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Show 152 A POLITICAL '£EXT-BOOK .FOR 18dU. t11a~ constl~utionnl checks cannot stand for any time I crops or cot,Lon, and n trifle OVI!t' to (] !lyu.tu:;t. tho progress of Northern opinion, but, indorljed, 1 tell you ag11in, by s ixty-ci l~t 1~;. f~18t lftU "J:o'n•c h•lJor," st~ys Mr. Sowarll, "lu\s nt lnst 1\pprchcndrd members of the House of lteprescni.ati~ '!:! 1 ~ ~y-nlne k~ l'IJ::It.s tLtH.i h:; lh.ll!tlny, nnd Is Ol'ganlzing it!lcl~ to ~L>'Sllllttl tlto I gentleman who they arc ruunin<• fo ~ ' 1 , 1 , 1 _< t e Yery ~;ovct'<llucuL ol the ltupubUc. lL will honcdorth meet you bod i . . .o . r ' pe.t" er of thai ''niJiy ILild re!>olutcly hot·o (Washing ton;) It will mocL you Y nd.ots~d it. lt 13 tru e, ~~~~ fnetHI~ :my that he 111\'o.:ry,\her t>, ln tl!o 'l'errltorit•s tLtH.I out of tht!m wher e ver you l lndol'l!cd Jt Wtth~ut having rea<! Jt. A<lmlt that to be may gll 10 1'::-tcml Slavery. IL ha!i t.lnvon you back In Cuhto r -1 true, he hns 11gmn an<l a gain, when called upon rcfu J uuL rt111l 111 h.unsas; It will Invade you Moon in l)duwan' to dum vow th o:1e sentiments hence tho c xcu~ i' 1 ~e ;\lary land, \-irgiuia, Mtssoul'l aud Tl'::l.lltl. ll wlllmllcl youl1; ' • ~ pa try. AnZ•H••L, in t;cutral America, ami C\'Cn tu (Jubu." IJAfiPI!:H1S l<'.K IUL Y. Not content with confining it to the Territories, he add::: "You may, ~ nueed , get o. start under or oe11r the tro~) lcs. and Blll'lll sa te for a time, but lL will b ~ ouly a sllot·L L1111e lo;n:ntllere) OLI wil,l found StaLl'S only fur fr ee !abo•· 10 malu: Lain and occupy. rho !mel'cst of tilll whiLu race dt•mant.ls tho ultlnuLtO t~maud patlon of nll m •n. W he thor lbttt COJJijlllllllltLUon shall be tdl,nved 10 t.ako etl'ect, wllh uel:dfuland w1sc IJn~cautlous agal.ns t suut.leu chango and dl11aster, or llc hurriut.l on by ,·i~h·nce, IS all LbtLt r cmalns fot· you 10 decide. The white uutn nceds this continent to labor upon. Ills head Is clear, ht11 arm IR s trong, aud his llCCC~Sil.rl 'li ure fixod. It Is for yo urseln• s tt!HI uo.t fo.r us to decldo how long and tlu·ough what ft1rthe1· mm:ultcll t_IOIIS and disasters the coutc11t shall lJil f.ll"v· ll'<\Cll•dl belt?t'u tl·eedoo~ slULll oujoy her ah·cad,r as~ur eJ lrlump 1 I ):ou m:~y r clnso to ytdt.l IL now, anti tor a ~;h url p cl'iud, but your rrtu:ml will ouly a nima tu the frlontls of fr"l' t.lutn ld!h the courngu and tho t·c~ol ttt lo n , ant.! pro•lnce 1ho uulon among th.