American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-10-11

rated and followed ont to its bitter end The
majority of the Northern allies OF the Demo.
Gratis, are supposed very likely 10 vote for
Buchanan, because he toiil be a scourpe la the
South. If that be not the argument, then
the argument is unmeaning
Well, il that be the foundation of the ar.
gument, will not gentlemen who appreciate
the force of reasoning, cease to use itl Will
they not give some better reason why Mr..
Flllmofe can get no strength 1.-THE North
Will they not say, "come let us reason to-
! geiher," and say that Mr.. Buchanan better
respects the great fundamental principle Of
the constitution. and not base their argu-
ment on the revolutionary assumption that
l the majority OF the men of the free States are
run mad against the men Of the South 1t
IS very tempting know TO Southern Demo.
Gratis. III the majority of the North are madly
| bent on Furnishing the South, they will pass
| Mr.. Fillmore by, and inflict on il MIR. Blu.
chanan as the more cruel scourge The ar
| gument is good, sir--the fact on which il
rests is not true.
Far different is my estimate of my North
ern brethren. | am not aware of any act of
the North, as they appear upon our statute
| books, or as executed from the Executive
chamber, however wild may have been the
votes occasionally of majority upon this
|
| pressed into their support, which in the
slightest degree has sullied The honor, or in
Jnred The interest ofthe South They have
differed upon industrial questions and decd,
ed them by party tactics they have been
set, one party against the other, in party ma
n9uyre, party triumph, and domination; but
say 'ha:, during the eighty years Of the Re
public there is no portion Of this great land
winch has reason to cast into the teeth Of
either the North or the South that any great
right Of. either section has been tramped
down; any great right of the Constitution
deliberately violated; any fact showing that
madness rules the majority either at the
North or at the South
But there is solemn fact which my Dem
ocra'ic friends admit There is hostiiiiv at
The North. They adroitly point to it at the
South, They rdinty strive 10 place the South
betreen Themselves and the shaft that has al
ready smitten them 10 the earth. There is a
wrath boiling up at the North, bnt il is
wrath which boils against them There is
hostility at the North - but it is hostility
which they have aroused, which has stricken
them down, and wi!l keep them dozen.
! wish to feel the pulse of the North TO-
night. | wish to see whether il be reason
or madness throbbng there-whether it be
the rational wrath of men who, believing
they have been outraged in their dearest
rights, or whether it be the madness Of men
who have flashed into fury causelessly.
Sir, there are series of great facts which
strike us wherever we turn our eyes. In
1859 The present incum bent of the Presden.
tial chair was elevated on The shields of 27
States, and borne to the White House amid
the accamations of an exultant people, re-
JoicIns in the advent of an era of peace
Three suns have run their course, and now
|" He is al supper--not where he eats, but
where he is eaten. A certain convocation
OF polite worms are cen at him. .
| Since ho miscaed the morning star,
Nor man nor icnd hath fallen % far.''
When he assembled the chair Of State, a
great majority of 10 in this House obseaui-
ously awaited his will. The sur had not
thrice run his course ere that majority had
shriveled down to III men. Their place
knows them no more. This side of the
chamber is a charnel house of dead Demo-
Gratis. The few survivors tread mournfully
: as they cross it-as Roman might walk
over Cannae. "The bloody ghost Of the
murdered Wight" still to the eye of the
!, putes the stool with his successor of flesh
and blood, (Mr. Fuller,) and many other
spectres have left untimely graves TO warn
the pale survivors by their fate.
! My honorable friend from South Carolina
was early al the sepulchres of the righteous
in New Hampshire, ,'vainly seeking signs of
the day Of resurrection of the body. But
the snow still lay on the marble-the cro-
Gus of the early spring had not pushed thro'
the frozen sol--and he returned, sadly
chanting
g a cold, deeeitful thing is the snow, -#
Tho tcome on dove-like wing--the false snow:
Ills but rain disguised appears;
And our hopes arc frozen tcars--like the snow -
Indeed, SIR, the resurrection OF the Demo.
cratic party at tho North is all event rot at
all anticipated there. 1t has sunk from view,
like water spilled upon the ground, not to
be gathered again.
A stubborn resolution has been manifest
ed at the North. Since that great day there
has been nothing which shows that my hon
orabic friends on the Democratic side of the
House have majority in one single State
north of Mason and Dixon's line. There is
not one single fact that shows that they can
carry Slate north of Mason and Dixon's
line on national politics even by plurality.
The account of loss and gain stand set-oir
II in Pennsylvania Democrats and Wings
and Americans have combined to elect a
canal commissioner by plurality only, in
Maine Democrats and liquor men have uni
ted and carried local election by plurali-
ty. In New Hampshire and Connecticut the
Americans have carried the local elections
by pluralities. II New Jersey has given a
Democratic majority in local election, CAL
ifornia has come 10 the Americans by great
majority.
The faithful fondly hoped that some OF
those elections indicated a change of tide
They forgot that Falslaff "paried jus, be-
tween twelve and one, e'en Affirming o. tho
tidep II there be any compnpctions Of con.
science forcing them to cry out God God /!
let them beware of those Dame Quiekleys
who, 70 comfort them, bid them not think
OF God, and hope there is no need to trouble
themselves with such thoughts vet; for
when the parting FalstaG SO cried and was
so comfotted, and had more clothes laid on
j his feet The cnnlfofier Dams Onicklv knn,u