The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-18
SOUTHERN RIGHTS IN NEW YORK

spoke as follows:
GENrLEMEN:-From a position of entire seclu
sion from political interests and public affairs,
nave had occasion, not for week. or 4 month, o
Single year, but for n number of wears to ncrus
with great attention the history Of the times pre-
Sented to us by the action of political parties ant
nave seen, as | conceive, during period of som
years duration, tendency in political action that
Ia Ia my judgment, necessarily led, unavoda
pie consequence, to Il dissolution OF this Union Po
Iitcal parties should never be divided upon euOra
questions" as they are called In the phrase "mor
ar include the whole circle of religious opiniop
ANA political parties can never be benefciaIk
formed IN a free State, founded upon the odum anC
detestati0n in which party is REQUIRED TO holf
the life, walk and conversation and morals or tlt
religious opinions of another. TAppause II hence
loloWSthat when politicians, seeking for some is
sue upon which to divide the community, select as
| their point as their banner, "Odium against Ne
gro Slavery, they select an issue which neceasari
| ly leads sooner or later to u dissolution of thr
Ihloh 1t Was-and no truer philosophy couid
nave been uttered, and | find no fault with the rx.
pfesSion-lt was necessarily an "rrepreSsible cor,
hict, IN which one party or the other must be al
| soiately Subdued so that it could no longer spE
Iai1' IN any degree, the contest with the other.
90 not think it was an ''irrepressib!e conflict,
IN any OF the senses in which the term has bqon
used, or III the way in which il was understood bv
those VINO uttered it but it was necessarily an Or
repressible conflict
| cannot imagine it to be possible that two di,
tnct nations-and each of these States is for GER
tain political purposes, and all the purposes Of th;z
| question, distinct natons-that two distinct M
tons can live together in one civil government
! each entertaining an utter detestaIion of the Er,
! and morals Of the other. And permit me to saw in
Tins connection that when | speak of nations I am
not TO be understood as referring to the effective
poutIcal majority. The effective political majority
| OF a State IN this Union speak the voice Of the
| state. Ihey are nation; the minority are mil
| llty, and they have no voice or power It hence
loloWs that when the utter detestation of the life
| ana morals OF the people Of Carolina have made
| the OASIS OF political party in New York and
that political party acquire the ascendencv in the
political affairs of the government, these two
states cannot live together except in the relation
OF oppressor and oppressed. [Applausel The
more powerful will trample on the weaker II
may trampe on the weaker according to some
written constitution that there will be no direct
violation of its letter. 1t may trampe upon il in
way justiiable by some course of argument rs
contormable to law, but it will trample upon the
weaker after all.
There can be no political society between those
whose political wishes in this respect cannot he
represented in the government. There can be no
reIaton between the hater and the detested, ex-
cept the relation Of oppressor and oppressed. Ap-
pIause. 1t is vain to say, f'We will give YOU ac-
tual laws" 1t is vain to say, 'COngress can pass
no laws to iniure the Southern States" It is NOT
by htigatlon 1t is not by legislation that the op-
preston will be effected. 1t is by the unseen and
potent influence of the Executive department of
the government, and that influence controls the
WHOLE and must lead to oppression of the Soutb If
IN permitted to pass into the hands of those who
hate them for the love of God. rApplause.7 And.
gentlemen, whilst deplore secession as much aS
any man who breathes whilst | deplore secession
as lraught with the greatest evils, | have looked
upon 1t rs an inevitable event whenever those VINO
detestthe life and conversation of the people of the
South acquire the political control of the central
government at Washington. rApplause Not as
thing that must happen on the instant but which
must pretty soon follOW.
is he nal trlro1 he,
sequence; and although | NAV dislike particular in
dividuals at the South, and believe that tbav
are influenced by evil motives and take adj
vantage OF the present state Of things for the
Pui pose o! advancing private ends and aims |
cannot Ind fault with the South as a unit | lo0l;
upon the South rs unit, and upon the North as 4
unit. do not take account OF men at the South
who are influenced by bad motives I do not taI,a
account OF the men at the North who are influenced
by bad or good motives | look upon the South as
that effective majority which represents the feeIinus
ana Interests Of the South, and lock upon the
NoFt as 1t Is represented BY that effective MAORI
ty which speaks the voice of the North And
looking at them IN this way, see that there is an
imPerous necessity, ii the South cannot otherwise
protect itself against the aggressive spirit of the
North, real necessity for this act Of secession
FAINT applause. Now, is the secession to come ?
Weak men seem to fear it. Some bad men nm
doubtedIy desire it. The South is full | am sure.
OF men who are anxious to prevent it. | afn sure
that there are numerous Wcll-kn0wn secession lea
Gto no lCt'I iOi Iit purpose OF leading Alright and
leading in the end, ifthey can, the multitude who
follow through the wilderness of doubt and dismav
into the promised land of Union and fraternity.
