength -; of its founiidations; .1, t. wi ll fil- because it is not possibie to pep1eotrat e a govern ient of force under the trrr&of' a demoeiacy.' It may -take- some tune to coiprehend tii thought, but you wil not forget- it. That < whih 1s now prWI)'1opose is force. I is proposed by men who do notj -live in this State- and whose ageuts do not live here ; and it is sought I to be accomplished by military < ,power, but under the. p,retencc - of< Vour sanction-lot to please your- . selws, but them. There is notan 1 instance -in ai history where a government of force has been per ,petuiated under the fornl of free institutious. It is -in impossibility, 1 antd c-i never.succeed. [Apylause.] .2d.: But it is sought to be acco~ni plisked by deceit and fraudz which cufitot much longer escapo detec. 1 tion. The masses of the peoile of 1 the North love thy Cnstitution and-fought for it and the Union, 4 but the leaders did n.fight for ii, and do not love it, a-d.(they. now 1 seek to destroy it under prot.clee that.we miust give some further guarantec for our fituw gobd' be ha.vior than merely supporting the Corstitution. As soon -as t-he means by which thdir deceit* and fraud have been covered up are-re moved, the scheme will be crushed to death by the people. - It is a doubleshaped monster, like the sentinel at IIell-gate, which can live nowhere except in a political paniemoniui. - And what must be the result -? 1 I do not saiy we will como -out of all~this'with freeA instittion1s pro' served. b t this.scheme &an neyer succeed.-A desi'otism over the wvhole cO ir an. ou'ver all the maiy ensie. -Youl, iit you may 1.ing?' ruin updn al--Whlenever you"pul dov/ . h -Temple- Of }Libertv. vou will he (-lerTe by ~io fall.~ Yo'u cPannot level nor loTwer us anid elevate yourselves. We must either all -rise -or all go doiu togethei-.-D)espotismi may, come, enmpires may rise and fidl amonig us. but whether they do or not, we shall not- hlae the reign of a Radical party. Understand . me: If I say a man cannot live high up in the air. I do not mean lie cannot go up in a balloon and remain for a time ; or if I say a man cannot live under water, I do not say he cannot go down in a 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 fauil who attempts to dwell in 1 the air, or drown who makes his home under water. Such a gov ernment would be unnatural-a political monstrosity, and cannot possibly last ; but you may destroy the Iorins as well as the p)riniciples of free governmenlt, and then you1 will have a monareby, an a ristoe- 1 racy, an empire, or a despotism,1 as the case miay be. * * * It may be that we of the United 1 States have been so crazy mn Ica- [ 1ing the C'onstitution-theC only ArEk ofjsaftyt-that our 1Ieavenly Father has dloomeLd us to perish, but I am grtfe ihahope that it is not so. If not, there ia but one method for our rescue, n hat is by prompt restoration of t he Constitution. Will it come ? Will we escape an agrarian war, with resulting despo)tismf, and save ou1r inistitutins for our children ? I hope we shall ;I believe we shall.-Though a great effort isi eing mnade-a designedl effort--to destroy us as Rome was destroyed. 1 believe thew eifort wvill fail- I. ha ~ve gr'eat thit h in the A nglo Saxon h!ood. I der'ive great en couaIemnrt from A\uglo-Saxon histoir. Our~ liberty 'was not LOi l:. CL. 1t is- not t he winrk of one generation. It is the fruit of a hundred struggles, -and its guaranties have been perfecting, for-eight hundred years. Maiy have been -the efforts to destroyit. Often the English Constitution was trampled on. Often the traitors sought to suistitute arbitrary wilt for well-establi hed law, and oftoit have the people for a time boe m.isled. 