, 1860-11-09

Citizens with faccs, whether young or old,
yet still faniliar faces, haye been Tanderer
Of late From our own laughing home here
on ths banks Of the Ow2sco, to where the
Green Mountains cast their lengthcned shad-
ows over the Connecticut: ut Windsor. After
l stay there too short for rest, but not for haI-
plness, to the springs Of the Pcnobseot From
nets set for nc BY not unfricndly hauds, 10
renew my oath of fcalty. at the tombs Of the
elder aud the younger Adams ut Quincy. From
Massachusetts Bay across green hills and
grrcner valleys, over the Hudson, ACROSS the
Seneca, up and down the Gencscc, and coast
ing the Lakes Of Ontario, Eric, Huron md
Michigan. down the Illinois TO -tts confluence
where 1t breaks into rapids and above them,
where the fountains which supply equally the
ST. Lawrence and the Mississippi. gush from
the Garth. Across Minnesota and Iowa, down
to Sebraska aud Kansas, where American civ
lllzatiou,: on; its verge, Is scaling tho Rocky
Mountains, and bringing forth their precious
treasure Of silver and gold; and thence back
Metropolis where sits tue soul that sends forth
all the mighty energy Of that civilization; and
then by d hurried flight back again. in the
night 10 find my home lea1ess under the Winds
Of autumn, but already gathering force to put
forth grcener aud broader foliage in tic COM
Ing year.
"wl.at have you seen, what havcyot learncd:"
Rath r, my friends, ask me what ] have not
seen, md what unknown, or but fmpcrfcctly
understood before, have not learnednow and
fully understand. I have seen great nation
"a greater nation than saw Inst year, al-
thoug ID then Travelled the Old World from the
Dead Sea to the pillars Of Hercules; a greater
nation than has existed in ancient or In modern
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lis mountains, its rivers, its lakes, and its
prairics, but I saw its people, men, women and
children, many, many millions, Of every nation
and Of every derivation. You will ask me did
you find this people prosperous and lapIW!"
Ask yourselves, for you are Of them; you nrc
free; you are industrious you are Intelligent;
and therefore you arc prosperous and happy,
and so arc they.
It would consume twcnty-fonr hours to tell
you In detail what have seen, aud VIC have
not twcnty-forr hours. There Is work to he
done before the evening star shall rise to-mor-
row, and you a1d must have q hand in it, us I
am sure We have hearts In it-haye We not :?
ICrics Of "yes, yes,'' and applause.] I eaw
this country and this people III their best days,
full maturity Of youthful vigor. I saw this
people engaged in great achievement pccu-
liar to thcuaselyes-oncp perfectly successful Ly
no other nation on Garth, and one always unat-
tempted by any nation OF ancient or modern
times. They were engaged in choosing masls-
trates and legislators who should make and
execute their laws. and strangest Of all, a Chief
magistrate to preside over them. Such as In
othcr climes mcn called Ca.sar, !" emperor"
aud ssKing," and come to think " divine"
met among them the heir apparent Of a
monarch upon whose realms the sun never
sets, inspecting the curious workings Of this
strange achievement. do not know what he
thought, but tell you what I thought as
saw him looking on. said to myself i" if this
system should continue nhd work well for n
few brief years more 1t will work the downfall
and extinguishnent of your dynasty, young
mau, and not only Of your dynasty, but Of all
the dynnstics Of all the monaFclies and aIl the
aristocracies on the face OF the habitasle globe,
then, thenccforth and forever. [Applausc]
Oh, fellow-citizcns, how important to the in
tcrests Of the human race is 1t that this exper-
iment shall continue to work well.