Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-17
An ELOQUENT Speech.

At the grand banquet given to the Legis-
lators of Tennessee, Kentucky aud Ohio, in
Cincinnati, number of patriotic speeches
were made, some of which contained passages
Of great beauty, and of that true elo-
quence which comes from the heart. The
following extract is from the address of Mr..
Psyne of Tennessee: q -''- o.
"Is there an individual here who believes
this Union will be dissolved? ? (cries of
"Never never v') How will you divide it?
Where will you begin Who will have the
Territories that are rapidly springing into
States the great rivers that pour through
the continent? What would you do with
Virginia would not like to part with
Pennsylvania. 1t is the old Keystone State:
it contains the hall of our Independence
it was there American liberty was born
there the American eagle was first let loose
from his cage, there it took its highest fight
and screamed its highest notes of exultation:
have property in Independence Hall
Cheers] l cannot give up Massachusetts,
even such devil as she has grown. [Laugh-
ter and cheers. have noble estate there
which was willed me by Geo. Washington,
Hancock, Lee and Adams. am part own.
er in Bunker Hill [prolongsd applause. T.
1t contains the blood that was shed by
Americsn martyrs who died for the cause
of freedom won't surrender my title to
Bunker Hill. [Cheers] How can the men
of the North surrender their title in South.
ern soil Go to the last resting place of
the sage of Ashland, stand by the spot
where lie the greatest of American orators,
and dare to say that you can give up your
interest in that grave. Cries of never
never !! ! never! ~ Go with me to the lowly
resting place Of the great hero and states
man, the man who proclaimed and wrote
in letters of fire upon the foreheads of the
Disunionists, "The Union must and shall be
preserved" Can you give up the bones of
Andrew Jackson 2 Great cheering1 You
have an interest in the blood of your coun-
trymen who fell at New Orleans in defence
of 'sbooty and beauty led on by the same
old hero Has the North no interest in hat?
Disunion would be stain of infamy upon
cur brows which the waters of Neptune
could never wash out. If you are determin.
ed upon it, however, don't fight. Let US 20
and acknowledge the corn;' send delegates
to Washington city !; assemble the Legisla-
lures of the different States take with us
laborers with pickaxe and spade, aud batter
and level the Capitol, so that like the beau.
tiful temple at Jerusalem the1 Q shall not be
one stone left upon another--pull down the
palatial buildings that have been erected for
| the officers of the government. Do not let
| these mementoes taunt our children with
the worthlessness Of their fathers. TER.
rife cheering. And when you have done
this, go to that proud shaft which is rising
to the memory Of him who was first in war.
| first in peace and first in the hearts OF his
countrylnen, [cheers,] through the patriotic
contributions of every State, and leave no
stone of it to mark our infamy. Prolonged
applause1 When we have done this let us
assemble around the grave OF the old yete-
rams, and with our faces in the dust. ao.
knowledge We are their unworthy descend
4nts, and acknowled ge the corn that we are
not fit for self-goyernment. If the Union
is to be dissolved, it the Constitution is to
be obliterated, let us 'owD up for once in
our lives, tell the truth and shame the
deuiI. Laughter and applause. a:.oi-.sF
i But it cannot be. IT, American heart
beats in the right place, We are only in
the mists OF prejudice, and things appear
distorted as the sun, seen through the
morning fog, wears bloody and portentious
aspect but, rising into the serene atmos.
phere, beams on the glad earth with bepie.
nant ray. [Applause.] Sir, this Unie n /.
destined to live. Too many men have ar
interest in it, The man who would betra,
it is already classed in popular sentiment
, with him who sold Christ for thirty pieces
of silver"