The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-01
Gagttrn NruH.
THE HERO OF SAN JACINTo
OPP0sED TO DIsUSIoN.

Gov. Houston, recently delivered q
speech At Austin, Texas. The following
are extracts: .t.. 49,. 5.:~, .....: -
81 4 came not here to speak In behalf Of
a united South against Lincoln. ! APP
peal TO the nation. / ask not thu defeat
oil Srctionalism Ly Sectionalfsm. but by.
Nationality. These men Who talk about
. united South, know well tia: il. bcgets
a united North. Talk offrirhtsnins the
North into measures, by threats Of dis.
solsing the unionl Il Is child's play and
folly. II % all the Black Republican
leaders want. American blood, Ncrth or
South, has NOT yet become so ignoble, a.
10 be chilled by threats. Strife berets
strife, threats beget threats, and taunt
Ebegsts tadnt, and these disunionists know
it. American blood brooks no such re.
straiats as these men would put upon il.
would blush with shame for America.
II could believe that one vast portion Of
my co1airJmen had sunk so low, that
Childish threats would intimidate them.
Go to the North and behold the elements
OF . revolution which its great cities If.
ford, Its thousands ofsNild aud reckless
young men, its floating population, ready
to enter into any scheme OF adventure,
are tit material for demagognss to work
upon. To such a. these, to the great
hive Of working population, the willy ora;
tor comes, to speak in oycrdraWny Ian,
guage Of the threats and the words Of de-
rision aud contempt Of Southern men.
The angry passions are reused into fury,
and regardless OF consequences, they
cling 10 their sectional leaders. As well
might the Abolitioaists expect the South
to, abandon slavery, through fear that the
North would 60 out Of the Union and
tieaHe It TO itself No, these are not the
arguments to use, l would appeal rather
to The great soui OF the nation than the
| passions. OF = section. / would say to
Northern, as we'll as all Southern men,
here IS party iminical TO the rights Of
the whole country, such party as Wash
mgton warned as against; let us pat it
down. and this Is tbs only MaJi can be
put down.. e.. r.
The error has been that the South has
met seetionalism with SectionaIism. We
want a Union basis, one broad enough TO
comprehend the good aud true friends Of
the Constitution at tie North. To hear
Southern .disunl0nsts talk, yon would
think the minority Of the Northern people
We're re IN this Black Republican party, but
It Is Rot 50, They are in q minority, aud
tt:6ut needs patriotic movement like
that supported by the conservatives of
Texas, 10 units the divided opposition to
that party there, and overthrow ii. =:
1 came not here to indicate candidates
or .denoaace them. They stand upon
their records. II they are national, APP,
prove thea il they are sectional, con.
demil. Judge them by the principles
they announce. Let past differences be
forgotten, IN the determination to unite
against Seetionalisn. l have differed
with all the candidates; but whenever l
see q man at this crisis coming boldly up
to the defense of tie Constellation of the
country, and ready to maintain the U MON
against its foes, will not permit old
scores to prejudice me against him.
.sS 70 vote tue ShiohI
ucket' Men, who never en-
dGred the priVatiOn, the toll, the peril that
nave Tor my country, callme traitor,
because l am willing to yield obedi.
enee to the constituted authorities. Let
them suffer what have for this Union,
and they will feel it sntWining so closely
around their hearts that il will be like
swapping the cords Of life to give it up
Let them learn to respect and support
one government before they talk Of start
ing another, ! have been taught TO be-
lieEe that plotting the destruction .of. the