Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-16
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mas hese bE1RsaHVis sSly,- 6rib lInconSt N
tloll4 elt Ygh utJ that td0ruIRlity ~
fletessAtliHl bk removed, z At4Iieifery ms,
no entstgl1en yoni were imadly urged on 10
theHnnlortuhhtn Cnnlss you Shdres begun a
CHANGE inipnblic opinion had commented.
Ehe hearly approaching ipaYmeht of lhe
paolts debt and the consequent ghecessifSi
tofae dimtnn1ious of dutiesai had alfeadf
produced q eonslderAb AblA iVelnRtion, ana
that, too, on some articles dffgenPFaIt & 5h-
snmptio1 IN S9qF- StateIs The, Importance
OF tals cbange wass bndsrratsdf and You
were A9tlloritatively told that no further
alleTtStion OF your burdens ysasoto be ex,
bPested, at the ySFy-tima when ythe coptli.
ton OF the. ssuntEy imperiund . demauded
shSh a moqi tEaat Tan of the dntieEns shonld
Eeapee them 20 N4jipstRnd ieqIitahle seaIee
6'lSi as u Apprehe heEsbeeg Of the Eject OF
TINS G1hhnger ins allaYipg SOnr discoitlents.
FSoasWere -breciPitated into tlie fearful
state IN which you NOW ind yourselves y
II a1JuFe you, rs you. honor their mem-
V5y! assy yon love the cause of freedom, tf,-
N4llen they dedicateds theiEiliTes; as yoR
psizze M eaee of your country, lives
Sti S oest .eIti7ensst, and, your own Rrftib,
tue archives of yoph Sbttt tho disorganiR,.
ing edtct of its convention; bid It's mef,-
bers to reassemble, aud ipromnlgate fhe de !.
Glued expression Of your will to remain 10
the path which alone can conduct YOU tO,
safety, prosperity and honor Tell them
tnati compared to disunion, all other evils
arc light, because that brings with it An
accumulation of ali. neclhre that you
wtll never take the field unless the star
spangled banner of YOnr, country shall
loa! over you; thar you will not be stig-
hatize9 when dead, and dishOnored and
sSorneo Whlle Yon live, Rs the authors of
the lnrst attack on the constitution Of your
country. g It's destroyers you cannot be
Yon may disturb its peace, you may inter.
rnpt the course of its prosperity, YOU may
cloud its reputation for stability. but lis
tranquility will lie restored, its prosperity
VIII return, and tue stain upon its national
character will be transferred, and remain
An eternal blot on the memory of those
who cansed the disorder.
Fellow-Cittzens of the United States. the
threat OF unhallowed disunion, the names
o. those, once respected, by whom}it is mt
!eFea, Tue arrayof military force to support
| ", denote the approach of crisis in our
aualFS'o on which the continuance of our
i,uneNampied prosperity, our politicni or
istence, and perhaps TINT of sll free oov-
ernments, may depend. The copiunctnre
demanded a free, a full, ard explicit enun-
clatloni not OnlysO my intentions. bnt of
! my principles of action and, as the claim
was asserted Of a right by State to annul
the laws OF the Union, and even to secede
iron II at pleasure, frank exposition of
my opinions in relation to the origin and.
form OF our government, aud the copsiruc-
tlon give to the instrument by which il
was creAted, seemed TO be proper. Having
me fullest confidence in the. business Of
the legal aud constitutional oDiniuu of me
duties, which has been expressed. / reIv
wlti equal confidence. on your undiyiie,l
support IN my determination to execute
me laws, to preserve the Union by nil
constitutional means, to arrest, if ifpossible.
oS modctHtei but tTifrmf measures, the me-
cessltS OF recourse to force; and. II il
oe inc VIII OF Heaven that the recurrence
Q! IT'S PrimeYHl curse on man for the she'd
alhS OF brothers blood should fall upoft
our land, that it be not called down bv
States.
Fellow-cittzens The momen tops case case
Is hesore you. On your undivided snp.
port of yonr government depcpds The Iie-
cision of tho great question it involves.
whether your sacred Union will be prcl
served, and the blessings it secures TO us
as ons people shall be perpetuated. YEo
one can doubt that the unanimity with
Whleh that decision will he expressed, will
Oe surh as to inspire new cOnfdeneo in re-
P'iDlIcan institutions, md that the pru-
HenGe. the wisdom, and the courage
which 1t will bring to their defiance, will
transmit them uutmpaired and inviyorated
to our children"
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