Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-06-25
Five Oak Ge..rpr


George Law made sterling and a stirring
speechat the Convention recently ed i'll New
York. We CT from the New Yol,k Evening
Post, short report 81 his remarks, which are
given below:
In his OPINION inc great question before this
convention had been how to mite r.l,c, elements
OF the North against the viper that las wound it.
sell aroun.I our liberties. applause. What is
TO become of this country, unles.: something
can &c done to save it from the gull that yawns
at our feet? We represent here the interests of
the South as well as the North. We would
save the south from itself. Loud applausc.) If
| the South nave state laws which We. cannot ap-
prove, in the name Of peace let them have them;
but in the federal government and in the terrific
ries we have q common interest. Cur cause Is
| ;ne common cause OF the country.
The South has gone to the uinoS. extent. 1t
| has removed the ancient landmark ) oar fathers
established, and we say they NUS be restored.
(Applause.) l say we speak to-day for three
million square miles of area We speak not on
iy for the States, but for all the Territories OF
the States We have not came here as the
blind man to feel out the column upon which the
temple rests, to pull it down upon our heads
We know there is intelligence am virtue enough
in the North 10 save this Union, and save it, too,
without yielding an inch of what Belongs to the
common interests. (Applause.)
We have great country. Looh at the growth
of the West. Look at the commerce to which
she gives life. l acknowledge the necessity OF
preserving the different sections OF the country
from collision with each other. But 10 do this,
we must have nun in the Write House VINO
will sit neither as the President OF the South, or
of any portion OF the country, but The Presi-
dent OF the Uniou--the whole lnon--preserv-
ing and defending alike the interests of all sec
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shore of that two thousand miles Of inland lake
studded with lighthouses and harbors. Cap
plause.) t53.sf g5rr3 sl,s .zs
would have this convention say that the
S350,00o,00o OF property that floats On the lakes
is mostly Of light. l-spplause.) ] would have
this convention say that the in,uensa commerce
of the Pacific shores should find a highway by
means OF !, Pacific Railroad Great applause
He believed that the government; has rs good a
right 10 pay money for the construction of a
railroad rs TO pay law. Free lthorllas right
to be rewarded with money. would favor the
construction of wagon road, as {, sep towards
a railroad, but would begin them both the same
day.
The Cincinnati Convention is not e'earwheth-
er the Constitution viii permit them TO build a
railroad to California. say to California, that
if they want road they must trust il 10 the free
men of the North. If the democrats have been
hooking at the Constitution ever since it was
adopted, and have not yet fouu! out whether q
railroad would be constitutional, it is net
likely they win find out within the next four
years. - ~
/ like to see the iron of Pennsylvania on our
railroads. would like 10 see 81 iaaber of
Maine brought with the Creates facility of our
sea-board, and the teeming commerce of the
West fluid an uninterrupted pathway. These
are the things that make great nation and
that should be encouraged. (App.ause.l
truss the Convention viii haze torbearance. !
The Interests at stake are so important that we
can afford to STAY here few days We have |
been travelling somewhat ronghlroad here; but
II is easier to-day than was Yesterday. 1t was
ease. yesterday than it was the day before. II |
will be easier on Monday than it is today; and |
doubt not that on Tuesday it will be perfect !
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