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Show 1C4 A POLITICAL ~EXT-DOOK FOR li60. ''NrEGll.. O t.;.. L.A. VEl~ Y NOT UNJLST." A SPEECII DY CIIARLES O'COXOR, At the Union .Meeting at the Academy of' JJfw;ic liT 1'" k a· '.! ' .aew or . ~ty, Dec. 19, 1809. Mn .. MAvon ANn 0KNTLKMICN: I cannot expre~s to ou the delight wh1ch I experience in beholding in this ,;. city SO Vf\SL an II.SdCIIII.>ly Of IllY fdlOW Citizt::nS COnVgCI~~~ ~~r ~he purpo:Jc stated in YOlll' re~olulions. I <~Ill delight-c eyoutl measure to behold at this time so v · t assembly re~pondJng to the cull of a body so res ~~t·\~~~ as the twenty thou~and New Yorker~ who 1. p ' e tofu In the legi:~lativc as:~ombllce r not merely by :!pc ·lkcr<~ b I> .0 our Northern States, whole body-we u;·e tol~l l~t Y dt~tlnct resol utions of the the Congress of the union ~~~~o~~g~:~~~~: occ~pying scats In peopl ~"-that the Condt it uti on sec k~ to'~ votes of Northern Lo detcnd a mo u:.trou crime 'tjpinstJ' C\l~hrlne, to protect, and thnt it i~ our duty 10 dc<fc·~t it us ce.aud humanlty, them, if we caunot otherwise ' ,." proviS.IOns, to outwit trample up.)n the l'it;ht~ which ~~~: 1~1 J:.~h~t.r c~fcct, and to tee ted unu ln:;url!d to out· b . ·U \ e~ tu cd shall be pro· plau"e.) 'l'hnt i~ now th • I~ lren o the South. (Ap· whether that d octrine ~~ .uoetd~~o t\uvoca~cd. And I ask Lion of our U . , cce~stully involvmg the dcstruc-this meet· Ir 1. 1ave couvt•ucd lllg. t\oyt ung can give assurance to those 1 dot~bt, a nd cllnfidcucc to tho~e who may have had 1;~i 1 ~ glf.l?gs n~ to the pcrlllanency of our in~Litutlous !LIIt.l tis • so " lly of the support which the people o r the rJ ortl le ~~epa,~eu.1~~ g1 vc them, i.t i~ that in the queen city 0 j ~r.~ w 01 u, Ill tho capital of North A • . assernhlcd a meeting so ln.r e so . mci'IC<~, there i.:! Ul~anilliOUS ~~8 this meeting ll~s' SIJ0\~~1S1~~w~Jc,b tL~Hl SO ~l!lllg scntunent:~ which, if observed must p~ot~~~l rc~ llit.herto prev::~:~~·~ 81~f~~1~1°, p~rm1ltt~d to prevail as it has for de Iii ·r· t 1 • . emcn, t ttll!t you will excuse me not soc~~~;~. ct.~ ~.om~~~~ up to au!l meeting thi~ queMtilln- 01011 from destruction, and eveu fr~m d· u u• plause.) Uentlcmen is it 1 t, b' u.ugcr. (Ap· th·l.t the id f I ' ' o <l su ~cc~ of astonisluHcllL of,dlssol / 1\ o !( anger, and the BLill more d readful idea cau cit. u wu, s lt~ uld be _heard from I h..: lips of au Alllcrl-l~ en, at I ~~~ day Ill rderenc' t · With, the t~cre!l n·u~., of tl. e o, or In Cl>uucrLiou ( A l < v liS lllOSL S'LCI'C<I U · ·~ P~ ause.) Why gemlcmen, what is our Union? ~~~~~n · ~~~e ~~r~n~~c~fent~ .~1 W 1 h.a t is its pre.:lent coutlitiou ? 1t! I It' t.: VI s w uch threaten it 1 t il f tope for U.:l and for the rent famil , w Ia_ s utnrc g..:nLlemen, it ma.y well h~ s·Lid of th:Y ~ l.nankmd? Why 1uent, that as it 1s tho iiL~t ~If .