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to take possession of the government and to be
come the predominating influence in its admin
istration.
Its" dark form attended the Southern re
presentatives up to the capital ; tyrannical, re
lentless, it dictated the legislation of the nation,
forcing every other interest to yield to itself.
It invaded the cabinet and the executive man
ion, and with iron and despotic menace dealt
life and death to presidents andpolitical parties
according as they administered the, government
in obedience or opposition to its behests..
It selected Presidents by intimidating ,the
popular will. It wasted the blood and treasure
mind credituf ,the nation, like water, in,thaac
quisition bothbytreatyand conquest, of territo
ry-over which to extend theareaof itsinsatiable
Itmade treaties and broke theta. It made`
compromises and broke them..• No compact, no
• treaty, nomonument, was sacredif it' stood in
the - way of its purposes. Na conceptlKin too bold
for itattUdaeity if it extended:its despotic sway.•
• The .Supreme Court, the great national fountain
of justice, the, last great fmal- interpreter, ex
pounder, guardian,. ;conservator and• hope of
the oonstitntional .. tights of ~the nation,
has. not • escaped. • Even here, this !over
whebninv power f with, its .iron grasp, has
-enforced its•dictation.- • It has shrouded the ju
dicial ermine with itstaan darkness and,reckless
of the appeals of humanity. and, philanthropy,
reckless of the asPirations.of. freedom. over the
world,.and in bald defiance of the. indignation
of •the civilization of the age, it 1:04 forced the
sanction of all its kwrongs,.and extended a de
cree aganist liberty, , and in•favor of universal
slavery over the land. It governed the nation,
directed its policy, and all the interests and
hopes of,fretlabor went dbwmunder its crush
ing weight - The Constitution was prevented
from all the.purposes of its establishment; and
the people had forced _upon .them the moment
ous issue, whether the „great interests of free-,
dem should:be surrendered:and become.forever
subservient to slavery, or :adminiatration : of
the country be brought back, to , its-original•
channels andpurposes, the Constitution restored
to its trite interpretatiorq and-liberty and
very brought ,Iwk to their trtte.relations—the
relations designed for them by the ,fathers of
the Republte,, and , directed by ;the rule:of. the•
Constithtion--,liberty national and. slavery , See-
Mona, -tbmlnterests of freedom parmnbudit and ,
slavery Secondary. ,-t,
Tile issue' was prederited to the peoPle of
this country, whether the great - North, with its
dende - Optilatitm,lts intelligence and wealth;
with its g - reaS, clevelopmeatOf natural resources,
'trith. Systexii 'Of morality and editeatiOn- -
whether' these eighteen northern Statee,,:con- •
tainiug eighteen millions of intelligent freetnen,
or the fifteencsatithern States with about-eight,
millione,ShOuld bepredomimukt in this country
whether freedom with her great progressehould
not lead in the nation's onward march. Mr.
Smtrirat, here was the great issue—the grand
est and most MOmentous issue ever .resented
to a people. '''We ha* heard , much Of What.the
people will say -upon the subject of these resolu
tions. What have they said on this question ?
What verdict have they given? ' Have,they ren
dered a. verdict for or against " the interests of
freedom? It has been said here to-cley that a,
nafkigity of the p&Ople are 'opposed to the Re
publican party—that the last election was not
carried by a majority of the people—that
Abraham Lincoln was not 'elected by , a
majority. I assert that Abraham Lincoln is
elected President of the United States in
a 'constitutional way,' and by a constitutional
majority—that a constitutional' majority of the
intelligence of this nation have declared.that he
shalrbe their President for four years to come,
and they have elected him as thdrepresentative
of, certain great doctrines. Along with -him
they IlaYq: ateted those doctrines, and they
have repudiated the amendment of the Senator
from YOrk. And I will 'say farther, ott.thia
subject 'of the majority, that the - election. of,
Abraham Lincoln and the triuMph' Of 'the Ile
publican cause islhe noblest political triumph
that has ever been achieved in this country from.
the foundation of the government; to: this•day.
Mr poUgla,s attempted to elect - .himself Presi
dent. He rallied a party upon the doctrine .of
populir •soVereignty; and while 'was -quib
bling and . squabbling with the people t,) con-'
vince them that half-a-doien squatters first ima
terlitmi li.td the right to fix the • goierthient
thereof, for all those who should opine afterthem , -
and a.a - ainst the wishes of ihe , NthcAe nations out
side of - the MAiterf, the - RepublicawriartY;lin
the election of Abraham Lincedn;illustrated the"
' -111ffe pOpniai sovereignty of this' nation: They: ,
stdoffin the proud positionof *lndies:4llg the
fundamental principle 'of this goveniment, that
the Majorit'y hag a right to 'There was a
time 'when 'it-was the bat-of the 'Dernockatio
party that their cardinal doetrine•waii; , "the
jerityshbuld rulo— • *then they beaded that the
Constitution 4>f-this colintrY rested upon the will'
Of the people. They' gloried! in it. It Was their
and their beacon light. But how
DenVicraCychaiiged! How have the might 'yfall ,
en! • Blair. 13reckinxidge; who stood utiensthe
doctririe-Whialithe Senator from 'York advanees
here, to=day ; propose to be elected - Prekident
the people? Did - Mr. Douglas'' entertain
a hope.? Did the Bell-Everett party believe that
it ever had any chance of. success before the Peo-•
ple?• No, sir, , :The proposition weal and they_
set out with that cardinal leading idea', to Wrest'
from the people of this wintry, the right of
popular suffrage ; to take away , their' popular
ir,vereigri4, and carry the election of the Presi
dent into the Congress of tke United Stales_
Their, whole aim and object was to'rob the pee
, pie of the right of electing their own President - ,
~to take this great:fundamental right of a nation
to elect its .own rulers away from the people;
, and transfer it to , Congress, in which rase the'
fßate. of Delaware (about as large as threeerinii
_ties like Dauphin) casts one vote; and the great
State of Virginia one, vote ;- the „great - State of
Pennsylvania, and little'Rhode Island each-one
vote: IS gait Democracjr ? that*millEidsPi' -
ereignty 7 In God's
,name, What is it lint tramp=
liag on the popular will and repudiating the. right,
Of thimajoai tY to rule ?
