The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-05-19

TSic old -FefltbesNaN - - 9uss .uhI&1@N - I
IN apology for himself a. having come = ~ IN
.symnath;ye with him, for expect 70 pc o'd ny
seif some time. Renewed laughter ba' ~:
h,,r.,.,, ana. heat must fall on us young men -
nrcsent. (Continucd laughter.
M friends emotions have rushed through w
,c;rd sircc came here that have no lsngoagc
NJ .lcseribc. This il entirely une xpcctea N
vast anudiencc, this elegant hall prepared ~ 49,
cause Of RcpubIicanism, the hearty sympA
which seems 70 pervade the whole Assembly, 80
enthusiastic cheering, the sentiment, ~ 49,
all these rush upon me and bring 70 ny n''''1
Aooi Of rccollections which have no Language
N cxnress. When look back but the snort
snace of twenty years, remember when alone
-.as col BENTON said, SOLITARY and alone, thls
hall VS. set in motion, when stood 10 Con |
grcss without single sympatneuc near, WEI 49,,
there was proclaiming doctrines when we ~.
which the vast host Of Republicans al nov exns
II ,nholdinr. had no conception Of living TO
hchoId tho time when should see this, the pre-
yailing sentiment ihrobbing in every heart
Wy friend from PENNSYLVANIA fMr. DickieD mas
snoken for that land II ID my native State;
was born in Pennsylvania, and am always prona
Ia he called a Pennsylvania. will add WORD
10 what he has said He saws, "Give US the right
man and we viii stand unitcd, We viii come Ior,'
ward 10 support him-all with united voice
| will add word to that. IL y said ~
the historian that when John Adams was
On his w,y 10 the Continental Congress, in New
Jersey. delegation from the Sons OF Liberty o.
l'cGnsylyani, met him, and besoaght him 20 say
nothing about independence or separating from
the mother Government, not to press himself lot
ward. as it was known that he was in favor 81
separation from the Government OF Great bnt-
ain. He went on to Philadelphia, and % ne
himself asserts, for twelve months in that cty OF
Philadelphia he was an object OF scorn, because
he preached forth those doctrines around which
we now gather. II was in Pennsyivanla, ny
native State that land Of Qnakers aud OF Dutch
men. laughter Yet eventually Pennsy wanna
| aroused herself, her people gathered around
| those sentiments and principles, they bore ior-
ward the standard Of liberty and freedom, SO
tina, in no State in the Union was i borne aioit
| with greater galIantry and eclat than IN my own
old, native, Keystone State.
| And let me say, do not agree with my ir'end
| from Pennsylvania. I know her voice, know
her people; and ! want 70 reprose my Young
| friends who come here talking about men. lap
plause.l It Is a high, holy, and all permeatlng
and eternal truth, around which PENNSYLVANIA
viii gather. loud cheers, and hope no Penn
sylyanian will detraet from the honor Of my ma
tive State by undertaking to say that she Ii look
ing to men instead Of principles. Great ehthu-
siasnl / come to you from the Buckeye state,
and wish to speak in her behalf ! salute you
from Ohio. bring with me the salutations ana
the cheers Of that old estern Reserve. we
i don't care about the man. would not walk to
nv lodgings now to say who it is to be. Only
give us a man who Is the standard bearer Of true
Repubcanism [Grcat cheers. When Penn
sylvania looks after men, as she did Wnen sne
looked after James Buchanan, she will externally
fail But when she locks to truth, that dearest
attribute of the Deity, that attribute OF the Urea,
Jehovah that ever emanates from the eternal
Throne, she viii stand forward and noblv redeem
her character For those old Western Reservoirs
was going TO say feel myself authorized to
speak
We have come here with our sons baptized
with the love Of truth, justice and liberty We
know we shall have who will maintain
these doctrines. We have no fears about it,
Who that man is we don't care a cent. Loud
applause II is the principle, the rights Of the
people, those great, immutabe, interchangeable
truths for which your fathers and mine contend
ed on the hundred battle fields of the Revolu
ton We are fighting those battles over again
, [Great enthusiasm We stand by those truths
and we say that those who stand by those prin
ciples, will not stop to talk upon men Ny
| friends, must confess, although | am young
man, and in the full vigor of manhood, laugh
teri feel somewhat fatigned l had no idea
) Of addressing YOU tonight. Twas promised that
| if came here and spoke to You two minutes OF
. two minutes and half, l might be excused.