· , 1 :3 1~10 1 ~ ·~~ . a. govauglonuus anti beneficent }>rod SJ~: ~ng, soGI::l tt lllllt:'s mo~t creat I b UCoiUII, c ntlcul!m w' a . et Y an Omniscient Deilw w • c l u llei11g not only All u • · " o· e are creatud by IL A l . l .. ..,.cclllg, uut All-Powerful :tlld All-'V ' ' lit 10 t 1e ben 1gn 1 ty and th f . II:! c. p o wer, He pcrrnitte!l Lh e ar ·et::lllg wisdonl uf Il ls on to 'Ldv·Lnce t . e g reat ftLmlly of mankiud to live d ' ' ' , u 1111provc s tep by step !\hi te fi ve thousand years and ·u • 1 yet penult-the foundation of a trul fre:p~va~ to elapse ere He laid llldepeuuen t elllpire. lt . ' ll uly happy, tuul a truly greut length of time lul~~,L~. not.' gentlcnlcn, uutil thut t!cemed mature fo r laying th~~~~~:~j· L~II.Lt . the earth. wa~ and pro~l>erous :St·Lt. lL . auou:; of till:! unghty uoble-mimled anti' c~;ivalr~~~3 d~:en t t:at Ile iu pi red I he the trackles:l ocean a nd di~cov, ~ ~luc~e to . set fonh up uu enjoy. llut a few year:J corcll tc ~m pu·c that we now wht::u th.ere was rai~etl up l'n tlli: Er:·aLJre~y, !.lad ela p.scd whose like had never before • . t .~liSe< l,LUd a set of uleu canh. 111en uncqu·Lllec! In ~x~~ e upou the face of tlli~ ~>nnciple~ of justice', in thdr ~~~~~· l~e rc,ep1;ions of the true m thou· capacity to Ia l:nfefo IIJ>I eheuslve benevolence, u.ll the qualitiC~ whicl~ s ll fJ !U:!LI~, soundly, and with foundations of an eul >ir ou usUJ.e pennaneucy, the country, that there t~:~sc~;lbl~~ '~~l.:s Ifill· 1716, and in till~ as~emi.Jly of l"Ltion·ll I le u::~t, the very first aud u ndcnlu.ule for:n tllncl.l w IO <~Vel' proclaimed, In cleul~ a u , 1e unmuhble princ' l>l r 1. II ~o usec1·ated, to all Lime 1 tr' . • 1 es o 1berty 1 llnd Ill Oppo,itiOU tO tftdr IV • .Ust, ln _thc face Of tyrunt.:l, the ri"lll~ of men (A I po el, the right~ of natiuus and a~ thoe s torm o f • war PIPI'L adu .s c . ) 'l'he e patn· ot~, as soon framed that Instrument ~po Jli~~~S~<ll away, sat down aud Cot1 1:1 t 'lo' Ut1· on o f the United ~t1·1 tw 11ef AI o ur .U nion re::.t~, the And th~ que~ tlon n ow bcfur~L ue:~:.l ;~ n ,l.nen~a. ( .\.pplausc.) Lhan tlu:~: whether tin• Uo t't . cllhel more nor les:; blo u 1 .• · •" 11"' 1 ut1on cousec · tt. ·'" · 0 " leu Ill thl\t g lorious Jt • ) .' It eu uy the the s ignature of the lnost illu t ~ vo uLJon, consecratc41 by George W~tshington ('I >!au . :~}-no us mau who ever l1vcd accepted IJy Lhu wise;t~ud ~~ u'~htth~r that iustl·ument: l!cceptc<l in conveution OIH/u le e~ t of that day, and llot k .o c,t)>tl' ate your fancle~ by a trick of lvords -o r by asency 'cIltlt"t rtto ate.x~·~ I t · < y~ur Imaginations by declamatlOII g ra\·e!y s ed· t •! o JUencc-but meeting thi~ question be our '·o . • t 7 y , und soberly, Ull(l as kln ~; you what Is to Lion ~. UIS~ ~~ rcla tlou to it ? (le ntlcmen, the <.:omt!Lu· prote~~i~L:,:~~~c~l~ .to t~le. !>co_ple of t he ~out.hem Late~ tha ::~ol1~nlll compactel;c~~~\~C~ll~;1~p~~t;'~h ,fr:~.l t~::~ r.~:~t~~t itA~ a s"oi '\e mu co,m, tn' ct "· •r<.'