Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-09-03

umph the s. little gape o the North Caronian Bragg
turns the tide of battle and thus his brows with undyng
honoFs-tades from the memory nearly allied
the affections arises before the mental vs:on The grew
headed Senator from Delaware embodyng in himself the ge
MUS and moral energy of the age in the heat and fire the
Oregon controversy putting the mouth Of the American
people those memorable words of Henry v,
"1ake heed how you impawn our person.
How you awake the sleeping sword of war,
We charge you in the name of God, take heed
phianhropic cannot regard with any affection CASTE
whose profession is make Widows not wives and must
with the good King of France reoce all preserve
peace and hinder among the people the diffusion of war
like spirit.
Men are not ready when the musng Hamlet
the sentiment,
ITO expose what is insure
To all that fortune death and danger dare
EUen for an egg SHELL"
But they have the passions and propenes which,
conraged checked unresned curbed the hap
piness misery of There is nothing which so con-
firms good evil disposition, indulgence. nations
conquest with its acquisitions and love for and
It's umphs with every battle lost brave and young
people, who know but little OF its destructive miserie
Ject to be infatuated by lis pomps and triumphs,
by Heaven! s splendid sight 10 sec,
Cor who hath friend brother there)
Their rival scarf5 of mixed embroidery
Their various arms that glitter in the air."
And e imagination led captive and the reason ubdued bv
the gorgeous pageanres with which accompany the
carnival of death and the vintage of the gave We fellow
citizens, sit quietly home and appropriate ourselves
divdua share OF The american glory which has been aboriousy
won in Mexico. 1t has cost us noting-not much the
sensible raising of Honor cheaply will
provoke the appetite for more and unless Gods Providence
should be otherwise ordered the American Eagle destined
rival compass and Of fig Int that which, the head Of
the Roman legons Swallowed with It's presence the whole of
the then known world Our then be like hers
and brilliant. Our fall like that of all based
virtue integrity and humanity, sudden and edeemabe. We
shall disturb the neutrality of politics, which by
consent this day Observed by saying anything the ope
ty Improperly of the present If the conflict
provoked but applaud the apdy aud vigor with which
has been prosecuted. If the nations with HON associate
know the right, and yet the wrong pursuef iobeaance and
enency only invite to further insult and aggression will yet
find In their Cas$emcnt further for building
of military Yet the dear lover of his country
who desires that she may hereafter be remembered by the
bloody trophies of successful war-who would her fol-
lowing in the tracks of wo1conqueng Rome, and carrying
her with her arts to the extremes of the globe will meet
contention with if with fowns and hail the gliding
beams OF peace with resoundng welcome.
Fellow-czens have said engaged in foreign
We peace among ourselves. The elements of civil
strife aroused and the question which has and will
again shake this Union, from foundation turret
reckIess crminay agtatcd during the last Congress-
The North and South have fought and present fighting
shoulder shoulder under the sk lead of stakeholder
Taylor Scott under that Of champion OF the North
Brown WORTH jointly Drawing the battle and the breeze
dying the sod with their blood and sharing the bril-
liant "iumphs and yet whatever territory the continent Of
America may be in this any future contest by joint
blood and treasure seven Northern formally
by their Legislatures and all Northern representatives in Con
have declared they will appropriate themselves The
South be debarred and excluded from all future Acquisitions
The arrogant and insulting of the North has gone forth
the Southus far shall you and your institutions go, and
farther Despite the Missouri compromse-despe of JUS
tce and raterna feengn despite of al the proud hopes bound
up and inseparabe from the Uo-in despite of the aid and
comfort thus afforded INSCRIPTIONS enemy the decree has
gone forth from those who politically stronger Pay your
taxation without murmur, but touch your acquisilons
experience teach how far mems words and actions differ
there would be fer considering the Union already virtual
y dissolved But the Republic should be despared Of
and while determine with due regard 10 seresPect,
dignity ana safety, do whatever the times may require OF
let hope and that Divine Providence will safely direct
country toward that bright destiny which the Fathers Of
anticipated for her.
Fellow citizens, it is inheritance Of which
the guardians Our liberty is it should be, the growth OF
ageshoong its roots through the strata o thousand customs
and the exotic of hour which, like the tree and dyad
of fable, ourishes and whers with the spirit which
protects it. The world than four thousand years
DID, and yet until the 4h of July l776 boldly and
autoritatvey promuged that created free and
equal and endowed with certain nalenabe rights that among
these e liberty and the pursuit of happiness Through
all this space me the seeds the rights OF personal secu-
liberty and Of private property were slowly but
surely germnang ill the popous soil and air oil ous own la
voed land matured them In all events,
how many unknown and disastrous efforts must be made before
the successful one Providence upon all occasions IN order to
accomplish its designs prodga courage virtues sacrces
finally of man; and only after vast number oil unknown at
apparently lost after host noble hearts have fallen into
DESPAIR convinced that their was lost that umphs
Convinced though that only here that the ofree
dom has camponed yet between the borders OF Western
Asia and the Atlantic Ocean, there sno country that not hal
by the blood ardent devoted lovers
who catching from their aspirations something
like view of this day, celebrated by this people, in this ou
boundIess free America offered themselves willing sacrnce
hasten on knowing that lis to no seven years war no.