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Show 214 APPEND I X TO NOTES. fm· the South to keep three millions of ip;norant toiling sbvcs.in the uinctccuth century. Disunion would turn th0m out to pa~ theu· own UeiJtd: :wd lsr"y that disunion is thc~lavc's best h?pC,])IantJng the cannon of seJf:intcrcst on his sill c . .1\ow, you ma.y tlunk that when we talk of the Union being n. curse we arc tnlking fanat icism. No, we arc simply tnlking commercia.! truth. Could .England ha.vc _kept l rclanJ where she is were it not that her people were kept Ill Jg:noro.ncc by Catholicity? SJ:wcry, intrcnehctl in do llars aud C(•Jlt'l, must ha attuckctl by tho same weapons :1.1Hl tools. You may ri<liculc our ideas as mad now, but when the South has git·dlcd the Gulf with !Shwc ~~;~~~r:~·~~~;:c s!:~n ~~~:~n~0:~\~1~~~~~~~;:!1 ~~~~ ~~~;o~;~fo~h~l~~·~o~;~,g~~;~ tho other side. You know that it is idle to Bpeak with the abve intcrcat- y~u !mow there is neither pu.blic opiniot~ or principle enough in the U1110n to oppo~;o the :wnexatwn of 1\lex•co and Cuba. llllot a <l'entlcmnn the other tlay who n.skcd me if thoro wns no spirit in New }:ngl:tnd to oppose this, and ~ told him ?f Dr .. Spring being afraid to }11':1.)'1 and of Jh. Dewey wantmg to get nd of Ius mother. (Applause uull hia!<CS .) J'or once .[ have the nudicnce wi th me--:-some of you :u·e nppl1wding me, and tho rest hissing Dr. Dewey. (Laughter.) 1t is Raid that !Sl:~vcry will be gradunJly nnnihilat('d-tilat .Kentucky will abuliRh slavery, and that other /States will follow its example; and if tlli!l were MO, you will ha,·e Rhtvcry d)·ing; for centu r ies. J3ut it wi ll still be spreading t=.outhwnrd, mHl like tho Dutc~Hnnn'f! coat, what ,~·ill be cut ofl' tho collar will be a.ppende~l to the tat!. {Laughto •·.) H we shn.ll ever abolish sla,·ery we owe it to tho Jl:tmpdens nnd the SyOncys, the Cromwell _~'• and the men of the 1\ln.yflower. Your system i:'l to be gradual. YeR, and in the meantime your counting h ou~es will be juHt n~ sen,ilc, the pulpit!! just as tim id, and tho nowsIMpor::~ just ns pro-shwery. ' Ve live in a land wh('ro newspapers make l'rcBidents. We li \·e in a land where the ll r.ltALD mnk('s the l:~w. (Cheers nnd laughter.) :Kow 1 would fitin make it possible for Daniel Webstc•· to be an honest man. _ (ilisses.) God p;i,·es uf.! p;rcat men, and wo take and sacrifice lh(lJn. 1 hate tho Union because it Joes not let us bury any of our ~rcate!'t men except in tearR. (Hisses.) Our great men-J say it not reproachfully. Jam an Americ:w-oh, 110 I thank UoJ,l am a 1\la~sachuF.ett>~ man. (lli!<$CS.) Au American in Europe is a walkiu.a; apology. (llir-scs.) It is easy to hiss it in the city uf New Yo1·k, but it is hn rd to meet It in the st •·cets of Europe. It is ne\'('rthelcss true that all ov('r .Europe an American has nothiug to do but to explain and apoltlgiz<'. O'Connell diJn't shako haru\.'i with tm American uutillu~ told him "·hat Stare he was from. Thiscounu·y makes it almost the businer~s of'out·lin•s to explain. And l11at'sytJur glorious Union-none of mine. J would not :lcknowlcdgc glorious a country which l'l'ntlerrli it ulmo.<~t impo1:1:-;ible fOr g •·~·nL men to lrad symmetrical live~. ' Vith U!l so flagmnt :u·c the cnb of our p;reat men's cxampl('S, that thrir ~'pita phs '.nu~-;t he cx:unplrs to tho~l' w.IIO come flftcr them. And tb:tt's your Unwn. 1 would mnkl' thcscnt~·o of the ~h~te }lt·imtl'ly honorahle. 