The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-10-12

broad continent where there is brotherhood
unalloyed bv your hatrcds and antipathies.-
WHY, therefore do you come here to teach Vi
the language of strife y
Now, my friends, to make the application
had we from the beginning been arrayed one
state against another--had we disregardeC
our community Of lang tage and Of interest
and fostered the hatreds and jealousies which
we are now taught to cherish, this beautiful
Minnesota would yet have been wilderness
the painted savage would yet glide down the
| noble Mississippi, and the waters of that
mighty cataract whose thunders l now almost
hear, that by the art of man has been taught
to leap forth to their labors at the rising of the
sun and retire to their rest at its setting would
still pursue their preeipitous course undsturb-
ed. But am keeping you too long. | stand
before you tonight impressed with more than
ordinary feelings. never knew the great
ness OF this country Of ours until now. new
er knew before Of the vastness of this great
valley, whose beginnings you hold in your
hands, nor appreciated the influence which it
Is yet to exercise upon the destinies of our
country. And therefore it is that now most
earne tly entreat you, as you are about to en-
ter upon an election not altogether local, and
which is to affect your position in this confed-
Grafton of States to cherish and sustain those
principles which are founded upon love of
our whole country, and whose influence will
tend to cement it more closely together You
have seen the great men of this Republican
party 60 up to their National Conventions
When the roll OF the StateS was called, there
was no man there to speak for the State where
Washington was born there was ne man to
answer for the State where Jackson's ashes
lie there was no man to respond when the
land Of Sumpter and Marion was called. But
how will it be when our next democratic con-
ventiOn is held ? You will see then no such
spectacle as this When we call the roll of
States whi"h compose this confederation. ev-
cry commemorative from Maine down to young
Minnesota, and still younger Oregon, will at
test the nationality of our party by the pres
ence of its representatives. The Atlantic
will shout forth to the Paci6e-the great lakes
to the Gulf; and when we shall nominate our
candidate for the Presidency, the loud voices
of the representatives of the whole nation will
name the man who will administer its affairs
for the next four years. Let me tell you, my
fellow citizens, that those who may anticipate
political success, basing that hope upon agta-
ton and upon injustice, will most certainly be
disappointed, because their expectations are
not founded upon those great principles Of
magnanimity, wisdom and patriotism which
underlie the political questions that now agi-
tate our country. And beg and exhort Of
you, the people Of Minnesota and you, espec-
tally, the young men of Minnesota, who have
the future for your heritage-you who are
about to lay the foundations of great State
TO enroll IL in the Droud list of democra tic
commonwealths-of States devoted to the
maintenance of the Union--and that, with
them, you will seek to uphold every star and
every stripe in our national flag-may it wave
forever.