Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-12-23

1 or disposition To Interfere with slavery IN tic
States where I. exists. and many Of them even re-
pei the idea that thev seek in any way to benefit
the colorsd population. But nevertheless they
wage an interminahle war Of words, proposing
nothing either for the benefit If either master or
slaye, but leaving she institution in full vigor. ~
as a perpetual target for political adsersnries.--
But il is urged that their real object is to prevent
the extension Of slavery into free Terriiorics.-
That was once a pending practical question. 1t
is 80 no longer. Kansas is free, ~ many OF as
maintained that il must be from causes tpo power.
! full to be controlled by the efforts Of politicians or
propagnndists. All tho territory affected by the
repeal of the Missouri c.%nipronise 10 free and
must forever rfmain 80. Cheers. That bat.
tie is fought and won. and tho troops should
be disbandod. There is no territory belonging
to tho Union in which slavery can be profita-
bly, established. Every rejecting man in the
South rs well AZ the North secs and admits the
net. We may be told that there are slaves in New
Mexico and that the Territorial legislature has
made it legal. Three groans were here given for
Seward followed By Kisses Bnt the notion that
slavery can be planted there as n permanent sys-
tom. is too chimerical for serious discussion. tits
no more probable than the Introduction VI the cot
ton culture to Maine or Nova Scotia. What il
New Mexico? 1t is q remote and inaccessible re-
gion Of mountain ranges aud desert plains. wildly
and accurately described IA "howling wilderness"
IL is said that Il few unhappy army officers have
taken slaves into that fUrlorn wilderness as domes-
tic servants TO cook their r1tions. This may be so;
but it is well known that there is no agriculture
there upon which slave labor could subsist. No
Southern planter could be induced to migrate there.
Tho whole American continent cannot afford to be
convulscd from year to year merely to prevent q
danger no trifing and 80 remote. AS II matter Of
fact the Territories have ceased to be the oiject of
sectional contest. Applause. Why then pro-
long the strife on II mere abstraction after the con-
troyersy is decided? The North already holds IA
l,rua ropnp1arance nf cfrnp nh Shn MN nN,r1
t, be just and m~agnamimous. Texas was the last
slave State admitted into the Union. Since that
event, tho whole Pacific coast has been added TO
the domain of free Territory; four free States have
been admitted, and Kansas il forthcoming. While
the public ear is wearied with incessant ratings
on the extension and tho nSgressions of slavery,
these actual results show that in fact there has
been no extension whatever. applause. Mr..
President, the age of the Crasades il over, and the
country is entitled to repose. Cries of order in
the pit" and confusion. The time has como If
it is ever t. Gomez Tor terminating these unhappy
and needless sectional dissensions IChee =. l.
There are great natl ,nal interests, in which al the
States have II common concern, and which the fed
cral Union was intended to foster and protect.
How MUCK moro vital and important are those
common objects. belonging to all and necessary
Tor all, than the single point Of diversity which
has been too long the absorbing source of angry ir-
ri;ation. 1t should BIZ the effort of every sincere
patriot to recall the public mind from these mis-
chiovous disputes to the national concerns which
affect the welfare of the whole country, aud to
those sentiments Of mutual regard which prevail
ed in the better days of the Republic. Dry up
dry up, The interruption of friendly feeling be-
tween the States of the North and the South, is of
itself n great and incalculablo evil. 1t withers nnl
blights the choicest benefits which the Union was
intended TO secure. 1t cmbittcrs our national
councils, obstructs all useful legislation. arrests
commercial intercourse, and destroys that feeling
OF confidence and security which is one Of the
highest objects of civil society. Our divisions ere.
ate well-fc unded alarm for the stability of our re-
publican ins titutions. and make us n by,word and
reproach among the nations. 1t is n spectacle from
Which every patriotic heart must recoil with NOR
tHGcation and dismay. 1t inspires the despots Of
the cartl, with fresh hopes, and everywhere chills
the nspi rations OF the friends Of constitutional lib
erty. | trust that good men throughout the land
will unite IN the work of peace and Cancellation,
and proclaim their unalterable purpose to rcsistall
further Efforts to Combine section against section
in polit ical strife. Great kissing, and three cheers
for Dou glas, followed by three more, 1t was not
intended by the founders of our government that
one por ton of the country should rule or subju-
cato tr 0 otoer. Far different, more noble and cx-
allied were their aims. They sought to framo a
consti tut.onal system which should unite the peo-
pie Ut all the States into one family of frcemen to
p%artivipa ate tremendously in the responsibilities of
powf r, to share equally in it's blessings, and to
unit , their efforts to uphold the principles of civil
and religious liberty. Such was the government
VIII ich our fathers made, and may it DO Iur happy
do stiny to preserve it rs it came from their hands.
Applause. Thoro are those who maintain that
ID e Union possesses n strength superior to human
v,lois situde, and that its stability cannot be eudan-
gered by any political contingency. They are dis
posed to treat with levity and poor attempts at rid
icu'e all expressions of apprehension and s,lici-
tude e. They profess to rely on the strength Of
mo untain chains and n~avigablc waters to hold tho
NJ no tAyntIar Il - mt ,.~ ln ,.-,, AL. ..-A.
of material interests and commercial ties IA II bond
of political connection-but these alone are
rot sufficient. The excited passions, tho de-
termined will of States and communities, are
act to be controlled hy any geographical or
commercial channels of Intercourse. Popular
feeling when deeply aroused disdains the
barriers of physical nature. (Applause.) Nei-
Their rivers, nor seas, nor mountain ranges, nor
laws OF trade, or financial interests affecting the
public prosperity, have proved sufficient to save
republics from dismemberment and destruction.
Tho voluntary affection AMI loyalty of the people
is the only sure basis for Il free government
(Choers.) A love of the Union must be cherished
in the hearts of the whole American people. We
must continue to regard it as the greatest political
blessing ever conferred upon mankind. Applause
Let us this night send forth Il declaration which
shall assure our brethren in the South that tho
people OF the North are ready to put away strife,
and lay fresh offerings upon the altar of our com
mon country. l see and feed that tho heart of this
metropolis CLOVIS with patriotic fervor. Its One
rous pulsations will be felt to the remotest extre.
mites of our vast continental republic. BE it
proclaimed and understood from this time forth,
that New York will never falter in her Loyalty to
the Union and tho constitution that she still che
rishes a proud recollection of the united efforts
and common sacrifices by which our national in
dependence was secured, and that she will never
cease to foster those sentiments of national bro
therhood and affection which animated the fathers
OF MI rDnnfrV nnI uht.h 1ipI 40 .n.a,I. l..
the most sacred and ipdissoluble ties. jGreat an
nlausrl In the nrnrresS uf human eunnts IL LIZ