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

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the domination Of her sophisters and dream
ers and birots, and restored to the control
once more Of former liberal, tolerant and con
seFvative civilization, will not Atand in the
way OF the reunion of these States upon
tetns of fair and honorable adjustment
AhA ID 1his areal work the central free aud
border slave States, too, will unite heart and
hand To the West it is Anecessity, and she
demands It. And let not the States now
called Confederate insist upon separation and
Independence. What did they demand at
6rst , Security against AboIitionism within
the Union. ProssatioR from the sirrepressible
conflict" and the domination of the absolute
numerical majority A change OF public
opinion, and consequently Of political parties
in the North and West 30 that their local in
stitutions.snd domestic peace should no lon-I
ger be endsnged And now, SIR, after two
years OF persistent and most gigantic effort
on the part OF this Administration to compel
them 70 submit butiwith inter and signalfail1
ure, the people oflthe free States are now or
are fast becoming satisfied that the price of
the Union is the utter suppression OF Aboli1
tionism or snti-slayery ss political element,
and the complete snbordination of the spirit
of fanatieism and intermeddling which gave IL
birth, In any event, they are ready now, II Il
have not greatly misread the signs OF the
times, TO return to the old constitutional and
actual basis OF fifty years ago--three-hfths
rule Of representation speedy return OF tugi-
tiyes from labor, equal rights in the Terrific
ries, no more slavery agitation anywhere and
transit and temporary sojourn with slaves,
without melestation, in the free States
Without all these there could he neither peace
/ In a nj
part slave and part free With it the South,
in addition to all the other great and multi
piled benefits of union, would be far more
secure in her slave property her domestic in
stitutions, than under separate government
Sir, let no man North or West tell me that
this would perpetuate African slavery.
know it But so does the Constitution. re-
peat, sir, it is the price OF the Union. Who
ever hates negro slavery more than he loves
the Union, must demand separation at last
| / think that you can never abolish slavery by
| fighting Certainly you never can till you
have destroyed the South and then, in the
language, first of Mr.. Douglas aud afterward
of Mr.. Seward, converted this Government
into an imperial depotism. And, sir, when
ever am forced to a choice between the loss
to my own country and race, of personal and
political liberty with all its blessings, and the
involuntary domestic servitude Of the negro,
/ shall not hesitate one moment to choose the
latter alternative The sole question to-day
| is between the Union with slavery, or fnal
disunion, and think, anarchy and despotsm.
| am for the Union. 1t was good enough for
my father. 1t is good enough for US and our
children after us
And, sir, let no man in the South tell me
that she has been invaded and that all the
horrors implied inthose most terrible Of words,
civil war has been visited upon her. | know
that too But we, also of the North and West,
in every State and by thousands, who have
dared so much as to question the principles
and policy, or Doubt. the honesty Of this Ad-
ministration and its, party, have suffered every
I thing that the worst despotism could inhict,
except only loss Of life itself upon the scaffold
| Some even have died for the cause by the
hand of the assassin. And can we forget D.
Never, never Time will but burn the mem
ory of these wrongs deeper into our hearts
But shall we break up the Union? Shall we
destroy the Government because usurping
tyrants have held possession and perverted it
to the most cruel o! expressions Was it
ever so done in any other country In
Athens? Rome2 England? Any where
No, sir, let us expel the usurper, and restore
the Constitution and laws, the iights Of the
States, and the liberties af the people; and
then, in the country of our fathers, under the
Union of our fathers, aud the old Aag-the
symbol once again OF the free and the brave
let us fulfill the grand mission which Prov-
denco has appointed for us among the nations
OF the earth. i.. a.. H.s
Aud now, sir, If il be the will of all sections
to unite, then upon whatterms Sir, between
the South and most OF the States of the North,
and all of the West, there is but one subject
in controversy--slayery. 1t is the only ques-
ton, said Mr.. Calhoun twenty-five years ago,
of sufficient magnitude and potency to divide
| this Union and divide it it will, he added, or
drench the country in blood, if not arrested.
1t has done both But settle it on the original
basis OF the Constitution, and give to each
section the power 70 proteset itself within the
| Union and now, after the terrible lessons OF
the past two years, the Union will be stronger
| than before, and, indeed endure for ages
! Woe to the man, North or South, who, to the
ihird or the fourth generation, should teach
men dispnion
| And now the way To TeuniOn; what so easy
Behold to-day two separate Governments in
one country and without natural dividing
| line with two Presidents and Cabinets and
a double Congress and yet each under a Con
stitation SO exactly similar, the one 10 the
other, that a stranger could scarce discern the
differepce, Was ever folly and madness like
this ? Sir, it is not in the nature Of things
that Il should so continue long
But why speae Of ways or terms of reunion
now The will is yet wanting in both sec
tions. Union is consent and goodwill and
fraternal affection War is force, hate, revenge
Is the country tired at last of war; Has the
experiment been tried long enoughr Has
sufficient blood been shed, treasure expended