The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-09-30

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that itswas not worills while, 70 ring bis
shtile 'beilps forsskin5 fos be w~as, no
mans deputy kitlaapper. Whenever
| re went upon duty. ne aiws5 4 wore two
pnisorms--tbe uniform, cast Of a. sol
dier,, sndethe uniforms conduct of a gen
tlemafi Great applaoss ein-E-'gs
(, After tbe " ar was over. he defnstid
ed Of the, pss..y, 80 pomel tlats they
should dsredeem,,t the pledges Which she
Eandsthey both had made TO the people
Of the country. n q wasla member of
that Congress which. on the 22d day
of July, 1851 {thesdayraf err the battle
Of SBpil R1n,1 1-by q solemn resolution
unanimously passed though both
Houses, declared that the ohjsct of the
war wasi inot'suhjugationa orr conquest.
f6ut'solelysto preserve the integiity of
1.-The Union and TO maintain the esupfem:
acy of The Constitution and lave IN lie
tSouth, as we'll as ins the NorsIi. .,,sIle
| went into the war UPON the faith aof
t1at resolution, followed by thousands
of his ftiends. Upon the same faith
Thousands inibe South. and hundreds
of thousands'iuNthe North, hnd sacri-
feed their lives aud given uPtheirprop
erty, lie 'wosld not submit 10 be
swindled. nor to- let the people, be swim
died out of their rrbiood and money
dare say that at that time it was not
his intenlionio abandon che support of
the party with which he had been con-
necied Che simply desired to make them
bonest. But fnding that 70 be hope
] less, there was no aternaliveileft hun
but to .comaaoui from the evil and cor
trupt Fellowship and .raliyhto The flag of
Lie Constitution, around whielfibe De
mocracy had already assembled. But
to do this was no easy thing in The State
tof Missouri. trhe vulgar ,lespo,ism of
thieves and ruiIisns which hat' been es
! tablished there under Congressional
aus picies, assailed Gen. Blair with al
lis brutal strength. They refused to
let him vote because he would not swat
low iheir infauous test oalhs, which. he
.denoCnced rs disgrace to Ihe civiliza-
tion Of he age. They threateneda his
life daily; and once, Willie addressing u
public assemblage. be was shot at and
came within AN ace Of being murdered.
But -aotliIng could tame the audscity Cf
Ills courage, lie said his sny. and reas
serted tLe right Of fsee speeebs &c i, !. y,
in war and in peace, in the Halls Of
Congress and upon the hus,ings AT the
council ,ai,le ard upon the, hslilo.fsIL
hsawss ever, true, 20 The. constitutional
rights Of the people, Npwstii isS our
nita, aad ne The people will be tine TO
him, IL6aa applause. - - i''' ). w., sN,.
| lSat lhere are other considerations. in
| il,is, election tsesiies tho mere personal
n,efitsor demeri,svd the different cans
l'hidaies. The continued l:existeroe- Of
this ygpyernment7-the life Of the. na.
8on---is at stake, upon the i=apr, Some
OF you may possibly suppose tlIai iliis
lis Il fslse alarm. 'lfa YOU really believe
that he,ins,i,utions OF ibisconItry are
not in very great danger, or that their
desirucyion would notbe yery1 serious
tcalamits, ,,of course you, will disregard
onr warning. ia ia true, however, that
/ many judicious and softer men, unin,
lfuenccd BY party prejudice, have come
! 10 the deliberate. conviction that urless
the shipn Of S,ate,is speedily pat upon
fher CONSTITUTIONAL tack, che will be dJiv-
en- upon the rocks and becbme a total
wreck We cannot. possibly ,end're
much longef this devils dance of dis.
cord misTnle and corruption,
r How can the government (which is
4 the, Constitution; and laws survive if il
remains in the hands Of those who are
hostile to ia n The s,rugete We re,new
making Is to save the nation alive oul
4 offhs hands Of It's erernies. e.2s ..
1 Who are its friendsa Who are II.
j enemies These are questions which
can easily be settled. ~ ssss. - Ss -,.,'.sF
For moro than three QUARTERS Of ,
4 dlcentury,, while the. Democracy, controll
led our public affairs, no serious infrac'
i lion Of the organic law took place
! none al all which they had power tc
4 prevent. We were faithfulio the Con
Esiitu,ion, because we sincerelyi,beliesed
il the besl form Of government whici
could be adoptedsfor any people in ou
j E,i,ua,ion,' II was framed by the ~ises
! and ,greatest men that ever lived in al
! the tide Of time, ,tat ihe head. Of whom
was General Washington sbimself, an
] honor not only 20 bis country, but tc
/ human nature, and mau, ghoseInamt
! is never pronounced by any true pairio
without emotions Of profoopd respec
| and reverence. They told us in Ian
4 guage at once sublime and simple what
4 ~ ere The objects for which they had es