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

San Frcncsco within days sech other and this can
pot De long postponed is only the commero,al aal
financial centre OF united empire this mat
New York car main tain her pre- cmineAo blow struor
blow struck a. her prosperity, had ALMOST said AZ her
very existence (Appanss Let us bear these things in
mnd-not as Incentives 10 the performance Of duty not
10 strengthen obligations, which the constipation makes
imperative ana which with honest dcrjSe no ad-
dioDal efficacy for considerations OF self q
enforce upon the conviction that the cause Of the us
in this issue is cause that inGdey them is ~
only inhcelty to the constitution all the dctsfcs OF
bonor and good faith but ndetv to and =
the noble cy which locks to for the vndcaon her
national character and for the assertion OF her loyalty to
!he Union lAppause.) ! wish, fellow citizens,
and fppantly OF dsunion, would tell us how
some OF the problems, separation Of the States
where shall the Eastern and western line between sss
two great Northern and Southern empires bc drawn
Would dissolution stop there, should we have also an
ern limo between themf How would the common proper
~ and the common Indebtedness Of the political assooia
ton be divided between the solving partucrss Look =
the condition Of your credit in the stock markets or the
Old World. Your government securities bear higher
price the great exchanges and bourses Of most OF The
European States than their Who will become the
essly dscredted, and the9gnominy OF repudiauon %
would follow in the train Of aisunonS (Applauss How
long would the Observation-Disclosures remain ut peace viii
sass
OF injustice ana injury, would be virtual declaration a
nextingukhable hostility aud hatred 1t would be the sig
nal OF collision and conflict which would have end vi
one OF the parties should be subjected the other with
the proud spirit Of countrymen this issue would
be reached till tho fields which have been consccraed hy
the common toll and pcrils OF Washington Greene and
Marion and Cstes-( tGod," and cheers)- and made
glorious BY their yalor had been stained again and aga
by fraerna blood But fellow Citizens turn away from
all these loathsome pictures Of disunon Like tho
tics OF mortality they would be but the gloomy records
Of disease and DEATH Although the political horizon =
overspread with darkness look with confidence for re-
turning light Applause) believe that nine tenths Il
outrage Harpers Ferry and all expression Of sympathy
with its authors (Great applause They regard Il a.
blow struck at the constitution and the Union Renewed
applause We are here to declare II and to denounoo
1t as disorganzng, ncendary and nefarous. (AppIause
Some of the evils has cause.-The bloodshed aud do.
mestc dsturbanCe-have been expiated so far as such
evils can be, by the punishment Of its authors For
that which remains-,he illfeeing and distrust-ths
se%eay SII own a; ssnas LET Us pledge our
the constitution imposes upon Let us meet
with scrupuous fidelity tho engagements entered iats
Washington and Franklin, and Madison and Adams aad
their lustrious ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have our
acy acknowledge every day and every hour Of our
lives by living under its projection. In word let us d
all that justice and good faith and honor demand Then
hope, with the confidence consciousness of req
ttude impars that the dark clouds which hover over us
will be dispersed and with the favor of that Divine Pre-
violence which has carried safety through all the dan
gers Of the past that the sunlight OF union harmony
will revisit US, TO be obscured more (Applausei
Fellow citizens on the 14h of June I'M less than year
after the Declaration of Independence the flag above US
adopted the Federal Congress the banner under
which the armies Of the Revolution to be marshaod
to conflict (Applause.) They resolved that the flag
of the United States be thirteen Stripes alternate red and
white that the union be thirteen stars white blue
field, representing constellation" Three.quarters
Of century and more have gone by, and the constea
ton no longer new; buhe thirteen stars all there
undiminished and undinmed, and with them twenty
more Of equal magnitude (Applause) During the
eighty two years that banner has oated u.s. act
OF national dshonor or injustice has stained it, (Ap
panse) 1t has gone to the battle field except for
(ReueWed
have been enrolled under TO carry wars Of ambition.
cupidty or aggression 1t has never been traed in the
dust by foreign enemies, torn down by fratricdd
be soiled and dishonored by fanacsm and by foul
Uni epS @No No." Swear Il. ~ WV ''' y ~
VoIcTS-We do. "Long may IL wave"
Shall the constellation OF 1777 be exploded by domestic
conflict, TO be more among the nations, IKE lost
stars which In the lapse OF ages have faded out Of the
armament above uss No, follow citizens, no matter
whether that banner dear to every patriotic heart bo
assaed by enemies from without traitors within let
uphold and defend 1t as the representative Of the em
bodied sovereignty Of the thirty States and the sign
of their common allegiance, and, with the blessing oC
Cod shall connEe through centuries to come, tn b
6orne so with every star stu On It's azure
hats)
SPEECH OF PROFESSOR MITCHELL.
Professor O. NJ MITCHELL Of Cincinnati, being Loudly
called for, forward and received with hearty
cheers.
present myself before you unannounced, but M
name is Mitchell. (Appause.) know lam q stranger
to you understand my position here tonight perfectly
we'll II you want to know where born, will tell
you; It was o IN Old Kentucky Applause, and three
more fact II you wish to Know it, and that is Is that
am full blooded Kentuckan, for both Of my parents
n1 pPsss s OS Is cheers for
your patient attention for very few moments while
attempt to say few words 70 you, than 70 hear those
allow me to speak. daughter and applause, and
cries Of Go only want to get through
l have never arisen before-aIthough | have lived
nearly half century-I have never before artisan n
Q popular assembage Of this character; have never
opened my mouth in political assembage before this
to night can be called one. have told you a son
Of Old Kentucky; there was born But tell you Also
that am son Of this Union and of this country ZAP
here to night because educated by this nation and
all have got under God have got from this glorious
nation and have come here to night to lift my humble
voice in behalf Of my mother not want 10 have
her strang ed do not desire to her down in the
dust and destroyed And for that purpose here to-
night to do what in order to her those
from whom she is to suffer violence "a VoIcEW Who is
going to do i Cries of "Pu him OUT and Kisses ana
applause) Give chance and will tell you have
come here without any set speech tonight was called
upon late on Saturday and asked it would speak On
Monday morning announced that would l am here,
know at the close Of the hours devoted to this matter
(Cries Of "Go on" ssgo on.) will attempt briefly 70
gers with which we are threatened at this moment
never voted yet with any party whatever never voted
for wing because he was whig nor for a republican
beca Use he was republican; for democrat because
he wus democrat ter an American because he was
an American But have voted from the beginning To the
end for the best mentor the with the best prnc
pies applause know that have got ambition
understand that perfectly WELL and do not deny it, But
tell that your political organizations have been such
character that has been utterly impossible for me to
occupy any place anywhere CsThats soy IcouId not
DO II DO not to night bring any charges against any
particular political organization But tell you and tell
yon seriously and soberly here to.ught and ask you
here who come from every political party in this country
to listen to it, that such s the char your political
organizations that defy nah to break away from the
rammels by which he is surrounded and come out per-
ecty square and Independent vote for any person
who Is not party candidate. He Is compelled by stern
necessity either TO lose his influence submit to the or
CARNATIONS by which he is surrounded and BY which he
is controlled You know this to be true every one Of
you Now there are hundreds and thousands and tens
OF thousands who 60 the polls What the rea
Son OF thaU Simply because those who are determined
TO win the highest places the gift of this government are
determined to win them they not how Power they
will have; honestly, perhaps, they can, but they win