Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1851-09-11
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IAdQat9kte7S N5skSs ana democrats OF the 10Th
Congress ioEal Dssssicl that they now have before
them, Us czsdiaase for seat ia the next congress
Of tho Usi.e9 States. gentleman sninensls ucr.
Thy cfsheir skFffages Iallude % Charles Faux.
ner, Esq. be Berkeley. PEe-eminenliy amons ne
hssl Claims u Mr.. F to our undivided srppar, i
The fas that Ne Is ssz iaass, and that ,oo il he
hosnely phFass ~ ,heTday, Union man ss.s Is ~
tn5z His Is taofeSFer, no scseis fstyss zsal for.
the psspetat1 af oar glorious consederacy AZ far
back Is iss7 when South Carolina had assumed
the sltisuse eeiianee and resistance 10 lie LAWS
Of tho cseneral Government and every patriot was
alarmed al ne sentiments af nnl ecefics and is,.
rsiga tacn 81 Hess, openly aFewed and exsensively
disseuaiua,ed. Mf Faulknkr entertained and pab-
iicly expressed M following, no less eloqaen, than
noble and patriotic sentiments
Nv feiloW.citizens In common with
lie people efthese United States-ef which
you 4re proud to consider yourselves . por-
tion-s-a deep and solemn responsibility de-
Wolves upon ger to sustain that constitution
uader wkich these gratifying results (al.
luaing to the benefits resulting from eur uni,
on IS enc people) have been accomplished
1t is the common inheritance Of each and
eysrt enc. Of you It is the charter Of your
liberties 4 the imminent Of your estate
Cherish it as the bend Of national union,
cling 10 3 as She symbol Of national peace
rally areuad il as the standard of pational
glorD We know it is diffieultto bind tegeth,
er the broken and wounded fragments If a
single heart--itis infinitely more sotte unite
the dissegerel affections Of whelespeople
No believe nae if that unity Of government
which now makes you one people, is ever
destroyed if the ties which now hold you
t5getheFihs one nation are once torn asun-
der, there exists no power short of Omnipo-
tenee, which can hegl the wound, or restore
its integrity II wild be day of deep, deep
and bitter lamentation to the American peo7
pie; Of uium plant exultation to the enemies
Of civil liberty throughout the world.
Ia fhe perpetuity Of this government,
you have every thing fer yourselves and your
posterity to hope form its destruction you
have evpry thing to lose. See, indeed, to
what al enyiable height Of grandeur and
power NO have already attained under its
auspioiSns influence What prouder spec
tacle discs the world new exhibit than the
tWenty4our confederate republics Of Ameri-
ca in their rapid aud progressive march Of
moral knd political improvement Is she
NOS a pillar Of light to the weary eftveay
cline; an asylum to the prosecuted Of every
sect aiheme to the oppressed Of every ma
tor of the earth Does not her namc, even
in far distant lands, cheer the captive amidst
the dark and chilly recesses of his dungeon,
the slave amidst the toilscmo labors Of his
galley e
IeanRot fotbqar, Messrs. Editors, even under The
apprehension that have already trespassed toe
long upen the columns of your paper to make one
more extract ifola this truly eloquent orationa AZ
ter Mr. Faulkner had described in graphic ana
truthfllterms the influence or form Of govern.
ment was exerting upon the institutions Of 9th
er counties, and, depicting in glowing language
The probable future destiny Of these United States
with heir millionsofh happy, human beings
engaged in thq peaceful pursuits Of life, he ex.
clauls:a
Ny fellow -citizess Is this but the q.
sion oil patriotism Then be it so. | re-
joice taat live in an age which yet favors
such a3Fision, rejoice that so far at least
/ can dwell even in fancy, upon the picture
Of my esuntry's prosperity and joy, in the ant
ticipation of the. living honors that may vel
thiekca around her name. And yet there
are thSse who would even deny US that en+
ioyment, BY their perpetual predictions 81
dissolution ccssefess meaaces Of disuE
nien. Disunionl great God And can there
BE onA not bereft Of his intellect in the land
whe shrieusly desires such calamity Cav
there DE ene]whose sacriligious tongue ana
,parriSidal arm are seeking to accomplish it +
t. al T.. ,--o,,lI L.,
5infan}sus Immortality By the destruction 81
this more than Ephesiaa temple Of human
IibertY-2 Is there one Of such satanic malig
nifty 10 his species, as would seek to extin.
guish this last, bright, glorious luminary
Of freedom And what man, Dir community
Of m9n, are to profit BY disunion? Is it n5t
tobe. the sure precursor Of civil war and all
its attendant horror2 VIII it net be the
harhinger Of wo-the messenger Of grief
the kTengins minister Of the gravel viii
net Its course-mere fatal than that m ystert
Gus shaft Of desolation, which, stepped in Tie
poisoned waters Of death, is now awning the
civilized world, by its wide and terrific car
n$gs--bo tracked by broken hearts, deserted
homes disse Tered kindred, thetesrs of moth,
ers, and the agony Of friends2 And hew
andfwAen, Is this work Of destruction to 70
on 4 1t is 10 commence 81 an impious de6
ane2 Of the constitutional mandate Of tho su.
prenle jadieiary2 Or is it, as is elsewhere
thrsatened, to commence by the "peaesabls
process ofa3,diifcatiOa2p And SHALL Amqri
ca a,as behold
ittsd gIoriesi star by star, expire
Or5is she By O2e deep, awful, overwhelming
moral conclusion, to End herself at once
eThd lone mother Of dead empires,
The, Nie6s Of natisus, standing
Childiess and cfownless in herVoiceisss wee
An einpty urn within her washered handi
To guard against such evils, is tho great
paramount earthly duty of US all. FreenneS
and voters Of the land, much will depend
upon you Proclaim it as your rule Of civil
coaduct Teach the aspirant to public dis
tinttien, that the course Of disunion is net
thepath Of public favor Let him know that
however we may tolerate differences Of opin
ion upon the policy and the action of govern
meat, we can tolerate none upon the exis
tenke OF the government itself Let him
feel that, il the preservation Of cur instits
tia1s inFiolate, we recognize 3 duty para
moaat 70 every personal consideration, snd
thai NE hold none worthy Of participation
in de proud honors of this republic, who, fol
onsi moment, could cherish design hostile
to the permanently and stability of the Uni
onsi Mothers impress the same lesson:
upon fine infant mind-eBgraft upon theirst
sbest of expanding intellect, the sacred, the
aliimportant truth, that 9 Liberty and Uni
on are enc and inseparable u Read to him
thu maxims Of Washington lace before his
eyes the examples Of that canonized patriei
paint to his youthful fancy the greatness
andsthe glory to which his country has al
ready attainea-tell him that greatness and