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

lNS'NotOH' 0OOA AGAIN a. nIotoiJs lu
almost, or every country Of antiquity,
there were more slaves in proportion
to the population than there are blacks
at the South, yet when did they aid
an invader oftheir countryl For four,
teen years Hannibal maintained his
footing in Italy; what Roman slave
gave him aid and comfort 7 The Ro
man Empire, full Of slaves Injured tc
the use Of arms--captjves taken in
war-were burning with resentment
against their captorS--.was finally
overthrown by the hordes ofthe north
/ What historian speaks OF the slaves in
narrating the conquest! In modern
times, what Russian serf joined the
armies of France, under Napoleon the
tirGt,o the armies OF England, France
or Sardinia in the Crimean War p
To come home, and descend to a small
but most significant fact, what slave
flew to arms when John Brown ap,
pcarel at Harper's Ferry? No, sig;
he who thinks that slavery weakens
the South lor purposes Of military de.
ionse, reasons against the teachings Of
jail experience, ancient and modern.
But suppose iC is SO; is there a man
+, so lost to all sense Of humanity, SO ut
terly a demon in spirit as to wish to
see the South converted into a second
San Domingol Virginia gave to us
the very soil we stand upon. She
gave to US, freely and without price,
the greater portion Of this great North
west; and are we to show our graft.
.tuda by cutting the throats of hersousl
Kentucky defended us in our infancy,
when we were unable to defend our.
aelycs; and the bones Of her sons are
thick strewn upon our frontier. Shall
we pay our debt with the torch of an
inCendiary and the horrors ola servile
insnrrection1 Lond cries of "Ncverl
noyer!"l
1t is quite common, Mr.. President,
to refer to the course Of General Jack.
son, in the case Of South Carolina nul.
LITIGATION, 70 an authority for coercion;
but there is no parallel between that
case and onr existing troubles. Why.
what did South Carolina nulliIy aboutl
Was it upon question that wounled
the pride, excited the passions, and
brought terror to the home Of every
man and woman ofthe South! Was
1t for cause that made u father trem
bic, aud blan;hed the cheek Of a moth
er, as they gathered the little ones
around them at the family hearth p
Was it this, or any thing like tl.is 3
Nor, sir: no, sir. 1t was upon a mere
question of dollars and cents, o mere
question Of taxation; and South Care
lima, with a bare majority Of nullifqrs
in her own State, stood literally alone,
every other State, both south aud
north, being arrayed in solid phalanx
against it. Bot, even underthogC cir
cumstances, what took place.
Mr., Clay was called the father of
the American system--a designation
then given to the protective tarfiaNs
and he had gained great popularity
at the North ny the advocacy OF that
system He Vas appealed to by the
friends OF that policy to stand by it,
notwithstanding the attitude of South
Carolina, and never to surrender his
principles to crafty traitors, Just as
50 many Republican Coercionists now
call upon their party to maintain their
principles at the expense oflhe Union
and civil war. But what said Mr..
Clay, than whom no braver or more
high-minded man ever lived? Why
this: Il cherish my opinions. but /
prefer my country" And 50 he in.
troduced the Compromise Act, and
notification was crushed; not 0y arms,
but by concession. And WAS General
jackson opposed to concession 2 Why
sir, do We not all know that he urged
the passage Of Verplanck' s bill which
would have reduced the tariff even low
er than it was reduced by the Com
promise Act? Do we not know that
that bill was an Administration meas
ure, and that it would have brought
the duties down as low, nay lower,
than South Carolina had ever demand.
cd! But, sir, let General jackson
speak for himself upon the question
whether the Union can be maintained
force Of arms. Fortunately he has
left an enduring and unmiStakablerec-
ord OF his opinion upon that subject,
rs well rs upon some others that are
now, and SO long as the Union shall
endure, will ever be OF vital impor.
tance TO its preservation. In his Fare.
well Address he says:
"lf such struggle is once begun.
and the citizens OF one section of the
country arrayed in arms against those
OF another, in doubtful conflict, let the
battle result as it may, there will be
an crd OF the Union, and with it an
end of the OF the hopes OF freedom.--
The victory Of the injured would not
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