The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-14

s. ulhern people Snd ,scites TIE ignorant and the
4 eteht'ss u our mitst to bate and prosecute
re not deceived ,sr me 01 No ea the
tru,h lie epok,n be heard be IoDderee u we mean 70
save the Union The conflict boasts that u rs rrepess
bic /, allies itself with equal readiness 10 reeion ana
nna. iity II epljsts all our passions good or bad IL
ak,s Common with the champions OF freedom me
world over, and with the promoters 81 nsurrecon, u
ccId and riot at home. How is II to be represent
GoveILmen ai administration cannot subdne H. ihat nus
tiled for several successive PERIODS and the conflict
las wGxed hotter ard hotter Will the next admhisua-
be successful Hoping for the best can DO,
VITA right have you TO anticipate that the honest
man ,s Dssp Sna
y Look at the votes OF Boston, Philadelphia and
lusbuig. The manufacturers and merchants are the
goyelIg classes these cities They are intelligent
and quick their interests. They have weighed
the Southern trade and then voted against
the southern people But what if they had nowhat II,
lk. the city Of New York they had voted against the
e,Iict only 10 be overrued by the country countesf
r mel a cities cannot repress the conflict II the peo
III, in the boast that the states snail al De
fice Ihere coed ground to appr,hend the extinction
The g States Of New York and Ohio have repeated
gain ard again the decree. Pennsylvania seems 70
,oI the present committed TO il. What hope is
1T icr The Unions Is there man IN tins as
s.ney who dreams mat 'n hrs connc' ,h CAN man so
b, side himseh he has lest his wits will reason with
such Fellow ctzers profess no ability N TINS
Il thoughts that press up from the heart the ns
Wler under the articles Of confederation which carried
rs gh Revolutionary war; States had grown eal
ous uEiratelna disobedent, and the general govern
las proved itself too weak to suppress CONNECTS that
were arising the people took the remedy INTO the own
The call Of the Convention the election OF depu-
tbs, the state Conventions which followed, all served to
I q &c the ~ bile mind and 10 direct 1t TO the common
ger and the possible remedy Thus the popular mind
pared itself TO receive, with appreciation the const-
tuition that formed, and impending dangers were
averted History said to be philosophy teaching BY
examples. let Us be instructed by this example As
the first State TO abolish slavery let us be the
first 10 for the salvation of the Union Under the
tatory clause Of the constitution Congress bound
TO call general convention on the application OF the lie
gslatuis of twothds Of the States. Our Legislature
will assemble next month Let US petition them TO de-
msrd the Convention. Good examples, like bad ones
contagious Perhaps and another Of the Northern
and Southern States may do the like until the requisite
NJ n Der have concurrcd. and then will have ma
convention consider the evils and dangers Of the
day and 10 devise remedies which, II may be hoped
shah prove sautary those of 1881 And now, us
then the progress OF these measures will awaken inquiry
and thoughtiuntss in the masses will call OF their minds
Il om the petty politics OF the day and from the mis-
chevous agitation Of slavery questions TO the grand pro
b, m OF how render this glorious Union perpe
tual In what form and TO what extent the power Of
the general government should be increased is not for me
TO indicate, but with the confessions of President Blu
ohanan and Attorney General Black before us that the
govern ent constituted s unable to prevent or
lnh secession or to suppress the present conflict that
distuibs peace and boasts itself rrepressble have
not right TO assume that the government needs TO be
strer gth,nedf Have not right TO say that govern
ment which was alsuicient for the country nifty years
ago. when soil and climate and State sovereignty be trust
regulate the spread Of slavery is insufficient to-day
when every upstart politician can stir the people 70 mu
tiny against the Domestic institutions Of Southern
neghbuis-when the Ibad jests OF seditious EDITORS
like Greeley and Beecher, can sway Legislatures and po
pular votes against the handiwork of Washington or
Nadison-when the scurrlous lbels OF such book as
Helpers becomes favorte campaign document, and are
accepted by thousands law and gospel both-when
jealousy and hate have killed off all fraerna feelings
for these who born our brethren, and who have
done Us no HARM
After expanding on the blessings which perpetual
Indr ard iaI
amid loud applause