The It.epublican party triumpheeoVer - them
all, and vindicated the.popular will •by electing
their candidate by nearly as many votes as all
the other three candidates received, nptivith;
standing the multiplied choice presented to ,the
people. I tell you, Mr.' SPiAKHR, no party on
earth ever stood in so noble an 'attitude as didtlie
Republican party during the laat campaign.—
They shied 'upon the right of thipeople:to elect
their, own rulers in their own Way ; and I thank
• Heaventliey have triumphed. When the opposi
tion talk to me of DemocracY, - When they, on mi'
omasion like this; make a parade about Democ
ricy, and ask us to come up to the *ark,. I tell'
them that we have come up to the work, and'
have performed it in tilde - good old;wayin which
it- as designed to be done when the Constitutibn
was formed. We have fought for the Wilrof the
principle Majority--tho that, underlies all Dem
*MOW government, the principle that was
Plantod here beforolong before—this gdorieui'
government was founded. It calne here' with
the Pilguitn'fatherii in the Kai - flower. On that
bleak Deceneber day, While yet I tOseing in the
surf-boat, with the stormy ocean behind . theta,
and the gloom and of the savage! *Adel:-
flees before them, ere they.light6d`thb'fired'of
civil and religious libeity On' Pliniouth Rock,'
they soneecrated this principle for all lime, by
forming, colony of. offence and defencifV,to - hc
gcrierned'iri the will of the inaiiiiity,i r
and . theY
!elected theii*-PiMitibiitg!'"Tliby' planted r this'
40 13 0P 1 ,i11 3 Pi.11.111ctoutkPocikin Yeeiii62o
=alb haeLgr i om And ei?twhigA iteelfinith6'
11 1 W-: drThe 1661 'Age, tin t t a yb o tif
hipe , pairttgatfroiltPlavalh-Wrd ekAtt err'
EhlAirthitahiliattibl that wllllsn
fut. This nation to-day is wr in the la-
Mince of its blase, and, thank'Ekal, the pathway
ai the Republican party is lighted by its glow.
We are Called' loctum3l. Pray, sir, who is it
that:heti - prat:rolled 'seetionalisirt?As naitten,
. ?Ass-
.a
have heretofore borne 'Val many a battle field
to victory and glory the stars and stripes, with
"not a stripe_ crossed or polluted, nor a single
star obscured." Who are they to-day who pro
pose to tear off fifteen of these stars? Are they
Republicans ? No, sir. We have declared over
and over again that, where slavery was legally
established, thatinstitution shall never be dis
turbed ; and we are pledged by every tie of
fealty and every emotion' of patriotism to stand
by the South and defend her rights whenever
and wherever they may be threatened or assail
ed... Rut we claim the right to the expression
of oar own principles and doctrines wherever
we may go within the broad limits of this Re
-Wto Sasettrthelittli thatlibeity isriteP
tional,- and slavery sectional-; ; that slavery lives
and breathes only by state enactment, by the,
jurisdiction of the State creating it; that it id
limited, , and the moment •it passes the
bounds of that limitation it dies. What
have the people said ? They looked - to New
England ; with her bleak cold _climate .and
sterile soil, yet the home of •industiy,
gence, manufactures and all the arts—the den
seat population and the highest civilization on
the continent ; then to the Empire State, with
her internal imProVrements, her agriculture and
'her commerce • therito the, great West, a World
in itself, spreading out in magnifiCent` beauty;
from the lakes. to the Mississippi; Wen they
Went and stood on the Allegheniee; where our
enterprise has riragged after it over:mountain
and gorge the iron track upen t which' the Dace
motive hauls half the commerce, of the conti
nent, and - where on the mountain'stopmost.
crag, it hourly whistles out 'the triumph of art
and 'genius over nature's proudest barriers; they
looked at old •Pennsylvania, founded on Deeds
of Peace, 'the first to rid herself of slavery,'
spreading away West to the Ohio, and East to
the Delaware. They beheld her bright rivers,'
her green fields, her cities, towns and villages,,
filling the :whole: heavens with the spires and
domes of her scheols, colleges and churches.
They 'contemplated this magnificent tableaex,
as it stretched away to the mist of . the ocean,
and her three millions of hardy,
self-reliant, self-Serving and self-rewarding free
men developing, her, inexhaustible mineral re
sources, and' rep:Aced in the trinniphs of . the
higher civilization of freedom. They :looked
to the Smith, and mourned over its ,s on
and decay ; and they derided in or_ 'of
'freedom — and progressive goverimie.nt, and
declared to' the world that that iiimense
area of territory, expanding away from the
"Father of Waters".te where the. Pacific breaks
ite.eolen}yl- dirge on the Western shore Of the Con- -
,
'anent, should be devoted to liperty and hit-,
manity.• ...When the choice came ,tobe made by
our people, whether South. Carobria 'should be
extended from the•Atheatic to: the•Paelfic, or
,:whethr.Pennsylvania 'with her ,gidrious bide
pendence and cultivated intelligence, should be
multiplied. there in State after_StaM, they- said,
let it be preserved forever for freedom and from
the contaminating touch of slavery. , This is
what a constitutional majority of the people
of this country have said by , the election
of:a man who is the representative of that doc
trine; and old Pennsylvania herself, not, excited,
never, thrown off her balance ~'or insane
by fanatical appeals—she, tiro, , has said it.
Permsxlvania, the. Keystone a this glorious
Arch,'the balance wheel of the Union, has said
it by fifty thousand majority. And, moreover,
she has said it more emphatically than• any
other State in this Union; for the reason that
se long as slavery was a predeminating element
in the polities of this country, just long there
wad Ma hope,for Pennsylvania's fritereits. She
became convincedvafter thirty yeara • hard ex
perience, that the slave interest -is, antagonistic
- to the interests of free labor ; and that so long
as that interest shouldt control , =the national
'comicihclennsylvankt. had -no hope' for protec
tion to 'her .industry mad ManufactUres. Our
good :old' Cominonwealth emphatically pre
claimedlier detotirdittithe interests of her own`
§9hBj h4-40r9tion te:the doctrineS of free labor.
acting thus &A vivid notrio. Otherwise than
proclaim her adhesion to the --Prillullldes - uf the
- Repirblican party I—to the cause of education,
intelligence an national proginesr.
