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XXXII.. WI10I.K NO 17CJ
PEINCIPLES. not MEN.
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AT THK
GKEAT UNION MEETINO.
tld flecenVr 13. I860, in Imlepris
drncp Scntr, Philartelrmia.
" ' ri, c nii 'titig wn ciiII'mJ by tint Mayor of llie
nl'v, ut tin' ri''U' 'ir el l! tiolt'ot Met t'ouiiuufi
(.'.iai-i!, n.l mi hi l l nt iuwii, Tlmrrdiy tli l.'lth
I. "riiilcr. lltfe, In ;nJinilonr S'iinr. My
r ; T.-iiry nm called tu cido, and a liirgs uum
l. r ut p"i,ilf mm: uttii'inlfil us Vino VnwiJi'uU and
JbctoibiIi'". I niKi.ini; wan ot.imii'l with rJf"
l y Jii'.L. I iitiT. 'J ho ad.hesi 1 llio Mayor
;,',v.-.i. '1 h- ro 'ul.it 'ok were rem! by John 1'.
(i! vors. 'J lie :pc'il sclorted by a Committo if
i ..nnr.h tli.-n ftdJru ! llio vsit cuuuom-ss us
i,i.f"l in In- fMivu(! In (lis followine nrrtnri
ill. 11 .l.i-ii': K. li r-oll, lluor'-a W. Woodward,
t!,-i L. be'.. 1 lirmlorr Caykr, una muio im
Vo have uf etiiblod, fellow citizens, in
siiauee of i he proclamation of the May-
ii ;. that we tiny "counsel together to avert
'tut- .i.iiij'i'i which thre atens our country
', i, .1 ilnii.'r-i' i. not reneul or new. 1 1 has
'i. l.istoiy. And wo. must ghvice at ihal ;
i r ;;) ' l ol'luin a cletr view f tho flctunJ
V it.. of the crisis. Im doio wo eim giv r
i i , ivc .'f-iil nuiniol.
It v. as iiiitiouiKo'-l a low years npo tliat
i:,,-coi.lth t wiiii'h luxl irtinig U(i in tliif
ar.tiv U-twc!i tree ini'i (tiv labor wits
.u-j.ifsMb!e ; t lint a hc'.ivediviiJoil a'aiust
i . '.I ..i.ii'i 1 iM.t vtfind; Hint nil the State
f.: i!..-. ' r.iof, :nt;
H.iU's.
Iiavo i''tiviticJ ono or more Snullit-rn ' ignoro. Tlifl pn-sion for liliorty, spin ning j next month. Let us j etition tln-ui to Jo- con?ofuonori ; nml tlicn, v l.cn vou rom
SiBles tlmt it liai ilieucly anno. , 1 1 lie rchtruinlu iuipoifjii, bus bui no'l out nil iiiuml the convoniioii. (ioo.l exainjilus, Linn tliom nil in ono ym in.; t.:cl,tro of
S t'vei it Slnteit propose to retire from tho niemoi ics of Ihc coniiiromise and tho uom- liko bml oihh, nro contav'imiii. lv-rhjips ntionnl 'i-o.-pi'i itv, rciiU'inl r- !liM ctiov,
C'otifoiifrncy, ami thai jnly ularnia uh. pnet in tboso Northern immunities, one ami pr.otlier cf tho Northern ami (A. ,i;k.'ihN; ti.u-c L ; h.i., 1'i-ru nin. ol the
We eotne together Ui eoiniJi r v, hat may w hich, inuler tho falso naino ol Liberty Southern Ptate.-i i.iay'do tin: like until the imiipetiabh elements of nil tin . ju ospci'-
bo done lo prevent it, anil va a"0 bouml, j I'ill.s, olnli net the execution of tho Uir ' rcui-ite niiinher hav coihuii'I'lJ, unJ ity. More, it tnut he an indipeiituM" i l-
in Mlelily In oiircelvea at'.il others, to tiikn Jgaiu, li.it piu l ol iurpoMin of the tlien wo villi niwo Nutionul (invention einent ol all our future pro-pei it y - 1 i.iy with lis neigULti's pn;ioilyj unJ, it i p
the tiKHHtire of (ho whole ninfjn it inlo of 1 ftuiiKlors nre t lio uinlerprour.'l raihoai in- ' t ron -"irlpp the' evils ami danger of the it, iuu.;t Le. Tho world emu ot mi 1 nill portunity j iuseiil.i, to ht-ip titcui i t.
llio tliiiir. ' ' leml"il to promote ? Whence eomu these j day, nnd lo devu-,0 remedies which, it may ' no', live without cotton. Therein not a hide it.