SPEECH OF CHARLES y. LEX, ESQ.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND CITIZENS OF PHnADEPMA;-If had
allowed personal considerations to have influenced
the present occasion would have appeared in this
sssemblage in the attitude OF listener and not AS
speaker Following the example Of my honorcd precep
who has been selected TO address the pre-
sent OCCASION have dcavored hitherto TO prosecute
the duties Of my profession without entering into the po
been recently elevated by the partiaty Of my fellow
c,zeLs representing the dominant party in this Com
monweath, responsible Office in the government Of
city, and being thus identified with all its interests,
! have not hestated TO yield hearty response to
the fequisition made upon me by the Committee or
Councils for the employment OF my humble abil-
ties the present occasion. am here 10 endorse
daily and heartily the resolutions which have just been
read and am sure they will be heartily and cordially
endorsed by the vast majority Of the party In this Com
monwealth, who in the last political contest cast their
the President elect Of these United states They
speak substantially the Of entire popula
ton with the exception Of perhaps comparatively few
who hold less literal and more extreme views say TINS
speak Northern upon Northern soil. For these
resolutions do not require the abandonment Of any prn
cpie which We as citizens OF free State, may suppose
that the policy which has dictated the admnistrs
tion Of our domestic affairs, far the question
dineren, mode from that adopted by our Southern
brethren, rs wrong. They do not ask us to declare
that the act Of 1850, abolishing slavery in Penn
sylvania passed by revolutionary sires unwse
and unpatotc but they simply pledge 10 assert and
maintain the right under the constitution Of those who
whilst they differ with upon these points do not ask uf
denCunCc
did, but who apprehensve that inmical 10
their Institutions, and determined subvert them by
every in power. (Applause.) for one and
know speak the sentiments Of the large majority Of
these with whom have been politically associated have
such wishes and such desires The people OF Penn
sylvania have such wish and no such desire. They
have their own interest TO guard and protect The de
lighting up Of their furnaces, the delivery OF their
coal, the busy hum Of their manufactures and
the past than kindling the torch Of dssenson or
setting IN motion any forces TO destroy national
other. Pennsy lvania has thought herself injured when
her claims for tarin and protection were ignored or
denied Her furnaces and FORCES have been abandon
ed, her spindles and looms have been slenced,
her factories have been deserted her material
wealth has remained undeveoped, because this needed
protection has been denied she has always
loyal TO the constitution and though she may have
INJURED she has submitted however great the loss she has
sustained TO the viii Of the majority But this after all
Las been her cherished policy, and this venture
ieariessly TO ASSERT it, the main issue presented
people upon which the recent contest state de-
ucn the banners carried in any procession Of the PEG
Ies party In this state that have Witnessed this
the leading object had IN view, whilst believe all
bear witness TO the fact that nothing derogatory
our southern brethren, calculated TO bring reproach
upon them, q domestic policy they deem
proper 10 pursue, exhibited In midst. However
they may suppose 20 the contrary affections
alicnated from our Southern friends and the
rumor OF any damage 10 them from domestic source
would bring TO their aid legion OF the young Of the
state aye and q those advanced In life, ready TO
assist them the emergency and willing she'd their
hood IN their defence. appeal 10 you, citi-
zcns of Philadelphia, whether ! not speaking the
truth. What then 10 themf What
more than we have expressed in the resolutions
have offcredf If they really aggreved by any
laws upon our statute book opposed 10 their
rehtsn upon examination, such found 20 be 10
conflict with the constitution OF these United Staes nav
further II they but brethren Of the
south, whether constitutional not for have
objection that they should he instantly repealed. They
are not neeessaIr . our existence State. We have
lived without th,S in years that past and we can
live without ther. ae~in. not here, however, TO
ooncede that In this respect noble has
done any intentional wrong but II our calm tidg.
ment shall appear that feelings the slightest de
gree warped, have apparently inflicted any injury she IA
noble and generous enough manfuly 30 repair II.