;'Otrittge , 4 : : : ol)liztst, Vallti.Ur,
tine of democratic Polit y. Has the - doe- ,
trines of the oppoiition prevailed, the MWsis- 1
sippi river would no is be in tbe possession of
France of-England; 1 The Slates of Louisian
a, Missouri, Arkansan, lowa, ltild the Territo
ries of 'Nebraska, kausas, and ' Minnesota,
would not be ours, but t eotnp!Ose a part Of •a
~ ,
,jealous; if-not a hostile power; ' Then,. iellab
-
_ • . itants would not-eujOy the blisiinos of a !free
14 . ptto w -ortiziatis6F CONlNEeuctrr: government •
.aud-who, at this day, will dare
This is my firstTtisit to the New England I to.say that this measure of ithe democracy
• States, and' I should do-injustice to -my feel-, was unwise, or who Would tts.k: to hav4 4(S
MO were I! not to express to ydh the gratifi- I many flourishing S,:t'ates 'driven out of": the
cation exciteci.bvihe frank hospitably of the! Union, 1 . ',. •
•
.peoPle,.and by
.ilitvitieuceit of •general: pros- I ~- 1, . ;,„
' I;uring the administration! of Mr. Madison
perityand o.otnfort Which I ha:; e , me t a l' es . . ery 1 the great issue was One of war' with.Enghtnd.
p9int.
_'lour coupiry,.naterally rugged, has I When that insuleht power claimed the light
: yielded to th ineuences of industry and .art, I to search : Amelic,an ivessels on the high Teas,
tuntililta exterior is beautiful and its produc- 1 1 and press Ainericaulcitizensinto the ranks of
ti6tis abundant: Your • maniifitcturitor es- i her servile urtny,'-the great heart of• the; nit
'.l.!,;ialtinents,,itgreat variety; the evid'etices !'ion repelled the. indivnitv. !The enemitis -of
tat,::.- a . •
- -s . ,ti .. , • the democratic partY; in the :main, sure a!--
-oriiadustry, are ~,,'..-d intotsp e rsed w ith tha i
schOol-house, the church, •and th e asylum,, gainst the declaration of war. Seine of whom
e Olems ocintelligence, - religion, and shad- I went EU far as to inent in ytineowitStatb, at
tyi 1 - - • . ; Hartford, tO•plot resistance,!if not treastin.—
must, beg you .to believe that '' l l havtf , ),But war came and tventitiid . who will!, say
• conic amongst' von in no spirit . of vanity. I I now that it.was notlthe true policy. of: this .
do' not believe Lean -tell Vou anything Wftieli nation to have it ! dbrits progress. and 'l6ut:
tied hare not h e ard, before, or tell it better.—,l sequences. it honored our . ilag, elevated' our
• 'Mil presence is rather to - manifest the: . de d.p 1 char:Utter. as a walikg peopl, fixed more [firm
soli:64lllde which the democracy 6f the old 1 ly the position of to govern m ent as one of
li:CYstone feel for the fate. of their brethren 01'1 the'laotily cf nations; and settled great ; - iules
Colinectical, just now engaged in a ' terrible lof nations:l intertaitti•se and comity, which in.
Strangle With the.eotunion enemy. I would i now, i t .-a_speeted by -al.
~ . .
,- . ,
itidithe demortmey if I had the power._ I I The I . ititiods of theadministration of Mr.
il;0F.0. - 2,ertiiiLly persuade. you -to join that I Monroe and the yoUtiger Adatu. , were not so .,
party and maintain 1:0-... principles.. :-• I remarkable for partizan i s stres Arid
,great re,
i , . 1• "
am; be:sides, persuaded that Intercou \ r 1 suits.
.. Loder the fyitaer, . the Territory of-
otitis kind; between. the people of the - several i Florida, n o w a Siate,,tva l .: acquired.. Gant:nil
St: es' our ,social and poi serdiim f tits. to exercise: it must valuta- I J:tek'soa 'was the twit President,.and• during
„, cnee upon ~ ,
ry mati' and re- 11:s teitn the quesiiin of a tiationii bank was
lotions. Its - et,l' , ..lia temieney is to imnOve 1 the goiat issue. lbe opposition held; thr.t.
ertO a
r nd pii.jutlice, and to unite us.,in bonds !such an institution was ii,dispeable tO t_l:
ofiniperishable fraternity. Why sbotddit be i business of the cotiqu,_tli:lt we IthiSt.:ll:Vii:.
btfierwi.se !, l'he''ilmnnarr line dividing la great regulator of the currency, of eri eha n ..
- the:States do not mark7thelitutts of a. people Fig ! .-o._ aud i'alues. 8..1., WLeU fume Panic attempt
itrangeN toeachother; nor are they liitria i . ed le :ciliate the, Iptilitics or the country,
saints or deep chti's.ms, :la.:they may net' ll . ' be !Jackt•tin detertni.,ned Ito i eiti 1:q 0 it ; and it hen
passed. We are:: mainly the '.decendants of I its aloptialiceS Lad secured :the passagu .lof 'tt•
thai same parentage; heirs to a common In- 1 re-charter through ICongtess, that 'man' of
lieritanEe, aetuated lii similar :notices and i iron will put his heel on it. The sem:a:hit?!
impu,ses, and protected by the smile general I produced by the. act_ was aivful. The. cry of
laws., . - ' •__ .! \ .I rnin, and tyranny was 'heard in
,all parts of '
.. .
.4 am gratified to - find so many of the dent- I theland.. Old v.-onien and political hypoch.-
t.ct'ats of Connecticut in council on. this be- I tnitiriaesowere in- hYsteriesl 17:tie. commit-
.asliOii. It is the 'tight of freemen. It isa_J tees %vele seen wending their way to the
atirished feature o our republican system , I White House to'reinonstrate and init,loe.
..
that has niad,e su di enure. ellinz ton . ether , l 1.14 all theycoul d,-,- kret'fidin the Old Illero
P 1
.•
-
proper and necessary. ,The,elective franchise' l i was
, a firm declaration of ! - wholesoine truthlz. - ,
the medium of self-g6yernment, makes each , toticaiag the futureitrade and commute-a and
_ Citizen a component part bf the government; i eurreuey•of the country, evincing a. foresight
Feted with iiriOleges and pierogatives, and .1 on hil part which I have :vier regarded
. ;ms
elothedlwithrelspi - insitalities. It is not ouiy t , m o re 'wonderful thaii-Lis.aehievemeirts on the
tour privilege, to vote, but it is your ".luty to:rtield'of •buttie. Bat now the hank iz; rar;:ed ;in
do; so, and to understand, as ta r .as practica- !iobsoi`ote idea ; its former •advocate.s• concede
ble, the consequences of the suffrage -you are' the wisdom of the policy - Jhat terminated its
about to cast..--.!' - i existence. Many 'pther .. .xreat things. were
•. As an advocate,of 114,deincteratic party, I i done by J:fekson.: ,Whe,:iithe french Itesita
set out writethis gencral.propo:sition, that the . ; Led to pay, J itekt•cd - said ',i` by the Eteuali,"
_bast interasts'of the nation require the aseen !rind the Money came. Wiwi' a sovereign
daney of itts principles a:rJ, .pOlicy,. ant the ! State, dissatisfied With 41e: revenue !laws,
entire prostration of the 'nondescript, upposi- ;-threatened resistance; the Isaine potent 1:: - Voice .
