Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-03-17
Gov. Vance's Speech.

zsG%tE Gov. vaEccS SpO0Cu.
= The speech of Gov. Vance, delivered at
Wilkesbo,o, n e., on tho 22e of Febru-
ary, and repeated at Taylorsville and
Statesvllle on succeeding days, is, publish
ed in the Raleigh papers. Tire whole
speech occupies more space than we are
willing 10 devote tn it, but we extract the
most imp ortant parts, especially that por-
ton in opposition to a Stale Convention
and separate State action.
The Governor after aIiuding to the sacri>
Aces and saltferings caused by war, says:
In cnnseauenc Of this continued saffer
ing which ex perience had not prepared the
. people TO endure with the tortitude pos
s.ssed by some nations who have been nur-
tured 10 ,hs sl,6ck of arms, a certain dis
content has pervaded and funeral gloom
hung over the community, engendering,
il we credit a wide ruinor throughout the
State, notion that we ianst secede from
the Southern Contederacy that we must
repudia.c. the whole thing and &" back
and do our first work over again.
Now, permi6 me to ask you what it WAS
that got yor into this scrape! Why, you
all know it was the tact OF your secession
in the first Instance. (Applause.) II
Suppose you were sick OF ttyph"' fever
and had been close to deaths door and
Becoming co1valesent, the physician,
should gravcly inform you that the only
plan te effect your entire recovery w"nld
be to take anu1h"r spell of the internal te-
yer! Would you nor think he WAS foot !!
Uaughier.) Or, suppose surgeon should
say 10 q soldier will /. bail in his leg My
dear fellow, don'1 see how il is possible
tor you to obtain relief unless I call tor a
nlusket and put ancaher one in the other
leg" That would be curious surgery,
~ would it not? Would system based on
the same principle be less absurd wben
applied 10 the healirg OF the body polit-
ic. - s-.-se $50 ssa
Secession was tried after it had been con
sidered tor period ot forty years, aud the
wllole country understood it as completely
as an abstraction conld be understood. We
:. were pron,ised it should be peaceable.--
What is the res.ita Why, it has been, v
erytlieag else. Il has involved us in war
that has no parallel upon the pages O. his
tory. Do you expec1 TO find a remedy
by a repeti;iolAof the dose that br"ngii;
yo,l to- bed! Yon will pardon me for a
funny illustration OF SD serious a snbject,
but I an somewhat like the old lady, who,
in co,aa,a,,y with her sold man. used to
visit a, cn,intry, ,etore kept by one Major
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) Smiths il. this section, there is no danger
OF identifying him-) The Major kept some
fine saHaples of wet goods in the cellar, to
tawl,; eh he treated his customers before dis
playing his dry goods mp stairs; for he
knew, rs you do, that q nl:.nit q certain
state of exirileratioi inlagnes lie can buy
: .wo or three. counties, To say pothing Of
goods and groceries. Laughter) And
the afresaid old couple were ab"at the
best customers he had. On one. occasion,
after repeated going up and down stairs,
they got IN such \ gad hnin'r, that when
they started home ll.e Majnr ,corld barely
lift item GU the sadd!e-tiae old lady be-
hind III the good old fashioned style She
was III ecsfaciess with the Major. *il1e was
sttfie finest 'storekeeper slle ever saw ln.ah
her born days Bless that Major, wiiat
nice Samples he d, ,es put up 70 be. sure.
and how hesweetet,s!,' Gripping the old
rianwith one hand and iesticnlati1g. with
the other, she proceeded 70 expiate e on the
Majors charming qualities until they
came to 2 branch, up the opposite bank, OF
which the old man managed 10 ride, while
the old lady uuconsciously clipped OH