, 1861-01-30
g6Bxaa4lsRN .f@DTRsT AGAINST
sE'.: ( XEfMUU&0N.
spoeeh OF Tksn ahazrard clemens Of th
Wheeling. E.VfFx1u1a, District, Dsliy
cred In kh3 AoU3a OF Rspfekanta

NJ sE naa1s1g5oN.
speesh ef f1akea shs4rard c1emen. of tho
WheelinEyiFE D1stslet, Dsliv-
>tIves, fan 99d, 1861.
Nj. Clemens began by saying that he was
permitted after . long sickness to stand on
that floor in renovated health, 10 lift wa1n-
ing voice to his countzgrnen of the South and
Virginia, who Wera being dragged out Of the
Union by the..unholy Vaccinations Of wrecked
and ambitious men. He would speak to them
q beatted the solemn and portentous Issues
Of the hour. They were In the midst Of great
events, It might be that they were in the
dying days Of the Republic; and he would
not, therefore, utter, even In Il whieper, one
word which might tend to bring down the |
impending avalanche upon the quiet homes Of |
the people. He would at the came time speak |
u Southern man, identified with all the In
terests Of the South He would speak Is |
Western VirginIan, md as the custodian Of |
those who were not old enough to know the |
perlls 10 which they were exposed by those
who were now riding On the very crest Of tho |
popular wave, but who were nevertheless
destined to sink into the very trough Of the
sea--to depth SO unfathomable that bubble
would never rise to mark the spot where they
went so tgnominiously down Well might
those who had inaugurated the revolution
out, with uplifted hands, for peace, md depre-
cite the efIusion of blood It was the inventor
Of the gutl1otIne who Was Its first victim, and
the day was not far of when they would find
among their own people those who would have
to rely upon the magnanimity Of that popula-
ton whom they had most cruelty outraged
and deceived.
He had not the hea1t to enter into detai1 O.
the arguments, or to express the indignant
emotions which rose to his lips for utterance-
But, before God and in his fnmost conscience,
he believed that slavery would be crucifled
should this unhappy controversy end In q dis
membcrnent Of the Union. Il not crucifled,
1t would carry the death-rattle in its throat. II
remained to be seen whether treason should
be carried out with the same facility with
courage among the minority OF every slave
State that might be for the time overwhelmed.
Lazarus was not dead but slept, and ere long
the stone would be rolled AWAY from the
mouth Of the tomb, and they would witness
all the glories Of resurrection. It would not
be forgotten that among the clans Of 8cotland
beacon fires used to be lit by concerted signals
from crag to crag in living volumes Of flame,
yet expiring even in Its own fiercencss, and
sinking into ashes as the faggots which had
| fed them were consumed To such picture
as that might be Ikened 3 rebellion such us
political leaders sometimes excite for brief
| hour, but the fires Of rebellion burnt ont with
| the tageots, and all was cold and dark again
as.n,t ~ ha..s ~ s'ast 1etWeea suGn
u.9s m9asVens =. - setnSen snGu [epel1on Us le
! the people In vindlcation Of violated rights.
| As great . difference as there WAS between
Snug, the joiner, and Bottom, the weaver, who
eoufu foas soo " nelce Us ,io1, OF coo you
o. o. geeIaI, g s.a1,- ~ suSAnsopse i;ti Gne "as tne
sElg11Gs 49,. ~ Ronttgaa naleqnln, ne otnef
auna nane, ana t oanel was y. p.sl1e On nre,
nna11g ~ ~ II e!say sasP y ~ fIostess iooa lor
| lts atl.lateA,ns naM. 81 tne Pteseht enesPen-
e. y't nelefe 'als I9naNM ! c9aspliae@, II n1lgns
~ tuat % ~ nuuu ssa4u u Mone WIZ nls col.
leasas, Smt; llsGnl LeL oe eo' ne eought
o,nnte;,r ~ n.1s 1s pon1'csl faee WAS very nearly
'oHtEat4' H;ataM' 1.,a 1na ,,.a>a ~. ,..a,;, -
insaosy mouM leeo1d lI Lee PIoceeoinga oi
r,,;hI nsh;t ~ ~, a11 .t n.e ~ seuue W
tnialI u:an 4f ~ ~ ~ t1ngs saftmy, "outu
s9e IT'LL I'LL ,;1pp p1 l. 'nas ne "eula take
ne e1aau. Icy nseu ~ ~ age u poIlticA
Pa5aao1es fls nfoao, eaRansave lose 9, country
n~u oec9ine alseasea sehtlmenIanty. rat
ilo.eM !l, naa 9eGoue = stAtsins ot5uling, enng
tng VIII hla uaneoa ;t a %ngs aroona .ne mes. o.
