The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-22

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The kntll of this Union has been sounded
and il must 60 down, Il ii has 10 70 down
id . stream Of blood aud in 4 multitude
of human suffering. Applause. Oi
what value my friends, Is this Union Ia
4 you nowg Three thousand Millions 81
property i involved IN this question, and
\ q you say at the ballot-box that South
/ Carolina shall not secede, you put Into. the
sacrifice three thousand millions of your
property Applause. Aye, my friends,
TINT Union Of which so many speak in
terms Of laudation- Its virtues; its spirit,
fits splendor has forever fed. Applause.
/ IL Ii now q dead carcass, striking IN Inc
Enostrils Of the South LCheers. Speak
Eol Union which the South has had All
along to snpport, upon which she has Law,
ished her strength and talent aud treasure
think Of that Unien now striking her
DOWN. Oh, my friends, the llne Of do.
1 markation, broad and deep has been drawn
between the North aud the South. and tia.
line will remain there forever. Cheers.
Like some gigantic rock IN the ocean
which nature, by sudden CONFUSION, has
rent in twain, letting the water pass
i through so between the North aud Souti
/ there rolls and ever will roll an inpassa
4 bic river TO keep in eternal separation The
two hostile and sntagonistic countries
\ EApplause
4 "The future policy Of South Carolina,
Hope to God will be no step backwards.
1 lChecrs.I say tonight, South Carolina
must secede, renewed cheering aud
! South Carolina will secede, fcontinned
cheering. AL honor to the gallant, the
patriotic men who fred from Charleston
the first gun In the revolution. AID.
plause. II she goes out now, every
State throughout the entire South, from
1.-The Potomac TO the Rio Grande. will 40
with her; and the 18th Of November, 1860.
will be renowned in the annals OF reyolu.
ton here, as the Tea Party IN Boston is
renowned in the annals OF the American
revolution. Loud applause. Aye, my
friends, a few weeks more aud You will
see Heating from the Qualifications the en-.
sign that now bears the Palmetto, the
emblem Of Southern COnfederacy. II Ap.
Eplause A thousand hearts WiIlrally TO
its support, and a thousand swords will
leap from their scabbards, resolved to
make i their winding-sheet oEe it shall
trail in dishonor in the dust. Loud mp
plause. l ask you, fellow-citizens, are
you afraid of the consequences Of seces-
sionf Loud cries Of emo, and applause. 1
The followers who IRE unwilling to make
some sacrifices for the preservation or
Their freedom, are unworthy Of the name
lof people, Applause. .. Il
| Speeches similar in tone, were made BY
others. During the evening Mr.. Gaillartl
displayed a large and very beautiful
wreath, which had been received BY the
President Of the meeting, Mayor Mae
beth, with the following note:
A mother and daughter send wreath
70 the mass meeting Of tonight. Whit
tile mother offers four Sons, living in the
State, to its seryice--the daughter earn,
testify. wishes for the ultimate success Of
separate State action. -, ). 4. +. "a. !:
-" Nov. Is, 1860. -. - To-. y. f..
In this crisis, the people arc decidedly
IN advance Of the politicians--the country
| Is in advance Of the town. 1t will not do
to represent the present movements "a
the mere bubbles blown by. tlemaGogues
or artful political leaders. :. Those who
have usually occupied the position Of
Headers must now be content to follow a
sentiment which appears to move faster
than they do. Such a feeling as IS now
abroad Is wholly without parallel. Its
peculiarly is in its Observation-Disclosures.
! if we may SO say, There IS no desire for
mere talk. That is felt to be supefiluous.
The people are in earnest. There is no
thing said to either arouse or intimidate
tbs opposing and hostile section. The
South is thinking and preparing to act
wholly for herself.
The growth Of this feeling, or rather Of
the manifestation Of this feeling, in North
Carolina, is something marvellous. With.
! u the last two weeks it appears to have
Esprung forth spontaneously. Relieved Of
the traninlels of federal politics, by the
telose Of the electioneering canvass aud the
success Of Lincoln, men meet upon com
mon platform whe had heretofore stood
aloof Party lines seem to have lost their
power of separating citizens on this issue
F. Wilmington n. o. Journal 4 4
| Those who c0nstrue the Constitution as
fOrbidding secession must admit that, on
the score of silence, it also forbids coer
cion. If there is no clause in the Consti
tuition which provides for the withdrawal
Of a State from the confederacy, we should
/. like to see that clause in the Constitution
4 which makes provision for bringing her
back into the Union when she withdrawS
lIf The words are not there, must implica,
ton govern in the one case and not ID the
others Bnt let us grant, for the moment,
that secession isnot q constitutional; but q
revolutionary right, it must rest on some
moral ground IL for sufficient cause q
people may rightfnlly change their form OIL
government their prevention to do so is q
moral wrong. This would be true in its
duplication to consolidated government
| How much more applicable to . confede.
rated government, in which the mass OF
aggregate Of powers reserved are much
larger, and of equal, if net superior i'm,
lportance; to those Adelegatedl In what.
ever aspect, therefore, the subject is view.
ed, secession, or the right to withdraw
\ from q political compact, without the ap
EplieAtion of force to prevent 1t, and for
sufficient cause, is one that rests on moral,
If not constitutional foundations. Giving