Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-24

SF"sHttHltN'4A " ~ a. a. 1uENlhuGG G1Sq.Y one
of The editors of the Reporter g. Tribune.
who had abandoned his peaceful vocation
and enlisted with the InVincibles.
Numerous speeches were made, all
breathing the spirit Of devotion. to the
government: OF our fathers. We have
room only for one or two of them:
SPEECH OF Hon. wM.e M.eMoNfooMERY.
Mr. President and Fellow Citizens.-I
nrise in response to your demand with no
intention of making n setispeech or labor
ed argument. In timcs like these it is The
duty of every man who wields the slight
est influence to respond TO the call the
country mUkes upon him. am a firm
believer in the doctrine that MANS first
duty is to his God, and his next to his
country,
These nre trOpblous times; Ne are
meuoced with unexpected dangers. The
greRt. good men who purchased our free
dom withtheir blond, bcIuentled it to us
as a priceless inhcrituncc, and wewill de-
tend it; let who will Nssail it. Tho i'm
mortal Statesmen who framed Gur match,
less government, intended that it shouiil
endure forever, and with the blessing of
Gud it shall not perish while brave llrnris
and strong bands eau defend.it. Tho clo-
rious Union which our fathers formed was
intended to rennin perpetual baud of
hFptherhoOd, linking together to the latest
.geuerntions of mcn,-the free and powerful
sisleriood Of subordinate States. Andthe
Sohd shlll remain nnbroken. Onr fAthers
made t,and thtle sons will preserve it.
Wenaye too long deluded ourselves
with talse hopes. We hIEcf cried peace
pence, but there is no peace" Let us de-
lcelyel ourselves no longer. We'mnsteither
submit to have the Union torn asuuder, .Gp
we must defend il By our right arms. j
have no tinscl fash or rhetoric to tickle
your fancies. desire to speak the words
of tsuth and soberness.
speak not to your imngnNlions, but to
your judgments. desire to convince, you
that you are right, rather tL1n 10 sliryour
pa aSSlpps, ,ApI to 5Rn0uaR YnIE 0npRr.z Lei.
me fecurs 10 facts.
Years since there arose in the south u
disuniop party. A combination Of cir
cumstNnces, which it wOnld not be propel,
that should here discuss, comspireI TO
give that party strength aud popuinritv.-
unprtncipled and ambitious men, lmStthE
Tor power aud pl.Ice, were ut the head OF
this organization, and directed its move.
ments Leading members of that party,
unfortunately for the country, were elect
ed toshtgh' places of profit and honor.-
They were taken inio,tIte councils of rOur
Presidents, and controlled by their fact.
cummings and diplomacy, the powers OF the
government: The patronage md high
piHces of profit and honor throughout the
south were vested exclusively in disnni6n-
lists. This systemNlizcd treason soon placed
that party i'll the asctWdeut in the Gulf.
States. Longing for high hOnors whith
they never could attain under the existing
government, they were eager to bring
about tue revolution which would sever
the Union forever.
Long previous to the meeting of the
Charleston convention the leading con-
spirators had arrnnged the programme bv
which this revelation was to he precjpitl-
ted upon US. That plan WAS Afterwards
carried out, and the result is now before
us. lneed hardly tell you what that plan
was; yon alliEnow it: The gallant Douplns
was to be defeated. And it, they had the
power, they,were to secure the nomination
for Rresident OF an ultra. southern man,
and we're to place him on an Filltra South
crn Platform, and thus insure the election
of Republican President; and then, when
this result.wa achieved, to nuke bis clec-
tlOn the preteXt for secession and revOlL
ton. IT they could not secure the defeat
of Judge Douglas in the convention, they.
were then TO srccds from il, and thus in
sure the election Of n Republican Presi-
dent. They did secede, they divided and
defeated the Democratic pnrty-they secur-
ed tue election of Abraham Lincoln, as
President, aud now they make his election
the pretext for tbeils1re reAchery and treason.
These are plain truths-hut they are truths
which ssRonld be told. 1t is trt,ettIic i,eoLL
pie should know that these troubles are
not the offspring of excitement aud pas
sion. They have been long splanned in
sccret-they are the result OF years Of La
hor and management. Let no one deceive
himself by cherishing the delusion that
the southern leaders after the first flash of
passion has passed nwaytwill return to
their duty and allegiance. There is no
such hope. Treason has been systematic.
ed, and we must either conquer them or
submit to severance of the Union. Long
before the election of President had taken
plncslthe Secretary ofBWar, in violation of
his oath, was.engagedin in secretly removing
the national arms and munitions of war
tolthe Southern heretheysCohld
lie secured by the leaders of tue revolution.
Long before Georgia passed tho ordinance
OF secession her Governor had seized the
forts lying within that State. The leaders
knew the result which had been agreed
upon, whilst the poor dnpes in ihe e0n-
vention were sRnttering themselves that
they were initiating thecvents which they
resolved. The work had been, done long
before; the forms alone remafhed to be
carried out. = ~ stt--H F.E .ssE
know thisis time for tile discussion
OF party questions, and / would be the last
manic trench on for biddeH groupd.B Lin
tend that We shall all unitetlly fight the
battle of the GOnstitntionsaud the Union,
and when we have conquered a peace
then will galhsr up the broken thread OF
party queslinpa and tight again poliu-
sal issues. zy,s ~ = La : - -
Ieare not. whet opinion s:menl may enter
taiR@Of the Chicago platform, nor oFsthe