The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-06-26

this subject have this only to say which my south
em position, and therefore, my keener apprehension
both witness and victim VI all lls results WIN ehse
me 10 sss-that II Il be pushed onward ny moss ~h1
are locally ioregn TO its Interests aud Us Dangers u"'
becomes the efficient and adnilled cause o. so"
insnrgsn ebullon t will be the parent not Only o. ~,
uu.rsbe calamiies 10 rs. bot OF cersin infsesso''
and bloody undoing 10 themselves ana 70 a'i - .,;.
Let those amongst you. who choose, oewan "e ~.
tenee 81 slavery a. msleso = .S;,h prsgnatca,
southern society bat IL they touch WIN 1,
| air l,,L;t,l.n and infatuated hand, they Ienusi
| m.Ies,y,n 20 engflph the union besalu'eo' "''ee'
Nv ~. a.. OF this ani Of coming ages W our Own
:, h,l.ls.,. good--by oil that we have, and oil that
an" n, 4, the plories OF land, 10 leave ,hls
49, ~ slavery with every accountability u may IN
80 every remedy Il may require, every aceumuiauo"
N difficulty or Of pressure II may reaeh--iease on ~
,hs interest aud the WISDOM and the conscience ol 'ose
aon whom the providence Of God aud the constitution
81 your country have cast IT, Leave H to them "e'o a'
Ersrsr and stop before stop Is Impossible, the furious
hsad,,sy Of lha, destructive and mad philanthropy WHICH
Is lighting up for the nation ITSELF the hfes o. 'ne
which is rushing ON, stride alter stroe' !" s''he az
woe tha, may bury oil OF harder ana weheoe'
slavery than any ii would extrgush Nothing but o'I-
crn.ss-nothng but aggfavaton OF heart anu o 'o' a
been brought n,,on that unfortunate man whom rasn a"a
1 per,clous al,enpslhe proInptlgs OF TINS pnoeo ahu
| balciul spr--haye been put "rth 10 nenen' iuey
ha,. hrokea down the footing he hsd reached erasheu
IN, s,,nuathies he had won embarrassed aud arcurs'u
the fortunes they inierposed 10 control Inc gen.
/ erous aud cevating influence OF our Tree ins''aohs
was relaxing his bondage, hettenng his condil'on' hng
up his character turning upon him he pune ahAeues,
aud the public conncils great object OF prosideht
and nubc proyision was changing at all points the as
meets Of his fale when spirit sent OF heaven as u ~
saely imagined came fo abroad, TO scourge him with
a demon VISITATION 10 wrench hun from the arms OF
! his only true aud ooiy capable heneiac,ors-o throw
HIM hack again upon the earth thousand fold more
suspectrd and more separated Than before rseiing
upon him every ferr II would loosen poisoning every
blessing it would bestow and filling his whole case with
clemens OF hopeesspess explosion and EVIL, which tue
| heart sorrows whilst il shudders 10 think upon.
Why, then, persist Why abct the growth or the
daring or the power Of spirit which wisdom and ineT
CIV plead TO you with all their tongues TO silence aud
To slopl Will any daughter IN this assembly. the che
rshed and defended Of parents love, blessed to the
uiterrnost with the holy peace oil perfect security
sheltered to the, ullernost from the apprehension and
the approach Of every wrong. with no enemy TO dread
no hand to lnjureno terror to affright--sse IN her
cpose safe IN her innocence at every hour and 10 every
place-wl she do that, which oil vaualess for It's oh
jects will vet be ali-powerfu 10 send wskefulness aud
watching aud danger aud anguish, perchance, TO the
days aud the nlghts-tu the summer shade as well as
10 the barred aud bolted chamber OF her southern sis
teri VIII any mother here as she soothes her infant
10 rest and looks upon its balmy sleep. aud pres
sing il to her heart hos gratitude God for his
ncrces TO her chd-thanking him that its lfe is safe
safe from harm from the hand of violence and re-.
