The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-04-05

in the Senate tho other day, the Hon.
Louis II. WlgGlll after completely show
inv up the injustice and impolitic result
Tim, would follow the establishment or
enactment of NJ Johnson's Homestead
Bill, thus alluded to his being Union
man. and the result ola dissolution OF
the Union, Mr.. Wigfall said:
But when ! say that | am q Union
man, | do not mean that ANA consol-
i~lalionist; | do not mean that my happi-
ness depends on our being united to
New England. Tho fact is, that New
England has been rather p nuisance,
GLaughter] We have formed n part
nership, and we have found a very IN.
comfortable partner. The snakes led
n porcupinc once into their place, not
meaning to say that We are the snakes,
or New England the porcnpinc, but
when the porcnpine got in she told the
snakes TO cave if they wantedto do so;
she was very comfortable. Laughter
This Government, rs far as New Eng
land has been concerned, has bccn,a COW
as some one has said, in homely phrase,
with its mouth to the South. We have
been feeding the beast, and New Eng
land has been milking it, and that is our
political history since the Union was
formed. would not have complained
about that, because ! am charitable, and
! like to feed those who are hungry,
Providence did not provide well for
these people; but hey have wa%cd fat,
and are kicking ut their feeder that ~
tie difficulty [Laughtcr,] Providence
macadamizcd tAat country at first, put
ting the stone on top and the soil at the
bottom. They found that it would cost
too much to dig it up in order to plant
it, Hence it was, that by Federal leg
islation, calling it national, they have
been able, without work, TO get rich,
whilst We have been getting poor,
1t is all twaddlc and nonsense to talk
about fighting and b!oodshcd in the
event Of II dissolution Of the Union
What would be the effect Of n dissoIu-
ton? Their spindlcs would cease to
turn; their looms would cease to move,
Their ships would be laid up to rot in
their wharycs when the navigation
laws were repealed, Their operatives
and their sailors, turned out TO starvc,
TO steal, or to burn, would turn upon
them; and when they gathered tOgcth.
or in the town Of Boston, to say what
should be done for their starving tHni-
lies, the Senator from New York who
talks about the 'irrcprcssjblc conflict,
and the other Senator, who seems 50
very happy and contcntcd-thc Scn4tor
from New Hampshire, who has done
all this wrong, and who is passing round
now to see what is going ON, would
have their heads taken OIL close TO them
shoulders; they would be stuck ON poles
and carried around; and some Demo
crat would mount ON q box and say tc
the people, II told you so; | told you
that this irrcprcssibIc conflict was go
ing to produce a d + %olution ofthc Uni
on, and this Union was II blessing to
YOU Every Democrat in the North
would stand by uE. ! believe il, as
believe there Is Il God in Heaven No,
sir, there is nothing for these men to
understand, for they dare not; they arc
not going to coin their hearts, and drop
their blood for d~rachmar; not they;
there is nothing for them to understand,
but that the South is united there's moth
ing for them to understand but that
what the Democrats have told the nor
thcrn people is true, that there is II pos
sibility of II dissolution Of the Union,
to make them turn pal at the prospect.
Sir, that is tho truth, and they know
it. They dare not dissolve this Union.
Their people would starvc if they did.
They know it. But they are going ON
bIindIy, %snpposing that, as one OF the
Senators from Massachusetts Mr.. viii.
tonl said that this was II farce that we
were playing. Farce. 1 tell you, the
day is past when inrcos are played.
The players have reached that point
when il has COS to be farce w tragedy.
] rise here not to make any threats; and
the clock indicates to me that | have
spoken ut least an hour and n half lon
Icr shan intended, but, as | am up,
believe | will continue; for | may just
as well tell the whole story, and ! am
rs much in the humor rs | ever shall be
again. [Ho ONT These people ofthc
North have been mislcd, and those who
have mislcd them do not believe that
We are in earnest, ] should be rccrc-
ant to my duty if | were not to stand
here and say that | do not believe, up
on my conscience and upon my heart,
that II Black Republican an ever be
inauguratcd President Of these United
States. Now cut your Icashcs; turn
loose your terriers, and take in your
lat-kiIIcrs; and five do mt go into
Boston, into winter quarters, before
YOU ever get into Texas, You may
shoot mo.