Smyrna times., 1861-08-29
Speech of Hon. Joseph Wright.
THE (w)RIGHr DEMOCRACY.

N"
Hon. Joseph Wright, Ex-Governor OF In
diana, and late Minister to Prussia, appointed
by President Buchanan, in a recent speech
says;
This is not struggle which can possibly
end IN separation. North and South cannot
dude and remain apart in peace. We cannot
say, as Abraham said to Lot, " Let there bo no
strife between u.s." The separation Of the
partriarchs in peace would not have Ia ken place
had Lot attempted to interfere with the house
hold ofAbraham, or 10 tear Down the ark Of
the Covenant. No separation of this kind can
take place. Our flag must once more float
over the captured forts. The public property
traItorously wresed from US must be restored,
and the supremacy of the laws must be &C
knowledged before we talk of seperatlOn.-
When the South returns to her sense OF duty
then We will listen TO her, but we will accord
no hearing 10 those who are attempting TO pull
down the pillars Of the temple erected by the
fathers ofthe republic. 1t maybe asked What
ls to be the result! For one, ], as Western
man, shall go home fOrg citing everything but
my country. You and and all of US must be
prepared 10 expend millions of money and mil
lions of lives rather than submit to the infa.
nous SANDER promulgated by the President Of
the so called Confederate States, that our faith
ers merely formed federation of States liable
to be rent asunder at any time. We must not
stop 10 inquire the amount of means necessary
TO reestGJlish the Union. IL must be done at
any cost. belong to that class OF men who
have been taught from childhood that we can
! not exist as a separate people. | believe in
my heart that we must be one CIR we are moth
ing. We mu,tnot submit to be brokenup iAto
petty republics like Germany, which once had
two hundred of them. We cannot change the
face OF the country nor those sublime features
which proc lalm US one nation, one people.
am wiling 10 give my voice, position and whole
Strength 10 sustain the supremacy Ofthe laws
and of the Constitution. without asking what
is to be the result of this contest now, when
see my country threatened, and an effort made
to destroy that only hope Of humanity. have
! in my brief life witnessed many events illus
trative Of the devotion Of people 10 the insti-
tutIOns of their country. | have witnessed also
the effect of the Secession movement abrold,
and | am convinced that the ma ority of the
people, il left 10 themselves, would proclaim
their attachment to the Union. We often talk
of devotion to our fag-lhe Stars and Stripes
but never did | witness such love for that
| glorious emblem of our nationality as did 10
Berlin two years ago. | there saw a dying
mother, with her infant at her breast, and her
las request TO her husband was, " Bring me my
country's flag and let it be wrapped around me
that may die in its folds" This was the
most touching evidence cfa woman's devotion
/ TO her nations flag that has come within my
! experience Tell me, can people so attached
/ TO the institutions of their country md the hon
I or of its flag be actuaied by mercenary motives
in perpetuatIng the same IL may be said
/ that we have expended our oil in the contest,
but say we have lost nothing, if our Govern.
ment and our country be preserved to Us intact.
Give freely as you have already done. Three
! hundred thousa nd men have now gone forth TO
/ fight our battles, and let It aforementioned that
they or the flag they fight under will never
come back until the supremacy OF the Govern
ment is acknowledged. II it should be other
wise then our Government is the merest myth
that ever existed. But TO sustain the honor Of
our flag, let men and cal ilal be appropriated,
anG the association you so worthlly represent
continue ia the good work it has underta ken.
Nerve tbs arms of your soldiers as they 60 forth
to battle. and let consequences take care Of
themselves. II has been well said that one
man, with Heaven on his side, would whip the
world. We know we are right, and We know
that all we have to do is 10 perseVere in the
work before Us, A brighter day will soon dawn
upon us. Peace will once more revisit us,
and God grant it may be permanent one. not
founded upon the sacrifice of single princi.
pile Of our (athers."