, 1860-12-04

sion Of his original lectnrehc spoke as follows
on
THE DisCH1oH qCrar1oy.
Hero ends my lecture, but not mt nddress. |
[Applause] There is almost but one question. |
It is no longer the wcather, or the health OF |
The hmily, or prosperity, that men question
street; 1t Is, "Do Jou think the South will &c |
scde:' Ny answer is, II don't believe they |
will; and don't care II they dor Loud and |
prolonged applause.l when soy that don't
care If they do, mean that there Is no terror,
n SO FIR Is our own prosperity is concerned.
NOT care, shoulf modify my answer, and say,
81 For their sakes, trust betty. mind may be
given then, land, that. they will remain In the
ships" for they are like Paurs men, OF whom
he said, Except these abide In the ship they
fhall not Be saved" laughter and applaUel
there aze TOO manY Of them to be lost md |
really do not think they are in n fit state Of
mind to die. fLaughter] But In 90 far Us the
Free States are concerned, hold that it will
be an advantage for the South to so of lean
not reckon myself among those who have ad-
voeated disuuion; either for policy or from
principle. never have gone, Icannot 70 with
them; and therefore hold it to be the duty Of
every patriotic man to resist it by all proper
methods, In spirit Of kindness and honor.
But IT, against our honest cndeavor and full In
tent, this does take place, In the providence Of
God, then, say, let US appoint Day Of thanks
adyantaSSed, nor do see any near prospect Of
our being adyantascd by remaining in their
company. II we arc to join the old ascetlcs,
If to wcar shirt Of haiE-cloth for the mortlf-
cation Of the flesh be good, if it be good for
our souls to DO kept In perpetual turmoil.
aud fret, and rub, then VIC will continue to
wear a hair shirt. But if quiet aud liberty be
prosperity, l hold that VIC shall be better oil
without these uneasy neIghhors than with
them. And therefore say, It Is not for our
sakcs that We hesitate. would not have that
impression go to the South. ! would not have
sle goes. l would not have any of the Gulf
States think that We are eunwi1ling to part COM
pany with them. We are willingto Keep COM
pany with them 50 long as is necessary to main
tain pact, honor, citizenship, and true love for
| the whole country. But II, against this spirit.
they insist on going apart, LIT them understand
distinctly that We count it their loss and our
| gain (Applause.]
The time has como when the public mind
must take some position, and make some ex-
| PRESTON. !; for one, do not believe in Union
for the sake Of it, ! saw upon some Of the
meagcr banners carried about in the late con-
flict this poor-house inscription-"U Union for
the sake Of the Union-' When the Union
| was founded, 1t was an nlabaster boz, made
for precious ointment, and that ointment was
Justice, Humanity, Liberty, Rectitude; and so
long a. these precious qualities are In II, ! love
It for their sa6cs. But when the alahaster box
has emptied ont the ointment, do not care
| what hand breaks the box-it Is good for no.
thing atter the ointment is gone. The idea Of
maintaining union for the beggarly sake of
union! Union for honor, union for truth,
union for yi,or In liberty, union for power in
greater gFow'th-for that I would sacrifice al-
most anything in lie. But union without
liberty, union without humanity, is hut the
corpse Of my friend. and not bis living and
soulinsptred body. Bury the corpse when the
above ground. fApplausc.]
Nor DO believe in union for any purpose Of
intimidation. Fur thirty years past those
States have elected themselves mallets with
which perpetually to threaten to strike, OF
strike the North. think it is high time that
this part Of patriotism Should be done away
with; that the North should let the South un-
| dcrstand, that they are neither to be bullicd or
intimidated. Already ne hear Of new compro-
misses. Already It has pleased the South TO
say, that if we will repeal our Personal Liberty
bill, they will be gracious to us and take It's
into favor once more! It is suggested that NC
misc limo. The Missouri Compromise line /,
very 1uuc1l i'll the condition Of the Atlantic
Cable. Let him find it who can. 1tis cracked
in n hundred places, and will never carry mes,
sages more. You will never get the Missouri
Compromise again, and never ought te. 1t
was wickcdncss when first made. We r..
