New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-09
THE VOICE or A FREEMAN.

Among the addresses delivered in every part Of the
country on the Fourth of July, of those report
ed in Il journals breatbes manlier and more cheer
ing spirit than that of Ex-Governor Kent OF Maine
at Bedford in that State. We give the following ex-
tract as a specimen:
No man Mr. President has deeper reverence for
this Union or ierv mt desire Tor ITS maintaiu-
ance than have and none would do more 10 sustain
il; but there is limit to endurance and a point at
which concession should stop; and, believe me, the
true friends of this Union, the conservative men OF
this country not your timd, hetful, frightened
favns: they are not your cotton men who fear they
will not be able TO get cotton, your ship brokers
who are afraid their ships will not get freight, but
they are your honest. Ouspoken close thinking aud
determined men. The men who will save the Union
are the who will march straight up to INC hne,
ond tell the South what they will do, and what they
v III not do And when they put the matter thus and
have their spinal column sound AMI stand up straight.
there is no danger of this Union. There Is ten times
more danger to it by subseryiency and SUBMISSION TO
wrongs, for byand-by these wrongs will so accumu-
late that they will burst their barriers and the breach
will carry everything before IL But when the South
understands that more slave States are TO De ad-
mi ted, that the fugitive slave law Is TO be repealed or
modified let them understand that we stand upon our
rights and they will yied-that u, they will come up
TO u.s. for after all the men of the South are not hall
so bad as your miserable dOugh-taces OF the North
(Applause and MacDon"ldl. The South are more
manly When they fna Northern members OF Con-
gress bowirg down to them, and begging them to
ekethess boons they cannot but accept them butthey
despite the menewho offer them and regret that they
sha ud be put in that position. will only say IN con-
cusion that the great question before Us now Is snail
Man retroerade from the position he has taken. Last
yar she spoke out and showed that there North.
She spoke out, and her voice was heard Throughout;
the Union; and at Washington the time servers were
appaed Her voice was heard, aud II shook them ON
on tie throne of their power Why should we rocede
from our position True this is but State election;
still il is all important that should keep the stand
we have taken for the moral effect of defeat In the
greet republican party the coming presidential cleo
ton would be most disastrous. There Ia no mistake
about il; hence it is that was willing to come up
here and lend any aid might be able; and tell you
now that | have gone and shall go into thus matter
with all my heart and soul. l have no hesitation
about il. i am determined 90 devote what strength
and power and means have TO this great cause Of
human freedom snd to the redress of an enormous
wrong 10 the North, and if am to be made victim
all ! can say is II ready 20 be offered. NJ aine
must not re,rOgrade her must stand and tight like
men ON this great question. l sm sashedrhat 80 far
as can - eak for the eastern part OF the state their
hearts eIe beat true and they will come up 10 the
support of the men who have thus far sustained the
great principles we advocate. We will cause TO be
eli OF part Of moito-Drigo, lead. Aud in our
fall election we will lead in Il manner worthy of the
light of that immoveable star-the star Of liberty
which our State has appropriated as her III aud only
emblem Great Applause