Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

the battle may come on, but he who is deter
mined 10 die or conquer, will be slow to seek
the fight. Soult md Wellington are sale
to resist the warlike spirit of their people,
and correspondence Of Scott and the Cover.
nor General of New Brunswick during the
difficulties on the Main border is an homo,
to them and 10 their respective nations. In
bad cause woman may put me to flight
but plant me upon the right, and | am
proud to say, that the man does not live
whom dare not look in the face.
If we conquered IN the war Of Indepen.
dence, it was not because of our physical
strength; with Lord Chatham, say tina,
in good cause England could have crush
ed America TO atoms. 1t was the conscious
ness of justice which nerved our people ia
the hour Of trial. Yes, it was the right in
which we conquered: it was the right tina,
called the gallant of all lands to our standard
it was the right which made the veteran
British Lion, who had traversed the world
unscathed, crouch in dishonor before the
unfedged bird Of Jove. 1t was the glorious
principles of life, liberty and pursuits OF
happiness inscribed on our banners, like
which the letters of fire on the Babylonian
| wall, struck terror into the enemies of our
country.
But in this war which you are madly
projecting, this inspiring banner will. not
be borne, alas by us, but by them. Go tel
the six hundred thousand free laborers OF
| my gallant State before they leave home,
wife, children and friends, before they
shoulder their musket and march afar to
shed on the plains OF Texas, their blood
for the extension Of slavery, to ask them
selves what they are to gain! When they
lie bleeding and dying on the burning sands
of a foreign country, or writing in :he
deadly grasp of the terrible epidemics OF
the swamps of Florida and Louisiana, what
maddcning reflections will then avail, then,
the blood of our sires has been spent in
vain, the Constitution has been violated,
the Union has been dissolved, our homes
have been desolated, our wives and child
rem have become outcast and beggars, our
country is lost; all lovely nature fades fast
| from our dim reluctant eyes, we sink un-
wept into dishonored graves, accused oil
God and man; if our cause ,triumphs, the
signs and tears of millions ensaved vii
mar the fruits Of victory; but if it fail, as
seemingly it must, then have the chain:
which we have forged for others become
the heritage of our posterity forever.
| No, Mr.. President, it cannot be. If the
worst comes to the worst and the unor
shall be dissolved, | for one, will Join my
destiny with the North. Here in Ken
lucky, my mother earth, shall stand I'm
awed by danger, unmoved by denunciation
4 living sacrifice for her best prospe rity
| shall not fear death itself if she may bu
live. But if mad couasels shall press he
on to ruin, and she shall prefer destruction
to the REIMBURSEMENT of her idols, then
and not till then. taking up my household
gods. an unwilling exile, shall, in othe
lands, seek that liberty which was hopeless
in my native home. | would 10 God, tina
my voice could this day reach every los
cabin in this wide and lovely land; theI
indeed, would feel assured that this dreat
alternative could never happen; but m,
words are frebly echoed from these walls
and the press is sealed like the apocalyptit
books, which human power cannot open
and darkness broods over the land once
more, till God himself shall say, let Their.
be light!
(COnclusiOR merit rreI)