Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1851-09-30
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H-.rIfAGIE E-IET
The Congressional candidates 5n ne faens
mond district, Messrs. ]. NJ. BORIS aad Judge
CA<KlE, have taken up the cudgels & lne1fsR
liieal warfare. and are actively engsgsala can
wasting the same. Mr.. Bottss Ike nest oil tEe
Wing champions in Virginia. ind ng mar oia
party issues were insufficient 20 g sasn! lor llh
a seat in Congress, suddenly Reppeed upon
this "new-fangled cry of Uqlcns hoping, by
Wanting forth high sounding phrases 81 MS 10Y
atty aud devotion toIhe /" ComPromise ana me
:" Union" aud denouncipg as Nsecess'onists
and /" disunionists = those who mlghtIdare1 10
raise their voices In elenccofflesElghisi OF me.
Ssett, to 6lch as it were a seat}tn the councils
of the nation. But it won't answer. Mr.bu6ts
adversary is a man who well KNOWS as F'snts'
and being fully able, .'dares maintain them.
In a recent discussion betweeftl the gentlemen at
Hanoyet GouftHo1ge, Judge asaskie used the
following STONY and fofcibie language, which
we s~omuasna 10 lie unioHe neiaate# men OF
fills district
g Lam emphatic s aUaisa ~ vi aid J stand
here prepared tespsqxe that here 4tses slot aFbetr
ses Ution rpeni ii ta land e site @no 10 s6aa;
dmse yoa and # asseEt sStaess9 an5
EIhIng that is6aicdaated g the assnlatseAs
oEat6ts UnLion and desirc9 II The aFnciples
sah undefstai my ed 5eppenent
10 aas9cate ~ Ter fhe ai9p; any nessen1
meut thategef geflsts led NY heaftsorissueu
from my lips, lHas beesA eeeosHlon to4thls
Bnfot. lApplanse I9osyon Wish,l eloM:citIs
Ezens. my p~ositfon I'll fegsfdlfo the perpetdation
4ofstBfs Onion and the qnetonsof secession, into
fhe discussion of @IifehtNXliig gentlemen seem
ESQ anxious 10 plunge me at once?
A Ioyal and. sincere attachment for the Union !
have ever maintained aud will ever maintain,
not for the sake of the Union merely, but for
1.-THE sake of the objects Ii was designed 10 accom-
pIish. / stand BY it as Iong ASH fulfis those
objects. But you nuspteil me, when you talk
about : Union, - whatfs6Fttof a Union you mean.
II you mean a tUniuh which will respect the
rights of the Southern man and stakeholder, end
will place linn upon unequal footing with his
Northern brethren, thenl am a Union man
(Cheers.) Butt any body means a Uninn of
northern domination and southern degradation,
if any body means such a Union as Greece has
with Turkey, assPplaud has with Russia, as
Ireland has with England, or as Hungary has
with Austria, then ,of that Union am the in
flexible foe forever. Great cheering Thatis
my-Uniopism. Ihe Union as it has been, and
The Union as tits, although | consider that we of
the South have suffered much from northern ag'
gression, | still consider TO have answered the
great purposes for which it was accomplished
stand by the Union, butl do insist, in the Ian.
gnage of this 5reso lutiun, that itshall answer the
objects for (which it was Accomplished thai under
the name OFFS Union,' 'Iand those who think, and
feel, and live with me,shall not be oppressed and
ctushed! (ClIeers) Disunion indeed Why,
| undertake 10 show that my doctrine is the only
true Union doctrine. Does not every body know
that any thing like o slavish Submission invites
oppression. I've must maintain our rights under
tie Union and in the Union, or soon we will
have no rights TO maintain. Adopt the doctrine
that the Congress of the United States is omnipo.
tent-lhat the federal government can do what it
nIpa Ses and that resistance 10 any thing II NAV