Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-02-08
Mr.. Sherman's Response.

On the evening after the election of Mr.
Pennington as Speaker, the prominent &C.
tors in the contest for the Speakership on
the Republican side, were serenaded at
Willard's Hotel. When called out, Mr..
Pennington and others, made very neat and
appropriate responses, but the best of all
was that Of Mr.. Sherman. lie said:
My FRIENDS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :
l had retired to seek rest and quiet. You
summoned me, and l obey. But l was
not prepared for this cordial and kindly
greeting Of hand, heart and voice, which
leaves Inc almost without the power of re-
turning my thanks. We have met to con-
graduate each other upon the happy result
of this days labor-a Republican Speaker
Is elected and no calamity comes. A Re
publican Speaker is elected, and the
people rejoice. A Republican Speaker
is elected, and stocks advance. A Re-
publican Speaker is elected, and cotton
IS worth eleven cents a pound and up
wara-and may it advance higher
(Cheers.) A Republican Speaker is elect
ed and slave property remains the same in
value. (Cheers( A Republican Speaker
is elected. and the Union is safe. Cheers.
So it will be when a Republican President
is elected prolonged cheers and cries Of
".Good') for in that event every right Of
every citizen of every State will be secured
in his hands. The only dissolution of the
Union which our adversaries fear is a dis
solution of their union with the public
treasury. This is the union" they clamor
about; and it must be confessed they cling
to it with a sincere love. tLaughter.)-
This is the source of their injustice to us.
We tell them OIL determined. only purpose,
and they quote to US the language of some
crazy fanatic. They represent US as believe
ing what VIC do not believe; they say VIC
intend what we do not intend, and they
howl and rave at us. ! tell youmy fellow
citizens, if you take away the pressure Of
money, the pressure of Office. you will not
hear these men crying cut "Disunion!' and
endeavoring to separate the people of one
part Of this country from the other
(Cheers.) My friends, We will conquer
their injustice, we will beat down their
~prejudices, we will quiet the fears of the
few among them who are cincere. We will
do it with frmness and love, with brother
ly kindness and respect. Dissolve the IN
ion of those States! Fellow-sitizens, my peo-
pie live afar of, on the shores of one of the
beautiful lakes of the West, if they were to
hear among them such talk as we hear
from the Democratic ofice-holders of the
Federal capital, they wouldnot hang them;
but they would denounce and curse them.
Dissolve the Unioni 1t can't be done
(Cheers.) Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and
Indiana have recently met and resolved it
shall not be done, (Cheers) 1 tell you my
fellow-citizens, my heart is in this contest
my hand is in it. "a voice-"Your pock-
ct, toO?" Yes, my pocket. too-and every
energy that Ipossess. tell you you will all
live to sec, not only a Republican Speaker,
but, 1 trust in God, a Republican Presi-
dent. (Cheers.) My friends, let us greet
the new Speaker as the harbinger of COM
ing events The past is with our adver-
saries-we rejoice in the present. Let US
hope in the future.