The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-08-24
BDDEFORD, MAINE, FRIDAY, AUGUST "a,

that under the Constitution of the Uuitet
States which Is the supreme law Of the land
you cannot exclude slavery from any State
OF the Union, and in short, that IL exits le.
gally and by force Of the constitution In the
Slate Of Maine (cries Of" never, never. J.
That is the doctrine they will come to-
Fellow citizens are We men or are VIC alunk-
ies' As the proverb says :" Make your.
selves into sheep and the wolves will cat
you" What IS there more humiliating tha,
can be done in regard TO the territory Of
Nebraska We are not made alike in any
thing or in any way. We differ in our opin.
ions in regard to the many Questions : Il is
inevitable that We should do so: but there
are some questions in regard. to which we
do not differ. In some respects We ore alike,
We are alike in sharing common human
ity we are alike in appreciating the funda-
mental rights Of human nature. So while
we disagree in regard to any questions Of
public policy-questions Of religion or lem
perance, of know nothingism, of banks, OF
tariff, of internal improvements, and thous-
and other things, yet in regard to the great
c,ntral truths Of human rights--the iualien-
able and indestructible rights OF mankind
a, contained in the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, we cannot differ. There we all
agree there we are oil alike; and true
men, when they zee that their rights arc
denied and stricken down, and that in their
stead is to be raised colossal system Of
slavery which is to be extended Us far as
the uttermost fight Of our eagle, and worn
into The limbs and souls Of men-then, what
ever men may have thought before, they
cast aside their former antipathes and
come together for one purpose, and work
together in one spirit unto the end. Zap
plause.)
Let mo tell you that danger surrounds us
now. We may meet 1t or We may yield to
il ; but we cannot escape it. But We will
not yield TO It (cries OF no. and never,
never.O You yield. you submit, acquesce.
and ignore your own rights l tell you that
in thS lexicon OF freedom there are no such
words. No; yield once, yield always
Yield to-day, yield tomorrow, and so It will
be yielding continually. Submission never
vet set bounds to aggression, and 1t never
will. And, acting upon that truth let us
rally and reconquer our goodly heritage,
and convince the South tha. we do mean
that the spirit of freedom shall be the rul.
ing spirit In this Republic; and that we do
not look upon It as matter Of Indifference
to US, whether freedom or slavery shall tri.
umph. Then will their woik DO done, and
well dono-no rights invaded and no Union
destroyed-and peace and concord once
more inaugurated in our happy land. Then
may we. listening, hear as the poet Of our
own State, the first Of living bards. heard
when in vision he saw the Ocultation oil
Orion.
"Thcn through the silence overhead,
An angel with a trumpet said,
'Forevermore, iorevennorc,
Tho reign Of violence is DER!
And like an instrument that iings
Its music on anoiher's strings,
The trumpet Of the angel cast
Upon the heavenly Tyre its blast,
And on from sphere 10 spere tue words
Re-echoed down the burning chords,
'Forevcrmore, forevermorc,
The reign OF violence Is o'er""
The speaker resumed his seat amid much
applause.