This irreprufitiblc conflict Iiuh grown out jexcemtivo sensibilities that cannot bear a b liojicd, f-hall prove lis ealutiuy us those matron in all thu I'nion that can clothe Alas! tila.il for tin; litui-i upuii i.i.iii
brtlrr will they rec.umciend Ihnniholvts i.
liO'l. In ,,nio churches anti-slavery m u
tin .ill- have Ixvoino, o-i-nlial tor. d
h!aii'iii't'. Ai cordin to i.oiuu cccbii.. il
eal colll'til-1, it Would scetn that liif li'at.
duly of the Aiiierican Chiiilian is lu . i
ol tho Aiifclo-.Snxon love of freedom. What
tlmt pMHKiou i, mid how it was ofl'cndfj
by tho introduction of neyro hlavea, amy
few vlaves in a retnole territory until tho of 17f7. And now, aa then, th progress her family or herself vvilhout it. Nornn n ha a fall. n.
wliito fieil fcttiit bsh h Constitotion '! 'f 1he"4iieasurt1 -wtM awaken Inquiry : linjibunl do without our entton. Ifer n.illa v mu.it Annuo oui &t lvc. und
What doei that editor or preacher know mid th'iiiyhtfulnei.3 in the masses, will fall mid ours wouid rot, and 1. or operatives u, ( mhis of the nhtvnliolder ami udd u h
be road in tho chronicles of the American of the I'nion, and of the men lio nnnle oil" their minds from tho petty politics of and ours would starve, if the neroei did ran tee to our Lomtituliuii an v iil mo .
it, who habitually reviles and inisrepre- the day, and from thu mioohievoiis ngilai not nine cotton. Manumit them iwnl they i j,,cj ,;.! p:-opertv fiom tLo.'i.oh;.liuii cf tc
tents the r-oiithern people, und excites tho tion of klnvtry pn.-st ioiis, to tho grand will nevor rane another crop. 1 hey net cl lij.iuns bioti ,y and pel .'e'aitiui
ignorant, the thoujibticcR in our midst to problem of how wo can render llm glnri- 1 the outhoiry of a iiiatur and the o of, must 'ivo up out Cuiis.tiUitii.il
hate arul pcrsceute them . What has be ! ou.s Union perpelu.il. , an overseer to compel and direct them to ' Events are pl.u.i.i,' tho idlernii
come of otir j;iiU and willing oledieM'o lu Ju wliat form flud to what extent tho the duties to the cot ton plnnt which must Ufu'e u- ('.',-'
the Supreme Court ns the final expositor power of the (itncral Government should be rendered nt tha lil.l sc.i-:on precisely, 1 ,,,.),,, (, in .(,),, fl,-,w ., ; ,
bo increased is not for me to indicite, but or the crop is lo.-.t. t,f ',,; )r )nri i, iru i.--U.
rrovinres, ntd epeeiully in the earnest
llm olo'jucnt, find lepeated rctnojiKhances
addressed by theC'idony of Virginia to Ihc
Crown mid i'ml. anient of (.neat Britain
iiiitKL thciv inti enlu. litili.
I'm if the Anlo-Saxon love.- liberty I
above all other men, ho i not indill'ercnt ! of the couipuet ?
to gam and thrift, nod ia retwarktiblo for !' not leeivoJ. I cl mc not piophcsy witli the confession ol rrosiaeut r.ucn:in-; And li.u-i it hiippn..;, tout the i rovr-',; Uhu-, ((More- ..'''.)."
his canncilv of adaptation hereby he smooth things, uul cry peace when there mi and Attorney- loii'j'iil lilatk before us, ! deuce of that ( ioo 1 l'.ciii . ho lias u atclieil l c.r.i. any man, even thiu;:'u hi;
)l cl:C. Vi:
d L liiol
e plaiiib,'
,;t ..,-,,,
'nOH ;'
ti.llld hill
t become free or thvc
tnkes jdvnntajie of any eircutiistaneei in
which he finds hiui.velt placed, And, ac
cordingly, by the lima the Colonic were
prepnred ( throw off llio ISiitiidi yokei
nml to assume among tho powers of tho
earth tho separate and equal station lo
which the laws of nature find of nature's
liod entitle them, it had been discovered
that tho umvelcomo workers, ngninst
j whose, introduction sudi earnest protests j
jb.ad been made, could bo tun ed to profits.,
j lie: mrai.ir.jr u tiiis was, and is, that idl,s a,.rnjnt in the Southern Siuleb--lhat
.mc I., beccuic firejStatSK, for the soil and , Atiienn constitution was well nJrpled
i:;n-.a!e of a nvijM '.ty of the States ore such lo ial,or j., Jatitmlos which nhmc cvuld
t:...t it never cr.n be, une the interet t t.r ; ,,(Hiuce some ol the great staples of lil'e
t!.e superior 'aee to tnniutain slavery in Mll Hint the North, which could not em
tiicm. JlveTjliolv knows this, and their-. I j.y t)l(,m j 0f;t;ih!y, would I"- f enofitted
i .c the :,!:cn:-ativ,.rtnoflhe proportion . employment as the S iuth could
.s Miiy to fcive it mi uppenranco of fair. Considcialiom of humanity, ulso,
v!!i--s and little more lhotorical effect. ....n , ,i. ,-u,lU nr ,;,, i.roi.ertv.
