The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-05-19
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SPEECH OF MIR. HENRY.

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uomina, ton nnon our DISTINGUISHED C.Jlo,, o;t
izen of Tennessee if becomes an ;nnnor.t;r.
duty asst is n nieas,re for mo orn IS d.
citizens of Tennessee. to return to his Con.
vention the profound thanks of that State for
your Eberalitv and vour oencrops srnnort
We thank YOU for the nomination conferred
upon John Bell upon the present occasion. -
We presented his name to the Union party of
the country. believing that he was soun6 con-
stitutiona and able, and that the country
could not, under any circumstances do better
than to elect him to the Presidential chair
Applause
have watched the political career of John
Bell since was boy, and not one word has
ever ia Hen from the lips of that distinguished
man that did not look to the glory and the
honor and the character of the whole country.
Fake up the volume of his speeches and YOU
will find that no sectional sentiments soil the
sheets upon which those speeches are printed
| f you look to his views upon the doctrine Of
internal improvements, you will dnd that he
has always been ready to advance tl,e honor
and glory of the country, without diminn.ion
either at the North or the South. the East. or
the West His life has been devoted to the
commonwealth, and the common good of all
America You have the guaranty in his last
history that the administration Of John Bell,
should he be elected, will be pure, consttu.
tional. economical. and natriotic.
They sometimes say of John Bell that he is
slow and cautious. Applause That ven.
Grated man who led our armies to victory in
the darkest hour of the Revolution. was
always cautious. Applause Caution, let
me tell you. is the mother everywhere of free
dom. Trust not him who is rash but he
who is cautious has the helm of reason upon
his conduct, and will never err. Such 4 man
is John Bell I ask YOU if he is no, a fit rep
resentntive for the party that have assembled
here We are not Wings: we are not Dem.
ocrats we are not Americans or Opposition
men but we are Union men. Applause. !
As for myself, I could have been BROUGHT into
this canvas under no other banner. For as
God is my Judge, know no distinction be.
tween the people of Massachusetts and Maine.
and those of Tennessee and Louisiana. lap
plause.] hold them as brothers an broth.
ers everywhere. My only devotion is to the
union of the States
trus. NAV be pardoned for TALKING a lit.
tie bit about the Union Icri,s Of {. 90 on. -
go on" and applausel on account of the
Revolutionary blood that flows in my veins.
A voice here called out. He is a grand.
son of Patrick Henry The Convention i'm
medialely arose in their places and gave three
cheers
cannot fight under any banner npon the
earth than that which looks to the glory, and
honor, and perpetuitv of our glorious country
as one whole country. lApplause1 I OUGHT
to be excused, | say. for dwelling a little bit
upon the Union of these States. The reyo.
lutionary blood that beats and throbs in nv
veins would prevent me from bearing aloit
any other banner. There is a cry that comes
to me from the battle fields of the Revolution.
1t comes! it Is ringing in my ears it is in
the air that is around me it comes from the
bloody field OF Guilford [Applause 1t is
the cry of my fathers blood that appeals to
me from the ground the blood that was shed
upon the field of Gnilford-to be true to the
Union. Applause. | intend to obey that
voice, and to respond to that sentiment
Shall we sit calmly by and see this glorious
Union dissolved ? e. Never, never r') Can
we stand by and see this glorious government
torn down? {" Never.) While the Demo-
crats--the disunion Democrats at the South,
in the Gulf Statcs-the iire,eatcrs, desire to
tear it down. and the ,a5o!ilionists of the
North. too, desire to destroy it in like man
ner. The Charge is upon you, upon me.
upon US all, to Stand by the Union to the
dealh. Enthusiastic applause.
What would be tie consequences of dis
solution OF this Union? May Ipaint them to
you for moment! (Cries of Go on, 60
on. } The greatest, the most glorious, the
most independent country upon the face Of
me wide earth, where man is happiest, when
he is lrcest-ought we not to defend that
country with our blood and our lives? e. We
Will DO it, and applause"
Suppose this Union is dissolved: what then?
There arises the sound Of war amid and
among neighboring States, between brothers
upon one side of the line, and those upon the
other. Our young Southern men marry girls
that come from New England. New York and
Pennsylvania. Are their children to be
brought into the deadly conflict of strife and
the battle field of fraterna discord T.. No, -
mo | have but two brothers now alive ;
one of them is here from the State of Tcnncs-
see, battling side by side with me for the
| Union. A voice. Let him get up on the
STANDBY The other lives in the State of Iowa,
in the town of Burlington, uncn the hanks Of
the Mississippi. Supnose that civil djscord
should ring throughout our broad land the
tocsin of war be sounded, and the shrill fife
and the spirit stirring drum shonld call the
hosts of our people to enter into an anti nccine
war, I, to be true to my section, must fight
fer and die by it.
NV venerable brother in Iowa must do the
same for his section. and as the conflict RACES
and the storm of battle roars around ns as