The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-16
Gle Cecil ll)t)le.
Speech of Joseph j. Stewart,
CLINTON, NAY 10th. 1863.
OF BALTIMORE COUNTY,

OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.
Delivered Before the Washngton Union
League, Of Baifimo'e city, on FriLny
Eren'ng, AprU ~, 1868.
We select and publish below some
extracts from this very able and eloquent
speech of Mr.. Stewart. 1t breathes
throughout the true spirit of the Union
men Of the day, and we regret that it,
length and our limited space prevents
us from publishing the speech entire
We hope that the Union men of our
Sac will look we'll to their own and
their country's in erests the coming Fall,
and see that men Of Mr.. Stewards ability
and bold, unwavering patriotism, are
sent to the National Legislature to
represent the State, heretofore accurscd
BY half-hcarted, hesitating, wishy- washy
politicians. Mr.. Stewart said
A comparison of the genius of our
Government with that of the rebellion,
historically au hen'ica,ed, will readily
develop the cause of our deadly antago-
nism, and prove that our duty is to fight
I" till the las armed foe expires" This
quarrel cannot be compromised, because
the Union is more than political com
bination of geographical sections-u is
The embodiment Of Hring princ1ples-
principles whach cannot de and ieuuc
behind them men ,ro,thg Of LITE.
The genius of the Union is Liberty
All our hopes, all our fears, the glory
of the past, the terrible ordeal of the
present, the dreadful uncertainty of tie
future, are receivable into this. The
ridiculous self-compacency Of the Sou h
Carolina politician is rarely seen to bet
ter advantage than when he discourses
about his State being ruled by " mas
ter class" As Spratt has it, We haue
no demogogues, for there is no populace
to breed them."
In such a Government the poor white
man has no such hope. He is despised
and treated worse than a negro. The
property qualification required to estab-
lish his manhood is out of his reach, aud
the " master class" which regards him
as nuisance, can afford to despise him.
The avenues to wealth ale blocked up
by the ruling class. His own poor pair
of hands, without aid, must by badly
rewarded toll support his family. If
there was a free laboring population, he
could hire and get help, but his masters
DO not desire it. Ju 1856 Governor
Adams, of South Carolina, an advocate
for re-opening the slave-trade, in his
annual message to the Legislature uses
the following language: " If We can
not supply the demand for slave-labor,
then we must expect to be supplied with
species Of labor ire do not rant, and
rh'ch is, from the uery MIXTURE Of things,
antagonastlc to our institutions"
They " do not want" free white men
down there. They only want negroes
for labor. Then, to-day, what is the
grave mission Of this Southern Rebel
lion 1t is to extend the occupation of
the soil by negroes 1t is to perpetuatc
the negro in increased numbers upon the
land of country everywhere capable of
supporting white people. 1t is to in.
crease an inferior race, which must re-
duce half the continent to barbarism and
exclude the superior race. 1t is to es-
tablish, by the operation of the laws of
nature, reacting upon themselves, negro
dominion over the best part of our coun-
try. Texas alone is capable of support
ing sixty millions Of people. Shall
white men, who fought and paid for l.,
have share in he soil or motor sLall
1t be overrun with negroes? .Noy, /
hoOe some firth IN the whte maa. !
belong to the whte mans party. | be-
lieve in civilization and not in barbarsm
in houses in place of huts--in books
instead Of bones and banjos-in school,
teachers instead Of overscers. | am
opposed to the establishment of any sys-
tenn Of government which increases the
negro race at the expense of the white
race, and must eventuate in Africanlzing
the best half Of our country. This IS a
.0h'te mans country, and must Be gov.