Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-03-15
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/ III.
lie Is master OF the art and words for tb t,'t.
aud suggestive AID not their obvious yni6,i pfse.
! has sought here oiore TO draw odum on ,ho q , Ne
Shareholders as arisiOcras' and a. og,,.h s'len
now plnders to popular prejudice BY calling tbo . lie
holding Staes eapital Sia,es"-and slaves - .liie
while The Northern States he terms the -
and free Sates.' But his evil eye 4 still grsd
South His forked tongue has but aggravated - we
sfed the war, and his cry still il slavery mus,
! shed He makes the issue up boldly and uo ."
with defiance The North may sustain him
the United States-neyer viii this unb,n'.t
ambition be grniifed? viii he get the ro' 'sd
thus boldly plays forY believe not, sir r., a e
shall get it, he will not hold It long, Never sr r
The man that has proclaimed himself eIerp,,
higher law" from obedience to the Cons,ltiop 81
country, can be permitted to administer The 'A
eminent that reposes on that Constitution Tbs ~
whose whole life has been a plot and conspira,v -
vert the guarantees Of the rights the safety and
of whole section Of the Union never be
execute them The man that has proclaimed An 90
pressble conAic. between him and me- betWcc, A.
and NINE shall he not have il? us
| 60 rot object TO Northern men, as SUCH attaipr .
Presidency or the possession Of power and would
tain them them as fully and as fairly as | would Sor,
men-where they recognized their duty aud feay "a a.
Constitution Bui should any merely sectional l.etio,
obtain possession of the general government sbil @
God in his mercy avert deny the binding obie,tioa
the federal CON pact, and carry out in act war shs,
opene ed disguised upon the Institutions peace G.
OF whole section OF the Union the Revolution vii la
have been naug lrated. A government which ps,r,,J
self on the ruins of broken Constitution is Rryolu
To oyerturn il would be to cite the language rs well
views of Edmond Burke in reference TO the erpuso, e.
power OF James H., mot TO make but TO prevent -
luton" lie said that James seeking TO stbys,, -
Constituent elements, of the Government aud ia, -
overthrow was he restoration OF the COnstituoo D.
pabe and avOwed violence done to a written C,,.r,
ton were far stronger and palmer case Such .t,,.
of things must and should, beInet With resistance CON-
how il might know not. But | feel in that lo,. -
| liberty and hatred of oppression that throb IN n.
general heart of the American people, that nv
| il ought and come it would. In such an es,reaI,
the remedy still should not be secession Resort should
not be 10 retrea 1t would be no time for the frepdS
the Union aud Constitution, North or South to abnio
them or desert turn their backs on one anotla,
The appeal should then be, and would be- 10 bs
arbitramcnt of force, and of the God Of Bs,tles
That battle shOeld be fought not OH the line OF Mi
and South but the line of the Constitution Il ,hor
be fought on the steps of the Capolat the ors Of ia
Treasury-n the Constitutional Castle of Consitui)n
President-atte seat OF the Cons itutolal Cove nm NJ.
10y the friends ~ the Constitution, North aud So.ib
against all who its enemles-bY the army aud layy
of the United States proud Of the title exch,rgs
it for that of the and navy OF the North or OF he
South-under The g of the Uuior-lnd in the streets of
that city, whose name and monuments shat make defeat
impossible to men fighting in the OF Constitution,
Liberty against governmental oppression.
But Mr. Speaker this j. a spectacle which will never
trust be e1hibited-the necessity for which will never m
in our day he bloody Eruption of John Brosn ma
ed in my opinion epoch in the relations between
the North and the South IL has shown, have h0Dg g
thousands what sort of feast il which they were
uvited-to what fearful gulf il was TO the very edged
which they had been betrayed-and numbers, am salts.
fed reco from! the prospect IL has. at least lm a
sfed, killed Scwardism. which is treasonit has killed
Heperism which is midnight murder hope il hi, 20
less broken the back of Black RcpubIcanism-Shch b
sectional outrage and injustice. am not unnindla oits
long deep howl OF lamentation over the mlryral
murderer BIT, | could detect in Il, too, tloughf
the retreang growl of defeated hopes-the ags
of disappointed malice. | do not view lightly Or
without cern amount OF apprehension, tue poserola
enraged and iabid press-Or the insidOus teachings
the schoosdr the eloquent rawlings OF the pupi-orAs
influence Of incendary publcatons-or uHtern.e DE
ability and numbers Of the ant:-SaveTy Repreeua,s,
at this time in Northern Legislatures and in both Houses
of Congress Il IS powerful array Of hostile et
mens which would be alike dangerous, and unEise ioa
tempt to underrate. But we hear, Tor the Ts, tine
an aroused and patriotic Press the North battling fr
the Constitutional rights Of the Sou,h-we hlyes lori
for their Emerson who is hi, master also in the schoOO
social Philosophy-wc have Be,hunes for their Bechn
who are WELDING the power oil the pulpit for TIE iHi
time in rebuc OF treason and dsoyalty-aId We have
gallant rbuues of the people, al length, and hope nOi
too late all the NOcth Gushing and Everett Hun.
