Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-12-24

bly, able to look back to the time when the
lower part of New York was the whole
city, and when the centre was but woods,
interlined with COW paths. Let them look
and marvel at the change. New York was
now one Of the mightlest of cities, and
yet the konses Of which she was build
ed were not old. No, it was evidence of
our advancing prosperity in city, town and
country, with sure and unfailing step.
The man who could oppose nation SO
blessed as our own, must be the meanest
of wretches he should not be accused of
treason, but of sad want of taste.-
(Laughter.) Such person was hardly
fit to be hanged. (Choers and laughter
We were many States, but thank Heaven,
but one nation. There were rivalries
among the parts, but they were generous
rivalries, and only existed in order to de-
monstrate which of the States could do the
most for the Union; and then the Union
itself went to work to show how much it
could do for the States. The man who
could pluck such flowers, was like one who
would pluck the heart from beast, and
cast it from him, (Cheers) He heard
people cry "the Union as long as it gives
us liberty" Such people looked upon the
Confederaoy as means; he looked upon
it as an end. BY preserving it, we pre-
serve our liberties; by deserting it, we
openly deserted our liberties. With Web
ster, he would cry, and wherever he went,
and on all occasions, Liberty and Union,
now and forever, one aud inseparable. -
(Great applause) That should be the
motto for all our countIymen to learn
He believed in his heart that New York
went for the Union (Great applause
1t was impossible for her to do otherwise,
for how could she, after gaining all her
strength, and beauty, and wealth, from the
Union, ignominiously desert itp Never,
never They should remember that there
was something more to do than to cry I'm
ion" They should act for it, and endeav-
or to add everything to it, calculated to
make it nobler and more glorious than at
present. (Applauso.) We have mighty
country now; any man might feel proud
to be citizen Of it, knowing that he was
not only member of the greatest of en-
pires, but an Emperor himself. Cheers }
He could go to the ballot box and feel his
indepence and know that his manhood was
acknowledged, and that he was the peer of
President Senator and Cabinet. This in
dependence formed the truly honest State.
He looked proudly to the day when the
great West would contain 100, 0,000,00 of
freemen, all bound to the Union and fight
ing for it, (Cheers.) Then there would
be on this continent power unrivalled in
man S history power not only in num-
Der, but in intellect and in christianity -
What the influence of such mass Of well
educated beings would be, was beyond the
range of mans comprehension; but il
certainly could not fail to form new era
in the history of even our own free nation.
But the time would come when our pros
perity would not be marred by the cries of
treason, or our independence threatened
in attempts to crush out the union of our
beloved nation. In closing he thanked
the audience for their attention, and gave
as a. toast, "The city of New York"
When Mr.. Crittenden resumed his seat
spontaneous burst of applause sprang
up from the audience, and call for "three
more cheers for John j. Crittenden" was
responded to in most hearty manner.