is no jienee. T.et the truth be epoken, be that the (iovernmmit, ns now con titut
heard, bo pondered, if we mean tiuvo the is unable to prevent or punish sei
over in I to in the bcitinint;, and saved us
from external foes, has so oi acred our in-
bcen jxii.one.l by the sophiu.r "i :n(idels
and Aboli; ioiii .t srri.uisly cunt, mpluto
I'll
iiiseteand nieaning oftheonl
ertere'l into Ihc iiiciif.iions pf that day
m.u:icwi.t are, tiien, mat citizens ot umj hnt wn best fur an inferior race thrust
I'niled Sintes ate to be totally divested ol ,lnvv;ii jllt,j Uoii a Mijcior'' That hot!,
j p... p-.f-My I hey now hold in four o rjivo I ,jou1,j lc Uvti ,. ,. jrr,.j0,. shoulJ
nM':n M laves, of tho n-'greale vnhm H,n)1 , il0 M,,,(.,iri .,n, ,, superior be
lot man;, hundred millions of dollar, ut,d.liU11; i, (1k, ja,v (.( .)1U ,t!,,iipn lo pro
Mint li e bnl its an.l domestic coiisji tiun t.l, i., n,,. inieiin.
) i he j i-ple their eommcici.il whlnii',! II l.cst lor both uices (hat llio etEialin?
,"..iiU lie. it political lights, in so fai ihec1 ;iVciy should tor.tiune, tlien whr.t was
iiitere: !j ate ccto. cried w ilh the instills 1 (r, . its r.-Utiou lo the ti-.-heral (iovei n
: i .! .,: i ar. lo undergo a revoios ,llrhi v llVV fi(,tdtl it be reprerented in
(em ! (lie Council of the Nation ? llo-v far pro-
v?3- tbl prediction tli voice of nn ft.(C,j or discouraged by liie poer of the
.cn:n nd utilii'iiored prophet, but of a ' 10W (lore: c ment ? Should jui istliction to
i , iii-ifi. dlmiii the people of the free . Slate ubolith it be ernr.ted to the liovcrnment
il.jvf ii i.i' h:.; osiied, ir n tijjnnl tnnn or iervea to tiie Stf.le.-. and the people ol
l:y :pf.-rr.a, en him the highest of- the Stntos? I I eo wetn preat questions
d l.i eive. In so far as their Mid, l.ke xll the question ol tlmt tl;iy,
be nsivlcredas rrff onfivf lo w-e w;sclv settad.
f.fi) thev arc a loud ameo The Norlheiii Slates abolished their
.-,. t, ro 1;1 it be. nlnveiy, imd so gratified their it.nute love
',- l .ol to l e doubted that tnul- of freedom - I ut they did it gradually, and
I i tudes vc.it-. i for the President elect with sodid not wound lbir love of gain. They
ot u r views, ami did not intend a distinct s.ild out luveiy lo llm South, nnJ they
l ... i, . .r..rni ,-.( li fivorita nroioit:.ni. rpclvpd n full eonivalent. nolililv in the
v.-t. ns the record i made Hp, tli prnphf ' price paid down, but in the mr.nnfuctur
; . v and lb prophet fland approveil by a ing mid commercial prosperity vhi b frcw
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r.ty
,,i.n.l rS tlir. T. i fstn'es. uniioiii 1 1. i rouucnor.s of suvo la!.'or
1 ie exclusion cf slave proper- ! W.hrn tha Const: :uli,il c.u.ie lo be form-
from the cemmon teiritnrir, which the ed, romn of li e Northern Slates dill field
ir.vetnnier.t iioids in trust for the peopl ' ulsves, but iever.il had aboli-hid the in--!
ill tiic i'tntes is n natural and direct , si iuilion, m.d it mnst ha. o bet n appnretit
.tep towards the 'ra::d result of cMins.thr.t nutnntl causes would force it uhi
d inately aUouellior upon tue.vut:i. iiie
1
Union. The eonfliel boasta that it is? it res or to suppress the proud conflict that ilis- ternal relations as lo make noftro el i vary j the id'ernnlivo w it J t com. -insure and in lit-
pressible. Jt nllios itself with equal read- turbs our peace mid boasts itself irrepres- ' nn iii'deulable blessing to us and to tho j fcrctic '.' We hear it said, let vMiitli Our
inct. to religion and iufidelily. Jtctilisls bible, have 1 nut aright to a.-stime that : peopleof Creat Jh-itain. I mix- to !..-; for 1 olina go out of the Union pea ui,v, 1
all our passions, good and bad. It makes tho Government needs lo be slrcnpithetr j do not enter into tho que.-t:oii w hellu-r .,iy lu,, j,0 pe;iceably, if the -o at all,
couimoii cause with the championi? office- td '.' Have 1 not n riirkt to say that a Govs j ii,e uistiiution ho un evi! 'o iho people of, why should South ( molina lie driven
hmi the iv oi Id over, und with the promo- eminent which vu!i nil f ullieieiit for tho the Southern Slates. Tlial is their eon- j nut of the Union bv nn ii rcprei-sible cor.-i
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teis ot insurrection, not aim uisoonl at coiintiy liny years ago, w uen sou ann rii. : ot-rn, not onr. Me liavo tioininj to a ) tlmt about Uavery .' t'tlier ! ti'tca wil 1 k
home. With freedom inscribed on the mate, and Slate sovereignty could bo It ust- w ith it. Ali J to obtrude our opinions iL- j Hin. to follow, sooner or later, 'j In-. Mrs.
