Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-23
"Of the Abundance of his Heart the
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fallandighsm is mot Northern man
his most cordial syn,pathies are ,oholly scith
her (the SoaM)iU We call the attention
Of our readers to the folloya extracts
from speech made by vaf Idigham in
the House Of Representatives, Dec. Is,
1859, which may be found in the Appendix
to the Congressional Globe, lst Session 36th
Congress PIP. 43, "A, 45 and &c,
The North and the South stand here ar.
rayed against each other. Upon the one
side, l behold numerical power; upon the
other, the violent, even fierce, spirit Of ie
sistance. Dsunion has been threatened.
Sir, IN all this controversy, sofdr as IL is sec
tionaL l. occupy the position OF ARMED
NEUTRALITY. l am not q Northern man.
| have little sympathy with the North no
very good feeling for, and aih bound to her
by no tic whatsoever, other than what once
were and ought always to be among the
strongest OF all tles-a common language
and common country. Least Of all, AIN | |
that most unseenily and ahj,c OF all polit |
ical spectacles--''a Northern man with |
Southern principles;" but, God be thank
ed, still United States man with United
States principles When emigrate to the
South take up my abode there, identify
myself with her interests, holding slaves or
holding none then, and not till then, will
| have a right, and will it be my duty, and
no doubt my pleasure, to maintain and sup.
port Southern principles and Southern in
sttutions Then, sir am not Southern
man either, althou1h, in this unholy and
most unconstitutional crusade against the
South, in the midst of the invasion, arson,
insurrection, and murder, to which she has
been subject, and with which she is still
!, threatened with the torch of the incendi
,, ary and tue dagger Of the assassin sus-
, pended over her, my most cordial sympa-
THE. are wholly with her
; Then, sir, I am not a Northern man nor
y yet Southern man; but am WESTERN
D MAN, by birth, in habit, by education; and
"a although still United States man with
United States principles, yet within and
6 subordinate to the Constitution, am wholly
n devoted to Western interests. Sir, this is
l. no new enunciation Of mine here:
..
= Mr.. Clerk, when | came to this city two
IL years ago, brought with me an intense
nationality; but had been here only a
e little while sill learned that man with.
" out section to cling to was reckoned but
:, :, as mere cipher in the account and from
~ that hour, subordinate always to the Con
n stitution, became and am a WESTERN
le sEcTIoNALIsT, and so shall continue to the
day of my death. l,oI wlaf..u..
In the following extract we have the frs
a bugle note of resistance to the draft, echoed
lie and reechoed by his followers until opel
r and armed resistance has been produced
IN And now, one word to the gentleman
i. from Pennsylvania, Mr. HlcKMAN,l whc
is took refuge the other day in the ''engiD,
Q room" of the left side of this Chamber
" whence, through new and rudely construct
ir ed port holes, to send his missiles whistlin,
le into the camp which he so lately deserted
nj | admire his discretion-the better part o
valor Sir, he spoke about precipitation
eighteen millions of people upon eight mil
ar lions. Whence does he propose to get hi
je eighteen millions2 Did he mean to includ
ss us Of the Northwest2 Docs he 'imagiu
" that we are militiamen to be drafted, o
We oonscripts to be enrolled, and march fort
g. Mt the sound of his drum, or to the note
SIC of his bugle? tell him that, if he NEAR
a. to raise the blnck standard Of iniernecin
nd war upon the South, he must find his rt
u cruits nearer home.
'rs The theory of dividing the Union in,
ad "four sections" is later invention of tn
in great exponent of Democracy. At the tim
r. he made the speech from which we al
l. quoting, he had not thought of four Go,
a, ar ernments, but in the following language b
,st threatens the secession of the West:
u But, gentlemen of the North, ..you VII
y, ignorantly or Willingly are hurrying tn
ny Republic to its destruction you who te
)se the South to go out of the Union if Il
dare, and you will bring her back by for,
III, or leave her to languish and to perish und,
oil your overshadowng greatness; did it new,
ed occur to you that when this most momen
ak Gus but most disastrous of all the even
he which history shall ever to the end of tin
Dw record, shall have been brought about, II
he West, the great West. which you now cool
nd reckon yours as province, yours as Fl
ter OF your vast empire, may choose, of h
en- o,on sovereign gooliaoH and pleasure, IN u
III ererc,se of a popular sovereignty ,ohich 10,
aid up for hrssV3 Did you never dream Of
ht, WESTERN ooNtEDEsAcf
yht Do yeu ask me whether the election
rty an anti slavery, sectional, Republican Pre'
ern dent, upon sectional platiorm pledged
lily, administer the Government for section
re purposes, would, per Sc, be a justifab
yed cause Of disunion3 cannot tell you. B
eet do tell you, as Westera man, and tt
ley the gentleman from Tennessee, Mr.. Ne
md SON, that, when you of the South sh,
lod have attained tho numerical power al
felt strength in this Union, ard shall then d
we ganize Southern party, on SoutheI
basis, and, upder the forms Of the Constit
ton, shall elect Southern President,
G.. the purpose of controlling all the vast POI
~ or and patronage and influence Of the 60
its ernment, by action or non action, for q
p advancement of Southern interests, an
INV above all, for the purpose Of extendil
-, slavery into States now FREQ, with the d
w. 'u'' sign Of making them all slave States, "
ing meet you as the Irish patriot would ha
r it met the invaders of Ireland--with Il
but sword in one hand and torch in the othe
,ho dispute every inch OF ground, burn eve
'uo blade of grass, till the last intrenchmcnt
'ols independence shall be my grave. IA
not plause. will NOT wait for any overt ac
Whatl Do | not know that fire will bur
ero that frost will CONCEAL, that steel aud pois
..' 81. will do their work of destruction to the b
efe man system, that shall await the slC
po' process of experiment TO ascertain the