The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-02-16

House of Representatives at least has
not produced disruption, and we shall
see hereafter, even if Black Republi-
can President shalIbe elevated into the
White House, that the Union VIII still
be saved. Cheers. II however,
large parties may be divided IN the
North BY name, there is no division in
sentiment as regards the maintenance
of the Constitution and the Union.
TCries of "Good," and cheers.1 Nor
Is there divided South for / tell you
whether parties in that section be called
American or Democratic, they all fight
under the same banner, and are enlisted
for the maintenance of a single policy
[Cries of 'sThat's So" So in. the
North, when the time comes you will
find the divisions have disappeared, and
# there be a single man there who
shall descend from the policy which it
will then become our duty to pursue,
we will first hang him as traitor, and
them attend to the traitors South.
ICheers.] lido not wish anybody to
be deceived with regard to the state of
sentiment there. know that there are
few men there whose principles you
cannot discover, and others again who
profess to be on the Southern side, and
to Join them in this cry which is now
raised against the preservation of the
Union but ! tell you when the day of
trial comes, these men will disappear
rs the fog before the Northern blast.
(Cheers) There will be no division
thon. / tell you, my friends, when you
90 home tonight, rest securely on your
pillows under the conviction that there
never was q time in the history
of the Republic when the union of these
States was more firmly secured than it
is at this present moment; and if it
shall ever be in danger, will tell you
how it is then to be preserved is by
sending up here united delegation
from the North into the House of Rep
resentatives, and then you will see that
this cry of "disunion " will disappear
forever. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, thank
ing you for your compliment, / bid You
good night.
SPEECH oE MR.. GROW.
The serenaders then proceeded to
the residence of the Hon. Mr.. Grow,
who spoke as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS Il must Of course
regard this very fattering notice not as
a compliment paid to me as an indivld-
ual, but to me representative OF prin-
ciples and measures cherished by so
large portion of the freemen of the
Neutrality-suspicious. principles that
were engrafted by our fathers upon the
the Government, and which give to it
vitality and success. We still MAIN
tain those principles cherished by
Washington and Jefferson and the faith
ers Of the Republic, and which are
vet dear to the hearts of the present
generation, and upon which those wis
eat and greatest of men established in
this New w orld a Government in which
all men were to be regarded in the
Courts of Justice as human beings, en-
titled to the protection Of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. cloud
cheering.) Having to-day closed a
conflict of more than eight weeks in a
struggle to organize the National Leg
islature, it is with feelings of pride
common not to us alone, but millions
of freemen in the States OF this Union
who rejoice in the result. That long
conflict is to-day closed, so far as or
ganizing the Legislature is concerned
but This conflict, fellow citizens, is hot
one of sections, as has been represented
it is not conflict between the North
and South, or between any other Sec
tions of the Union, but it is a conflict
as to an element of political economy
and the systems of labor existing in this
country. 1t is conflict whether the
unoccupied Territories of the Union
shall be now, and continue to be, the
homes of the freemen-whether they
shall be dedicated and consecrated for
ever in free homes, for free men, or
whether they shall be occupied by a
population emigrating thence, not only
from your own States, but brought to
this country from the shores of Africa,
by which the Territories shall be filled
up with a black slave population, in
stead of being the homes OF white men.
That is the conflict to day-(cheers) =
and not a war of the sections of this
Union. 1t is conflict on principle
Of political economy, and as to the sys-
tenn OF labor that can best develope the
material interests of the country, and
foster its great industrial interests.
(Cheers.) The question of the day is,
whether the men who own their own
labor, whose daily toll is the only means
they have of obtaining livelihood and
support for themselves and their fami
lies, shall be the recipients OF this
whether those who own their own la
Dor are to occupy the Territories OF
the Union, free from the degradation
that contact with Slavery everywhere
brings uponfrce labor, or whether they
are to be occupied by those who own
the labor of others, and whose capital
consists in the bones and muscles Of
the laborer. This conflict between the
labor that owns itself and the capital
that owns it, has caused this.long strug-
gle in Congress, and to-day shakes the
political elements of the Republic.
fCbeeYs. A voice-ssFree labor for
ever. down with the Democracy y
II il not n conflict between the States of