buuner it betiiH, il tramples under foot the ed to regulate the spread of shivery, is i:i- J on tiio people of sovereign States cuiic'ri n j 0f disintocratior, oncn lairly est u1 l is 'i ..
uarMdies of freedom contained in tho sufficient to-elay, when evciy up&tart pol- jiiig their d.):neti-.i institutions, u nuid bo ; will not end with Souih i 'ai obna. not even
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I "oust 1 tut ion an'.' ItlWS. uiciun taiisui air j' . jni- iu uiu unj .i g... u n sneei iiiiei uuc .icr. on mi '" : . ' w 1 1 11 ai I l liu nave is I. lies. ;wi can y n c sc.;
Ilo is it to bo repressed? (Jovern- the domettic infatiiuliotis ot our Souiln-rn und feel how jrood it was lor us Ij h.a'ci it nnnotinrcd. en ll.o floor of Onirics-,
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met, tut H'-tUHU iDtraiU'U can not s.uouue It. m ,..-u . ..- . ........ jv-".- . ..v... , uvci uu. m;u oj on i u i.-ii ut ui him in ' i;m i no i i iv oi .nn nuiv, i u i i in ut i
That ha- been tried for several uinoessive tious editors, like f'reely and Beccher, can - ,.: v - .j it v.-.n for us that they have j c inntoiiom w ith Iu ;-lt un New Km i:imi,
M, ;,ut4 nn.) il.e. oonilii-t lias wapd hotter fcV befrisl'itures and in'-i-ir votes ei.:i.l--ve'l them h raisins r stat.lc f
.m l the faiii'.t'eal interior of her own Mi-1
ins r staple t"r our
and hotter. Will the next Administration apainst llio handiwork ol U asliins.oii ana . uiauufjcturcrs !i-..w wi .e it w as to so w- wil' rnj.i ovu the opporuinity lotcl tip K-r
be more 'successful '! Il.-l in g for tho best MadidOn nl.en tho .scurrilous libels of. just the C-oui n-tnise ol the Cons'.iiutijn herself, and throw open her n'mrnitinen1
it can do, what right hare yoa or I to an sue!: a bock as He'.per'j become a favor-1 1 Ij -i t we could live in union with thcin j.0rt to the unic.-tricted eonime: -a of ;h .
ticipi.le that tho luxict man who has been ilo. eampai-n doi anient, and in o arcrpto 1 :ir)d reap the sic-,i:il ddviint.i-es to which 1 wo, j
elected will prove recreant to the maxims by thousands as la v and gospel both ( h.iVa adverted .' V.'c c.:nij;ii l!.-u to. r-o. Pet us bo wi:.' in limo. nur resoliUi-le.
that made I. ml I'loident '.' Can trade and when jealously and hate havo-killed out i heathen thrall, but to Gin it i.ui .neti, pro- ,t e siv,: hii: ar. i r rruuraein.!; in their tone ,
ice utlui it.' book at thu votes all our fraternal foc.mjM for thoso -.vho les-ing the Mine uitli witti ui- ? peakina Hlu tj.j, v.. -t .i-eii-i.!rt,"e is.syinpoii:itic of
OOmim-Ke H.Ij.IUH It, l.HUK III lUt rO'.CS HI! OUI IFMeillMI hc.iiis il,i h.u .. ..." irr-m- lilt mii.c ij.... 'uiu ..
of r.osiyn. I'Liladelphia and fittshurg. were born otir hretlireiij nvi who inve j tlio rime lair't:;-;;--rea.l'.i:; ;",i'"i
I ho i.iauufa. iu:.-is and mechanics are the. dono us no haiin V The traditions of the j rule, in no one-sided and distoi i I slpe,
SoverniiiK elates in the? cilien. "They elder lingered in the jrencralions which j but a? it is record.?, u rule lo:.li.-s as
.re imeliij-'ent ii. I tJ"1 !!'' iLi. ilni.i...aiciy --.-,.,1.1 ii, adniitiiiti of j well as ina-ters.