So Much for the. question of •an election :by,.
the,majerity- 7 ,-thp will of that maprity,,d ek
,hav
only., aningle -purpose. rn supporting: these-mac: •
Illtions; that ist to caatiittute c An, some : - waNy4 l
euritalh,this Union, Constitadions and, -the,
jaws ofAnkr-uouTrtry- T Yo. hold ~up. the hands of
patriots•in aidingdhe government-and by. our
- counsel to. devise Kne, mearat, for ,perpetuating
and, preserving the:greatFat and: 'best..!gir,verrv,
meat,,. under which any people ,eyes If
dlstinlon•mnit.comeify. one after another, .the
'States of this Union go ,reeling,-down in the
wild death dance, of fahatichnnondlthrow-froM
theirhrows thasyrabols ofthe Unioh, let Penn
sylvania still .be • true; Let -her ...conuramding
voice still be for theiUniomand the Constitution.
If :this glorious fabriexnuskgo down,-let Penn:.
sylvania be thastariding cxqumn-deftond hold
within herselfithe 'sembodiment and concentra
tion of the virtues and:the: glories of the! Re
public, so that in.better times•wherk Providence
shall blebs , the'American...people with -I wiser
`counsels ? and Tatriotirni zsh all resuthe Ate, sway,
she may stand Defore the • world the Ittpa. of
liberty ; and : the beacon-light•to guide - some
some
patriot • baud,- some -Washington, Jeffersoni.
Adams. and Franklin— some ;Madison and Ham
ilton—to reconstruct =•fronl the, scattered frag-.
ments; and restore- to us again,. this • glorious
Let what may coine,l trust Pennsylvania will
be true to'herself. - 'Can she ignore her own ver
diet'and' declare, to the world that all we have
done in the past campaign, has , been an • error
and 'a sin ? 'lf we had Veen acting the'park of
traitius;'we might •• ebiasisfently -, repent-Lpfead
guilty and receive :judgment at the hands of
those who have taken the 'oppbsite' course.
Thd resolutions' are at war with' the 'rights
of the South:'` Their objeOt 'is - to enable the
general GOverninent to-take care 4g the- whole
country. ' thia &k the I Senator from
York, and fellow' Democrats; , to aid "Us.
Shall ive 'adopt 'a miSerable party< platform,
'against the - will' of a majority of ;- the people ?
or'shall we rather 'wine tip 'like' patriots in ~def
ence of the 'Constitution and laWs of- the -whole
Mr Sraktraii; - there is no- room for dign l
Ment here. It has' come ': to this'^question'
Shall...the country' . he -
.saved or shall 'We'igiire
itup ? If • Great - France,or
,any "43 foreign,: power' should' invade
Orl . shores;' tare. Rossession of our forte;
tear flag, - and' vaisliij it
their own, the man who would hesitate to d.'&
' 'fend the epinitry'rind'' punish the = ' indignity;
*Mild' be branded'a traitor. ' It matters not
Whence 'the enemy comes'; the
Whether our donatitritionol -? fight&canlbe
garded, Oarnational dornairi'
flag insulted and trampled' Mikirt.' When such
a - thing done;' it matters not- to' hie who the
'ene m y' of the coin:ll4May be,l shall treat him
as tin - enemy'; - and 'as 'orufi•ent the'representatiVei:
!of Penfidylvitnial 'Fin - ready' to 'sustain 'the
Government in preserving and, taking
care or itself' - Thia‘tait of:a - partnerehipthiS:
idea of the'Goverfinient country beihe
merely a temporary arrangement liabie to`- be
'tern} nalAcwherieder ink! of lts - tOrtiesllecbirie
disaitirified=4Sliotici be tolerated" When the
people founded thia"GrivernMent, !Which has
iOun'the Pride and glerrol"thierVhcile 7 'earth,"
they declimeed'thet - weak: -to the cause of '
icons forever. no people of this riatiOri thrMigh
. G.iiinsininejit''te be' the
guardiari'of'their' itid :the tiAttrof - th'eti
OtteAty' -- " , for `;idlliiithe,=:"J'Pheyyllarde 4 tiokether
Etit It oiferiketti4taolSotAatlie
- pm=
1 40 2 of.eiffile!RiatiatrAwtfidOtibVeci one great
IflifskitAtfhialt4
errnent 'of South Carolina or any other par
ticular State—but of a government of ..t4e
' whole country ; and When - they made-it**
eccoessicess, all State ilietkustiook Stator
pennovtpania„Raila eltiegapty, ittuegbav 'Afternoon, Janum 15 1861.
individualities, from the sovereignty thus yield
ed up "Ter this purpose by the States, dis
appeared forever, and this union of powers be
came a new consolidated general sovereignty
superior to all, and over all, free by their own
solemn consent and declaration. I deny the
right of revolution under any circumqtanoes mi
-1 der this Constitution. There are some gentle
men who talk 'about the sacred right of revolu
tion, asserting that there is no right for rebel
lion, but that there is a right for revolution.' I
deny that there is any such right. I assertthat
the people of this nation, when theyformod the
Constitution, agreed to be bound _ by that Con
stitrition and acknoWledged .that ' they should
not even alter that instrument except in such a
Way as the '-Constitution itself should direct.—
When they adopted the Constitution, they
bOund therm elves , never to nullifyq it, and they
surrendered `that right to, revolution. 'South
eardrum talkti about'lief 'skovereignty and her
rigt to •` nullify the' Constitution ! When 'she,
aking'ivith the other States; agreed at the time
Of its foimation that it never should even be WI
tered or amended; except by the 'consent Of
three-fourths of 'WIT Union. ' It is tlie sovereign
power controlling andgoverning Oa:bps:rifle, and
can be altered' only in such a Way as its own
Provisions dictate. If'arrynortherrier southein
State of this UniOn islfronged, the Constitution
proVides ample 'redress.' 'Reit let the South
come in the spirit of fraternity; let her' demands
be regulated by reason and juirtke, and her right
always will be, aithey always have
But, sir, the Southiebels'againetithe Govern
inent, not for any wrong done her by the Gov
ernment butbeauise the 'Government has passed
into the 'hands of a pithy opposed to universal
slavery. They rebel because • their politica -
power has poslo - from them. 'For this I can se,
no remedy in the . way of peaceful' Settlement:
The power which has, passed'from them will not
be surrendered to there. The people will' not
yield it. - The people'have taken the Govern
rrient and Will'adMinister it; let it; cost what, it
Ict - ay. At all hazards - the Goireriun — ent must be
sasCaint:d. ljport . the prompt, decided neer:4l6f
the States hingsthe fate of the nation: Let the
Statesrallyareundthe Administrationpromptly,-
with their 'power sympathy - and the patri
°than of the country will be able to' rescue our
country liCorn the danger that surrounds it, `and
restore it to its once happyand . Prosperous con-
. .
