Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-27

Speech OF Beury Winter OnVis Letter OF |
j attn T.. Il enbedy. J.uf @ l-i|H4 t'
H Henry Winter Davis has accepted the |
nomination. for lConkress in the Fodrth Dis
trict Ct Maryland, rendered him by the Union
men. In = speecbi delivered in Baltimore on
Monday evening, be,expressedy strong Union
sentiments. ThdhBing bis old friends Tor
their approval of his past conduct, be briefly
reviewed the seton Of the last session Of
Cong ess, declaring that he had opposed the
CTittendep compromise because it was moth
ing. moro than the Bteckinridge platforfu
dressed up for the emergency; and rs he
contes ed the election of Breckenridge, be
could not consistently support those fesolu-
tions. i.- td & IVA 81
MIR. Davis denounced the rebels rs traitors
to the country, aud declared that there is
NO BmHT OF sECHss1os. r @ !
People who talk about the right Of Seces-
siCn (he said) talk like children. There can
be no such thing It was an attempt to
Mexicanizo America. There sressme things
men don't argue about. One of them is
principle that lies at the foundation Of an at
tempt 70 overthrow the Government, and it
would be beaten down by force. There are
such things IS national necessities, and in
proof-oi THE assertion he cited the purchase
Of Florida and other illustrations.
Talk of Southern brethrenl he had no
brethren -outside of the United States. He
deprecated the affairs of the 18th Of April,
| and blamed the Marshal of Police. He said
that the Legislature had to legalize certain
scts which had brought certain gentlemen
within the range Of the penitentiary. He
denounced the charge that Mr.. Lincoln was
, wBgiug an unconstitutional war he denied
3 that it was war; it is the enforcement of
the laws. The only illegal act was the proc
I lamation for a permanent increase Of the
/ army and Dayyi but that had been excused
} on account Of the pressing emergency. He
quoted from Washington, Jacksou and Clay
/ TO prove the justice Of Mr.. Lincoln's course.
In conclusion, he said that if chosen to
repregeut the people of the Fourth Com
/ gtcssioual District Of Maryland in the extra
1sCssion Of Congress, he would do all in his
/ power 20 avert civil war. Great was his
horror of civil war, hut greater was his hor-
Ior of q dismembered Union.
JOHN P. KENNEDY on THE UNION.
John z Kennedy, who had been requested
to run for Con =ress in Winter DaviSs district,
declines in favor Of the latter. In a letter to
the Baltimore american Mr.. Kennedy says:
10. No one is more profoundly Impressed than
] am with the convection that both the honor
and the safety of Maryland are best 10 be
sustained 10y her unalterable devotion to the
( Union that in her fidelity to that trust will
be found lot only her oWn,future prosperity
and happiness, but also the strongest and
perhaps the only foundation for hope of
the reunion of the States now unhappily sun
dered; that in her severance from the Union,
even in the most fortunate concurrence OF
events, she would become tue theater of per-
petual war, the victim of angry factions, and
very soon dismembered State. She would
II lcse her western counties, and be compelled
- to surrender her territory east Of the Sus-
Quthsuna and the Chesapeake Bay. have
l. u 7 ,,t
whatever mitigation of the evils of separa'
ton the other border 81 Stes may fud--tC
M0lyIdHd diSuaion is ruin. ..s. W
When my name was presente to the Con
: veution, which recently met iD this district
.t il was done after a most reluctant consent
from me, upon the urgent request of friends
who gave me reason 10 believe that it might
he The means Of harmonizing the conflicting
views which were known to prevail in the
( district il respect to the motives of prefer
epce for sew sral of our best known citizens
| who hsd engaged the Attention OF tue dis
trict for tho domination. Nothing was nort
; foreign from my wish than to be drhwI
once more into public life from the retire
nent of my study and the pursuits in which
: have always found my highest content
II was, therefore, with extreme reluctance
and -Witha painful sense Of unwelcome re-
! sponsibilty, that brought myself TO con
sent to be placed in a position so little at
J., trRctise TO me-. e.. r.95.r q 80 frar.|..u
The. nomination fell upon another. What
ever ground of objection there may be Il
that nomination il is no disappointment Il
; me. think it absolves me now from any
: duty 10 bring it into contest. l hope tht
| good friends " 40 contemplate addressing mt
:, The letter you have published will not thinA
that can he persuaded TO enter into can
ysss with divided ticket. TheHs are
already tWo candidates before the pubic Il
l distract the vote Of this district---a division
Sufficiently Perlous to the hopes the friend
Of the UnioR,. can not add to that peril b!
the integpQsition Of my name. Indeed,
= should be pawilIihg TO be brought into tn
! canvass uhder any other conditions thai
. those which infer a unsniDous support 9
tile pqion party, aid even then only unde
: l-ihe clesrest conviction Of its necessity
~ can ter'et iFe no dsty 70 urge me TO becom
/ f'the probable or even possible cause Of disser
sion ats N On1nt so iull of public an4iet
! ard concern as this .3icg H I'