<•m, which nlouo nrc ncot•ssnry ou their pa r t to ana~:~ Lht• i?OsHion Itself, slmultnn •ously with the im1H•nt.11ng ove rthnlw Ill the exdting .l<'eueral Administmtlon ntH! tho· UousL1tution of a new ami mon: iwle pcuueaL Uougrcss " -a.mJ tb.uy th luk tlH'Y l..tai'C tbat (Jougrc!.s. ' I tell you a gttin, fellow-ci tizens, this Is not the opinion of Mr. ::lh:WAHD alone. It is Mr. ~b:WAno and with one or two exceptions, the o ther Republican l:lenators in the b.:nate . of tile United ::!tales, and nine-tenths of the Revubhcan m e mb ert~ of the Uoul!e of R eprel!entativcs. Vould th a~. l an guage l1a ve been uttered with impunity o r b eeu !!Ul!t !lwcd at the epoch of 1779 when the Constitution \~ ;Is formed? Uid nut tbe Conl!titution languish and ~ ~ ~p ;us t. because thlli t' was some question about insertlllK th e~ l! cllt~ck::~ about the institution of t11e ·ouLh em l:lt:.ltet. Y \\ ere they not.. put iuto the Co nstitution by the g reat men 11 ho formeu 1t, anti are n o t all the citi zens of •11 the "' tales bouud to r~p ect the relations that e xis t bc,twrct.l them, <UH.l to giYe t.he So uthem l:ltates p ea ce iu tilts U ~u o n ~ How do you receive the d ec larn~ion that there tc an trrepres~ibl~ c onflict waging- that there shall bo no p ea.cu ? There ts no u sc a.Llempting to turf o ver U'e v o l c~>no , tl~o rc Is no u::~e c rying p ea ce when there is no pca,ce. .It ts the. avowed purpose of the Hepublica.n ~HLr ty to ~tgt tate , a g1Latc; to overturn the Conl:ltitution a~ clf, u u ttl Lltcy su ccc~cl u ot o~ly In drawing a corclun a1 ouu <J J Ou, a nd 6huttmg y ou lVI thin your pr e:~ ent limits but to p u ~ y ou iu a po ::~ition where y ou were about fo;. peace sak .;, to emam:ivate your slaves. ' Well might we say, as was once said In France "Oh, VoBstt tution! what crimes arc committed i~ thy' aacred name !" II ELPER1S CRISIS. ~ut, gentlemen, I h old in my hand anothet· book, wh.tch is o f no co~s e q~ cn ce as the opinions of its individ~ a.l au~ho r, but 1s o t conseque nce as indorsed uy Lite dtstmgutshe d.gentleman from whose produc tions I Juwe read, and a.s tndor:;ed abo IJy sixty-eight or nine Hcpubllcau~ of the llousc of l<cpresentatives, who represent a constttuency .or s even tn illions or p eople. '!'his th en ru~~ be constdcred a~ the tlcclarution of neat'' sevc1; ~tlho ns o.f me~ .•. What i::l it? It is a book called tho lmpendtng CriStS of the South," by a person call e tl llclpcr, who professcs to he a North Carolmilln. Wltethc1· he is or n ot 1 am unable to say. (I will read very little ge ntleme n.) In this hook, thus inclorsed IJy n early seventy .members of the House of Hepr es c nt<~.~i vc;,~ repr.csentu~g nearly scren millions of the p eople th i~ s entnncnt IS d eclared: ' The s la.v t·ho lding o li garchy say we cnnnot abolish Slav_ery witl10ut iufringing on the right of propei'Ly. A gam we t e ll them we do not reco••nize prope1 t · men. o y Ill Uut the Constitution does; the bond of our Union do~~· ~nd the . ~upreme Court of the United States J1as de~d ed that 1t .does. Our fathers so considered it. lt has uct!n so a~mttted all the time, unUI the apostles of the, n ew docLn.ne spoke. At anothe1· poiut he says: .