Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-01
Extract from corwrn's Great speech


great effort in the House:
While citing the decision of tue Supreme,
| Cont, he was told that the Court had
clNngedi yes, said he, hen IT came TO inc
Abrahanic pass it forked off He said
the Iirc-eatcrs bad attempted To be witty
over the singing of the Marscillcs LYNN
by n bamtl of Yankees, ut II Republican
meeting in Ohio, on account OF the nasal
twung'' of the singers. lie supposed mat
Prince Rupert and mis- chivalric army did
: not ike the Esnasa1 twang' of CromwcIFS
/ troops. when they fell upon them shouting
that startIin" aud thrilling hattie-cry OF
isiCiod and tue sword of Gidcon,' rSpc-
eiaIIv when they were being swept away
bv The stalw.trt blows of those brave en-
tiIusinsts Nor would the seCcssionists
like the .uasal twangH of the Mortimer,
I when they should rally their hosts TO Pre-
| vent IL rtifssulution of 1.-THE Union, and pun
/ ish the traitors. But they must prepare
/ for that unpleasant ''tNaug, il thcyrais-
seila their ruthless. hands against the Con-
EfederGcv. He believed that tue Union
iwould stand. and that; when time had
grown gray and walked upon tho crutche6
] of eternity; this giOrious Republic would
shavc asfnundatiou in tllr hearts OF genera
4tions5 then aiiye.c as firm and lasting as
! eternity itsclf. If the Republicans are
traitors for advocating the doctrines tanght
4-Ly- the Fathers, and deserved hanging,
then these valur0us seccssiunistS mightas
we'll snatch from that sacred sarcophaGnS
i--uow in the keeping of American women
-=stlIe mOuldcring remains OF Washington
and scatter them upon the hanks al. Inc
| Potomac. and place upon the Eihhct the
i-blenchcG bones of Jefferson, for such trea-
sonablc teachings.
The declaration and pretcnse of the dis
uuionists that Il State is the sole Judge OF
hts own grievances, as to the time anu
measure of redress, is palpahle MISTAKE.
| There is no such power in any State. inc
whole doctrine of secession is an absurdl-
\ tv. The idea of peaCeHbe dissolution
I, of the Union is n delusiye one which we
wonder any man can entertain. No sec
| tiun of country can control the future OF
i this great Coniederacv. Who dare at
| tempt to wall mp the highway through the
| Atlantic States, and prevent the great
West and Northwest from approaching
the Atlantic through those States, or from
| navigating the great rivers cmptylng INTO
the Gulf of Mexico and the St. Lawrence!
The millions destined to occupy that great
region will keep these avenues open ana
8! fcarfully punish any one or more states
that venture to close them. If the North,
prosperous and strong a it is, may not do
| this. certainly the puny South, with can
ker OH its bosom. which is eating out its
vitality, aud an institution in its midst
which is paralyZing its power, cannot do
it. Therefore, it will not be done by any
one. .a
! The right of rebellion or revolution be-
longs alike to State and an individual,
but it is Il crime of such magnitude that
he who resorts to it would he hung so
much higher than Haman, that the bare
thought of his altitude would make pos
teritv dizzy. Secession is treason, and it
would be punished accordingly. If there
ever is n dissolution of this Union, the
North will do it. The people of the North,
not n few of them, now fear this calamity.
They say that the outrages heaped upon
their brethren who visit the Southern
States is arousing IN uncomfortable indIE-
nation, which will burst forth into de-
l.vouring flame, if Il few more such instances
of insoIent cruelty occur. If the popular
feeling be not appcased by proper conccs-
sions--if unotIending men, guiltlcSs OF any
crime, save that of prefcrring freedom to
slavery, are to be whipped imprisoned
and ruthlessly banished from Southern
States-if the Government is to be admin
istered solely for the benefit of slaNchold-
ers-thcn the day is not far distant when
| the descendants of those who conceived
the system of enlightenment and defend
ed it at Lundy's Lane and Yorktown, will
rise in their might and sweep these petty
tvrants from the land. Then the Ter
ritorics of the. great Northwest will
be ours. So too will the Mississippi
and the Islands Mt the mouth, and Il
broad belt on each side OF this majestic
stream. Scarcely Il Northcrner goes to
the South without being abused and in
suited Instead of being received colIr-
Il F1l n il
teathered or whipped with tt cat-O'-nine
tails. IT these wanton insults and gross
indignitiGs are not hGaped OH Northern
men for the purpose of showing in what
utter conteupt the South holds them and
to provoke them to retaliate, what are they
done for2 Surely these men ought to
know that communities as well as indi-
Viduals have limits of endurance and
bounds to patience, and that although no
one can tell at what repetition of these
ignominies the forhearance of the North
will be exhausted, or when the reac tion
will take place, yet there is danger that
such calamity may happen. If matters
should be pressed TO the extremity, and
neccssityyfor a division OF the Union be
determined upon, the North viii consent
to no'partition which does not correspond
with IS present preponderancc in popula-
ton and future greatness. Theirs must
be the vacant lands, theirs the great rlv-
crs, theirs the estuaries of the continent.
Tie hard, populous North mighty in re-
sources, prolific in men, with no internal
weakness, can command her share of her
birthright. Then there will be an end to
compromises--an end to negotiations.
Then might will make right, and the South
will be surrounded with an atmosphere
of Freedom which it must breathe or die
while Slavery will be 'enclosed in wall
of fire, within which, like the tabled scor-
tpion, it will sting itself TO death
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