iiilere.-l. Tl ey havo weighed and nieas- the ('onstftiiti.)ii, rnd their passion for This a'duskm U ti. rule uminds
tied the Southern tiadc', fcinl then have fioedom. just as strong as ours, was chassjtne of an obj .ction which v. ill b-.; ttiyi 1 to
voted iiftainst tho Southern peopbi. Hut tened into loyalty u the Uuion, and ven j much that I have a 1. anc 1. It v. ill be
what if they had not what, jf, like the eriition for the rights of liie. States. The t;iid lhat slavery is a .-in iit-ainst i )d, and,
eitv
of New York, they bad voted against Constitution, which was strong enough to ' therefore, that ail rea .i'iia .liawr. fi oi :
; rolui i.ii.,: hi. dth m I he public mintl: but
j popid.ir tiir .'.ii'c ar I f.iir spoknn reiiolus
j tions .ire i.ot il'iin;,' t is:ave the Union from
I distinction. Tho peojilo lnust iu t, an t
; ... L ju otr.pt iy ar.d ellicioiiily. J.ei, tlioin
-I.oiv the Sou; !i t.l':. t the luart '.I thouiv.it
i :'::ilo ol IVi.'t.sy!. ..i.ia isfoiind still. It is
; .-:.!d th it the late ( h.cli .ns do not v...iii;.t
on
Mil
.T.i. hliig tlave property alloM-lher,
was ere of the record isties ol the late ! lore of liberty was as n.U use as ever, am.
.eel ion. This policy must be considered a strong at the South as at the North, and
us rq roved i !.. Not that .ten, mtn who! tho love of taiii was common also to both
iv.te.1 for lb'.
icatiinn, tl.rt a tiurlee for several co-equal
1 art'es hrs is. rdd, hi law or reason, loex-
necessful ncminoes mean', sections. Hero were two master p.ifsions
In be ndjusted under circumstance-sol the
the conflict, only to be overruled l.y the govern such men, is too weak to restrain . material intcre-sU, l'i f-noi in
country counties? Comiiieroialcit ies can u., who have culyrown the grave and mod- J it, must so for nnthins. j
not reprcsi tho conflict, if the peopl of crto wisdom that o.vcited no irieprcssihle li it b a sin, 1 arrets iii-ie is an end to;
the interior lend it their sympathies. N conlliet between brethren, but taushl them j my urumeiit, but .vhatriht has the Ah-,
no, there ia leason in tho boast that the todivell togcthei in unity. I would m ike oiiiionists to pronounoe i; a sin ',' I ---ay
.Slates shall nil become free. Tiero is sood it strong enough to restrain the madness I Abolitionist, because the pa-tor of the j
ground to apprehend the extinction of ofouiday. I First L'robvto.iaa Church of Brooklyn,;
propel ly in slaves. All New England has Ami Jet the people, consider the motives 1 jn a sermon preached within a week, ue- ,
decreed it. Thereut States of Ntw Yoi k fur preserving tho Union. They would j lined no Abnlitioni.:' t o 1 -o one wlr i hchls 1
and Ohio have repeated, again and as aiu, ! brought directly to ihee by the le that blavery is a kin. i ..c-ccpt the- .le.iisi.
the decree. ronnsyUania seems" to have hates eif the (Convention, nnd by the ante ' ncn, an i accord.ng to it inuuy of oai bif t'
sanctioned it. The North rrestern St.Uei cedent and subsequent debates. 1 canjiimotian i-oil; mini be ,i -ijnii d Ab:-'
stand for the present committed to it. . kuet only some of them. j lilionb t. : lot it is :is'.iini-i:i'ii imw oxten-'
vYhit hope is left for li.i Uni'iiii' Js 1 n.t, our name, id place, and er, -i i ely Iho l elisiotn mind of the N oi th 1, a
theie a man in this usseiiibiy who deems .s iuk ol the nations cf the earth. Are u.hnitied into itself the ni.-piei.-r., not to'
that Ibis conflict can 0 on ami the l nion ujl tuese worm jirc-ci v.nig 1 i ; say .onvici ion, iiia-. Mavt iun.iii n a tin.
last ? If theiohe, that man is beside hun- years we havo matcucd the greatness t.iat It a sin, then it is n v elation nt vnne Hi-
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self ; he has lost Li wiln. 1 will reason Koine aua i.t)&i.!iM ei cchiumcs iu . v.ne law, -i-.t .n is iae uv.n.-.jiesMOTi
with no such man. Hut, tbotifiU lew may taiiimp. W nit may U aor.e iu the next , t;tL. i;i.v.
believe that the I uion can long endnr eighty ? j No-, 1 deny th.it any such l..w has ev. r
the shock of the conflict, yet many people I heard usnsaeious stali'smati say, about i hocn revet. led. Tho leii.hn of -howini it
think that freedom-aUwLu to, litioonJi ihrco yenrs ao, that in twenty years from i, o.i him who i.lc;!--. and e.h.n it i
tiowal universal fieedoin is ro great a ll.utlinie, il vre kept together, w e would ; shown, 1 a-tec I', smill iuleo.it i".I th. : h;-..-
booii and ncro slavery to grci I a reproach drive En-land from all the rna:kelsof Iho j been said or can 1
f i il that the dhole influence of a woild a- a lir-t cla-s trader.
