Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-22

palhF, and, therefore, gent:cneN, am n.:o:c
yoa here to-day. Nov, gent:c!Gca Of Virginia,
| Notwithstanding these iacts which have 50
loeby grouped hrG,:c you. notwithstanding
THIS p'sir.c:' '.l.ch lave c'i!ca. 9!cI 10 s!.0w
you she has pract:scd, ny State ,I!ou%E"u:
this whole iand, throughout a.! EEri>lcnJc:.i.
my State has hcsn cha!: :cd with rash r:cc.I /
fancy. Is It rasn pTcc!p!iancy 10 step cu; c!
the pathway Wien y"u !.csc Tie thunder c:a$!!
OF the falling clouds Is !; Ia,h prvcipi;anc;-
10 seek ')r S!:2icr when you hear The gu>,..nc.
Of The coming tempest, a;:d sec ;he storm cla;I
coming down upon VOC? l. !; :%sh Ir.cip;,2.-
CO 10 raise your .:am..s 80 pry:cct yea! l.eaG =
tLout app!ausc.i
Gcntlc.uca Of Virginia, neyer s:@re i;bcr;r
cane into the institutions oi man have n pcoIe
borne with more patience, oriorbornc wiihmo!c
oit!;"de than avc III. i.ecr!r o! these Syl:Lrrf.
States in their relation wiihrhcr COZ: c.:rra,c> Gi
the North. As iung !; twas Il 'nsrry silly Is.
'!aticis:ll or prG-:rnt ph''a".Ir2n; :...; -.
I9sti "u" &C.. action, VT $c.!:: ~ ccmp..ir@;.
l'rh whsG :: :1ns; series 9. uii,:si, pail:@I
| ..:.I oppressive ;aAS..!gn VS. g::uGing Us !Gto
the 2e:l di!S; e lpy,rty, wi'i. pr" coavulsjga
struggle sc ho:c Ihit happily. Even when ::
number oil our coni,Gc 'atc States refused -
carry out the proYI>i, n; Of tic Constitution.
vital 10 our interests, y municipal a"L S,.:c
regulations even whct nor,.>S oi their rcoric,
under the sanction oG ihCSe regulations. ruA.
bed Us OF on: property ard !:.!!,.2:r,: o'.--.:i.
HcnS and Unrcs Gi wIiii fanatics, under the same
SANCTION, lnva- al slave territory and proclaim.
ed tic destruction Of slavery hS the a..uIJ..:.
ton OF the slavcfo!apr-cvCn wien some =:
our contrdrracs proclaimed n Ike iclr,a! e
SISIdturc nnd by their sovereign GtGTCC> ghat
we ought 10 DC driven from the civilization Z.
Which VIC lirc;l--evtn when oIc ci cur cOnc,.-
crates sought 10 tciaE,c and .i.li(y Us before
the civilized world, We bore all these acCUru.
lifting calaniI!rS, and continued 10 Give them
our Ui0od and our trcaSur. 10 build M tie
grandeur and maintain the power Of that Re-
public. And, in addition 10 this when ali that
malignant ialiaticSm that ba:ii, {. ivaH,cc ;i;it
moral tcrp!tude could invent 20 dv:amc ard
vrilly us, was proposed by the people arl; .y
the States vi our conieicratrS. still We :r:vu
them our blood and sweat an,! offered ttcnl
our hands and called them brethren. ,!~ln-
no fancy picture. make no declaml,o:y Ia.
>ertIun here. There is not one man here w..o
cannot cite twenty cases 10 fiji every l;cH q!
tins category. But when at las, this lnad farm
tlcI>m, this eager haste Tor rapinc mirgsanC
tsicir foul purposes culci .rcti this fell >p':!:
which has seized ItIc Constitution !t$cl. ~ is
most sacred forms and distorted it into au IN
strument Of oar instant ruin; why, tt.cu, 10
hesitate one m0nicn. longer seems 20 Us -:
only base cowariicr, bu, absolute alui;y. (.lp-
pau.c.J We fcit in the South, that il We
one hour 10 Suc: 4 dGmiinatrG rs
that. We would nave mcrtcd that destruction
which we had earned by our folly ana base.
ness. In South Carolina at least, we f>it, j:
there was one SON OF South Carolina sire
who could give counsel to such submission as
this, that there was not hill side or PLAIN
from EuIaw 10 the Co"peus, from which Tie
spirit Of his vene.alcd Sire wor'l not have
started forth 10 shame him from tic ia!.l whg!.
discarded hn (Applause)
pray you, gentlemen of Virginia, 20
par!nn me for referring with $C!"c !af:,-
cularitS to the position Of my Sia:r n
couueclion with these lnattc:S, Jccaasc se
has been much spoken Of and Eo. m!wcm
praised am here, gcnt!cmcn, aS tic Cv!a.