.: we n t IIb crty to 'lolatc it? (C. ries •o af peJ. tln , u ol · ) Arc we '' Lt 11'1 1e•1 ·tY t o seclc or take auy mean I 'll'' ~ a' \'anlage of it? (Cries of "No no'") Are W" at' -~' •Y to co11 U\' ·r it t' 1 1 to limit it s • ~ 0 J , .. ~.:. s par tcu ar words, aud to restrict and con tl'llcl ion! ~ 1 .\LI?'~· t~o as to. a cquire, un!ler such llllrrow leglsla.tion ? , ~· r;;ctcnc8,)of n g[rht by ho~~llc and ndv~rse wou 1 ut th f . 1 o, 110 · -to ntcrferc w1th the Interest~~ ou. , tl ~. eelln g:~, 1:nd tralllplc on tho politiealrights or' m~n ~~ itl~ll~ fe ll ow-c ltl~ cn::~? ("No, n o, no I") No gcntlc" ou ·d t > 1 e '1 con:pact,and ha:o~ any thin"' sacred In i't we arc u 11 0 0 JServ • L 0 d f . 0 I not me rely to tl e 1J t goo <lith, lloue::~tly and honorably, uuy miucin ' 1 ~c e tcr, but f~lly to. t he spirit, and not in seeking to .g •. / ' Lif-way, unfair, or llliheral construction therob t s .t.l ~~. y th: lc~t?r, to givo tl.::l little as w-e can, and way thy t 0 uele,lt the spll'lt. ( AJ>plause.) That may bcthc or of IL ~~~ .~~t~lc met~ k.ecp a contmct about the !!ale of a how~ Ll"l e ts .~ ~,but 1t.ts Mt the way 11ou est men observe con· . 'u · • 0 en 111 r c l:tt1on to the mo:~t trivhl Lhin•'S (" 'frue" cLII applause ) \\'1 t h c n , t t .•. . · H\ as been don • htwing a tendencv 0 ut:)lurb lnrmo1 1 • C • · ,10 \vll , 1 1 • 1Y Ull( er tillS OnHtitution a ut! to break Sht , a?u uW <I e stroy tll e, Ulll· On now eX.I llting •b etwel!n these O f' OoJI~~ , . 1Y, gentlemen, at an early period the subject u avcly ns a nlCI', I I 'I 1 , I • ' I • e > 11 O::lOJl llClL lJUt:slton was d1scusscd >Y many and it · ' t ' . 1 · ' a • s JU:; tee or IIJUMLIC(l made tho subJ'cct of ho1w·g ulmo cntt ll e. a 1r ~ ng t o van•o us op.lllt. OIH!. It mattered littld 'tl . ug liS discussion shoultl la~t while It w·\s confined swo1c ill!itnle :s:~u cJh'k r1 1~~'1 t s.~ If It had only le• d to the fo'r mation of 111011 1 e. IC ..,hakers, who do uot believe In matri- 1 _Y; societ1es like the people of Utah destined to a 8 10 1 1 tt~areer, who believe in ti>O much of It (lau~rhter) · or lcjoo c e t 1cs o f I>c' op.1 e J'Ik ·e th t:: stro ng-min,led wom"e n of •o ur ile~n t?' who believe that women a rc much better quail· < f Mn men to pe1·form the function" ··n<l olllces usually ipfe trh oer mhe· d b Y. n~en (la uJ•ht.er)-and wh" o" probably w· ould, 1 Y .ul theil way, stmply change t.he order of proceed· ngl s, aml tmns fer tho hu:;btLrHl to the kit•· hen ·uul them· spci· vcs, t o u le, r1 e 1' 1 or the cahinct. (J,av n~ht, c' r snd ap· ~~;~~~c.) So long, I ~ay, as thl~:~ ::st nl.ii'IIClltality touching 1 •ti ry confined itsell to the fOI'mation of parties and so· J c e es of tills d escription it certainly could do no ~rrcat "u.vIt' m • and we n u·g 11 t sat1· ~f'y ou r:~el vcs with I he nlflxllo" Lh&t b· tl~o.