Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-01-31
Plain Speaking in New York.


 admiration and respect. Caleb Gushing. DanI 5. Dickinson and Charles O'Connor have shown throughout the recent contest between the North and South a moral hrmness and unswerving patriotism as rare Tn these days as they are laudable and ad- mirable. We make a few extracts from recent speeches of the two last-named gen tlemen as evidence of the firmness with which they give utterancc to the manly and healthy sentiments of pure and patriotic statesmen. Chas. O'Connor thus plainly stated the facts:
 Gentlemen, from position of entire se elusion from political interests and public affairs, have had occasion. not for week month, or single year, but for num- Der of years, to peruse with great attention the history of the times presented to us by the action of political parties; and I have seen, as conceive, during period of some years, duration, tendency in political ac. ton that, in my judgment, necessarily led. as an unavoidable consequence to C disso fut'on 9 Me Onion. Political parties should I never be divides. upon moral questions.,, as they are called. In the phase "moral' include the whole circle of religious opin- ion. And political parties can never be be- nehelally formed in free State, founded upon the odium and detestation in which one party is required to hold the life, walk and conversation and morals, or the reli- gious opinions of another Applause. ] | If beOcp fOtIoyyc hat IT, ,bo,, ing for some issue upon which to divide the community, select as their point, as theT banner, "Odium against negro slave ry' they select an issue which necessarily leads sooner or later to dissolution of the Unlon. It was--and no truer philosophy could have been uttered, and find no fault with the expression-it was necessarily an "irrepressible condict;" in which one party or the other must be absolutely subdued. so that It could no longer sustain, in any de- gree, the contest with the other. l do not think It was an C irreprnssible conhict'' in any of the senses in which the term has been used, or in the way in which it was under stood by those who uttered it; but it was necessarily an irrepressible conflict. can not imagine 1t to be possible that tw 0 distinct natlons-and each of these States is, for certain political purposes, and all the pur. poses of this question, distinct nations that t'eo distinct nations can live together in one c1eI government, eoch entertaining on utter detestat'om of Me lJe and morals of the other.
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 It hence follows that when the utter detestat1on of the life and morals of the people ot Carolina have made the basis of a political party in New York, and that political party acquire the ascendencv in the political affairs of the government these two States cannot live together, except in the relations of oppressor and oppressed Applause The more powerful will trample on the weaker. It may trample on the weaker according to some written constitution, so that there will be no direct violation ot its letter. It may trample upon 1t in way justiiable by some course ot argument as conformable to law, but t ,cH hample upon Me weakcr otter oU.- There can be no political society between those whose political wishes in this respect cannot be represented in the government There can be no relation between the hater and the detested except the relation of op pressor and oppressed, Applause. 1t is vain to say, "We will give you actual laws.' It is vain to say, "Congress can pass no laws toiniure the southern States ,, 1t IS not by legislation that the oppression will be effected. It is by the unseen and potent influence of the executive depart ment, and that influence controls the whole and must lead to oppression of the South II It IS permitted to pass into the hands of those who hote them for Me love of God. Applause And, gentlemen, whilst aepIore secession as much as any man who oreathes, whilst l deplore secession as ifaught with the greatest evils, have looked upon it os om inepita5le eyem qchen- e0ef Those anho detest he ite and conyersotion ?f Ae peopIe ot' Me tSouM acquire the po1iu. cdt control of Me central gouernnaent ot Wosh- angSon: Applause. Not as thing that must happen on the instant, but which must pretty soon follow. It is the natural. necessary, inevitable. consequence and although l may dislike particular individ. uals at the South, and believe they are in- fiuenced by evil motives, and take advan. tage of the present state of things to advance prlyate ends and aims, 1 cannot find fault with Me South as unit. I look upon the south as unit, and upon the North as umt' do not take account of men at the South who are influenced by bad motives do not take account of men at the North who are influenced by bad or good motives. l look upon the South as that effective majority which represents the feelings and interests of the South, and I look unon the North as It IS represented by that effec- tive majority which speaks the voice of the North; And, looking at them in this way, l see that there IS an imperious necessity, 7 Me South canmot otheraoise protect itself against the aggressioe spirit of Me NorM, c real necessity Jor Mis act of secess;on.- Applause. How, is the secession to come? Weak men seem to fear it.. Some bad men undoubtedly desire it. The South is full, am sure, of men who are anxious to prevent 1t. l am sure that there are numerous well known secession leaders who lead for the purpose of leading aright, and leading in the end, if they can the multitude who follow through the wilderness of fdoubt and dismay into the promised land of Union and fraternity; Applause.] I deem utterly unworthy the observation that the South has offended. As una a has not ,ofendea' Loud applause. As a unit it has only struggled to sustain itself against the rapidly accumulating majority of those who hold them and their dearest institutions in such regard that the destruc ton ot those interests and the whole coun- try was necessary. Therefore I say that there IS no fault in the South, as a whole. and 1t has nothing to atone for. TAn- plause.
 Hon. D. s. Dickinson says:
 The South cares little about the mere election of MT. Lincoln-they view it as