ioinsiv.u.;.i, u:iar.e;ibl-,-, to iuv nn.i
vc j c-hievous ce'ldlic!. 1 atu v.i'llngto believe
i ii. 1 hoi o it is so. ! liotio Iho i veH, .if
tiie v.inh.: t.ivl oor future elections w;'l
elude ihe properly of somo ntid ac'mit that
ol others ; f the parlies for whom he holds
but se is Ihe record. And whilst it is
not to oe taken as cjtrressine lbft?Mvr.u
oiu e ol il." voters, it does, undoubtedly,
; mil ly that vnst masses of Northern peo'
pie dA bpr.rtily approve, both of the prop
" osition to make all of the States free, and
of beginrdr'g by excluding alavcij from
. the htrltone?. ' i
Tho South teems inclined o to tieeept
'...the judgnient. She holds tho property j
xbat is to bo shut out of the territories.!
,Uirit is to bo rcMiicloJ, cribbed, and cot.".
tinrd, more i.nd more, until it is finally
extinguished. Uverywheie ia tho Snath
k. Uie ppople arc beginning to look out for
nieuns of f cU-defenee. Could it be expec
ted that they w ould be indifferent to such
events as have occurred? That they would
) stand idle and see measures concerted and
, ct;i ie.l forward for tho annihilation, soon-
cr or Inter, of her properly in slaves'
The Inn-r;f self defence includes right of
jiroyerfy as wcU as of jurfen; and it appear
; lo me, tint there Xnut lo lim. in the
1 1 rore s cf this confT;?', 'f it bo indeed ir
ropreriiible. when I(lTebo.'d,'-i may inwlul
iv fail back on their naluil! rights, and
" employ, indefeneeof tlielpropf lj-, bat
. ever moans of protection Lhey possess or
J eajj eymmnnd. 1 do not agrca rUh 'ein
i hat '.he time has arrived "yet: hut it wotMd
be well for those w ho p(:ia on this cond'.
prove it. Tin n K.i reunsjlvania appeal
tj thoSo-th to st..;:d by us a lillk lon.-;fr,
till we have j toved. 'not by lair word.., but
by deed-, tUl w , -. ill a: n -t the i.ic pres.
. llio coi.IUct ; that woa.e i.ot ready to giv
up oiislitu'.ieiaal liberty foi licentious lib
city; tl..- ac. will i.ot siciiliic all lie
inoi.iorie - .f the i and I'll the hopes of
tin td'.uic, tor m,;ro firedom ; no, not for
urgrj !rev.-lo.ii, .-veil ; for though we te. i'
.i.e.-. n l li i fair In'ii jc, i',e in.'.ke ivin. io
Iu-', but for a vain j.icl mail uV;j t at io
g:o he-idem. '1 hat is llio poor, the aho--
t!i
the wa-he l purl
fhev
ood miui's life und conduct should be di words ol'ileer, but thoro was the inevit.i- ( i-,Uc u.y oicc a
reeled lo r-romoto the one nnd mpprcss bleirl In what iiimkets we should rival L nioii I.ut, so
Ihe other even though, as ncons..quenre. England, er ev t n the pettiest kingdom ol i hi found plainly v. i it ten for our ins hue.- .our
aid lot a Ui;i u Ion n
1 bind i.-.vself never l o
tin in l.chnlf of sneii a
far from any i-ui ii hiw bc-
it.. -lavn Stales should be driven out ! of . the caitli, afte: dissolution of the I ir.e.n, . tj,-m. r.-h-ever will
iho Union. This i tho prevalent di-.tam-, that statesman and no other has ventured j lxv':!io;,l u
per of the rnblic mind. "Who can ruin-. t predict. t principle of hi. i.;.
ister to a mind disened?" - ) See ht prosperify woedd coma louscrtyin ninn
-tiidy th.
i! lltiotlr
b i:d.
ratiiarehal
will ' e p Ihe
:n d of piop-
in whatever form, lo consider tint the v
urr ha-toning n that time, ami that lhey
greatest delicacy. They ware adjusted and
the great quesiions of Ihd lime were sets
tied, in ihe only maimer possible- Con
cessien and cfiinproinise ecn-ideration
f irnt h other's feelings and interest, sac-
rifics of piejudices, '.orbearanceatid mod.-
eralkin--
the "more
And
hn,l tv-r l.i-ntnrlii lie i iu'c. Mssiii?. llio I nn f,Ain h.irt to tliA I ILtf j7ralne- of l.iicl:in.t Kul tiicv vyoum i iuk un.nT lit- t vt s,
rnrmiituiion of "the Unileil Stales (soul'l 1 W'Lcn unitr llic trtirlfS o? confrtit-ia- 'c!o tho sjaie for us as a nation, nml for mnny ma.im and l'l ia.
