Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-06-27


pzrr of Neyy York, there Is a total misaP-
fEebsl>ian Of the purpose and object OF
these Union meetings Every one knows
tlers j. not 2 county, or a city, or hamlet,
i1 the Safe o. New York, that Is ready 10
... 5-t of the Cnion- There Is no man so
insane I'm the whole States outside lunatlc
--~ asvf Ism. as 10 wish Il. But that IS not it.
We al know that every man and every
urizhboThood. and al corporations, IN the
~zs5- IL New York. are attached 10 the In
5a-- and have no idea Of Withdrawing from It.
Bur lha1 J. not the poinl-that IS not the
ualu-- The question fellow -cIIzens-and
r.1t il 10 vou now a. the real question
tlllc question Is. whether you and the rest 81
she people of TIE great STATE of New York,
and n al the States, VIII 50 adhere 70 the
Ceaz-i-u-ion-uill 50 enact and maintain
l-us u u-cz1r,-e gal1- i1sJraTncnt. 50 that
sea Eyili moi cE.lv remain IN the [ Mon Your
selves bat permit YOUR brethren to remain
sn 81. and carry 1t On? That Is the ques-
tou- VII vcu concur IN measures neeessa-
Tv Il maintain The Union9 or VIII YOU op-
pose such measures9 That IS the whole
g-rlzJ Is the case
You have thirty or forty members Of
Congress from New YoTk-vou have your
rrey,.r.isn n the United States Senate
W have maBv members Of Congress from
New England. VIII, they maintain the
ia-s tiat are passed for the administration
gl The Constitution. and respect the rights of
The >-uih. 50 that the UnIon may be held
t5Eesher- and not only that We may not 90
- a-.
-ineG ,o 30, but that by ascertaining and
1lz5n-siaE the rights of others, they may
s5-o remain IN The Union? Now, gentle
men. permit me In say that / speak Of no
concessions. Ii the South wish any conces-
-.l from re. they won't Get lt-not d
hairs breadth, Of Il. Ii they come 10 my
house for II fbev viii not find il if they do.
2 carceic Ho.hlng Bul 7 say that | viii
..-iI.-ein for thcTa. as [ viii maintain for
ve1- 10 -Ee utmost Of my power. and IN the
l=ce 81 al danger, their rights under the
Consolation. and your rights under the
Eurssi.a-i0-. Cries Of Good Good y
,,c And GoI f0rsake me and my child
--7. # / ever be found 10 fsl!er IN one or
sae cher Tremendous applause It's
etFio-s 20 e0e~v onc. and we al know it,
-ha- -L- origin OF the great disturbance
Ei--l .--s----s tl,e country. Is the existence
-F slavery in some Of the States; bat we
--sr meet y; We must consider i; we
u-z- desl with Il. earnestly, honestly, and
5--.lv From The mouth of the s. Johns
% slc confines OF Florida, there existed IN
lle year 81 grace, 1875, thirteen colonies,
ei English oIirn, planted at different times,
s-- coming from diGeTen. parts oI England,
t-sa-iur El.h chem various habits. and es-
-shif-nirg. each l1r Itself. Institutions en-
.,rllv vaglent from the institutions which
taav istt- But thev were Of English on
IN The English language was theirs:
~Esk~pcare and Milton were theirs, and
-he Christian religion was theirs, and these
-hings constituted hem together. The ag-
-resSrns Of the parent State compelled
1lc-n @ SIT M for independence. They
declared Independence, and that immortal
ar- r-caeurced on the Fourth Of July
E7-5. made them independent, That was
Ea zcl of Union by the States in Congress:
assembled. But this acct Of itself did 10
-hing 70 establish over them a general gov
sr-ment. They had articles Of confedera
son before 10 carry on the war. They haC
a Congress. They had articles of confed
eT51lCa alters ard 10 prosecute the war
Ban thus far they were independent. eacf
gf the other. They entered into q sinapl,
ca1ia1eracv, and nothing more. No Stat,
F E1S bound bv what IL did not itself agree to
his vas The state Of things, gentlemen, a
thar -ne.
TIE way went on-victoTy perched OF
The American esgle-our independence wa
ackn0wledged. The States were then u
ui-ed together under a cenfederacy of yer,
limited powers Ii could levy no taxes
2 Etcoal5 not enforce is own DEGREES. Itwa
oonfederaey instead Of being a unitee
g0rsr1neat- Experience showed that thi
uas insufficient and inefficient. And, there
fere, beginning as Ear back almost as tn
close Of ihe war, measures were taken 70
the formation Of the united government
Government n the strict sense Of the tern
Ia government that could pass laws bind
ing - the citizens Of al the States, ant
shich coald inforce those laws by Its ex
ccuGve powers, having them Interpreted b,
q Iuliclsl power belonging 20 the govern
meaE- Vel, gentlemen this lead to III
formation Of the Constitution Of the Unite'
STATES. and ihat was framed on the ide
: q : EIaited government. 1t proposed t
{ leave, aad did leave, the different institu
3 Mons = The several States 70 themseIve;
, l. did not propose consolidation. 1t di
p .nof propose that The laws of Virginia shoul
= - laws of New York, OF that the laws {
2 Neyy \ GoTk should Be The laws of Massachu
seus- Is proposed only that for certai
: Uurposes. and 10 2 certain extent. ther
F. shoald be united government, and ths
- tila1 government should have the power {
J executing Is own laws. Al the rest va
I lefI - The several States And we no
= come, gentlemen, 70 the very point Of th
+ ease At that time slavery existed in tb
9 southern States, en1ailed upon them IN th
I tzae of The supremacy Of British laws oye
: - There Il was. Il was obnoxious [
! TIE middle Stzies. and disliked: and hoI
s eszlv and seriously disliked, as the record
: q the country VII show, by the Souther
= States themselves Now, how were the
p IA Sezl with III Were the Northern an
ni3dle S-aies 70 exclude from the govern
rnsnt 5hose States al the South which ha
& produced Washington, a Lawrence, az
: sti1er distinguished patriots OF that part {
2 -he ceEn1rys We're they 10 be exclude
Z EHoz 4Ae new government, because the
I a11er2ie5 he institution OF SlaFery9 Yer
i szsheES and nv fathers did not think So
3 4beE aiS ns- see tfaf i would be Of Il
! hesf a1raaizEe % -sae slaves q the seuthei
-.