The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-23

ocsoB e4su WtAs 2SSSkAxPxA~u niuiuPAs,
fulfilling the Divine behest to subdue and re-
penish the earth. During the Last few days. have
seen the mountains bowling their heads to the in
dustry and energy Of man and have lcaped from
mountain to another at the rate of hundreds OF
miles per day. So il was with this great canal.
Clinton was derided for attempting 80 impossible
thing as to connect the waters Of the Atlantic with
the lakes. Its the spirit Of freedom that has done
all this. Governments do il in Europe. The spirit
Of liberty does it here, and there is nothing too
difficult for its accomplishment. If men of tender
conscences feel, under this vast amount Of good,
that there is anything wrong, let them t" rather
bear the ills they have than fly to others that they
know not Of" Ifyou bargain for any thing valua-
BILE, you must give some consideration in return.
If the Fugitive Slave law says you must deliver up
the bondmen who owes service, will you not carry
it out Congress regulates the laws of commerce.
State in the South might as well say to the
State Of New York, notwithstanding the Con-
stitution, we shall tax you, and shall not al.
low your goods and commodities to come into
our borders." Moths would never do. There is
but one Wayne have travelled in it hitherto in
peace, and harmony, and honor; let pursue it
to the end. Athere are those who have such trou-
blesome condolences that they cannot endure the
acts of the majority let them keep their condolences
to themselves and not trouble other people with
| them, or let them go and Geek asylums for them
If they can't restrain them by any other means.
(Great laughter.l have but one way Of speaking
here, or in Kentucky, or in Boston. III laws are
laws they must be observed; there must be equal-
ty If the big flies break through the laws, and
the little kept in subsection, then it is no
law at all. want to sec the strong bound down
to the law as well a. the feeble. But am going
far beyond my physical ability. ! have detected
myself in making speech which did not intend
to do. ask your pardon for the trespass. Laugh
Ter and cheers
Here there were loud cries for Graham, of
North Carolina.
Mr.. Graham, Secretary of the Navy, being
then introduced to the assembly by the Mayor,
thanked them for the manner in which his
name and the name of his State had been re.
| ceived, and proceeded as follows:
MR.. GRAHAM's SPEECH.
Your lot is cast in beautiful and advantageous
situation. You have fine climate, and you are
highly favored. You are pursuing the course that
will bring you wealth. II is to me a most graft.
tying sight to find such city this, hundreds OF
miles from the sea, with forty three thousand in
habitants, with such resources and wealth diffused
among the people. see before me military which
give that when their services required
they will be found able and willing to do their duty.
see, too, organized bands of fremen able to pro-
tect your property. see institutions Of religion,
Of learning, and of refinement. When see these
things rejoice in my heart to be able to call
this my common country. Loud applause.1 What
else did see' In passing. saw the name OF
my old respected State on your banners-North
Carolina-which will bear with me as a compli
mcnt from the citizens of New York 1t is State
that was and will be lacking in its de-
votion TO the Union. That name was as refreshing
to me the spring to the traveller in the desert.
What else have seen? l have seen the nag of the
Union, that waves twenty millions of people,
and trust will wave over hundreds Of millions.
My venerated chief has said that he trusted the
South is as true the North to the Constitution.
The history of the past shows that no State has
ceeded North Carolina inVbyalty. When Boston
raised the standard of freedom and revolution thou
sands TO her aid from beyond the banks of the
Potomac, and regiments from my own State fought
at the battle of Long Island ut West Point, and at
Niagara, where was but yesterday. The men of
the South bled and died under Scott and his ASSOC
ciates, and their bones lie Wondering ON both
sides Of the river. where they offered up their lives
in defence Of your soil and for their common coun-
try's honor. They have done it before, and they
will do it again if necessary. ICheers.1 My State
showed some reluctance in joining the copfede-
| racy. valuing her own independence, she was
slow in making up her mind, and did not join till
after the Union was formed. But if she was the
last to in, she will be the last 70 come out if
the principles of the Constitution enforced and
the laws maintained. This question is not Of mo-
dern origin-the same law existed in 1912 as now.
The men of every State battled together Tor the
common freedom and honor of all. Shall they do
leaa in nrde IN In tho IF
Statess One thing is necessary which, in the lam
| guage of Burke, brings together the modern ele-
ments of the world II is faith in the Constitution.
faith in the Union, and faith in each other. If we
keep the common bond, this Union will not only be
| perpetuatcd, but diffused over wider space, and
| among greater multtudes. (Applause.l What
we want il a Union founded, in loyalty, real and
affcctionate. prolonged chocring.] Without these
it is but mockery. II these States never had been
united, and stood now independent sovereign
ties, they before the articles of confedera-
ton were signed. their relations would not have
been respected, and contact must have arisen
| that would only result in bloodshed and a war oil
State against State. In order to avoid dire ca
lamity, the Constitution formed. and the
Father of his Country, and his associates, passed
many slecpless aud anxious nights in bordering
I upon it, provisions, and endeavoring to make it,
nv Uut tuc Dcbt uldt Tue circumstances
would permit. When several States form a COM
mon government, they concede something to each
other, and admit things that they would reject il
they were making laws alone. We, in the South,
do not ask you to adopt our peculiar institutions
but we ask you To deliver up the fugitive slave ia
Us. a. we would surrender the criminal d you.
CALL theS, upon the people Of the State of New York
| 70 stand by the laws. When in my own State
exhort my neghbors 10 show forbearance to all parts
of the Union, and ask those whom meet in dis
tant parts Of the country to do tho Carry ou
the Union, and you will have the country prosper
Gus and happy to the latest posterity. Without
law there is order, and it has been well said tina
the voice of law is from the bosom of God What
ever the law 10, it must be enforced, from the banks
| Of niagara to the Rio Grande, look with terror
on the past. II is great mistake to say there wa
no danger. There was danger. and there is dan
ger now. but trust in the good eense, and pa
triotism, and good faith of the people, to carry