thin, The deinoeratie- party. is not only tliel-prOdited I , eace. Under !the autitinist'iation
oldest, but. it is The pa re:, t and,,,thettiost pa- ',; of Mr. Van Buren,', the .4.l.ititreastiry - Was a
triotic pnlitial . organization that has' ever (realing is..,ove. The pure and sword' were
existed in the country. It i, the of:lir:tarty ; nute, , . of alarm. But this!issue has been ,;et.-
.-tioiv inexistence, timintaiuizig,.:.principles and 1 tied ii; ourfavor. The institution has Vro'rk
a pplicy applicable to all parts of the Ultion.l-ed.welh and the sword hits been onleily,
I.
The scene before us is a s.:iiitiful ill str:ltion i. - : - In 1510 our °Po:t
oents attained Power
-,':V i LTWai: ~tlicits-,
SP /ECU, •
Delivered by EX-GOVERNOR BIGLER,
at Staniford'anci 'Hartford, Corn.
of its nationality. One of your guests on this
ecciasion, Cal. Orr ; • is from. South Carolina,
ioiOriginal State on the soutlern boundary , .
• AuOther, Senator Seller, is. from California,
the youngest mem_ber-of the family, on the
shores Of the Pacific, distant three thousand •
miles or mure: and myself ; from --the- Key
stone of the Arch, -- --Avlser the Lleclaration. of •
Indepeudenc,e iias adopted, and the Constitu
tionffratuefl and 'yet, our principles aid doc
trines are in perfect harmony .on every topio ; -
indhave been enthusiastically eiduraced by .
the . clemocracy of New England. t.
pas
..struggles, though oceasioually suffering de
4cat„ in the end its policy has - been svaiued
bT experience and popular will. I oppo
sing party, by Whatever name known; . has
been as adiformly ix•rong. :Whatever they
did
_when in power had to be undone ; what
ever they. objected to bas . proved to be
and proper Sur the country. Now we com
mon sense peOple think that, for these rea
son!! alone, the dethoeratic party is entitled
to theoonfidenceand patronage of the peo
ple.', We never employ tire mechanic:: or ar
tist the second time, who . has cuined the:bus
.'irieaS the and • the rule is just as ., as ll
good when applied to tile. science of govera
meat. These:gentlemen Lave always-failed.
They did so in mY State, and in y.uur state,
and:m• the,. whole nation ; and now ..they ill
have iheLliidness 'to ask ;in other 'opportuni
ty. :The lesson's of - experience . dre not : to be
trifled with in this.-way.
13 . 0t . for_the evidence of sotne of these asser
tioaSr.
.Tliotnasjelierson was the author of
our faith, arid our first leader. lie' had a
great struggle with Alexander ilandlion,.the
able: leader of the *leral partr at the . mo li
the government Wafirst shaped.. The .latter
-was the advpnate of a. system ‘to
limited monarchy .; he a President
t 9 r life,and senators for life, aud7otber lea
' tures o:.'itsistent with a powerful central sys
tem he maintained that the Briiisb Govern-.
,ment presente&tiie besv,tnedel the world had
ever seen; but the views or Ootrerson prevail;
ed, and hence our present reptesentative, Sys;
Party lines 'were
,not clearly drawn',
;Itaw'ever, uutil Adams.. benatne . Prosident.--
His.eleetiGa was catriumpli of the enemies of
_Jeffersoulan ci - einocraey. The
acts,ef Isis a d tu i t stration were the alum and
-sedi4cin larva. LtndPrthe fornaer i it required
fourteen veatsprobatip to become a citizen .
of :the United iitates,,and mid& the hate), a . .
citiietrwas liable to be laLed, or banished,
front the count:l, for words s i :trkt! ;against
thepresident and other offleers ''tile guy
oninient- Under .this feature citizens'. trout
Boles aounty, now the Gibraltar of democra
tyin Pennsylvania, were .piinished. •But.
16141:.1.5tr. Jeffer.,on came into the Presiden
tial''Oht4r, these laws Were repealed. • Were
in . 4oitenee at . time, some of,, the
preseriVAinetnies' of 'the deMonntti6 . . ?Oily
would dan4el-.of the penalty;
• linder.4iilie administration:the :great.
contest wai)o','irittreuee tit) the acquisition Of
thfiTerrituiy:.4:l.:Katisiatt. oppoiition.
deri 4 . 3 u511 1 A40..1W 1 i4 46 °.4 5 a t r9 4 i g a l witgl•
ef,therlie money / fluid. a rec lessextettge4
- she our goveitunent...- The _Prow.
teenfie4 c .:WiCtikah of this kind;- and the .17. i- •
truth, sad : even efie pulpit; enheed •the notes
of alarm. But the fu retinae Was Made, and.
whO . can count the..vulus of this sivele sfea
once more. Corning in :tarouzir a ki - mi of
politkal pbreuzy,th.'v had a long progratronc
tail liand.Whatdid theY d>'l Contraryc'to
, .
their pledges they-attempted 'to fasten eiroth;
er bank upon the cOunt:ry. -.They did pass a
.bankrupit act, which in the,:sliort space:of one
year wit ? ed out. Imndrcd4 of millions of bone_*
was then repiialed, in accordance
-with the indignant Voice of the traioni • The
issnes on the questionof the tariff ; so. promi
nent at that.tin - _ , , blaVe l an been settles in ae
.cordince with democratic policy. The next
great issue was the 1 annexation of Test..
Tine-measure was suPpo rted b 1 the SeMocra
cy, and resisted by snot of the opposition.-- - -1
But who, arnonmithern bow,will.say .. th'4t Tex
as ought not to be ours!? - Who regrets her
admission into the Union, save only a few fa
natics? The oppwitiVit said war with Mexi-.
co would follow, cad' it did follow', This
wit, the only hit,they, hilid made. for 4 long
time.. War did comatenee by the act' of
Mexico, and-what then I Why . the Opposi
tion press again teemed -with d e ntlo , ;_.iati on;
* a
a- inst. the President iind his party. The . war
wag denounced as unjhst and aggresSive on
our part. The rostrian and the pulpit. again
relived the alarm, and joined in defaming the
government. -.. EvenHmerribers of Congress
* l ent so far as to say ,hat American Soldiers,
in Mexico should be - 4.i x elevated with Aduady
bands - to hospitable graves." But the great
heart Of the nation initiated in unison- with
the . r , overntnnt, and Sta"te after Stat l corn
t 0 •
Iprivy after comp fly; gild mail- after umn - ten
I deted. their services to President.-- The pee
I tack. Was a priaud on e, and.ristotiutled, Gre4 :.
i li . 1 • • 1 , ..; • -
1 n,aim and ot x r ,,. A lou s powers. The. -wat .:
I was a 'trier anti a brilliant l.•ne r and peace was.
