Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-12-30

that the people OF the Nortl, as
BODY, are hostile to them, do it for
the purpose of factious mischief-a
mischief that will have a wider range,
and be attended by far more perni-
cious consequences, than they, in their
short-sighted folly, imagine.
Mr.. Clerk, God forbid that /, as
the Representative of a conservative
constituency, should have any part in
embroiling different sections OF the
country, or in misrepresenting one
section of the country to tho other,
for mere political purposes and parti-
san aims. 1t is impossible for the
people of the North and Of the south
to live together in amily and concord
so long as the actions of individuals,
or the actions of small bodies, are ta-
ken as indices of dominant sentiment
in those sections. Sir, the constltu-
ency III part represent has no SYM
pathy with John Brown, or for those
who melted him, directly or indirect
", to his mad crusade in Virginia.
The people of the city Of Philadel-
phia, where the Hall Of Independence
still remains, cherish deeply the feel
ings and motives that led our ances-
tors to the Declaration Of lndepen-
dcncc, and the Union which sprang
from it. They are animated by the
sacred associations of that Hall, and
they know that that Union can exist
only so long as North and South and
all sections respect their respective
reserved rights. We Of the North
insist that we are not to be made a
PARTICEPs CRlMINIs in these transac-
tons. We insist that it is a false
and unwarranted charge. Yes, sir
it is libel, it is unjnst, and it is a
calumny, TO hold the whole body of
the Northern people responsible for
the acts of the leader Of a band Of
madmcn. Was the whole South, Mr..
Clerk, held responsible when the Leg
islaturc Of South Carolina passed an
ordinance deliberately multiplying the
laws Of the United States? Did we
identify the whole South with the
people of South Carolina, or with the
multiplying party in south Carolina,
which was in favor Of armed rcsis-
tancc to the laws Of the United States?
No, sir :; We heard from the loyal
states Of North Carolina, Tennessee,
and others, indignant protestations
against the South being criminated
i'll the action Of South Carolina.
When the President of the United
States issued his celebrated Proclama-
ton against the nullitying resolutions
Of South Carolina, he met with re-
sponse, not from the North alone, but
from the East and West, and all the
loyal men of the South And the sc-
ccsslon recommendation of the Nash
Vile Convention Of 1870, fell power
less upon the hearts of the loyal pco-
pie of the South. We never believed
that the whole people Of the South
were ripe for these sectional schemes
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and separation of
the Union. Nor do | believe that
any considerable portion of them now,
through the agency of secret socie-
ties, can be welded together to form
a deliberate plan for the establish /
mcnt of a southern slaveholding con-
tedcracy, and q dissolution Of the
| mon for that purpose. You might
as we'll expect the people Of the North
TO identify the whole people Of the
South with the re-opening of the slave
trade. You might as well expect Us
TO believe that everybody there is in
favor Of the revival of that accurscd
traffic, because certain leading public
men and presses advocate it. On the
contrary, we know that one, at least,
Of the members Of the present Cabi-
net, and that some of the chief states
men Of the South are arrayed against
it, and we know that all truly humane
and Christian men there abhor this ,
infamous scheme. :
Then why, gentlemen OF the South,
why, when we refuse to involve You
in these general charges and odious
suspicious as an entire people, do you
persist in this war of elimination and
Misrepresentation against the North,
when you can not really believe in
your hearts that the whole people of
that part Of the country entertain un-
constitutional designs against the
South ? No, sir for one | am for
the Union | am for peace lam for
aw and never until the last moment
'hall despair Of making this glori-
1us Union, and the Constitution de-
pendent upon it, perpetual. l hope
We may be able to live together like
| band Of brothers but, sir, we new
II can, so long as gentlemen come in
o this Hall and insist upon a course
If misrepresentation, and upon in
'olvlng innocent people in the acts
If criminal few.
In the name of my constituents of
Philadelphia, at least, and Of the pa
riotic State Of Pennsylvania, | pro-
est against the assaults upon our
haracler as a law-obscrving and con-
titutionally loyal people. There is
lot city or State that is more ready