Smyrna times., 1861-07-18
WHOLE NO., 7C3

Fort Sumter ana the existing clvll war, Mr..
Everett eloqu emily set forth the enormous cost
OF the Territories and the utter immpcssibility
ofol.owing auy foreign Power to occupy any
portion of these United States, or in any event
to contro! The outlet to the great valley OF the
Mississippi. The following was the
PERoRATtoN:
Louisiana, fragment ofthis Colonial En-.
Pir", detached from its main portion and first
"rgaGzed as a Stlle, undertakes to secede from
The Union, aud tn, ,nks by So doing that she will
oe allowed ~ the Government and people of
the u 'ited States 10 revoke this imperial trans
Ter, 10 disregard his possession and occupa-
uon Of sixty years, 10 repeal this law of nature
and u God; and she tondly believes that ten
millions Of the free people of the Union will
alIo" her and her seeding brelhern 10 open
a"d smut the portals Of this mighty region at
Their pleasure They may DO so, and the
swarmrng mill which lhrong the course of
Ih'se noble streams and their tributaries, NAV
CO sent t. navigate them by suffcrance from
Montgomery ava Richmond but if may re.
peat the wor 3 which | have lately used on
another occasion, it Will be when the Allenha-
rIes and Tie Rocky Mountains, which form The
eastern aGd western walls of The imperial VAL
ley, ehail sink 10 The level Of the sea, and
the MiseIssi pl aud The Missouri shall flow back
to ihei. fl, nluins.
Such, fellow citizens, as | contemplate them.
are the great issues before the country-notb.
ing less, IN word, than whether the work of
our noble fathers Of The revolutionary and con-
rut!'lanal &c shs perish or endure whether
this great experiment in national policy, which
b.uds family Of free republics IN one united
goVernment-the most hopeful plan for COM
bHlng the home bred blessings of a small State
nth the stability and power Of great empire
shall be tfcacherously and shamefuly slrlck.
en- down, ID the moment Of its most successful
operation, or whether it shu!l be btavely, pa.
trIotIcaly trumphaLtly maintained. We wage
no war q Conquest aGd subjngaton; we aim
at nothing but TO protect our Ioyaite cit.
lzens, who against fearful odds, are fe hitting
the battles oi tho Union in the disa ffacted
States, AID TO rccstabsh. not for ourselves
aion? :, but for our misguided brethern, the mild
sWar OF The Constitution end the Laws. The
result cannlt be doubted. Twenty millions Of
Fre"men, IUrgetipg their divisions. are raliy-
.ng as enc man il support Of the righteous
cause, their willing hearts and their strong
lands, hCr fortunes and their lives, are laid
upon the alter CT the country. We contend
tor the great inheritance of constitutional
freedom transmitted from our revolutionary
ta:hers We engage in the struggle forced
uron us, with sorrow, as against our misguided
brethern, but with high heart and faith, as we
ar Tor thut Union which our sainted Wash.
I1giOn Commended to our dearest affections.
Fhe synpalhy OF the civilized world is on our
'lde, an4 will join us in our prayers to Heaven
or the success Of our arms. [Applause
The address occupied an hour and halfin
is delivery, ond, though listened to with breath
ess attention, was repeatedly interrupted by
prolonged plaudlts. The walls of the Academy
never before resounded with more hattering
testimonials to an orator, or more enthusiastic
pstrlUtisla.