I made on our tams.. 'llad The polick: of the
. opposition prevailed,, - Tex is, long ere this, -,
would have been fOrded into an alliance With
England or France; and California, the rich
est State in the Union, so - wondeLful in; he'r
part growth,' sfud Ipromist for • the; future, -
would-still be an integral part of the degra
ded
republic of-MexicO,-and be inhabited only - . ,
.by au:ignorant .and 'imbecile - people. lad':
the detnoc.rany no :other claim to the favor of .1
the people, this .40icyetrient . ttleue
,should Se-:.
1 cure them Inant.years of, aseeadari j ey . and
rule.
,But all
.the oldisSues have `ben set- :
tied in favor of the democracy.. Indeed, - had
3 it-been Abe. avo wed, pUrpose 'of the opPositioa
.1 to be .uniformily
,'vviong on every question,.
whether of foreigurelitrons of domestic. con
cern, of peace or war,. they could: ...net...have.
succeeded, so well. - Of nil: the measures they
ever proposed there is not now a' vestige of,
one.to - be found:in-the policy of ill. Country.
One by one„ - in tiara, their 'hobbies '}lave fall-1
en at ,the, „baud Of time ; 'been . discardedby '
'the -peopie, mai , -shotidoned .hy.their authors:
it-will be so with. those now pewiinO. . Not i
only . are 'their- hObbien One, but some of .the :i
old parties are gone tibio. It was the sag,a,c
ions Webster who wr+te, that after 1852 the
'.;: 4, (arty would existin:history...only, .and- i
Ire ,bave the vetrification of-his: prediOtioa.. !,1
-.Xol
...fellow-A l ,i tizertS, what . - L-wish',., in • .ini-.1
.press upon youi. mitids is this :.Th4..in this
tang bistorh . , *044 - =ay.: Bn' importatitsl
:.epoch,-.there , - vet • was a .. time -arfien Ahil
• - demoOratio pa . y Aceopied a noblerisosition
'than - just no - „. There paver; was' Ia - tinaii•
t m he c4 t e tat " ion, n ; tl it a n i d 6 l.!
t w h h e e pesce n its.iscituaenipdmpe4edcy..swoefs,
WEEKLY 3OURNAL--:EVOTED TO POLITICS, NE 'S, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE, I iA,ND MUMMY.
, .
am - "quite sere I - have never seen the day I
when I was so proud of my huMble member
ship with it. = En a .distinct sttluggle - for the
constitutional lights of the States, and the
fights of the Citizen! of each.-Suite, the vir
tues-of this old parts are best reflected. My
friend, Senator Weller, says, that the old op-,1
position , party was only intend d to perform
thoiliee of a - •br,ake ou the track. When
democratic hvomotion got ted high, the op
, answered for a brake. I I have' coul
: pared it to a dead Weight. one . skills of I
prt'gress.
N'i* . e. are rapidly approachiMY a Presider',
fiat contest whichwill inVolv . ervital issues.-
1 The democracy will b% - 4arraved on one side,
and the c'ombined element of' fituataeisin-and
bigotry on the other. Black fiepubliettuisin
alias abolitionism, will tionipo4e one wing of
the-enemy and know-nothingisin the other;
and notwithstanding the striking dissimilar
ity- in the character of these j organizations,
and the doctrines they hold, predict their
United action against us in rtbe Northern
States. -lint' I not witnessed this humiliating
union 'in my own - state, and did I not see ev
idorces of it in yours, 1 - in o it-tW
hasitate to ex
press this-opinion. But as %vas the 'street in
Pennsylvania, soltrust - it will prove in Con
necticut, and, that a large 'minber_of the best
men of the Old 11 hig party . kvill, 'by such
means, Ini induced to juin the democracy. . • ,
;N o w, let us analyze the ele'nent..s of these
two-parties for a Inomeat, am: see how far
' their tillioil wilt Le consistent. with 'decency
-and, common sstiset The Abolitionists we'd
:ivies: the exi4etr i :•iou of slavery ; ' they .cutild
sever the rdiackles of the Slag' ; they would
..1%.e 'i'm e-reater -political and social rights J .
atl oppoi utilities ;- and this-4g. would Cu
because they S:il - it. is 11:11rialli) and yliilitli.
tilTOpii.t. 1: 1 .1e r(now-notitingsi 'on 'the other.'
1 .1..11..1, s..a"k tu-ma:lie hirtlr4,l;te' - - had religious
4..
belief a test ,for civil ollice,ata nit these .ptin
piple.s would - disfranchise the 'foreign-Imm
a=id Catholii; Citizen. They ?Would humiliate
this large elass of white - eitiz4is by 'sinking
thent below . , the condition of their, tiCiglibors.
The latter Move in - daiknessi andereey, --
---s
-wnilst the Abolitionests act MI daylight, pro
nitligatin:r their sentiments ci-er where with
pis:Full:lr 'boldness.- .Who woad venture to
predict ttiatthese two parties . .itild fraternizl
imagine them in juNtairoSition. , With a
shade of white ou one side, and a shade of
black Ontlie other. The-.onej seeking the el-.
ovation of the colored man, and 'the other
eoncerited exceedingly for the, humiliation of
white: people. The iiitimph lUf abolitionistnl
is the tiiuuiph of tlit ,
_,colored Trace. The tri--i
timpli of know:nothing,isin is -olves the deg,
i
redation of'a large class of vc ate citizens i :
But, effensive as 'the spectal.de may seem,
you are.'bonitd to- witness it.i . I witnesseclit
in Pennsvl% - ania in 185-1, Midi again in 1855.
At-the efeaion in the hate' year, each of
these',wail's presented theii candidate for
cimil commissitmer, a Know-Inothing and.nn
Abolitionit. or Republieau,set that each. voter
might'espress his pectiliar ' hews. Bat, on
i
the &V
eve of et:lion, the l aders withdrew
the nnmes 'of thew gentlemen . and presented
another in H their steal;
.the willing etn'oedi
'-- Meat of ail 'the isms, and the tea=s of electors
found- them-dves in a.