4 Nv friends, we are come here on great and
/ important Grand The eyes Of the country, the
+ ewes Of the whole civilized world are upon us
Christendom itself il looking to this Convention.
! II il to be convocation, trust OF patriots OF
/. Christians, We should select the man who loves
: and Agows the principles OF truth, manhood and
Justice, around which we have gathered, to bear
them ON to 6nal and triumphant victory.
Nov, lei me say that do not propose to speak.
. have been speaking for twenty minutes, and
I perhans a little more. | came here to discharge
NV duty rejoice, we all rejoice, to see such
a vast multitude engaged and interested in the
great cause We hope to see you often, to ex-
! change the salutations of patriots with YOU
And now, promising tina. shall see you here
after, permit me to take my leave OF you this
!. evening. Three hearty cheers for Glddlnss'l
t Banks or THE UNITED SrATEs-The total
number of banks and branch banks in the United
gates on the 1st of luly last vas lfTb, possess
! ing paid in capital Of si0l.gsG,,24Z OF this
i amount, about two-thirds belongs to the banks
Of the Eastern and Middle States, and the bal.
, ance to those of the Southern Southwestern
and Western States The proportion Of circu.
ation to capital Is much lower in the Eastern
and Middle States than in the Others, the ratio
IN the former case beng---capital S75 to circua-
ZION S5,--aIu III Tic !-1 "a
culation 104. The amount outstanding as loans
t and discounts was 1861, 799 for the whole coun-
try, nearly three-fourthso of which was on account
OF The Eastern and Middle States banks, and the
remainder belonging to those Of olher sections.
The total amount OF specie held III all the banks
r was sln5, 5a7Sts, against an aggregate circula-
/ ton Of Sl93 3O6.Sls
In the Middle States the ratio Of specie to cir
, cnlation is highest, whilst it is the lowest in the
; Western States.
The aggregate amount Of deposits for the en-.
tire country was S259, 1868, 27S of which "A per
cent belongs to the Eastern and Middle States,
, rs per cent to the other sections. The paid in
! capital OF the banks of the Union has increased
since 1857 10 the extent of sS 900 200, or about
N s per cent.
Within the same period. the line Of loans and
discounts has decreased more than SIS, 900 900;
| whilst the specie has increased from s5S, 900 900
to Slo4, 100000. Whilst the specie line has
:. been thus largely extended, the circulation has
, increased from nearly sll5,ooO,ooo to sl93,-
900, 900 the deposits having at the same time
increased more than s29, 100000. "
So long as this balance Of affairs is maintained,
there is no fear OF the recurrence Of panics; and
il Is satisfactory to observe that since the above
returns were made, the tendency thus indicated
has been fal'y sustained;-[chieago Herald.
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Phillips, in his speech at the anti-slavery meet
ing in New York, made the following hits al
the three parties, which are sharp if not fair
{ Everything was breaking, and at last the
j great. Democratic party had broken too. She
found out that slavery had light everywhere.
: She hated the Republican motto, Freedom ma:
) tional, slavery SECTIONAL She had her motto
!, Slavery everywhere and the counterpart va.
J Democratic party nowhere It reminded hiu
g ~ IN IL
. bear in Northern Asia, who went into the wo
} mans hut where she had just taken off the boil
ing kettle, and, smelling around with his nose
he touched the hot iron. Indignant at the Of
Tense offered to his nervous system, the beal
J elasped the kettle. The more he clasped it thu
!, more II burned him, but the more il burned hin
the more he yelled and the tighter he Rugged il
I and so he died Now, the more the Democrat,
I party clasped slavery, the more slavery ruined
. the Democratic party, and the more il ruined i
the more it yelled and the tighter 1t claspad it il
it, embrace; and it would die with the hot doe