The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1856-07-04

and the spirits to form such a constitution,
can you entrust them with its preservation ?
mo, no applause. My friends, why is it
so? Why cannot these republican leaders
and these Know Nothing leaders assemble
in your independence Hall, and organize a
I government similar 10 the one under which
we live Why is it they cannot unite
heart, body and soul with their brethren ol
other sections of the Union A voice
They are all alive. Thcanswer is plain
and civil one. These men have excited
in their own brcasts-have. aroused in the
minds of their country-terror, hostility,
undying hatred trough all other sections OF
the Union. The result snot merely an i'm
aginary line dividing them, us the North
from the South, but they have built up a
wall Of fire, which will burn those who at-
tempt on either side to approach those
OH the other side. Hear, hear. Ap.
plause. Garry that feeling into such a
convention rs we have supposed, the result
is, after labor, deliberation, and effort, the
South would rctiresto her section and the
North to hers. Is it not true Of the Black
Republicans Is it not tue of the Know
Nothings? There is but one. other party
in the Union. The dense mass of people
assembled here have met together to offer
their congratulations one to the other at a
nomination which that other party has made.
Hear, hear. Appause.] What of the
picture ut this moment presented before
you? An immense multitude of men born
on the soil of the North, and under the in
stitutions of the North, and educated in all
the prcjudices OF the North, standing here
listening to the humble voice of one born
in distant State, upon another soil, educa-
ted under different institutions, and irnbued
with different prejudices. But YOU, the
multitude and your humble speaker, stand
upon one common platforn-tlle coSsT1-
TUITION OF OUR COUNTRY, which must and
shall be preserved. Tremendous cheers I
Why is it SO s-My friends, it arises from
the fact that there is bond of union be-
tween you and the people of your own
State and the democracy Of my own State
which is stronger than the chord Which
| holds men together other than these.-All
parties tell you the Union must be prcscrv-
ed A voice: Yes, that's SOL The black
republicans will announce that the Union
must be preserved the know nothincs will
say the Union must bcs:spreserved-but
how how Our fathers; who framed this
Union, when they adopted our constitution
they did not sit with armed sentinels to pro-
tcct them in their deliberations.
When they sent this constitution out to
the people, no armed soldiery marched
, through your streets andas thronged your
country, commanding obedience to its re-
qulrements, but on the hearts of our fathers
it was formed, upon your own soil, and BY
the hearts OF your fathers it was welcomed
and received throughout the breadth and
length of the land. The same heart which
formed the constitution is necessary for its
protection aud preservation. If you and
can feel towards each other as your fathers
and my fathers felt-if 1 can clasp you bv
tie hand and feel the warm &c: c:urn OF friend
ly aud brotherly intercourse, then, my
friends, the days OF our constitution will be
perpetuatcd, and the days. of our Union
are rendered forever permanent in the hearts
of the people. [Applause.] But whcncv-
er you suppose your constitution can he
maintained and your Union preserved by
mere physical poverty armed soldiers
and sentincls stationed to'gdard and watch
the people in any portion or section of the
country, you have, fallen into blunder
which may result in the utter ruin of all
that is near and dear to'the hearts of the
people.-My friends, we must live as bretl,-
ren, or we must part. A voice: "That's
so,m" There is no other alternative. When
place my foot on the soil of PENNSYLVANIA,
L must feel that am in the midst of friends
and brethren, fapplause,] and when you
shall pass into Georgia the same feeling must
! pryade your heafts. Tell me, can a. BLACK
republican travel beyond the limits of his
own section, and feel that he is entitled t to
the friendship, to the cordial welcome, of his
,brethren or fellow citizens of another por.
ton Of the republic 2 mo nolfapplause.7
Ny friends, in the contest wliie6 We are
/ abp9tto gageTailow me to raise ONE word
'fof warmggst ito your ears. The principles oi
the demeefatic party, astheir foanda
1tiop insthe minds of tie people, approved
thejudg dgIaents sanctioned BY the county
llwiil receive, will meet onsthe, ,fefd, no open
of ayayed enemy Of those priacinles. Now
make sthes spfediction. The. blSdk republi.
cans and know npthings. wilFeo into this
contest, and fs0m Tie beginning to the efid
yithey will besseekfag 10 draw or the public
mind from the real issues involved III, the
1election-on outside issues which may, address
tthenissaves to the. passions of;psejddices o
the one or the ofiar sectiono Of the eoupirp
Let them cof,Is sspd stand before thu peopie
II pfesentdfe conSt Stitution and the hehts Il
guarantees 10 the people Of Georpia. and