.position where they
had to take the whole dose' er melting, The
Iforeign•.born or Catholic al.' litionist or re-
I publican could net . retied his cli-isiltql
i views without, at the. same Itittie, etalorsinti''
i the doctrines of the know-hOthings, .Which
I were intended to prescribe illiin front civil
i t Pince.: The know-nothing, on the other-baud
however national his views, c=ould not declare
his principles without speaktlig in a voice for*
abolitionism also. s - The' result of this Shame
less -attempt to prostitute th ballot-boi was
1
a dernot',latie triumph. A large element of
th dissoNing Whig party 4crultt pot 'stand
: dissolving
th whole! dose at one time;land. they: came
ove. to our ranks.; .and I l ideipbt not such
will te-the result in Connectiteut. -',
Alit let :us kook- at these p:rtiei separately,
and inquire-what good thing each would do
fur the coitntry.: And we' s i hould not neg
lect to no , t ice that they are the two , parties
neringt Mi;ch Washington, I 'lib wonderful
, ~. - , .
forei , ight, ;admonished the - -peo4le in ' , kis fare
well-address; For one is a -ecre.ts:ot'net.y, to
accPmPish:politicnl or prirtil.vin ends,and the
other is clearly geographic:ll in its-or:iiiiza
tion. Reind'thei,address fora yourselves, and
see how striking , the application. First, then
comes the Befell:x:1n 'or abOition party. It
is- (Ili tainly much older, if lot much . better
A-snotV •inemts I.:
an i ts etappeer. - Its - , are asso
ciafed with: my earliest ice° leutitMs of Intuit
-leaf_ Affairs.' It has ta:e.ntdilligent in its
latri4ntatiouS over the evils! of slavery ; and
11'1W-hewn - Mid the unhappy ondition 'of the
`colored rnce in this countryffor along_ time; i
brit. has long failed to pre s tint, for .the con-1
sideration of the 'people, e ther a legal or
1
practical= remedy. When ) ressed to answer
the question, the' most lani4tienr-will admit,
that as eitiz:ens of a free Strite, they -have no.
legal right to interfere with i the institution ;
that it is 'the. - clear constilimional right of
each State to have it or not ; nor 'will - , they
.claim that the,States have failed . to
_claim
this right.. : When the Constitution .was
adopted, all' the States, save 'one, - embraced
slasery.;, Now - we have fifteen slave and Six
teen.free States. Conneetieitt and 'Pennsyl
vania have abolished it: Yirginia and Mtu
yland have ; retained it. The people of the
latter StateS have no proper right to complain
lo•ainist the action of those of the former:, and
rs
vice.veriu, Nor Will it do to say that con-
Statit -mid hitteeNlenunciation by the people
of OneState.sigaiust the institutions of a tether
is' no -interference ; barren ti, it is of pratical
results; it, is stilt .fruitful of !ill - ,feeling. The
'certain tendeocy bi which to alienate the
, feelings ;of the-people or the several State;s,
and, at thegatne time, 'defeat the end in view. 1
!'Were the. people of Pennsylvania to ilidalge
in- unkind critici sms on = yOur- institutions, I;
1 atn.sure the only tendency would be to force'
I you to Cherish them the' more closely.' Such
has been die only effect of politiod abolition- .
;loth. When-southeru inen,withOlity at their
head, started the ColonizatiimSociety, -what
did the, abOlitioni§ta di)? :Did they second
the, Lnoveknent I . By no i meana. ' .Nothing
would satisfy "them but immediate and yn
,cunditienal . emancipation. j , •Their Jw,turers
commenced .to the people,and their
colportettrii . tret*Sent into 1.411 ' -parta„:44 the
Union' With inflammatory .dcicumento,. to no
comOlisli,tbis end. :. i l'he . consequence( wad,
-that the :' to' lather° . pecTla 1 became.:aar-med
and receded, from : the positloa they -had tak
ph., - .llia 'opportunities 4 4.1te..-aleves were
leatrieted,i' thew education pegleauxi:aud the
southern - *pie constrained to adhere to 'their
oonetithtionat right
. to hal'e the institution
'Satt - crse, 3itsqu ellanitzt Cottittit; Venn'a, Cliarsha r, °ruing, !Elan 1, 1650.
• •
with increuseal tenacity.. So. much for the
'folly of interfertng without - a propetright to
do :se. But fltippose no constitutional -obsta
cle intervene 4, or that the South .should
agree to innti.:ipate . the slaves at a certain
period, providd they were taken away or
maintained, that could be done? I Who
'would erhplo . 4 clothe, and feed these . helpless
:beings? How many - would r M aSSaal LI tt S
'take ? How inauy would Ohio take ? • How
many would 4 , ennstilvania , and C - Ounecticut
take.? Not ?.nuss But if they Could be
brought Norkb, in . what particular will their
condition - 64 improved? Will they live
!better I Wijl they have:better ideas oreiv-
Ilization. and Christianity? Will .•theY be
elevated intiSe scale - of moral being? The
!;answer to alli tlieSt: questions is, .to. 4 certain
extent s -furnished in the pitablo condition •of
the free blacks: True,,, ltere are those who
Would be wifling tv give. the negro equal so
cial, and political condition with the :AnglO
saxon ; but I ntu not one of those, and .have
no patience -..eveti to. discuss this' otrevi v t ,
idea. • What then should Ihese abolitionists
Htio ? Wity,:irThud their own business.: That
is ge w era ily ipso-14a61e. •Many get • rich in
_
that way. They Are. not accountable in any
'way . ro [ the fivrongs of slavery. . Nor should
people of New England forget that they
had-an :igency in propagating the inAitu
tion.. Thetrrdelegates in the convention that
!nude the pr scut constitution, cousetited to
the cur:tine:Mee of the slave trade. Prior to
that bell_ this- disgraceful traffic had - been
by the States of Virginiri,
Maryland, end North' Carolina. All the
-New Engladd . States voted for the clause con
tinuing the •rat - le up to 1803, whjlst. Virginia
and lielawarii voted,aertinst it. It. was this
trade that lirBt propagated the institution and
regulated ill growth. For the increase du
ring that leng- period, the New England
States are ialgely.respo . nsible,-e , nd..thie fact
should at least constrain them to etntritabb;
view of this;vexed question.. The . extent of
- the in , tituthin is not to be measured by, the
territory ovlr which it may' . spread, but by
the number lof beings in .biondage. Were I
a -citizen of lillilSllo3 7 . I S11.0111(1 ..vote .irgainst
slavery; but! in doing so,. I would ' , trot feel
that 1. - was 14ssening the number of slaves, or
doing them h specialkindeess. . Nor wonld
the restore:don of the: southern slaves
to the condition of their ancestors in Africa
better their condition. The change would
reduce there to the low state of barbarism,
and the aceovontd_ be an outrage upon he
inanity.' But my object is only to suggest
these idelis,...to elaborate them.. , 1 have
no dectrimOto preseni
. -n this . ! point of the
.subject. . I imly - wish those whofire e6nstant
ly exereiseJlon the question; t•r point out
the remedy 't, to tell us what can. be done.—
Nor would s dissolution of the . Union free
the slaves..? The': southern States , would go
together, and of course retain the institution,
- so lung as ii, t might be the pleasnre . at the
people, • . . .
