St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-03-29

ing the stern frccmen of the North,
sustained by right, in battle array.
and they made a prccipitatc flight, not
waiting for the morning dawn, in
spite of just such vaunts and boasts
as you daily make on the floor of this
House. Talk no more Of northern
courage. You have felt their steel
and seen their metal. Your knowl-
edge Of history will teach you that
the most unconQucrablc bravery
comes from the cold climates and
rough regions of northern countries.
Again ask, why do gentlemen thus
talk ? Mark the first and second wars
with England.
TO the charge that the North did
not perform its share in achieving the
independence Of the colonies, he made
reply:
Massachusetts has able sons to de-
fcnd her reputation but | do know
she was first to light the flames If the
Rcvolotion and | believe she will be
the last to desert the watch.fircs of
the Union. The eloquent gentleman
from Virginia, (Mr. Botclcr.) in his
CnlcaV0r to tastcn an unkiud impnta-
ton on the North, in my Judgment
misconcicvcd history when he said
Virginia. i'll lII5, sent su,c)r to Mas
saChuSctts. There was no narrow
Scctionaijsm in those days. When
the militia Of his native county march
cd to Massachusetts, it was to fight
the battle Of Virginia it was to vim
dicatc the rights, and strike down the
enemies Of Virginia. The battle for
your rights. gentlemen, was fought
on Northern soil your homes, for Il
long while were untouched 10y the for
cign invader; for many years your
buildings were left free from the torch
Of the llcssian inccndarics your wo-
men from indignities, and your help
less children from cruel death. The
impulse Of freedom was equally strong
in Virginia and Massachusetts it
was the c0uEe # tie I'Hid CJoaics
but Massachusetts, then, as now, for
hatred Of tyranny, was specially
designated as the victim, and led the
van in freedoms army. You boast
that you gave us a Washington and
like Moses Of cid, he led our armies
to the promised land but his Joshuas
and Aarous he gathered from the
North.
When the North Thought You want,
ed help it sent You Lincoln, then
Gates. At Camden you had suilici-
"ncy Of troops. Your army numbered
four thousand, and the cEcmy two
thousand yet You were ovCrhornc.
| would scorn to charge it to lack
of courage. Then it sent thl old
Quaker of Rhode Island, General
Greene, and he saved the men of Caro-
lima and drove the British from your
borders.
In 1871, when CORVALLIS appear
ed in Virginia, although Clinton had
large feet in the bay, and a large
army in the city of New York, with
brave impctuosity he marched his
Northern army and, with their tents.
they cmcampcd on southern soil :"
and the evening of the 18th day Of
October 1871, drew its mantle over
the manglcd and IiiclcSs northern sol
der on the field of Yorktown. IIr-
giHia's risH "had becH retmRei,' and
the evidences were the bones left
whitening on your sunny plains.
Several Of the frc-eatcrs had in
their speeches cast aspersions upon
the patriotism Of the North from the
days of the Revelation to the present
time. Van Wyck returned the com
plimcnt after this style:
After the attack on Charleston. in
II76, You were free from a foreign
foe until lI19. Then the enemy re-
moved part Of his forces to the
South, because he expected sympathy
and snccor from the Carolinas and
Georgia, ON account of the great num-
Der of tories in those States and he
did receive it. At the battle of Kings
Mountain, in the cncmy's rank of tif-
teen hundred, probably thirteen hun,
drcd were Carolina and Georgia tories;
hence the opening Of new scat Of
war in the South. speak not to
your injury. No country ever pro-
dnccd truer, braver patriots than the
Carolnas and Georgia. They had a
stern conflict They had to fight the
English on the coast, and their tory
couutrymen at the hearthstonc.
The greatest crucities and spOlia-
ton You suffered was at the hands of
your native tories and from threats
of rebellion and violence | conclude
their dcSceaddats are RuRler0f+s or that
Soi. With their blood seem to have
descended their principles.
One more extract. 1t is in reply to
the threat made 10y disunionst that
the South could muster half mil
lion of men, seize on the Capitol then
march North and conquer and suhju-
gate the Free States TO this plan
tation gasconadc he answered:
The honorable member from South
Carolina, Mr.. Ashmorc,) i'll his speech
on Thursday last, in an eloquent and
glowing description Of the South, pre-
scnted to our imaginations an army
Iof greater proportions than the grand
army Napoleon led to Moscow. They
will probably take counsel Of pra-
dcncc and remain at home they
might find Russian winter in their
path. Does the gentleman. candid
and frank as know him to be, forget
that portion of history which assures
him that many good men in the south
dreaded rebellion against England in
consequence of the insecurity that
would follow to slave property : that
this system of bondage prevented his
people from bestowing the full meas
urc of their abilities to the cause Of
Indcpen lcncc that two of the seri-
aus defeats you suffered i'll the South
were in consequence Of yong chattcls
suddenly converting themselves into
sentient beings, and leading the enc
my upon your armies ? Are not the
obstacles which your fathers encoun-
tered increasing every year, not only
from the addition of numbers, but the
Intelligence which you say yuu are