Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-24

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aud she will yet escape the dangers which
now threaten her with isolation.
Then, sir, while ] am inexorably hostile %
Poritsn domination in religion OF hteratars os
poliucs, l am not in favor Of the proposed OK
clnsion Of New England l wdnld have the
Union as it was; and first, New Eneland as.
she was. But if New Englsnaw will have no
union with slaveholders; If She ~ not con-
tent with "the Union as Il was" then upon
her own head is the responsibility for Seces-
sion. And there win be no more coercion.
nov |, at least will be exactly consistent
Aud now, sir, can the Central States, New
York; New Jersey and PeDpsylvanis, consent
to separation ? Can New York CityY Sir
the trade OF the South made her largely what
she is. She was the factor and banker Of the
South--eotton filled her hArbor with shipping
and her banks with gold. But in an evil hour
the foolish, I will not say bad, "men of Got
ham, persuaded her merchant prnoes-4
against her first lesson in business--that she
could retain or force back the Southern trade
by war War, indeed, has given her, just now
a new business and trade greater and more
profitable than the old. Butwith disunion, that,
too, must perish. And let not Wall-street, OF
any other great interest, mercantile, manufacr
turing or commercial, imagine that il shall
have power enough or wealth enough to stand
in the way Of reunion through peace. Let
them learn, one and all, that public man
who has the people as his support, is stronger
than they, though he mly not be worth mil
lion, nor even one dollar, A little while ago
the banks said that they we're king but Pres-
dent Jackson speedily taught them their mis-
take. Next, railroads assumed to be king
and cotton once vaunted largely his kingship.
Sir, these are only ofthe royal iamily-princes
the blood There is but one king on earth
Politics is king.
But to return New Jersey, too,~is hound
closely to the South, and the South % her !;
aud more and longer than any other State,
she remembered Doth her duty to the <Consti-
tation and her interest in the Union. And
Pennsylvania, sort OF middle, ground, just
between the North aud the 8enth, and extend
ing also to the West Is united by nearer, if
not stronger ties to eyefy section than any
other State, unless it be Ohio, She was-she
is yet-the keystone in the great but now
crumblng, arch of the Union, She is bor-
der State; and, more than that, she has less
within her of the fanatical or disturbing Jele-
ment than any of the States The people of
Pennsylvania are quiet, peaceable, practical
They have more of the honest old English and
German thrift than any other No people
mind more diligently their own business
They have but one idiosyncrasy or speciality
the tariff and even that is really far more a
mater Of tradition than of substantial inter
est The industry, enterprise and thrift
of Pennsylvania are abundantly able to take
care Of themselves against any competition
In any event. the Union is OF more value,
many times, to her than any local interest
Bat other ties also bind these States
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, especially
to the South, and the South to them. Only
an imaginary line separates the former from
Delaware and Maryland. The Delaware Riv-
er, common to both Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, flows into Delaware Bay The Sus-
quehanna empties its waters, through Penn
| syvania and Maryland, into the Chesapeake
| And that great watershed itself, extending to
| Norfolk and therefore, almost to the North
Carolina line, does belong, and must ever be-
long, in common to the Central and Southern
States, under one Government; or else the
line of separation will be the Potomac to its
head waters All of Delaware and Maryland
and the counties OF Accomac and Northamp-
| ton, in Virginia, would in that event, follow
the fortunes of the Northern Confederaey
! In fact sir, dissgreesble as the Idea may be
to many within their limits on both sides, no
man who looks at the map and then reflects
upon history and the force of natural causes,
and considers the present actual and the fu-
ture probable position of the hostile armies
and navies at the end of this war, ought for a
moment to doubt that either the States and
counties which have named must 90 with
the North, or Pennsylvania and New Jersey
with the South Military force on either side
cannot control the destiny of the States lying
between the mouth of the Chesapeake and the
Hudson. And if that bay were itself made
the line, Delaware, and the Eastern shore of
Maryland and Virginia, would belong to the
North while Norfolk, the only capaclous har.
Dor on the southeastern coast, must be com.
manded by the guns OF some new fortress
upon Cape Charles; and Baltimore, the now
queenly city, seated then upon the very boun-
dary of two rival, yes hostile Confederacies,
would rapidly fall into decay
And now, sir, | will not ask whether the
Northwest can consent TO separation from the
South Never Nature forbids We are on
| ly a part of the great Valley of the Missis,
sippi There is no line Of latitude upon which
TO separate. The South would not desire the
old line of 360 80 ON both sides of the river
and there is no natural boundary east and
west, The nearest TO it are the Ohio and Mis-
sppi Rivers But that line would leave Gin
ciunau and St Louis as border cities, to de.
cay, and, extending fifteen hundred miles
in length would become the scene Of an eier.
nal border warfare without example, even in
the worst of times Sir we can not, ought
not, will not, separate from the South And
if you of the East who have found this wal
against the South and for the negro, CRAFTY
, ing to your hate or profitable to your purse
whl continae it till separation be forced be