, •
. .
The fugitive slave laW is °one of. the' favor
ite hobbies ° Of the Republican party, and I
:desire to Call your attention to the inevitable
consequeuces of their doetrieei,for a niOnlelir
This' is a qiieslion of olsrying or
. dimbeyine•
the letter of the constitutiou, and. the Reptil7-.
licans, or Abulitiunists, iii the main favor re
sistence.. ? t rite constitution declares, that
"'no persoulheld to service or labor in one
State, midir the laws thereof, escaping into
another, shell, it: consequence Of any law o.
regulation•Oerein; tie, discharged frump such
service or Irib ,r, butt shall be delivered up on
claim of IV) party .to whore such service ce
labor may be due..". These are. very ;explieit
terms.. They furnish, a distinct guarantee to
the•eilizenu of the slave-holdin g 'States, that
the fugitive should be returned, and 'made it
the clear dtjty of
.Congsess to devise means to
carry out the goaditiun. The Union is the
offspring . of.. the constitution. Time, two are
ireeparatale; The forper could not survive
the destrnetiou of. the latter. Nor can the
constitution be maintaiued in part, sad .dis
a•egarde.td iq j part. It must be respected as a"
wjerie. ° Tl4ose who resist the -leiter , of any
part -iif .th etcoustitution, virtually repudiate
11 the whole .MI4 :those who do this; rebel
against both races, and of maukind generally.
'Those wito exclaim agaiust.tbe law with so
much veheinenee, should remember that it is
the creature. of the - Constitutiou,.und Whilst it
unty not b 4: perfect, it is net probable that it
will o inotie than return all the fugitive; were
it to o lest, it would no be what the consti
tution'inteialed.: The law of 1793, though
very similar to that now in existence, excited
but little resistance at the 'time. It pitSseu
the Senatewithout.a, division,. and receik.d
t 5 out of 30 votes in the Hoare of Repre
reutativesil - Massitchus.etts east 6 votes fur it, l
and one against it.. But now Other councils
prevail, and every man who says this part of
,thc constitution must be carried out, is de
,nouneed a .” negro-driver." ' ' • ' . .
But I mirst speak of the question of slavery 1
in the terr4ories• This has long been a
. topiel
of angry eimttoveriy in Congress: The ques i
tion was rdg,ulated -in what was known as the
NurthWesteru Territory, by the ordinance Of.
1787, a kied•of eoinpliet between the people
of the Territory, the" State of Virginia, and
• the Uui teal States under - the first confederacy.
In the LO'frisiana Territory •it .was disposed
of
. by the ;adoption of what , is faMiliarly
known as tler
. Missouri Compromise—an act
of Congrestdeclaring that slavery' shOuld not
extend north of 36. degrees 30 mitintes.-,---
When Testis was trequired,' the question was
disposed oe, in the same- way. The acquisi,-
sition of nay territory from 'Mexico, -at the
close of tie war, presented the question
again. All effort waiv . inade'to dispose of the
controversy by:extending the Missouri line to
the Pacific ',Oecau,,hat the propviitiou was.
rejected, amid mainly by the votes- of the
North..Thineeessity far some. Other mode of
adjusttint;waS thus preienta' The - party
now eouiplainio,,cr-most of the Nebriska law, -
contributed toithe creation of. this,Pectissity
by their 1444 to the Ilissouri line. There
seemed to lie no altertuntive left but to . refer
the who:o .4 ue4ion to the-people of the.terri
-torie,s. . Oily, Casa; Webster, and others rec
ognized. this pdliey in the compromise acts
of 1850, and kola for this principle that the
democrotio4tarty are now contending--the
bil;nd doctrine of, non•irlierseutiMi by 'con.:
gr'ess,antr the right of the people in the ter
ritoriee-to deCidc,the:queiltion for. themselves,
Non the liritOphi "of
_self-gevernment. - Ai a
candidate'Oefoie:, the 'people, I . maintained ,
thia'doethrie';l thought it sound in theory,
and that . itleauld. net:&Win practice, "-think
40 still. Withimt stopping' to' inquire hOW
faeCongiees.might legally
. interfere. I was
corsinced 014 It was wise ' for . Congress to
.
forbear: The !Principle of non-iuterVention,
or popular sovereignty in thenterritnilesiis in
beautiful haruMny with.
our whole republi
can .sstetn. ',Tae inherent
..right , of c sert o
government, and the capacity to:` 'exreises .
:that right, are Mot i determined by geogarph
kat lines. .A tinsels none the, les , icompetent
because he resides in a- territory, nor, are his
•l reserved rightslunder the constitution less.---
Many of yeirrlici)ghbors and mine have gone
to the territories. Are they less qualified to.
judge of their Own in rests than whenthey
were citizens of Conn4tieut and Penns •lva
nia 1..- Certainl , not l Is it reasonable in us
to insist on the right to-select and. reghlate
the domestic institutions under whiCh k lips° eri. •
men arc to live? Suppose the inenlCoMpOS- But who originated•thiS new scheme, .and
ing this meeting : had determined te , -gif, to what is its nature ? It is', an old enemy in!
Kansas, would : l.:they Consent that tiles:al:who -ai new garb,'one,whose long cars - the lion'
remain in Counenticut, -through their reprZi: skin does not 'entirelyi.!eonceal, as. it gee
sentatives iu Cengress,.:should decide !their t about te • scare people. The. leading spirit
local policy on any great. question; I,l.The 1 in getting it. up aro the same who denounced'
proposition seems. absurd. , The question' is I the democratic candidate, in 1852, as..a 'big.;
-, •
admittedly one for the disposition of a r . .-over- ! wed Protcsiratit„ and, ntteruPted.to prove it•bY
eigu State, and so it ft li ou Id be for the tionle r a certificate signed by whig Catholics of NO
of a territory. i, When the people of a territo I Hampshire ; the'satne who circulated tha.faf
ry become a State, their 'will' is to lie oibuip- i motui pictorial biography of Gen.- Scott,%theii.,
meat. Why Should it be restridneed-nring ! candidate, displaying him iu, the - Midst o
the ezistance Of the territorial government I raw Irishmen, listening to- their complaints!,
il
Why not permit: the full: power el! the peo- and administering to their 'wants, ;and all
I plc, under the ; constitution, to operateatlonde* this to show that hewasagencrous man, Who
It will do : its Work in. the Imaci anyhow. , 1 But i would not neglect the poor troddeu-down
this whole questien is:Anagnilied by the, op- ! foreigner. It was the candidate of these
position with the view to ;political capiial— ; : know nothing leaders who travelled the court
speak oi. the action ! of Congress as! de: II try in the last Presidential contest to- win th'
termiumg the policy of the people of thh ter 7 - ! the votes of foreign born citizens - ,by :ridien
ritury forever.! That is iTot the case. I the 1 lons LWaddle about the ' rich - ,lrish brOgue
people of a State imar.ehange their -
polic y V rand the '"iireet Getman - accent.' -It- w
I 1
as often as LIMY please. : Connecticut had the! their candidate who proposed to interpolats
restitution of:-.sinVery. She could, have it' u4w pl:tuk , in the platfe In, to!theetteut ;:na,
again; and .ntil)oWer on earth thire'interfere. I any spemes of ittuaatilty musteringin tlni:,
.inst t.. 0 with any lothe State, - Kan3as,'.or i :truly ter one yeurShotild have the.,,iight of
anrether territory coming into the.;UniOn as i suffrage.. -- - Not,vithstanding ; Gen. , s4.ott'l
a fiee State; ein afterward establish slivery, , identity with the Catholic chatel4:. thel •
a
and vice- -ve.r.ta. I Congressional cant* at ii,:now nothings voted for ' him i ,:and tbey
most, therefor's, can-Only-operate :hiring the I would have done se . luid the Pope. been' hi,
territorial prOatiOn; •nnd the whole coutro- 1 daily companion. -But Scott was not elected.
