The Davenport gazette., 1851-05-08
. EDWARD EYERErr on pIsuNIuN.

EDWARD EVERETT ON DISUNION.
am not an alarmist-I never have
been. Ii | may allude to matter so IN
important, would say that, in all my hum.
bic addresses to the public, | have ever
looked on the bright side in reference to
the future America. But if there is to be
no relaxation Of these unkind feelings he
tween the different sections Of the country ];
It men will not make up their minds to live
IN good feeling and good faith under the
constitution end its laws: that constitution
} WHICH was framed by our fathers, as good,
as wise, as patriotic as ourselves, and under
which the country has enjoyed degree Of
prosperi;: unexampled in the world; il they
. will 60 On indulging this fierce spirit Of mu.
,uaI hostility, it will, at no dis,an, day, re
, suit in a separation Of the States, to oe FOL
} loved by war or rather series Of wars,
! which will change the aspect Of this coun-
Try, and injurousy affect the cause ofcon-
sii,ulioual liberty forever. [Great mp.
! rlause. | do regard it as demonstrable
Union, as certain as the sun is in heaven
in midday, that the sun Of the Republic will
20 down from the meridian and set in blood.
} know that come persons Of sanguine tenn
perament, dallsing, as think, unwarrant-
ably with these dreadful lutur,ies, have
persuaded themselves that it would only be
a change of two confederacies instead Of
one, and that in other respects all would
/, 90 on much as it did before. Sir, am We
{ ry 10th To enter into any specustinns OF
this kind, on one side or the other, but 10
my humble judgement, there will not be
, two conlederacies. nor any confederacies,
but az many despo,ic governments as, in
} tie chances Of conquest and reconquas,,
, military chiefiains may be able and willing
20 establish. Prolonged applause.1 Gen.
tlemen. let Germany teach Us. How did
she come out of the chaos Of the dark ages.
after a thousand years Of internationa! wnr? ?
! Did she come out Of it with two or three
confederacies? Gentlemen, she counted
: more thsn three hundred principaities, as
they called themselves, bat all lying at the
mercy Of the ueares, despo. and the strong
! est army.
, presume not to look into that dark
: ABYSS. turn from i, with the same hor
ror, thousand fold increased, that felt
when in nv youth was surprised on the
black and cacined edge of the crater o
! Vesuvius, when the sdes Of the mountait
g were already quivering with the convul
} sive ihroes Of an approaching eruption
, To attempt TO give form and ou,lne--tf
measure the force-to calculate the direc
, ton OF the molten elements, boiling and
} believing in the fierv guIph below, and just
, ready to be lei loose by the hand Of God
, an this pathway Of destruction, would be rs
J nnayaillng and presnmptuous in the poiii
) cal as il is in the natural world. Zap
planse.l One thing however, think is
certain We talk f,he separation oI these
+ States, assuming that they would still re-
main the States which they now are; but
F; think i, is certain as dernonst, alton, that
, their ancient sacred boundaries, founded
(, IN maEy cases not at all on features o.
: physical geography. running as they do IL
open defiance OF the mountains and tIyers
! drawn without the slightest regard 10 mill
, Itrry defence, as if il were the design ol
: Providence that we should be bound To-
geiher, not by material barriers, hu; by the
cords Of love boundaries resting ON char
ters. on prescription and agreement, anc
rendered 1t last sacred by the coEsiiiuiior
ard The Union Of the States-i think il Ger
tain that some Of those boundaries would
ia! frs: sacrifice to separation OF tho
Unoh Do YOU suppose, Mr.. Chairman,
,ha, ,hirtv.one States, when the conslitu
) tionali,as tha. bind them are broken and
when this new scramble for separate pow
er shall heciu, are going to pay strict re.
gard to those unseen and mystical en-
4 ,renchments within which stout linle
Rhode lsand- which in comparison wil
some other States, is rather cnrnfield or =
flower garden ,han a State-lies rs fnrtif
; ed as your own imperial New York. which
holds the Hudson in the hollow Of her hand
1 and extends her colossal limbs from ih'
lakes to the ocean? Great applause. J
: When the Union is dissolved, do ,oa think
.hat the holy constitutional spell vii! re.
main unbroken, which prevents your pow
, erful neighhor, PENNSYLVANIA enthrone,
/, upon the Aleghanies, with the broad Sus
, quehannah for her sparkling ciDcture. nnf
the twin tributaries Of Ohio for the siIve.
, tile,s of her temples, from raising so much
as her finger against gallant little Della
ware, which nestles securely within The
fringes Of the gorgeous robe other queen'y
sister!
SEEING LIGHT-A sailor the other day
, in describing his first efforts TO become a
waterman, said TINT jus, AT The close Of a
dark night, he was sent aloft to see if he
could see light. After short time he
was hailed with:
'Mast ahead, ahoy.'
! 'Ay, ay, sir
do pnu GEE linhfY