~or the serv1ces of the blacks from the 20th of August, 16W,up to ~I.e .4th of July, .18G9- an interval of precisely two hundred <liH.l forty-e1ght years ten months and fourt een du.y!!- their mn!lter:~, if unwilling ought in our Judgme nt, to be compelled to grant them 'their f1~eedom aud to JII\Y each and evt!ry one of them at l east sixty doll:lrs cw,h m l•anu. He goe:1 oo to remark that It would only take two . That Is the condi ti? n of an·air", an <l that i~ the coo. ~hU o n of the lt!!puul:can organ i?.:~J. i on of Lid~ cou nt ··. 1f any rolhuJCL! IS lO be p la ced iu th d r reconl in Ll ·:.• de~l.aratio ns, In thcit· public a t Lli udl·, In tile ' atlitl~~!; WhiCh they u eflautly ll ~S lllll O b e foo e lhc l:ountry. 'J'Itcir 1~u rpo~o i::~ to umke war, etct·n a l war, u pnn the lnsLiLu· ttOII3 of one half of the ~Late:~ of the l 'nion l ' 't '' 11 I . . . · o.' u UII y we npproa c 1 the t.: n:lli un t il at last. is n ot. Lhl.' l!:gitimatc r es ul ~ of ~he irrcpr ~s;; iiJic contlict of whkh they ~peak of the cnmc or. whtch they s ay we arc gui lly, to pt•l d own th e~o r el i C~ o r barha· iSIII? Tl.c tgtwran t uou fanat.lca l throw oil' Lhc o b lig ~ ttons o f thc Unnstitutio'J an~ tnvadc by v .o le ncc the ~outhel'll HtfL IC.i of Lhc l! ~• to n, .a~ld nt.tho u g~l I am far fro •n ht~lding the Hcpuhll cau Jl·~ · ty o t th t! .~ o lh, o r any large portion of thc:n r ~~JH) II!-i l h l c for tho late at roc.o>u~ p rocec .J tng~ 111 \" tr: gu11u,.1 do s a.r !hut, thll t p rocL·cdtng ll'as the' carry ng ~ ut ot the log1cal 1 csuiL ,, ,. t l,dr kachings carryli1, it tuto cxccutwu. llow d itl they receive iL? \\'hy gentleme n,. the c ou ~cl·va ttvc p ort.on uf I Itt• l\ orth ahhor~ it · but, .u• the l:lcnatc and ll o u~ e , ln tile gn•·tt body of thet; public prl!ss, wha t. do they !liLY lJl i t~ 'l'h a t they regret 1L-th cy ~ e pl o re IL-:-th ey even Cl>tHlctn tl it they ay b ecuu~c It was a g atnllL law, a nti t lit',\' sf <LlHl for law: 'l'hcsc are the l~ o u cy e d and q uu lllied phrases with which thc.r c haracLert7.C the 111 0~ t atrocllhli act of treason., l'll})ln e, and tn urcl cr co>mi>med , tha~ ' ' 'IL::l t' l'cr known iu the Hcpublic, at~d th en, a ~ tlu>ug-h afraid of whaL tlley have ~ a . d, t! •cy tnln1 et1m tcly gl) 011 to cul<>ghr.c thl! mau <LIItl h l:l lll OL!Ves, III UCh a:! t h ey r •'_£1'eL the acL. A VOLLJ.:Y 0~' C OMP I..\~Nt ~ns. Ge ntl emen, have we no comp laint:; in other respects ! Arc Ia.\\'~ p a::.:;~d for the purpo:;c vf punblnn,{ tho ·e who make IUruads 1nto thr. b onier 'tate,. and rob u; of our p ro p ert.y Y .::!u p p t>SC a KlliiLUcl\ian ,Jwnhl go into the ::!late o f Ohio ant.! 1 ob a ci t. :r.cll of th.Ji, ."