very is :redtteed to this one point; his the IThese much eourted people voted as Allereq
people of a St to can do its they i*.aieloti a i fore, some for the whin-candidate, thus vindtr
question of • oinestic - policy, shall',tl+y be ; 'eating theinselves`agaiustthe charge Of elan!-',
St
permitted to ' .lo so while a territory.; The ' nishness now so freely made. But a 'change
democratic ti . rte say yes'' The isms - sib- no, came over the views of their former admirer,.
aud on this the issue is made. -But it is did- the 'know-nothings. .The foreign accent 14
i
ligeutiv.a.S.serteid that the. Kansas laiiilegis- its cliartni, and the group of Irish with *horn.
hues slavery Into the. territory. That its not. : Scott had : mingled, as well: as the chure:
, true! I' :The nio'rds are explicit -: that it its the, with which le was identified; have been Lion
k• tree intent land meaning of 'this act not to verted into hideous Int:asters, to alarm .th .
legislate :41ayery into any, State or terfitory, - weak and*ignorant; and hence know-notlk
nor to exclude it theretiorM, but to leave
.the 1 ingistn, •.• • -- ' : - .•
fl
people thereet perfectly free to form anreg- 1. But is it nor unjust to defranei man
ulate their dOMestie. institutions in thec own 1 because of the place of his birth ice could
way, subject lonly to 'the eenstitetionpf the i not Irelp it. Geography is init understood in
United Stitt." -Under this provisioit it is 1 the pre-existant . state.. Birth a:standard NT
,true Kausas'May beeorrie Al slave Sta le. It ; I idfide 1 Wlty the idea is.onty ,worthyor ii,;',
might have. ble COI:LW such-in: the cud, 1.3 'mat- i ieule.• Birth is not a virtue; it-Is nn'aceidet t
ter what Congress might do in the.pre iism. l
or eireumstnnee. It may be a good thing :!,o
Specia.: actiMi, as in the case :of thh Missouri be born in.:this favored country, but it would
line, if constitutional, would be •bindi l ng on be Letter 'were it a matter of choice. ,It. ,is
the people ofithe territory '- but the•.sli]aekles 1 the:virtue-Of the anita7.l.'-' The• buffalo ,'-:ills
would fall' off, so . soon as . they become oiState. the catarnohnt have it. The Indian, and Oa
The: laws oflnature will more certai nty,shape negro have it. Tiger-tail the - Indian Chief,
.the policy of the 'State than the bias of can:beast a better : title to it than the - . old4t.
Congreqs. If the climate and soil invjite the of the knoW nothings. It m a y he a t:,;-0 (i 1,...
institution,.4 Will be difficult to keep pt out. 1 send toPolitical bankrupts to set up a - stand
If they ate against it, no agency MI Con- I ard of political virtue, which, equalizes 'tile
ir r cAs can mni - stain it. ,For one, lam Oiling meanest with the bust; by which Mr. ills
• -
to leave - therquestion with the r eople, and would .out rank .TohnWt`;sley, .and' Pened : it
'regard the4estion as finally settled In that F irt.old . .would, be preferred to_ LafaYette.q 7 ,
way.
..
.. . L.l - I3ut holiest men would repudiate the idea:l----
- •-•---.- ...A niiilrizeti . With ir Ti' - ',' by :a highe- tn
_
I But demobrats are charged With lineon
i *.istancy for having, at. one tune, favor4,l the
Missouri lino
.; I. have already given 4,sufft
i $ .,
cient answer to this allegation by showing
that the Abolitionists forced the tide,.ssits
f for a new Mode of adjustment- B.it how
stands the cast on the other 5i,1;... ?, ‘'ir;srier
ful cousistaut 1 When James . Lin man,
your &Hato in 1820, voted fur the iftssou
ti live, this pany burnt hire in elligy. I,Whea
Isaac Toucey, in 185%4. voted for its ;repeal,
they served iiirri in the same way.: ' The 'Re
publicans in, Congre.ss struggled fOr .two
months two wakes Mr. Banks SpilakOr, be
cause he is opposed to slavery, and fin. this
they claim ,the thanks of anti-. Livery men
in all parts:Of the country. Within two days
thereafter, these gentlemen turned nround
and elected' Gen. Callum, of Terne.tsee, a
-slavehole.er, their Clerk—and for dill they
claim the thanks of the other side. tit you
are told that the territory of Kansas lois been
invaded bY people of Mis.sobri, and the voice
of th 4 bona fide citizen has been . 51110 bored.
It is uite lettr to my mind that e Icesses
were indul ed at the election ; that the bal
lot box has been abused that meti have
voted iho had no right to vote. Bitter con
flict, if not actual violence, was .the Certain
consequence i of the circumstances' surround
lug the orpnization. The attempt tip cram'
fl u: , territories, on the one hand, and the
couuterb eting efforts on the otLer,i could
scarcely fail' to 164 to abuse of the rlght 4:;;t*
suffrage. But this is not fatal to the 'theory
of the law, nor to i;..s ultimate working. All
i
sides are being pledged to the protec ion of
the ballot box in future-- i sent,herb inen as
well as northern—and I thitlk If may be safe
ly assutned:that the next elect* %still be ._a
fill. one. ,That uncontrolled and '= unawed,
the voice of bona fide citizens of the trritory
will be expressed. If the _free State; .party
are in the majority, as is Sio—conlidiannally
claimed, they will elect the 'next legature
and ;tepeal the' objectionable laws, and] shape
the policy'of the territory to suit theMselves.
