American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-10-27
HHNRx HIMSELF AGAIN |!

a course Of lectures on the subject
Of Slavery ID announced to entertain
the citizens Of Boston this winter, and
distinguished speakers have been invit-
cd from tho North and South, pro and
con. Among the number is our Gov
ernor elect, who, by the way, is some
times Wise and sometimes othcrVise,
and oh We furies, how he pitches into
tho Bostonians! We imagine him on
the receipt Of the Boston invitation, at
"Only, near Onancock," standing on
,he shore of his ocean home, with OK
panding chest and dilating nostrils,"
and pocket full Of rocks! He gets
the Boston lettcr-he is mad all over
he soizcs the pen which is mightier than
tho sword, and pens the following ner-
vous, unique and noisy paragraphs:
" Who are youP to assume thus such
ajurisdiction over asubjcct SO delicate
and already fixed in its relations by a
solemn compact between the States,
and by States which are sovereign 3
! will not obey your summons nor re-
cognize your jurisdiction. You have
no authority and no jurisdiction for
for thus calling ME to account at the
bar of your tribunal, and for thus ar
raigning an institution established by
laws which do not reach you and which
you cannot reach by calling on me to
defend it.
"In short, gentlemen, I will not de-
liver one Of the lectures Of the course
on slavery, at the fremont Temple, in
Boston, on Thursday evening, January
10, 1856; and there will be no Thurs
day evening between the middle of De-
cember and the middle of Nj arch next,
or between that and doomsday, which
will best accommodate Inc for that pur-
pose.
81 give you an immediate answer,
and,at my earliest convenience, indicate
to you that the particular phase of the
subject that | will present is, dclibcr-
atcly: TO FIGHT IF We MUST"
G9- Thus dcposeth the "Orator of
Only, near Onancock," instead of &C
ccpting the opportunity, like the fear
less North Carolinian similarly invited,
and indicating, before Boston tribu-
nal, tho peculiar institution as he
might have done, with credit to himself
and the State which has honorcd him.
A little light from a southern luminary
might dissipate some Of the fogs which
have settled upon the Green mountain
contiguitios. But Mr. Wise is not con-
sistent. With his pen and his heel he
epurns the Boston invitation to lecture
on slavery, while with his "hoad and
heart and all his might" he cspouscs
the cause Of the Young Mems Union
Club Of New York, which is Free Soil
If it is anything at all All will rec
ollcct his afcctionatc embrace Of this
New York fancy Club--his loving cor
respondence with it What arc the
component elements Of the great Union
Club aforesaid? The Richmond E.c-
aminer has taken its dagucrreotypc--
true to naturc-and we give it below
"Umion indeed. Union of excluders
Of slavery and non-interfcrers Of sla,
very, in the same brothcrhood--of oil
and water---of powder and fire. We
have no patience with such unbluslling
knavery. The Democracy Of the Union
will not fuse with Frcesoilism--will not
compromise the Constitution for the
sake Of spoils. They have no Union
clubs, Of Abolitionists and Constitu.
tionalists---no fusion schemes of bar.
gain and corruption---no amalgamatior
Of white blood and black blood. Tho
little Union, fusion.spotls Club had bet
ter disband. 1t has neither brains,
principles, honesty, honor nor manli-
NOES. 1t is neither fish, flesh nor fowl.
We have more respect for outright
Aboltionisn than for men intelligent
enough to resolve Alright, but knaves
and towards enough to vote the other
way; who have professions for the Con-
stitution, but 0otes for its deadly enc
miles,
gGa- In indting so snappish an O.
pistlc to the BostonianS, after hugging
M uu4, motley crcE Of Free Sellers