Mt. IRISH. I - desire exprets,'at the Out
Set of the very little I`hive td 'say, the mfr,
tsfaetion" with Which I hate listened to much
hat' lute transpired' in the CburseArfthiadebite.
I wish particularly to declare My' hearty ap-
DrO4tleii of the elxtuehtientimenta which fell ,
from the Senator'from Bridfatd i texixut,)
this morning:" The:Style 'and,anguagais : not
only clear , forcible; but' the argaMent btable„,
ilMrottgli Mid profound 'throughout. Vie,nr.o 7
:MI tone of the speech ianot less tefreslnto and
admirable.
.Sir l it warms the h e art withorier-,
ous emoticin,..tonieet,.arnid the tOtinous- mind
ings ci . politic ans, an occasional-exhibition )f
such high moral potpeie, and unswerving dove
tiori to principle. - While I "ani"idir.fhis subjeet,
permit me to call attention "to in:Other feature
of this diseourie, Which I ale() 'desire: to coni.
mend . manly — it, is free' from
all cant and hypoCrisy. The Senator does not
wish to mislead or deceive the &nth, as to our
position or, as to our real feelings and inten
tions. . They sir ) are„ so far as rebates to the
majority of this. Senate and' the.rairty they ,re
present—pretty fully expressed in the Chicago
platform. • It . would - idle, - even :were we .
so dispeded„ to . disclaim them. The' South
,is . not . be cheated or !deceived !! by emp
ty :professions and plausible, resolves. They
know lor instinct .where -; we naturally and
necessarily stand; That the extension of slavery
is not in' our creed. - 'That:the recommendatien •
of Our :present Governor, ' permit or tolekite
'the' Southern, or any Other syetem, 'of 'ntiniatt
slavery:in Pennsylwania, , is..not to ; bethought
of. _:!lbe exfiresceoic of the peoPle , at the ,polls
in November last, was their. deliberate Verdict.
Its - nothae- disclaimed .or resisted, but Main- .
Mined and enfotced hi:the:usual prescribed arid
'constitutional Manner.: :-Does any one imagine
that lit. Lintoln ie.:kr:sneak- into the Presiden- •
tial chair' behind the-screen and shadow of : false ,
preteltatind dissembling 'exgressioria on the part
of his friends This is not the , way , to dispel
apprehension "and restore: confidence.:' His'po-'
sition hatilbeemfully: and clearly defineda-that
:or hit( party ialiefore -the. world. .
tnyophrion; nothing: to be added ; and no r thing'
to be: taken 'aw.4.Y from -it at:thia time. I think
we should'hereerefullhodt doinganything.that
:looks:towards shifting out- position during the
present dritioal state7of 'affairs.- ,
- '"When , the reacantionaofferedflby the! SenaV* l
fibre Philedelphim , a-feiv. 'dela since, were pro-' ,
rented; I Mndeistoodz them, -however; not Ss a
challenge lb Partisan strife, but-as intended to
:furnish ' W:Ootiniontgroundi upon:which
Might meet, and utter a united and ;unanimous
'elpieSsibii - Of -"the prevailing :feeling-upon 11.;t:
course and'attitude of the.receaagiStatett.
though I' doubt the propriety of any expr.' e s s i i s u ,
by . way of resolution- et this time ), ;all:sough I
opinien - that when wa gp ea k,.... un
this subject it should ba threughtbe medium. of
acts and meataires, 'rather= than resolution ;
although I - consider - the - resolnliona wanting in
tone, tame iii',' expression,'` to.ths
Ong', and' short of the altPectatioias of the pee-'
had concluded; for the Baked presenting
to the 'country a'united - Fri:Mt:upon-this question,
to:cast my vote in favor of Mast, and with one
amendinent,, all the resolutions ' of the Senator
frone -"I had , hoped to -find this
the dispesitiort of the entire Senate, but the pro-
Cee,:lings:of leateiday„ and to-day, have shaken
tbe expectation. We have since - been pretented
with'two' entire sets of re - a - Cautions, breathing , a:
different spirit ! arid dm:Minding different treat,
wont. We are now beset with all manner' of.
propositions to compronalse, conciliate, renounce:
our rincipleta, Sit - milder our rights, and forsake
our - Atapdard. , ----tc'dnanything rather thaia
iairtie and . -
the -- cab:oi •tesolute," loyal
position which' the' necessity ! of the. times and
the' plain 'dictates of reason and duty - require.
I heed nerenumerate'the sweeping concesaions
prOp*-inthetesoltitions offered by the: Sena-
tor. frem Hunting:don - - and the Senator- from
York. believe' they iptik towards conceding
pretty much all the'startling demands which
are-' Made, by Toonibtf, - -Yancey, Wig - fall and,the
test;a:E. the pretended condition of their stm..mit
ting 'to the authority of the 'Federal Govern
ment. I.'need' not say - that I have but 'one an=
swer for:all'auch-propositions ; : As often as the
opportunity may be presented, Ishall pi:afoul:4
record Myself againit them-' ' • .
• It Seems 'Wine strange that therdatunild exist,
et 'this :time; any. difference of,: opinion among
,• respecting the wiid acid F atty iehemes, plots
and ekploits; of the `conspirators at the South.
I should beSt' a less account for the:se:aims
labors of the ociailiaton3 - : and eonapromisers
were it net:that they seem to be infatuated with
an idea thatlthey are really doing something to
save the Union.
Why; sir, the has been *reeked by just
suc h ti 'kering :as this: If. twenty years ago,
the'North: had stood squarely and firmly up', and
said to the slave power="stand - Where you are
—'not 'another inch"--Anstead of the datk and
threatening troubles in 'Which we are now in=
Volved, 'Mir Skits would have - been clear to , day,:
We have temporized, yielded; submitted and
sUrrEnder'ed, nmil we.' hare led - the banded cue;
Mica Of - thegtivcinment 'to - intagine, , that We'
have no spirit wEich can be insulted, no princi
ple we Rill -not' surrender; no courage -which
they need regard, no manhood need.
respect. And now sir what .p.:lasibie
tocheibiediti**Ubril awl , o 4 Ortards' failitesh ,
elititigiba ic iitiYut UTltha. ill:lead& Wiling'
! isttirraltrikidolllchittoetz•lt44su.
