, 1860-03-07

The Republican party beiu. thus yiudicated |
1gaiEst tile charge Of hostility to the South, /
NliCs. has been offered in excuse for the me-
nares Of unconstitutional Resistance in the event
Df its succrss, feel we'll assured tia. it will sus-
|a'n "e in nlrrt'ns them iu .he spirit Of lie de-
lender oil The English Commonwealth
..svy ley thAs sha1 toat As We do 10 ration.
10 Law tae we,. shall ut haze tne cgaa,
s.,nes s, s" w 2ly e. 3 t.sernos hgs e T. the
mi pa1.i f;sani, my q 10 eezsn tals. bu. ar
Will .sanY fes o II sei,s n % Il
M II w Ind Which God hath given Them ~ em.
,h. ;a t1nf T.; m hish .sls fs insy il dug
s uss an hsS:G su % !Ssa she;s severn
hfd'y rcuurse NOT as l frec go!enE,eat.~
The Republican party knows. as the whole
country will ultimately come 10 understand.
ttat the nollest objects Of national life must
perish. that life itself shall be lost, and there
lore 1t WILL accept the issue rendered. It will
take up the word Onion, which others gre 20
willing 70 renounce, and, combining it with that
other glorious thought, Liberty. which has bean
its inspiration so long, it will move firmly on
ward, with tho motto inscribed on its banner.
Union and LInzErf, como what may, in VIC
tory as in defeat, IN power a. out Of power,
"now aud forever"
lfthe Republican party maintain tie Union.
Who and what party is TO assail it. Only the
the Democratic party take up the assault! The
menaces OF l'isunion are made, thou.h not in
is aatne, yet III its behalf. Ii must ayow or
d'sasow thcna- Its silence, thus far, il rostsu-
tous: but is not alarming. The effect Of the in-
t1th'datiou, II successful, would be to continue
minority, by terror. 1t certainly ought to iced
no more than this to secure the success of the
Republican pzxty. II, indeed, the time has
come when the Democratic party must rule BIZ
terror, instead Of ruling through conceded
public confidence, then it is quite certain that it
iiullng On that odious principle, it could not
long save either the Constitution or public
liberty But shall not believe the Democratic
party will consent to stand in this position.
though it does, through the notion 0,
rs representatives, seam to cover and sustain
those who threaten disuniou. ! know the rc-
mocracs OF tie North. I know them now in
their waning. strength. l do not know = posi-.
bic Dlsun!ouist among them all. I believe they
will be rs Eitlfulto the Cuiop now IS they were
in the W gone days n hen their ranks ere full,
and their challenge to the combat was always
the war'cFy OF victory. But, if il shall prove
otherwise, then the world will all the sooner
know that every party in this country must
stand on Union ground; that the American
people will sustain no party that is not canah|,
Of making sacrifice OF its ambition On the altar
Of the country; that. although a party NAV
hare never SO much Of prestige, and never such
traditional merit, YET, it it he lacking in the one
virtue of loyalty to the Union oil its ad4ansares
VII be unayaiing; and then obnoxious a.
through loug-cherished and obstinate prri,,di-
ces, the Republican party is in the cunitat
States. get even there it will advance like an
army with banners, winning the favor Of the
whole people, and it will be armed with fhe
national conhde1ce and support, when it shall
be found the onlr party that defends and main
tltNS tue integrity Of the Eninn
Those who seek 10 awaken the terrors of dis
union seem to me to hare too hastily considered
the conditions under which they are to mike
their attempt. Who believes thst Republican
| tyranny under Constitution which inte rposrs
80 many checks as ours: Yet tha: tyranny
must not only b. practced, but must be in,ol.f
able, and there must be nu remaining hor. for
constitutional relief, before forcible resistance
/ cau find ground to stand OH anywhere
Ile people Of the Uuited Ssates, acting in
conformity with the Constitution, are the su.
prcne tribunal to try and determine all political
| lssnes- Ihey are Us coinpeten. to decide the
Issues Of to day It's they have been l,sfetofnrc to
decide tue issues Of other days. They can &c.
consider hereafter and rcrerse, il need be, The
Judgment they shall pronounce to-day, as they
haze more au ouce recousalered and reversed
their Judgments iu former times. 1t needs no
revolution to correct my error, or prevent anv
| danger, under any circumstances
| Nor Is any new Or special c,use for re- o1utipu
likely to occur under u Republican al,nini$i Ira.
tlou. We are engaEod ia no new tran saction,
net crea il new dispute. Our fathers under.
our successors-to erect n free and federal EN-.
pisc, whose atrhes shall span the North As,eri.
