The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-11-14
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Hhe RsPreiica" Jchalee-spsseA
e. Bryant. IVA

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The announcements that q juhil..
would be held by the Young Nen's R...ssg
onion last evening, In the stuyvessnt 1r.s'e
hlled that place to its utmost capec;,, LseA
fore the hour OF commencement o~
O'Clock the doors had been cloeed NJ ~
and the crowd outside was far larrer 49, ny,
within, filling the broad hall and near,v Nc, ea
Broadway. speakers and reporter -. ~ e
through subterranean passage. On e
an immensely enthusiastic guidance =. sns
On the appearance Of the prominent R..,..sshd
they were greeted with hearty cheer. Ta
ally Vas this the case with John Gomez Pee'
was received with three tremendous ch..s no
AT q little after half past oslock ~.
Cullen Bryant made his appearance on -. VI M
form, rnd there Immediately rose a ,r.r...P pm
cheer accompanied with great vav;n. 81 !
and when it was announced that M, ~
would preside over the meeting the ...i 1s
again broke ont, reaching ito Gilman g ~
rousing cheers. After the applause had n., .se
subsidized, Mr.. Bryant spoke a. folovs.
Ny FRIENDS: Great motives have ..n.,
together this evening. We are ss..rAs'.
celebrate an important moral and poli,ic,I -
~; one OF the most important il Seems IA :.
that has ever been achieved. The vm,~
those Sho now listen 10 me may live to tbs rs
die OF the next century, and yet never Vim
an election 80 pregnant with great resulu !.
that which has heen held. We nov stand ma,
the battlefield OF the great contest, Will s,rrss
US and before US lie the carcasscs Of the d.;,
Az our feet, conquered, lies that great o6e,,,s,
which has so long held the South throu,S ~
mission aud fear; and has ruled the ~,
through the treachery Of Northern men. -.
has tyrannized equally over both. [Chs..i
You, my friends, animated BY the cepero.. =
pulses OF your time Of life, have aided 70 A.,
the terrible blow that has stretched the cr,.,,.
en- the earth. IL lies before us hor,;hl. =.
CHASTITY, with its head severed from h h...
trunk and with all its members dissevered-Is'
less aud dead 1t now lies there; and from N,
death there IS no resurrection. [Great app.u.
A new era is now inaugurated, 4" ThsnL a.
Lord, the old order Of things has pas,sd A.,
never, We hope, TO return. A new ord, !.
thing - begun and there will be no no,. :.
tempts TO force by blood and violence. upo, Il.
peaceful inhabitants Of All unoffsndne rerr;,o,
barbarous institution which they indisu.p.,
repel and utterly abhor: There win be no Ne,
attempts TO wrest from their owners any pei,s
boring territory, for the purposes Of despo,,S
anu no more attempts 10 revive that thing =.
cursed OF God and man, the execr,bls In.
trade. There will be no longer any dar;ne ~.
lations and defances of the Law by which ina,
exec. able traffic is prohibited There ,irl n. ,o
more attempts 10 purchase members of Conere,,
and buy of them enactmen;s OF lava which thai,
own consclences dlsapprove. For the part which
you have taken in the Inauguration Of this he,
system your own conscience must applaud YOU
You have not listened 10 the mean and ssl6.t
suggestions OF interest, or To the counses Of e..
ven and acject fear, and have put your hear,
into the contest, and into your acts, a. your cor,
sciences have dictated, and your conscience Oil
furnish you sufficient reward. And exbor
you, whenever you are tempted by sordid ses
; interest, or by the counscls Of cowardiee. n
swerve from the dictates Of conscience and III
Law OF duty, 10 remember how you have se,ss
upon this occasion and let that remembrucs
strengthen aud confirm you virtue. have ben
long an observer of pSblic life, but never
public life; and never have seen any course
right steadily pursued without public opinss
coming around to that course, and erovuiw
those who pursued i; with glory and triumph
Loud cheers. This cloud which nov burus
with fertilizing showers over the whole Ind
remember many years since, little speck in ,hs
ornament, no bigger than mans hand; dssl,
it enlarged itself, and then with greater rapidly,
until it now fills the whole heaven, shedding
down abuI dance on the hills and thirsty vaDeN
till the dry fields are filled with abundant nos
ture; and you, my friends, will nov rep ths
harvest Of liberty and peace. Loud applause
And now, my friends, you will allow me 10 intre
duce to ysu one who will speak to you 10 betsa
purpose than can. l call upon Mr.. r. c. Ne
Cormick to address YOU