Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1861-01-25


eous and lust Cos, In the toniiing mission Of
whose son we believe, viii protect us, aud
render US superior to all power which may be
BROUGHT to crush us Remember ,'the battle
is not to the strong
Though Virginia has not yet taken her
stand, vet 4 have no doubt that her sympa-
thies are with the South, and would not
have her st.ind by with folded arms and see
other Southern States overFun by band of
Yandals. though led BY an Alaric, as North
ern men did at Queenstown. would have
/ her say44-hands of, or you viii have to pass
over me.
What can coercion DO Can force hold
the Union toget her, or rather brlns3t togeth-
er, for 1t is now dissolved If the South vas
sublugated by the North, what bond would
! there be for Union? Could the States South
be constrained to send representatives to your
Congress; eIect,Senators to your Senate sup
ply justices for your Circuit and Districts
benches; Marshals for your courts, and all
the other necessary officers, to perfect the
/ system
Suppose the subjugation complete, and the
Lincoln platform carried out by the emanci-
! patton BY eonfscation of 4,0O0, 900 slaves
worth in the market two thousand millions of
dollars. This isia small estimate of thevalue
of this species of property in which the leg
! islation of the country induced us to invest
our means. And these ernancipated slaves,
made your aud my equal by the law. Wouldi
they remain in the South Certainly not
They would not remain on the cottons rice. and
sugar plantations, but by swarnis would de-
luge your large Northern cities and take the
bread from he ,plSsi h of thes IllPr0lt Taeh
the q Irrepresst12e COeJliet" between races
| free negroes labor. Our experience here is
such; British West India emancipation bears
| me out as does ST. Domingo. Well, the Cotton
States being ruined, what becomes of the
Spindles and Looms of the North'and of Eu-
rope.
But subjugation has not been accomplish
ed and pray my God it may never be at
| tempted, but it attempted, lac would strike
| the invaders blind, as he did the enemies of
I the Jews. At least, Sir, go to your grave as
you have lived, pure from crime. and unspot~
ted with the blood of any fellow citizen
Discharge from your council as unworthy the
name of an American all Who advise you to
execute the laws. if to be done in blood. If
blood is she'd [ care not for what pretence,
the Union can never be reconstructed. What
sane man conceived the idea of coercing
State at the point OF the bayonet2 Certainly
none has seriously. That master jurist,
Judge Marshall, in the Virginia convention of
ratification, said that State could not be CO.
creed even In civil suit. The North has
avowed an : irrepressible" hostility to the
institutions of the South, and has so long felt
it that her ancient fraternal feelings have been
swallowed up in her gall Of bitterness.
At the risk of being thought proiiE, will
ask you to cast your recollection back to his
tory with me and see how misgovernment, re-
igious 1anatieism, or rather taLaticisln with
out one jot Of Christian religion, have disrupt
ed Empires, and with fire and sword, have
slaughtered hetacombs Of immortal fellow
beings. The Jewish empire { almost the
Theocracy by the mad counsel OF its head,
was disrupted by the secession OF ten tribes
/ from Rehoboam. The two tribes offered
10000 men to pursue alter item, aud in the
patriotic language OF hsiS day, to cOercc them,
the ten tables, Into a union with. the two
Civil war was prevented BY the interposition
of Omnipoteuce
The mad ambition Of Charles Y, or his
counsellors, lost tie Netherlands to Spain and
his empire, after bloody ana protracted war,
in which the Emnire and Snain suffered us
much or more than theseeeding Netherlands.
The tyranny and oppression OF the ministers of
George Ill, disrupted the British Empire, in
1776, and thirteen provinces, afterwards sep
crate and independent States, were by treaty
acknowledged to be free, sovereign aud in
dependent STATES. Andnow, madness ruling
the hour at the North, led on by II. W. Bee /
cher and Abbey Ke.ley-N eudeH Phillips
and Mrs. Stowe-Rev. Cheever aud Fanny
Wright-Seward and Sumner, and their
equal and friend, Fred Doug las Greedy and
Lucy Stone OOLtttLe or LeSs-Wade, Love
joy, Trumbull, has driven to secession some
six States, and have disturbed and put into
preparation the balance of the slaEeholdiug
States for the same operation-cannot heSe
men, and their associates, be induced by
looking to History to stay, and not drive to
destruction this entire fair Inheritance, called
a refuge for the oppressed of al nations. We
shall see. Very respectfully, your ob't ser
want and friend,
BRAxToN DAYENPoRT.
Louis NAPOLEON ON AMERICAN AFFA1Rs
The Paris correspondent Of the National
Intelligencer, speaking Of the French Empe-
ror's reception ofathe foreign diplomatic corps;
on New Years day, relates the following:
When the collective reception of the d.
slowly along the line of Ambassadors and Min
listers, speaking few words to each in person.
After moments conversation with the Per-
sian Ambassador, who stood at the right of
the Minister of the United States, the Elnpe-
ror approached Dir. Faulkner and cordially
shook his hand The usual words Of greet
ing were then exchanged, after which the
Emperor asked, in English:
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