Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-01-10

And yet We are told that We are depcnden, upou
The North. aud that without Il we are ruined
Rather the boot i en- the other legs without ~
he y ruined. We will, A. southern Conied
cricy. bscofnc a manufacturing - ~ell - an ~
r.cultursl country. Tennessee. with all her al
vlutaess for manufactures, ard Gsoreit viii bc
the great manufacturing State. 10 supply tbc
Southwest Thcu your acre Of ground, With u.
m,tuf,c,or, upon II. will. Ike the manufictur.
Ing sites Ia sterile New England. yield YOU In
comes compared 70 thu, II planter Of thou
sad srre-, where nov the site j. unspprcciaied
heciuse Of the reliance Of the south upon the
North for her articles of consumption IN Oh,
shane OF manufactures. Then what l. spent IN
enr,el,inr your enemies will be worihily bcsiow
OF In increasing your own fortunes.
.oa. then. you men. If there are any such In
hi. audience. Who can be aroused IN the dead OF
nisht b, the jingle Of dolars, take these figure.
which hav thrown before you. aud IL patriot.
Ism cannot move you, let the sordid motive,
which causes your he-itancy prove to your own
mind. that your fortunes vii! not be injured. bat
will rather be appreciated by separation from a
Union which to remain in under existing clrcum
stances, is a reflection upon your manhool and a
blur upon your horror.
The hope of co operation is now passed, even
IL such thing were proper within the union.-
Whilst We are in il, We should regard the Con,
stitution. One Of its provisions prevents one
State from forming 4 compact with another
Would not Convention of the Southern States
90 agree upon ;heir cooperative withdrawal come
within the pnrview of this ciausel But il Is use
less 10 discuss this question. That star IN the
national constellation which marks the presence
Of South Carolina, will very soon, il it has not
already, Withdrawn from is old place. and disap-
pear from the armament of the old Union. She
will soon bc followed by the other cotton States
The dissolution Of the Union is then an existing
fact.
Fellow citizens, YOU ask me, then what j.
Tennessee 90 10 ! say unite with her sister
Southern States. have cast my fortunes with
Tennessee. | have not yet, on account OF my
short residence here. acquired the complete at
tributes OF citizenship. Born aud reared IN an
adjacent state To her Southern line. every inspi-
ration of m, heart beat responsive To her inter
est. Having made it ~, future home, my pros
pccts are .n,ifoncd with hers Can IL be that
there j. any hesitation ~ To y choice oil compi.
nv with her sister Southern States or with the
| say for her gallant people, 80 far ~ ! know
them. no. She will say 10 Alabama. 60 ilissis.
.irni. and 10 Arkansas. "t,n,rcat me not To leave
thee, nor o. return from following after thee
Where thon gocst. I will go. where thou lOlg
cat | will lodge: thy people shall Ice my people.
and thy God my God. Where thou dieat. will
die. and there will bc buried. The lord do 80
TO nae and mine also, if auFhlbut death part thee
aud nine"
a. Is........ ,.l.,. "a 10 ,ti..,wt Il, az wnuf,i
deserve 20 have her namo printed In letters that
MI could read. framed nnd hung w, emhlcmlti'
ell of the most complete rignihcniion of dir
grace. AZ which the finger Of every honest ptiti'
oi'a hand should be pointed With contempt
T,unt-see wili not wear. however. this badge
OF contumciy, The bones oi her immortal son'
upon whom the shadows oi the grave have DIES
cended, whose patriotic blood have snrichcd ov
ery battle field al America, and whose heroic
deed. If valor have Illustrated every page of her
history. would assume oofporeal substance nnd
appear again % rebuke the recrcants who would
silently ncquicsec In her degradation. The ia
natiosm of the North desplscs Tennessee a.
much o. any other Southern State. Isolated from
her natural sisters and HUNG on To the tail ot IN
abolition Confederaey she. and whatever other
border States that would cling - the corrupting
association, would become the focus of the con
cen,ratcd operation of abolition forays, Against
"A foreign nation rs the Southern seeding States
would be, the Abolitonsts would not dare To
make an assault. Because then IL would become
a question of just rccompcnsc or bloody war
Tennessee them and the other border States who
remain in, would bc the means of gratifying the
Unsuitable appetite of the abolition North for war
upon the slave property OF the South. Gould she
call on the seeding Southern States to aid her
She would he the more degraded If she did. Be
cause having cowardly refused To link herself
with their fortunes, she would have no claims
upon their aid, and would be craven II ste ask
Ell it, IT, however, rs she should do, she untes
with the South. she will rot be subjected 10 as
much assault upon her property as she now en-
counters within the limits of the existing Union
corrupted against any prevention of the move
mcnts of the underground railroads which apnu-
ally carries oil thousands of her property She
would not then suffer from any apprehension OF
forays upon her, because both of these aggrava-
tons would he averied by the Jealous regard for
rational rights which the intimate relations OF
two foreign Confederacies within the limits OF
the existing Union would force each power to OBJ
serve.
Whatever Tennessee may do, 1t Is our duty
here in Memphis To give TO the ncighborins
States, with whom are so intimately associat-
ed, the evidences of our sympathy with them in
the NOV ement which they have set on foot, look
ing to their separation from the Confedoracy.-
III the cravens should outnumber us, and operate
the State authority against what we regard to be
the duty of Tennessee in this emergency. let
Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas know that
our hearts are with them. W. cannot help being
so, more intimately associated as we are with
them than with any other communities. We
would be inscnSibls to every noble Inspiration OF
the human breast, if We did not at least give them
the assurance of deep sympathy with their
cause. We will never permit Federal army to
reach them through our community. AT acrit-
zeal moment in the battle of Waterloo, when CIV
erythng depended upon the steadines> OF the
Soldierv courier after courier came to the Duke
of Wellington with the information that If the
troops were not relieved at a certain y<0int they
must soon fall beneath the impetuous <onsets OF
the French Bv all these the renowned chief
tain sent back the words ''stand frmr'R At last
officer came, and in the language of remon-
STRANGE addressed him hut We must all perish
at our posts" "Stand frn,'' was the cold reply
Of the iron hearted Duke. "You will find rs
there" said the officer rs he galloped away. The
result of the contest showed how fatally the
promise of that gallant officer fulfilled, for
when the battle was over every man of that
doom cd brigade vas found dead At his post
They had fallen IL X true but their noble stand
had won the fishta nd saved the country, for
when het smoke OF the conflict had passed away
the flag of Britain waved in triumph over the
fields of Waterloo" So with us in Memphis. a
firm stand NJ this time may save Tennessee and
unite the South. or in that contingency which |
look supon a improbable. oi Federal coercion.
eur stand here. though perish At posts,
may prevent the soil of our neighboring States
from being poll.ted by the hostile tread of a
Fcdetal soldiery. and their noble sons from any
attempted coercion by the brute force of pros
titutcd Federal power.