The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-12-20

protected Us compromise thcy lntend u
make necessary to the Government, and seize
upon all the slave States and combine them
into a great republican republic in name but
monarchy in nature.
This government of ours can never be d.
yided. How can you divide the great Mis-.
sssippi? Can you separate the cast and the
west? Commercially, physically, and geo.
graphically it is impossible. llthis contro-
ycrsy shall so on, our country will become
like the degraded Mexico. But our shame
would beGrcater than hers, because our ol-
portunities were more extended. Weshould
20 down in blood, darkness and tears, and
all in order that few individuals might
"strut the heroes of the shore"
believe that-wth the exception of that
nest of treason. South Carolina-a great
majority Of the people of the Southern States
would return to their allegiance to the stars
and stripes il you give them an opportunity.
And predict that not many months will
elapsc before We shall see the Southern peo-
pie in arms against those rcbcliOus conspi-
rators. iApplausc.) hold that this re.
bcllion was iniugcratcd. not because any of
the free States were unmndIul of their OBJ
legations under the Constitution, but for the
purpose Of realizing the romantic dream Of
forming u new nation on the ruins Oi this
And we can say to them as was said to the
drcamcrs Of old when they come to be brought
to punishment, "What will become Of your
drcams?' In every age Of tho world the
traitor has been execated and despiSed, and, +,
like the first murderer, he has been cOmpcll-
ed to cry out that his punishment was great.
or than he could bear. Judas Iscarot be-
traycd the Saviour Of men for money. He
lived before his time. If he had lived in
this age, he would hardly have been consid-
cred traitor and bctrayer. His name has
been synonym for bascncss for nineteen
centuries. But he showed u decent respect
for public opinion. Instead of claiming n
reward for bis treachcry, hc went and-as
oil traitors should do-forthwith hanged
himself. (ApplauSe.)
Benedict Arnold, too, that metcoric spirit
Of the Revolution, goaded to madness by the
sense of injustice, sought to wrcak his re-
ycngc upon the cause for which hc had suf-
fercd. He betrayed cause, and not a coun-
try-a hope and not iruition. lie fled to
other countries, but was haunted by re.
morse that never left him. lie whose name
was on every tongue for his noble deeds of
daring, who enjoyed the confidence of WASH
ington, for his trcachery flew to other lands,
and there finally in rat.haunted garrct pale,
einaciated, his long arms extended, his eyes
glarng wildly, Stunned, execratcd, despised
for every friend, like the Priest and the
Lcvite passed by on the other sldc-thcrs in
that terrible condition, his whole frame wri-
thing in agony, with no one to wipe the
death dew from his forehead, died Benedict
Arnold
"And left traitors name to other times,
Linked with one virtue and thousand crimes"
Had he lived in more modern times. Bene-
diet Arnold might have been President of II
new coniedcracy, and glutted his ayarice by
the issue of confederate bonds, and quicken
ed their circulation by the use Of the bowie
knife and revolver, to convince people by the
fact that, as Mrs. Toodlc says:
at is u handy thing to have in the house"
Mythology tells us that when Minerva
was born it raincd gold in Rome, and South
Carolina apparently believed that nt the birth
oi secession, il 1t did not rain gold. it would
guincas, not bearing the stamp of Victoria
but the stamp and image of .AsIian,cc and
Dahomcy, and il they were dark at first they
would rapidly become yellow by rccoining.
Qaughtcr.) One Of the lifelong visions OF
South Carolina has been realized, and by
mcrtorlous perseverance the goal OF her ex-
pcctatons las been reached. She has long
bowed at the shrine of free trade with foreign
nations, and the hopes of her priests and
prophets have at last been rewarded. That
entcrprising commercial navigator, Commo.
dorc Dupont, has entered her best lnrbor
with large fleet from great nation, which
she recognizes us foreign, with flag which
she has seen before, and has opened trade
sufficient even to satisfy the lonsings OF 80
great State as South CarOlina-a trade
uncinbarrasscd by customs, and 80 free has
been the tradcr in all his transactions that
she has been enabled to sheil out on the spot.
The national emblem which has 50 recently
greeted her left her shores in the iirst breath
of summer, but now returns to float in her
gentle breczcs forever. (Applause.)
North Carolina has at all times before the
present outbreak been true to the constitution,
and her loyal people have been drawn into
the whirlpool of secession by her aspiring
politicians. "Thcy are already attempting to
seccde from it, and long once more to receive
the paternal assistance and protection and
when they shall have returned, all will unite
in welcoming those who were dead and are
alive again. (Applause.)
The efforts made to drag Maryland, Mis-
souri,, Kentucky and other States into Sc
cession, show how other States have been
brought under its influences, in defiance Of
the real wishes of the people. There is old
Virginia, the land of great deeds and the
mother of great men, the birthplace OF the
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