'l'hc sen'ice of the ~tat0 now 1s prilatc J.iahonor, pt·ivute iufhmy. And yc:t how shall men stand APPEND I X 1'0 NOTES. 215 bef1lrc thf'ir win•s anU chihh·cn, and prn.ctiae at home tho l<'f'f!Ons tlu:ly gi\'0 from the forum. Cn.ll slavery sonH;thing- else-sl.n·cry, pit·at·y, adultcry-r~nd we will recognize its deformity. 1 would th\'rcfore bt·rnk up :til these national :U'I'angcmf'nts. 1\ly problem is, that we wattt ~:~:~:.• :~~:Lfli,!it:~:~c~~~~u~:~,;~·~~~lm:~~~so~0 £,ttfa~~.\~~;ld1Q~;J;lcl·'~~).\,\';n~~ the pulpit. It was not Dauiel Wcb.<~tct·'s th.ult that he acted aM lwUid. UuJ •nadc him as g;ood ns any of' us, but he sunk l;cfiH'O tempt:ttion; aud you sunk a~:~ low as ho whon you worshipped and idu lizcd hin1. J•:rrt·y time I ha.,·e alluded to Dl'. Sprin~ you luwo ltisRcd mo. Tho cxistt·ncc of such :~ tnonstcr is 110t my fault, nor that of the Anti~ la\'Pry As~ociation . Jt is tho f:~ult of your scbool and countiag: !wuses; 1 sn:y, g:i,·cn n. 'Vall stre<:t committee and Dr. Gardnrr ~print; m thu. pulp1t, :l!H.l the problem JS to make twenty millions of JH'Ojtlo t'(jU:Ll m honesty to the Apostl{'!<. J [ow ~'<OOn can it hf' done? "ThvRo lHl. ~~~j: gods, o.J:,;,·aol;': ( L~~ughtL·t·. ), '/'hat is .)'OUt' ··cli~iun. ( J lis.<!(·,<;.) Jl1~s 1t, ccrt:wdy. lbf're was:~ torel'l{,\\ho wn.sn0t,tPhidia<;W!l' l'!·ax~t:·lc!i, and he paintcJ something whi<'h he ~(It:~ Greek !<la;·c by J~1s lillie tu decla•·e a lwr~c. And f-;1) you deset·ilJe a crmt"lllplihln IIIJI!'S!'l'l('l' :1s a J>octur of Di1 iuity or a poliLiciao . (Laughter.) 1 \loulol mon.l :ts my roslllution tlli:- :- l:t•.~t_Jl~Td, That'~'(' r~•-:dlinn our old Jll'inciplc>, "Inuncd iatr nntl unl' •lldJtJotH•d rmant·•patwu of the Klare:" :uHl we abo rPaf1i1·m odJL' ~·;~:.'· ~/i~1ti10 ~~~;~tot~h:~:~~ ~1~~1~e~1:~,';~1:i~~ ~f'ut~0~1;1! ~~~~! ~~~~~~~~i~:~1 1 ~;: t::.i:j~~~l u- A.n olt~ lady here atlvnncod to tho foot of the platfor·m, anol in a coni1Jenttal tone assured ..\lr. GaiTiS"(Ill that ~he had b('(•nlistonilw to HC't'mon" and ~pccches on tl~c ~:~ul~ect of ~:~la\'C'I'Y• for tho last 11-u Jl'~'""'• r.~~~~t;~~~. never heard so fmc :t sermon Ul:l thatju::;t delircred hy )h. Pront the lJostolt JJ'Cckl,IJ Gbmmonu·ealih! of Aug. i, 18G2. 0"1E Of' OUI! ]t(,\!:i'l'E!I<l. . A M \Hn.A~D 1:.uon:n.-'l'ho }:aston (illd.) St:ll' 1myfl that ('0]. l~tlw:L~·,[ LloyJ, of th:1L c·ouuty, with his own f.:el'\'ant~:~-uu 111 J,cri 1w n~;a•· ftm•· .hUIHlr.ed-:-omc uinc or· tt•n f1•t·m~-alwut ::;ix tlwusa1111 ae"c·~ C•l l::iul, Hll'ludu~~ timlJCI' laud, t·aise!-: flllnually /JC'lwcen :.:O,Ol/0 anti 4~)'~.1( ) !Jm!11:l.s ~:1 '~lH·at, and a UHH'h J:u·gerquantity ofy()nL; hr~idPf! ~·l1 ;c,nl'i ot,w• \,Lltt.tble prot.lttd>l. J.~(>.s1tles tl1esc I'XlL'lll-lL\C operations 11.1 ! .dl~·:t~ .~~~ h:1s :lJ_llatd:ltlOIJ c:mwd 011 in the. Sbuo of i\lissi .... ~ippi, \\o\!t!l .JICI,Il ~lt!ndJell thou~aud dollars, llnd l1rs annu:rl i1womp ean~ tot t:t!J ~;ho•·t of ~];)0,000. lli'lrP"itlen(•e i'l one of the lliiJst splvndi1L 111 t.lu~ count1·y, and ha.'! IJPC'Il tlJ(•lum•c~tcad of the Lloyd f':.uuily l:!ineo tiH•n· hrst Rl'tllPmC'Lit in M:tl') land. .. "C'.r-'' ~··and nnd line. And H~t·y con\'cni~nt, nnd c:'om(ju·tn.hlr, nnd a,Jret,ll;~e, IH~ doubt, to Col. Jo:tlwanl Lloyd, "of t!Jat county." But '\~~~f :~~J"u;t :lll .. com<: ,from? '\'nu!p; hy tlto \\hip, the t.'Jmiu, tile P ' o ho\\ tC-koJie, out of tho fuur Lundrcd" :;enants," a~ the |