~ can do little harm as long a~ t ruth is le ft free to com· h a f · Hut unfortunately gcntlclllcu this sentimonta!i;y P!L!I ound Its way out of the mcctlug-h'ouse:-~-from among lO~~ l>eople, llS::!CII1bJles Of SllCCUhtil'e J)hilOSOl>lH'I'~ UJI(} IIOhc· leti. es fo l.l lle,.u, t o be ne f.i t th· e inha• b1. tanl!i of· Bun.o b•o ola· fi ilo-lt. .ha!i found it~ way into the h ca rt of the wdll~h poll m~:~1,1 i It h~s been made the war·cry of pt\rty; it h:~ IJceo t.1te of this Unlou-th t . . Y onc, Ill each and ~:very blt;ssing have lluwn-,:h;~ISLI ur;t~ut .from whic)r so many celved Ill cl'inle is a ch er tr.~t Instrument was cou,, No, no,") Is a. 'violation a.~~e~ o~ au~minlltious (cl'ir.:~ of strong-handed but wicke<.l-h JUStice, ~~ IL league between and uupov~:rlsh, and plundere~~~~<l whiLe men to oppress, trary to rectitude, honor a d . el~ fdlow-cr~:aturcl'l, conIs the qut:lstion, neither mo~e JU<>t;ce. (Applau1e.) 'l'hi~S uulplts, we are told !rom ~or e~s.. We are toll from c the. 1ustrument whereby to clevnte not merely v person·ll n tl 0 ' 'l'l • < s nct1ou a nll!locial rank but to politkul po w~r h lrOUJ;hOut tlte non-ala vehoiding lt~lel! of thiH l"ui<~ll.lllen pohtu;ul rostrum, 'fe ~:c ave bc..:n thll.i olevatl!tl who auvocato a ooul'l>.: o! coo UllARLES O'CO~OR JUSTlFYI~G f-;LAVEnY. 16{) tuct neccSSi\l'llY ex:u;pcratlng the onth, and th•: mttural compact, to separate from us au<l to db:mlvc it 1 Why eiiccL of who~e te:Lching!; rende.rt~ ~he outh~rn P.eople insc- g~ntlemen, the grciLtness and glory or the A mc;ican n:uue cure In their property an<..l t heir ln·es, u1 :Llon~ 1t o. matter wdl then be u. thin!-) of ycste1 day. 'l'llo glorious ItO\ oor doui.Jt e:~ch night whether they can safely retire to their lut1on of the thirto ·n ~tate::~ will be f~ ltevol ution not eluLUlJcr:l with<Jut seutl'ie::~ an1 l guards to protect them achieved by Ud, but by a. nt1t1on that has eca:lctl to exist. ag:11.Hst lncursloull frolU the North. 111ay tho etrect. has 'l'he nutue •1f \\' a:~lti ngtun will he, to us a t le;1 t at the ~~~~~~ to elevate, on the strength llf thi~:~ ~(·utimcut, such urth (ch ·er<l ), but a:i the name of Julius (;u·~ar, or of mcu to po.vcr. And whtl.t is the rcsult.--thc c~ulition of some otll ·~ !treat llcro.wh'' has lh•ed in t:mc11 WJilC by, tl.lln!P! ut this day·~ Why, gcntl·1ueu, the o~caslon that whose natiOn Ita~ pen~hed <tnd exist:~ uo 11101e. 1'hc cnlL'! WI L?g~tl~er IS the o~cul'l:ence of !L raul upon the Dcclamtiou of ltHicpendence, what wllt that be? Why, ~tate of V1r~ulltL l.J~ t\ few JJI.~~tulled ftLII:Ltlcs-fullowers of I the declaration of a tate that no lung ·r has placo these ducmncs, w1th a.rms u1 their hau.d:i, au1l IJeut upon am~ng the nat ions. All thc~c bright and Klllriou:J recol· rlipine a.ntl murder. 1 called them f ullowen~, l>ut they I lcctwnl:l ol' the plt~t must cease to be our !JI'IlJICrl.y, anJ thoulti be dec111 ·d lca,)crs. 