Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-10-27

you oanro. discover its pars lido not believe that n
the Of civil war the South can conquer tne NOTE
or the North conquer the South What rear Una,
some military leader will conquer both-that Weareo
aud impoverished by exactons and sckened by carnage
the people will gladly welcome any change which prom
ses exemptions from such evils and give up the niue no
ery that is left them in the hope OF rep0se In any event
Won will sill form part oil the same government-you
will still belong 10 the same country. Ia that respect
your destiny Is fxed The dream OF aSouhern Oonieu,
eracy il the widest vision that troubled the BRAN OF
q moonstruck enthusiastic dream interrupted oy
bloody conflicts with your neighbors, and vile depend
ence on foreign power" ,,,,
"a separatiou into two Confederacies is impossible
ty as long as the Mississippi flows from the North to the
South and civil begun, can have but one Ter
mnaton. In the language of Gen. jackson, tine VIC
tory of the Injured would not secure 70 them the oes
sings Of liberty il would avenge their wrongs but they
would themselves share in the common ruin.
believing this to be the condition 10 which you would
he reduced by intercenue war implore you TO pause
and consider well before you allow yourselves 70 plunge
iato it. Il is easy enough TO talk about laying down our
lives upon the battle field for punctio, and allow ME
10 add In no spirit Of vain boastng that know oil moth
ing which would be easier than carry such resolution
into effect II we had ourselves alone to consder-h
there were no consideration appealing TO our Judgments
or affections but such relate to our personal safety
But Won and are not that condition There are others
for whose well being we are bound to provide. II ira
terna strife does come shall endeavor 10 meet my share
of its dangers and responsibilities firmly as the most
fiery spirit among you will agree to make every PLAIN
battle field and every plantation breastwork ana
when all else has failed will cheerfully lay down my
life upon the last spot that is sacred 10 freedom But
have no love for such scenes and no desire TO become
an actor in them hold il to be the duty OF citizen
TO look well at the consequences, before punging into
revolution either under the influence OF his own passions
or az the dclaon of ambitious leaders. Conceding ms
full right 70 stake his own life the desperate game, 1t
is still certain that be has right TO trhe with the lives
aud happiness Of others. We have ready refuge from
tyranny but in the meantime what ia to become with
tina: portion Of that race whom indebted for so
many lows and to whom are bound by so many ties
What is 10 become of the wife who sheds halo around
your frede these gentle and tender girls VINO are scat
tered like lovely flowers through this assembly-or the
little ones you have left at home in the sweet enjoyment
of eepy They are debarred by nature and the customs
OF society from taking part in the fierce conflicts.
"where life lost or freedom wOn,"
and when we have gone down bloody, though it may
be honoed graves they will remain TO become the VIC
tins or the slaves Of our murderers Am wrong, them
In asking YOU to be certain that some intolerable gev
ance exists for whicE there is other honorable re-
dress before becoming party 20 dsuniony Lay your
hands upon your hearts, and tell me- II YOU can what
that grievance is. What wrong are you suherngE p
What oppression weighs upon your The sun which will
rise tomorrow from behind yonder mountains, in its
Icing Journey will shine upon no land so happy and so
blessed as ours 1t will travel from continent TO con
tnent sometimes in Joy and sometimes in sorow-look
log down upon the chained captive IN one pace-upon
the ordly proprietor another-npon the widows an
gush in another and upon the lovers rapture IN anon
err but nowhere else will its beams be gaddened by the
presence of universal peace OF universal plenty and OF
universal freedom Why then should you wish 10 de-
stroy the government under which and by which, all
this has been secured? What desire can you have 10
substitute for that splendid and glorious picture land
cape whose waters are tears whose vegetation has been
blasted by fire and whose inhabitants have been thinn
ed out by the sword "