M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-02-07

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more this latter consideration.
The all-important question, then, is
shall we, under existing circumstan,
ces, attempt TO perretuate the Union
by coeycion2 If faith is 10 be put in
Republican speeches and journals
that is the remedy. After some wa.
yeriag, the leaders Of the Republican
party seem to lave settled down OIL
that doctrine. But, surely, nothing
could be more suicidal. Five States
have gone ont Of the Union, SO far as
ii is in their power to do so. The re.
naming slave States are divided in
sentiment. Some OF them will follow
the recusant States. The remainder
7 Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas do
not want to secede. But iuaugurate
civil war, and every one of them will
20. 1t is perfect madness to doubt il;
and so the first result OF attempting to
preserve the Cotton States III the I'm.
ion, by force, would be to lose all the
other slave States In trying to keep
five in, by arms, you drive ten more
ont; and when the whole shall have
seeded, what can you do by arms 3
There is no brayer people Oh earth
than the people OF the North; but you
are not one whit moro brave than
your brethren Of the South. But.
says coercion5t, we are eighteed
millions, and the South has but eight
millions OF whites; and she has within
her borders four millions Of domestic
enemies, her slaves.
Eighteen millions Who is au.
thozod to say that the eighteen mil.
lions in the free States Will combine
to conquer the South9 Who can say
that il the whole South sccedo the free
States will remain iosctherl But
suppose they do. and suppose they
join in crusade against the South,
can they S.bjagate and hold pr!-
Never, sir, never! The teacbings Of
all history say no. You may invade
her, and gain battles, and inhict iniu-
ries--you may harm her moro than
she can harm you; all this is possible;
but conquer, subjugato and hold her
by arms yon never can,
A few years since since there wasa
remarkable and most imposing assem-.
bIage in this city. Your Senators and
Representatives were convened III u
siaglo chamber; your great officers Of
State, and the Judges Of your highest
court were present, or seats assigned
for their use. TIE Executive, judicial
and Legislative iunctionaries Of the
State sat, as it were, in convention.
And not they only. On the floor were
seen many distinguished private citi.
zcns, who came there by special inyi-
ration Of the constituted authorities;
while withSut the bar vast concour5o
of the people looked with animated III
terest upon the scene. And over all
that scene woman's beauty shed its
lnster and its radiance. And what was
the meaning Of al, this? Why this
assembly, such rs had never before
been witnessed IN the States9 Whence
came that strange flag interlocked
with the stars and stripes, and taat
otherstran emblem fastened side by
side with our national coat Of arms a!
You all know full well. 1t was to do.
honor to Hungary in the person Of.
Louis Koas"th--uungary that with
but Jyn millions OF people could not be
conquered by Austria with twenty-five
miiions-Hungary that achieved and
maintained her independence until the
Russian bear united with the Austrian
eagle to crush her into submission
Hungary, whose wrongs at the hands
ol hcr oppressorS were not as great as
our Southern people believe theirs TO
be at the hands Of the North.
Look at the history Of our mother
country. Does not every Scotchman's
heart swell with pride, even at this
day, at the thought that, however in
vaded, however defeated, however laid
waste, England'S power could never
snbjugate his native land2
And does not every Irishman re-
member that, although devastated 10y
centuries OF bIoodshed and 5arUafities,
his green isle yet SO far retained her
Independence, that her own Parlia.
ment sat in her Parliament House,
and English gold at last bought the
subjection that English arms eould
never enforce!
Look at Switzerland, fighting sixty
pitched bGttles-won against Burgun.
dy, won against Austris-and com.
ing out Of lilo contest free and inde-
pendent: the greatest example of here
ism since the day OF Thermopala.
But why multiply examples, of
which history is iull 2 Are not our
Southern brethren descended from the
same three millions who for seven
long years withstOod the power of
Britain and achieved or indepen
dence2 And will not they fight for