Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-07-10

in that condition We have two hostile ele-
meuts, at war with each other, working iii
our very bosom. We have the element of
intervention upon the part of Congress in ia
vor of Or against slavery in the Territories,
BY the extreme fanaticism of the North and
the extreme sectionalsm of the South; and on
the other hand we have the element of non
intervention, which says, LET slavery alone
in these Territories" These are the two
contending elements which threaten the
very existence of the country. Is there no
power my fellow-citizens to expel these war
ring elements? Are there no means to res
tore peace and safety to our country? Is
there no hope in the returning sober second
Judgment of the National Democracy? Is
there no hope in the conservative and patrlo-
tic element in the breasts of the great mass
OF the people of the North, and the South, the
East and the West?
/ believe, my fellow citizens, that there is.
Returning justice will soon lift alott her
scales. The clansmen Of the Constitution
will rally to the standard of our great stand
ard bearers, and from all sections OF the
country we shall hear the people responding
to their nomination as the only means by
then, is our duty to-day, my fellow-citlzens?
Let us left up as our way-cry, the eloquent
and patriotic declaration of our gallant
Douglas, and inscribe it upon our standards,
THE Union must and shall be saved.'-
Enthusiastic applause. The Constitu-
ton must and shall be maintained inviolate
in all it's parts" "Good" ''Goodn' Let
this be our war cry: let us inscribe it upon
our banners, and the cry will be caught up,
and it will be echoed along the beautiful
sayannahs of the South, and over the broad
and boundless prairies in the West-the
home OF our candidate that he loves so we'll
until it shall be re-echoed back in one blend
ed shout of triumph from the depths OF the
loyal and Unionloving heart of the NORTH
(Applause.
firmly believe that our seeding and pro-
digal brethrcn Of the South will yet remain
contest against the common foe. Let US use
to them the language of Cancellation: let us
appeal to them in the name OF the past glo-
ries and trumphs OF the Democracy; let us
point TO our beloved country, and show
what under the rule of Democratic institu-
tons she has become: and let us point to her
still more glorious future-tO the still more
glorious hopes and promises which are before
us. We have grown up to be great peo-
pie, under the influence OF Democratic gent
lis and Democratic institutions; and what
shall be cur future? Already we see
great empire growing up upon cur Paclhc
slopes, and that empire will not stop there;
it will grow on until there shall be built up Il
republic that will not only embrace the vast
area trom the Atlantic to the Pacific coast
bur extend from the waters of the great
lakes down 10 the Is,hmus of Darien ITSELF
(Chcers.)
We shall build up this great empire, hold
Ing in one hand the destinles OF Asia, and IN
the other the deStinies of Europe, (''good;")
and when that time shall come we shall have
a country capable of maintaining four hun
drcd millions of people, with an extent OF
empire unparalleled in the world an empire
which, by its genius, its institutions, It's pow
er, and its civilization, will control the desti-
MES of the civilized world. | say when we
pcn! to the past and the bright hopes of the
future, we may lure our prodigal brethren
back again to our Blossoms Conscious, as
they are. that the old Democratic ark, which
in times past has borne us safely over trou-
bed deeps and storm-tosSed waters, is yet
rc:ghted with the hopes and destnies ofhis
peopleas one nation, and will yet outrlde the
storm which threatens Us, they will, before
the hour Of desperate peril shall come, seek
the shelter Of its protecting root, and thus es.
cape a nation wrath, which will fall upon
the heads Of those who shall attempt to des-
troy the Democratic party, the ark of our
safety. and the bulwark OF the Union and the
CONSTITUTIONS Great applause