Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-01-04
SENATOR WADE,s sPEECH.a

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We regret that our space will net al
low us to publish the whole of the manly
and telling speechsof our noble Senator.
Wescannot refrain, however, from giving
our readers the concluding portions of
it: Taking the view ofahis true hearted
patriot and sound statesman, all would
not seem to be lest, even in case of a
dissolution. In case the Slave States
should secede,, unless the utter madness
Of demagogues should stir up civil war
at home, the. Free. States, accepting the
known willingness Of Mexico to come
under the protection Of our Government
if once freed from the rule of s'slavery
propagandists and filibusters,,a and the
EeaaaAy=kaeMa- mpathy-s that would
grow up before the people ofCanada and
us,S weuld seem to promiseabrighter fus
ture than can ever be hoped for while
bound to, the rotten carcas Of the slave
system. = ;7s@ a5-'.a aa 30, !
saAf any rate, let every one read what
one Of The wisest and best Of our sena-
tors has to say upon this view of the
subject fAftero discussing the whole
subject of Southern threats, and seces-
sion, he says, in conclusion: z5u5s
.!sdThe Senator from Texas says1-it is
not exactly his language-we will force
you to an ign ominious treaty up in. Fan
suila Hal llsaI Well, sir, you may. We
know you are brave; we understand your
prowess; we want no fight with yeu;
but, nevertheless, if you drive us. to that
necessity, NE must use all the powers of
this GoverHment to maintain it intact In
its integrity If weaare overthfown. we
but snare, the fate Of a thousand other
Goyernments that have been subverted,
If you are the weakest, then you must
:ge to the wall; aud that is all there is
about it. That is the condition i'm which
We stand, prosidedsa State sets herself
up in opposition to the General Govern
ment. - 5s-ss3 =.s,l.4r.. yssgs, - rs...
say that is the way it seems to me,
as a lawyer. I see no power in the Con
,stitution to release Senator from this
position Sir, if there was any other, if
there was an absolute right of secession
in the Constitution of theJ nited States
when we stepped up there to take our
oath of office, why was there not an ex- !
ceptiodn1 in that oath? Why did il not.
run ttthat we would support the Consti-
tuition of the United States ualess our
State sha IL secede before our term was
-out?9 Sir, there is no such immunity.
There IS no way by which this can be
done that 1 can conceive Of, except 1t is
standing upon the Constitu tion of the
United States, demanding equal justice
for all, and sEindicating the old flag of
the Union. We must maintain it, un-
'iess we are eloven down by superior
Well, sir, it may happen that you can
make your way out of the Union! and
that by levying war -upeag tbesG Govern
ment, You may vindieate your right to
Independence. If you shonld do so, i
have a policy in my mind. NO man
would regret more than myself that any
portion of the people of these United
States should think themselves impeited,
tby grievances or any thing else, to. depart
OUT Of this Union, and raise d foreign
flag and hand against the General Gov
ernment,s IF there was any just cause
on Gods earth that I eouh see that was
within my reach, of honorable release
from any such pretended grievance, they
shollld, have it; but they set forth none;
I can see none. 1t is all a matter ef
prejudice. superindueed unfortunatel.5',
4 believe, as intimatea before, more
because you have listened TO the ere
mfes Of the Republican party and what
they said of US, while, from yonr intol-
4erance, you have shut out Hight ast
what our real principles are. We have
been called and branded in the North
and in.the South and everywhere else,
as John Brown men, as men hostile to
your institutions, as meditatingan attack