Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-11-18
Falstaffs where be found Percy SHetspdf
dead as d inoasc on the field Of battle


John nimbly taking to his legs. Continued
laughter and cheers.) As, long as, the North
was as tame as chicken, the South was as
overbearing as a bulldog. But things have
changed since. The North begins to ua-
dsrsland the policy; 81 vis pacsm para, BEL
luh! in good Apglo-Saxon--to impudent
fellows, show your teeth! and you viii see
the result. (Great cheers.)
the history of the last four years, and
especially that of the Kansas struggle, has
shown the mighty Colonels and Generals of
the South two great things, first, that the
North Can and will unite against the pro-
gress of Slavery, and that some Of the Slave
States are becoming unreliable; and second,
that the Yankee riH fghi! (cheerx.} Aye,
that the descendants OF those, men who
fought in l776 will fight now and again.-
{Applsuse9 And further, thar -thers EisE q
solid column of German and Scandinavian
anti-Slavery men here, who know how to
handle muske., and will fight, too Re-
peated cheers Set them come on; then,
the Dragging cavaliers OF the South. The
Northern roundheads stand just ready for
them. (TbunderIng applause. Calm your
warlike enthusiastically will not come
The first attempt at a fo-cible dissolution
or the Union will show them the madness
Of the undertaking. aud besides this, SIa-
very inspires its devotees HeIthsr with trus
enthusiasm nor with true coursge. They
may and will be brave men. when fighting
for good cause, but Slavery viii strip them
of true moral bravery. They affect to defy
the world in arms, but the silliest fumof Of
slave conspiracy plunges them into the
most ridiculous paroxys OF fear. Swsg-
gering ostentation and paltroonsry. fury
and despair, are often found as close bed
fellows. (Cheers.3 s.-s; 81 {ss si-y.F
What will .he South do, then. after the
success of this policy, do not ssy, Sir,
that the shareholders will at once submit
cheerfully and gracefully. They viii Ger;
tainly give their lungs hearty exercise in
the finest figures of speech. and in the most
brilliant exclamatIons. They will predict
fearful things, although they will no: Be
over nice concerning the tinis wien these
fearful things are going to happen. (Langhi
ter and cheers.) But. AFTER a while thsg
will stop and listen to what The North mar
have to say--a, first disdainfuIly. and wrap
ping themselves up in the majesty or out
ragged dignity, but presently with greater
caImness aud consideration. Suppose, then.
the North was to speak to them as iollovs:
Friends, we love and esteem you as citizens
of common country. As citizens, you enjoy
every right We enjoy, and Whatever legiti:
mate ambition you entertain, thers ID m
open field for it in this our common Rspub-
lie. But, as we claim no privileges for our.
selves, we are unwilling 10 cohcede any to
others. IF you want to curb our heeks iihdef
the yoke of your peculiar notions; if tod
want 10 adapt the laws of the land to tho
sole purpose OF the protection of the slave
holding interest; if you make any pretei-
slons or claim any superiority as aslavehold-
ing aristocracy. you will expose yourselves
10 erievous disappointment There 10 a solid
phaIanx atraycd against the arrogaiions Of
Slavery beyond the limits which the Con-
stitution and history have assigned 10 it,
Now; this is your choice. Either goverh
this Republic with Us, as citizens on per-
fectly equal terms, or, as slavsiiolding
arstocraey, submit to the doom of hopeless
minority. Here is strife and disappoint-
ment, there is peace and prosperity
choose (Cheers.) sTSg e>iaF .ss-g
Do you not think that such words will
make them stop and coDsider-such words.
accompanied, perhaps, by the sullen thunder
of an earthquake beneath their very feett--
They will certainly not abolish slavery at
once. They will not suddenly cast cff that
singular chain of ideas which has. boina
them TO the old order OF things. For do not
forget that interest is with them not the
only, and perhape not even the most power
OF slavery. b. cannot have escaped
you that the slavery question 10 with thems
question of sristocraiic pride, that they look
down upon the plebians Of the North with
a certain cut.emPt, and want to rule the
governments of their States and tie Federal
Government also, not, mere citizens, but
~ shareholders. IL is the pride Of as, sris-
the ambition Of aeaste. Against
these mere arguments Is no available weap-
on. V ain pride and nnbit;cii are fed and
grow upon concessions. and there 10 moth
ing that will disarm them bu, the evident
of their Qualification. When
see their sristocrstie preten-
sions pit down by Hrm maiorities, and when
they can no longer escape the eoHvictioa,
that their aspirations to ruls the country As
: slaveholGers meet with universal contempt,
they will be no more apt 10 listen to the
voice of reason, which, at the same time, il
the voice of their true interest After the
bli ndiug influence of those ruling .passioas
has been paraly ted by irrsSocable events.
then, and not till then, " III The true moral
and economical merits or slavery be fairly
and thoroughly understood IN
the slaveholding States. Discovering thar
they are an isolated au6iiialy in the wide
world, the saveholders will eudeayor to
conform their condition to the spiri, of the
age. Discovering that there are other more
productive and far more honorable sources
Of wealth than lsz;nsss feeding upon slave
labor, they will saosifce old prejudices to -
new spirit oi enterprise, and repeated trials
will produce substitutes for slave labor
where hitherto the latter has been deemed
t' sasf3 tz,ea 70
Whatever deprsvity the system of slavery
may have entsiled upon its dsyotees, the
p ople of the Sosth are neither devoid of
noble impulses nor Of the elements OF com
mon sense Rather than be thriftless are
tocrats, they will endeuvor TO become in
iustrious, wealthy and free, piehians.-