The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-22
Gov. Crittenden in Indiana,

The recent visit of Gov Crittenden to the CAPT
tai of Indiana at the invitation of the Governor Of
the State, is described with many expressions of
qualification by the Western papers. Gov. Crit
tenden was warmly and Hospitality received
Gov. Wrights speech of introduction and Gov.
Crittenden's speech in reply, abound with senti-
ments of reverence and regard for the Union
We give two extracts, as we find them quoted by
the Baltimore American.
Gov. WRIGHT remarked:
Cur sister State, Kentucky, divided from us
only by noble river-diiferii9 somewhat from
us in her municipal Government, meets us to-day
by her first officer, her favorite son, and says, in
the language of her Representatives, 'kentucky,
under the auspices of an overriding Providence,
and the precepts Of Washington, will be the last
to leave the Union" To that sentiment, we res
pond Indiana knows no geographical boundaries,
and that we, the survivors of that day. and the
sons and daughters of those who were brethren in
arms in 1912, and shared together common dan
gers, are yet of one mind one heart, and will
share together common destiny. The planets in
irorbis, are not more fixed, than are Kentucky,
Indiana and the great West i'll their attachment to
the Union and 1t is right it is meet, 1t is proper,
that at a time like this, they should meet together
and renew their covenants upon Il common altar.
We are told in ancient lore, that the rope which
ofrmed the famous Gordan knot, was so folded
and knit, with many knots, one so wreathed
within another, that no man could perceive the
where they ended. In like manner, it may be
said, n thousand influences combine to make us
one and inseparable. We are linked together by
the strong cords of love, of honor, of patriotism
We are linked together by religion, by language,
by the ties of kindred, by cherished memories of
the past, by the memory of mutual tolls, by the
memory of mutual trumphs, and by the ten thou
sand cords and avenues of trade and commerce,
that bind together, in one vast brotherhood, the
people of every climate, SOIL and production ofthis
Union.
Our Union is a Gordian knot, which no man nor
sword can sever
Gov. CRrrrENpEN, in his reply, alluded to the
subject of slavery as the only disturbing element
within the great circle OF national concord and
unity. From the reported abstract of his speech,
we quote the following:
Since he had first entered the State, he had been
honored with the kindest attentions of the people.
There was nothing in his life deserving the hatter-
ing attentions he had received, and he took it
honor intended for his State He was born in the
West, in old Kentucky. She was the pioneer of
the other sisters of the West, that have since come
into the Union. We cannot give away any part
of Every river, inlet, bay, and harbor was ne
cessary to us for commercial political, and moral
purposes, as well for the time to come as for the
present. What is to disturb the Union? He
could have been born in but one State; but his
feelings were with every inch of territory in the
West. He was for the whole Union, and nothing
less; but he was for the West for il is the West
that is to bind the country together. Here was
the country that with her millions was to sustain
the Unoin Our history is but series of Provi-
dences, from the landing Of our fathers, fleeing
from oppression in the old world, until through u
seven years war, a Government was founded, to