I shall now speak of the know-nothing or
e.,
ganization;."` This is a party of bad Iprinci
ple:s and worse practices. They propirse to
make birtl4lace and -religious :. belief ;a test
for civil othce, and to acceruplish We end
through thle agency of secret and oafs{--bound
societies. ;jAr. least such is their-
plan .of ope
__..
ii'- • - -.agi.st.., ----- -- •:-.-- -- , ..
rations in Ty State. They profess to ibelieve right to do this?. Thatei'vil rights are iltv.!.,
that our institutions are in danger from the *acted as the rights qr.:property'? •- That'd*
influence Of foreign born citizens abd the binatons to destroy' prtveleges conferted `dap=
powei of the Catholic church. The, i ii /fight on them .by the constitution, arti.a
~ infamittis- - ,
under alai motto; that ' Americana ,- must as : c or o,i n 4 locs, 40.„nteal away good
rule America.' They
_complain of, great evils chattiest* that pothing can have a more fa
tind then dteriuice to practice diem 1. Thoy. -Cal etfect utoit" the itdiocatek:ot:aivil t 4 411P.
claim to be peeu i fitly American, l:tuti main- io us l lib erty i n ot h er countries, than the rec
i ?
twin doctriiaes - stinctly anti-A erio.ane — ognition of intolerant: doctrinei -in this' -=
Mafessinkkieep
.concern for the tability of &mit a step would be a triumph of nionarbby ,
our republican institutions; they; make war and intolerance the world over. Do they -aot
on the not lest characteristics of iourl whole
know •th . at the surest way to endanger till re - - i
system, civil rights and religious '',freedom.-- publi4, is to *esker). and demoralize thecfm-
Deprecating :secret rend clannisWatclrn
eents e ti tution ,. b y di sregiu di ng i ts 4 ',l : iiiiratios
in others. they have adopted
s. ' Discarding, in term ff bitter.
r ho_'p racti c e that it it best• Means of defence against- 1 ,
lie
theinselve
very ddangers , whiab they pretend to 'dread!
nom. jelaiOstn in ' Matters of religion,
igidn, they If they have us ttonsiderod these things, ,they
have detertnined to try itapoiities. 'Profess- -, u l o iii' ern i 44 0 0 -nothings.
~ ,What. .Sour' ev,-,
, ing peculiar reverence for the name 4u
Wash- .erament has agre sd', da l 4 !nnit; . par4r, ~..7
L O
ingtoo, w w
have cha a plan Of political if t h e I s is sas-wrong e it S•bui &tilt, an -is
o4anizatiOn. agaiiuti;*hich that'good min . bot i maso n far changing them ; but as l'' ng
. , g
simonished the people . , as titey exist, their obligations' must , be 0 v•
Alarmed about the power of the Catholic , , ved.. No can 4 ustives to the -. manor here
. , ,
church acconling to the census, we
have in, this country 'about -800 Oath°ite
priests, to over 26,000 protestant ministers
thirty of the latter to one of the former.—
There ts - surelie. no cause of alarm in such - 4
statv,a of facts, 'nor can - there he any •-sinceriti ,
in the - pretension. According to the same
census, ; we have twenty three natives to onfi
foreign - bunt Citizen: Is this startling
C,au't twentyAliree Yankees take care of otni
Irishman or Declimani But I deny the
premises and •the Conclusions. Our InAtititi
Lions are in danger froni •no such
We have more to fear froth eiements louge
in the country than the much deeded foreigni
aey will.estimate the man' by . a higher staff.
dard, the haid, the•heart, the soul. They will
never con3ent,to look behind the swarldliilg
clothed, or pry into the consciences: ineti
to fix the tests for political preferment.
Bat how aro these strange : dogmas to
carried into practical effect.? It is .propOed'. l
to change the'censtitatieu , and Laws so as Ito •
fix' a religious . test for office I The very
step iiisueh a scheme is . a union of • chiul,th
•and State, in which a profession of thenFlatr
lisped religion will be necessary to '
elevation. If one class of professing c istrans
be proscribed will,not another 'soon follOW,
u.util the infidel spirit of the.-country will PO
dominatei The scenes of the sixteenth 'cen -
wry, in Earope, so shocking to litnani44,
should admonish:us against, the idea of pfziks
ecutiou. _Our ancestors were refugees, friirti.
religious oppressiOu. When- Rodger... Wfll
iatus,•Lord Baltimore, - and - Penn
agreed upon .terms Of religious tolerance r ilit
was the second advent of `good will to man.;
kind.' It 'was the greatest uiph.of
tianity sinee.the da.,ys• of Constantine- -
But let 115 look at this sui , jent• iri anether .
aspect. hold that the know-nothing dOe-,
trines are illegal and onjost.. We fixed.' tbe
conditions upon wltich•the people of 'caber
countries, of . every, 'religious . denomination,'
could become citizens-equal - with- i oursels,
and their e.onapliance hinds Our' government.
and people for ever.' We have allured thOilti
by our boasted declarations ' that in this:land
of liberty' each could worship God aceoding
to the dictates of his - own conscience, - and •
that 'none should molest him Or 'Make • M i na
afraid ; and thus'attrticted, many came from
every -country •Protesiant and
Some have felled the .forest and - CultiVated
the soil ;'others)iave built
,our.railroad4 and
canali ; others have become- miners, mann--
faetueril, merchants, and
.I:net:bank - al; andla
feiv have devoted themselves to the 'Profwts".•l
ions and the aria.. In. all .these relations - 4if
tliki have added to the growth and pros 7
perety . of the country,. They:have
couuzhu
ted..to-, the treasury. in peace, aniZavo..asti4-
ed us 'to fight in times of War. .-And now fit
is propos.al to proseribe-and .degrailet' . .t4m
to answer Unjust and "icifish-ends
gar& the covenants of the constituwi. ga.v
it never oceured to the advooates,7it .1110: 1 1vr
nothingism, that we have-no moral Nor
tritioo 10, liiintig -.10,
•
Itake away, even b y law, -rig that have
~
ii been conferred by - the - 'constitution. Meal
•t ;Os prospective in
However
.effect; and they oa
ily, are legitimate. However Much we may '
tinfr as to thestc.theV would furnish no just
I - •
cause of complaint, and involve no bad faith,
I Let me not be misunderstood. `I am the - lib-
I vocaie of no class Or 'sect of Teeple, _Thee ;-;:-... , '
'democratic party never" has recesmised;.-and - ''k- : ! ). .,A,.,
[never will sanction the demand of any cliaa " - ;:i 1 :
lor scot, ataue,h, for office or honor. We-but .
I maintain the constitutional right of all, - for
I the sake of all ; for the native :and foreiga.„
t born—the Protestant arid Catholib—leaving
each individual citizen to depend Upon his
own merits for office and honor This is the _
demooratic'doctrihe 09 the - subject. Every,. ,
man can vote as he may please; - He 'is.
