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that such may never happen again in tins coUn-
try.
| know very we'll that the7o are certain gen
tleinen who make light Of it, who supposed,
or affected 10 suppose, that no evil was likely
TO result from that arltntion; who considered
,hat the Unlot. was SAFE; or who, - conceal
their unpatriotic and trai,or1r5 device, affect
ed to consider it SAT-. Yea. sir. il they had
been at sea. and in stcrtn. pe.hlps they might
hive made light Of it when thcY rer,ned terra
frmu brt they wore not less airi4htel,
perhaps, during thc time when the c.o-
pi'a.s we're beating and struggling and war
ring, above. beneath and around them. The
wlsest men in this country did think there was
great and imminent peril. thought 50 tnan,
think 50 yet. hope we have escaped it,
g. with all the fnl,iu's, tho,c IS not yet Il.
naiv to thi dis, oSit'on to arl.'ta. dl3ap-
prove me whole Of Il. thirN .Os. - TINS bum
ng focus Of faction at the city Of X shington,
quite as much . done to produce ms citation,
IS is prodrced either by the abo!itonsts Of the
No;ia. or the dIsunlOnists Of another portion Of
tn. Uu;on. | have no sympathy with either Of
tham. have never been heard to speak in
any tuctlous shirt upon this delicate question,
wi.hin my recollection. 1t Is not my purpose
to to It now.
! l0st.ad Of preferring the present President
! Of TIE United States rs my first choice, ] pre-
! fer " inield Scott; aud if he shall be the nom
! Iree, h1ve little fear Of the result know
how dlicut il is for a man, powerless. without
patronage, and without official influence, to get
/ / n1minitou, against the power of an admins.
lration which can wheel into tie ranks hun
dred thousand oifice-holders, and dependents
perlnDs to the number Of half million.
know that if they unscfupulously use this pow
er, it Will lie next to impossible to obtain nom
nation against them. The present President
Is entitled to the declaration from Inc, that
believe he would scorn the use Of such means.
i But what some OF his friends might do, should
not undertake to vuuch for. Their activity,
premature and somewhat absurd, as ! thought.
seems to furnish full guaranty that they wi.
not be in the future stu -gards, and dis.oyal to
their practices i'll the pIst
have said that North Carolina will not be
inclined to support any man who is II favor Of
rc-opcnng agitation upon these delicate SUB
jects ana on that point here express the con-
viction, and might almost say my knowledge.
that Gen. Scott can show us clean a bill OF POI
lltcaI health. on these questions as either the
present President Mr.. Webster. or NJ. Clay.
| say, what think know, during the penien-
cy of the questions. After the success siul ad-
justment OF the u, good and patriotic ana pacl-
~
try; but, before those measures passed, When
men stood upon a plank, trembling over pre-
cpce-that was the time 10 try the sincerity,
the candor, and the trulhtulEess Of mems pro-
LESSONS and mems conduct. Durnr TAFT Pc
Rod, Gen. Scott unquaiIlnTy went ahead 10
produce an alustnent OF those angry dltEcu.-
ties, and plcIticltion upon which honItL5e
mcn-North, South East, ana Vi est --ccIid
stand upon il, reference 10 the questions that
, were then agtatlna the county 50 mcnlcmgy
and appalliagly. do not pretend 10 say that
he approved of everything that was done IN the
various aC,s of compromise and concuyrcd IL
all their details. Far from it would venture
I to say, as mere matter OF opinion that there
was not member IL either branch of the e
glsllturc that approved Of everything in every
, one Of those bills. | certainly did not. But
acted upon this principle: ! went for an adjust
mcnt upon which an honorable man could staEC
at both ends OF the Union. ] did not desire t.
f Obtain an rdvaE.age. or victory, or triumph
n ever my opponents in that sectional contro:er-
sy. think there Is no enlightened patriot WHO
would not scorn TO acquire victory or tri-
Umph over his friend, and his brethren. In
r that respect, ! believe, from my intercourse
|, with Gen. Scot, that he more nearly colncldet
with my personal feelings than any other maj
, with whom | conyGrsed. Sir, national in al
his feelings, in all his proclVltlcs IN all his in
1 clinatonS, in all his professions, he des rel ne
. Their triumph the North over the South, roi
. of the South over the North. Nor I'D |.
i desired an ad uatment OF any sort. upon W,.lc!
men might stand with honor at both extremes
OF the Union, and preserve that heritage, with
cut which liberty, | think, would b. cXtlngulsh
cd, and, perhaps, forever. Imagine this MOI
, separated EXACTLY IN twain; once set that eX