, 1860-04-06
Great UnIOn DEMONSTRATION Al the West


accounts Of tie visit Of the Executives and
Legislators Of -four Of the great States Of
the WeSt-TcialsSce, Kentucky, Indiana
and Ohio--to Louisville, Cincinnati aud
Columbus, Ohio, last week. At each oi
the cities named, the visitors were received
with great enthusiasm and pur.Ook Of Samp.
tuous banQuets At Cincinnati they were
received by a large military procession, and
welcomed by stirring addresses from the
mayor and ,a2rs, to which Gov. Magoflin,
Of Kentucky, snd others responded. The
speeches all expressed deep devotion to the
Union. and firm purpose to oppose section
aliSm' and flHaticism. The closing banquet
at Cincinnati on Friday evening was a mag-
niicent affair The Ga2e'te speaking OF
the reception, says:
ave cannot close without noticing, as a
most significant indication on this great oc-
c0siou, the effect upon the thousands inside
Of the hall, when the bnnd suddenly
changing its tune, struck up in double quick
time our most familiar national air-Yankee
Doodle. We have seen enthusiasm Of the
Spontaneous combustion order, but never
before like that. The key note of the
Union was fairly struck, and whoever wit
messed the effect must have gone away a
wiser and better man, if he ever dreamed
that Union thus symbolized conld be easi-
ly dissolved. You cannot divide up Yam
kee Doodle"
On Friday night the city was in a state
Of great enthusiasm. A large number of
houses were Illuminated. Bonfres were
kindled, rockets went Kissing on their aeriul
voyages, and lights of lurid FIRE CLEANED
from the most prominent corners. The
streets were thronged by thousands of peo-
pie, who were out minging in the universal
gaety.
Tue visitors left Cincinnati on Saturday
for their respective homes, regretting that
they could not visit New York, as request
ed by the Legislature of that State.
At the Louisville banquet Mr. Payne, Of
Tennessee, in responding to toast, thus
spoke OF the Unen: Il
"Sir, l never yet contemplated dlSsolu-
ton of this Union. never could ieok ID
in the face. l am q Southern man, with
all the impulses of my own glorious South.
Cheers. l am Southerner, born under
Southern sky, where have been reared !;
there lie the bones Of my ancestors, and l
trust there VIII oe the graves of my most
distant posterity. Immense applause. l.
But, while say this, am citizen of the
United States. Increased cheering, and
cries of Chats gOod"] 1t is my country
from the most distant corner of Maine to
the Rio Grande, from the capes Of the Old
Dominion to the gold-coVered fields of Cal
ifornia [Chcers N.Y., VI
Talk to me about destroying this Union
Of ours Where, sir, is the foul hand that
would weave shroud with which I'd, en-
wrap American freedom and American
union, and place it away in the urn Of OBJ.
liyion and forgetfulness? Where is tie
hand that would apply the torch to this
glorious temple, erected by our forefatherS,
conSecrated by their prayers, and in which
We the children are all permitted to liver
Is there a traitor soul in the limit Of our
voice that would thus project such calam-
Ivy as this2 Will the assembled represent
tatives Of Tennessee and the Senates aud
House 81 Representatives assembled from
other States answer me If there is any man
in our States who would desire the destruc-
tion of the UnioB2 Cries Of "no, no,
no"] II there be one to be found may
there be u garland Of scorpions woven for
his brow! tCheers. May his name be
allied to eternal infamy, and the curses of
posterity be heapcd upon his headl Ire
mendous cheering Shall 1 give it 1p?-I
You, Kentucky and Tennessee, give it upiI
Cries of mo, 10, no."l / tell you. stand
on middle ground Of "no disunion," and
swear by the God that created us, by the
God of our fathers, that you cannot, that
you viii not give it up. [Cheers
Now, sir, we have been looking at one
another through magnifying glasses too
much. Some at the North think because
we love niggers We make Christmas pies Of
them. Lsughter.l We at the South
often have as queer notions about our
Northern brethren What ought we toI
do? Why, throw down our war-elubs and
behave ourselves. Laughter. Letthose
who. are warning recollect the example Of
the Father Of bis Country. When did
ever an uukind word escape his lips towards
any section Of this great Union? 1t is
true, We have lost our political Moses, but
the lesso he taught MS are still on record
for our profit, and let us cherish them. Let
us not fight about mere words or talk
about one another unkindly We ought to
be in closer proximity Of feeling You are
bone Of our bone and flesh Of our aesh, Of
common family, with common country,
Inheritance in common, war in common, and
common liberty aud constitution. APP
plause.
| said, sir, when | heard We were invited
to Columbus, in the State Of Ohio, There
is the place want to go to-" Cheers ]
Kentucky is our closest neighbor; We can
see noble Buckeyesl [Cheers.] l want
to stand as Southerner, aud talk to them
as an American citizen, [applause;l to sit
in council together aud renew our political
faith, bowiug around common altar, let
ting mutual prayer go up to the God OF
our fathers to protect this glorious Union