. The Civil War : the national view . be 3 O) U D rt -^ M rt 6 s Pi s ^ o •--. ■o. P ^ rt CI, o p -a -r! CONFEDERACY OR NATION 209 secession, as the snows on the mountain melt under the influ-ence of the vernal sun, disappear almost unobserved and runoff? No, sir! No, sir! I will not state what might producethe disruption of the Union; but, sir, I see as plainly as Ican see the sun in heaven what that disruption itself mustproduce; I see that it must produce war, and such a waras I will not describe, in its twofold character. When my State is right, said Clay, in the same debate,when it has a
. The Civil War : the national view . be 3 O) U D rt -^ M rt 6 s Pi s ^ o •--. ■o. P ^ rt CI, o p -a -r! CONFEDERACY OR NATION 209 secession, as the snows on the mountain melt under the influ-ence of the vernal sun, disappear almost unobserved and runoff? No, sir! No, sir! I will not state what might producethe disruption of the Union; but, sir, I see as plainly as Ican see the sun in heaven what that disruption itself mustproduce; I see that it must produce war, and such a waras I will not describe, in its twofold character. When my State is right, said Clay, in the same debate,when it has a cause for resistance—when tyranny, andwrong and oppression insufferable arise, I will then shareher fortunes; but if she summons me to the battle-field,or to support her in any cause which is unjust against theUnion, never, never will I engage with her in such a cause. It is evident that to whatsoever issue we turn, from theinception of the government down to 1850, we are brought,sooner or later, to s
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