Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14

fighting for my rights, il necessary, with
the sword, within the bounds aud under
the safeguard nithe Union. am for VIM
,licating those rights, no, by being driven
out Of the Union har>hly and unceremo-
niou,ly hyauy portion Of ;his coniederacy.
Here am within il, and here mean to
stand and die, as far as my individual
wishes and purposes can GO within II to
protect my property and defend myself, |
defymg all the power on earth to eSpel
me or drive me from the situation in
which am placed. And would there 10,
be more safety in fighting within the
Union than out OF it? Suppose our rights
To be violaed, suppose wrong TO be done
you, aggression 10 be perpetraied upon
You, can you not better vindicale them
If you have ion to resort TO the last
necessity, the sword, for restoration Of
those rights within, and with the sympa-
'hies OF large portion Of the population
of the Union, than by being without the
Union, when large portion Of the popn-
latou have sympa'hies adverse TO your
own? ion can vindica'e your rights
within the Union better than il expelled
from the Union, and driven from It with
out ceremony .nd without authority.
Sir, have said that thought there
was no right OH the par, Of one or more
States to >ecede from the Union. lt,snk
so. The constitution oil the United S atr>
was made not merely for The generation
that then existed. but for pasteriy --un-
limited, underlined, endless, perpetual pos
ieri,v. And every State that then came
into the Union, and every State that has
since come iato The Union, came into 1t
binding itself BY indissolub)e bands to re-
! main Within The Union itself, and to re-
main within ii by its posteri;y forever
Like another Of the sacred connexions in
! private life, il is a marriage which TO hn-
man authority can dissolve or divorce the
parties from. And il may be allowed
to refer TO some examples III private life.
let me say TO the North and TO the South,
what husband and wife say to each other:
| We have mutual faults, neither of us is
perfect nothing in the form OF humanity
/ is perfect let us, then, be kind to each
| other iorbearing. iorgiving each other $
iaul,s-and, above all, Ie, us live III hap
! pine>s and peace together.
Mr. President, have said what | SOL
! emnly believe, that dissolution o. the u
! mon and war are identical and table !;
| that they are convertible terms and such
a war as it would he following a di<solu-
ton Of the Union! Sir, we may search
the pages of history, and none so iero-
cious. so bloody, so inpl'cable, so eS-
terminating mot even the wars ol Greece.
! including the Cummoness OF England and
! The revolutions Of France none, none Of
!. them all wonli rage with snch violence,
or be characterized With such hl1a4 M u
! must succeed, il that event ever happens,
The dissolution Of the Uui,n. Ant what
would he lis termination Standing az.
mics and navie>, 10 an extent ssretchiN
The revenues of each portion oil the DIS
severed mem 5ers, wnnld take place. Az
ca,erniua,iug war wonld follow not, sir
war OF t,vo ur three years duration
but war of interminable duration -an'
extermiuaIins wars would ensne, hhtil
: after the struggles and exhaustion oi oo'i
parties, some Pnilip or Alexander, SOM
Cesar Or Nannieon would arise and cn
. tie Gor,ian knot, and solve The pr"tlei
of,he capacity of man for ii-goN ernmen'
and crush the liberties of both the severe
portions Of this common empire. "a
" ynn doubt IT
1t Look IA. all history consult her page:
c ancient or inoaern-look at human nature
= look al the character of the contest
II which Won would be engaged IN the sur
n position If war following npon the d'sse
! luton Of The Union, such as | have sug
I ses,ed, anil ak yoa il it Is possible 1t
: ,on to doubt that the hnal dispo>ttioa
y, The whoe wnnlI he some despot 'rea In
III down the liberties OF the people 4 I'm
~ result would be the extinction OF this II
oe and glorious light which is leading .
III mankind, Who are gaZlng npon II, IN u
H. hnue anl anxious expectation that the IL
e ertv which p, evails here will sooner
OF later be d.IuseJ throughout the Whale
M the civilized world. Sir, can you hight
IN contenp plate these Consequences y
IS YOU Weld Yourself to the tyranny of pa
'h Sion, amidst dangers which have depi
10 ed in colors far To-, tame, OF what the r
r. sal, would be if that direlul event
lr- which have referred should ever occu
u" ~ Sir, impore gentlemen, | adjn'e The
ne whether from the South or the North,
~ all that they hold dear in this world
=, all their love Of iiberty-hy all their W
ne Grafton !or their aucestors--by all IN
re- re- regard fer po>ieri'y--by all their er'
he ,uie 10 Him who has bestowed On III
hla such uanumbered and countless blessl'
'p- by all the duties which they owe
;naakind-ana by all the duties WI
ale they owe 10 themselves, TO pause, so'en
NY, ~ 10 pause at the edge OF the prec'f
hia before the fearful and dangerous leap
cd taken into the yawring abyss below, Il
aey which none who ever take it shall ret
- '"' in safety.
d a Finally, Mr. President, and in cone
SIS sion, inplore as the be,t blessing WI
'"p,, Heaven cam hestow upon me upon ea
'ied ,ha, il the diretul and sad event oi
'ers dissolution OF this Union is 10 hap
viii that shall rot survive 10 behold the
'''fh and heart rendng spectacle.
the -- -,
ni;v A lady making inquiries Of boy a
The his father, an Incorporate man, who
,ioo been sick for some time. asked whe