, 1860-04-06

this Union will be dissolved? TCries Of
''ncverl neverInl How will you divide it!
Where will you begin? Who will have the
Territories that are rapidly springing into
States, thelgreat rivers that ponr through
tho continent? What would you do with
Virginia? would not Ike to part with
Pennsylvania IL is the Old Keystone
State; il contains the hall of our indepeu-
dence; it was there American liberty was
born; there the American eagle was first
let loose from its cage, and there il took its
highest fight and screamed its highest
notes Of exultaton | have property in
Independence Hall! [Cheers caul.et
give up Massachusetts,, even such devil
as she has grown. Laughter and cheers.
| have noble estate there that was wiIed
me by George Washington, Hancock, Lee
and Adams. am part owner Of Bunker
HA1l Prolonged applause. 1t contains
the blood that was shed by American mar
tyrS who died for the cause Of freedom; |
won't surrender my title to Bunker Hill !!
How. can the men Of the North surrender
their cities in Southern soi2 Go to the
last resting place of the sage of Ashland,
stand by the spot where lie the bones OF
the greatest Of American orators, and dare
to say that you can give up your interest in
that grave. Cries of "neverl neverl new
erl" Go with me to the lowly resting
place of the great hero and statesman, the
man who proclaimed and wrote in letters
of Gre upon the forehead of disunionists,
THE Union must and shall be preserved
Can you give up the bones Of Andrew
jackson? Great cheering You have
an interest in the blood Of your countrymenI
who fell at New Orleans in the defense Of
booty and beauty" led on by the same
old hero. Has the North no interest in
that?
Disunion would be stain Of infamy up-I
on our brows which the waters of Neptune
could never wash out II you are deter
mined on it, however, don't fight. Let US
send delegates to Washington, assemble the
Legislatures Of the different States, take
with US laborers with pickaxe sand spade,
and batter aud level the capitol, so that
like the beautiful temple of Jerusalem,
there shall not be one stone left upon an
other. Pull down the palatial buildings
that have been erected for the Offices Of the
government; do not let these mementoes
taunt cur children with the worthessness
Of their fathers. Terrific cheering. II
And, when you have done that, 20 to that
proud shaft that is rising to the memory OF
him who was First in war, FIRST in peace,
and nrst in the hearts Of bis conntFynien,p
leheers,] through the patriotic eoniribp-
tions Of every State, aud leave no stone Of
it to mark our infamy. Prolonged ap-I
plause When we have done this let usI
assemble around the graves Of the old vet-
Grams, aud with our faces in the dust ac-
knowledge We are their unworthy descend
ants and acknowledge that we are not Ct
for selfgoYernment II the Union is to be
destroyed, il the consultation is TO be oblit-
Grated, let Us "own up"-for once in our
lives, tell the truth and shame the devil. y
Laughter aud appIause asai I'D
= But 1t cannot be. The American heart
beats in the right place, We are only in
the mists Of prejudice, and things appear
distorted as the sun seen through the morn
ing fog, wears a bloody and pOrtentous as
peci, but, rising into the serene atmosphere
beams on the glad earth with benignant
ray. [Applause. Sir, this Union IS des-
tined to live. Too many men have inter
est in it, The man who would betray Il Is
already classed in popular sentiment with
him who sold Christ for thirty pieces Of sill.
yer. If battle Is 10 be fought j will
fight, but II will be for the constitution and
the temple Of the Union. ] viii stand
there and call upon the good men. North
and South, to lash all traitors from Us sa-
cred precincts witlna whip Of scorpions. !
trust God, my countrymen. that in such an
event, you will stand with me, aud swear
by the Eternal, as jackson himself swcre,
to defend the Union with ''our fortunes and
our lives" repeated cheers,
NEPOLEoNs PERSONAL PEcutARIrIEs,
r = !