!ILk, d oc,; any one tlo ul.n that we would pa~t~ "' law tu p ttll ~~~ h i m 11ud toyrc1:cnt Lit? rccutTe l> c l! of tlte outra~;e~ i::io far from th1:;. b c111g Lhcu· cour:;e, th ey a rc cncut lraged, and we are s ubJCC~ Lu c•>nstaut secret pretia! ory incur~iou~ by whicb we lose auuually hundreds of l ttonsands of' do llar~, these p eople a vailing theulsclvl!s of the buut.l r)f amity b e~wee n u::~, to p e rp et rate the outr;wc , 'I'I tat .I S IIOL a ll ! About Oll e haol f o f the Northern Sta te:~ have }l:l~;,Ct l laws a n«l n1auc it a nimiualanu p enal otfcnce for t h eir c itiz e ns to gi vc any a~ i~tauce io the r e utl i ~t o u of fu :;itiv l! sla ve:;. :l l a.::bachu~cLtt~ hll.:l pa.ssed law ~ c l ~siu g h er jut! ~ to us, and n11Lidt1J it a JH'IIal o tlcuoe lo a1d 111 t.he cuforcctucnL of thu Jo'ugith·c :-iltwe law,. ?1'. to appear 11:1 couu c ll to try iiiiCh lL ca~c, Lh u~ L~ ulhiylllg ~h t: law~ of Vu u gr.::;t-~ 1 au<l of li te Uni ted l:lLatc:1, ~ ~~ t.m c tly , aut! :;ome se \' ell or eight :::ita t e~ lla i'C pa ssc t~ Sllllllar laws r e fusing a ll n~>nc dy and 111ald ng i.t }JCnalm the1r ci tizl!us to obey the bdw.~ts of thc l)on.;tiLu ~lou. 1 h.avo n ot uttered the.:;e th ings fur the purp ose oC m·o us u~g auy 8pirit of tli~ l oyal ty tu tlw ConllLit lltlon anti th.c Uuwn. 1 hupe llovc th em as 1 cvercntly us any man Wttluu the llOuud uf my voice, hut let u;~ luok and :!Ctl thu facts us t.hey arc. What may be set dowu a., the unqu estlo~cd }Hlr!)ose of this o rga nizati<JII Y l t i:l avowed t.ha.t it 1.::! to e xclude all :tnd ;Lny ::-lave ~wtcs from the Uu tOu .hercafter. h i~ to g ive u.:; uo fu!{ith·e 11lavc law, d ccltll'lll!i thaL the StaLes under t he t;"nst.tutton mil.>' l~ro vitl o ~o ~ that, and then to give no reuwdy In the ~taLes ; It ts t.o i'U.:SS no laws for the pur[JO::!e of prcvt·nt-~ ng the r? b iJcry of our prop erly IJuL, on the con trar~, In many ::itatt.:li to mako it p e n a l to l! nforcc the l.lw ; II is to uboli:;h 'lavery in tlw District of Coln,ul>,;l; t.o auollsh tho internal stave-trade a nd the conH twi~c slavetrade, and then to agitate aud a gil ate giving us oo peace .8.:1 long as wo retaiu thit~ ' r elic 'or barua riJim" and cnme a.:~ they call it_ 'l'hi.l:l is the purpose. Are you r e:\dy for it? Are you ready to say we will make no staud in any form for your.Oonsthutioual rights? 1 think you are not I Yet that 1.11 the prt!t!eut conditJon of aifat rs- but what are we to dot PRACTICAL RI<:~D: n o: s. I know they will consider tho consequences, and el\1&tuUy con.sider the con.sequ«mccs of auy s eriollll collisloM TilE PERIL AND THE RE.\lEDY. ln this un:on. I know we duly appreciate the p osition the drcun~stances then? An<lrew Jac~son Wn.