The republic., 1851-07-07

had aspired, thought il better TO be first in village
than second in Rome-to be President Of a South
ern Confederacy, rather than the second men in
the great Confederacy Of the United States. i can
see this thing believe clearly as can see the
light OF the sum- and think the people should see
and understand it, and be forewarned, and thus
forearmed. do not intend TO Say that every man
who has been ultra in his southern notions is dis
unionist. / know that large portion of these
gentlemen not. There were many men, who,
mised by specious arguments, adapted to poison
their minds, with patriotic impulses in their hearts
were blindly aiding these men in the accomplish
ment Of this work Of dissolution and death.
Fellow citizens. am happy to say that through
the impatience and indiscreton of some of these
men-the leaders / mean-their purposes have
been developed. The mask has been thrown off,
and exposed to the secessionsts per Sc. who have
found in these professions of devotion to the pecu
liar institution of the South the cloak under which
disunion has been sought to be accomplished.
They have been exposed and their Vaccinations
have been defeated; but. repeat again, eyes
must be kept open. We must understand the
ture of the purposes which these entertain,
and the means by which they expect to accomplish
them. believe this Confederacy, now is stronger
in the hearts of the. people than il has been for
twenty years. believe they have been taught, in
of the term, 10 calculate the value OF the
Union not with view to it's dissolution, but to
preserve it, il characterized by fathers,
as the palladium of our liberties.
Fellow citizens, trust the day is far distant
when any arm here will be raised to strike blow
against the Union of these States. trust that fra
ternal feeling has been restored and that under the
auspices OF the gentleman who now presides over
the destinies of the country, and his SUCCESSOR
whoever he may be, whether Wing Demo
crat-the weasel of State will continue to ride out
the tempest, uninjured by the waves Of faction or
agitation.
Fellow citizens, i am proud to state that neither
of the great parties of this country dare to present
to this people man tainted with disunion Ap-
plause.l They all know that defeat would be
inevitable; and standing here as / do-a Whig
from my birth, Whig by education, Whig
in grain, in principle, and in conviction, and
expecting to live and TO die Wing, so help me
God, would vote for any sound Union Demo
crat, ten thousand times over, sooner than for
the abest Whig in the nation, unless he was sound
on this subject [Applause.l There two
classes of disunionists in this country-disunion-
lists at the North and disunionists at the South
The class, with the parricida steel in their
hands, stand ready to strike at any moment; the
other repulsive slimy reptiles in the form of
abolitonists, who are sneaking and crawling in
their action. [Applause.] place them on the
came ground for they seem to have the same OBJ
ject in view. The result they seek to accomplish
| is the same, and hold man responsible, and the
law holds man responsible, for the Legitimate
suits of his action. If q man applies torch to my
mansion, it is no apology for him to come to me
and say that he did not intend to fire it; when
man adopts course calculated to effect the result
of dissolution of this Confederacy, say he is OBJ
noxious to the charge of traitorous purpose.
Fellow citizens, excuse me for what have said
| l, like my friend yonder, have been betrayed into
speech, which had no design or intention ofmak-
ing; but there is something in the social comming-
ling here, something in the warm hearts and bright
eyes that surround me to excite emotions Of the
heart difficult to suppress, and which could not
entirely control.