The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-04-03

N. all lha, We can do is to cndesvor TO allay c
ID cultivate o better feeling and more ira
fpaI sentiments between the South and the s
North.
Sir. President, | should much prefer 10
ave heard from every member on The MOO,
eclara,ions Of opinion that this Union shan
ever be dissolved, than The declaration o'
pinon thai in any case, under The pressure
{, cny circumstances, such dissolution was
possible. hear with pain, and angui'h, ana
distress. the word secession-especia'lyw hen
It falls from the lips of those who are eminent.
" pat, toiic, and known to the country, and
4 Ynwn all over the world, for their political
.styices. Secession! Peaceable secession
s. r. your eyes and mine are never destined to
that miracle The dIsmemberment oil
his vast country without CONFUSION lac
Uurs,ing up Of the fountains Of the great deep
wi,hou, rufflng the surface Who is so fool.
ish-I beg every body's pardon-'as to ex'
pect to see any such thing! Sir, he who
sees these States, now revolving IN harmony
around a common centre, can expect 10 see
taen quit their places and fly of without con.
gulslOn, may lock al the next hour to see 'he
heavenly bodies rush from their spheres and
Iostle against each other IN the realms oil
space without producing a crash in the uni
verse. There can be no such th'og as peace
able secession. Peacrabe secession is an Ut.
ter impossibiiy. Is the great Constitution
under which we live here-coverlng The
whole country-is it TO be thawed and melt.
ed away BY secession, as the SHOWS on the
mountain melt under the influence OF yer.
u,l sun disappear almost unobserved, and
die off! No, sir No, sir, will not state
what nigh, produce the disruption oil the
States: but, sir, see it az plainly as see the
sun 10 heaven-Isee tina, disruption must pro-
ducc such war as will not describe IN lis
tSolo.d consequences.
Peaceabe secession peaceable secession
The concurrent, agreement Of oil the mem
bers Of this grea, republic TO separate A
voluntary separation, with alimony on one
side and on tho Other. Why, what would
bslhe result! Where is the line to be drawn
What States are TO secede! What is 10 re
main American What am 10 be Where
is the flag Of the republic to remain! Where
is the eagle still TO toserl Why, SIR, OUT
ancestors-our fathers and our grandtaihers
those ofthem that are yet living amongst Us
with prolonged lives, rebuke and rsProach Us
and our children and our grandchildren would
cry GU, shame upon Us. il we OF This genera
lion should dishonor these ensigns OF the pow
er of the Government and the harmony o.
the Union whch is every day fell among Us
With so much joy and gratitude. What Is te
become of the army! what's to become O.
ne navy! What is 10 become of The public
lands | know, although the idea has no,
been stated distinctly. There is to be a
Southern Confederacy, perhaps. do moi
mean, when aliude to this statement, thai
any one seriously coniemplaies such state
of things. do not mean to say that 1t IS
true, bu, | have heard ii suggested elsewhere
tina, the idea has originated from design to
separate. an sorry, sir, that II has eve
been thought Of, talked Of or dreamed OF, II
the widest flights Of human Imagination. =
But he idea must be Of separation INCLUDING
the slave States upon one side and the ire
States on The other.
Sir, there is not-I may express myself to
strongly perhaps-but some things, SOM
moral things, are almost as impossible as o
her natural or physical things; and hole
he idea Of a separation of these lstes, thost
thai are free to form one government ant
er, as moral impossbiry. We would no
separate the States by any such line, If We
were 10 draw it. We could no, sill down her
10 day and draw line Of separation tina
would satisfy any FIVE men in the country.-
There are natural Causes that would keep ans
tie US toeether-social and domestic relation
which we could 90, break if We would ant
which We should not If VIC could. Sir, no
body can look over the face Of this country
al The present moment nobody can SCI
where its population is the most dense ant
growing, without being ready to admit, ant
compelled to admit, that ere long America
will be in the valley Of The Mississippi.
Well, now, sir, beg to inquire what The
widest enthusiast has 10 say on The poss!6 !
" Of cutting off that river and leaving free
States at us source and lis branches, snt
slave States down near its mouth. Pray, sir
pray, sir, let me say to the people Of this coun
try that these things are worthy oil their pom
defing and o. their consideration. Here SIR
are five millions of freemen IN the free State
north of The river ONO: can any body sup
pose tina, This population can be severed BY
line tia, divides them from The territory Of
foreign and alien Government down some
where, the Lord knows where, npon he low
er banks Of the Mississippi What would be
come Of Missouri VIII she JON The aron
obscene OF the slave State. Shall lh'
man from the Yellow S.oae and the MAJ
River be connected in the new Republic viii
the man who lives on the southern extremity
Of Cape Florida Sir, arm ashamed 10 pur
sue thus line Of remark dislike tt have
mn uiter dlsnuN fnt ~ [ Mnuld u ihnr hea