<! Presldenl f our own State, uot only a bonier ~ ta ~c, but an in- o! the Ut11tct.l ~tates, a nd he was IL tHLttve or ~outh Ca m · : , boruer State having no ocean o ull ct. I know thi\t llna ; the qli(;S!IO!I w;Ls a mere ~~~l!slion of pol1cy; h:w or en~r ve r ead hi ~ t ory to ~:~on1c p u rpo~e, a nd that we ha vc the other ' talc::~ sympl\thlzeu w1th the movement of thu ~ we 111 , 11 .. t j 1 nvc b e en the co n:~equ c n ce::~ of t he d isru p ~ io u lilLie Stale. Jl enry Clay wa:1 allve, nntl Calhoun wa>~ rcauy sere n 'i'c .LI".> IC " rchu io us bet.WeCII those who h a ve b andctl to g,t \'C '' I 10 I )(; 11C f'I t 0 I' I l.lS .11 ) IJ uencc •. o IlC:tCC ILil·u' .I HlrlllOilYJ ~h~:cll·es together as a confc<l c ration of ~tales. We I a nti yet t hat little qu~stlon , w!Jcn, J ackson, ,a nattve son ?r uccd but go uack a nd ~ce t he con:iC4ueu ce u poc the that, ~ta~e, was Pr e:ilucut, and Clay and t:allw.un .w~re tn Orceks when t.hcy c .11ric<l on t ilt! l'cloponn esian wa r, the Senate, brought on a ~lr~~:mlc lhat sho_ok thl::l mo.n to ,.1 . L t · 1~t e :~. l~<1 usted thej· fell in to the Ia" of tied- IL.~ centre, a nti impcrlllcu 1t m the estimatwn of the \I tst~ ' Ull •l a . ~ ' I II' I . b . I ,,. r . lot ism The tl:llliC fate 111 ight meet us . What wou ld be and bc~t of men. J,ook a t t _as 1t may e,,w,tt 1 ul.':!al ;•elton_ 1 ur contlitiort? \\'1tr I \\ a r ! luevillt b ll} war, in all ~~~r~au a.ll over the ~outlt , with a very <hUc.retlt ~:~t<~.tc or ~u 1111111 p.ohabili ty , wou ltl ue our p o,iLio u , and lh t:n iu fccltngs 1n the Nort.h to what oxbtctl then, \~ lth Clay dn~d., ~ 1 • 11. . uli l{ht bt: o .-iv on in to degra tlin g all iaucc11 with a nd (Jalltou n tll!a<l, ILJHI none to take l hl!lr places\ w1th r~: c\gnupowcr::~-tll e IIIO::IL uegradi11g po~it.o n for J\ meri- such a Ill :til as ::!cwaru, not only uot native, hu~ ho::~L le to t;l~U ct t it.t:Wl. the South, lu the (.)hair of State. Cuuno~ a. cluld read tho 'l'ht:ll tile s pectacle wouhl be p resented of Amerlcn fa ll- 1 rc~:~~lt? Vannot we see tim~ one tattl lalllng <tway, our llw lllLCk u111 to.;r the control of Europe, and Ameri.;un lib- 111011 will be like an arch with two or three :;luncs droppe~.l t..'t'~Y sinking dowu under Eu ropcau tlespoti::lm. Hc::litlel:! out, the whole fab ric may. fall In pieces. _ lhis could we e ver h ope that a fairer slate of thing::~ woultl 'l'hcsc :tro facts which tt become::~ ll~c people of h.enal'is~ y t:oul<l we ever l•opc that l'rovidcnce i~:;clf would l uc ky , with all tlu~lr loyalty to the 111011, to obsc~·ve, to er t:t' " 'e rd~c it:; omnipote nt power to c r eal.: a ::!l a te, o1· k now, to sec, to think or, a.n•l thl!n to act u pon, \\Jth th~ uion of .'tates, u nder more favor ablt.: ausp lccl! than in dignity anti uiOtll!rallon wh1ch marb.