,not ,
oblidged to vote for a - Catholic or - foreigner --
No man should vote fora bad man of either' ' "
class. lint it is the indiscritninateproscrip - -- , _
tion of_these. classes.by.combination or. ; law:,
to
- which we object. There are many remi- -
nisences in our pest history to render die idea.
distasteful. In all the past struggles of the . •
country the &reign born and native, theProt&
estaus and Cathelis; =stood or fell together.—
They did so when the Declaration- of 'tide , .
pendenee was'aclopti - 4 lied when, the
eve
ti was made. They did so on eveiY. hat- -. '
tic-tield of the revolutionary. war ; in the war-.
of 1812, and in the war with Mexico. The..,
recollection of all these things excites aver- -:
i
Ison to the proposed prolicription. - -Every ,
. .
page of our past history speaks against it;.
Front the shades of Mount. Vernon, where' ,,
sleep- the ashes of Washington, - ',who:helped.' . .
to wake these covenants,. comes up .sait ridnio- :
ration against t'a-3r Violation,. From
_the-,
Lheights where .Montgomery fellfrom the .
Igrnss. covered' grave of Lafayette=from Ile , -,
silent resticg places of the chivalrous - Kasai- -
r usko and De Calla—is heard " a remonstrance
against a violation of the faith on which the .
battles of the revolution Averts - fought. • In- . ' •
deed, from every .
source of moral - and politi- - -
cat truth comes a frown—an indignant (coin .-
-upon this scheme - of treachery and oppres- .: - •
sion. ' . -
The evil tendencies of secret societies fn. - -
oat:re-partizan earls, are too obvious to re- -- - 1
qiiire iiiscussion. - Washington has aptly. :
desciibed them as the - means by which can-`..;
,ring men May usurp the power of the. trophf,,. .
and gain unworthy rule. They are itteee , ,- .
..
sisteut with the AMericau character. We
boast 'of freedom of speech and - liberty of the
press. If evils exist, moral and - political, '
which require reform;\ let us make it a dity-. -
light 'business, and not go- about it like ta.-
thief in, the night. No practice could have a
more demoralizing influence upon the clans- '
acter of our people, nor be better: calculated'
to corrupt the ballot box, and to erabitterthe -
channels of social and political intercourse.--,-- -
- The Whole tendency is vicious; and the institu
tion will speedily meet what it merits—the .
universal contempt of all honorable and pat-_
oriotic Men. • - - _--- - . '-----:- - ' '
And now, fellow-citizens, in conclusion, t__
would persuade ybu that the surest way to
pe'rpetuate our republican government, artd, -
its inestimable blessings' of peace, prosperity,
and happiness, is to maintain„with. unyielding- - ••
firmness, the letter- T end spirit of the -con
stitution ; and by cherishirigi: . . - . those liberal
notions of puhlic policy which have uniformly
distinguished the career - ' of the dernocraticr -,
party.. And when did a - people multiply - aid ,
advance in - the elements of nationalgreatness• •
with such wonderful.; rapidity! - Itas, not: .‘•
,more tban the lifetime of, a very old man,.. ..:.
.since the members of our family of sovereign
States numbered but thirteen and the pop
_illation - of the whole fell . below that, how,. ,
counted for - one of a, family Of thirty-one; The -'
end of the present century, in this ratio, Will- - •
see the States doubled and the - popu . lafnu- - -; -
trebled. . The constitution gave us a happy;
union of. States, and under the` auipicm. of ~
both the nstion - has so prospered ; to perpet- : -
uate and hand these vast blessing&, i ' n'to.'
Otir•SUQeeZSOrS. This is a grave duty; finii,ltr , .'
my humble opinion, can only be-safely.:: tills ,-
charged by asserting and maintaining , the "-
'constitutional rights of the States in their
sovereign Capacity.; by thei etfople.of one i e
Scats forialaring to interfere with the hastity.- •i ,
dons ot those - of another ;AT: - trilintataint '-'•s
those great.idds of civil rind religious jibe4y, , :'
found at the very basis of our whole : soni4
and political system ; by avoiding - theOreatiO : la
_.
,ot geographical parties, so suggestive of sep- .
aration ; and by leaving the peopleiaf .:endh,
State; under the direction of Heaven; ruiti-tha' - -
restraints Ur the constitution, to - 'select 'add...
regulate as, they may please, fnose merely:,
local institutions under"which they choose, t 0 .4
live, and for the good or evil of-which they
and they only„-ritust account. These princi,-,
ploy and practices settled by the-people - of all _ - r
sections of the country, and I-slienld..*eotiro_ -,
fideiat in the belief that the future Off-.Otir. r,w....., --
public is to cover matt l y einturiea'a I:olitcy_
':progress:
prosperity and '-prog; • ,• _
_-
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No GLOOII AT At
omr,--Aboie.
there should lie no , gloom at - home f l,
shadows of daik, disconten(and.-weeting4lAz 4 ,'
fulness shoeld never- - the
throwing• their large black sh apes, f uner.-
ail palls, r over the happy young spirits; ther.
,ed. tliere. 'Cloyyoux 410 .. uw. sbau,
'leaven and eve!y - intrite angel Plere.-
you will; you shell - sit On.a throne and be the
- presiding ,lietraieheld. : - ;deity,, Oh 1 faithful
wife, what privileges, what tressures,"greater,
purcr thou thite I • -.,- ;
Au . d . •let, Lim
,114.sband atrire. to fotgethia-,;4,
Cues as lie winds - around tbe long ktarrey,
street alid-hetiolds'the soft: light ill - wining., ,
litslittle parlor;` spreading its preCipui ;beams` :
an,the ;red - Palk* before IL' The tight'
,d,:eb.eer.less, , and . the December gust. Unto%
wi* tho. - warn skirts of his .- old tfiretoos,tip*
- snatches, with rad e . hind and wailual
ti'the rusty' hit that:ha - a verialiiii), mall A.
leaf. - been Pitea_iett , .. ---
pentquted; - • - 4 • .
lin has, bora(' ...with- Aisany , itiOntad, ,tkomaPi.
many a' 3 ° l 4.merclvencl nerve42 l 4iitself dfi
an energy se :desperate ;*h etiAi frame ty_td.
sp!ita are Waiktified . and depreilied; 194401 1 ff.;
tViirnbs' ache'with weariness ; his " ta u pe
thrik with the pain•bent eanwl bpa taiii*CYCer
scant application ; ha , scarcely.knows tow Ao
meet his wife with a pleasant. mile, orilk
doaa :obeirfally to their little 1 / 2 0 47 0 1 41 #''''
provided with:so - much care.
l'l3ut the door iiapeied. eStetOottitire4 l l
hastily off. sweet
end, lta tonne : are: so t'apd ' glad ; `tu , lade
like a winged ange4 flieta light into his bos.
am and pestles againstvhii heart.
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