Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-12-30

his Confederacy-are our real dangers.
I believe it is the anger, the pride and the
,ass;on that may produce temporary
,,isnation-temporary division. Thank
God Their can never be total separation
for we should come together again be
cause God viii bind US together With
hooks of steel.
1 hope my forebodings Of separation
NAV not be fulfilled; but | sincerely and
heartily, from the depths of my soul, and
often in the agony of my spirit, fear for
the Union Of this country. God grant
that no attempt shall be made to close
the mouths. or prevent the utterances, or
destroy the presses belonging to the peo-
pie of the Northern section of this
country-not for any particular merit Of
our own, but that they are given to Us
through the Providence of God. I be-
lieve, in Union meetings, but not in such
Union meetings as we have had here
{ Great applause and some Kisses. We
have defended the right of speech in two
of the greatest cities in this Union, and
that right of speech as American citizens.
and lovers of this Union, we claim in the
New England Society. { Applause. j.
. l care very little, sir, whether am IN
derstood outside or not. I know I shall
not be misunderstood here by you. Ire
ioice that no New England man lifted his
voice in that assemblage so as to be dis
tinctly heard, and that the sentiments of
that assemblage were not the sentiments
of New England, were not the sentiments
of New York, were not the sentiments Of
the North.
It was tremendous hypocrisy and a
/ gross outrage on the eonfding masses Of
our Southern brethren to palm off such
conterfeits of Northern sentiment upon
them, as genuine feelings of Northern
men. Storms of applause, mingled with
few Kisses. Gentlemen, I trust that The
liberty of speech is not TO be revindicated
at New England dinner. Sir, l an
speaking Of union. / do not say to ou1
/ Southern brethen, you are more guilty
than we ourselves are; we should have
committed your mistakes if we h a I
been born south of Mason and Dixon's
line. We have no maledictions for yor
-no anger-no recrimiuation. ",
have the utmost love and sympathy fol
, you. / call God to witness that woulC
= give one-half of every cent I own towards
the emancipation of the Southern slaves
and the remuneration of the Southern
Shareholders. VIII the Southern maj
5 expect me, with the views I may take il
! this matter, to sacrifice my conscience t.
5 his pecuniary, social and political in
5 terests? Sir, the Southern men despis
!, Us for the hypocrisy which pretends t
] respect and love slavery as system
p { Applause.
!, / am willing to accord him justice, Il
f assist him in his danger, and 10 sympa
thize with his misfortunes, but what 7 civ
] to him he must give to me. In this FIRE
e country the majority is not to be fright
= ened out of the exercise of Constitutions
2 rights. That Is all they ask themselye,
J, | should not have alluded to his subiec
sir, had / not regretted that sentiment
o ike those Of the Union meeting, whic
e seem to me as atrocious, should have bee
= put forth as the sentiments Of the peopl
It Of New York, the city Of my adoption
5 Sir, doubtless vast amounts of none
t were represented in that assemblage. an
e many American coins were iingling ]
, those pockets, but If, when those gentle
men went home, they did not find th
darts in the claws Of the American eapl
Al strike through the coin and pierce ii
st fair form OF Liberty on the other side.
- was because that noble American Dir
was too wise to listen to the suggestion
X and sentiments that prevailed on that o.
y casion. Immense cheering