The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-02-16

this organization had been effected by
the selection of any other gentleman,
perhaps it would have been better but
be assured will endeavor to discharge
the arduous duties of the high position
to which l have just been elevated as
best can, and to preserve this glori-
Gus Union intact. Cheers. afe' t.e,.a
SPEECH OF MIR. SHERMAN.
Mr.. Sherman, being loudly called
for, appeared and spoke as follows:
MY FRIENDS, LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN.-I had reason to seek rest and
quiet. You summon me, and l obey.
But / was not prepared for this cordial
and kindly greeting of hand, heart,
and voice, which leaves me almost
without the power of returning my
thanks. We have met to congratulate
each other upon the happy results of
this days labor-a Republicar!Speaker
is elected and no calamity comes. A
Republican Speaker is elected and the
people rejoice. A Republican Speaker
is elected, and stock advance. A Re-
publican Speaker is elected, and cotton
is worth eleven cents pound and mp
ward = and may advance higher.
[Cheers. A Republican Speaker is
elected and slave property remains at
the same value. Cheers. A Repub-
lican Speaker is elected and the Union
is safe. [Cheers.1 So it will be when
a Republican President is elected.
prolonged cheers and cries of "Good",1
for in that event every right of every
citizen of every State will be secured
in his hands. The only dissolution of
the Union which our adversaries fear
is dissolution of their union with the
public treasury. This is the I" union"
they clamor abont and it must be con-
fessed they cling to it with a sincere
love. Laughter. This is the source
of their injustice to us. Well tell them
our determined, only purpose, and they
quote at us the language of some crazy
fanatic. They represent us as beliey-
ing what we do not believe they say
we intend what we do not intend, and
then they howl and rave at u.s. tell
you my fellow citizens, if you take
away the pressure of money, the pres
sure of office, you will not hear these
men crying out " Disunion % and en-
deavoring to separate people of one
part of the country from the other.
(Cheers.) Ny frienes, We will conquer
their injustice, we will beat down their
prejudices, we will quiet the fears of
the few among them who are sincere.
We will do it with firmness and love,
with brotherly kindness and respect.
Dissolve the union of these States!
Fellow-citizens my people live far of,
on the shore Of one of the beautiful
lakes of the West If they were to
hear among them such talk rs we hear
from the Democratic office-holders of
the Federal capital, they would not
hang them. but they would denounce
and curse them. Dissolve the Union!
it can't be done. Ohio, Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Indiana have recently
met and resolved that it shall not be
done. (Cheers.) tell you my fellow
citizens, my heart is in this contest
my haud is in it. "a voice" Your
pocket, too? ?'0 Yes, my pocket too
and every erergy that possess. tell
you, you will all live to see, not only
Republican speaker but, trust i'm God,
a Republican President. (Cheers.)
My friends, let us greet the new Speak
er as the harbinger of coming events.
The past is with our adversaries-we
rejoice in the present. Let us hope
for the future.
SPEECH OF Mr.. HICKMAN. C
Mr.. Hickman was next called out,
and said: 81 s.f.t.5 ~
GENTLEMEN IL really do not know
why you should have called me out on
this occasion, forI certainly am regard
ed here in this city as prince of rebels.
lTCries of "good," and cheers-your
friends will stand by YOU. But have
never been able to understand exactly
in what my rebellion consists. 1t is
perhaps owing to the fact that l have
declared an unaltering attachment to
the union of these States. TCries of
"good," and cheers for the Uniop.l ]
have declared on more than one occa-
sion that this Union shall not be de-
! stroyed- cries OF "That's so"l-and
that if any portion of the people shall
attempt at any time to destroy the un-
ion of these States there will be large
, majority of the people opposed to that
| determination, which will preserve it.
Cries of ssGood," and cheers.] A. re-
: mark of mine in the House of Repre-
e sentatives, which assure You not pre-
| lmeditated at the time, but which, upon
: mature reflection, l would not subtract
single word or syllable from, repeat
( tonight, "That if at any Time hereaf.
e ter any portion of the people in the
| South shall attempt to sever the Union
which now exists, and which is conser-
: vative and preseryative of the rights
t and liberties of the whole people, there
are eighteen millions of people in the
n Northern free States that are deter
: mined TO preserve it. Cheers and cries
S of "Every time."] And say to you
t tonight, fellow citizens, that if it will
!, require the State of Virginia in arms
+ to take Old John Brown and seventeen
: men and one COW cries of Hgood''1 il
!, will at least require more than the fif
o teen feeble States of the South to sue
i cessfnlly compete with the eighteer
!. mighty States of the North. [Cheers.l