The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-06-04

pose and object of these Union meetings.
Every one knows there is not county,
or city, or hamlet, in the State Of
New York, that is ready to go out OF the
Union. There is no man 81 insane in
the whole States, outside a lundtic asy-
IN n, as to wish it, But that is not it,
We all know that every inan aud every
uelphbothood, aud all corporations, III
the State of New York, are attached 10
drawing from it, But that is not the
point--tha, is not the polnt The ques-
ion, fellow citizens-and put ii to YOU
now as the real duesilon--the question
is, whether you aud the rest of the peo-
pie of the gre It state of New York, aud
If all the States, will so administer the
Constiution-will 81 enact and maintain
laws to preserve that instrument. that
YOU viii not only remain IN the Union
Yourselves, but permit your brethren to
remain IN Il, aud carry it on That is
the question. VIII yun concur iu me y
ures necessary to maintain the Unlon
or will YOU oppose such measuresl That
is the whole point oI the case You have
thirty or forty Members of Congress from
New York -you have your proportion IN
the Unred States Senate. We have
many Members Of Congress from New
England. ell. they maintain the laws
that are passed for the administration oi
the constitution, and respect the rights
of the South, So that The Union may he
helt together aud not only that we may
not 90 out of 1t ourselves. which we are
not inclined To do. hut that bv ascertain
mo aud maintaining the rights of others,
they NAV also remain ia the Union.
Now, gentlemen, permit me to say that
speak of no concessions. II the South
wish any concession from me, they won
get it-not a hairs breadth of it, Ii
they come to my house for II, they will
not find it if they do. concede moth.
lng. But say that will maintain lnr
them, as will maintain for you, to the
utmost of my power, aud in the face of
all danger, their rights under the Cons
>lllulion, and your rights under the Con-
siitulion Cries. of "Good Good !"
&c. Aud God fnrsake me aud my
children, if ! ever be found 10 faller IN
one or the other. Tremendous ap-
plause
1T is obvious to every one. and we all
know II, that The origin Of the great dis
turbance which agltates the country is
the existence of Slavery in some Of the
States bat we must meet il; we must
consider it, earnestly. honestly. and just
Iy. From the mouth Of the 81. Johns
TO The confines Of Florida, there existed
in the year of grace. seventeen hundred
aud sevent, five, thirteen colonies Of En-
g'ish origin. planted at different times,
and coming from different parts Of Eng
land, bringing with Them various habits,
and establishing, each for itself institu>
tions entirely variant from The lnStltu-
tions which they left. But they were of
English origin. The English language
was theirs Shakespeare aud Milton were
theirs, and the Christian religion was
theirs, aud these things constituted them
together. The aggression, of the parent
State compelled them to set up for In>
dependence. They declared inGepen,
dence, aud that immortal act, pronoun-
ced on the Fourth of July, seventeen
hundred aud seveuiy.six, made them in
dependent That was an act of union
hy the United States in Congress assem-
bled. But rhl. ACT of itself did nothing
10 establish over them General Govern
ment They had articles nf conledera.
ton before TO carry on the war. They
had a Congress. They mad articles of
confederation afterward to prosecute the
war. But thus far they were indepen-
dent, each of the other They entered
into simple confederacy, and nothing
more. No State was bound by what il
did not itself agree to. That was the
state of things, gentlemen, at that time
The war went on-victory perched on
the American eagIe-our independence
was acknowledged. The States were
then united together under conieJeracy
of very limited p wers. 1t could levy
no taxes. 1t could not enfnrce its own
DEGREES. II was a ccnfederacy instea ad
/ ni oe'hg un'ed Government. EXpe'
r'ence showed mat inns was insufficient
and inefficient. And. therefore, begin
ning as lar back almost as the close o
me war, measures were taken for the
lnrma'''n oi ihe united Gnvernment-'
Government III the strict sense oi The
,er"'-a government that could pass
laws birding to the citizens of all the
states, and winch could enforce those
''ws oy IT'S executive powers, having
them interpreted ny Jnn'clal power he