i !.,.., n.tr..nni i.im.nM.Piit i-,,,.. ! ' r.wh our Utvo u Li v ?ccti'n of il.p iKiticn. M a n u f: u-1 u n n z the L'fMcn rule, c-i.tf r vi-rat ;nt- r pl rv-
t il 1 1 I l.l V Will HiaLiiimvnv tMv.iMi. . iiWH, wiisWl --4l iu W O I "
- 1 t 1 ' . . 1 i t . . ' v, , . 1 .(.. t ' . t
lo lli unselfish nalriotism of iLsfiMiiiders.lutioiiarv war. States had crown jealous, i iias airea.ij n.a . u grei. mnuoueie- u..uc me nea.,o. ... .o,
.. .lt;nen n..elv. but clo.e and n nfivdci nal. chsobedient : and the General ' speel are inerisoanu progress 01 our coun-iai.i aootimi ..u ng.
between .oo.les e..ullv am-G'Jovrrnment had rrcv-d it-elf too weak lo In so remarkable as in its nianuiaciures. ti,,n, Iml not with nip;i,cii"i, lor it, snp-
uve
..iii.h wc uie opected to hacrdic-.) is:, t.
Uol lbhei i'aiiu. God forbid it.
Hole oil this , e.-u-ccratcd f pot ..!' c.:l
v, hero the f umia'i(,ns we;e laid of t'.ie
.ii.i einniiiit the wciid ever .-aw, h. -. w
in vv our un s to the I. nio:i una S..1.1 ,,
ta'.ioi-s to e .it brethren. i'a'k nr.; i,f
e il, - -o I, .H. ia hly out ui IliO I". : e.
don i.., .-tar ed cur gl.jt i...i,i tl.'g - .
i.iuc '.'j pi. n o ouisclves lii-'.it ;n c-. -i
for
l-.i-l:
1 ::ot;. i .
-thee wer the means by which' ' Fellow-citicn, I profess no aVilily iu'rof th ,N'fith in the proces. (f the grand -i divioiy .rdilmd: and in all the myingi
ore perfect Union" wa forro-d. this regird, but r.iv mouth is open, and I (rivali prodii lcdby lhat statesman Man. o( oar Sa-io ir, wo l.o::r 'f i ei i .ji.-.teticn
what a work it was! If the T uion will utter some of the thoughts that press , ufac'.ures and navigation have built up.fer the supi ic.-i'n of a si, .wry v.hb h ex.
I 'ci uov -.iit, tutioy , ami
o"- i -loud that no w obkCUie4.
t. "'t!i- devetiiii, to Ihe Ui.i
pc-'; thus to the 'sou'.he-: n
livin.-lv sani I n.'iied, if not and follow onr woi If by fit tine dee
.ml in all tie niyins I 1 i - - n !v-",:a enn sloji jee'sion en
If it " e i-. V.is.-o wlnbai-k mi
bu lie 1 1 wi i d
W hlcll, I i U -
tbO Wtil.lit'S o!
lis of the le! l-
nerfoet Mcn
- . . I . . . . 'Ti. :.. ! . i r. .i: - I. ,,..,..,.. 1 . .. . . .1 ( - . 1
llio n1 i.ii, ; .... .-11 1 1 11 ic ' 1 1 ,iii isu BI.... J .i,..ii, pres.-: iu n . j i e B ' 1 o in: in". 1 . . 1 1 1 . 1 . u-i -.
Iv bent on bettering their condition ; but ; people took tho lvt iedy into their own j 'io i.otua i.Lt have us nanutacturo eveu com re-ntato, s, or con-u.t .,.,vi es r, l.v
isi ; r n ;.;.t is
... ...itnn iwi 111 11 r.riM.'itrf,ii7Pr covorn nipr, t 1 ho call ol tlC "ut" " iei.es 01 j 1. , , puer. si u.n an 1 -eiuin uic .-. r 1 n
oiair 1 iin v.tiu on i.v, 1 o- ", 1 j
. -i 1
' ir t'ol
'-t,.t'-.
1 s, an i
.'tire it
y Dili' s
tli !. t ir iiy .-'! otf. if "tilv we c'i provo
oui (inn 1 ivalty to the Coilblittlt -o.i a.i-l
Union onr fithers formed lhni.
