Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-29
Edward Everett ON DiSnniun.

se> Ia the public, | have ever looked on
the bright siie in reierercr 10 the future
America. Bat if there is 10 be no relax
alton OF those unkind feelings between the
different sections of the country if men
Will 10, IN Ike up their minds In 1--we in
good FEELING AM good faith under the
constitution and its laws: that constitution
which was framed Ivy our fathers a good
as wise. ne patriotic a. ourselves, ard un-
der which the country has enjoyed de-
gree Of prosperity unexampled in the
world; il they will 90 ON indulgiHg this
fierce spirit Of mutual hostility il viii at
no distant day, result in a separation OF The
States 10 be followed by war or rather
series Of wars, which will change tie
aspect Of thi, country, aud injnrinn>ly al
feet the cause Of constitutional liberty for
ever. Grea, applause.] DO regard il
as denon>trable that, in the event Of
separation of this Union, as certain as :he
sun i in heaven in midday, that the sun
OF the Republic will 20 down from tie
meridian and Sc, in blood ! know that
some persons Of .anguine temperament,
dallying, as ! think, unwarrantdbly with
these dreadful fulurities have persuaded
themselves that il would only be change
Of two confe,i-racieS instead OF one, and
that in either res poets all would 90 on much
I a. il did before. Sir, | am very 10Th To
| ente, into any speculstIons o. this kind.
! on one side or the other. hnt i'm my hum
! ble judgement, there will Bot be two con-
/ feleracies, nor any coniederaciesr but as
many despotic governments a., III The
chances of conquest and rseonqnest mill
tary chieftains may he able and willing 10
establish. Prolonged applause. Cen
ilemen, let Germany teach ". How did
she come out OF the chaos OF the dark ages,
after a thousand years Of international
war? Did she come out of II with Two or
three confeleracies Gentlemen. she
counted more than three hundred princi
paliles. as they called Themselves, but oil
living at the mercy OF the nearest de.pot
and the strongest army.
} | presume no, to look into that dark
abyss. turn from it with the same hor-
ror. thousand fold increased. that felt
. when in my youth was surprised or the
! bIack and ca!cined edge Of the crater OF
l VesuviuS when the sides Of the mountain
were already qnivrring with the c"nrul-
: >ive throe. OF an approaching erupii"n.-
: To attemp; TO give form and ou'tine-to
measure the force-to calculate the direc-
ton of the molten elements, boiling aud
b flowing in the fiery snlph below, and
i lust ready TO oe let lno~r by the hand ci
Go! on this pathway of destruction, " ould
be as un,vaIing and prr>ump'non< III the
political as il is in the natural " orld. Ap-
= plau<e One thing h"we,sr, think is
~ a.. "a. ss4 ,txFtG
Z States, assuming that they would stIll re-
min the States which they now are; hit
4 think it is certain Il. d-noustr "tion. that
their ancient sacred boundaries, founded
II in MANY cases not At al all on feature. ct
physical geography. running as they do IN
Il open d, fiance OF the mountains and rivers,
e drawn without the slightest regardin mill
l- tarv defence. as If it were the design Of
is Providence that we should he bound to-
lg pether. not by met+rial barriers. but by
the cords OF love-boundarieS resting on
r charters. on pre-. .crip'ion and agreement,
" and rendered af least sacred by the cons;i-
tuition and the Union OF the State>--1 think
|. il certain that some Of those boundaries
'S would tall Il first srcriiice to a separation
Of the Union. Do you suppose Mr. Chair
man, lhal lhlTty one t'Id'es, WIZ" 'h' cum
m siitntionaIities that bind them are broken
y and when uiis new scramble for separate
= power shall begin, are going 10 pay strict
y regard to those unseen and mystical en-
trenchrnenfs within which STOUT little
ID Rhode Island - when in comparison with
y some other States. il rather cnrniield er
t. flower garden than Sisie-liss as for
is titled as your own imperial New York,
'e which holds the Hudson in the hollow %:
her hand, and extends her colossal limbs
ii ir m the lakes TO the ocean? Great ap-
st p.ause When the Union l. dissolv ed,
I'd do yon think that the holy constitutional
y spell will remain unbroken which pre-
vents your powerful neighbor. Pcnns5 Iva
ID MIA eulhroned upon the AlIeehsnies, with
re the broad Su>quehannah for her sparhlir.
'y cincrure, AMI the ~ in triburarie. Of Ohio
n for the silver ilets "f her temples, from
'e raising 50 much as her finger against gal
LIANT little Delaware, which nesiles secure
,, " within the triuges OF the gorgeous robe
~ OF her queenly sister.
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