Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-02-01

He is unworthy of the name of American who does
not feel at his hearts the difference between the
lofty patriotism and noble sentiments of of these
documents and -; but will not say what tho
occasion would justify. will only say, and that is
enough, the other -, for it is another.
Benjamin, portioned aboue his BRETHREN has re-
vened as rolf; an the morning he has deUoured the
prey and at might he has divided the spos' So much
plain English this means that the South has fatten
ed upon the North, as the wolf is gorged with his
prey! Lest the apologize should not be sufficiently
clear, we arc told that almost ecey thing rhich has
contributed to the honor and the scelare Of the nation
has been accomplished by the North an despite Of the
South and that every hing .npropitios and dishon-
orable, including the UunderS and foNes Of their ad
UerSaries, may be traced to the South.
And this Judgments pronounced upon the land of
Patrick Henry, and Jefferson and Laurens, and Rut
ledge, and SUMTER and Marion, and Madison, and
Marshall, and Monroe and Jackson, and-above all
and beyond all-of Washington; and upon the land
of host of other statesmen and warriors as true
and tried as in field or cabinet maintained the
honor of their country in times as perllous as any
country ever encountered and survived.
And yet almost all of good that has been gained by
our country has been gained by the North in dispute
of the South while the South has brought upon us
all our msfortunes and upon their ddrerSaries all
their blunders and follies suppose this word 'ad-
Uersaries,' in the vocabulary of Mr.. Adams, means
the other portions of the Union.
Now, sir, am not going to mete out to the various
regions of this broad land the share of each in the
wonderful career in all the elements of power and
prospery into which have entered, and have, in
deed, far advanced. The glory belongs equally to
all, and all have equally contributed to obtain it
And still less will undertake seriously to refutc
proposition which, ifthe refutaton is not in the heart
of an American, he is fathless to the common deeds
of the past and to the hopes of the future.
am panegyrist of the South. 1t needs none. l
am Northern man by birth, Western man by the
habits and associations of half a century; but am
an American above all. love the land of my fore
fathers. revere the memory of the Pilgrims for all
they did and suffered in the great cause of human
rights, political and religious. And am proud of
that monument which time and labor have built up
to their mcmory-the institutions of New-Engand
a memorial of departed worth noble and enduring
as the world has witnessed, glorious and indie
structible But, while feel thus, should despise
myself if any prejudices Incorporate pas
sions should blind my eyes to the intelligence and pa
riotism of other sections of our united country to
their glorious Deeds to their lofty sentiments to their
high Names and to those sacred aspirations, common
to them and to U.S. for the perpetuty and prosperity
of this great confederation, which belong to the past
to the present. and to the future and whose feelings
and opinions brought here and reflected here by
representation in this hall and in the other which
now occupies and has always occupied as high po-
sition that held by any other portion of the Union
"a representation which does honor to country
in all that is of worth to man, and dignity to human
nature