Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1850-12-26
NUMBER II,

forever covered with confusion and shane. II.
, lu'!rous men! party lines anc political d,lfsrsn.
, ees were by you alike forgotten; aud all other
miner considerations absorbed ~ the great love
for -NatOnI UniUni Your country wss in dan.
ger, not from ice' without, but from enemies
within, aud you proved worthy Of the issue
Nob'y did You assert YOUR rights ss American
Henotorsi -lo9n.nily did you su.iain measures
that would ensure justice to all; trin,nl lhan,iy
did YOU vindicaic the uhtarnished honor Of tur
country, she now shines forth the brjpnt s,.r
ofthe mornings fortunately did you rejoice In
her proud pre.ennence among the nation. Of
the earth. For great anc patriotic deeds like
'he'e-for the exercise Of that genuine, moral
courage that animates the immortal soul with
divinity, ard i!umnates the path Of rec,nuds.
po'ter'ty will erect for you monument more
durable than brass Or marble, cad whose ton.
most peak will be ever visible above the hori-
zon Of time.
Ba. the demaeogue, the ignorant, Intriguing.
designing dcmag0gue, who has etnployed hia
iiiPpant tongue and shallow brain in stirring up
strife aud conenton between the differen, sec.
,iuns ofthe country what shall say Of hiuP-
What place will he be assigned by the phjlsn-
,hropi,t Of future times, il he should be called
upon to read the cad story ef our un,inely sndP
Let him be deemed "a perjured villain. LIT The
overwhelming decree OF oil mtnk ind dvnouncs
him a TRAIroR! a traitor 70 him,el: a traffic, n
his country, traitor TO his race. and what il
more and worst Of all. atrai,or tn his God. Sir.
II there ever was n fit subject for eternal pun-
ishmen' in the future world. (and I entertain no
doubts on that poin,) surely he 10 the "flte,t
of oil others the most fit" And if in a mo.
ment Of foree,fulness he should look into IN.
blackne's Of his own heart, the self condemn.
ing words OF Macbeth must he on his lips;-
SCAT hell with all its powers 10 damn,
! Add one curse 10 the foul thing I amp
Where would you put himp Not in heaven
above mot IN hell beneath; but devils damned
and spirit. cursed would drag him out upon The
volcanic and sccrching shores Of the latter ulscs.
when the gl'a.ing worm goreing IN the filth Of
human corruption, would SPIT ont its en-, enum.
&c malice upon his loahing and disgusting car
icass.
Sir, our political horizon is now darkeD.d
with ciuinou, and %reboding clouds. We b,y.
been threatened with the pangs Of dissolu,ion:
bu, IN this hour Of the nations travail ther. ia
one source oi congratulauon sut tI,cient 10 cheer
The most de' pontlng, That crystal rock, tha,
diamond stone Of cur National Intelligence, 10
which is anchored our ahip of state, tre,ghted
with the hopes of the'whole Anelp Ameri rn,
;, 'e..&ar -" iAoa.ni 'unmoved. Inc Compromi,.
serial Meetings of the present year will Io,,,,
DO recolected as memorable epoch in the ins.r.
estng Ipges oi our future history. These were
Expressions OF pubic opinion upon great and
important questions of state policy; and which
were supported by our abIest state. nen;-snd
these expressions sprung directly from the ia
iCirgenes Of the people
a few years ugo the members of the Ohio Leo.
islature were pclioned b, many Of thnss recrui-
ting so'geens, who wcr. then arranging their
men rank and file, in the columns Of Abolition.
ISM for that body to use its influence in ne.c.hl,
ldissolving Me Union. These incendiary IA spers
were olitely received, but upon being read Two
enac'men'' were passed one that the apnuul
school fund be increased $50 600, and the other
that copy OF the Constitution Of The United
States be hung up, at the public expense, in
every school house in tho State. And unless
| am far mistaken other states might prof, much
by following that example.
Mr.. President, seventy-f,ur wears have bean
written in the voumnous books of time, since
the bright star Of our national exi.iance shone
forth, IN dazzling in'trs, upon people whose
wandering iee' we're directed by this luminary
o' ,n' morning. INTO The i"ispken palhs Of virtue
and intelligence. pom the broad platform Of
num'" equality We h.vs ere ted a magnificent
'ohc' whose 'nwer'ns summit reaches the
: elo"u'i anu from It's :"p,no' peak the lamp Of
"'s"y 'h'hes "'ar, shedding of ito bright cor.
.u'ca''on' np"n ths Shnle world sro,nd.-
we have Ii"zon'h high up In the gazo Of M.
''"n' the iSTrLL'GrNoE OF TIRE PEOPLE. and On.
n""ne'd ~ terms OF proud Independence ous
f trm "d"s''on to civil liberty at home, and .
generous and mHgnAn',nou, policy towsr'
ter nations abroad. To the utmoat~ =