1nase W Huess r.. ~ . "as uofn. a statesnan nov
tnesL uot ouis Aallo" 1ls Iu1nd and glse up
" PETTY mnas "hs n! lleant iof nanAina, out ne
noo' peGpn,s :m ~ euossSe ~ 10 unnu nolhe
N baIk mlu TO every perverted opinion
Huien slts wnlp n nana oa tae lesolVlng snalt
=: tne e9u ~ u wnaeA ne u nAlneeseu. 70 9e q
Mllaona 9o " lns nlst %nees, ne must stana N
tne oe9a.e nouae VI u coonIIy, ana IN tne
taeG VI 1oloea.ng People EloEy IN peang
tIaitof ana reoeL ne must solemniy Pro,
clanl tuG asa.n oi notion 70 Wnlcn ne ila nao
sworn a1eglanee, and WIN the grave stoldity
own ianeEaL re must dWaIt and provincial,
~ ~ Paslaossm 10 nc state On WHOSE local
PASSIONS ne tuT14es 70 tne county "heEe ne
ptaG!1Giss - ~ 70 Inc y"here ne nannti
u az Inc metettlcious algnl.y ol Dose OF
Cenice; re can takg an oa1h to support th9
Const'tallon o. me oh'teo oIates, put ne can
en.er M1tn nonor lnto conspiracy 10 over
, thro" It. he can, under the sanehty OF the
. SINE oa1a, aoslse tne seizufe oi tofts ana
alsenaie, aoek5aI4s and smps, aha money oe-
longing 70 Inc unlon, Wnose onicer ne l.,
ana una 2 most loya ana convenient
retreat IN state authority and State allegiance
He vas ready to laugh In their faces II they only
tolo MIN t1at beiofe the time when he was mul
ing ana puklns N nus nurses arms there lived
aVery obscure person na6a George wash
~ perpetratlng ne immortal JOKE OF advising
, tne people OF me limited states inst 1t was O.
innMte moment that theF should properly es
1mate the immense !a19e OF their Nationa
+ Union t1a1 1ney snoolo cheflsh cordial, ha
1 bitual, and lmmovaole attachment to it thai
=,
speak OF II as tne palladium OF their Pol1tlea
aaicfy ana prosperity that they should Watct
us preservation with lealaus anxiety; disconn
tenance Whatever might suggest suspicion
that it could IN any event be abandoned; ant
indignantly f1oWn down the first daWn1ng 0
every attempt TO ALLEVIATE any portion OF tht
: | country from the rest, or to enfetble the Ea
cred ties which linked together itz Var1ouI
parts. That great man penetrated even as I
seer INTO thesc tunes, Wnen those sectiona
: dnerences, arising nom geographical line
against which ne warned them, should come
lhese times NAG come. ana THESE utmcultie
hao peen iomenteo ana brought about BY tn
l ultra men North aud south-by the very mel
on the country.
The dre-eaters and ultras Of the South pro
Q claimed their purpose to the North, to monop
Q oilze with save territory al the public lands
anu to drive therefrom free labor, to conver
every Tree state into common ground for th
4 fecapture OF colored persons as slaves VIII
t were Tree, and to put the Federal Goyernmen
h | In all its departments under the control Of
slave oligatchy: These and all other strata
gems that could be resorted to aroused antag
q onlsttc feelings, which were welded with tn3
2 bq1ent passions As they planted 20 they REAP
= ca. Esery violent Wofu uttered North hal
been sent south. and the South has responded
: IN the spirit Ihe Abolisionlst himself hai
peen gfanteo an aualence IN every Soutner
T. Guy, Ut every soothefn po1tfca meeting, an
7 repeated even in the hearing Of the shave
/ themselves. Vas It not hun1iliating to comics
r. / that the very people who would burn In efBgy
: # not at the stake, q Postmaster who wonl
| dare to distribute q copy Of Abolition speech
es, honor - among their chlef defenders tn