Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-02-20

VallandIgham's Speech.
We have paper before us containing full
report o: the speech of this gentleman recently
made il the United States Congress We ex'
tract few paragraphs, which we have never
seen republishe in this section:
Sir. my Judgment was made up and express
ed from the first. learned it from Chatham !:
my Lords, you cannot conquer Anerica." -
Aud you have not conquered the South. I GU
never will. 1t is not in the nature of things
nessibe: much less under your auspices, But
money you have expended with out limit. and
blood poured out like water. Defeat, debt,
taxation, <upulchres, these your trophies.
In vain the people gave you treasure and the
soldier Yielded up his lte 'sFight, tax. eman
cipste-les these" said the gentleman from
Maine (Mr Pike), at tbs last session, ''be the
trinity of our salvaton.' Sir, they have be-
come the trinity of your deep damnatlon. The
war for the Union is, in your hands, most
bloody and costly failure. The President con-
f+ssed it on the 22d of Sep tember, soemnly,
offcislly, and under the broad seal OF the Unit
ed States And he has now repeated the con
fession. The Priests aud Rsbbis of Abolition
taught him that God would not prosper such a
cause. War for the Union was abandoned !;
war for the negro openly begun,and win stron
ger battallions than before. With what sue
cess Let the dead at Fredericksburg and
Vicksbnrg answer
And now, sir, can this war continue? Whence
the money to carry it on Where the men
Can YOU borrow From whom ? Can you tax
more? Will the people bear it? Wait till
you have collected WHAT'S already levied
How many millions more of sslesai-tender'-
to day fourseen-one per cent. below the par
of gold-caa you float Will men enlist now
as anv price? All, sir, It is easier to die at
( I not iS
eouragine enlistment. Ii am, then, first ar
res, Lincoln. Stanton and Hslleck, and some of
your other Generals, and will retract; yes, /
will .recaut. But can you draft again 2 Ask
New England-New York. Ask Massachus-
etts. Where are the nine hundred thousand ?
Ask not Ohio--the Northwest. She thought
you were in earnest, anG gave you all more
than you demanded.
The wife whuse babe first SMILED that day
The fair, fond bride of yester eve,
And az cd sire and matron gray,
Saw the loved warriors haste away,
And deemed il Gin TO grieve,'
Sir, in blood she has atoned for her credull
ty and now there is mourning in every house
distress and sadness in every heart. Snail sh q
give you any more?
And ought this war to continue? | answer
no--not day, not an hour. What than Shall
". seperate2 Again answer no, no, no -
What then ? And now, SIR, come to the
grsndest aud most solemn problem of states
manship from the beginning of time; and to
the God eff Heaven, iliumner of hearts and
minds, would humbly appeal for some meas
ure, at least OF light ahd wisdom and strength
TO explore and reveal the dark but possible fu'E
ture OF this land. soes, s. = ~ 4s sSsz s
Sir, this war, horrible as it 10, has taught US
all some of the most important aud salutary
lessons which ever A people learned. tsx .s. @t
First--it has annihilated, in twenty months
all the false and pernicious theories and teach-
ings Of Abolitionism for thirty years, and
which mere appealso facts and arguments
could not have untaught in half q century. We
nave learned that ths South il not weak, Deepen
dent, aneu1sro risine. or corrupted by slavery,
luxury and idIeness; but powerful. earnest,
variiks, enduring, self supporting, full Of ener.
~, and inexhaustible IN resources, We have
seen taught. and now confess i openly ~ that
African slavery, instead of being q source OF