'J'hcy we re til · best, the hmve:>L, IJccnmc 111e1'C mcnlorials of a hy-g011e race a.u11 pcopl". and till! 1110 ·t virtuou:i of all the a.IJo litlon p~trt.y. (Ap- 1 A lmc must div Hle the North from the South. W h1~L will plausc.) Ou the Lord'::~ day,, at tl.ut hou1· of l:ltill repo~e, l>c the consequences? Will this mighty clty-~:·o wlug U1cy U.l'lli C•l the I.Jondn1an With p1ke11 brought froJU the Hll It now is, with wetLlLh pouring into it from evory purNorth, tha,t he n1ight shty his lllltSter, his lllastcr'!! wife, nml tion of thi~:~ mighty empire-will 1t contiuue to flourh!h as hl:!must~r'll little children. Au.d luuu ·d,it~tely s ucc.eediug to it lias d one? ~Crie:~ of" No, no I") Will your marble itr- 11 t t.lus very instant.--what IS tltc p ollticalttucattou p end- 1 Jlalaces that line Broadway, o.nd raise their p roud toptt lng bcfor~ Cungro:;s? 1 tow ani tile sk.y , continue to increase, u ntil, as is now A book Mtbsl:Llllially encouraging the same course of \ pro mise'L under the Union, it shall JHCHCnt the most provocation toward the 'outh which lu~s been !oug pur- glorious p i ·ture of wealth, t>rosperity, :\ntl httppineHs, sued, i~ openly recommended to circulation hy s1xty-eight that the world ht\~ ever seen? (Applttuse.) 'o l genrucmhllr: l of your CongresA. (Cries of '' 'hame, on them," tlemen, no! such thi ngs cannot be. 1 do nQt say tlm~ applause, an<L hh;scs.)-J:ecommcnded to circulation by we will starve, that we will l)Crish, o.s l\ people, if we etxty·eight lllelllbcrs of your Congress, all e lected in Nor th- scpamte from the South. I admit, I hat if the line be ern !::ltatcs ~hhl:-~es and applau!!e)- every one, 1 say, elected d rawn hctweeu us, they will have their 10easurc of pro:~from non-blavelwlding ::>tales. And with the a.s!!h;tance of perity, and we will have ours; but me:Lgre, Hmtdl in the Lhclr assod:ttes, some of whom hold their ollices by your extreme, compa.red with what Is existing and proml.:!etl vote~, Uu.:ro ls great <.langer tlmt t.hey will elect to the under our Union, will be t he prosperity of each. highest ollice in t.hat bot.ly, whci'O he wlll slt as a. repre- 'l'ruly has it beea saiu here to-n ight, tlmt we were eentatlve of the whole North, I.L nllUt who united in cn.u~lng ma.de for each o th er; separate us, !UHl although you tlmt hook to bll dL~tributed through the South, carrying may u ot de t1·oy us, you reduce each to ~o low a scale poison :md <le;Llh iu its pollute1l h::Lves. ( " Hang him !" that well might humanity deplore the e\'it coun;~ that noll applause.) ls it uot J'u.ir to say that this great antl brought about the re ult. 'l'rue, gentl!·mcn, we wouhl glol'iou~ ulon is menaced when such a. sta te of things is have left, to boast of, our share of the glories of the Hevorountl to exist'? when such an net is a t.temptcd? 1~ · it lutlon. 'J'he Northern Stated sent forth to tile conllict rcasonu.hlc to expect that our brethren of the South will their bn.nds of hero es, and shed their hlood a!'l freely a:~ calmly lllt d()WII ~" ~o") and suhmit q uietly to such nn those of the flouth. Uut the di,•idlng line would lake outrugc? (Uric::~ of " No, uo.") Why, gcntlctnen, we 1 away from us the gra vo of Wa ·hingtou. lt i:1 in l1is own greatly exceed them. in 1111111hers. 