The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-11-26

form Of that Union party will be-the
Union, the Constitution, and enforce
ment of its laws and if it should be
necessary to form such party, aud it
should be accordingly formed | an>
nounce myselfin this place member Of
that Union party, whatever may be its
component elements. Sir. 90 further.
have great hopes and confidence in the
principles of the Wing party. as being
most likely 10 conduce to The honor, the
prosperity, and the glory of my country,
But il it is to be merged into cons
iemptiblc Abolition party, and if Adolf
iionlsm is to be engralted upon the W hig
creed, from that moment renounce the
party, and cease to he a W hig. cove
a step further. III am alive, will give
my humble support TO that man for the
Presidency, who, to whatever party he
may belong, is not contaminated by fa>
na,icism; rather than to one who, cry
ing ont all the time aloud that he is
Wing. maintains doctrines utterly sub
sersye Of the Constitution and the I'm
ion.
Mr.. Speaker, | speak without reserve,
aud with entire freedom. If there be
man lreading the soil OF this broad earth,
who feels himself perfectly independent,
| am that man. have no ambitious as.
piralions. | want no office, no station
in the gift Of man. would resign that
hich hold, if thought could do so
at this time with honor. want no place
whatever. | beg pardon, sir,--thcre is
one place only which | desire, and that
is warm place in your hearts. Our
late heated discussions and divisions
have produced one good rcsuIt--the peo-
pie generally, Wings aud Democrats
have been more thrown together in free
and friendly intercourse. Both have
learned to appreciate each other For
mvscii, | declare, with the utmost truth
| and pleasure, that, during the late arr
duous and proiracted session, | was in
conference anG consultation quite as
often, if not o|tener, with Democrats
than Wigs; and found in the Demo-
cratic party quite as much patriotism, de-
yoiion to the Union, honor, and probty,
as in the other party.
Mr.. Speaker, the State Of Kentucky,
although not one of the largest States in
point Of population, occupies a prond
and lofty position in my confidence. She
was the pioneer State in the settlement
of the great valley She is geographl~
cally not remote from the centre of the
Union, to which she has always been
firmly attached. The rcnown of her
arms and the uncalculating gallan,ry Of
her people are everywhere known and
admitted. To the fields of battle with
in her reach, since the DAYS of the Rev
oluiion, her sons have rushed, and pour
ed out freely their patriotic blood That
splendid monument beyond hill over>
looking this picturesque valley, so cred>
liable to the sculptor for the beauty Gifts
classical design, and the excellence Of
lis chaste execution, attesis her glory,
and the affecting loss of friends and
| countrymeu. Covered as the column is,
almost, with the names of the heroic
dead, let us cling to the Union until there
is not a space left upon the marble for
inscribng the names of those who may
hereafter fall in fighting the battles of
their common country. While the North
Western States. Virginia, Tennessee
and Kentucky, remain firm in their at
tachment to the Coniederacy, no pres
sumptuous hand will successfully at
tempt to draw the line of its separation.
In conclusion. Mr. Speaker, renew the
expression of my respectful acknowl,
cdgments for the distinguished honor of
this occasion. Ii will form an epoch in
my life; will ever be cherished most
gratefully in my memory, and will be
transmitted to my descendants As pre-
cious legacy