The Crisis, Its Responsibilities and Perils
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Excerpt from The Crisis, Its Responsibilities and Perils: Speech of the Hon. William N. H, Smith, of North Carolina, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 8, 1861 At this moment, my own State is calling a convention of her people to deliberate upon the most momentous issue ever submitted to their determination, and in its consequences involving their entire future relations with the Federal Government. Elsewhere, in the border slaveholding States, the popular mind is occupied with the same perplexing topic, and is intently considering the question to which of the parts of a permanently dissevered Republic their safety, duty, and interest, will impel them to form a connection. In the course of this debate it has been frequently asked by members of the Republican party who have spoken: "Why is all this commotion? What has produced the general distrust and alarm now pervading the southern people?" And it is said by them, "we have elected our candidate to the Presidency of the United States in strict conformity with the requirements of the Constitution, and this is the only act done or menaced to inflame resentments that arc rending the Union." Undoubtedly an adverse result of u presidential! canvass, as it is manifestly an insufficient cause, cannot fairly be supposed to produce the effects upon the minds of the southern people which are ascribed to its agency. This, however, is a very imperfect statement of the case. The difficulty lies not in the issue of an election, but in the means and influences by which success has been achieved. The fact is significant mainly from its connection with others preceding and accompanying it. To be properly estimated and understood, it must be seen in its relations and dependencies. In a confederacy of States, differing so much in institutions, interests, and habits, as those which form the Union, sectional parties cannot be otherwise than dangerous to the public tranquillity, and their permanent domination will inevitably lead to the overthrow of Government, or tho separation of its constituent parts. This has been the concurring opinion of wise and patriotic men from the very foundation of our present system to the present hour. In his Farewell Address to his countrymen, and in words of fervid entreaty, graven upon every American heart, Washington remonstrated earnestly against the formation of geographical parties. In an address delivered by Millard Fillmore at Albany, in the year 1856, immediately after the organization of the Republican party, in view of the consequences of its possible success, he spoke as follows: "We see a political party presenting candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency selected for the first time from the free States alone, with the avowed purpose of electing these candidates by suffrages of one part of the Union only, to rule over the whole United States. Can it be possible that those who are engaged in such a measure can have seriously reflected upon the consequences which must inevitably follow, in case of success? Can they have the madness or the folly to believe that our southern brethren would submit to be governed by such a Chief Magistrate?" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the stat
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