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with many who had acted with the Amer
Wb;o and II MON narties. to bury to-nlgh
ire former political issues, and to Jake e'eiy .
by the f.and as 4 brother, however m,icn
may have differed before W e cotJ - -,
IN. fer now. He did not believe tpossi9'e' III
the circumstances, for the Union 70 iaSt; /,
believed with John Bell and Willard
Oe more that the Union could not survive
OF ascendancv Of sectional party. NO ints
lst at ,,,a-, heI;aves that there really exist
all, unionsnow. There is no union oil hearts ;
or, no nn;on az hands. What do we expect n
an the North Warfare against our ins'iluto
I'M. Has any man confidence IN the oiSposit
-. of I,nt.,ln 10 dispense justice to TINS sect'e
'' lie mod ,,nity Of action; that unless we co.
M to9a1ber inst as sureas God relgns, Aoe Ii
mr. co7n viii yai..n over us. We might as W
rs, ,,r..,.rs now He read extracts from Iii
COINS sentiments, that mo mai ought 10 ~
ern another without anothers CONSENT u
a "the slave ought to have voice m the 20
~ ernment ,, sc. Lincoln's adnlnistrati'
he sands pledged to make war upon our lns.lt
i'd tIeas. He then alluded 70 tne 'iilePen
% position of the South. IheTe he'vi "as
- people upon the face of Gods eartn Dett'
y aha 10 nrotect themselves than we are. IL
= impossible for ary man to sustain tne positio
y that the South has not the aoihty " Piote'
u herself If we cannot have our ilSh,s IA M ~
l. Union, the remedy is IN our own h 111t n
s war has already commenced i"'nei III
e Black Republicans have to back doMn IfoI
their position, or we have to resist. II Iher
: is : spirit of conservatism there YET anu III
South takes firm, unequlNoeai SIAM, IN
, | North will yield to our Just demands. MANY
|, Of them say that we are expected 10 ctGel
: into eur rat-holes and in rage 10 die. VIZ
know what is best for us-we know inc I'M
: portance to us Of the institution OF slavery
| Whilst he reyered the Union, he was unwill-
Ing under any circumstances Whatever, to
submit to one hours rule of Black Repubii-
can President. We can 60 out Of the Union
peaceably if we desire He did not believe
there would be necessity for the drawing of
] a single sword, the fixing Of single bayonet,
| or the firing Of a single shot But be that as
| it may, we enter the contestarlned with truth,
justice and right.
HON. WILEY P. HARRIS
was the next spelixat For the le,t three or
| four months we had allfelt as we never felt
before in regard to our relations to this gov
eminent. 1t appeared, indeed, that we are
utterly unable to control our destiny, and that
it had to Is decided by men who never saw
us, and wlsa know scarcely anything at out US.
| Ii this was a question OF to-day only--lf 1t
! had grown out of causes which had sprung
up yesterday, its aspect would be diiierert;
but it has existed for thirty years. The peo-
pie of the South never attempted or claimed
the right 10 control the domestic institutions
of their sister States; and all the clamor about
slavery amounts to this, that it neyer-went
beyond the limits originally intended for 1T
We have shown no eagerness to bring on this
conflict we have yielded all that honorable
men could yield, and they have blindly, and
he thought foolishly, thrust it upon US. Let
us not leave it for our children to settle. A
general movement is now inevitable. Under
Republican rule, we would always be subject
to fluctuations in the value Of property, from
the power of this party at any time to blot
out millions OF property. We cannot embark
in any enterprise not subject to prostration if
the slave interest is affected. But being born
upon the soil, he does not intend to take refuge
10 flight There are times when a people are
bound to assert their rights against their own
government. In this case, it does not involve
theflihicnlties and the horrors which some I'M
dertake to depict. Let our enemies see in our
face firm determination not to submit, and |
II possible, adjust terms on which we eau live |
together. Ten Southern States united and |
occupying this position, are capable of main |
tanning their rights and Independence. Mr.. |
Harris then called attention to the objects of |
the meeting.
He thought it important that we should /
pledge ourselves to the support of such meas
ures as the times demand We all want to
putsan end to this question, and the sooner, for
ourselves, the better. We don't want, as
primary measure to dissolve this Union; he
never yet found a man who cherished a
scheme to effect dissolution, but he found
very many who didn't like Union upon such /
terms as the free States may be pleased to die
tate. A Union with the Yankees and Repub-
licanS he didn't like, and if there was not
negro on earth be would be opposed to living
{ lder Black Republican rule, for he regarded
the principles of that party destructive of true
republican liberty. five were separated he
would never consent to re- unite with them
George Washington himself with his Farewell
Address in hand, would spurn such a Union
IS this he'd together as it is with Constitu-
ion iTampled under foot. lie would EoFeI
Fote or sign paper for a Union with such a
,eople as our Northern revilers. The masses
If the South have not yet measured the extent
Il Black Republican hostility to us and our
institutions. They have not read their Jour
las or witnessed their demonstrations. rom
men who, believing that slavery invoices all
;rimes, would commit you, your wives and
your children to massacre what can you ex-
1ect And where is the rationa. man who
expects that Mr.. Lincoln will curb this par
"? Resistance will compel them to pause ,
nothing else willretard their onward, aggressive
march. They already declared that we were
doomed, dead, destroyed. Seward declared !
hat our sovereignty as States alone was the /
,nly safeguard we had against the total aboli !
ion ofslaYery, and as for himself, he was de-
ermined to force the solution Of this question :
ipon the South. Let us then, take a resolute,
stand, and half the battle is over.
The chairman here suggested that the next !
peakers address themselves asmuch as posi- /
lie to the organization of the Minute Men,"
GEN. JOHN D. FREEMAN
hen took the stand. He reviewed, briefly ,
he Constitution of the country, and come to i
he conclusion that the Union was o mere .
oaubIe, instead of being anything substantial.
In fact, no Union now exists. There was no
union of hands and union of hearts bet ween
the free and slave States. The American
Union is already dissolved The people of
the slayeholding States made the government,
and they sustained it, as long as they had the
power so to do, but on the North
ern people rests the responsibility of its disso-
luton. Thais Constitution Of the United States
gurantees protection to slave property. Is
that granted This agitation was gotten up !,
in the now free Safes for the purpose Of abol-
ishing slavery il the South. The North
never did abolish slavery. II they did where
are those they fmancipated And now, with
Their hypocFitial can't, they desire to abolish it
here, because, brsooth, they desire to do US
good, and they boldly threaten to break up the
Institution Of slavery or expel us from the
Union. He cted, in illustration of their I'M
prncipled andinfamous desigtg, their conduct
towards LADY of this State, while visiting
Minnesota, tbs last summer-how they had
stolen her servants, ard surrendered them on
payment of a cash consideration how they
held public meetings, sanctioned by their Gov
ernor, dendncing Mississippians and slave
holders generally. lie referred, in euIogizing
terms, to caleb Gushing, and ether conserva-
tive men tho in vain labored toarrest this fan
atical tidemen who though comparatively few, |
were witt the South in the maintenance of her |
rights gain he declared that there was no |
Union--hat the compact was broken.
CAPT. WIN. VI. ESTELLE
made th concluding speech, which like those
that PRECEDED il, aLounded in patriotic senti-
menf Like the deep nlurmur Of the sub /
terranesi waters, he said, there was fixed t
deterioration to resist further aggression
He aliuAd in scathing terms TO those who |
believed hat flatnosed, thick Tipped long-h heel
ed, kisiy-headed niggers were the equals of |