The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-01-30
Vallandigham's Last Speech.


The speech of Mr.. VALLASD1GHAM, of
Ohio, in Congress On the 2lst inst, has
created an intense excitement in political
circles The following abstract Of it as
given by The Washington correspondent Of
the Chicago Tribune will be found worthy
Of attentive perusaI
After reviewing briefly the efforts to
compromise at the session Of 1S6O-Gl
aud the beginning of the war, and the
scenes that followed, lis own position and
the failur. Of the war; he next proceeded
to consider the question" Can the union
of these states be vet restored. and how
can it be done? He maintained that re
union was Lot only possible, but inevita-
bIe, unless defeated by the deliberate folly
and wickeiuess of the public men and Il e
people. lie argued the question At length
from history, citing many examples He
insisted that physical causes all tended To
that. There was 90 radical difference in
.he " "h'e race here to preventit; hat AL
the original causes which led To urion-
common descent, c0uSarguiuitv language,
manners, laws, detence-, interest aud DO,
mestil tranouiI;ty al a,:s, !, -c,I f..a,,
vet. Some Of them We're much stronger
now than al first, ana further that artificial
causes had snruno nD .ioca-v,,,s of;,n>
prOvemeut, multip., ing trave, trade, mi
grafton and intercourSe-anl certain les
material bat equally strong ties-common
history, national republican sonr,, ba,!le
fields.
lie maintained also thot liza co,,sa.
which lei to di,u,.ion varo mn, o,,r,.,l,,I
iYcradira. and vera va,lar ,b., ,l,,..
which tended TO 70 union ,h,, s},ro,,
was not he cause but ONLY the d-,erops
men, Of the cause-sec,ona?j~,n ,ha,
there is no irreprc>s;bI. co, G,.t l,e.waan
slave labor and tIse labor. tl.n slovahold
ing anI The no0.sIavehollipo states . thar
the fu dauentaI idea cf tie constitution is
be perfect and eternal compatibility Of a
Union Of states, part Slave and part free ::
and that such a union was in fac. the
strongest Of All popr.Iar Governments He
Co,ten,},.,! that nothiro Eaans us s,or, ror
exrentinc hate an,arnn;sn, and ,ar,rc.o
aud that war heats these nassio7s seven
times hotter. and that while it lasts. =.
uuion cannot commence Ja insisted
that prtiu,l.re should bs overcome la
expla;nti The origin Of tie i.aIonsies be-
tween New EuoIanl an3 th. Snn.h fra
cino them TO d.ncroura of manners ,,.I.:,.
and social I;fe, and diiT.rep. ideas Of re,ir,
ion, morals and poiilcs. lie rejected the
.!ea Of exclulinr New E9o'auj ana in
sisted there was now = ,ar.,a conserva,;ra
eio.,,en. in Nov En,',n.l vL:,l, ro,,I1 ,f
;,.nIf oyo,ra,nc ,ha r,rrn,y ,x.ro,r. .,,I
f,na,;raI pn,;,an eIs,,or, ,i,o e,,,,a,~o,.-
e which he de,,aral f. ha ;.c,'.,,,s.i}is
.;tr the resce oc ~,,.;ety a.j of tha In
ion II, rar.rrei :, Eorar Williams ,s
the rounLcr of a New EnrIa,.I c;vilizat;on
different from that of tie Na,f,wer and
Plymouth Rock. lie next maintained
tha, New York, New JERSEY ami pennsyl
yar;a could not sepa,a,e from the soulh.
nor the south from tie north. lie spoke
Of the geographic ties which bound them
together. lie said tie northwest would
40: separate from the south. and that the
,iay which divi,l.l The slaveLoll.n- from
,Ia ,on ci,vab,li = 90 ct,,as ,,,rll looroo