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side with me-" and let me talk the matter over

aide with me-" and let me talk the matter owe.
| Suppose the North should cgrce TO repeal Ill
their obnoxious legislation, which has for It.
object the obstruction to the execution Of the
Fugitive s!are law, (Which they ought not Ia
hesitate to do, even ifno Union were at etakc,
+ that law as to relieve It Of that obnoxious
feature to which referred In my Lynchbu1g
speech, and thereby odd to, rather than I'M,
pair Its efficiency, aud accompanying that
legislation With q bill declaring It to
be felony Of the highest grade, and
subject to heavy penalties b. fine and
rescuo = slave In custody Of the officers, OF
after he had been restored to his master, and
making the General Government responsible
for the value Of the slave that may be rescued,
and holding II us charge against the State
TINT shalt permit the 1aT to be thus v{olated
within Its territory then suppose, in reference
to the Territories, there should be wisdom and
patriotism enough in both sections of the
country to restore matters to the condition
they occupied prior to 1854, By 1e-estabIishiug
the Missouri Compromise line don't yoll
think, my good friend, you could then be per.
suaded to agree that Ill the Southern States,
out the restoration Of the Missouri line, to re-
min little longer in the Union! although
South Ca1olins might assume that she was
too good, and high-toned, and chfya1ric to re-
main where. Virginia. Kentucky, Tennessee,
Maryland, North Carolina and Missouri would
b proud to stay: And If South Carolina
should be deaf to all renonstEanee, and insist
think she ought to be left to share the tate
she has 20 Unnecessarily courted and pro-
yokeds
All this hare strong hope may be accom-
plished, IT reasonable time is allowed, suitable
spirit is adopted, and = proper course is pur-
,,nI 1,.,&T r ~
system Of bullying md brayn1o that many of
our leading men hare decided passion for
The North and South ars equally brave, and q
brave people, like braye man, will always de-
spise and defy bully, and there has been too
much Of TINT game played on both eides.
believe in the patriotism Of rejecting men
If all parties and Of both sections, and i am
confident In the belief that each viii. In the
"f'lrt that animated our fathers, for the sake
II the Union, surrender much that has been
claimed on both sides, before they pull down
this great temple on their own heads.
u viii not stop to Inquire which section
would suffer most from rupture Of the Union.
f'ecausc do not calculate its value by dollars
and cents; It Il enough for me to know that
time, nor labor, nor money could rriair. But
10 accomplish anything, resson and persuasion
must take tie place of threats and taunts, and
rFiufnatiou and rccrimination. How ali this
IS to be brought about Is another question,
which ! leave to those who are in power to
bring 1t about; but 1 have IN abiding trust
and confidence In the same Good Spirit that
has directed ~, through every trying difficult
~, that the way will be prepared to save the
great, glorious, thricc-blesscd and God-like
work Of our fathers to us, md to our children
and to our chifdren's children.
One thing. my friend, you may be assured
IT that when the necessity ehall arise for Tlr-
mia to take up arms against the government
Of the United States, she will require 10 other
State to set her an example Of What It becomes
her lonur to debut she will neither BE-
hath<sfo on " nor ''dr4Ggcd into' any rebcilious
nr eaSonablc movement By the most spoiled
cllld Of the whole tamily. Virginla made the
Cnion; II is chiefly the work OF the hands Of
her children, and she will adhere to, abide in,
Protect and preserve it, until some strs ucer
ESasons than now exist for its destruction.
One word more. Are We to have State
Convention: hope not, there is no sufficient
reason FOR convention; the pnblic mind is
not in condition for 4 convention 1t Is In
too excited q state for such deliberations Al
!he public Interest demands aud arttul means
lave becn used to make it SO, and the state of
your own mind serves as evidence of that
tact.
Men are not made wiser OF moro tcmperate
from being sent into convention than to any
nther deliberate body, such as Congress or the
legislature; nor have We any reason to sup
pose, when party spirit runs as high as it does
:;ow, that wiser and better men would be &C.
'ected for such place and for such purpose
is Is contemplated; and would you ordinarily
trust, OF do you know anybody who would ~
willing to trust, the existence or disruption Of
i hhs national government to the hands of those
who till either Of these departments. Tha
world was not made IN IN hour; it is not like
y TO be destroyed III day. There is no occa-
sion, then, for such remarkable haslr.
Nobody purposes to lire our dwellings, or
@ae:1l our substance away fru1n us: there is
1'!enty Of time before us-lct us then he M
;:cnt, be wise, be nlode1ate-sivc time for tho
irlssions excited by the late election and the
Genes that now surround us to calm down.
i.tt us act like men, and not like children, aud
.'ose all, let US take time to ascertain 5ac&s,
aud not TO he led away from the path of luty
::ad honor By the ten thousand misrerrcsenta-
lions that are scattered broadcast aver the
country for the purpose Of indanling popular
passion.
1t takes great while to build up govern
'ncllt, and It will require vast deal oil labor.
reflection, foresight, knowledge, wisdom and
experience to form one that will prove II satis-
Iactury substitute for this whirh you propose
10 discard.
Do you feel sure that the state is prepared
It 1noMent's ! notice to bring all these ya.ious
md essential elements to bear upon this sul,-
ret: If you are, 1 am not; and as there is
lees danger to be apprehendel from cautious
elaboration than from lmpeiuous haste, lee
gu to unite with me In urging the people Of |
1rs,lIi1a nut to be in too great hurry to de-
Trey. or hazard the losr Of, what Gil The world
viii never l+ able to give them as:ain.
n1l, respectfully, |
Your obcdient servant and friend,
j. n. Boris.
T"H. B. H., Esq, OF Staunton, Va.