Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

Ohio, 20 were forcibly reminded Of the descsiI.
lion Of his mothers indecent haste to wed her
husbands murderer, given in the famous solil-
oquy Of Hamlet. The affecting appeal made
by Mr. U. 10 his brother Giddings is thus des-
cribed:
''After Mr.. y. had done with the exahnina-
ton of the question at issue, he turned to the
subject Of abolition, ana here lie made most
affecting appeal to the a5oi.ionists. He knew
that in a few years they would he in MAORI
~, and he called upon them now to show their
hands-to say what they meant 70 do in..such
case!
Did ,iey Intend to separate from their Anglo
Saxon brethren! Would Ohio throw off her
brethren of Kentucky, who had always stood
by her in times Of p,ril. Here Mr.. U. scas
affected 50 much as to uccp
Mr.. Giddings announced in candid and
honorable manner, that for one, he wonld new
er desert his brethren from Kentucky-nor did
he believe that any Abolitionist would. All
they asked was, that they might be secured
from the necessity Of supporting slavery it.
self''
"Ere the salt OF most unriglteous tears was
dry---she married, Says Hamlet; and it NAV
be the weeping Ken,uckian will! soon join in ac-
cursed union with the Ohio incendiary-his
brother Giddngs.
1t surely must have been a piteons thought
for Mr.. u, that Ohio would probably throw
off her brethren Of Ken,ucky--one to move a
Representative Of the latter State even to tears.
threat God - exclaimed Mr.. Sprigg, ato see
a ken'uckian crying in this hall, weeping over
what was considered perfect llummery by Tie
whole na,ion.''
We have heard Of an audience being moved
10 tears by the splendid efforts Of distinguished
orators, but for the speaker TO weep, in order
to procure the justice which he has a right to
demand. IS certainly moval matter. Mr.. u.
IS an abolitionst, and no doubt felt little
alarm at the probability Of his being caught
on the wrong side OF the dividing line, when
the proposed dissolution shall be carried into
effect. We seriously question, whether his
constituents participate in his alarm. or will
shed many sympathetic tears over the move
ments of his abolition brethren Of the No,th
These incendiaries have resor,ed to eyerv
means IN their powert to effect their ruinous
Direct, aud we supposed had reused the manly
Indignation of every Southefp. man. either n
Congress, or nut oft. 1t seems that the oal-
liant State of Kentucky, however, can boas, Of
producing the first craven hearted Rrepresenta-
tive-one TO stoop so low as to make an affec-
ting appeal to his abolition brethren. 10 snare
him and his constituents from the terrible ef-
iects OF their wrath, when their reasonable
designs shall have been Effected. The appeal.
however, was affecting only to the Sneaker
hlmself--he alone wept. Have the fanatics
OF the North gained SO much power, that M.
Y. should make overturnes Of peace---shoull
ragard the Union as seriously endangered. and
ye. give ever the struggle forits preserv alton.
= MARX Anthony wept ovey the dead BODY Of
J: cesar, when he wished 10 inveigle the people
ln'o support Of his reasonable designs. |
And Mr.. u, who has resorted 10 An,hony's
mode o. appeal. may have an Anlhony's ob- |
!ect 10 view. Let him remember. Anihony,s |
late !-Alissoori Reporter,