Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-05-25
appeal to the reason to the confidence Of the com

appeal to the reason to the confidence Of the com
munity.
What is the doctrine Of availabiltyl What is il
but appeal to the lower part of our nature ap
peal to the passions, SO to speak7 And the trouble
into which this country has fallen, arises nom the
fact that IL has long been given over to its passions
II is time it should be entrusted TO its and its
conscience The people, fthey be Inferior to their
political leaders in intelligence generally supe-
rior to them in moral instinct; and think the doc
trine of availability Is founded often upon oivi-
business of that fact addressed TO the highest part
of nature and community and il viii rise up to
meet you the rises up under the attraction
of the moon.
Now, gentlemen of the Convention, you have
This day done good and glorious work. 1t will
send thrill of joy and hope all ever the land. /
know well the feeling which will be awakened in
New England. 1t would be felt there like the
breeze from the sea after day of exhausted heat
Ike as man at the poles who is languishing after
the protracted darkness of an arctic winter feels
when he sees the first ruddy sparks which tell him
that the spring and summer is coming, so shall we
at the North welcome the Intelligence of this Con-
rention. IApplausel As the greater part of crea-
ton watefh for the manifestation ofthe Son of God,
so all the land win the true and patriotic ci
zens of America rise up and call you blessed. As
you go home you will be received with the applause
with the waving of handkerchiefs, the clappng of
hands, and eyes sparkling with joy and triumph.
As the English poet has said upon great oc-
casion-
"Men met each other with erected look;
The steps were highest which they took;
Friends to congratulate their friends made haste,
And long inveterate foes saluted as they passed"
When we 60 back to Massachusetts,, and to New
England, all over our hills and valleys which are
just beginning to feel the genial touch of spring.
what thrill of joy and exulaton will ring all along
our cities our towns our Villages, solitary farm
houses which nestle in the hollows of the hills
1t will be so everywhere. Applause "Bow beau
tiful on the mountains are the feet of those who
bring tidings of. peace" How beautiful, upon the
mountains, are the feet of those who reconcile sec
tiona dscord, that bring together the North and the
South and the East and the West and bind them
together in the unity of the spirit of the land Of
peace. Cries of ''good," "good, and applause.
Let by-gones be by-gones. Rash words have
been eaid unwise things have been done. The North
has been severe upon the South the South has been
severe upon the North but let US forget and forgive
it ALL Let there be here one afectionate fond fra
ternal embrace and, as the days Of that great man
Washington, [pointing to the portrait of Washing
ton. Massachusetts, Virginia, and South Carolina
stood side by side in the days that tried mems souls
and felt his great arm laid upon them for support,
so let us now, in this day of our joy and triumph
go back to tlrose old days renew those old feelings
and here on the alter of our country's good make
sacrafce ofevery trumpery sectional abstraction, and
vow one Constitution, one Union, one country and
one common destiny.
The speaker resumed his seat amid deafening ap-
plause, and three cheers for Massacnsetts.