Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-02-04
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some Happy Remarks.

Some Happy Remarks.
AT the Louisville banquet, Mr.. Payne, of
Tenn, in responding to toast, thus spoke
of the Union:
Sir, never yet contemplated dissolu-
tion of this Union. l never could look it
in the face. l am /. Southern man, with
all the impulses of my own glorious South
TCheers.7 / am a Southerner, born under
a Southern sky, where have been reared;
there lie the bones of my ancestors, and
trust there will be the graves of my most
distant rosterity. Immense applause. J.
But while I say this, am citizen of the
United States. Increased cheering, and
cries of ''thNt's good."l 1t is my country
from the most distant corner of Maine to
the Rio Grandc, from the copes of the Old
Dominion to the gold covered fields of
California. [Checrs.l
Talk to me about destroying this Union
of ours! Where, sir, is the foul hand that
would weave shrnud with which to en-
wrap American freedom and American
union, and place it away in the urn of OBJ
livion and torgetIulness! Where is the
hand that would apply the torch to this
glorious temple erected by our Eorcfath-
ers, consccrated by their prayers, and in
which we the children are all permitted to
live? Is there tr,litor soul in the limi: of
our voice that would thus project such
calamity as this? Will the assembled rep
rescntativcs of Tennessee and the Senntcs
and Houses of Representatives assembled
from ether States answer me if there is
any man in our States who would desire
the destruction of the Union? [Crie5 Of
sino, 10, no."1 If there be one to he found
may there he garland of scorpions wove
for his brow! [Cheers.l May his name
b: "lilc1 10 eternal MANY, ana !lG curses
ct PosterIty oc heSPed upon ms he"d!--
LTremehdnns cheering. ohalI give ~
up: on' hestncky ana Ien"eSse' ,!I 6 give II
mp! jCries OF mo, no, no. tcI you,
st"no on middle ground OF mo dIsunlon'
ana swear ny tue Gou thnt crc"'co us ny
the God OF our fathers, that You cannot,
that so" viii not give II up lGneers'
Now, sir, VIC have been looking at one
much. Some at tue north thinK because
we love nlEgers we MAKE Ghrlsttnas PIES
OF them. L"Hghtcr.J we Ut tne south
often nave as queer notiohs "oout our
Northern brethren. nh"t ought we 90
why, throw down our war-cIGOs ana be-
have ourselves. IL"ughter.l Let those
who arc warning recoIlect G'e example oI
the Father OF his Country. Mhen ana
ever an unkind word escape MS ups to-
wards any section OF this great Union
1t IS true, we nave lost our politlcAl moses,
but the lessons ne taught us are sun on
record for our prom, ana let US cherlSh
them. Lei US not night about mere words
or talk about one another unkinu'y We
onght to be IN closer proximity OF ieellng'
J on are bone OF our none ana heSn oil our
hesh, "t common l'niiIS' win common
country inheritance IN common, war IN
cnmmon' anu Gommo" ltoeFty ana c"h-
stitutlon' LNpr'"uSe'
sala, SIR; when he'ru we we were M
Vated ''.t 10 OoiumDus, IN tne 9t|'e -. ol om'o'
mere Is tue PI"Ce l "t"t :" 20 III:
/ lCheers'I NentucKy Is our closesL he'gh,
nor; we can see hooic nncNeyes lOneers:
want TO stan" "s ocut'efheI: anu @ t'lA
10 the1s as an <Anler!cNh e,t'Een' I"'-
PI"useiJ 10 S!t IN ceunc" togc'neE M Nmu re-
new our P1llt'caI !aIIn' % ooMlnE "Eo'.'.u "
common hltSr' IeINi"G mutual prayer 70
up 70 tne sco OIL our n; iI''t'.tsS 70 pLo:sc' '"'S
glorious Union. nepeatca cheeFs.I
Is there an !natslueai ~, IA. acre %"o oe!!eEeS
this Union WILL III, OG olSSo:Tea: ~, S!ies o,
"MeVer! ncyerE now WIN yon alVide u
Where will you negtn! VINO VIII nave
the Terrltorles tnat are rapidly SprhGing
into states, the great rivers that pour
through u! the continent Mhat s Moula you
&c Wlth virginia Woula NOT HKe 10 part
win fehhsyNanm: ~ Is Tue olu NeysVou'
states II contains tue "''i OF our r, inutpe""-
ence; ~ was tnete american tloe[tS was
oorh' tnere Tue Anletlc"h I s"sie VIZ -,e Is
let loose from its cage, ana there ~ TOOK
ITS hlghest nlght ana screamed IT'S htguesS
notes OF e1ultatIom, I'M nnVe properly N
independence nan! tNheeEs.l c"nucS '.S
MASSACHUSETTS,. even.