New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-30
UNToN s1YTNo IN MoRRYsToWN.
xKwyExeRY AaAINsT DIsUEION EVERY
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sAerefore, participated, and Washington Hall was
crowded at an early hour The Lafayette Band, iatey
erganized, dseoursed patriotic nuse.
The Hon LEWIS CoNDIcT was chosen ffesldent.
On taking the chair he said that he was admonished
BY the indrmities Of age, 10 withdraw rom PUBIC
scenes Of excitement; but, on an occasion nHe t's
present, he responded 70 the call win grauu1e au
shsnks for the honor which they had conferred upon
them. Mr. Condict then proceeded 70 reao cohslaer
sble tpeesh recounting the danger tarough Which
Virginia our sister State had just passed. ana Gong
alaain0 her ON her delVerance. lie wsrranied New
Jersev trne 10 the Union during his than four
poore wears he had known but one Jereeynian VINO
was an Abolionist of the Garrison and Phillips ssnpe
He vindcsted the Anti-Siaveryness OF FTgnla, anu
her statesmen, and quoted the tremendous words OF
Jefferson against Slavery. He traced the rse OF the
Slavery discussion it's first result the Missouri Som-
promise. lie said much in praise OF the Missouri Com
promise and of Henry Clay. he SAID u was south
- srp measure; Calhoun, Randolph, and Monroe, IN
dogssd Il. But IN 1854 1t was thrown down. and since
hsn the country had been torn and rent win iacon'
The Aboltonists Of New England ayaled Themselves
Of az an occasion for denOunciDg the whole south,
and John Browns foray was a result OF It, But wmle
shey as JeJseymeD, den )unced the treason, ana ap
moved the doom Of the traitor, should they not equally
aeuouuoe al who by word or by deed were consprng
against the safety and continuance OF the Onioh
While they denounced the conduct OF the GaTrs0ns,
should they not denounee those VINO, ID she puVthc
sounselg OF the country openly ayowed that II the
Houee shOud organize by the choice OF man whom
they disapproved they would dissolve the Union In
the expressive language Of Southern statesman, ne
sEaid these dee aratlOng had an dWIu bIuuInH5
sQuinsed toward treason-they were treason IN the
bud. Had the public. armory at Liberty, Missouri,
besD plundered when jackson was President, what
punisbmeDt would have awaited the culpnts iDey
woud have been 90 punished that there would have
been no troubles In Kansas.
PRAYER was then offered by The Rev, Mr., MERRlTr,
she whole audience standing and joining at the coee in
ibe Lords Prayer,
Eiebty.two gentlemen were then chosen viee-Pres-
Sents, and the following gentlemen Secretaries; A.
A. Vance, E. G. Smith, w. NJ. wcNeely, and Jas. IL.
ReigbbOr.
Mr.. JACOB vANSArTA read q series Of resolutions.
l. Denouneinr John Brown. lAPPaase
sympshizes with Virginia and ohestO defend her loud
Believe. thai the masses Moth and South the Union
snd th iss UnSno,i,E q .ss sSs SO ths
UsOn among them the Unionov masses Of the south VIII
ssssn mischief all those enoDg them who threaten As
destruction express the idea that can, in any event. DO
h sur sincere conviction Is shst the late hostile stsck
spon Virginia the inevitable fran Of the teachings q Aoo
len In their ceaseess agitation o the subject q Nefo
been long ndseIminsey indulged In against each ether
BY portion q The pre- and ID POp S Ts So.s na sS,1 sh Of all our
cisens and feel alesh their solemn obligations as men
word has ever seen and ways to dco1nten-
and soSn this slavery ssoI and ~ sd'sS % and SS Se
ssbUksd By the sound pnbae sentiment enc ae'y S e
p95s. 1sn s Sy ss oS' az hoSs. sS vi IN 6
n the feasibility Of free conedested constit1onA govern
q Declares that the sdudicaOns Supreme Court Of
UnsS sss'ss are sS6sn11sG Il e y D5e,ebd Sy ~
4 Tenders to Virginia Northern hearts and hands ,
THEoD0RE LITTLE esq, was then mreiIeeu @ e ,''o y.