Applause. =.
deem it utterly unworthy the observation that
the South has offended. As a unit it has not Of /
Tended. loud Applause As unit it has only
struggled to sustain itself against the rapidly ac-
cumuatng majority Of those who hold them and
ttelr dearest Institutions in such a regard that the
destruction OF those interests and the whole coun-
try was necessary. Therefore say that there is
no fault in the South, whole, and it has moth
ing to atone for. [ApplGusel Let US look, then,
to the North. And l ask, what are we to say Of
ourselves? Why, | am myself a native Of the
North. My ancestors came from a country ten de
grees nearer the pole than the country in wlicI,
live am child Of the North in every sense. /
have scarcely friend, have no correspondence.
and have no interests, political or otherwise in
the South, and God gave me physical coustitu-
ilon that woald not permit me to live five degrees
further South than the country in which am
placed. so l can have no personal interests,
can be suspected Of personal interests or
ought not at least in common Justice to be suspect
ed OF personal views, when say that the South /
speaking OF it as a unit, subject as one por-
lon OF this country, has not offended and has on
y struggled for its life, to keep its head above the
'apidly advancing waters of this black sea Of abo-
itionism, which threatens to drown it. TAp-
)lause.
So much as to the South. Now, as to the North.
Gentlemen, do | stand here to slander it? Not at
I'll. AL my pride. all my affections, all my inter
sts are here-Iny birth was in the North and my
crave shall be in the North. Let no man suspect
ne Of infdelity to the North, or of going, cap in
!and, sneaking, to seek favor Of any descriDtiOn
rom the South. ] demand nothing and we de-
nand nothing from it. But let me say, as to the
'orth, that have no fear Of the dishonest politi-
ians Of the NOrth-there dishonest politicians
/ have fear of those who are de-
the leaders at the North. There is no
ource of evil whatever in the North except tbn
onest, conscientious mistake Of the honest cor
cientOus people Of the North, who have drank
uto their bOsOms this dreadful error that it is their
uty before God and man, according to worldly
0nor, to crush out and to tramrle upon the svs-
EN- Of slavery upon which the prosperity of the
south and the permanency Of this Union in its
resent form depend. Applause There are no
nemie8 to this Union except the honest, yirtuous
onscentiOus people Of the North, whose action is
o be feared. Let US draw away that support, and
hat instant this disturbing, mischeVous contro.
ersy ends, and our Union renew5 its youth, and
ppears before an institution designed to per
etuity, and to bless untold millions for untold
ges. Applause
Now, gentlemen, where is our hope? Why, it is
4 having little space of time to look about us
ere at the North-in having a little time to cor
ect our errors and to withdraw political power
'om those who would use it destructivelv. There
no other means; there is no other remedy The
uestion is this: Can we obtain a little time? Can / {
'e induce the South to believe in our continued
deity, to believe in the practicabiity of accom-
fishing our hopes, and that thus harmony may be
estored, and such state of things created BY the
'ay Of proper guarantees will render the South
2fe within the Union? That is the question. Now :
a voice coming from the city of New :
ork will be recognized the voice of a friend, !
Jr here there was not only an effective majority
ut mighty majority in favor of doing entire ius-
ice to the South, and of keeping out Of power this
angerous party whose first advent to p5wer-the
eTy name of its advent to powcr-has shaken our
epublic to its foundations. Can we obtain little
me? | understand the proposition is that this
ity shall appeal to the South for time; induce :
hem, if possible, to stay their hand and endure if
Ossibie, dangers for Il time. This certainly I
afeguards for public liberty in our Constitution
here great many safeguards for the rights of
ppresSed States ard endangered interests in our
and n resort to some one of these if =
ur people and our representatives in Congress
ould earnestly unite, might give to our friends at
he South assurances that political power cannot
nd will not be welded, even by the Executive, or
Xecutye patronage, to their destruction. 6
Gentlemen, have already kent you too lone !
his, to be sure, is great subject, aud | always 5
eel, when speak upon it, that | must either say 5
together 100 little weary the patience of those '
ho may be obliged through courtesy to listen =
have done. We have met to assure the South h
nat we their friends. We have met to present r
them, in the strongest form in our power, the 4
'surance of our continued action in their favor u
nd concert such measures as may lead to STAY +
q the progress of that justifable discortent. s
sist upon calling it so. Applause. To stay the a
rmative, final action of that justable discomfort Il
lt we shall have had opportunity of chang "
9 the existing state of things, and relieving tie b
)uth from the present position of affairs. That =
to say, party who believes it duty to sup
'ess and crush out slavery, being in possession of
,litica power it respects the central govern G.
arF,aT mt FaalI. -, u !