venge and that all It's SAUNDERS guarded hy ma
TOSS power-wlll she. oh, she, the ccnse-
quences Of her acts bear behold the southern mother
startling and shudderng. every fall AID at every
noise which breaks npun the silence OF The night, and
fyng from her pillow Of wakeuluess aud wreched-
10 knee aid crouch upon the cradle weeping aud
sobhng in the agony Of her soul the murder aud
the horror that surround 1t VIII tho father and the
citizen hail and greet and press to their bo-
SONS better brethren aud better when we shall
come up with our hands all red and reekng with the
| blood they have made shed! But, If not, then alb
jnre the which involves dhe crime aud the dsci-
pies who support It. Friends OF the slave. they are
stripping hun Of the wretched remnant Of liberty he has
i left. Friends Of humanity they cruelty and reck-
lessy stalking IL upon means Of massacre and convul-
sion. Friends of the country! they rapidly becom-
ing its iron Notwithstanding down It's institutions
with nurderous hand, and tearing It limb from limb
IT you would the practical working Of The spirit that
is spoken of-,he and ruin It can occasion, go 10
tue quiet and passive slave OF the South, pour your IN
surrec,ionary sentiments his ear, parade The worst
OF his condition in auul and in pictured horror before
his eye, then trace the progress OF the
II through his murmurs his resentment his resistance
his passions growing deeper and darker every step
under the Discipline he provokes, until anger and uce
ration and agony OF spirit have done their work. aud
revenge and murder have become the companions Of
his bosom then see him leagued and banded with
others fell and furious as himself the yuure at hi.
heart the dagger and the torch III his hand stealing
the silent and midnight chamber snd standing with hor
nd and upled weapon, the parent and the child
IS they sumber for the blow; see him-let the shrek
the gaspng struggle, the CORY blade, the blazing
dwelling. tell out The The deed that done. For one
monochrome palsIed noment--a shiverng and convul
sve horror sczes upon the heart Of millions our peo.
In the next dreadful wrath driven on TO dfeadfu
retrbuon BIZ, the blood Of our people is ever thu.
10 stream IN our dwellings, aud from the very
bosom Of the soil that feeds US it will cry from the
ground like that Of Abel for vengeance, vengeance
against the brother hand that shed H. and vengeance
would be had though every drop that left should
be poured out ~ one augulshed and dying effort IL
obtain It, Nothlng-no nothing but Heaven
could prevent people, lashed up frenz, by rage
and SOLDERING and wrong. from pouring back upon the
fields and esdes Of the guilty, that Of csam
y and death which had been desoate their own
Spare ns-oh spare us The of ruptured brother
hood OF rulncd ruined country. Glveup your happy
and united country give up TO the madress Of some
iaclions hour, TO The frenzy Of fanatic spirit let il
sink overwhelming IN some horrible struggle OF bro.
Their with BROTHER aud you will its liberties aud
ITS blessings again, when the shall slumber ia The
cloud. lorgelful Of the voice Of morning."
When earh's cities have no sound nor tread,
And ships are drifting with the dead
To shores where all Is dumb"
Here upon your northern fields it was. at some dark
and dsnaylg period ~ revelation, when army after
army had been lost, when wretched and dsprted and
beaten the bodest qualled, the faithfuest despared
aud all for an instant seemed TO he conquered except
the unconqucrdble will Of our glorious chief-here j,
was, that rising above all The aguries and the errDrs
around him, he exclaimed TO the despairing Of his fol
lowers as # inspired OF Heaven for his work, "Strlp
me OF the wreched and the suffering remnant OF my
sodlers-ase from mo all have left-leave me but a
slandard-glve me bat The means of planting it upon
'he mountains Of West Augusta, and will vet draw
around me the men who will lift up their bleeding coun-
Try from the dust and set her Free" That West Au-
gnsla stands here 10 day pleading through me, who am
son, Tor the individual and ubroken heritage OF Wash.
inston and his comrades. loyal to the result as to
the struggle OF the revolution devoted as when her de-
'o''oh was counted upon as equivalent fate-true as
when you were grAspcd and bound the bosom of each
other ~ the hour OF distress it is her hope and her
wish 10 hnish with you tho desnles of the nation-arm
IN arm TO share with you in common glory and perish