The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-02-22

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ton kcOnomist, January 26, 1851.
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Honorable Henry Wintcr Davi.--His
Recent speech.
We copy the following in regard
to the recent speech of Henry Winter
Davis, from tho special correspond
ence of the Cincinnati Commeycidt,
Of Saturday. We omit the first
part OF the abstract az being nearly
identical with the regular dispatch.
Speaking Of the President, the cor
respondents abstract proceeds:
He sits idle in the capital, merely
making prayers for peace, until he
can be relieved from the responsible
ily. He stood in the midst OF his
Cabinet muttering mot in my time"
latter me the deluge." To recog-
nlze this rebellion would be to aban-
don the position oi the government
40 first.clas. power. TO abandon
the Gulf Of Mexico, strike down the
guarantees OF the Constitution from
all our fellow-citizens, create thou
sand miles OF foreign frontier, organ,
Izc vast standing army to meet
aggression, create firm toothold
for foreign powers on our own soil,
give up the forts built for our COM
mon defence OF the United States
sever that which we have spent
millions and gone through genera.
tions to esta bish - abandon our
front rank in the march Of freedom
phil down the flag of the United
States and take lower stand among
the nations. That is recogpition.-
Bnt we mnst not coercr II state en-
gagged in the peaceful practice Of
firing into our national flag or rob-
bing the treasury OF the United
States! say the Constitution Of
the United States and the laws made
III pursuance thereof must be en-.
forced, aud they who stand across
the path OF that enforcement must
be destroyed or they must destroy it.
The government of the nation should
vindicate its authority and restore
its power. As to slavery, the slave
ry question represents no interest
which now requires to be touched
by any department Of the goverr-
mcnt. The mischief that had been
dOre was done at home or Sonth. -
The great chief cause of the excite
ineut was the mode in which tho
recent political csnvnss had been
conducted in the South. 1t had been
by blackening and misrepresenting
the true character and designs OF
the great mass Of Northern people.
The Southern people thus taken
suddenly and precip,ated into q re.
voln,ionary crisis, prepared before.
hand without any change in iundn.
mental law. Ii Southern gentlemen
would 90 home and tell truth abnut
the North "a they know it 20 DO,
there would be peace in all the coun.
try, in very short time. But he
had small hopes Of that short and
simple remedy being applied. He
therefore favored the Adams propo-
sition, not as q compromise, bat as
ending the controversy etfectually.
He said to the South: Take your
own platform OF torn r years. Let
us have silence ah ut the slavery
question, and since you ask the
Southern territory OF New Mexico TO
be set apart as your patrimony, take
it and DO at peace If this platform
didn't satisfy them, he knew it would
their constituents, and they would
know it before two mon,hs were
gone" He hailed Virginia and
Maryland "a rnmoved by the ten.
pest of fan ticism which ragged about,
and il any Secession Convention
were called in his state, by whatever
authority, il would be met by armed
resistance. II the issue were joined
he would traverse the state from the
Alleghenies to the Saint Marys, and
beat them before the people.
The excitement and applause dn-
ring the delivery Of Davis eloquent
speech, were quite irrepressible.--
he was interrupted and contradicted
by his colleague, who charged that
he did not represent the true senti-
ment OF Maryland. Davis retorted
with effect, and carried the House
and galleries along with him, though
there were loud Kisses from some. -
The speech excites unusual comment.
1t is greatly admired Tor eloqusnce
and boldness, ana it is a thousand
pitiee. 1t was not made long ago.
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