~ an<l :IO wdl uecolllt:ll thcsc '! \\'uult.llt uot be worse than i111pi..:ty it:lclf, to pre- them. aumc that the Altuigl,ty woultl eve r atlotnpt to bU::!taln a Hut, genllorocn, what ls lhc mode, that occurH.to any man coufedcratlou of ~·ree 'tates under circum!!tanccs mort: -)leC!Ht;~e no man, 1 tak.e. It, in h t~ntuc~y, \\t il I~ a~~ o.n brigiiL or r1.vom}Jlc than in our systc111? 1 k now that the thll:l :mlJ; cct, c-,.cept ns a lrtcnd of the L 111~11 or the ::St.1tes ::,tate or Kcntueky i~ devoteu to the Union n ot only he- -what is the modl!? 1 sec none, except 1t be ll~e unluu ea u~c of her interest:~ b ut from th a t fee ling of utfection of all the conservative clements of t he country, North and 1~1t1 (If luy:d~y !Wtl ' that ::~enthucnt of love that h ave , , outh. The South mu!:!t first be U~ll.ted, ami}- am sure she nlways tnarkcd 1her people from the carHc::~t periou of her will, for 1 l1\ko it there is not a Clttzen o~ h.cutucky th:~.t history. 1 do not bcli•:V l! t h l!t'C i~ lL mun u nder the sound would assodatl! hlm~clf wllh an ?rganizutlot.l whose march of my voice who would not view us Lhc last, t he grcatc!:lt to triumph would uu over the rum:~ of our nghts. of all evil~, the wreck of tho Union I <.lo not bcli~ve li1 F. '\D OUR ~1 \:'>: :O' tt~ J>OWS SO Ul'I r. there b the man in the St1tte th a t woulu compete to ctiJOY " ' · ' · ' the lti61lcst hottors within ~he ::>tate, p urch usei.l a t such a Ougllt we not llrst lo pu~ ~urs~lves r ight in Court, ? price. Soma litt le thoro is to cotn11latt1 oJ L~. 1 ~ay t~ you, m 111 opi niOn !J1o~e WhO :lpp.i!ilJ lO fl1C IJO IIS~I lUtiiJll auu WHAT JS 'l'O IJJ.: DO); E. At the s:LJne litnc ::~tt·p:i must be taken, ~om 'thing must bo dOlll'. 1 do not hclicv · th a t if the (.)on::~Li tution i:! allowetl to remaill!lt: l'lllancutly violated iu Its imJIOI'tant provi:; iou ~ , we can lm\'c hope under it. None wl1atevcr! llrokL·n in one p a r ti ·ular, it will suon fall to piece:! in all. l recollt:cL wllun 1 W<L:I a boy, lo h a \'C read th a t grl!at sp~cch of J> c lll OI!th cue~J1 for the crown , where the r eal QU\!stion at issue wat~ the charge tht~t lw wal:l the ttuthor or the public tni~fo r tuucs , beca use he had l\(1\•ised the U1·ccl•s to ma J,c a last stand for th eir country, ugulnst I>hilip of ~ltLcctlo n. He was arm igncd, and on trial and in his ~re:~t d efence, he s ;1ys : " What , th o u ~h we ditl fail~ 'A'c tlid our duty. W c r e:;pondcu in the tcu1per aud charactt: r of our furcfa th ers." The r esult is s uch u11 Uoll gives t~ ea.rl1; and cve11 those dl.!gcncrato U reeks a cquit.ted hun, aull crowned the world 's great orator a-~ 11 ueucta_cto r ; debased as they were in natioual cha ract er, they dtd 111als, and from that tiny have n e ver known or read of ~he fuecc~~ of him who would be d ctcrrcu from the a ~erUon ol fundamental ri~jh t:~ for fear of ofl'cnce. Ucutlcmen, the condition of atfairs c-·dsling h ere, :LtHl cxi:>tiug gcuc rally , 1 am happy to S<\y 1 t111·ou ghouL the Co u~mol.lw cal th of K en tuc ky, it~ not ;.