Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-02-01

political conspiracy IL might be that he would stand
alone with his colleague INF MEon). Let Il be II,
sought no oiee His political race was very near volun
History would record the proceedings Of this turbulent
i ol WIZ I'M llls Bente out iniaoie arolter o gu
thinBS ehrtty would decide the truth. Upon that he
would AXE his stand. They lived in an age Of political
pardnNes broad expansive love Of country hzd become
a ulspnstd seniimentAlity, Patriotism bad become a
starving birding clingng with unnedged wings a,eund
the nest Of tes where Il born. statesman must
now not only marrow his mind and give up TO party what
was meant for manknd but he must become submits
sve as blind horse IN bark mill TO every perverted OPT
mon when siih whip IN hand on the revolving shan at
Inc end OF which he is harnessa1 To 10 diamond n the
tat waller he must stand In tho Senate House Of his
country ana IN the lace Of 0fbearlng people, glory In
hping traitor aud rebel lie must a0lemnly proclaim
the death Of the nation to which he had allegiance
aud with the grave s0ldty OF undertaken invite Its
citizens 10 their funeral He mus. dwarf aud pro-
vnealize his ptr'otsm to the state whose local pas
sons he thrves; to the county where he practices court
nifty Of a Doge OF Venice.
lie can take oath to support the Constitution II the
United States but ho can enter With honor into con,
spracy 10 overthrow IT, lie under the samctiy Of the
same oath advise the Seizure OF forts and arsenas nrk
yards and ships and money belonging to tho Union
Whose officer he Is aud lind loyal aud convenient
retreat In Stale authority and Stae allesianee Tia was
ready To laugh In their faces II they only told hin that
before the time when he muling aud pulng In his
ueorgo Washington who before he died. became eminent
by pernetatin the immortal joke Of advising the people
Of the United States ht it Of INFINITE moment that
they SHOULD prspery estimate the immense value of their
Natlonil Union; that they should cherish Il cordial
habiin4l and immovahie attachment to II; that thsy
the palladium Of their political safety and prosperity
that they should watch its preservation with jealous
anxiety discountenancs whatever might suggest sus-
peion that 1t could in any event be abandoned; and in
dignany lrown down the first dawnng Of every attempt
To alternate any portion of the country from the rest 10
eneehc the sacred Ties which linked together Its various
parts. That great man penetrated even as a seer Into
these tin0s when those sectional differences arising from
geographical lines against which he warned them should
come
These times had come, and these difficulties had been
fOmpnipl and brought R6Out by ie Mira man Norlb ana
snuthIy the very men who now gloAted over the ruin
impending upon the country These ulirl mon, North
aud SOUTH had shaken hands this fell work and the
upon thnm, and now, like the Roman OK garlanded
the sacrifice to led TO the death they had prepared
Constitution was the sanced Jerusalem against which
their cohorts were arraye and these were the men against
whom tho leope must go forth to give battle rhe.e
We're thaState tights men OF tile srAitast sect While
South Carolina drelsred for state rights 10 preerye
slavery, the Northern stta.rrhts men-the ,abi Alo.
lionsts declared for STATE rights to oyarurn slavery
He asked no uuartsr he solicited no ftvnrs st H., Il
msnd that justice only which had It's soures In honest
North Carolina which first gave birth to nependancs
were sd to Massachusetts on whose soil tha irs blood
was si r lihery and he believed that ia those noble
states there Yet fingered sentiments oil true patriotism
which would Ava the country iiom all the horrors pend
ing over t-would that country whose name and
glory were The common heritage Of ALL Would not ths
men u The North join them in common effort To save
u" uhisni Would they not stop forward and mget |
their friends Of the South in that spirit u love Of country
and frterua feeling which made th.ir Gher4 ilistvnns
and close up overy access 10 symbathyY liz tnsw
they would and the glorious tack youlI again h tiir
tu ~ tho nft In bringing naar. ,nd ,tnn5 10 nj III
traetel cnuutry
Mr.. Clemens then proceeded oshoyv that ths rreveri
hle laws which governed population governed and CON
pipulacA which the South wauted-it was eaplia irbsv
wanted Territories. There would be- instead nr
the iressihe conflict between slave and free labor an
riepresHbe conflict entirely confined to Southern Con.
siefary; for then would arise conflict for sunren,arV
'nl sola strong and ieentlsss hand would grasp tie
ins Of p1wer aud change the whole character h tav
from a Republic 10 An imuorintis nii ivtan,,,,.