The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-04-22
HE FAVORED THE CoNFEDERAcy

Mr.. X. W. Lemmond has unearthed
copy OF the famous speech made
In the North Carolina General AS.
sembly by his father. the late Cyrus
U. Lemmond. in 1861. The elder
Lemmond, who was the representa-
tive from this county. advocated Sc
cession. and extracts from his speech,
which was printed and distributed BY
the state in 81. SO forcible were his
arguments, read:
sir. nearly every religious chord
which bound the two great sections of
our country together has been snap
ped asunder. and the Christian
churches OF the North and South now
stand in hostile array to each other.
and Southern Christians are denied
the right OF communion with them
at the holy sacrament table. simply
because they tolerate slavery. Again,
| ask, what is ii that made Southern
submlssionists so much love such a
Union. when they are denied equal
rights in il; denied their rights OF
property, their rights OF equality, and
above all. their rights TO commune
with their brethren at the Lord
table
But this is not all. Look al the
damage they have done i'm Texas.
Mississippi. and other Southern States
by stirring up servile insurrection
among our black population. Look
at the amount of property that has
been stolen from the South BY the
North and for which the South has
no effectual remedy. More than one
hundred million dollars of our slave
property has been stolen and run off
to Canada, by way of the under.
ground railroads, that we can never
get; no effectual remedy in the world
And yet they cry. the Union. the
glorious Union
Illustrates Inconsistency of Union Cry
Consistency is said to be jewel.
but few possess il. There IS mst
about as much consistency in man
offering YOU a cup Of hprnloek In
telling You it was the very best Of
vine, and YOU would drink II down
Just because it was called wine
though You knew il would destroy
YOU the next minute. as there il iE
this cry oil Union, Union. save the
Union, when YOU see that that taion
- about TO prove your utter rEin and
destruction. Permit me, Mr. Chair
man, to Illustrate our condition inI
the South, by way of comparison.
Suppose in neighborhood OF some
eight or ten persons, one of the in
divlduals commence stealing from his
nearest neighbor, taking his bacon
out OF his meat house, in the course
of night or so take his horse out
OF his stable. and so on until he is
about to take all his neighbor has:
and the injured one knowing who Il |
is that Is taking away his property,
begins to complain to his other neigh
bors, and talk OF instituting legal
process against the wrong doors, and
all the other neighbors advise him
not to do so-advise him to make no
disturbance in their peaceful COM
munity-just let the william 20, and |
he does SO; but finally, finding no
security for his property in that |
comes to the conclu- |
sion to move out of il in order to |
obtain peace and security. But all |
the rest of his neighbors tell him he
must not move. it will break up their
glorious community; and finally tell
him that he shall not leave-if he
does they will compel him to come
back | ask would not every sane
minded man say, that everyone of |
his neighbors were accessories before
he fact to theft. and were all reeeiv-
ing a portion OF the stolen gaods2
Most assuredly they would. And yet
litter the South has borne, again and I,
lgain. with just such robberies: has
for the last forty years,
Until remonstrance is no longer a
'irtue; has almost cotton upon her
inees. and implored her Northern /
brethren to cease to intrude upon
Ter rights of person and property,
ails to get her equal rights In the
Union; when he comes to the con
fusion TO move, to seeede from such
Union in order to get rid of this
len OF thieves: we hear from all quar-
ers, remain in the Union. You must +,
lot, YOU shall not secede and break
p this glorious Union. 1t does seem Il
o me. that those Submissive gentle I,
nen who are daily eroaking Union,
'nion. are in some way or other at
ed to those Northern thieves.
Secession Only Remedy.
"Mr. Chairman, it is said that the
lection OF Lincoln is not a suf-
cient cause for a dissolution of
he Union. Now, Sir. am not aware
hat any one on this floor contends l
hat the election of Lincoln or any
ne else according to the forms of ]
ne constitution, is, of itself any cause
dissolution, or even a complaint; 4
ut Sir. right here they dodge the !
eal issue; right here they close their 9
yes to the undeniable facts which !
re the real causes, and which justify i
he whole South to secede. What are
lese facts? Sir, they are the in !
uguration. through Mr.. Lincoln, OF !
rinciples hostile to the constitution
the Union. and the institutions of .
fteen sovereign states OF this great
1t is the inauguration
the irrepressible conflict which is o
nderstood to mean, that this gov I