Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1860-01-02

luton, and havoc, and anarchy. Shsl! i. be sid
that we have allowed oil these evils to come upon
our country while we were engaged in the petty
and small disputes and debates to which ha e
referredl Can It be that our name is to rest in
history with this everlasting stigma and blot upon
it7
Sir, | wish to God il was in my power to pre-
serve this Union by reOouncing or agreeing to
give up every conscientious and other opinion.
might not be able TO discard it from nv mind; I
am under no obligation to 60 that | NAV retain
the opinion, but if l can do so great good aa to
preserve my countsy, and give it peace, aud its
institutions end lie Union ssb!lily, will forego
any action upon my opinions. Well, now, nv
friends, ADDRESSING the Republican Senators,
that is all that is asked Of you. Consider it well,
and do no' distrust the result AZ to the rect OF
this body, the gentlemen from the South, would
say to teem, can you ask more than this2 Are
you bent on revolution, bent on dsunioul God
forbid it. can not believe that such madness
possesses the American people This gives
reasonable satisfaction. l caO speak with COS f.
dence only Of my own State. Old Kentucky will
be satisfied with it, and she will stand by he
Union, and die by the Union if this satisfaction
be given Nothing shall seduce her; the clsnior
of no revolution, the seductiols aud terlUtations
OF no revolution will tempt her to move ore step
She has stood always by the side of the Constitu-
lon She has always been devoted to t,aud is this
day Give her this satisfaction, and believe all
the States of the South that are not desrous of
disuDion as better thing than the Union and the
Constitution will be satis6 ed and will adhere TO
the Union, ard we shall go on again in our great
career Of national glory.
But, sir, it is not necessary for me to speak to
you OF the consequences that will follow disuuion.
Who o! US is not proud Of the greatness we have
schieved1 Disunion and separation DESTROY that
greatness. Once disunited, we are no longer
great. The nations of the earth, who have look ed
upon you as a formidable power, q mighty power,
and rising to untold and immessurable greatness
in the future, will scof at you. Your q ,g that
now claims the respect of the world that PC
tects American property in every port and haibor
of-the world that p'otects the rights OF your ciii
zens everywhere, what will become ofit2 What
becomes of its glorious Infuence7 l. is gone; /;
and with il the protection of American cii zens
and property. To say nothing of the national
honor which il displayed to the world, the pro
teciicn of your rights, the rrotec,icn of your
property abroad is gone with the national Gag
and We are hereafter to copjure and conirive diff
feFent higs for our different republics, according
to the feverish fancies of revolutionary pltrio's
end disturbers of the peace of the worli No,
sir; want to follow no such fIg. I wan. to
preserve the union of my country We have it
in cur power to do so, and we are responsible il
We do not.
do not despair Of the Republic. When zee
before me Senators of so much intelligence sud
so much patriotism, who have been so honored
by their courtry, sent here as guardians OF that
very Union which is now 10 Question, sent here
ss the guardians of our rational rights, aid as
guardians Of that naiiosal Asg, can not despair;
| can not despond. / can not but believe that
they will fad some means OF recoaciIiDg and
adjusting the rights of all parties, by cOnces-
sious, il necessary. so as to preserve and give
nors stability to the country and to its institu-
tions.