'fhc non·slnveholding ( beloved Yirginia. (Apph1usc a11<l checn~.) It is in the l)t;\tcs arc hy far the more populoue · they arc incre:u;lng 'tate and ncar the spot where this t1 eason Umt has been daily In numbers :tntl in popubtio~, and we may soon growing up in the 'orth, so lately cu!miuated in violcnct~ overwhchn the South •r11 vote. Jf we continue to fill the and b loodl!hed. We would lose th' ~mvc-we would halls of legislation wit.h abolition ists and permit to occupy lose nil connection with the name of W1tsllin~ton. Uut the executive chair men who declar~ themselves to be en- our philanthr opic anti pious fricml:i who faiu \I CHild Li.stetl in a crus<tde nguinst lavery, a.n<l agalnt~t the pro- lead us to this rc ult, would, of course, .:on~f,lrt nt! with visions of the Con:stitution which secure thn.t species of the consoling rcfiectifJn thut we had Lhl! glonou~ 111cmory propert.y, wl~:Lt can we rcnsono.hly expect from the people of John Brown In lts place. (Grcttt l1tugllter an <I cheers. l of thtl 'onlh hut that they will pronounce the Constitution, Are yon, geutlemen, prep:Lrcd to make tho cxcl!angc? with all its glorious ;u;soclations, with all its sacred memo- (Cries of "No, no.") Shall the tomb of Wa!i!ll.ngton, rlcs-t hil; Union, with it..':! manifol'l p resent and p romisetl that rises upon tho hank of the J!otom:tl', r ecctv1ng It;~ blc8sings-:tn unendumhle evil threatening to crush anti tribute from every m~tion of the earth -bhall that become to destroy their most vital lntc;est.s-to malce their coun- the property of a torei~n ~tate-a State hostile to us iu try n wilderness. Why should we expect them to submit Its feeling~, and we to it in our~? 'hall we erect a monuto such a line of conduct on our part an<l reco~nize us a.s ment among the arid hi lls at !\orth J<:lha, and deem tho brethren, or u nite with us in p e rpetu;Lting t.he Union? privilege of making pilgr~mngt:S thithe~· 11 r ·comp 'liSe J.'or my part 1 do not s •e anything unjust or unretLson- for the loss of every glonous rccollecunn ~f t1.1e p1u~t; able i.n the .declaration often ma.dc hy 'uuthern members and for our se,•cr~uce from the ,nam · of w. ast,ungtO.n? on thts suhJeCt. 'l'hoy tell us: "If you will thus ns!iail He who Is r ecognized as the !!ather of !11~ Countty · us with inccn<liary pu.mph let.'! If you will thus create t~ (Cries of "No, no," and cheers.) No, gentlemen, w.e spirit in your country which J~ads to violence :wu b lood- MC not prepared, [trust, for this sad exchan~e, thl..::l shctl among us, If you will ass:til the institut.ion upou f;tta.l scvemncc. We are not prep~Lre!l, 1 trust, either to ': l,lch t.he pr osverit.y of our country depends, and wi ll elc- pll.i't with out· glorious past o.r to g1ve. up t~J(~ adva~ltltg~·d vaLe to oll1ce over us meu who arc plcd~ctl to a id in such of our present h<LJlPt c?ndit1o.n. We arc no_t P':cparc.'