missioner Of these people, certainly not ;hc;r
cuo,st. am sent here as thought in1:u:y
because among tEcTl have always, w!:h >oMc
uril4, proclaimed that Splang from this ,o.i.
and because they believe that ! rvui,: ts..
an honesi, earTr$t Story Of ..:. w:o";s
and their trials; ana if you Wi. per-
nit me, will still farther aiil;;.c 10 L. Ncrtr.
gentlemen ot Virginia, sI:icc Liberty bcsg:. A2r
in the world, has E.i.h;:cr Lrl!Ja
ircn enacted On the trembling sage Of: :2,.Ti's
s!tLlrS Cr been opened with q spectacle Ci .:@r
mo!al Sub,i.nliy, ti!an that which E"S l,rl
manifested IN this revolution ~ wi.:C.. we ;i'c
now engaged Scarcely hah this decree d
our snhjvcton, to which cal ""Tr air"l:cr.
been burnc TO our ears on tic ~; ,;icga b'..zr,
than, as il from ,lc very ca.ciiis .! lie .a:.n,
there rose up 0uc voice. once voice o;iy, from
the people uf South Carolina, vino s,.gG'od
back resistance 10 the death. Their Legislature
then in session, caught that spirit, and vii,
o1e voice, and orc voice only, proclaimed &C.
S!siancc to the death The people o! The State
again in their sovereign capacity, as you aTc,
with one voice and Oh: voice only, oYi!...2 .!c-
sis:aUcc 10 iilc death And: :cw, gcui!CmCr.
there is ro., in the borders Of that little State,
oIc riau from sixteen 20 sixty who can walk or
stand, who is not armed, S!andins read; 10 lc-
sit % the dCah lA?p;u>c.i Wcarc very
snla,! very weak-but # war, ihat TIE.
storm with which we are threatened should
fall upon us and CONSUME MS, hereafter Tie p.i-
grim o! liberty, perhaps from this State. who
may be searching benoa.h the iniI:s Ci Cha!'cs-
ton, will find the skeleton Of orr semitic.
standing At every sea gate ilqa"Sc
Gentlemen of Virginia, 20 TO; hcieyc--''o
not be persuaded that in taking lhc steps Which
wc have, we have been ioryctiu "t these things
which al cherished among You. We have "Us
been lorrctG, Of the great and hal,owcs, past,
nor have VIC been reckless Of our duties 20 our
children. il is our memory 0; the great ard
haIIowed past, Of our sous, Of our sacred 0bj-
cations 10 our children which has ncrycd o@c
arms TO tLis act, and no sense Of ourselves.
For years and years, gentlemen, We havc
paused, We have Ecsitatcd as have shown YOU.
Wc paused and paused. rs We raised the cn"
tain with our own hands, and gazcd back Il: HAT
great and halowcd past that laires! temple, rs
We all thought, in which liberty had ever !onHd
shrinc-that which Washington, Jcl!cr Or,
Ada,us, franklin, Henri. Madison, the Lees. Va
sons, the Ru,ledges ard ;hc piEcancys-;l.a;
concare OF dcui:..oIs Is-hlI buicd up as at
bcrnacic for US ard our children 10 dwell IL
forever and which they bad coTs .cratcd by
the blood Of our own fa,h.r:- bat which the
Father Of his Country deemed tie palladium
Of human rigLt-that p'c:iDus mu"imert and
refuge Of human l.oPc ala Irtr the "er!d. We
paused with reverence aid pit: as we gaze.
back on all these scenes ana yet, gentlemen,
with these i.auds Tc have dragged them &c WI
TO the ca:lh--witi ihc:c :rCt We have tram-
pl.d them out Of lile-w;th this breath Hc
ha1e scattered them on the winds Of IIca, CT
and yc: we 20 not trtmblc. We are not a.
pal,cd as we gaze on our hands, because t!!os"
hands are unstained, pare, clear and un,ertI-
tied IS we RAISE tlsm ia con6den, appeal ~ iic
God Of Justice and OF Truth. (Appause)
Armed, then. in this panoply, with calm hearts,
with unialterng step we are ready to drop tie
curtain and move onward through tho ccE'iEg
scenes Of this solemn drama.
Gentlemen of Virginia, believe that these
Southern States arc no NOISY faction claH."r!ng
for place and power. They are no hungry
rabbl. ready to answer beck III blood to cTc:y
appeal 10 their brutal passions. We are 10
shouting mob ready to take !oT cur government
some ghtterins epis'au or some iust'aa ard
insidel theory. We are 40 fostering fanatics.
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