The daily union., 1852-03-13
over which General Thomas Kinds presided .,d passed
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over which General Thomas Kinds presided sld passed
unanimously hls resolution; ..#.s f,lEs8
'Rsoigsa That constitutional right Of secession ioln
puSing leaders in South Carolina. isqteIy unsaneoned
by the constitution. which was framed establish aud
not TO destroy the Union"
And shortly after the legislature met, and
Rsoivsd, Tha! We viii, with heart and hand. sustain
the President OF the United States in the full exercise OF
distracted country and TO naintan unsuied and uni
paed the honor the Independence and the Integrity OF
The Union"}
With these principles Mississippi triumphed in 1884
and with them she triumphed in 1851.
And let these principles continue. they have been TO
be the principles OF the government. and shall yet
realize scenes surprising fable Look round you for
moment. and behold what grand strides this Union has
made within the last fy years Behold her internal i'm
proyemen,s her commerce. her agriculture and her
uiacinres Hear the shouts and acclamaons OF twenty
lhree millions OF ireemen they behold the great king
OF day coming up from his watery couch in the Atlantic
to bathe his mighty axle in The Pacific Hear them in
the consciousness oi their pride and power, exclam
!. No pent up UTICA our powers
N The whole boundess continent is ours"
la concinson let me say TO you, my brethren Of the
North il the time ever when the starry flag thai
waves in triumph over this land is 10 be asunder
when that record bright upon which is inscribed the fifty
six sgners Of the Declaration OF Independence is to be
your fana,ca interference with the institutions OF
The South We owe you no harm We your breth-
rem We have lived and loved together" Recoect
that the crimson tide that flowed at Lexngt ton. uniting in
one vast brotherhood the extremes of the Union was
shed for us-was shed for youwas shed Tor all. From
THIS hour let us forgive and forget. Let begin anew
the career OF life, and avoid in future the rocks and
breakers upon which we came we.nigh stranding.
Let us continue 10 keep our great republican lamp trim
med and burning, to guide The nations OF the earth TO
civil and religious liberty, and the day is not far dis
tan when shall behold the peaceful tIiumphs OF our
example when the twenty seven millions that bow
the neck TO the throne OF England shall be free; when
her stars carriers, and titles OF nobility shall become
tinct when her church and State shall be torn from
their harlot embrace and her long line Of kings peer.
ages, and herarchies shall be numbered among the
things that were, and notn The English govern
ment is solid one; bat it must be infinitely so 10
sustain Itself amid such wild awakening up OF men 10
their rights as has been exhibited by that people from
the example set by This government OF the capacity of
the people for se-governmen" There is glory around
her peerage. whose honoTs laid in the days OF
Norman chivalry; but il must be brighter than il
has ever yet BEEN 10 dazzle the eyes of wIonged and
starving men, for the first time open to the and only
means OF redress The church, with its long train OF
mitred bishops. led on by royalty ITSELF imposing
spectacle but it must invent new majesty 10 awe
people that openly, boldly cry, "ve more bread and
fewer prestsm The throne OF England towers as ma
lesIc as aver but fearful shadows fitting it
the vsages OF famine struck, hatefled men, The
chariot, with It's blazing coone,, and lazy lord within
rolls by as impoaingy ever but there is omnous
sound in the streets, which the rumbng of its wheels
cannot utterly drown--t Is the low, half suppressed
threat, g Your time is come o' Her cathedrals and
bench OF bishops retain their ancient spendor but there
are eyes looking on them with other purposes than
"admire or revere" England being free, and democ-
racy established, the days of kngcra and priest craft
will have been numbered the wide world over. Yes sir
ruined Athens will no longer sigh over the rail egis o
her fallen Minerva; ltayoppressed and down-trodden
Italy, the land OF Bruus and Cncnnatus, OF Dante, o
Columbus, and GaIileo-and bruised and bleeding Hun.
gary will be redeemed TegeBerated, and disenhralle
And all this will be accomplished without any interven-
ton on our part save the mild and genial influences o
our institutions upon the nations OF the earth Seeing
that we have high mission to accomplish, lei be
wise IN our day and generation