Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-01-02
,x.coy. ncyEHsADs SPEECH IN ENGLAND

1X.coy. EHpEHfADs SPEECH n ENGLAND
". har. before US. in the Liverpool MGR
crry,' e ;ec l3st "S DC ,he-, : !u.! report
of me sot zen Delivered tfevo or The 9th o.
yciooe- last, by Ex-Governor M'r"head, of
Eaatuc..-, ~ the Southern C.u2. We have
l.ar-tofcro rIbilssed from this speech its dis
,!os.,-3 of he :uto:vi2w between Mr.. Lincoln,
trea President eiec:, and Hcsars. Mnrohead,
2iycs, Gurhrl: md others. Nothing hasar-
paarci more damaging to L'Eceln's faUs as
III honorable man ti,su toe statement OF that
coilcouy, rs related Ivy Gov. Morehead. The
portion of the speech preceding and !ntro.
ducing that statement, 40 copy below. II
,laces Seward by the side Of his chief III his
aerc humiliation AID disgrace:
n. Hen. Mr.. Morchc.d. who was r~ecei'"'i
W., u,plau,e. SalI-Mr. CaaTmar and G.i:-
=. ,,n. [ hop. hut it will not be expected
IL ! shall m,Sc T. set speech upon this oc-
taatnn. fer 7 .ha! rAtnel cncagem ~co'!oqu's'
,n-aS.. in a Grtli Of such c"elr>; a. nave
. .,snir,d urdrr Irv own observation.
c,.;I,i;v a~Iiuiirg 10 other matters in st,rh |
At !raS:fnl,: 1 ep and an'drag interest. ]
,n.nS !. Dot liz r-oper - say IN tb'S OCCASION
IN &C was not an or:S;a". S=cvss!on;St. |
~ , Up;oa man. I desired-and | speak
noy altar n total and entire change OF feeling
an ,ha, suhiu.t, What I know TO have been
the sentiments Of NJ heart was sincerely
a,.d honestly III faYcl of Pc r~etuati"n OF ~"
IIrion and of the constitution which on"
fathers rsyeyu =; I dcSiie Cd 10 see that cons:t-
tu;ion strictI observed; | dealred to see its
principles carried out, according 70 tho or
.,insl intnn:toi IF the trainers. l had b3e
hrou:n: Up f:c0 Infancy with a love and
vcnecation for, aid devotion to tho Union;
s.d IS I sreH ,nto uIsnhood aud looked ut
she magnificent country before me, embrac-
ms ove'y variety of climate, and saw it
"a. ching f,rs ard undrr L constitution aud u
fra OF government which | was taught to
n.i:aye was the pest in tie world, | felt an
hoaest gl9w Ct prldo and exu;tation in say
ing
This /. my D wn, my nstve land!
AID I Desired and prsyna that thgt Con, thu
tim IuiE2; %. pefpetuated and tnst We might
live nn't; dine peoins. CHear, hen } When
assct;9i.Hi at. was organized. Nasej upon q
g.ogravh.cal Eve Iocp'y 4.G distinctly mark
OIL. sli go gSG,, ~Section, By means o. q mi
3p.Gy Of Tie reop!-, claimed IL exclude ano-
TIC. >atlI: ss.tyn1 TOM all participation what
eve. II t-e.: IAIG'n0u government. and when
!:.ry size! thc ra:ns Of that ccrr.oa govern
men and rncs" ii iat1 an alliCude uf hostility
a,ainS: ,he snc:ai iuStitutoaS OF an entire sec
ticn, | confess that 4 was tho most painfTl
and trying event Of MI life. | struggled
against hope, aud endeavored to avert that
which ny own SQUAD judgment tod HE was
almost ;aevitable. [ was in Mississippi wbeu
4 secad.d-my Property il there; | vas ii
& uis,sua shortly afterwards; was in Ar
Kansas after -NrdS, N Tennessee, il one !or
sion of NoItn Carolina, amt in Georgia.
Nv efforts during that eu::re paIIod we're
To err st, ii possible, the attempt to sever TIT
Union n, aad to try within the constitution t
Obtain such guarantees rs would effectuslty
, secure the rights and interests Of the South
e., soctioo viii, that view, whoa the Leg
~islature cf K.ntCc&y, II my absence, elcctt'
zoe anonymously to 60 as enc Of the delegate
to the Peace Conference, | accepted the CHIC
and vent to tins city of Washington, hoping
4 Oh. old mother State Virginia had made 10
rail-. and rs the slavs-noldiug States that the
remained in the Union would send delegates
Ind ,.r,ap s those 10 the North would ais
e%nd delegates, ihaL we might be able TO Oh
tain such gursu:ees a. would avert, ct least,
Fratricidal was.
We failed'in that. Every ofsr that wa
mcde on the part Of tie South was indignant
" spurnod by the representatives from tn
Northern States. Men said In that convex
ton that they would see the Union shatteret
into ten thousand fragments before they