~ fa iriu dicalion o! th.o fueling tn many parts of t ile Uuion. L lmve seen the ~n· <.lcucc J.:rowin ~ within a few ye:\r>l ;u lll cultnil mliu~ tlunng the la~t few week::~ of a dden uit :etl JIUrposc in the ~ouLII to a.Uaut and maiu'tain the com}JlCLe power lu nion , ~uti l have seen upon the other hand iu the rcprc,;etttatlvcs of the lowe:· ~outhc rn States a m'o.,t rc~ol utu llllll t.letcrwln<: u spirit of rc~;illtance. ' 'J'IIc rcprcsentath•es fro111 OcorgiJ.-from Alal.Huna- from South Carolina - from M i~lli:: lsippi, not to s p eak of other ;.<outhem ::It ates, 1my that they l'cprcl!cnt their constit ucuts-nay, say that they do not go ~o far as their constituents a nd they tlcclarc t ha t lhcy a re rl!ady at <~.ny momen t fur ~L SCJI:Ll':ll·C organization. Ood. forhid that such a thing should take p htcc_ U otl for btd tho overt a ct i!hou ltl e ver be done; but we know euough of our p olitical i nstitutio n~, tlmt when on cl:l done the llubjcct becomes iuvol vc1l in incxplictlblll <li:;Lre:;:;. If one were to f<dl upon \\' a :shin«ton and :;cc t he !:!tate of feuling there he wouhl t hink t~at the Pre:sitll.!nt ()f your country wa~ 'the Exec ut.ive of two ho:;Lilo count rio::~. 'l'he f~clin g of alienation ~:~cc m s to be almo::.t complct.e from the ex p rc~;sl on of the public pre:-~s anti puulio me n. ( 1 mean not y our intlammatory , furi ous s p l!ake rs, but men of thou11ht an,! r e flection.) '!'hey are alarme d, other 111cn arc ala.rm~d . we all arc alarmr:d . It is n ot L~ craven !ca r, but ll ill &he ennobleu t'ear tlu~t pat riots feel for au imperilled country. Suppo~o.l this sh ouhl occur--do y ou n ot r eiiiCillber, iu \ '32 when l:louth Carolina arrayed h er::~olf again::~ t l.he il't\J~::ral Uovcrnmcut upon a me re qutlstion or policy cont(Jcted with the c olle'c tiou of taxes, that ltr did shako ~he U uion to its centro. t:;uch is the uaturo of our system, ~.~ i~ ill,! ~ hake t ile Union to the very ceoLl'C. What wert! h ll laws ,'lh~~1 ltl obey the (.)unstitution anti the laws . 1 \V Ol ld ha\·e LltC ~I) U l h if [ might VCIILUI'e, !t~ Olle Of her hu1111Jic"L but true:~t ~n:~, to act,•l~ c her to uhcy the lai\S ·()( our country. A ppi>LLH<~) 1 11 o.uld ltave .the ·outh 1i.st ol)ey the 1,11\'::! of LhC UlliOII Which prvhthtL the for• cign ~l<~.ve-~mdc. l Appla,lsl!.) 'l'ha~ .is the law. of ~~e hwtl. It r e::~ts not 11 ith u~ to cC>mplalll o f the VIOlaLI?~ o f law by other11, when in a portion ot our .' ta les the Cltlzcus violate the Jaws th 'lllllcl\'C ·L LcL liS f, own dowu a ny attempt to vioi:tte those luw~ upon Lhe part of ?ur l:lt ates. Let us do more. Le~ uo; do more, hy preventing the ti ttiug out of liltbustl!riug expeditions upon our sh ore:~ to invuue feeble siHICl' couut1 it:s. 