celyed it Us legacy, and our fathers having
been sworn to keep 1t, VIC were willing, was
willing, to abide BY that Of the compact It is
fresh i'll Jour memories how that compact, al,
though made in the interest Of the South, Wis
ruthlessly violated 1t Is In every memory,
Free State element In Kansas was treated by
the South. With what supreme impudcncy
does the South now, Immediately after thu
elcction-thc North having been scrupaloua
in her fidelity TO- every obligation-propose
new compromises! New compromises! Aftct
for thirty years shown the morals Of Slavery
in her statesmen and men In Office at Washing
ton-haying bludgeoned our citizens having
with all violence, opposed the pistol and til.
knite to reasons and arguments-hayingg gonl
where sho would, and when she would, and
done as she would-by constitutional meas
ures We have limited her power.
My friends, this is triumph Of ideas thai
has taken place- Government Is but tho e1
poncnt of new thoughts and new principles
Now, when In the changes Of Providence, W.
have come to that point In which there is to bt
cording to the old original principles Of liber
ty that belong to this country, the South dc
clare revolution, and cay that thcy will not sn
dure it. For one, will give the South every
thin. that We coyeuantcd when we made til.
Constitution. l will stand by tic origina
compact. They shall have their institutions
nnyexed by any political intrusion. General
Gushing {Whon have not the honor, person
ally, Of knowing) says that ~e give up fret
thinking! In speech just made by him al
Scwburyport, which hope is not correctly re
paragraph, which think, as curiosity, ough1
to be preserved, it will rank with those crea
lures we dig up, fossils before the Lalugc.-
Laughter and npplause.l
by the Constitution the Federal Government il
but the trustee OF the States for the purposes d.
Hight to undertake to convert tho North to thei:
fdeas Of local interest; the attempt to do this
either side IL contrary to the constitution an snls
personal administration OF the Federal Govern.
ncnt on such premises would b. Itself the over
throw Of the Constitution"
We observe how exactly he has limited and
defined his own opinions. He docs not sny
that We have no right to interfere with tlc1u
By LEGISLATION or By commercial restrictions
in which there must be some truth-but he
says VIC have no right to endeavor to convert
them to our ideas. He says, to the South
"1f yon think, ,yon hare no right to speak
10 the North" and he says to the North:
If you think. you have no right to speak t.
tile South" That is very unequal rcquisi
tion. The brains and intelligence Of the South
arc not tllcstrongest part Of them. laughter.
In the North, reasoning Is greatly in vogue
To put an embargo on both sides chiefly OF,
prcsscs them. But In old Massachusetts, ami
at this day, public man, not IMMERSED In his
tory, and certainly not IMMERSED In the know
ledge Of our ideas and Institutions, declare:
that it is the part Of t1eason for us to reasol
on the matter Of human rights In the Souti.
1t ia only saying in a diplomatic way: "Hold
your toUgues, both Of yon, and let the natiur
70 as It plcases!' Now, hold that this eal
never be. Frce speech cannot lc suppressed
In the North; it will not be soon suppressed
iu the South.
The question next comes up, suppose tho
South should kecede, what would 6c tho re
suit! do not know-so far as they are con
| eesned, $50 far as We are concerned I dc
know. IN the gale on Lake Eric this week
there came ship, md many Of Boston's solit
'nen. perhaps, had IN interest In her, for nhs
"., loaded with copper ore. To relieve ths
vessel, they threw over the copper, aud ever,
t,!l that went down, the ship went up, aue
t!,ty saved themselves by throwing over ths
c'I.rrr .Fc. For every State you throw of
!nn will 60 up an inch! Loud applause
What lave they contributed to your welfare:
sAw the statement in a Southern paper tha
they had spent 500 o00, 600 in the North. hai
never been aware that they did It for our good
suppose they wanted their teyereu lips te
| kias the North pole, and that they came fol
our benefit! think, If they came ior luxury
think we shall contriye to live little longer
But 1t is said they won't sell their cotton
What will they do with it. They sell as muct
to Great Britain now as she wants. Will they
eat It: Will they cease raising 1t? TheJ
won't trade with us, some say. Have thel
been tradlng with Us for our benefit or fol
their own: II interest was o necessity it