and OConnCr, l,apiug into the tostrum, and ralygg
Aud then, sir, what these omiuou, sounds lLsi
reach us from the free-aborng North; These strikCa
the labourer the money chests OF his employer Ihsy
come to my ear not unwelcOme. Say what theJ may
it is in part the reduced demand the reluctance 10 buy
of the South from the North that has reduced wages
there and kindleG the rising discontent' hope m
not insensble TO any form Of human suffering. Idoyn
plthze with the cry Of these victims and dupes for JUS
tce against those vino have caused their trouble, and
hope they may get it where withheld But while ias
feel for their distresses in personal sensein political
rejoice in these notes of discord-iOr think ler
in them the true music OF the Union. The North, los,
will perhaps look NOR e at bone.
These Northern regulators and reformers have turned
their eyes top long the slave labor Of the South 10
meorate its ideal sufferng soohe its imaginary woes
aud TO emancipae it from letters that DO not gall 1t
them look at Aoae Like the philosopher, ShO bis EYES
fixed on the motion of the distant stars umbled bead
long into WELL these Northern regulators fastening
their gaze affairs find themselves Of sudden on
the edge of fearful abyss opening vide to de'ouf
them" Let NeH look at home. Northern free labor
making the discovery at last that in truth it IN IN
tolerable servitlde TO Northern capital aud Is n'ng
frantic from It's expressions to break il; chains o9e
the heads OF It's oppressors" let them look at hone -
recall the sooth-sayers warning Lochie-eHd con-
mend it to their medations:
"say rushed the bold eagle e1uitngiy forth.
From bis home 10 the dark rolling cloud. Of The North
Al home let him speed for the spoil i nigh.
Why flames the far summit? Why oct to the blast
Tnose cnber. Ike stars froni the firm trnen. cast
IT'S thr hresh1wer Of ruin. all fsarfuly driven,
From rs erie that beAeons the red wrath u Heavea
/ say again, Let them look at boanel
All Is not lost at least with powerful friends and ftu
encers like these first actively work the North
operating in unison with united South and we may hoTe
at least if we not authorized to count hDsl vie
tory-vctory for indicated Constitution and re-
treved Union-the stars of flag undimmed in their
lustre and uudminshed in their numbers, still shining
over an unabridged territory, and united people,
OUR LINE or DUTY
But sir, it. unhappiY these hopes shall not be realized
If mutual arrangement and uncubed spirit OF re-
beion against good faith shall still extend, thft We
cannot connGe one people, let the Union still be pre-
served and maintained by those who are true 3 IT, and
be forfeited aud lost to those who false TO Le Ibe
who content with the Union established by our "a
theirs, and have fulfilled their obligations never desert
il, or suffer themselves to be driven from it, Let iho
who are not content with it esablished-who Eoi1
interpolae in the text OF the constitution bgheraW-
who would nuy its provisions and violate It's sanctions
leave it, or be driven ont of IT, Let those who keep ne
compact of the Union, enjoy the Union Of the cOupac
and not those who violate the compact. | have DO f
or belief that line drawn that principle wiI be Ma
sons and Drons. No sir the States that might be ca
OFF by an issue made up il would be probably ie~h
The most remote IT, indeed any, But those at lea, ilH
border on US, and believe al! the middle States New
Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania New York Ohio lnia"
Illinois with California and Oregon besides am eonhafI
will all decide 10 share the destines OF the SOUTH sn1
abide with us in the constitutional Union framed Nv on
fathers Aud tue recusant States if recusant they lOl'
still prove might fEaernize with their mpabizng nshI
OF Cinada-Or perhaps under the auspices OF Exeter hA
procaiming the eiete and fed philosophy OF BIolSliu
and Thomson be condescendingly received back a. w.
iege subjects of the Abolition Freesoi Queen OF the B
sh Isles and might be compensated for the loss OF se'ne
their President, by having graciousy sent TO them w
Duchess of Sutherland for their Vice Roy.
Bat while thus indulge the hope that the Union -
be preserved entire and peace and our ancient hamol