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when unnecessary and shrink from it when nc
ccssa.y.
Ar. Wigfall said he corrected that statement
the other day.
Mr.. johnson said it WAS corrected WRONG
then.
Mr. Wl=fall said If the Senator chose to Der
vert facts he could not help It.
&Alr- johnson objected to this interrun-
tion. Is 1t reason for Disunion because cur
man was not clectcls II Breckinridge was
elected nobody wanted to break the Union,
but Lincoln is elected mud now they say they
thy will break tho Union. He said
10. What was there to fear: Lincoln was 4
minority President Let South Carolina send
her Senators back, aud Lincoln cannot evcn
make Cabinet without the consent OF tho
senate Was he such n coward Us to retreat
when it was evident they had the power.
" as he TO be SO cowardly as to desert the no.
ne band at the North who had stood by the
south on principle, yet for a Temporary defeat
Inrn Their backs on them and leave them to
he1c fate: Nothing WIS necessary hut to
stand to your posts like men In four years
time Lincoln and his party will both 70 ont Of
power. Whist reason, then, Is there for desert
Ing s,d the Gessn'ncnt ssaa he believed that they
He cntreated and begged Of all parties
TO come forward in spirit Of brotherly
love md stand around the altar of their COM
mon country-lay the Constitution upon it,
and swear the Constitution shall be maintain.
ed and the Union preserved, though perhaps
better preserve tho Union 10 Keep The Nor h
to quarrel with rather than TO quarrel among
themselves. lie referred to remark Of Nj,
King relative to Mr.. Houston, as showing
want of harmony. He appealed to the South
70 pause and consider before rapidly going TOO
far. lie appealed to the North to come for
ward with Cancellation and concession, THIS
Congress has power to-day 10 arrest secession
aud snye the Union. viii You do that
or desert sinking ship? For ono I would
stand up supporting tho editiee as long as hu-
man effort lasts. He concluded with = strong
ME. Pugh obtained the floor md yielded it
to Mr. Lanc- :
Mr.. Lane said there was ono thing the old
Dem ocracy would not do; they would not
march under the bloody banner Of the sena-
tor from tennessee, totEample South Carolina
under foot, but they would lind them ready to
meet them there, and zepel his bloody band,
aud say they should not subjugatc gallant
State struggling for rights denied It In the
Union. lApplause in the gailcrics.1 Nr.
Lincoln Lincoln va T. elected simply in eonte-
re,n quense, Of MI his sa bate to 1he South Is #
Eerved notice on tho North that It could not
carry united North to invade gallant State,
fighting for Its rights. lie knew something
OF Northern people He knew they would not
march with the Senator In his bloody march.
QE G4i4uCA A4AI washington WIS EecEdef
when he went to Philadelphia and left The Con.
fedaracy. He said tho whisky insurrection
WINS not to be compared with tho action Of a
sovereign State. He wonld never draw his
sword TO coerce States that contemplate ac-
ton. Read Ltncoln's speeches. They show
Hatred Of the South. Who Is sfool-hardy enough
to undertake to collect revenues Of South
Carolina when ont Of the Union? Such man
Is the worst madman in the world, and would
deluee the country in blood. He would say 10
such coward, Sir, you meet your humble
servant, and walk over his body" (Applauso
ries.1 lie argued that the doctrine Of the
equality Of the States must prevail OF dissolu.
uon was certain The party at tho North had
inflicted ruin and distress on the country. and