-brtelf 4 W~. : ,- -AAteirWg ' eVentr4fllenghto: r
adopt it. Conoeselcins now, only incite contempt
end stimulate rebellion. You may write eon-
SW.at* all over the State House, You may
ecenprotaisemarl the deals* of the OM
spiratots are consummated, you ;may tattle
the State by craven professiOns, • and degrade
her character by servile expressions anti Ole
resolves, but you cannot, by such childislitthams,
arrest tht wild whirl of revolution. ' 'We have
been pushed to the wall—we cannot, reed& an
other inch.
I urge no hasty or inconsiderate proceeding,
I-recommend no rash or , doubtful step.-- You
may fold your arms and see the Union perish if
you like. It is not for me to define how long
we shall wait or how far we shall go. lam
urging no-leap in the dark, but simply protest
ing against the adoption of degrading resolves
which can only complicate our - difficulties and
prolong our troubles.
..For myself 4 Bhp uld.pre.fer e whon do,speak o .
that we should come squarely up to - the ques
tion: I dint consider it simply as "a nigger
question,". as it has been termed .by many. It
is rib -.more a nigger, question than the Revolu
tiorutry war was a ,tea
,question. The question
is Wffiether this grand experiment of Republican'
selflovernmerit is to'be 'a failure, Or the befilfr-•
cent dispenSer of justice, liberty and happinesS,
as its founders designed.. It is .a question which
.may be presented in many fca-ms. It comes to . .
us now in the of aquery Whether, a consti-
Ultima/ majority of thspeople, having -elected a
Erasident.pledged to carry-OUt, wording to the
forms of the Constitution, the .pokicy preseribed`
by them.as best calculated` fo prombte the na
tional -IVelfare, lICS-'peOple' will tolerate a de,4
feated and rebellious factiOn in defying - the ant,ho
rity:of the government....
Shall the government work right onunder
the direction of ' the incoming 'Administration,
according to •the forms .- 45 f 'the. COnstition, or
shall it fall to _pieces at theAouch of lawless
violence? • .
These are the questions._ There ought to be
but one ' response. ' There aould beno unbar
-rasstneut or heSitation t in indieating' where - `we
Stand.- For one- ..I have'.uo diffieulty. 3My an
ewer is always . ready. : I. shall record' my vote
Against the reso4o4ns. of thS - Senator from
Buirtingdon, - as - well is 'against those offered by
the• Senator froniTork.'
ilax&alsa.aisfully - prispared ;to Notes in favor of
. the .resolutionooffered by the SenatojfromPhil
adelphia,
altliOngh.l consider thein, as I have
before statekinadeqUateand imperfect in many
, r a ve d is .. s:
I-. now..aint the-:Senator ; from
Allegheny(air.laisp)whether, he ,recognizes the :
right to reelahn fogitiVe:SlaVei under ue - Con-
Atuticiri of.the United States?
Mr. ISlStf.'.. I do. not cenSider thatithat sub-.
..
ject js,nt present before the. Senate.
; ;: 1 07lierkAt is,,.
I will answer the Senator.: ,
;..
Mr. S.INNEY: I did' Mit eXpeet :thOlerig"
thy .discussion Which: has been had Upotitlie'
questioni now agitating the country, and more.
particularly Upon - What recognized the
country as the *a:Of theriationatjarge:"lrpon
that glatu.s*l.l6raic4ied the PrOPOintion of the
Senate' . from PhiladelPhia: his ncrw generally
ascertained that.there gsists m this country a
wide :spread conspiracy,, and which ha:sheen ex
isting fora long time, hy Meani of an eigarible-'
tionof..menwho are endeavoring;ricitAto effect
secession exactly,lbut a revelation - in' this- Goy s .
emment,: ;Them plans are discovered to a:cer 7
Min extent ; one of which is to, seize the .
Capitol of . this Goverment,. ina-ta.(itganite
Government of their own, assuming that to -be:
the (loVernment, de facto of this country.`; That
is to be the. United. States, and certain States are
to be put outside, of that organization. Then
they. are to. treat with us and invite : as Marry of
• those States as are.willing to co,operatemith
theni. to consent to the:proposition of an organic ;
structure which 'they will, lay down to you as.
the basis of Government.JD:dais.
of tbili&S well understood thimut the coun
try at this titre. -- fhote.Tineri. seise. - ripen the
'Government the' example@ 'Of history show: , what'
Would` be the natural& risequenee: they seize.
upon the Governinent, and its arsenals, flu_ nuiy,
iondfitsarmyandrebenues',an - dlp
oxiiiee,ariti
come therei:xigruz* d Governmentabrmikptittine
"us really 'hito.thoposition inithicirtheyvesdi to
throw us. These resolutions assert the, fact of
rebellibri; and also assert that . Penney,'4.wia is
opposed to the doctrine' orseceasior,;and Will
-array herself- on ,the sid& of Abe Go - ieniinent'
fnrs, and Willextend to the go our.
sympathy and - Material aid ; and upon that
_in this Senate.
NoW, lifthe-praVeition . Wok been Dii,ne he& to'
levy" an a.rinyr- Orl'itwv raise 'ninny 'for' that
scar - cely have had:more 401,'
einn speeches' made . r4h.d. more patriotic upneale,
'than. upon . scsiiiiple4hopogithin. of this
cliarac
teu-,which,ought,.co b e - passed. over without-de
bate. I had intended makeitarre,
marks on a....ese resointione,„ hir,itrWeoconteni
10.,.1.atedjWilXiii, 'thePrOfojiiiitioiii:ivere made, that
'tneY' 4 krild 'recogniied . 'liyall. Pardee as 'the
• Propel:, adntiment of Pennsylvania; , m o
thin:ngli her legiglatiVe•benrat this time; ,rep , :t
re, ;en ting the peopleof. all parties. Isthere a,
partyf this State. . which noW.'',## o ,l:l,
with that .. - body of: men: who are endeavoring
.iseize Upon . the. Capitol of , the; United Statek
and-who May,sWithin a fortnight,:,Or a very few
days, take 'suck'a step? Does...the Deniocratic
party wish to assert here, that because :We Offer
such resolutions' as 'these, we 'may bring civil
. .
war among ourselves? are asserting the:
piMei - plea - of the 'Constitution, the . duty of our
citizens, to Maintain. them,. and ourwillingness
sto give all material aid for their support. Is
there a party this . State - which: belongs , to
that e tewinch I have referrek and who
when propositions of-..this kind are "made, wish
to delay them; thattime may boaffordedfor
the consummation of. their plot ? What is this
.question of tho repeal of bur Perional Liberty
Laws, that has already been referred to.the'4.