And wontd it not be. a proud p 1 in
the bi-tory of 1'enii-i Ivstiin lii.il- hot.i I
ier-or-1 th? 1 c cue of he Atnevcoi Un.-'.n
fr--;.i imp. tidm; r eln, Gy pj oinpt . ..n.:-(ii,-,
united aeiion cf ;h p'-r-ple f l' !.-.
ml "i t il
ry mas' , ,n r.i
V(S wo
id! fail lo find n I i.v
out a ith himself, curse the false gods who1 xc,h-, fairh ii.te.pn .-l and nppiied.jii!-
had inspired his unreasonable wish, and t pHie- a'.y iu..n .11 . -ling, in c o..l I the
hnsti to die again. Wc thai r'.vr : .' - ( that loe n gio .luvciy of iiu Uni-
huv Ihe rojiular miod i(p't l"n en wyjv tujn nuji .-'i aju-c,tu- nU i tiiilol. W hat r;gnt, t.ien, 1
f ff rrn re mane rt o-Kcn, imn or mut'sk. er:in, hi -(be Aboliln rn-t to 1he.1t
coiitciui. . - into l..".-tlil;v t iioi in-
Renarsied bv Stale lines, and jealous of , hsnds, railed a t'osvention. uuei loraied iui,i no m w- ; r;o ami goou tu our
1 I i.i 1. .I.- r....i f .;'... 1..I..1.;.. 1.. .1
Stint. ri..l,lKonn section seek nu its rros- Ftroner soyernment. '1 lie call ol tnc i uut" ""ice, e.. , , , ,,ucr. M , ., -e:u.-,i
petity under instilutiona which were lo Convention, the elation of deputi'-s. the ilusburg or Lowell, would, to be pot.stst-, fot t.urs.
1 J I - ... ... ' . . I 1 111, l,.n1.f '1 A..i... 1.r. f..lin rtoih IV 111 ' 1 ! 1 t
make every man a free man the other Stale Conventions which. lo..owe.l, .ail
urder institutions which tolerated negro served to engige the puMic tuind, and to
slavery. ' diicrt it to the eoninif-n d nn r, and the
Had tho Constitution fuiled to work ouU possjbl remedy
the beneficent results intended, here w:is prepared ilsell to ree civa with approba
ss inttance of human fir rt todogood an I tion tho Constitution that was formod,
effort to restrain and regulate t vo natural and impending dangers were averted,
passions, and to compel them to co-oper ' History is said to bo philoionhy tjach
to in blessing mankind which would , ing by examples. I."t us be instructed by
forever haye challenged the admiration ol . this exnmpls. Ai wo, rnnsylvanians,
all good and thoughtful men. But it did were the first lo abolish slavery, let us be
not fail, thank God : it has mad us a gr.at j tho find to move for the nlvntion of the
and rrospcrous nation snd the admiration , Union. Under the amendatory clause of
of the w orld, for the wm of the hounds ; the Constitution, Congrers i bound to call
ers aresvnliowed up in a ender kt the sua' ' a general ennven tion on the application
:o
cess of their woik.
of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the
But all this the "irrepressible conflict," Statci. Our . Legislature will assemble
fir, at least, we havo come. Ar.d what ftll(
citios, and towns, aad railroads, and canals ( 8liluljon oowhluh oarUniuu i.. Lun icd in
have built up in our progress! IIov Iirrl tiood peci Ic y we iir rot wh t j
much personal wealth ar.d social I.ar pi- I jturb slj.o.y wbire it exist- by Ice id 1 1.
rcs.- haye we created -what additions to ( but believing it lobe sinfi! aid ir'irpccii.
our population w-hsl accictious in the wit ne will i.ot mbu.i'. t its .u -u-1 -,
valuoof our farms and mititrals what in n0r assist to resiore thu ii't :tive to h.-u,.i 1
duslry have w stimulated and rewarded (pr. Such j-op'r; soon eome to com eivi
what commerce have we won ! Think 1 tht tho mere unfriendly they cr.n ! to
of these things, follow -counuymen con w ards .lavciy, the more hai-h kpeechc
Ihciaovfr, one by one dissect zi ana-. , they make alwut klavehed lt. tiio n.oie
lyre eicb urt trace its connection and ' they help on the impressible conflict, the
I. et us ti a'p it ere it b fore ver t"ob.l-
Mi..i.Mi:..i i'l miiA-i 11 .n Monti.!-...
M Mi' i eal business luanwiit'-s to iv-ii-l
fuideiit in Boston, ur.dor dale i T i
I'.Jih, as follows: '1 here is a u'.oi 1- '
b;:v in.: sliMtnei-j. a. he ay f-M' the ''n.lo-l
States gvvcri.lni.l1l ; but I should :nt t o
ki:ii.ii-4..l if tliJ resieis were dciue 1 i r
llieserviue of ihe Coiifodei ;ile Staii -. ilo
bus pnrcha-rd Ihrec To appe irs to 1 j
ph nliluily lupplird with funds-.'
Tin: Ii. mm of l..vh-B Tho '.'ounce:. .
i ! t lloiei of Itrprpsent.it; vts is i -i: .oi.. I
ol i i.l (armeu, 10 nuiih.ints, 1 1 t.. o.iii.i. -tin.
is, hi lawyers, 'J mechanics, i ioi;
ir.- ii, 3 phvjii-i.ms : teachors, diil-;-,
hi. obi r eh-..1.. -is, clerks, toba.'cot.i. i.i, hot ..I
keoper. , 11 n.ich ; ship mbtlCi, J ;'.i'er.
iuarmui's, a'Jiie-. ors, slash bijv. cr ., Ue.'i.
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