The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-09

than The gully agents and victims Of fanaticai and
and Of whatever profsason whose opinions and exhort
tons, heretofore uttered, have mancstly tended 70
~ sv before o asS ns nor
Resolved That with the deepest emotions OF veneer
Tor the sagsciy ana patriotic spirit which prompted tho
sentiment, reIteIate the language Of e "
country his farewell address the people OF the United
STATS that ar rs OF infinite hat We should pro
collective and individual happiness that we should
cherish cordiai, habitna and immovable attachment TO
paIIadium OF political safety and prosperity; watching
for i preservation with jealous anxiety
Be ans ownae can uoon ~ ihs ny
Arst dawnng o. every attempt 70 ALLEVIATE any portion Of
our country rom me rest or TO enteebe The sacred ties
The CnAmxAxI present TO the audience one Of our
most patriotic fellow citizens, whole life has been
devoted TO the service Of his county, IN the promotion or
It's security, prosperity and honor-the Hon. Edward
Everett cloud and long applause. followed by nine
cheers.)
SPEECH OF HON HOWARD EVERETT.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN FHLow CnfzESs-In rising 10 address
you on this important occasion, indulge me In few
words Of personal explanation. did not suppose that
duty appear again this platform, any occasion
political character, and had this meeting been OF party
ssys Sy
tnsuished place which then fsd in The public service,
was with no expectation WISH and intention Of
again mipgliDg in the scenes OF public hfe have
cordingly with the partial restoration Of my health
ton Of any kind partly because have found
more corgenia, and, as ! venture 70 think,
more useful occupation ~ seeking . s, 5sy IN, ns
great and precious memory which ia left almost
alone Of all the numerous kindly associations which
bound the different sections Of the country together Zap
piausc) and also because between the extremes OF OPT
MON that have long distracted and threaten TO
sSa Of
stand think do little good-l try to-in my waning
years, in augmenng the funds Of the charitable nstita
dead and the great events OF past days, and chiefly IN
humble efforts to from dissertation and the viciss
Washington. (Appanse.) These, sir seem to one TO
be innocent and appropriate occupations for the de-
the favor with which these my humble Abors are
regarded by the great majority OF my countrynen and
knowing by experience bow unsaisying in the enjoy;
gladly resign the pursuit OF them to younger men, Sir
the North and the South including the Northwest and
each other There place left in public life for those
who love them both. The OF wordsf the press, Of
the platform OF the State Legislatures, and must add,
the pulpthas been pushed to point of evaporation
which, the slightest untoward accident may rush to
the bloody Of the s~Gra Ihs ,ac.g
revolutions do not take place for small causes,
they do from small causes. He means, sir, that
when the minds Of the community have become hope
lessy embittered and exasperaed by long continued
irritation, the slightest occurrence will bring on
the catastrophe. In fact IT TO that have
reached of things which requires all good and
good patriots to forego for time all mere party projects
and calculations and TO abandon all ordinary political
Issues; which calls in word, upon all who love the
country and cherish the Unon and desire the continn
OF those blessings which we have till lately enjoyed
under the constitution transmitted TO by fathers
and which regard as the nobest work Of political wis
dom achieved, to meet and take counsel
has brought me here soasy will probably s be- said
sir that those who entertain views like these exaggerate
not We who but those who
differ from us, that greatiy--and soon, fear It
| will be, fatally -underrate the ominous signs Of
the times. ] fear, sir, that they are greatly mis-
| led by the one SIDED views exclusively presented
by the party press and those who rely upon the party
dangerously ignorant the state opinion feeling
in the other great section Of the country Applause)
toned TO treat all for the stability OF the Union
groundess all professed anxiety for its preservation
nsncere or snoers Inc result o. nervous amd,,y
the urgency Of the existing danger. 1t my own debe
rate conviction, formed from some opportunities Of
other parts of the country, Though carry of
political nature tina. we are on the very verge Of con-
ton and that a few more steps forward, In
the direction in which affairs have moved for
M on sas q
alarm, that must be groundless be- business goe
Sir, these appearances may ali Be- dcu.ive The grea
social machine moves with momentum that cannot b.
in France in the revolution of17ss till the ami
hilation Of the circulating medium put stop 70
i
PLACES Of public Amusement. were crowded to madness IN
The Reign Of Terror The French stocks stood
is4s On the 2zh Of that month Louis Philippe was
flying in disguise from his capital; the Tueries were
ceased to exist hold 70 Be time them nUp Sir
| have said, for good men and good patriots, casting
aside all mere party considerations and postponing Al
least all ordinary political issues to pause to look steadily
h the face the condition Of things TO which APP
preaching; and TO ask their own consciences whether
they do nothing to avert the crisis and bring about
happier and better state Of things. (Appause.) do
not ask them to search the past for topics Of repoach
recrimnaton on men or parties. We have had enough
Of that and has contributed materially to bring about
our present perous condition. In all countries where
speech and the press are free especially those countries
sections each possessing independent local Legislatures
and centres Of opinion and influence, there will in the
l of word and deed. Violence of speech Of act,
on the one side, will unavoidaby produce vio-
grievance Is alternately cause and effect; and Il,
before resortng to healing counse we are determined to
run over the dreary to see who was earliest
who has been most to blame, engage in controversy
in which there Is arbter and Of which there be
solution But without reviving the angry sorrowfu
memories OF the past let me- in all friendlness ask the
qoestionWhat has either section to gain by dissolution
Of the Union with reference to that terrible question which
threatens to destroy il? ask patriotic in both sec
tons in their minds the Of complaint
which they have think they have, in the existing state
whether anything is to be gained, anything to be
hoped by pushing the present alienation to that fatal
bourne from which, from death, there return
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system any larger entrance into the vacant public
resS Will the North have effected any object which
by Of shade Of opionion, extreme moderate
deemed desirable; on the contrary, will not every evil
she desires to remedy be confirmed and aggrAvated9 II
this view Of the subject be correct what be
wsewha more suicidal than 70 allow these deplorable
discussions to result in revolution, which will leave two
great sections Of the country in worse condition than it
finds them with reference to the very objects for which
they allow themselves TO be mpeled to the dreadful
summation (Applause) But shall be told perhaps
that all this imagnary-that the alarm at the South is
fictitious rather groundless panic for which there
substantial cause-ft for rdicule rather than
serious anxiety But signs Of panic in Virginia,
except for few hours at Harper Ferry, when in the
fusion OF the first SURPRISE and profound ignorance
extent Of the danger, the community was for short time
paralyzed am not sure that town Of four or five hun
dred families in this region, invaded at midnight by
resoute band Of twenty entering the houses Of in
fuena citizens, and hurryns them from their beds to
stronghold previously occupied and there holding them
hostagesI am not sure that equal panic would
mot be created till the extent Of the danger measured
Besides, sir the panic had been much extensive
than was, the panics Of great and brave communities
rifes. Burke said he could not frame ndict-