diciary COmmittee, to ;do with that now 'before
us The' oestion here to-day is,Eriinply,do we as
sentto thopropcsition thatit-littherluty of Penn
sylvania to array herself on the Side of the go*;. ,
erument i mid to sustain the Constitution; and her
frees institutione under that 6:institution? If there
a party here which 4oeiros to make all those
questions turn :upon - the' - ntestion of. whether:
we'willwastain, iipon our statute books,consti
tutional: laws which ,are passed to protect and
'preserve the Personal liberty Of our citizens—
that. - Whichevery Northern man cherishes above'
'every.Other .right secured toldinhy the Consti
tution-:if .they assert to us, 'unleso you make.
that.. the turning point - to repeal: those laws,
then our sympathies go from you, and we will
arrayauiselvect . with those Wha. are' te' bring
civil war and discoid ameng„.ua ; then we say,,.
gentlemen, count. us out, •We inVite.them to
nW, such a consummation. We:'simply ; say to
them, to-day, are yen that treason shall
be put ?
_I will ; itemise. ibis matter. We
have before .the :Senate . &proposition frtini the
Senator from York.
,- I, wish: to • say, net-its per-,
serail to that Senator, but - as a characteristic.
of his' party PenrusYlvenisi;andevei kith*,
that - their policy ever . has been to assert certain
idokui,tci take the the initiative, and charge upon
others some offence, putting the .party charged
upen , the defensive, when the - charge .merely.
an assumption: Such has AlWayobeen the ride:
Whenever it has, en the . assumption of Penn
sylirania to ...haVe.' a . ; Pripteetive party to sus
tain her free labor, her represeritativ.e&have
been sent to Congress to represent that prinei
ple protectien; bet when they 'got there they
were . overawed and yielded to, arrogance and.
assumption-of the South, where the rmpectatle
ppltion of that, party:lies. ' The people then be
coining itronsect,;•those; -men who - falsely ; *pre-,
rented:than have been defeatectin - their Strilg2
gle fOri plecel . .. Then the SOut,h rises up and
threatens to dissolveD thenion; and the Demo,
oratiatarty.torn tiporrthoiae who are endeavor- .
iog'tck . elary ont the sentiment of the:State and
say; yonso -Avery ROPUblininile
[ thielState.lialkheewiierionnoed.,threughont-ite
i ' • e sstli , %M4ll l leadth,4B a Afienieniew t NA T '
--
p *41:47 itieA k e
to take the hiltiatiVa - Spd the` ala 3 / 4 0
to their opponents , thereby snakingn ne act on
the defensive. Do not we know, and don not
W
pane Use ill Otte teen -tht It
:-113.Eimply- - the 4)0117 - '9f. the Democratic party
which has brought thiscoinatr9 ha this perilous
crisis'; and do not
Democratic Senators stand
up here
,to-day and say,
."you:bave done it ;
beware, or yoti will bring civil war — among us?"
We are law-abiding citizens; simply asserting
the right of free thought and . free labor. We
are not negro-stealers, nor are any great per
• tion . of. the people-of =Pennsylvania negro
stealers ; but they are rather a people banded,
together in defence of the Constitution of the
United States ; and when you hear assertions
thrown into our teeth, in pursu trice of Demo
cratic policy, then we see Senators rise in their,
places trying to excuse' themselves, and -trying,
to argue that we are not guilty of the. wrongs
rhalged,epeit,4ll,e. l 4.eiwilietermokaltPx.;eo4.;%,... y„,,
I Wish' to put these men of the Democratic par
ty where they lailiang„ ,and to - have them de
clare where they belong—whether they belong
to the party of the people, determined to : defend
the _United States Geverpment, or whether they
belong to a band ntrneit who have:united there...
Selves' by'-awe - in Obligatienifor the support tiLit
peculiar kindof property?- Are they going
, sestain„the geyemineut t ,ef
„personal liberty,
illid woh. aisAt of tibb Ihkut, or. the govern
ment which iikpimialted upon the idea of pro , .
tection to three millions of property? Are they
gel.* to Make; ,' 4eVer4tinciple; subservient to
the miiinte ince of an institution which has
trampled-upon everything sacred, and to instil-.
trite; in place . of theviarantsegi handed down to
us by our,_ferefathers, "vigilance committees"
to take 'away'rnen'ilives? 'Why de they not ,
1 *leek out4larit '-'...iiiial'aiii 4,/ieir: 'Aenthnental
I --.that , .z.liecause .- wei men of the NOttif "do .
I not love._ elaxery„ _and our , not:isms' .6f.: right,
,are . not based upon the. value of- -prop
erty,Jherefore,*nardliet, consistent? One or
the other_pertWunl, this Union must be bathe,
ascendant ; and those gentlemen say that if we
gain . the ascendancy; "they - .will break up the
government.... It ,is ..contraryto - .history, expe
[ Aimee, . common-sense., and truth, . that. -when
these chargel are made upen the Republican
party; some proof should JrA*
suppOrt:-. Nert:ene;single.instancelnie been.ad-.
ducedin.ell, this .discursion, to, show wherein
any law'upon our statnte 7 heek. has operated in
juriously, to rinilivinglirein, With respect to
any notions e entertained of southern rightiC'
I undertake ter Say Aritorriere fugitive Slaves are
returned tban.,stolen -4horees , ; . and„.eay further,
that, as wards tliie State, there net so much
obstruction in the war beiecovering a.'
fugittie stave, ' as .there Is in: the;rebovery of ' a
stolen horse: i ....., .... - -... ..,i ..:...-=, • '- -
aO ecteWhilnkheti.. - *Lest made,thet; the , -writ
of Ackaver/ppy,ewerki..badly„.:. AO are yerfgo:
big t,,i, get rid' of it? '7SuPpoSe - a - negro-Miter:
1 OniMlaiiis 'to the proper - authorities that...the ,
Services nf:a. Certain negro are,,, him, and
.the negro claims, to be a,citigen of P,enneylvania,
and in have the right to itiiiiit of tabwt 'eoires, '
in order to inquire into' he facts'Stated. Now,
, whet a - -man claims alorse, he has no proof for.
his _ assertion,and the matter. is, settled; by. a. :
Writ of replevin to Show property. • But with
respeet ton. claim made tothe ewriershiri' of a
human being; these gentlemen -woulddeny a:
riglit.whichis allowed with respect to the. own=
ership of ahem; and because we are not -dis- , : .
posed to - agree with them, 'they: proceed to •,
Charge lie with being opposed' to - this Union.
