, 1861-01-25

made grand speech for the Union u It Is.
As an argument, 1t was perfectly unanswersr
BILE, and Overwhelming. He examined, one by
them al tfi1nsy, shadows, and unsubstant1a3. |
He said the seeding States had gone out be-
cause Of imaginary evile. which never had tar
ken place, and never Tonld take place If they |
had ramained faithful to tho Union, and their
Representatives had not fgnominionsly de-
serted their poats. He defended the Republi- |
cans against false charges Of violating laws |
and unfaithfulness to Constitutional obl1gar
tions. He showed that all our most fertile aud
valuable territory had been acquired at the DE-
mand of the South, and the North had paid the
bills. He mercilessly ridlculed the secession
Of little Florida, which could hardly defend
herself from the nIligators without the aid OF
the Federal Government He showed how tho
North had helped the South acquire Texas,
another empire dotted an over with negroes.
which now proposed to secede. Every acre Of
the most fertile regions Of the continent WIS
already in possession Of the South, yet they
demanded more. The cotton States declared
they wanted no more territory, but more ne
groea, and must have them, from Congo md
glorfes and advantages Of the Union, told the
seccders this was the Union that Was to be
destroyed on such weak specifications as per-
sonal liberty bills and impossible protection of
slavery in imaginary Territorie, while no
Southern man was yet found to introduce
South, ssYon need no cxlahsfon, and If you
did, you couldn't have it-4ht} you hatt re-
pcalcd the lnws of enaisTutiorana population
which gaye new tcrritonesE to free labor"
Etheridge exposed With thrflliBE effect the
1alsehoot1s propagated all. ovtr the South,
about Han1in's mulatto birth; &c.
The speech was gall and Wormwood to the
disunionis.s. Etheridge'a reply to Leake's
question-on which side be was!speaking:
II am speaking on side Which has few
a1,- $3SA ali Hf
country" WIS crushing, and drew out loud
and frrepressible applause. His oration was
in the highest strain of patriotic eloquence,
aud electrified every auditor. He said If the
worst came to the worst, and Tennessee was
dragged to the fatal precipfce Of disunion, he
would 20 with sword in one hand and
torch ID the other, and fight to the last breath
for the flag of Of our common country: Ethc-
ridges speech clincles all the nails Clemens
drovc yesterday. Ifsuch speeches had been
made weeks ago, they might have prevented
many evils which have happened.
It fB understood among secession leaders
here, that JefIcrson Davis will be elected Pres
ident Of The Provisional Government to be es-
tah1islcd ut Montgomery on the 4th proxlmo.
1t is thought by reasonable Southern men
here, that if the minority Of the free States
send Commissioners to meet Virginia here on
kept in position overwhelmingly for Union.
SIGXA.
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.1
WASHINGTON, Jan. e, 1850.
Gen. Scott has received information within
the last two days, confirming his apprehen-
sions and justifying the concentration oftroops
| Mt Washington.
Tic Morrill, Tariff bill, with the twenty mil
| lion dollar loan attached, can now get thirty
| two votes in the Sennte-suf11cient to pass it.
| It will be put through.
| There Is little doubt TINT large reinforce
1ncnts have been ordered to Fort Plckens By
/ The Government.
Dispatches from the South this morning
state that Fort Pickens is regularly invested
| by Floriia and Alabama troops. reinforced by
| 1ouisiani;ns, numbering In nil abont ,000.
| They have got large number Of guns IN posi-
tion bearing on the fort; among them two
large Columbiads.
! Commodore Armstrong, late Of Pensacola
| Navy Yard, is now here to defend himself
against chnrges preferred against him. He says
| lis subordiDatcs pulled down the flag against
| his orders. He wns to have been court mar
| tialed.
| a dispatcl. from Gov, Moore Of Louisiana,
says that Stale will be out Of the Union to-day.
Col. Hayne Of South Carolina remains here
to watch the movements Of the Government.
lie telegraphed extensively home last night.
Ills dispatches are believed to be Of 3 pacific
character.
Much surprise is expressed that Ivcrson OF
| Georgia rcinutus i'll the Senate and vutes after
his State has seeded and its representatives.
| withdrawn