The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-06-15
Speech of Emerson Ethcridoc

At large meeting held at the Court Hons
IN Louisville, ON Monday evening. May 9th
MIR. Ethel'dge. of Tennessee. made speech
from which we extract as follows
The revolution. assert. which now dis
graces the country, is the most unnatura
ana damnahle that ever sulli'd the pages G
history. Heretofore the Young men and tn
Old men, proud ola common colntry and
common heritage, have worked together 70
us prosperity and its glory. To-day, throw
ing away the ballot. box for the bullet, the,
seem pune'ng into the gulf of irrctri,vabl
rum, and throwing away the rights game,
Gy the baTons for the people from Primo,
John at Runnymede. And why is this g.
there Is not single law upon the statut,
book upon the subject of slavery, nor haY
there ever been Tor thirty years that was no
placed there 10y these same disuuionists. -
lhey cannot complain of them. Yet TIT
hope the happiness, the prosperity of thr,,
millions OF people are now destroyed by them
linen, liner commerce, trade and everything he
longing TO- great country are sacrificed by
thc!n. The gull between the rich man il
nell aud Lazarus, is not greater than tina
preserve the Union and our prosperity. Thi,
|
yea IN lhe lifetime OF the youngest chic
"oW ,'''''S'
wherever yop 90 IN Europe you will zinc
pe'H P''hc'pai'''es OF kihgdoms. 1t is pro-
s'ne1a''Zeu' A"e''ca Is one IN laws one ii
'eT'"e' one /" c'h'i'erclal interest, ana pow
e''ul III .'a' u''''y "h'ch demons and dena
e"eue> cannot o'eah up.
| "heh D"u gas buchanan. and other Nor.
men, mem men ASH nave we ever tried to turn The
INV" against YOU OF nave we tired to dcs
Troy Your institutions can you say they
ha'es linen. "neh they ask how dare you
use 'hose institutions TO overthrow the Gov.
eminent %hat WIN you answer 1t cannot
oe uo"e' D"u men cahho' excite bad passions
70 o'eitn'ow tne Government. That cause
nave lney l assert mat the Southern
LAYS ''o" III reoc''ol nave never asked
any '"',e VI ''e uenaial Government but they
nav. nave o n w. ou' OUT WIN one eXcep'
''on. ina' .AGeP''on was ,he Missouri Com
P'o'n'Ne' asked I'D iooo. Instead, they got
'he compromise OIL that year made by your
own gallant statesman, Gay, which you
u'G,ai.o 10 "e "e.'rr'
Nv" naTu a taie VIII IL take 10 bring a
'ius'i ''''ouE,, 'he s',a'nIu SKIN OF these d'su-
.'o''.' in'y a. SS"eu 'o' LOUISIANA, aud II
was pu'e:aseo n ihey asked Tor Florida and
o"'a ; It, ihey asNen repeal OF the MIS-
s ,U, oo"p,o''''se' anu IL was repealed
i" nat nave '"ey ASKED tmat has not sooner or
, y, nee" co"e AN eilort Is made TO drag
Ne"'"cNy ,.o'i' mel "oot'hss oy lhcendiary
rlpe"'E' me Arguments lhcy use are as
'A'Se as 'he hsar's IRON "h'ch They emana''.
~ YOU "ou,'i N"o" "ha' u's'hioh Is 80 I"
=. ie'''ess'e anu STE we anarchy ana deSpot'Stn
tnat P'eVa'.S 'nere HE Imperfect Tree speech
ueh'eu ana o'a'e eoV' inca OF not governed
~ 'ioo' '.' "'' i''''e' IT, III lhe oeeln'
"ns' SECESSION pays such universal IT,
"na WHAT !. VIII oe III r .he ehn' why is TINS ira
u'''ua' war why nave we 10 80 BACK
'u''u'eu years III c,'i',za'loh because OF The
I's'pPo'n':'eh' OF broken DOWN ambition. -
i,'oH no" II was uone. IN my own State
'"e legislature Su"'''''eu me question OF Con.
sen'loh or no convention. II was voted
uo""' lew ",on'hs a''er 'he Legislature
met assumed aespo,lc power, and declared
wv o.a.o Wv " ."e o''''" -"adea through
puJu'y !" "sa' s'''ne !" accomplish IT, lhey
eo' 'l''s III na'o'' N'uSe' a''o we were met
every ra''roau aepo' Win The oayonet 10
ooe,ee' >.
WI oene'e JouI serves sa'e IN hentncHy.
nope YOU , arc OUT 'he enemy Is WHY and
active. Ihty apPea! t. you about the negro
question: IL is me nights lmpened' Is that
tue cause' SCUM Carolina the boldest and
most honest reoelied and took the conse'
q"eSceS' one looked Tor war. Here dlsun'on
"erpS over oullee ana oamho. Lave you
suffered wrong from your sister States over
The border ! You live IN peace with Them
you re all'ed 10 theu' oy interest and inter.
marriage Out South Carolina says you shall
not I'VE IN peace.
, These are the men that inaugurate this
lhty have no reason to lear about fugitive
Saves. ihry are 100 lar OF. Florida, encir.
cleo oy the ocean and the GULL is safe. And
as Tor ooulh carolina, she never lost but two
negroes ana those went OFT IN the ship with
ahe delegates to The Democratic Convention
lain OF Their running OFT
Inc sleaker SAID but three negroes hao
seeded from where he lived, and they were
brought back, and were, no doubt, very
much opposed to coercion. What right then
had tennessee 10 60 out! Every runaway
negro from that State had to pass through
hentncky' and ne would not say kentucky
had an underground railroad. They woult
not attempt that at least since Governor
Magoii'n anli'invas'on message.
suppose we had bought Cuba for thirty