New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-03
POLITICAL SERENADES.

On tie evening Of Nov q, at Columbia, s. c., the
Hon. JOl n Al, 4 ueen war seIenaded.
In aCkLCwled, ing the con pllment, Mr.. Mcqueen
raid that il his misfortune to begin public life At
II very nj Of the great struggle IN rela
tion ,te Territories. lie then Ia'sfsd that the
South Lot long TO have saety III tue Union. At
II ~ tin u ere wee but 81 Abotionists In the House
f Representative and ye. the South deprived Of
every foot OF California. Five years afterward be
win tst.d ttere Which revived his 0rebodings in
tie lection 10 tie 81 eakersfip Of man who had re-
futod in Lis pre.enoe to answer whether he consid-
eIed Il AfIan tie Ang0SaxCn tie superior race,
q Lcte party bad ublished to the world that they
" ould rtduCe ur 10 level with the slaves own,
ard had e,laTed q al the Government should not and
must rot lie composed Of half Slave and half Free
States Ard the Abolitionists have elevated such a
Van 40 this the lgle-t Office in tie gift of the Ame
Gin IeoI II was not for the speaker 70 tell by what
ears they the Abolitionis) meant to usurp the Gov
eInn eIt. Hey were known too well. II remained
for his hearers TO ray whether they would have that
Goyeun int usurIed. AS for himself he had long ago
n lde mp lis urd 10 rsetance Even Webster, in
1880 war forl dden 10 sIeak in Fanueil Hail. because
he was indsrosed 10 do injustice to the South. The
srcsker would not and never had censured oo0pera-
tonists in 1885, but now it was different state Of
| Il irgs. Then there was lingering love for the
| III ION tie wrongs which had been heaped upon
tie Soutf IeoJle have destroyed IT, Then the South
ern States not well prepared for disunon crisis
now II ey ill stand together ike baad Of brothers de-
terniredno nger 10 submit TO tyranny and oppression
They rial from Il sTo 10 the Rio Grande, deter
irtd to thr off their allegiance to shis Govern
| melt The South had been slandered and outraged,
tainted snd irsulted from the beginning, and no hon
aile body Of could calmly submit TO such treat
| neit He beliyed that the day would come when the
South would Ife up ard say TO the North: You have
| your Go, eminent; We have ours. Applausel We
have lleldy wlited long enough; We will wait no
l0nler Ie thee any in South Carolina willing
submitf Iyci,e, "Eo % mop and applause.I There
wa, ct In South Carolina that not ready to
strike 81 blow ct once. There question about
tie right Of soeesion and South Carolina meant to
\ : Al 4. "a l.. 4
Lad bu, I'd 10 say in conclusion. In three short
eeks, cor, ing to bis humble Judgment the Sover-
dignity Of South Carolina will be again established
APP lause. Tt Ieo lie determined to live free
oir. In jou ney OF three thousand miles that the
speaker had made through many Southern States, he
lad Lot met enc nan who was not ready to strike the
| llow at cnte. They say you are ready, and you
strike We viii roon follow you. lApplausel Had
ey not heard II said by the other Southern Statee that
if South Carolina gees now, whether unite with
yOu not, yet upon the shedding Of the first drop
blood will he with you in such numbers that there
will rot be roll enough in South Carolina to hold
II Hon. John Bilboa Of Tennessee was next called
| OFT. The camp-hies OF secession, he said were now
lighted. With giant strides the feeling would spread
aud wee to tie man who would ietrace a single step
to tht SOutl ern State which should now a. tempt
10 n. M tie mighty torrent Constitutional iberty
| lad lately tleTt, but would DOW thunder forth in
grand watering. lie concluded by recommending &
,erenade to that institute Of education which contaeC
)oh 4 hhy, WHO, wren asked 70 leave Columbia OF
4eoouIt Of smallpox, replied that lady of South
! Carolina should retreat from pestilnee when al
! inv baiI fee WIS at the door.
Tie Hon. }. ID. AAmore in response 70 cheers anC
calls hlso al cared and spoke briefly. Az he had sliC
TWO weeks ago, the day for speech had passed; th,
tin for action Lad come. lie came from the ounlains
wi req c resolved either to die or TO
| III d rowing of a tyranny worre than death. And .
with tie Of the western part Of the State. phcy
would cone mp 10 the Convention with hearts resolved
TO 20 or die. The people of South Carolina har
dc'ern med, tight or wrong, 10 be free. The die wa
cast. lAyl laule.l