, 1856-07-18


operation upon the human system, in re
moving a cancerous tumor would commcnc,
by tearing the diseased limb from its sock
OF, without regard to the suffering or life 0
the patient.
Ladies and gentlemen, feel that an
verging upon ground forbidden to be occu
pied on this day. remember that this j,
family gathering, and that We are here
to forget all our little family quarrels, apC
that nothing is to be said to wound the
| feelings Of any sect or party, and that The
evils to which | have alluded, have been Sc
siezed upon by politicians of different par
ties, to subserve political ends, that it j.
difficult to touch the subject without hurt
ing some ones corns-wthout being con
Sidered as throwing a bat either at thi,
party or that. But the subject needs tC
be alluded to, even on this day for it is one
intimately connected with the perpetuity o
our union--a union cemented with the blood
and sullerings of noble anccStors-a union
bequcathed to us as their dying legacy
Turn your eyes now over our land aud
what do you see? Our large territory en-
gulphed in civil war Fraternal blood be,
ing shed Brother lifting up his hand
against brother 1t is not for me on this
occasion to analyze the causes which have
led TO this unhappy state Of things, but
rather as true patriot to pour oil upon
the troubled waters. At such time, when
parties are mad with excitement, it is no
time TO analyzc causes TO see on whose
head the guilt of this blood shedding will
rest. The future historian Of our country
will do this, when the elements which now
excite men, have cooled off, so that they
can be handled without the use of tongs.
And | think it will then be seen that all
parties whether they were right or wrong
on the main question, have acted with an
illtempered zeal. There are good men,
conservative men, north and south, who,
though they may for the moment have
been carried away with this whrlwind Of
excitement, will yet come to the rescue of
our republic. To such men look, under
God, for the perpetnity Of ouV union.
No man abhors slavery more intensely
ana entirely than ], or desires more ear
ncstly its extinction in our country. 1t is
at antipodes with our free institutions. 1t
is libel upon our declaration of indepcn-
dence. 1t is curse upon whatever soil it
rests. 1t is curse TO the slave aud a
curse to his master 1t is a moral and po-
litical evil. What then? There is q
right way ofcorecting moral and political
evils. We are not to look upon the south
as oil bad; There are good men in the
slave states-good patriots and good chris
tians-men who dcplore the evils which
surround them, though through the force
of education and the power of habit they
may not look upon the evil with that in
tensity of feeling we are accustomed 10
look upon it. There are men of prayer
there--inen whom God owns, and upon
whom he bestows the blessings Of his grace.
The Holy Spirit is poured out upon her
churches and institutions. Revivals of re-
ligion are Of frequent occurrence there
Within few months there was powerful
revival in North Carolina, in which more
than 800 souB were made the subjects Of
renewing grace. Should not such facts H.
lustrating as they do, that our brethren at
the south, have net been cast off by our
heavenly Father, temper our ZEAL and lead
US to beware of fostering sectional prejudi-
ces. The idea that all the helTt Of the ma
ton has been concentrated north Of Mason
and Dixon's line is absurd and leads TO
most mschievous consequences. A close
intimacy would teach us, that beneath all
sectional peculiariLies, there is substantial
ly the same head and heart on both sides
of this imaginary line, and that we only
need to lay aside prejudice and exercise a
little charity, to bind all good men north
and south in fraternal ties. But if preju-
dice and ill-tempered zeal are to erect bar
rerS so high between the north and south,
that there shall be no transit across them
Of our sympathies and affections, then the
period is not remote when they will be
changed into the walls of two distinct ma.
tions.
But, fellow-citizens, / turn from the con-
temptation of our country as nation, to
survey more particularly that portion Of
our wide domain in which Providence has
cast our lot. The spirit of emigration did
not expire with our fathers who first emi-
grated to the new world. The idea that
there was better country in the far West,
is Of ancient date. But the difficulty was
to find that far West, for the nearer they
got to it, the farther it was of. recollect
that some forty years ago, or more, q sister
Of mine, much older than myself took it
into her head, like great many of the
daughters of Eve, before that time and
since, to leave the statQ of single blessed
ness for matrimoniaBone. And she and
her husband, to the great grief of her
friends and his friends, concluded to move
to the far West. And l remember the
day Of their departure to their far off home
"a day of distress, of doubt aud of fear,
to their numerous friends The place Of
their destination was away up into New
York State, whcro Lockport now stands.
Weeks were spent in accomplishing their
arduous journey journey which can now
be accomplished in twelve or fifteen hours
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