can continent, and reflect tie rays Of the SUI,
throughout his whole passa.e from one to The
other of the Srea! occaus. They erected thir.
teen OF its columns afl ut once. These are
| etar3intr $I,n .e.
successors added twenty Morc; even we who
are here have shaped lua elevated three ct thai
twenty, ,tns! all these are a. i1n, an.l AZ stead
fast Us the f!rst thi7tcru aud more WILL yet be
Necessary When We shall lave rested fran ou,
!aaoFs- soi:'s among ns prefer for these col
uilins composite material; others tl1c MIR,
white marble. Our fathers and our predeccs
sots dliicretl in the same way, and on the saiits
point What e1ecsa1:0ns should We not III
unite IN pEn'ionncin. on any statesman wlls
heretofore, froas usere disappointment and dis
gust It he!ag o.crculel ia bis choice Of mate
rails Tor my new coiun'n then 10 be .,uarried
SHOULD have laid violent ha1...s on the in,pertcc
s,rrctuEe and brought it down to the earth
there to remain 4 wEcck, instead Of u citadel o
awortd's be-: :oCes.
! row remain in thr option have uniformly
expressed Ee1e and elsewhere, that shrse hast,
thfcais oil !tiun!sn are SO unnatural that the,
| will Ind co uanl to execute them. We are q
One race, language, libery, and filth; engaged
indeed. 10 Farlcd Industry hut even that indus
try, 50 diversified, hiings us into more intinlat
rcat'ons Wlta each other than any other people
however honoseneous and though living unIe
consolidated Government, ever maintained
We langu*sh throughout. it one joint Of ou
Federal frame Is smitteu; while it is certain
that part discovered must perish. You n,a,
Eri:ne ns you plcass ahout the structure Of th'
Government, a1tl say that it il d compact, an.
that breach, by one uf the states, CT by Con
sress, Of aRF one article, ebsolyss III! the men,
lers from allegiance, and :..,at The States ma,
| separate when the; have. or fancy they lave
c:lstse TOR ",r. But unce try TO subyert it, ant
.vsu will lind that it is Il government Of Il whol'
reople-as individuals, as well n con,
pact Of States: TINT every individual n,cn,be
OF the body polite is conscious OF his interes
md power in it, aud kuoss that he will be help
less, power!ess. horeless, when it shall hav
gone down. Mankind have natural right,
natural instinct, and natural capacity for sci
government; and when, AS here, they nre su'1i
cientfy ripencd By culture, they will and MUS
have self:goyernment and no other. Th
frauers Of onr Constitution, will, wisdom tha
surpassed ull previous understanding amon!
men, adapted It to these Inherent elements q
human nature. He strangely, Llinlly n.is.,ndes
s,ands the anatomy Of the great system, wh
| thinks 1ha! its only bonds, or even Its strou.es
l,gaments, nrc the written compacts or cren Il.
multiplied and thoroughly raf:,isicd rouds au
tuQI0Irnt1IcS OF trade, commerce AID social In
tercourse. These ere strong indeed, but it
chefcst instruments Of coheslon-those wLic
render it luseparah!c and iuIiysble--nre tn
millions Of ibres Of millions of coh.euted, hurp
human hearts. tinding by their affections, thcci
ambitions and their bust hopes equally til
high and the low, the rich aud the poor, It,
wise and unwi$e, the learned and the untutn,
ed, even the good and the bad, to Govern
n,ent. the first, the List and the ooly such on
| that has ever existed, which. takes equal her
| always OF their wau:s, their wishes and thei
opinions, ami appeals to them nil, individually
once IN year. or in two years, or at least i
four years, for their EXPIRE sse1 consent and re
newal, without which it must cease. No, e
where you will, and to what class you may Nit
commissions for your fatal sarvice in one hand
and your bounty counted BY the hundred or Il,
thousaul pieces OF silver in tue other, thou
can engage; on the banks equally Of the 81
Lawrence and Of the Rio Grande on the i,
lanilc and the Pacific coasts, on the shores G
the Gulf Of Mexico and in The delis of tn
Rocky Mountains, among the fishermen on tn
banks Of. Newfoundland, tue wearsrs- m
spinncrs OF Massachusetts, the steyeiores &
New York, tie miners Of lennsylyani:
Pixies Peak and California, tue wheat. grow
ers OF Indiana, the co,t"n aud the suga
plant. rs on the Mississippi, among the rolun
tury citizrns from crery other Land not less thn
tho native born, the Christian and the Jc1
among the Indians GU the prairies, the coutun,.
cious Sfotmons in Deseret, the Africans free
the Africans i'll bondage, the inmates Of hospi
! tails and alnsshouscs, and eycn the criminals i