applause He attributed the failure Of Sohn Brown 70
tbe hand Of Providence. Applausf Iiser . pref @
review Of the pers and suierI6s Oi tne louluoIs Va
the Union, he sand that il needed the huuTn on " lo ="
man; the great Northern heHr was SOUND 10 tIe coro'
The Southern States had right TO ENJOY thei SNert
with all ts blessings The Disunonlsts az the Neiii
sood not muster ,Ln son lst nS not he betrayed
;n, nocharisdbleness toward other sections Let not
> candid expression Of admiration Of the virtues even
ofatfstor be construed into approval OF hs treason
Gnrsly, II the Governor Of Virginia might express MS
mirator and surprise at the candOr honesty and the
Roman frmness and bearing of the deluded Brown, IL
could not be treason TO give nteranee TO the same SEN
tinents here. lApplausel There was wide margin |
between sympathy for the actor and sympathy with |
his action. Though free speech and free press Were
guaranteed bv the Constitution OF the Umsed Stites
abe divine sanction of Slavery, or 20 eSer
csa The night OF private Judgment ON tho subject OF lis
sxensiOn into the Territories, was sngmatiZed as se-
tionalem. Let there be a truce 70 this, and let each
accord 70 the other honesty, and fidelity and sincere
desire 70 perpetuate our blessings. And he must |
70 further We bad denounced John Brown IN |
oar resolutions because his act was an Overt act |
Of treason, and as such endangered Virginia ana !
the Union And how should we speak Of the |
Conventions held Rvowedly 10 consider the suoleet
of the dissolution OF the Union What should we |
say of the declaration of the Governor OF foreign
State and of Members Of Congress who say that the
election Of President who may not suit them, though
he be constitutonsy chosen, will be followed by aus
solution, and that he will be prevented by force II
necessary, IRON occupying MS uBn PVsI'on Al "iV70
naen were not guilty as John Brown, his percep
tions could not discover the difference Applause ana
hissesl. This meeting would alike condemn the Ia
nacs of the North and the re-eaters Of the South
And how was the Slavery agitation 70 be stopped
We could make compromises involving principle,
especially If they might be overturned by the majority
Of Tomorrow. How could such agitation cease when,
from session TO sesson Of Congress- the acquisition OF
foreign slave territory was 50 deliberately and persist
entity thrown into the seethng cauldron of our
national politics How could il when
We saw a party elamoring for the opening
Of the Fugitive SaYe-trade IL could not be done by
our Unicn meetings though we might hold them on
every hilltop and resolve that Slavery s JUST benef-
cent lawful and proper Such resolutions only carr
ctured the real Northern sentiment, and exposed us
Justly TO the scorn Of the South, who knows their n
sincerity and properly regarded them rs insulting to
their intelligence. Oar Southern brethren would ask
TO take no ground different from that OF Washing
Ton and Jefferson. The quoting OF this agitation
could not be facilitated by any attempt to institute
censorship Of the press TO abrdge free speech and
tree press much less by any refusal 10 submit 10 the
expressed will of the majority, which, il must be re-
membered, WAS the cornerstone of political ed
ihee. The South must be content with her rights under
the Constitution eNpounded by its trainers. let us
be temperate and kind but firm and steadfast in our
Adhe TO convictions Of right. Let us not de-
eeyo the South, but say, in all Kindness, that the
threats uttered b. their representatives can be
productive only Of unmitigated evil. Lat us de-
not only the overt act OF treason but the moral
treason uttered in Congrtss This done We need have
no fear Of dsmembement of these States but guided
by these principles, State AFTER State would be added
70 our Union, and we should demonstrate 20 an un-
believing world that capable Of free govern
ment. Loud applausel.
NIX. MACDONALD, esq, made considerable speech
comparing the custom-house receipts OF the North
and South and Slavery he said that the South fur
nised most Of the staples in which we paid our debts
He said be had thought much the Union tina; he
had begun 10 dream about IL.