Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-02-18

/ W ell, sir, IN the old sense of the term rs
applied TO the Democratic party, viii
not object 1 said years 500, and 1t is .
fitting ;imc now to repeat it:
" II to love my country; TO cherish the
Union; 10 revere the Constitution if to
abhor The madness and hate tie treason
which would lift up sacrilcgeous hand
against either if TO read that i'm the past,
20 behold II il the present, TO forescc it in
the future Of this land, which Is of more
value 10 us and to the world for ages
TO come than I'll the multiplied millions
vino have inhabited Africa from the cT-aa-
ton TO this day If this it Is 20 be pro-
slavery, then in every nerve. fiber, vein,
bone, tendon, Joint, and ligamrnt, from
thc topmost hair Of the head 20 the last
extremity q the foot, l am all over and
MI together pro-slavery man"
And now. sir, come 10 the great and
controlling question within which the
whole issue OF union or disunion is bound
up: Is there an ::irreprcssibic conflict -
between the slaveho!din@ and ron-slare-
holding States! Must the {: cotton and
rich fields OF South Carolina and the sugar
plantations of louisiana in the language
OF AIr. Seward. :: be ultimately filled By
f-cr labor, and Charleston and New
ORLEANS become marts for legitimate meg-
Cls1i.,iise alone. or else the rye fields and
wheat fields Of Massachusetts and New
l9;is again be surrendered by their farm
crs TO slave culture and the production OF
slaves, and Boston and New York become
once more markets for trade in the bodies
and souls Of mem" II 80. then there Is
an cad of n! union, and forever You
CaHnO: abolish slavery by the sword still.
loss hy p7oclamations, though the Prcsi-
dent were 10 ''proclai;n" every month
Of u-lat possible avail was his proc!ama-
ton of September? Was she even alarm
ed? And vet he has now Eliminated
another 9 bull a-;,inSt thc comet =
i:-ois7s iu'mcn-and threatening servi!e
ilsur-cc,ion with al lis horrors. ms vet
coolly appealed TO the Judgment Of man
Kind, and Invoked lhe b,cssinc OF the God
% paaca and love, Hut declaring it 20 be
q Military necessity, an essential measure
of war = subIua the rebels. yet, with al
miralie wisdom, lie expressly cxcmpts
from is operation the Only States and
paris of States in the South where he has
n" H';.i:ar:. power to execute i.
N"i.h2r. sir, can yCu abolish slavery Nv
a-Clment rs well attempt 20 abolish
marriage, or The relation Of paternity
'iEe South i resolved to maintain II NJ
c~cry hazard and by every sacrifice and
il This Union cannot endure part slave
and part free then II * already and
finally dissolved. Talk not to me Of
:: West Virginia. Tell me not OF Mis-
s-uli. :tau'pied under the feet Of your
soliiery As we'll talk 70 me of Ireland
Sir. the destiny of those States must abide
he issue Of the war. Eut Kentucky you
may find together. And Maryland
=. Zen in acr ashes ike their wonted fires"
Nor viii Delaware be found waning in
the day of trial.
Bu; deny the doctrine. Ii is full of
d;>union and civil war 1t Is disumion
Itself. Nhoeye: first taught it ought TO
he deali with as not only hostile to the
Union. but an enemy TO the human race
Sir. the fundamental idea OF the Constitu-
.ionis the perfect and eternalcompatibiIit
Of union OF STATES part slave and part
free - else tie Constitution never would
hav- been framed, nor the Union foun led:
and seventy years Of successful experiment
have approved the wisdom Of the plan. In
my deliberate iu'lgment, a confederGcy
made up IF slavehoidinc ana non-slavo-
holding States :, in the name of things,
the strongest OF I'll popular governments.
African slavery has been, and IS, cEni-
ncrtv conservative. 1t makes the abso-
late political equality of the white race
everywhere practicable. 1t dispenses
with the English order of nobility, and
leaves every white man, North and South.
owning slaves or owning none, the equal
of every other white man. II has recon
ciled universal suffrage throughout the
free States with the stability of govern
man; I speak not now of its material
benefits to the North and West, which are
many and more obvious. But the South.
too, has profitcd many ways by union
with the misunderstanding States Enter
prise, industry, selG-reliance, perseverance,
and the other hardy virtues of a people
living in higher latitude and without
hereditary servants. she has learned and
received from the North. Sir. it is easy.
| know, to denounce all this, and TO revile
him who utters ii. BE it So The Eng
lish is, of all languages, the most copicus
in words Of bitterness and approach
ssPour on: | will endure"
Then, SIR, there is Tot an irTepressibIe
conflict" between slave labor and fra