The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-27

The value OIs OmlOne
Governor Ssymlns bar Ein She kur q;
bis political lilb hsde mszt sSie 5ssi
but We cannot ,rscslloct a which co4-
t.ins more s1tesmanliks vievs than ops
he made at st. Paul, in August, 1859.
The value of the American Union, and
the wickedness =ofS those@=whos to crafty
their anti-slavery fanatioism, have been for
years villifyins the South, and thus bring
ing about state Of feeling which has ems
dangered that Union, are happily illustrated
by reference to the case of Europe, its
standing armies. frequent wars and enor-
nous expenses and taxes. ~ "a e
The whole speech Is worth reprinting.
We give portion of il from New York
paper Of September I, 1889: "
! There is an instructive difference between
the two parties. The Democratic party 10
. let-alone party; the Republican party is
q meddlipg party. tits 8 great deal easier
to deuounce other people for their sins
than to reform ourselves II h Q. great deal
easier to obtain POWER by infsming the
passions and prejudices of our neighbors, by
denouncing men . thousand miles away,
than it is to gain influence BY governing our
walk in life by the principles Of justice or
the dictates of sound patriotism. sit not
teo true that the reverse of this has been
hurtful to the morals of our people, and
hurtfal to the pulpit, of which Ispeak with
all reverence, and to the holy doctrines
which should issue from the holy desk2 IL
it not too true, my Republican friends, that
q rife for Kansas, or curse for the South,
has weighed more in the public scale than
private virtues or public services? Whence
comes slavery2 We have seen who pro
longed it. Now, my friends, do you ever
stop to inquire who upholds it? 1t is sus.
tanned by the firm of "Wesver, Weaver &
Planter" and two of the partners live up
North. [Cheers and laughter.I Every one
knows that, but for the loom of New Eug
land and Old England, it could not live q
day. The loudest denunciations against sla
very are by men with cotton shirts on their
backs. The most fervent pulpit exhorta-
tons against slavery come from men who
wrap themselves for repose at night in cot.
ton sheets; who lay their heads upon cot
ton pillows, and 20 to sleep thanking God
that they are better than the men "down
South" Laughter
was called upon some years ago, while
Governor of New York, by deputatien Of
Quakers from Great Britain, to lay before
me testimony" against slavery. As they
wished, I listened to them We afterwards
fell into conversation, and the question
arose why the people Of Europe were &c
oppressed and burdened so heavily by tax
alton. We attributed it TO the difference
in their language-the great number of ma
tionalities, divided by imaginary lines--the
petty jealousies and strifes, and consequent
necessity for maintaining large standing ar
mics. We then spoke Of the blessed con-
dition of Europe if ell these governments
could be moulded into one, speakinga com.
mon language, having common sympathies,
with no custom houses, to annoy, and nc
standing armies to threaten; and my Qua
ker friends warmed with enthusiasm at the
glorious picture, and expressed an earnest
wish that such day might dawn, for with
it would come the true millennium. " But,
said l, when all this has been achieved
suppose some man should rise up in Eng.
land and say that all this genial fellowship
among the nations, this community Of in
| terest and of language, shall be destroyed
unless serfdom be abrogated in Russia anl
polygamy in Turkey. What would you say
regarding such mani" Say" said the
Quakers, "we would say that he deserved
the anathemss of all good men, As q traitor
to the interests Of mankind, for doubling
that God, in his own way. and in his owI
good time, would work out remedy fol
all these wrongs" "Now," said I, "my
friends, when we drew this picture of Eu-
rope it was not all fancy. I described the
broad land that extends from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, from the great lakes to the
Gulf OF Mexico. Go two thousand miles
over this land, and no custom house shall
stop you-travel to its farthest limits, and
you shall see no standing srmies-you shall
hear common language, and shall feel Q
common sympathy. Then you shall know
what it is to live upon great, broad conti-
nent where there is brotherhood unalloyed
by your hatreds and antipathies. Why
therefore, do you com here to teach US the
language Of strifeS" Long and loud 'ap-
plause. ...,.... .s.
The Philadelphia Age thus states the ACT
ual result in Pennsylvania. The county
vote exhibits the fairest criterion of the