The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1858-05-05

<Ha& Paul LEIDy, Memberzf Congress,
g pr hanks for copy oflhe speech de-
fv ed u the House ofHRepresentatives,
\ Fch Il 1858, by Hon. Wilson Reilly, of
nnsyvania, in favor of the admission of
Kansas under thetLecompton Constitution.
Wilson Rell'y is a fair and square Democrat
an good speech.maker. His speeches
Null of logic and sound argument. In
the admission of Kansas under
The Leeompton Constitution, he does not
detailr or ysary the house by any elaborate
oElength5 arguments to prove that Kansas
night = be admitted into the Union under
the Lecompton Constitution ;-that instru.
ment which the Opposition called fraud
and perfect Leeompton s,omdlei They had
ought 10 be ashamed of themselves. No
doubt but the intelligent portion of the OPP
position are. We quote from the speech
the winding up paragraph, showing The in
dependent and honorable position he as
sumes, and the strong determination to vote
according TO the dictations of his conscience;
and towards the latter part of the quotation
he becomes rather eloquent
"And now, Mr.. Chairman, l have dis
charged the duty undertook, in the best
manner could. will record my vote for
the admission of Kansas under the Lecomp.
ton constitution, because believe the laws
of my country, which am bound TO sup
port, demand it of me. The consequences
to myself have nothing to do with. am
in the hands of those who honored me with
coat this floor. Thoy oro honest, in
tellisent, and generous, and l know they
will do me the justice TO believe that my
opinions are honestly entertained. If they
think have misrepresented them, and that
there is another more worthy or capable to
represent them here, believe in their right
TO send that person in my place. will not
complain. When have done my duty in
obedience to the dictates Of my judgment,
and, as believe, in accordance with the
laws OF my country, | shall be contented,
whatever may be my fate in the future.
would now willingly sacrifice my position,
and all my political prospects in the future,
whatever they may be, if, by so doing,
could secure peace and quit among our
people. Ilove my native land; am proud
of the past history and present greatness of
my country; and confidently look forward
to the day when all nations shall acknowl-
edge our superiority, and when, through
the benign influence of our free institutions,
the kingdoms of the earth shall be regener-
ated, and the whole human race disenthral-
led. Let US cherish these institutions. Let
us environ our Union with an impenetrabe
wall of strong arms and stout hearts. That
Union? Who does not love it? Tile grand
est edifice the world has ever beheld-erec-
ted by the wisdom of men of whom the
world was not worhy-cemented by the
blood of the purest patriots who ever lived
in the tide of time, and bequeathed by them
TO US a priceless heritage-it has resisted
all the rude shocks and angry waves which
have heretofore threatened its destruction,
and shall stand firm upon its base in all
time to come, if we, and those coming after
us, shall guard it with but half the vigilance
exercised by those who spent their erer-
eios and lives 70 secure its perpetuity. 1
earnestly beseech my brethren of the North
and of the South 10 act now, when our
country is perhaps in its greatest peril, not
as the Representatives of divided and dis
tracted people, but as the Representatives
of the whole country. Let us abandon all
sectional feeling, and rally around the STAN
dard of our common country. Let us keep
our time-honored flag waving gallantly over
our heads, no star obliterated, no stripe
erased, until, as State after State shall be
admitted into our Union, and star after star
be added TO that flag, all over the land from
North to South, from East to West, there
may be borne on every breeze, ''the cry is
still they come"