Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1861-02-15

oeferous support given BY your State 70 that
5olitical cause which | think is the true and
iusts cause ofthe whole country and the whole
Keep world. Solomon says There Is a Tune to-
silence; ancw hen men ssrangle by the mouth
with no certainty that they mean the same
thing while using the same word, It per-
haps were as well If they won I'D keep Hence.
4 he words coercion and fslnFaslon are
much used in these days. and eften With
some temps and hot bleed Iset us make
sure, H we can that We do not misunde fstana
the meaning of these who use them Let Us
get the exact definitions OF these words Ilet
from dictionaries But from the men them
selves who certainly deprecaee the things
they would present by the use, OF the words
WliatSthen is coercion ~ w hat Is sinya-t
sion Would The marching OF an army INTO
South Carolina, without the consent OF her.
people, aud with hostile inten towards them,
{ be inv sienl certainls think MoHld pc
coercion also the South oIsnIansi
were forced to submit BRt 81 tie t7ssfe9
Stdfes 'aifs g oss's,
7ogts and
ores1t % eeeal L1ltjtllott
the nirils from lt9ces agliere tlle frefe Ia
gitisalsg teittsc, any tlsese tltt1gs
Il De siludSioR or cosrctosts
Who. spitefully resolve that they Will resist
coercion and invasion, understand that such
things as these on the part OF the United
States would be coercion or invasion of 3
State2 IF so. their idea Of means to preserve
the object OF their great affection would seem
to be exceedingly thin and airy. If sick,
the little pill of the homeopathist would be
much too large, for it to swallow. In their
view, the Union, as family relation, would
seem to be no regular marnage, but rather
| sort of 'sfrse love- arrangement to be main
tanned on passional attraction. BY the ways
in.what consists the special sacredness OF a
| State speak not of the position assigned
| toia State in the Union by the constitution,
I for that by the bond we all recognize. That
position however, State cannot carry out. OF
! the Union with it. speak of that assumed
primary right of a State to rule all which is
less than itself, and to ruin all which is lar
ger than itself. fla State and a county, in
I a given case, should be equal in extent of
territory in number of inhabitants, in what,
as a matter Of principle. is the State better
than the county?-W an exchange of
names be an exchange or right? Upon prin-
ciple. on what aightful principle, may a State
being no;more thaH one-fftieth parkof the
nation in soil and population, break up the
nation aad then coerce a proportionibe lar
ger sllb-..iivision Of itselfia the most arDtra-
~ way? What mysterious right to play ty-
rant i. conferred on a district Of country
with its people by merely calling tia State?
Fellow-citizehs, am not asserting anything.
1 am merely asking questions for you to con
slider And now allow me to bid you fare
we'll"
During the evening Mr.. Lincoln held a
levee at the Bates House. No less than three
thousand ladies and gentlemen fled past their
Presidential victim. The reception continu-
ed until nine clock when the Presidents
WEAKNESS induced him to retire from the pub
lie gaze, although the rush continued una
bated. Yesterday morning he started for
Cincinnat, where he arrived last evening
Mr. L. has accepted an invitation of the
Jersey Legislature to visit Trenton next week.
The city councils of Philadelphia have also
invited him to visit that city