Gazette and sentinel., 1860-11-03

American drdOr than on last night. IL was a glorious
occasion, and an outpourinS Of the people, the like of
which ha1 never been witnessed in this city since the
good old days when the war cry of " our rights was
the wstch-word with old aud young OF American true
men.
Not only were our citizens Of every grade represent.
ed, In. also were the Parishes and the neishborIng
States, and all corgregat,d TO DO honor to the South's
true so1 and uGwayering champion, VIM. L. Yancey-
- hear and endorse his elevated p .triotic sentiments
and to echo them TO the Union in the fearlessness of
truth and independence.
THE STEAMER.
Mr.. Yancey, who, bythe.by, wore an entire suit of
homespun, after the s~ub,iding of the v~cciferous greet.
ing, spoke rs follows, during a period of nearly two
hours aud a half:
Fellow Citizens 1, is only By the most perfect order
that can hope to he heard.
Fellow Cliznns-In addressing 50 vast an audience
as his, Of the intelligent citizens Of Louisiana. | feel
oppressed by the weight of the responsibility that
res upon ne. so mere rhetoric-no mere idle decli.
mltion could be il place on such an occasion. Here
the speaker was Interrupted by the advancing of a
banner towards the stand, and somewhat of a murmur
10 the "rowd Let the banner be advanced to the
stand. There is a, lat a sovereignty that banners and
pCOplC ny WV W lLhS SpcdhtE pduscNt anu tue
banner was brought On the stand And now, Fellow
Citizens, | hope that each man present will give me his
most patient attention. The least murmur, it must be
obVious to every one, in so vast an assemblage as this,
no speaker conld possibly overcome. And as | desire
to confer with you, Fellow Citizens Of the State of
Louisiana, hravely, calmly, and dispsssionately, | can
only hope to do 50 with any effect by the observance of
the utmost silence on the part OF every individual de- |
sirouS of helriag me, and not disposed to prevent others
from doing so.
Fellow citizeus-The times are serious. The issues
they involve press themselves upon the heart of every
good and loyal man, no matter what party he belongs
to; and | propose tonight to try to deal with these
grave questions in q manner somewhat similar to that
in which our fOrefithers dealt with them in l776.
(Cheers) This il no time for men 10 abandon them.
selves to their party or their personal p~rejudices il is
no time for me1 TO be Indifferent to what is passing
around them it is no time to yield to anything but the
vain hopes Of party triumph.
Three weeks ago. this dag, l passed through the city
Of Philadelphia, and an election was taking place
there, The next day, while | was in New York,
heard Of the results Of thai. election, and they filed the
hearts Of all good men, Of the North and Of the South.
with deep sorrow IL not with dismay. Three weeks
ago tomorrow night, | addressed for the first time an !
audience Of my iellow-Citizens OF the Northern section
Of the country, in the great metropolis of New York;
and with the weight OF the news Of that cleo.
ton pressing on me, 1 did the best that lay
in my power; | did my best to shake off q
the sh@ckles Of the party ma, and tried to speak
with but 2 single eye to the salvation Of that country |
which the result Of that election showed TO be in S
great danger. And, % to. night I intend TO sneak 8
here, | spoke to them on the rights of the South. and 4
OF the Southwest, and Of the North west-of the
OF my own section, whom | loved better than n
! loved the people of their section, of nv own HON, q
which I loved better than their home, and of our II
by which | declared to them | would stand even n
| had to die by them. told them that great az ia .
New York, in all its commercial relations, New Or. q
leans is in many respects far greater: that its relations Il
with the mouth of this great inland sea, which ex. A
tends from the Gulf of Mexico to the Lakes, and drains n
. continent from States bordering on the Atlantic 10 !,
states washed by the Pacific, gave u advantages which
no other city in the Union could ever hope to rival. a,
Nhis great river, whose tributaries and arms percolate y
Ne whole country-whose sources have been poeti.
eally said to spring amid the eternal SHOWS Of the
while its mouth lies on the verge of the tro. ?
pics| told them, fertiizes the lands of both the EN-. d
of freelabor and the employers Of slaye.labor &c
md bears down on its bosom to and through New Or Y
cans, and to the Ocean, the products Of both free and p
l~ave-labOr. U
And | told them tha. your city is no sectional city h,
lew Orleans ia po sectional city. It can not be SO. IN
interests are bound up with the interests of the 40
hole Union. (Cheers) Those waters that come
ON Pennsylvania, and from Ohio, and from Virginia,
I'D from other free States in the far North, and the "
IT West, to the States in the far South, lave them all -
and render them all ~partakers in the magnificent 30
rosperity they enjoy, but which they can only con. -
nue TO enjoy in common by being firmly bound 10. ~
'ther. Aud what is it that has thus bound and does -
nd them together? The Constitution! (Cheers. -
he Constitution il the bond that binds them all IN. - =.
ther, (cheers) aud the common type Of their politi. VI
social and industrial relations, is to be found in this
City which sits on the Gulf of Mexico, BY the Du
outh Of the Mississippi. New Orleans, thus situated, ma
s a more practical interest in these Issues than any &c
Ter city in the Union, andin the event of a dissolution a"
the Union she would occupy a position not enjoyed ~
any other city. Like the apple of discord thrown in ne
the Grecian goddesses, your city would be the sig
pie Of discord. She would be commended for BY the GU
and by the East, and by the West, and by the oa'
18th, as for 4" gem of purest ray serene,r which nHF
h State would glory to be able to have set in her oo'
onet. loud applause) With all this vast ~interest. une