The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-03-08
A, .ho An eloquent Speech.

Legislators Of Tennessee, Kentucky and
Ohio, in Cincinnati, number Of patriot.
ic speeches were made, somc OF which
! contained passages Of great beauty, and
| that Of true cioquencc which comes from
the heart. The following extract is from
the address of Nr. payuc Of Tennessee:
81" Is there an Individual here who be.
licvcs this Union will be dissolved p
Cries Q: Never. never" ~ How will
you divide it? Where will you begin?
Who vii! have the Territories that are
rapidly sprinsinG into States; the great
rivers that pour through the continent 2
What would You 90 with Virginia? I
would not Ike to part with Pennsylvania.
1t is tke old Keystone State; it contains
the hail OF our Independence it was
there American liberty was born there
the American eagle was FIRST let loose
from his cage, there it took its highest
flight anI screamed its highest notes of
cxuita'lon. Chccrsl cannot give up
Massachusetts,. even such devil as she
has grown. daughter aud checrs] l
have Il uor,. estate there which was viii.
led nie by Geo. Washington, Hancock,
Lee and Adams. am part owner ID
Bunker Hill: prolonged applauss.] It
ecn;ains the blood that was shed by
Amcrican martyrs who died for the cause
of freedom, won, surrender my title to
Bunker Hin. LCheers] How can the
men Of the North surrender their title in
Southern soil? Go to the last resting
place of the sage Of AS land stand by tho
spot where lie the greatest Of American
orators, and dare to say that you can give
up YOUR interest in that grave. Cries
OF never never !. never...] Gro with
me to the lonely resting OF the great he
70 and statesman, the s.Ian who proclaim
ed and wrote in letters OF FIRE upon the
torchcads Of di>unionists "The Union
must and shall be preserved" Can you
give up the bones Of Andrew Jackson +?
IGrcat cheering you have au interest in
Beauty r-uv" ~ ."v ~.A ..~s ~ =
Has the North no interest in that p
Disunion would bc a stain of infamy up.
ON our brows which the waters Of Nep-
tune c>u!i never wash out. If you are
determined upon it, however, don't fight.
Let US 70 and acknowledge it.; send
delegates to Washington city assemble
the legislatures Of the different States
take with US laborcrs with pckaxe and
spad., aud batter and level the Capitol,
50 that like the beautiful temple at Jcru-
salem there not shall be one stone left up
on ano,hcr-pull down the palatial BUILD
inys that have been erected for the off,
GERS Of the government. Do not let these
nemcntocs taunt our children with the
vorthiesucss Of their fathers. And when
you have done this,go to that proud shaft
which is rising to the memory OF him
who was first in war, first in peace and
first in the hearts of his countrymen,
1chccrs, through the patriotic contribu.
tons Of every State, and leave no stone
Of it to marx our intamy. Prolonged
applause When We have done this let
US assemble around the graves Of the old
veterans, and with our faces iu the dust,
acknowledge we are their unworthy de-
sccndauts, and acknowledge the corn
that we are not fit for sell, government
If the Union is to be dissol.Gd, If tho
Constitution is to be oblitcrated, let ~
'own up for once in our lives, tell the
trath and shame the deri. Laughter and
applause.
Sir this Union is destined to live
Too many men have an interest in it
The man who would be'ray it is already
casscl IN popular sentiment with him
who sold ChrIS, for thirty pieces Of sill
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