Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-01-03

ditional desire of cheap slaves imported from
Africa, instead of the high priced slaves which
they are compelled to buy of the Border
Slave States.
In view of these facts, in all the speeches
which made in the late canvass looked the
coming danfer fully in the face, and let ali the
millions whom addressed in behalf of the Re
publican cause. know what they had to expect in
their hour of triumph.
Now, what shall Republicans do
They can have peace in acquiescing in all The
demands of the slave power, but il is peace at
the expense of their equality in the Goyernment,
and the loss of their liberty There nav be
some who. like Esop's fat dog. will accept the
terms; but |. who, like his wolf. have not only
seen the marks Of, but felt the collar, will part
company here7 W. can have peace by allowing
the Government TO 20 into dissolution. Mr. Lin
coin can say. in his inaugural, whether issued
from Washington or New York " All those
States which stand by the Union, come up and
take the oath of allegiance TO the Constitution of
the United States of America, and the laws made
in pursuance thereof; and those which choose
may peaceably file off to whatever new affinitics
may attract them But look at or plains, our
mountains, our rivers, our seas, and say how long
such peace would last And lastly, We can
have peace by standing on the Constitution, and
the laws of our fathers) as it was, is, and shall
be, and making others DO the same-a peace
civilization the world has ever seen; and which
| trust, the Providence of God designs shall be
heightened out into the far centuries. when the
sword shall he turned into the pruning hook, and
the lion and the lamb shall lie down together
/ forever.
/ But suppose the time has come when the jus
tce of God shall be no longer withheld, and .ht
madness of Slavery shall seek ont its own des-
truction BY dissolution of the Union-peacea-
bic or forcible-what them Shall we give up all
as LOST Not at all. God rules still. Ii the
cotton States go, they 20 TO ruin, sooner or later
The grain growing States may stand by us-give
/ up their saves-double at once their whole prop
erty by the advance of real estate, by immigra-
ton and capital from the free States and foreign
nations; or, il they prefer, keep their slaves with
the same-or greater security in the future than
in the past-subjecting their system to our eco
nomical laws, and advancing civilization, till
such time as theyas well aswe shall become HON
ogeneous nation, and allw i'll still be well. But il
double madness and folly shall send them off with
/ the cotton States, still would the Federal Union
stand, with twenty millions of free hearts and
free hands TO defend il at home and abroad safe
" against world in arms
In such case we would seek by friendly nego
tiation with England, the Union of the Canadas
which would more than compensate Us for tn,
loss of the South. and in turn we would stanc
the ally of England in her contests with foreign
despotismS; and the two carry on the progress
and civilization of the nations in that union o
sympathy, and race, and freedom, which onl,
now Slavery forbids
have thus hurriedly, my friend, given YOU m,
thoughts rs they arise, without fear or conceal
ment. Some have said that ought to be silent
Having just recovered partly from long peri
cd OF pecunary embarrassment brought on b,
my devotion To poltics--with a family whcl
now especially demands all my care-with pros
poets of place. perhaps, which for a quarter of
century my principles have made impossible
am invoked in the language of prudence to b.
silent Standing in the vanguard Of a great an,
dangerous movement, | am told that leaders o
revolutions rarely survive them. NAV fall b
the hand of vio'enc 2--may be driven into exile
and suffer poverty and die in obscurity VIVA
shall say1 What shall do listen-I hea
the voice of conscience-the voice of God--o
the great dead: "I'hc man dies, but his memor
lives "Give me liberty or give me DEATH"
Well, then, think old Ben. Wade's speech i
the Senate is the true ground. Let Us stan
with and by him to the end. 1.-THE Constitution
the Union and the laws--they must be preserv
ed" With old John Adams, "living or dying
! stand by the declaraton''
Your friend, c. VI. CLAY