Smyrna times., 1861-07-18

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the Supreme Court of the United States. and a
citizen OF South Carolina "WIth regard to
the utility Of this discovery" (tne cottonp in
OF WaItney) I" the Court would deem it Il waste
oil time to dwell long upon this topic. Is there
man who hears Us that has not experienced
Its vi lI'y The whole interior 0: : he South
ern States was languishing, anu its insaifarts
| emlSratlng tor watt of some chject to Pngare
ther attention and employ thcir Industry
Wien the invention of this machine p once
| opened views to them which set the whole
country IN active motion. From ch .ldhooi TO
| age IL has present Us a lucrative employment.
lhdlTlduals who were depressed u poverty
ana sunk IN ldleness, have suddenly risen to
wealth and Fcspectabitity. Our detts have
oe'n paid OIL cur capitals increased, and our
! lands trebled in value. We cannot express
the weight of the obligation uhca tht coun-
try owes to this invention the extent of it
cannot now be seen" Yes, aad when tapl,ier
days shall return, and the cath, awakinp from
her suicIdel dclusion, shall remember who It
was that sowed her sunny fields with the seeds
OF those golden crops with y.hich she thinks 4.
rule the world, she will cast a vel of oblivion
over the memory of the ambitions men W 10
nave goaded her to her present madness, I'd
VIII rear monument o. her gratitude in the
beautiful City of Eims, over the ashes of her
greatest beuetactor-Eli Whitney.
Mr.. Everett quoted at great length from the
most eminent writer's and statesmen of tie
10 show that until quite recently the South was
IN favor of the ultimate extinction of Slavery,
and continued:
NO COMPROMISE,
Asto the concessions of the North, Mr.. Ev
erett said: The North has c0m3rnniised unt,I
the very word has become almost sickenlo
LappIause. With respect TO everything SUI
stahilal IN the Complaints OF the South GgaInst
the North, Congress and the States lave al.
iordcd or rendered all reas nable, all )oss bic
satisfaction. She complain cd of the NJ ssourl
COMPROMISE, although adopted in confortnitr
with all the traditions of the Government and
approved by the most judcious Southern state.
men, and after thirty four years aco uicscence
on the part fthe people, Congress reIealed it
She asked for JUDI icIal decision of the terrific.
rial question IN her favor, and the Supreme
Court OF the United States, in centraventon of
the whole current OF our leg glsatlon, SO decided
1t. She insisted on carrying this dec sion ITO
elect, and three new Territories, at he very
last session OF Congress,were organized in
conformity to it, as Utah an New MeAico
had been before 1t was rendered She teman-
dcd guarantee against amer dments Of the
Constitution adverse TO her lntef ests, snl it was
given by the requisite majority of the two
Houses She required the repeal of the Site
Laws obstrucnng the surrender of fugil we
slaves, and although she had AIKEN the extreme
remedy OF revolt into her hands, they were re-
peaIfd or modified. Lapplanse. Nothing
satisfied her, because there was an active party
IN The Cotton-growing States, led by ambitious
lAen determined on disunion, who were resolved (
not TO be satisfied. 10 one instance alone the /
South has suffered defeat. The North, for /
the first time since the formation of tie Gov. |
ernment, has chosen a President by her unaid. I
ed electoral vote and that is the occasion of
the present unnatural war. TCheers.1 | did
not, as you know, contribute TO that result, but I
| did enlist under the banner of =" The Unor, |
the Constitution, and the Enforcement Of the |
Laws" Cheers for Mr.. Everett Urder |
that banner mean to stand, and with it, if it |
Is struck down. am willing TO fall. Loud |
Applause Even for this result The South has |
no one to blame but herself. Her dsunionlsts
would give their votes for no candidate but /
the one selected by leaders who avowed the
purpose Of Giiectng a revolution Of the Cotton I
Democratic Party directly calculated, probably |
designed, to produce the event which actually !
took place, with all It's dread consequences.
After exposing the injustice of the three
fiths Slave representation, Mr.. Everett. sad
WHY SHOULD WE NOT RECoGNIZE THE sRt EDIGG .
STATES!
And now lei us rise from these disrcgardcd |
"a - Il : Io Of 4 .,
ed subteucs OF the sGcess on school ot argu.
menl, aud contemplate the great issue nfore |
US, in its solemn practical reality. "}Vhy |
should we not" il is asked, " odmit the Claims |
of the seeding States, acknowledge their ia
dependence, and put an end at once 10 tdO
waf!' why should we not - l answer
the question by asking another. Why should |
we! What have we to hope rom the pursuit
OF that course ! Peace! Buj we were a,
peace before. Why are we not at peace now
The North has not wagsd the war; it has
been forced upon us in self defence and if,
while they had the Constitution and the laws,
the Executive, Congress, aud the Courts, all
controlled by themselves, the South, dissatisfied
with legal projections and constitutional rem.
edes, has gtasQrd tho sword, can North and
South hope to live IN peace wben the bonds of
Union are broken, and amicahle means Of ad-
lustment are repudlated! Peace Is the very
last thing which secession, ltrecOgnized, whl
give US ii Will give US nothing but hollow
truce-tlme to prepare the means of new out.
rages 1t IS In lis very nature a perpetual
cause OF hostility an eternal, never cancelled
letIer-of-marque aud reprIsal, an everlasting
proclamation of Border war. How can peace
exist, when al the causes of dissension ire
multiplied; when unequal revenu
laws shall have led to gigantic system Of
smuggling, when a general stampede OF slaves
shall take place along the border, with no
thought of rendition, and all the thousand
causes of mutual irritation shall be called into
action, on u frontier of l 800 miles Roj marked |
by natural boundaries and not subject 10 q com.
mon jurisdiction or a mediating power! We
did believe in peace: fondly, credulously be-
lieved, that, cemented by the mild umpirage
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