New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-22
THE DANGER OF the REPUBLIC.
Reasons for Eleciiug Fremont ana
Dayton.
SPEECH OF GOV. A. d. REEDER,
A, Haven, on Friday Evening, sept 49, 1856


This vast collection Of eager and intelligent aue'o''
il but one of the many evidences that constantly thro
the land and address the of Us ALL proving inc
deep and increasing soEcitude with which the people
regard the events Of which am come to speak MS
eager. anxious interest gives Ire hope for our country
and IL institutions where should otherwise UT
the destiny Of the one and the wisdom OF the othe ioF
il is PLAIN that nothing so efectualy 'es' INV pa
rotsm and self-govemne power of our people as tue
ssue which now comes from the bloody plains OF ham
sas. Since the War of Independence do mol hesitate
70 sov thu, no event has taken place in oug history OF
20 much importance and requiring so much the ANXIOUS
attention Of every citizen. az the history OF thai
unfortunate Territory. Our two last wars WIN
foreign powers. our most exciting political con-
tests. our acquisitions of territory, al paie mo
nsicnifconce with the farseeing and the right
Judging man. when compared with this question anu
It's porenious bearings upon the destiny OF our coun
rv Were not the evidence spread before Us AL De
written in gigantic, vivid letters upon the heavens
yould be incredible that this model Republic IL the
only Government in the civilized world which refuses
otc,on to its citizons in return for the allegiance
demands of tkem No yro in law or politics is igno-
rant Of the principle that the obligation to protect o
substance whether in the relation of parent and chd
master and servant or government and subject. Ira'e
if you WILL over the civilized world visit Its kingdoms
s empires and It's most absolute despotsms and then
acknowledge in shame and bitter humiliation, that the
government which we boast example to the world,
as monument of wisdom and popular liberty is the
single solitary delinquent which iathlessly refuses
protection for life and property in return for the obed
r.. 4, (which
make the cheek Of every American burn with m"rtih-
cation. and until we have effaced the foul stain from
cur escutcheon by the signal redress and rerI-
button We must cease to boas, of superiority over
the monarchies of the GARTH and spare our misplaced
pity for the sers Of the despot.
If the problem of self-govemment is only to be
solved in the result Of anarchy aud bloodshed, in the
awle,s rule Of the strong over the weak, and the
devastation Of the social structure and the domestic
bear,b et the pleasure Of the lawless ruian, while
the Government looks idly and snilingly on and the
res6ue of the eope $50 long their own localities ore
exempt from the CURSE in hcartess selshnes reiue 10
recognize their obligation to interfere then ndeed nd
the problem better have remained forever uns'i'ci III
lc brain Of visionary philanthropy, and the blood of
The Revolution have been better ulshed'
But in the Inidst Of our vnunting over the past
achievements Of our country in the cause OF civ nd
crtv and sumen rights and while we are challenging
c odmiratien of the world for having attained the
rcrfcction of human government let us recur to the
events and Developments OF few years past ana we
will find in them enough to convince US tna iuch Oh
our work remains untnlshed that false security Is
hnugLt with fatal dangers, and that il becomes every
patnot TO address himself with deep solicltude 10 the
signs Of the times . .
One Of the States of this Union with Constitution
modelled upOn those of her sister States and frame
of government such as yours, after struggle Of II
few years to to her people civil liberty popular
sovereignty and safe administration OF justice l. at
length driven 10 revolution to throw of her lnstltu-
tOIs and officers and 10 save tor her people clVll nd
erty and social protection. God grant that the self
elected ogarchy to which the people have willingly
submitted as lesser evil than the government OF their
own making, may result in final good
In the Southern States where labor the source OF all
national wealth and power is held to be dlsionorabe
and degrading ind freedom OF speech ana opinion
Systematically denied and repudlated, anu resident
ciiizens, charged not with violation OF any law, ot
with holding political opinions different from their
nechbors, tried not by recognized Court but by
public meeting, and sentenced to leave their business,
their homes and their property on pam oil a"ess 'o
lencc while the organized courts OF just are ncom-
peent to give them redress; and in the North We fluid
en- for personal advantage to themselves willing TO
extend this state of society over the residue OF the
Union.
On the western slope of the Rocky Mountains the
peope i'm one of our Territories have demonstrated
their incompetency at least for good segovcI1nncnt
by founding their social structure upon principles which
d. ison and dcmorali2e every fountain OF CIVILIZATION
and good order, and having united Church and State
in their government their spiritual leader and civil
governor claims to rule d" by divine right" Having
thus placed himself upon the exploded authority
claimed by cmperors and kings, he repudiates ale
eiance TO our common Constitution, and audaciousy
refuses surrender his place AT the eau OF the Fcdera
Government. pusillanimous President, busted only
with selfish apgradiz succumbs to the rebellion,
and this Church and State potentate by DIVINE right is
left in power over u portion of our people.
Tsrn then to the plains of Kansas, and sec how
these evils small and unnoticed at inst, fearfuly
acceerating their speed and widening the breach which
they make over the loved and idozed institutions of
our country defying and repudlang national Consti
tuition national laws, free speech free press. free
suffrage se-gOvernment, civil liberty social order,
dorostic security, judicial remedies, moral re-
strans and all human rights except such right may
be found in physical strength.
Horrible and stunning this announcement IL, who
will dare to deny It's TRUTH The details Of this terrible
outline and its effects and consequences upon
and children accustomed Ike yourselves TO the securi
lies the projections the restraints and the renenens
of society here plunged all uepared into this cadron
of burbarsm with the solemn pledges Of this gre i
ton in their bands, for the enjoyment of institutions
such as they left behind them, cannot undertake to
depct with the most remote hope of doing them Justice
1t is a task far beyond my feeble powers, and leave
the picture to your imagination with no hope however
that you will approach the reality; can have
realizing OF the fearful scenes that rage around
peeple who under the shadow of the stripes and stars
and the nominal protection Of the Constitution are
in a worse condition than the subjects of Austria
France or Russia.
need scarcely tell you, however, tha, they have
no part or lot in their GOVERN lcnt-no laws
of their own uakingno officers OF their own choosing
no taxes Of their lSyyng They are politically
slaves with somblancc of sefgoy crnment eft-the
complete subjects of the border counties of Missouri
WHO dictate their laws their institutions and their
officers.
In all this is there not food for deep thought for dis
Pressing anxiety 10 the future destiny of our country?
Can the true patriot the rejecting man rest in cold
apathy while the very foundations of our structure
thus crumble before his oyesl Would God that with
burning eloqueIce and apoent intellect could send
a warning voice TO every voter III the land arousing
him TO the necessity of holding public servants to strict