The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28

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speaks to you, for / was born in New York
But, sir, what is New York? What is the
North What is the South? What is the
East? What Is the. West? Take away this
Union, and We are nothing.more than nothing
"a conflicting ~jostling chaos of rude, crumb-
ling It is not for me to enter in
to this question; but, I repeat; where will you
draw a line2 -Willzyou spills the Mississippi?
Trylt. Are you going to divide blythe assum-
ed or imputed evil of Slavery Where does
Slavery stop? They grow cotton at the South,
but where'do theyfmanufacture it?ss (Tremen-
dous cheering al beg your pardon, but 1
have not time to be cheered. 1 have read a
story of Cook, the drunken player, who once,
in Liverpool, came upon the stage to act, and
his condition being evident when he approach
ed the foot-lights, they Kissed him. His in
dignation restored him for a moment, and he
looked at the Liverpudlians as he called them,
saying, i'sYou hiss G eorge Frederick Cook, you
people of Liverpool, with the sweat and blood
Of The slave between every two bricks of your
house 2" = It was eso.s There never was a Slave
in Liverpool, if I remember, but they profted
by the slave, They bought and sold them
Yes, Sir, there exists, if 1 mistake not, in the
Plate Room Of Windsor Castle, a splendid
service Of gold, given to one of the royal
dukes by Liverpool merchants, for his efforts
to prevent the abolition OF tie Slave trade
DuG L dliO IIOIu III u DOS6, III recalling
that historical "Reminiscences, which was to say
that, in some sections of our land, where the
loudest cry IL heard upon this question, men
have grown rich upon the manufacture of the
cotton which was grown by these slaves, Cloud
cheers y that the blood and the sweat of the
slave is between every two bricks of their
sumptueus palaces. Now, people may call
this what they please; [ eallit Hypocrisy
Tremendous cheers Where will you draw
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draw it. IF you draw it atall you must draw it
across and through our dearest affections. We
are'one people,, The man who lives on the
Aroostook has his brother on the Rio Grande.
The Northern mother has. given her child to
the Southern planter, and the Southern plant
erT bows in thankfulness . to God for the
daughter of the North to cheer his home
Cloud cheers VIII you dissolve this Union2
(Cries of "No, no. and cheers.)
L tell you, you need not ask the question
You cannot-you cannot. 1t will be far bet
ter tian the "Sabines and the Romans. You
have not taken violently the women o. of the
censanguinity. You cannot separate them
What God hath joined together let no man
put assunder. prolonged applause, the whole
assembly, on the platform, floor and galleries
ali rising, waving hats, cheering and shouting
in wild, enthusiasm.] A word. or two more,
1 will not say that l will have said all 1 wish
to say. Cries of $50 on, go on. There
are many things which L could say, and in an
other condition of circumstances might be glad
to say, which l shall not inflict upon you now.
This is not a time for dry metaphysics But 1
believe, Sir, that we inherit from our fathers
some degree of that honesty and truth for
which they were distinguished, and for which
their God and our God blessed them. :Ou<
fathers made the compact of this Union-our
fathers made the Constitution as the mighty
bond that should hold it together. And 1
have one belief that this gift has of itself pro-
ven, with its checks, its balances and it's securi-
ties SO good, that any alteration would be for the
worse|TCheers and cries of. "Good !'l-that
it contains within itself a perfect remedy for
every evil, if our people will faithfully apply it
and wait for the operation of the remedy
(Chcers.) There is, therefore, no room for rev.
o~lution in this country; and it may be said of
all those who hesitate about its principles-he
that doubteth, rs worthy of. condemnation.
(Cheers.) But, sir, why should VIC not keep
to this, our fathers faith We should know
that we are bound by that deed. Has it not
been in the faith of that compact that this
country has grown to its present prosperity,
and shall we, the inheritors of all the blessings,
break the vows of even political baptism,
which, as our sponsors, they made for u.s.. No,
no. Let us keep this. Let all our people
learn that they are bound by ties which none
can break. The bones which are now mould
ering to kindred dust are sacred with the mem
cries of their patriotism. We should be vio-
laters of the vows they made if we suffer one
stone of the Union reared by them to be pull
ed down. Sir, [ agree in many respects with
my good friend the Professor, who spoke be-
fore me, and I have great regard for him, but
I cannot help thinking that he got among the
49, p 81 ,;rb4 ~ Toruhtor0 q I haEarat in a
system of government which is maintained by
working men, men who work in their primary
meetings, and who are not afraid of getting
their coat torn by a rowdy, men who are will
ing to take their place and scuf1e if it be ne
cessary, to see that the voice of the people is at
tanned. (Cheers and applause.) Men who, if
their countrymen call them to Office, 90 not
mistake cowardice for ~modesty, and refuse to
serve. No matter where the man is, there he
should be faithful to God, faithful to man, faith
full to his country, faithful to the world. | am
thankful that I cannot be a candidate for Office.
l once held an Office under the general govern
ment, aud I was offered another. The other
[ did not like, (laughter,D but the first l did.
1t kept me five hours, and I was allowed my
expenses as emolument. But as there was no
omnibus riding in that direction I did not get
a sixpence. ] am no candidate for Office, Sir.
I belong to a king. 1 am a monarehist. I be-
long to another king-one Jesus. Applause.)
But l know no greater ~recreant to the princi-
pies of his faith, and no more dangerous agi-
tator than he, who, under the pretence of serv-
ing the Religion of Christ, uses his sacred
Office to urge men into riot and sedition.-
(Cheers.) I am no candidate for office, be-
cause l hold an office so high that no other on
earth can approach it. I am content with my
let, content to be simplya preacher of the Cos
pei of Jesus, and ask no higher reward than to
help men towards heaven when they die, and
keep them in peace while on earth. But, Sir,
there is one thing I never neglect to do, and
that is, I do not forget because L am a Chris
tan and a minister of the gospel that L am an
American citizen; Ialways vote; I prepare my
ballot with the same conscientiousness, and for
which my friends frequently laugh at me, as