'l'lla t is Lhl} law, a nu w ~ live hy the Cons~itution an<l the Ia\\, ~\llu ll:t u~ obey it, a11<l whatever expuu~i on .or territo.r) .we u~llkc, let US make it in a IIIUII!lCr !JCC()IIIIll!; t ile tlt((llltY Ol Lhl:l glori out~ (Jon fcderacy untl cr our own_ tl.ag. ?'llc,n. t e~ utt call to our uid the p u re clcllll!nls 01 cou~ct \aLl 111 .uHl truth th!lt we can Jlnd in the n ortltcm 'tate:;. \\ hat ~· u they? l did not intend to intr?tlu~c any p~~rty <~ucs,twn to-night bu~ the 1t1rge:,t orgtuuzatl.on 1. ~ell •~ the. I?ci!IOcrut it.: l'~rty of t he orth. As u Ju~tonc.al. lac~ , 1t 1::; uu di~putcd ; us a cur rent fact of the <~uy, tt •~ un~lt"p·u·t.col, that you do not liu tl these i.leclaraliOIIS of h o::.L~ItL) t.::;.,uiug from the Northcl'll .!Jemocracy; yot: uo not uuol Lheoc atLcll)pts to overturn the lawl:l comtng. f, ?Ill De.u~oc1 ~LL.c s ourcl!:! ; yOU <.lu 11 0~ titul tll!l~e dl!JIUIICI Utl~JlS ol j llll anJ your imJLitu Lion:l coming frotn D~;:mocraLic lips anti lJcuw cra Lic Pre:Jscs. On the <;on trary, ~ou llntl. them . ilL h ome, anu in IIIO:,L CU:!I.!S ill the lllillol:ILY,, ti liS.tl~ll'illg \\'11,11 u u fa lLeriug courage your r ghts .and lll:,UtUllon•, at odd.:; anu risk:! tha t you li t t le th,uk o!. 1 wau ~ them a l l. \\' e n ectl them all. We ncctl evay Southl!rn ~La te, untl ever) hone:.t ~ltll t C\ cr.}' I\ her~:: uoL wil ling ~o enter into he cru~ atlc agu.1u::.t u:;. 1 '!'here i!:l a nother c~ctn•~tlt 'o. th, 1111t large. but. n ob. c a nd true. 'l'hey a ro the .:;cattco·cu a llll ll' ttiHlc rlng t;Ohot w of the oltl \\ hig p!Lo tj, wl10 twve re.t u~ctl to ~~~I)~ tltuul sdves \lith the H cpu t>hc.w~ otthe ); orth-:-tueu ol wh " LU l!: VF Jt ~<'l'l' aut! t;uo.> n. a ud ot hl!l':! tu·e illustnou:~ ex u~nple:;. Tll ~re, a r l! thou:.<llltl:l of thent in ~h e t\ ~rt.l~t:•:n . tt~tc~. \\'hen Lh i.-1 gre;1t crisi:! come:; upuu u~, t ha\ c conhdcll( e th aL men like thc:!ll will be found to uuttc w ~ t,l,t tlt.e DeulocruL' t.: p·t rty in matutuiuing Lhc law::~ u!ld the con~Lttutl~u. '1'1~ •:; ,' a rc the e ll!ulcllt3 upon wlut.:h we arc to re y. \' • c ~ou •ct Lhc111 to•re thcr , let u~ sec I! there cu11t1uL ~ e~~~~~~ucr;l re \'OIL of ,l~c lutciligcnce,. ~irLuo, and l <>j~a lf t ~f Lht: COlllltl'.)' a g-a inSt tht:.O p c.I'II ICI?U::J Lli1n•~, a n I y I I Ol~ far thC:!ll p cru lClOUS Llill~li control ::.0- uot , t!t U~ :ICC I ci ~~~IJes t hese, thure arc m.wy Lhou:;and~ of men. in til\! N orthcrn ~~utes If ho, silent, arc not heart! IU the uml:!~ ~r I •1 t u urrou ud~ ~hoUl--tUC ll who ~eltloul at.cnll lflO the c amor • 11.1 " • • • 1. oils Let us hope that tuat reeling Will l!C Ill QUI. avor. p .ll'ellow-d~cllll, 1 ha Vl! ut~ered t ht:ll\J tlltnb• l>~eauou 1 |