'But thr$ far they.' have tlways waked up and cal led the traitors and factionist to aeeount. -Charles the I. trampled oji the Coiistitution.., He had judg'es wh - lecided- that his will was the. si, nd.all 'Who resisted that will and efend, d- the Constitution were iinished as'disloyal. And it did ;cem as if his power was -irreist'. .l. No doubt if you ieak-need Radials.of the South -had Vied.IIn :t dav ou would have said, -the CoustitUtion is dead, and- we ust cons(ent to what we- cannot 'esist." But John Hampden wonW )ot cusent. Ile resisted, -He was ,riefdas- a 'crinina : for resis ng, nd -was edndemned. Butt Igbat vas thc.seqnel ?-Th people finilty isscrttj their power. Charles and us ministers pershed. The .-very udges that condemned Hampden yc--t hoinselves tried and. c len2lied-as crlminals,-and the vey >fierr; even the sheriffs whee sted the orders of 'Charles and iis courts, were sued by th' citi ems fir damages, and hat-to -poy. ucarly a million of doH for"xo iting the processes-of -a void .ua on,titutional law ! For a ' time :i'aitct-s held the power and' tra )red on rights, but tengeance came,. md perpetual iaifamy followed. So Crgtnwell and his Parliafnest ,iolated t1he Constitution, . bought they also flourished:bo : ,eason, they .too were overthr. )o Jans I. trampled on the Con litiltion, and had to f?y frowvhfa ingdonra fugitive foi lifef. Ina . Iiese strugg&s good men, for a :imc suffered, and-bad uen, fpr a ,im.e, ruled, but the English -race ave niever -yct fauied to reen ;hoir Coistitu.tion -from the power. )oth of traitors and -fanatics. I-tell you the American people ,ini not always be deceived. They vill rise in (lefence of their- fo titutroti and traiforswilltremb . 1 ey wFio rallied three- mniiHou trong to defeat iv-hathe esien d an armed assauft on-the Cons i; :ution and Union, Will not ale intil.a few hundred traitors from 2bi-nd tle-masked battery of Con ;resjonal oaths and deeeptivo )retensions of loyalty shall utterly >atter down the Constitution and [mon forever. I w~ara..you', bedst 1l, vindicti.ve' Radicals, by the isfory of sour owri- fathers. by ~viy instinet of ' mahood, by ~very right of liberty and'- every mpulse of justice, that- the day is omring whlenu you -ill- f6el the ower of an outraged and1 betray ~d- people.-[A pplause.] Go og otiscating ! Arrest withouts war ant or probabio cause-;- desroy htbkas corpu ;S defile -your own ace, and fl ippan:tly say the Con titution is dead On, on, with our work, of .riuin, ye heIl-era iotrs in liacred things?!'it re nemnber for all .these things..the >eople will call you to juidgment. Prolong~ed applause.] Ah!iwa i issue -you have made f~or -y07 elves. Sneceed, and you destroy he Constitution ! Fail, and you Iare covered the land with moturn ng. Succeed,- and you bring ruin m yourselves and all theeoujitry! Lail, and you bring infamy upon Fourselves and all yoa deJndd ollowers! Succeed, and you are he perjured assassins of liberty t al, and you are defeated,. d pised traitors forever. Ye who spire to be Radical Governors md Judges in Georgia, I paint be bre you this day your destiny. Unbounded applause.] You are mut cowards and knaves, and the ime will come when you will call ipon the rocks and mountains to al on you and the darkness to ide you from an outraged people *Applause.] Does it do you good to- tratmple n the Constitution-deceive the eroes and ruin the country! It na be sweet now, but I tell you hie-ssip1hurous fires of public in amy wilt never be quenched on ~oui- spirits. [Applause.] I pity ou1 fromI my1) sl *Would that he time had nevfi- come when I ad to stand upon. Georgia's soil nd thus talk to Georgians- A ;truggle is coming. It may be a ong and bloody one, and you who irocate this wicked scheme will >rish in it, unless the people now. rouse an d check its consummation. Let. every true law-loving mnan -ly at onice to the standard of the oft itinn of his country. [Ap