The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-03-16

rom the ups OF those who are I'm ta"Gt
patriotic: known 10 the country, ;.ad
| known al! over the world, for ,heirpo
Utica services. SrcssS.oni PeaGrab i,
secession !! Sir, your eyes and mine are
never destined to seq that miracle. The
acknowledgement OF this vast country
without CONFUSION, The breaking IN
o! the fountains OF The great deep with
out Ruling the surface who is fool
iHh enough i beg everybody's pardon
who is foolish enough to expect to see
any such thing Sit, he who sees these
States now revolving in harmony around
: one common centre, and expects TO see
them quit their places, and fly off, with
out commissions, may look out the next
day 10 see the heavenly bodies rush
from their spheres. and jostle against
each other in the realms Of space with
out producing a crush Of the universe
Such thing as peaceabe secession II
rs utterly impossible. Is this constiu-
ton under which we live here, cover
my this whole country 10 be thawe,i and
melted away by secession, as the SHOWS
on the mountains are melted under the
iliIuence Of yrrnal sun, TO disappear
almost unobserved, and to die off! No,
sir; no, sir.
viii not state what might produce
the disruption Of these States. | see it
as plainly asI see the sun IN Heaven,
and should it happen, it must prod uce
such var is | will not describe. in its
two told character. PcaceabIe secession
TeaceabIe secession. A concurrent
agreement Of all The members Of this
! great republic TO separate a volunta-
nv separation, with alimunv on the one
side and the other What would be
the result ! Where is the linz to be
drawn What States are to be aSsocia-
ted What is to remain America ?
" hat am | 70 be Where IS the nag to
remain Where is the eagle still to
tower or is he to cover and shrink
and ial! TO the ground Why, sir, our
ancestors, our fathers ard gandlathers
those Of them who still rrmain among
u, by Reason of prolonged life, would
rebuke us and vrproach us, and cur chill
dren and grandchildren would cry out
shame upon lis, ii we Of this generation
should bring dishonor upon those enyigns
OF the honor, and power, and harmony
of the Union, which we see around us
now with SO much joy and gratitude.
What Is TO become of The army? What
Is 10 become Of the navy? What is to
become OF the public lands? How is
each of the thirty States to defend itse!l9
Nay, although the idea has been suggest
ed distinctly that there Is to be south
ern conirderacy-I do not mean, when I
allude TO this, that anybody conemplates
it here or elsewhere; only mean to
say that have heard it su5gcstrd-l am
sue that the idea cannot be entertained,
even IN the dream of .hr widest mag-
nation. But If any separation is looked
TO it must be one ncluAnr the slave
States on The one side and the free States
on the other.
Sir, may express myself 100 strong
ly; but $om' things-&ome moral things
are almost as impossible as natural and
physical things: and hold the idea of
separation of these States into those
which are free to form one government
and those which ate slavcholdlng to form
another government, is a moral inpoSSi-
bl.'y- We could not separate them by
any such line, il we were to try We
could no, sit down here and draw line
OF separation that would salt any fly"
men in tn" couotry. There are natural
causes which bind together and keep us
together; so that we could not breal;
them il we would, and hope that we
woald not break them if we could.
Looking over thu face Of this country
.t the present moment, nobody can see
where its population exists, where hs
population is most growing, without be-
ing compelled to admit that ere long
America will be in the valley OF the
Mississippi. Now beg to know what
the widest enthusiast has to say upon
the possibility of cutting off halt OF that
river, leaving The free states at its source
and among its branches, and slave States
down near its mouth. Remember, sir,
remember-let me say to the people o:
this country-that there, in the north
west, is to brthe storchouse Of the popu-
alton OF America. There are already
five millions of rcemen in the fee States
north Of the river OHIO. Does anybody
suppose that this population can be sew
cred by line that divides them from a
foreign and alien government, down
somewhcrc-the Lord kuows where on
the lower branches OF the Mississippi
What will become of the Missouri Shall
the man from the Yellow Stone be con-
nectcd in the new republic with the
man who lives on the southern eXtreni-
ty Of Florida. ] am ashamed to pursn,
this line of remark. | dislike it.
have an utter disgust for it. | had rath-
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