They set out here -:-..-,
.. -
' .4trel whereas, it becomes the duty of the peo- .
pie of Pennsylvania, through their representa- .'
fives in General Assembly met; to declare their '',
'sense of the he - pending denger.nrel their opin- i
ions in relation to.. the duties and:- obligations
iter...ikui by the-Federal Constitution." - 1
.:.. „Setting that ,all out as .an inducement for Os i
to vote as they deSite;.'what is the'"lame. and i
impotent conclusion?" Itis that we shall re- 1
Peal sri act in reference to personal libertv,-.. •
They propoitea,remedy,for existhig, vi - eils lithe .
irePeal.ef a,persorwklibe'rty r lawogninie,whiCh
....rrien_eaneay- (might, except that it isintend- r
64 faillie,protettiontif biU z . em6fthiS,Ceirimen-
Widtt'' : TheYinither statethat the citizens of
this _Commonwealth are 'now,-as they 'belie tevii ~
,been, ..One :to the Constitution end :Vie , Union,. .
If.that is s,o, where is the occasion, for arraign-
ing the ItepUblieni 'Party here Ail assertion is
Contained 'in.' those resolirtibne...tela,tivelo the
government:otthe Territories; -"that the People
of Pennsylvania ,fidly.recogruze, and acknow
' ledge the equal rigliti of 'all the people of the
several' 'States in - the'..' : einitirion'territories of
the , Federal , Union/'. -,. So -we ..do; ' But that
is not :What .the Democratic.,party . want.—
They lire not, pleading for our own: citizens.
'Whence do lliejr - get - these ' Sympathies ?J•--- '
c- Frain the "Knights of the Golden - Ring, Fleece" ,
Circle- , 'or - whatever..tit is ....called, I deny
that
.a citizen.. of . l'emisylvenie r WteArty
any .superior .. right in one feet Of the ,_terri.:„...
tort' of the United Statei over ie citizen of _Vir•-•
ginia.'` "Aii 'act of - Oongress - :.es - YriFthat'.'altMery'
shall:no - the takeninto certain - terxitory, - tind if '
.the „provisions of , such .an act are just to
the South,. they are just also hi the North: - If
it'eXelialea eighteen niillieril of 'the people of
the North - from 'introducing. that- institution
within a certain: portion of territory,,. it must '
neoxsarily exclude . also the South. It is merely.
areenactment of 'the Government, made' in'the
furtherance bf - civilization - on -'behalf Of • the
intelligence and truthfulness of -the age. It is
simply_wrying outthe intention.s . Of the found
ers of this Government, who, when they in
stitute.d it, swept away every vestige of slavery
from the territories.. The Senator froni York
has asserted that he had:no political principle
which he woUldnotgive up for this Union. I
Undertake to say, On. the contrary, that I hav'e
not kvpiditical principle which I would-give up
for the Union. „Every political principle which I
have to vindicate,- I will vindicate in the Union,
or out of it. • ' I will never Surrender One iota of
political 'principle 'I may give up political ex-.
pediency-; but-when it comes to a matter of
duty, -1,. will.,not ::yield, one princiPle.',. - ,if it
Domes to, such a ,question, then let the con
sequences'of ' 'rebellion come ; and' -instead
of:standing here to discusi about a - .Matter of
•great importance,l let us-come. -to , the'llnestion
of all questions 9n the present controversy, of
voting supplies to raise an. army which will
,Coefront...rebellion; et . ..taking the argintrent
winch is now Offered' to tu3,' that - Of the bayonet.
We do not know but that on this'very day our
citizens areattacked„at:Oharlestori. ••••"We'litiv
seen by the papers to-day that our vegeglielveldete
.went there on a peaceful errand, to - , Wririrtip= .
plies to our army;iliiVe been' fired upon. .:If
such be the fact,- the .'only way .to meet,. •
:qinistienAs by, force.. ;But for God's saN' :
not .Ict. ns ,have, any. more' of - this twaddle',
of succumblng to any
eVerlasiting taunts of
Locofocolain; that its opponents aziAteiraillf
opposed to' the Union.' I insist that it -is the
duty of every Republican, instead of arguing; to
repudiate such .a. doctrine. Our people in, the
north, ' during - the last' twenty years, lutie Ea:
Corneae accustomed to these assertions, which
live been , dirined into. their ears; because they
do not act iriacecrdance _with the ideas of those
.who-have-had :possession of the gOverninerit for:
about seventy years of ' its 'existence, that they
have become dispirited. Whenever any '&01 )0 4'
sitiOnlasbeen made to -the owners 'of alaye
property, by the people of: the north, an attack
has instantlybeen made by thcee'inen,through
,
the -- Demociatie party, .upon our. people ' for
thinking' -end 'speaking-, as they please ;'` iina.,
*lien northern:a:deal:tame' appeared irethesouth,l
they:have. had 'no respect shown thent; , they,
have„Wri M peril of their 'lives,, and have. had
their 'property taken fromtheta, and been drive '
out oft certain 'States, when they olaimed-tet
American- chisel* ~ W here is the's:le:apathy; ti
thel Democratic party : for the men thus t
Ohy.ereSerintorir here se kind andnrrenttedin?
theirtclau idijeefrom'the people of Perirt;,
Sybraialarl.',lttethxdorwhati" litera we paes;-]
i ndiny l ee s i mithilheeterbilkwhickliallatistituld • c '
. ~,
frlaltmirttile& " . fr'3l.bewg
4,..
takingixo.
of a fugitiveslave. It Istvan ktkowathatit is not l
expedient foiis to paps say such ud, at tlds'
, ..- as would beraut swam to Mom
with their slaves, in this State
that such an act would not be intro
orand at this time, among the
North and West? Senators on thi s
there is a propriety in such
the South lisks it."No more Liar
to the peace of our citizens could I._
day, in the State of l'ennsyleark:-.,
authorizing slave holders to bring •
here and hold them for six mold
shall we consider in this ruatttr
happiness, peace and prosperity of
zees, or the arrogance and assumpf,
outside of our• State, who• would sz -
comfort whatever? How many r
litightliave been hung during th,
mizjitincow i
th s t imp i n g which these
: Zill — hace slept quietly over the
n 4
tlicted on- ode citizens. Before. n.,
sweeping assertions, charging us with
charity and benevolence towards
leeyther State, let them cultivate I
theft bosoms, with regard to the peg r 1 tbo
own-Stake: tep
I 110131*TD,_, After the exeeedin,
menintiiie'address of the Senator from
Piiiiiir);rexperience great diffickm . g.O
to make aAw remarks on the que.4l ,Ltia
the Senate. That Senator has ans IMF
and eirtire' ly, all • the charges that
urged against the loyalty of Pennsy, 2 4 14 .„
der the: Constitution and laws of t:
States. .11e has answered the assent,- Flo!
