The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-02-02

union tilat we may nave u Irce anu nloTlou
Union of our own! How stands Massa
chusetts at this hour in reference to thu
Union? Just where she ought 10 be, in al
| attitude of open hostility"
Sir. there is an old maxim that it is law
full and. wise to learn from our enemies. =
There is another man in the North - Wendell
Phillips of great pertnacity Of purpose, Of
a heart like vase lied with fire, of vast
powers of illustration and defamation and
to whom the passion of the multitude are as
clay is in the hands of a cunning moldcr.-
The senior Senator from New York Mr.
Seward has an intellect of high culture, and
his speeches are philosophical essays. modelled
after the idealism and style of Burke; bu,
his voice is harsh and cultural, and his spiri,
cold and impassive. Philips is the man for
the multitude, Seward for the closet Since
this session commenced he has had an oppor.
tunity to make hlmsclf immortal Intrepid.
ty of sou. in a statesman carries with it the
victories Of peace, which the military chief
tain gains in war. The panoply of political
martydom. in this age. might have been n
species of dedication in the next. The ac-
cepted moment has passed and | am fearful
1t will come to him never, never more. The
dissolution Of the Union dethrones the Repub.
lcan party, disrobes it of power and makes
Garrison and Philips, and their corfederates,
the absolute dlcta'ors of the North.
And what says Philips:
COVE are disunonists. not for any love o,
separate confcderaces. or as ignorant of the
thousand evils that spring from ncighboring
and quarrelsone States but we would gel
rid Of this Union, to get rid of slavery"
Hear him again. lie used the following
language:
CAN hail, disunion Sacrifice everything
for the Union God forbid Sacrifice every
thing to keep South Caro- lima in it? Rather
build bridge of gold and pay her toll over
1t. Let her march off with banners and
trumpets, and we will speed the parting guest
Let her not stand upon the order other going
but go at once. Give her the forts and
arsenals and sub-trcasurics, and lend her
jewels Of silver and gold. and Egypt will
rejoice that she has departed"
We have then, before us, these knights Of
a new crusade. The Constitution Of the
United States is the sanctitied Jerusalem,
against which their dcludvd cohorts are
arayed. They contend the only mode to
overthrow slavery is to overthrow the Cnnsi-
tuition. They refuse to take office under it.
because 1t recognizes slavery. They will not
take an oath to support it, because it pro-
tccis slavery. They claim their allcs lance is
due TO the State, and TO the State alone
They are Statc-rights men of the straighl"st
sect and they WELD the legislative power of
the State for the extinction of slavery. as
South Carolina processes to WELD hers for
the pcrpetuation of slavery.
Sir, Is there not left among us statcsn an
ship sufficient to control these issues, and ap-
ply the corrective in time and Savo this great
country, now cGn"ulscd from its centre to
its circumference Standing in the midst Of
these troubles. and looking into the future
with the most inexpressible apprehcnsons
acknowledge, with pleasure, one patriotic
move in the right direction. 1t is one of the
cheering signs Of tins most disastrous tire
when "an airy devils in the sky and rains
down mischiels, " that the descendant of two
former Presidents, who bears an ancestral
fame now greater than any man in America
should step forward with an offering OF peace
to an afflicted people. Sir, grant it was
nothing more than covenant declaratorv Of
the sprit of the Constitution. 1t was meet
that Massachusetts so largely partaking of
our common glory in the past Massachusetts
where the first blood for American liberty
wos shed-should rise superior to the convul-
sions of the hour, and give an earnest, at
least, that the spirit of Cancellation, of inter.
State comfy, of fralernal affection was not
!,,d., ~ H. ', ' t ,h WIN ua'o'er IN !ne
dnl;rh.d ,,n,, ,h .a'p' ,"'e1,, "ish
,,onss "o' .'.e -. ''e"t n'c''
p' mb'" '',c '"uo", VI 'ne u's.a"' CON-
sa,,',J t;.s ~ wy I',. n, VI 'n' SUIT"
bni ,hn, ,;,,Io ' ~ ~ n''u '.Poee ~ ",
81, ~" w. Way ,.,s n' " "oiU III 'le ''ust o'
O.. I",n" ', y. .'''o 'our,
far ho,r,r wi, -, ourp''"". "sN ',o'
~, "Ia ,., H., W., NV a.otP' quarter ae'
t,aa;. ."" JuH..oe :" "''i springs d. the
Caro, "s =. az I1'' ~. nraS"'nlh,y nor'h
nd,n"" ", ".''." ~ y" an, Pocla ''heu ou,
~, "uI"1v an, ''' "a: |'l'cn' "rSt OF
~, w. =" " ~, oos" amy" w 'aSSach"-
o;u;I ~ ,,'I i."o" -" W S''at past "l'ch 10
COZ rn'ar, I ,h w. hn ueH'r! or impair
io,,'. e, NV" VI. o"''u' VI ,"e o"'on III
Nv ~. III wa, @o""9 ""ose slo'y oe'ohs,
them with r,a.Iod h,nds !, ,ho CIV .l'vts
,n,aa ,,o,,. r',l,l. ;m', ~ ."e sPn' ""'c''
.,aI n' La ,"a n;,s ,''"s".o"' VT WIN you
ana h., a',, a. go '"o'e 'n'pu'se'
So. ~ wi, "...a' '" sy"'P"."y ana
r. ~ '''s .,'o's VI ,ne p"st OF '"r'
s,,,',,'. cn -. Wv ~ a'a VI ,"e nou, nave
a ~, t b. r r"m' u' Ef rJ' 2'p'yu' 'e' tne
,,;.,o.,. .sst -, N"''p'es ~ Sou'
h',y .'"a"' ".' "'o"'o US Lev US eN'
,'u"e W.. 'eI''u' ~ We past ana near 'ne
e"'.'nen'' VI a"olher ul>''s1isleo son. ana
n.s nne'ne' VIZ 'a''o' ea''er from nm some
"'Iu' W. " s",a ae our cou'lse'S,
i" m"rch' 1890 "neh me oi'i Tor the cree
.tu" ~ soses'''ien. III Tue MISSISSIPPI Ter,
~