The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-20


which Won may please bearthe name OF auon--
resolving that the man, be he who he may who aivo
Gates that slavery unjust ana ought 70 Dc assaeG OF
gushing slavery In any of It's forms political hoboy
that that man shall be denied your sufrages and not
only denied your sutages but that will select from
ranks of the opposite party your own necessary
the man you like least, who entertsins opposite sent
ments, but through whose fundamentally you may DO
enabled defeat his election and to the coun
sells Of the nation who true TO the constitution
who are lovers of the Union and who are upon
considerations Of imaginary benevelence for people
who really do not desire their aid to sacrifice Or TO
leopard in any degree the blessings We enjoy under
this Union May It be perpetual (Great and continued
cheering)
Three cheers were given for the State of Virginia.
SPEECH OF ExG0vERNOR HUNT.
The Hon. WASHINGTON HUNT, ex- Governor Of New York.
being then announced, amid great applause rose and
said
Mr. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CIrIzESs-ln obedience to
have come from the interior OF our STATE
and appear before you night TO minge my voice With
yours behalf OF American Union and Nationality lCries
OF shoulder" and "Stand in the centre. profound
sense duty brings here to unite with you 10
views of fidelity the institutions received from Wash
ington and Adams jefferson and Hamilton. Faint
APPLAUSE invoke that spirit of unity and bro
therhood which fathers through the dark and
trying scenes OF the Revolution, and which subsequently,
enabled them TO perfect and establish the most perfect
system of federal union and devised by
the wisdom Of man. (Apphuse Let us unite our efforts
and endeavor more to inspire those sentiments OF
mutual confidence and good WILL without which, even II
1Cncers We have reached crisis in our AFFAIRS which
demands the sober reflection Of every true patriot,
and which allows no man to fold his arms
Of passing The time has when every
American citizen must declare whether he intends to
skeep step music Of the Union lend his voice
swell the dismal chorus Of sectional dscord and de-
fance. Cheers The time has come for New York TO
speak ana proclaim in ambiguous phrase but words
Of epergy which cannot be mistaken Whatever others
may do and will forever stand by that sacred
compact which makes us one country and one people,
sEe ha toni tn ire
cations, loyal TO its compromises, and true to its spirit
that she will resist 10 the last extremity all parcia
efforts under whatsoever guse from whatsoever quar-
they proceed to ALLEVIATE the people of the two
great sections OF country weaken the ties of
tiny (Cheers) Mr. President, You have rendered fit
ting and eloquent tribute to tn value of that Union and
feel that is unnecessary for me to dwell upon the in
spring theme, especially in this presence before audi
ence embracing so large share of the ntelig .nce
and patriotism of the first commercial emporium of
the American continent. Under the benignant sway
OF the federal constitution, our advances in
strength C'This way, old man.. and laughter),
ihe apue Greatness and felicity Of nations are Without
parallel in the annals OF mankind. But seventy years
have passed away-a period within the memory of living
men-snce the formation of our compact OF union Com.
pare the situation of the infant republic with present
national condition. How wonderful the conras Instead
Of the original thirteen feeble and exhausted, behold
thirty four powerful prosperous States united by the
bonds of q common nationality. Instead of a narrow
belt along the seaboard we exhibit broad continental
from the st. Lawrence TO the Gulf Of Mexico We have
grcwn from population of four millions to thirty mil
lions of people, enjoying constitutional liberty and securi
~ under the protecting gs Of the national power sThe
Mayor don't want to hear you-turn this way,' and
lauehter New agencies of intercourse have overeaped
the most formidable barriers and brought the remotest
parts near together The national wealth and power of
production have increased extent which appears
fabulous. The expansion of commerce excited
the wonder, had almost said the envy of the world.
Already have we taken place nong the foremost
tons OF the EARTH and before the lapse OF another
~, unless the ties of union shall be discovered,
the United States OF America will have become the
most wonderful empire on the globe lApplause) Oar
example will animate and sustain, perhaps power will
protect the friends of free government in other lands
Why all these mighty interests these inestimable
blessings these precious hopes to be put at hazar Shall
the nobest legacy bestowed upon mankind be thrown
away and counted nothing worth }" because the domes
tic institutions Of the States diversified and cannot be
moulded into unformty-or in other words because the
South continue to hold the negro subordinate the
they held him at the formation Of the Unions When di.
vested of the appngs Of sophsry and the exaggera-
tons OF fanaticsm, the practical question which our peo
pie must consider is whether tho North and South
between these two great sectons2 Is pesce war?
(Cres OF turn this way.) Shall they continue
tualy aiding and operating in the administration
common government they to be separated into dis
M own destiny sac obes
Union means something more than the mere phrase
oogy of political compact (Appause) It vitality
includes the idea Of friendship and mutual Kindness
be manifested not by formal professions but by unms
takeabe acts of kindness and respect There can be
union between States hostile feeling
and necessarily taught regard each other with hatred
and aversion. (Appause). We have reason to look
for such phenomenon without complete transform nation
of human and human passions Whether the North
and the South TO remain country, to be rent
asunder and formed into separate confderacies ques
comparison with which the schemes of politicians
and the ordinary conflicts Of parties sink into utter u
significance will not attempt to portray the calami
ties Of disunon thu universal bankruptcy and ruin the
scenes Of anarchy and blood the sunderng of kindred
and cherished attachments and the direul and in
dom can foresee Who can say that in such an event
the States Of the North and West would pemain united
that New York and New England could adjust the
conditions OF confederated powerr-(sNo, mo- -or even
that New York and Philadelphia would consent to
one common government 1t would be far easier
reunite them, and political agtators would not then
be wanting 10 the seeds of jealousy and conflict
Would not these dsuni,ed members relapse into the
ncoherent dscordan condition Of the fragnentary
Of South America That's act)and become the sport
OF military ambition. 10 sink at last into the Of des
potic power? (Applause) The agators of the slavery
question ought 70 remember that African slavery in
trodaced the Southern States long before the Revoa
ton that the present generation inherited from their
ancestors, and not responsible for its existence
A VoICB-And the North too.
Mr.. HuST-Yes, you may well say the North 1t was
the people of Old England and New England that brought
them there and they should therefore show charity
in dealing with the relations Of the South aud the African
They now have colored population OF four mil
lions which they must be permitted to deal with accord.
ing to their views of interest and duty (Appause The
PRODUCED the present system of slavery aga
ton is that they both depored the existence of
slavery and regarded ii as an evil But even then when
number they perceived that the system too pervad
ing and formidable for their powers and they brought
forward no definite measures for its eradication.
Least of all did they advise or encourage the
people Of the free States to form themselves in
to anti slavery combinations TO sit in Judgment
upon their sister communities and disturb the
public tranquility by constant outpouring Of
tonal animosity (applause) On the contrary, their
last and most emphatic warnings to their countrymen
were intended to them to the danger of sectional
jeaoases and dissensions Washington signed the first
fugitive slave law (Applause.) Jefferson purchased
louisiana and both sanctioned laws admitting slave States
AAhe Union. (Applause) Let us briefly consider the
ncu,es that encountered in the adjustment of
federal compact and then contemplate the wise
manship and generous patriotism by which they
sur mounted Then now the States had their peculiar
institutions and preudces. They widely dssmlar
organization and domestic policy There were conflicting
interests and opinions which could be reconced only by
country which shone forth conspicuous in that bright
era OF public virtue and patriotic zeal Alter the Con
vention of 1887 had completed its abors under the
auspices of the Father of his Country deyolvcd upon
him, President or the body, 10 CON, nunicate the