Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-09
From the Cincinnati Gazette. Aug. z. !
MIR BITRI SpEFpu


trojnced to the audience He was greeted with
the widest applause.
lie thanked the audience for their nattrring
reception but snid lac knew we'll it was no perso.
nal trumph-no tribute 10 me as II man. but n
Rh'h ct enthusiasm for that Rreat anscnnd those
srcnt principles which should survive when nlI
mon arc in the dust we have assembled here
because tho meanest tyranny Tint ever rod ON
tie necks Of men in nll the ages Of the world has
token possession Of the Government aud because
Yoa desire to bring hnck the Government nearer
IL That purity and perfection with which il came
from the hands of our fathers. He then stated
HE origin OF negro slnvery--of its Introduction
hero aud Of the intentions Of the frumers of or
Government with regard to il. Madison would
not consent 10 faint the Constitution with the
word "slove' through that accident by winch it
had representation IL became political power
md fell into the hands Of the fcw-niu those Of
5000 voters
The very same year tho pilgrims landed nj
plymouth, the first slaves were imported iuto
ltginia, and the two systems, freedom aud sIa.
very, have travelled westward, extending them
selves ever since. He then contrastcd most clo-
qnently the progress Of freedom towards the set
ing son-of the intelligence and improvement
md enterprise TINT Ind followed in IL pnth, aud
1t the DISSOLUTION aud wretchedness lett by
slavery IN its blnekenng course. Fisher Ames
had said Tint it seemed i. liberty was AWAY
believed by M assassin and the as-as sin here was
slavery
The North had furnished no litilo power 10
sustain slavery. She had s-nt South peddlurs
ef clocks aud peddlnrs of principles She fur
nisbei the brnlu Nancy aud cu~iingi IN tho
present cabinet TINT was striking down the lives
and liberties of our citizens in ktnsas, hut not
wlthstandng NIL TIM acces-ion- the South is CON
inpnllY receiving from the North, yet whiin the
North - growing richer aud richer, the Sauth il
growing poorer and poorer
Tho south Is now ns poor Us Il half starved
fAt-tG" fences Of old Nirginn arr tumbling
down. her church ftrps were ovcrgrown with
moss, her school houses without windows or
chimney, aud her fields thrown open as tired
l1ud grown over with the mullen aud the thistle.
They made no book therr were more books
Published in tn old Fnnruil Hall district Mr..
II district ihnn in nll the South pnt iogehrr
1rt. Notwithstanding the poverty If the South,
Air. irrckenrdge-n clergyman oao of
idnso polite Il cieIgymrn WIN iuictirre in seen
l'rmatt' o. no long hter preaebiug not
ponce lnt horrible hloody wnr. had threatened
Thai the South would hurl upon The north ra
lion of mon.
South Garulna with MI her boa>finp. ind not
bran ahlc during the war let nlono whipping the
British r. defend herself from her own to,ies,
aud was throughout the war, in constant fear of
lcr. lugrs.
England. in the last war, had been too shrewd
To attack the North- she sought the must vul
ucrahle points IN the country, she assaulted the
hnd ol the chiyary ,he went 10 tho Capital ni
The Nation through thai southern land III demi-
eoas and what did the chiynlry do when the
British cmncl Why they ran. Laughter -
raH, becnasr thry said tArv were afraid their ne.
lrers would Use behind thcm
Why, The South couldn't raise Qn army chest
TINT would supply any respectable number OF
troops for six weeks-their hrg"st property had
lcgs-it was running property. suppose they
were engaged IN war; how much money could
they ral'e for its support in the markets of the
world on this slave stock Aud then their sol
d.ers the million Of mon that breckenridge
threatened rs with--wherc wero they f. come
lrem aud what kind Of men were they' They
had Generals and G"'ond- enough for every
man IN the South was one ~ the ohrr-but sup
! pose they shoud collect their men-thr ~and-
nillrrs and clay eaters of South Carolina and try
10 get them in lne-for many Of tben didn't
! know what a s,raight lne was, what would they
"yail-tho~r stupid men, made stupid hv the
-Ystcm of slavery, ar inst the men Of the North
Even in physical conflict it was brain that deci
| dcd the battle
The South could not manufacture a pistol T.,
/ shoot, or a knife To- stahns. Why even the multi
/ deation buttons they wore in South Carolina they
bought in Connecticut
A voice Ia the Nd cried ont They can't
make anything Int cnnes."
The speaker replied 10 ,his, that they could not
i makeevcn canes; for gutta prrcha was invented
/ lay Yankee in Connecticut. and the canes were
j manufactured there now, Laughter and cheers
The South could not ha.ll fort or even a
| house without first sedacin2 some Northern me
/ chanic II 90 down thereand work among their
! negroes. They could not make vessel, ITO
! walk the waters ike u thing of life" and more
than all, they couldn't make the Yankee sailor,
10 man them. Cheers.
The cannon they had in South Carolina which
were to hel"h forth fire and death on an, body who
clme within Thousand miles of them Ilaughterl
were made by the Yankees.
These were the men who were threatening TO
walk NJ 10 30 deg BOO with their eotlins ON their
haeks-a very ncedlul precaution. Here the
speaker gave avery amusing account Of their
coffin exercise.
lie Ind spoken Of the weakness Of slavery--he
would NOW speak of its power. Tho only power
tpossessed was political; the owner Off five slaves
had four votes. True, he did act east them him
>elt-it would he far better it be did for il was
now kind Of vagabond power
lie then spoke of the mi SCRABBLE condition of the
non Shareholders in the slave States;noneo 81 them
were ever elevated to olce.hut were So oppress
ID and degraded that eyrn tie slave looked with
contempt upon the pnor white trash that had no
maS,a; but ,hat was mistake; they had mas
ter-,laye holders governed them;a crueLunlity.
ing and unfolding master that ground them to
the very dust rendering their condition pitahle
even Ia the slave.
lie fhcn spoke Of Massachusetts aud her sons.
aud IL Udrd 10 thu da>turdlv treatment the uohc>t
# them had received from South Carona-Sum
uor. Webster and Judge lloar. The last, yen
"lAhla Id man, went ~ South Carolina 10 Ivy "A
ttg'd cause and woa'd have heen murdered bur
lor his noble New England daughter.
liz next alluded 10 the treatment by thu South
4 Il Northern men IN Kansas, and asked ,,wArrc