~ transa.cUon:;, IL!Hl to opprcs~ us by ho ·tile legis!;~tion, we to r clirH(Uish our alloct10n fot the Soutl~, not to IIIV?l\ <..: cannot-much as we revere the Uon~titutlon, gr e a tly as our section In the lossc::~,, the <.le~rlvatlou of hl:·s~lngs we estimate the b lessings which would flow from it~ and a.uvanta.gcs nccessanly resultmg to each .Ctom dis faithful enforcement- we cannot 1onge1 • depend on your union. Oeutlemen, we never w~)uld h!L''e alLamed t1_ 1 e compliance with its injunction~ or 11dherc t.o the Union." wealth and vrosperity as a. nal10n wl11ch Ill n~w ou,s, !:''or my part, gcntle111 en if the' North cou tinues to cou- but for our connection with the c very IilllCh reviled an.d duct itself iu the sele~Lion of rcprc~entativcs to the injured shLveholders or tho Southeru ~tates. And, g~nCongress of the United •t.ates <L'I from perhaps n certain tl l!men, if di~solution is to take pl:tce, we must part ~v~Lh degree of negligence au!l iua.tt~ntion' It ha.s heretofore the trade of the ~outh, and therehy surrender our JhLI tlconuuctetl it:.clf the .'outh 1s not t~ he censured if it cipatlon in the wealth of the 'outh. NILY, more-we a re withdraws from' the Uuion. (llis~es a.ntl appl:tu::~..:. A tulu from good authority th!it we mu~t n ot only par~ voice-" that's so." 'l'hrec cheers for t he Fugitive 'l<.tV\l with the slavellolding State I but tllfLt ou r ro~wse~ Sl':i\er Law.) We a.re not gentlerut•n to h o l<l !L meetin" to 1:my with the gol!len crown-rich, teeming- UahforUit\, 8 1 ~ •"at " 'v 1 I 0 t 0 0 d I d tl fi nl equ'l'iLe to our ,,,·e;\tlle:!S as a ~•ur oud ?f e ove tills U1uon · we d •l1ght In It · we MC who a l e lO n .. r " ·" 1 i h It; it bles~es us, and we enjoy it; but ;ve ~hall nl~tion- will not come with us. She Will rema n w t tll.l al11ts omces with men of our own choosing, !tnd, our the South. ., f in'n•l icc toward bl et.hrcn of the South you shall cn;·oy its " lorious lHLst · Ut:ntlcnlcll , if we allo iV this co urse 0 J Yo I 11 • · o ' 1 · tleearetolJethc cono~.:qncnce 'l-u s m enjoy its mighty recollections· but it ~;h !\ll tl1e Sout r to contmue, 1 8 ~raruple ' f 1 1 • , • your institutions iu the du:~t 1 ' ' We have nc evil to u~, evil n180 to them. Much 0 n. 1 L 1111 " e .Ire right to say it. We ba\'C II" I i••ht to. e x·l.ct uo mud . mo~t t>roull of; much of all that contrlbut.e~ tn our lr'ros-d "' o ·' " •• t'on must pu.·s II.W 'IY rom au. an opposite anu entirely dill'crent cou r::;e, fellow- p~:rity and t;reatne~s aw a na 1 • · · cl~1zen11, mul:lt IJc ours- mu,;t be the course of the great us., . • ermit it to be cnnllnueu, Nanodrt hcr, iIefs owfe" wGoouoldd "p) reserve thi~ Union. (APl'ltLuse, ILl'lId h e~ uqbureusiltl Otiol isa-lgl thhoeusl<e. l e"'v~1l sP? ld the•r e ttny 1. e MOil t o And, gentle~fl:en, ~vha.t !11 this glorioui Union? Whn.t justify such a ~our~~? 'fh~rfdi~:~~~~:~~r~\~~~~:~jel~~:~ :: must we sacnfice 1f we exa~pemte our br~;~threo of the tor p~:rntitl in' lt. e are 0 ,· , • t i <.Iowa.. Sellth, a.ud C0111pel them, by illjt:..~~Uce anu breach o f ar~ tohi that It Ill a tUU.tt.er O( coosclence LO pU t ' |