array of;facts that are incontrev t • n:/ 11
I aingladliuit he has taken the prui
this'question in the argument he ims
'the Consideration of the Senate, and .11
ing.all party platforms and the interpel,
-party creeds. Why, Mr. Speaker, Iv •
simple propcsition before the Senate • lAre
Ceive it to be contained in the resolutli
.Senator •from. Philadelphia. Iha
hoped that there was not a man in t , ..
ate who' *mad not boldly and
gaud tipoa that.proposition without ,
.lion or eirmike for it is the common n ; - :'a
COnstittitiori as it is,and the maim
theolawsi pure -and intact, upon whUr. en
patriot - and lover of. his country ma) : co
But we are met with quibbles respeeth,. :
al liberty talsand the repeal of laws 2..
#atute •boolia not uriconstitutional,:th e
,are, I believe,. obnoxious-Gaily to the
ly sensitive _feelings of our brethrni
South. We have 'heard something as
ty - platforits m this , diSensiiion—about
Cage. pled:inn 'and ..the platforms
Baltimore and Charleston. - Slr, there
form , now.beinginatigurateil at Charlie a d
being thundered -- forth, in the voices c
Carolina cannon, againit _the.flag of our
theintegrity and sovereignty of thiti grea • pig
Do not talk-tome of platforms-when
hellion and open treason; 'with their
hands, stalk forth into the arena and ch. a d
the United. States to arms. Great GO n a
there should .be, in.such r a state of au:::
apology, made by anylixtan , 3vearing the m
a-man and claiming to'be tveithien of cr.: re
mon country. '• I have my' indictment Er!
against South Carolina: and every oth, -3k
Diat.is-disloyal to the .Union in this el '0
emphatically a and- one demand -- Lb
high an impress of character and prud• ;
that which was demanded in "the ea •
au
tried men's souls." . 3
f
A crime unparalleled-in human.
hi-.-
just been committed,- in the noor , :a'ay
of the nineteenth' century :.intke fun
ChristianitY and the:Ameriehtt political
not the crime of one tuan, nor a doz,
bUt of one hundred cod sixty - nine rei
tives of a whole &ate, who,• the: huur
sion, have , 'oeen driven to madness by th,
lion, of wicked leaders ! It is a crime
humanity—a crime against civil
crime against free- representative guar
--a crime against the unrestricted rigin
000,000 <of people to change, modify ,
and reconstruct their own government is
without violence`--a crime against :i
soil without
and the Con , -•. •
—without an adequate cause--a wicket ,
political crime! The Senator from Yu',
this crisis' with a proposition to repeal 0..7
Theflenatolfrom IFftuttingdon meets ti
with a proposition: to open up our terra,-
slavery,--the right:to bring slavery int:,
bylerinia.• • - Sir, we '.are in the midst
brimful of trouble and danger—times in
the heart of the patriot falters and tres:; , •
our beloved land—times in-which the I,t
-we enjoy, and the perpetrdt,y of our
bang ausnended by a , single thread, mi
storm of passion or the whirlwind of CI--
may sever ata single blast !
Phe Union is threatened with
--the :Tow" Mutterings - of treason are b,„..7
, _
everyhreeze that, sweepsg from the soar:
star in the glorious galaxy- of States
'that her light is feretai withdrawn frc.
coustellated dome of Freedcrm !
And - What - is - the pretext for these el
Why, air, that we have not been nimbi:-
enough in catching their slaves!
tames it was the Ittr i r ! It is the Tow .
&wary is a new pretext far striking down.
inektstrial inarsuits They have school:,
population up to a pipintat, which th-y
they can insulftlie -majesty of the law
inanity, defy your National Goverrma
upon your ships, and stand ready to Stii
your Capitol and introduce the song of
government, the .11Irmsellaise hymn of
place of.: " Bill Columbia ' and "
Docalie." When- a population which
revolutionised, so thoroughly clothed in z
as to repudiate those National airs, to •
the National flag of our country', lo
in its place, ss their standard of
a miserable palmetto tree, then th•
reached- > a .point •at which no argui,
that of • the cannon will be of
What ;we propose to do is to sustain ti,
mentin vindicating the laws, and in ..
allegiance, in every section, to the •
Wipes, under which, in the days of ft, ..
lion, and in:the war of 1812, our co:.: .
rallied.in their majesty and strengti
honor and glory of the nation.
sullied that glorious banner \xi.'
streamed,onton every plain of this :•
aid in every ocean of -the world, rep.
pitorditrthat- banner «iii I
plug-- on on, to our
elline;Whiehjwas - Unfurled at Palo Aitn
dedaklllnbr, 'Monterey; Matamoi as fa ,
I,.... V e..._tlattxtlipiL_lvesborne by Y '
length, by their invincible pro« ess. t
thee%Ealbi thei, Monte.zurnas.”
tizeils of nth Caiolina trample . f
nog; thef forgot the very moth ,
them, and allthat should make ti •L
Sear to their souk And now we t. • i
a, state of facts, -of conciliation to nt
in the field Witlfarms in their hand , /
the Senators on this floor, stawin '
With heart, against heart, that ywoe," they„will resolve to maintn:'.
in - their. power :the Union as it I :
to will discard all the quirks
Which• - meefmt 'from the Democrat' ' ;
Yf e llich itend , to make this a euesti ,
I would have e',l ' P
.the Hag of our country
Clusteng isiinanygedden memories in
, freramess i , and uphold the Ct. '•
strengthen the hands of the
Who tam holds the reins of fy,(...."-1 t
sanistakeablye deelaring that ti
remain firm and stable and net
We should alumna the position of
and losing sight of partisan di-T"`''' ".
along `by thoqtnnse,4 3 of wisdom P ,. ;,
to fhe Great Ruler of
assert that I would sacrit , cZ ..
reibdirOalPialthysomil lay all Pot d i `
on..illin - lantefinir country, if I conk.,
Wreserve this Union. I prefer,
from Crawford, rather to fight Iv
Union under the glorious hag o f 111'1'
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