Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-03
!li1b6lon0 Enquirer,
roypNI MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2.
81 TYLER, WISE s ALLEGRE.

ueNpAT MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2.
wtst few Months have Wrought:
l,aav. {. Sickles has made his peace with
,H.s.d. Lacoln. The bond Of union be
.,,:i i.,,::i is q cC:hDcn hatred Of the South.
i~.... nishes our destruction, aud S:cikles
.....c,- himself ss The .usn Of var who Is
la :,!!s!i it. lie has sigualized his zeal
Tx raising ., a:msd bands; and Lincoia
,...,.aced his favor b. the kiss Of reconcilia
:.a aI:d by The commission OF Brigadier Gene
thus licensed, he rides forth with sword
... svau!eites, 10 ny the falcons Of war
.:-..:! the Southern people, and to devas;a,e
..sir pacc!u! homes.
p?ss SickIes ever stop 10 think in what work
&. aas volunteered? Nay, not only volunteered,
"a; 10 attain a place in which he has licked
:e ssry dust Of personal humiliation We
..! :syve what must still be his honest cen.
,.:,;st.,, by publishing the essential portions
= speech delivered By himself in Congress,
4!; % ln.s ago as last December! 1t is 4 truth
ID s:i,!;ca.rn OF the Southern position. When
,.7srtl il WAS Eli honor toMr. Sicklea. II is
~ !sss ;rue roS than then, for truth changes
..,. Bl! so far from honoring Mr.. Sickles n6",
lis Spreeh is milestone at.aut his neck
V,5.-a' Sickies, fresh from such speech,
a. @.s ,,us ri the ieet Of Lincoln. and
~. .:.y xcIl: lie has branded as ubhor-
..!:--ws.a, lower depth could human infamy
!:,i. Liam he has sounded: Here II the speech:
5pEECII OF ZION. DANIEL Z. SICKLES.
OF NEW YORK, ON
TIE STATE Of THE UNION,
-.l:5:siH IN TIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
DECEMBER 10, 1850.
Y. .pe4ker, one Of the great dangers OF
l. il: !, ,hat the country has not understood,
III io,, 40. understand, the extent of the
,sr. - which it is placed. Illusions have
:. .!gsd the place Of reason, in the popular
2:al These illusions beguile us for the mo.
Ell: o;:!y to plunge us into graver situations.
rj.s any lGan on this floor suppose that il, in
- month of October, the masses Of the North
,4i have realized what they now see to be
-. -. the verge Of dissolution No man
- .:aoSs the American people has the cre'
..,g - believe that The country has been
.,s.!y deceived, and some Of these Illusions
yest>s Us even now. One Of chem is, that
rs .nnn can be preserved by force; men
,->se iha. although we may be at the mo-
.--:. .Aenaced by dsunioa, and although in
r: movements toward il may be attempted
;':,,:c interference, and may De, perhaps,
,..!.: ~ the very verge Of consummation
-.t:oi!. opposition yet a. last !!.e strong arn.
Is. o~rr Will inte.poEe, ard stay the work.
.r .ne Mr Speaker, have Lever for 4 no.
-u,t entertained such thought. 1t is not
rs ,inioa oi tie people whom represent !;
.-i ! ;nu:. say 10 you, in all solemnity, that,
.i1v lie r;y Of New York will cling 10 the
.a.o; To- ;;Ic last while re will look on the last
.,.r 81 - existence as We would upon the
,r:;!a. sn. i SIC were nrVer to see 1t more !;
-, s..cr lie call for force comes-let 1t come
"arn', Il nlay--no man will ever pass the
'5la..,.rs ni tic city Of New FORK for the
.i',e q w4sing war against any State OF
-. iE!o", which, through its constituted
-;lN.s.e,, I'D sustained by the voice OF its
,7of!s, sDeninlv declares that its rights, its
:.;ecssls M! is honor demand tina. it should
:rt safety 10 !. separate existence. mean
:; Tia. 81. 10; 90 class myself among those
1t. :. &c! i,:vc the Union, ior it has no more
- LIENS titan those Of the city of New
''.,. Ut whom ! undertake to speak today.
'o.y raeaa TO discharge my duty in endeavor.
. con;r.i'uie something towards diSpelling
II la!.ac;Es!i3E ,i.a, exists in many places
'r, ~, in distinguished placcs--that the
,h'o" i !" tc preserved by armies The
~", bs made perpetual by justice-it
is:3! hr maintained All instant by force. If
'.ese lrl:,t.a had been craven deep in the
a,a'iS / l'c people, North, East and West,
L.! Tod I'D 10 the conscientious recognition OF
";s;@.Ga:! obligations, al would have been
"' ia GCt!! ,hese truths are recognized
'''gaehrul The laEd, We cannot have peace.
d';t"'son said, every State must Judge for
@-' O! Ic riraction Of the compact, and of
.': i,.p,;e A.: measures lf redress. Ills au-
'a'::y .h.uC lie Potential with The Repubii-
..a' Jr they profess a pharasaical sort OF
.:':.-e! for his opinions. But it lis said that
>'rsssn ia revolution. Be i: so. IL it be
%"-e u; revolutionary retaliation, il is not the
= .r;.e .:.st the revolutionary initiative has
r:"l":4d secession, in the legislation and
;''N VI liiU GUlhHaEt paitJ III LUZ WI lueA Al
:.''%s Secession is the consequence. not the
AZ: &: condition Of affairs which has made
*.a3e! -a"sion IL the Union incompatible
,&' lii: "-liire III >alne Of its members
''s 'oI!le; has bceE produced by the deter
~''tion u tic majority 10 use its power,
..,@:ed within the forms Of tie Constitution,
- Purposes sI5yersiye Of its substance. The
'.''GecTee has gone forth tbs! the South ls
@'s;ii excluded from the Territories. How
-''a ii't South luses or the North gains
'-S4ef !! IS practical OF an abstract
:'.s'Ante are themes past discussion; will
~: sEiTln CT it that it is the overthrow Of The
'%'>'';":on By the uere arbitrary will of the
-:.E.;? Il '..e unj3rty will signalize its
"''9! II :hs government by aggression, the
1-''i!j w 40. suffer the usurpaton to be.
"'.s4 precedent by submission The tunds-
-:h'ai IDEA Of the Constitution ist the equality
.": i;'!ss and the equal rights Of The ci.i-
..-s 'h=reu!, onu .sitk the o:ker, in ihe Union
~ ;.: IN oil its Possessions, privileges, and ad-
.ssSSasss. When this principle no-loEger con-
..' .,"' The government, revolution has already
.,ss ..Is !ss work. And it is then question for
as;a State to decide for itself, in view of all its
sSSaaons 10 civilization and to the o.,inion Of
.,1aAad, whether i, v ill linger in the Union
.,.,aaesvor to restore the equilibrium, OF
r., ,sseer it, interests will be better promoted
":ol the Uuion, :. -.
"hst - aeccssieno It is the act of 8 scy.