New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-11

Who tell what may be IN four years from the pres
| ent time Dnastrour from abroad may cone,
defolaing our feCs ard sweeping our commerce from
ocean, healing sectional aDimositIes and diieaiesg
aud leaving tie brow Of the Government brighter and
pnrer from ihe storm that has conyulsed IT. know u
will he said tfefe are bnt the suggestions OF iiFnid
spirit. say that they are, the other hand, the
suggestions Of those WHO would break up the Unlon
on no mans proclamation win never yield
| tie Union should be broken up, until every
n cans # adjustment have been exhausted know 4
il sad Virginia il 10 be dragged into dsnion, agiinst
| her better Judgment. Yes, Sir by the odinm Of
;nfdtv 10 the South On the slave Question sbe j. To-
be coerced into disuBion Bot say that rather than
zee err comp eIled to follow South Carolina, would
prefer seeing her take her separate stand among
! the rations OF u earth. Sir suppose | shall 10
called base sui iOnist. Well, 10 base sabnis-
tion all baye to say the subject IL, that let but
The fret gun be fredet but the hem Of the Soul en
Qar ent be touchedit will be that the defens OF
the South will found in the who are willing 10
s,ard by the Union long il IL within the power OF
pre- orvaon. As citizen Of Western Virginia wish
10 say word 10 these TeQIe, and that is this: ThOse
who determined to plunge Us into ths attempt at
dsuIion should cOnfider the potent voice OF another
class in the SOUTH mean the non-savoholding portion
! of the community. Have they considered whether
| they would be willing 10 break up the Union upOn
lucb pretext as the election of Lincoln Lct me
tell YOU trey az attach cd the Union and regard IL
az tie palladium Of their liberties. They intend -
tand by it. They will only abandon il when they
consider be no longer preserved with honog aud
fafcty--with selfinterest. Yet while that is
true, when the hour of the dread con-
fict approaches they will be found with arms Ia their
hands allied by condition or circ1nstaDces But
they with tolsie matter that those who call them
selves friends of orr institutions are the who have
brought about this condition Of things and labor
irg for dissolution Of the Union. IT canaot BE- de-
Lied il is 50. This PTospero whose warn has called
there SPIRITS from the Vastly deep cannot quiet them.
While tbs my view Of the subject let me say word
Of Souh Carolina. If she goes ont OF the Union let
her 90. say, let her 90, and 90 fnfther IA South
HI rlfrlf Al M In Lou
that before will i'll see border rlfanG and fanatics
of the North attempt force her into submission,
i'll be willing 10 encounter them on the threshold Of
this state and pile becaomb Of bodies TO arrest their
prOgress. You nay conquer South Carolina, bat we
do Lot want a conquered province This Union can
only be preserved by affection. In my Judgment, If
South Carolina wants to CO. let her 90 and we can IRE
serve the Union without her. And when she has been
out Ct the Union year, and fed upon the husss
of Ter poverty, like the Prodgal Son, she
W II Iise and return 10 the paterual mansion.
/ do not believe secession II any remedy for The
present evil. / mean no disrespett when l Say
cession is a cowardly remedy. renounces our share
in every interest Of the Federal Govcrnment-n no
public lands the army the navy, the revenues OF the
Government; il deprives Of all the rights which we
are now enjoying and suTendeTs them to the General
Government. Well, is there 10 be redress con-
eur in the suggestion that there must be- Convention
of VireiGians and they must say to the North, Re-
real your hostile egation give some evidence Of
your fidelity TO the Constitution and We viii stand by
you forever" Suppose they will not do 1t, what then
il remedy l answer that II Is within the tnlon.
If the Northern States confscate personal prop
eltv 80 can We If they deny justice in their
Courts 60 can we. IL will be seen in that day aud
hour what Federal measures can be found TO execute
the laws Of the United States. Lei us take the eoare
of retaliation and will accomplish the redress Of
our Injuries We will create commercial revolution;
will bring them 20 our feet; and II We had but one
1.-THE Of the spirit OF our ancestors We would be Wiling,
when the hour demands il, TO make every aclhce for
its c0DsuInmati0n.
Tie President next read the following toast:
The USos!-Founded equality, ceniented by good vii.
e9yered in By the Contribution either a TI.plIs6 Y
Threatened tie last III the conservative repair 1e wrong
and restore the edihce
TIE Hon. John Minor BoaA bSng called on to re-
sToId, said:
M President: No higher honor could have been
conferred on he than call 10 respond 10 tie
sentiment of " The Union" Taken unprepared, as
am Sir, not knowing until to-day that expected
here, having spent my time until night in the country,
OH my farm, and only having been notified within the
last few minutes that was expected respond VI, it
is a subject on which am always prepared to speak.
Permit me- before proceed respond TO the en,i-
ment, TO indulge in few outside remarks. There
arc three circumstances that have occurred in the last
twelve hours that give ME much qualification The
fret IT, that the unanimous electoral vote of this ate
has been given Bell and Everett. and say it in all
honor the gentlemen elected and the Governor and
the Attorney General and the six Breckenridge Flee
tors, who have resigned, that they entitled to
thanks for having set aside an example Of
the most pernicious character: SIR, there IL
no authority the part Of the Governor
or Attorney General 10 have rendered cay
such decision as was made il favor Of those Fix Bneck
mJge Electors. But it wa a species Of technical
quibbng which, TO the honor Oh the State, never
before attempted, from it's foundation TO the present
hour. take upon myself 10 say, that there is not
human being who enterains tie slightest doubt that
the votes that were cast for Walter X. Staples
Oh lar nd az lent
lad been established, if ths severe rebuke had not
teen given by these six Breckenridge Electors TO tbe
Governor and Attoney(ieneral, there Is no knowing
its consequences in the future. All that would have
been necessary would have been for party have
initiated the electoral ticket OF the other party, subst
tuted one letter for another ia the irnanle given
name of tie Elector, 70 yi,iate the whole election.
Ii would depend upon whether johnson was spelled
with or without a or not or whether Thomson was
SPELLED with or without p, whether Johuson or IhOm~
would have been elected or not. Thank God, sach
a precedent has not been established. And, in this
connection, should like TO inquire If letter addressed
TO John Lttcler OF 10 Randolph Tucker r. be
taken from the Post Office by the present Governor
and Attorney General, could they no., under such d
precedent, be indicted for breaking open letters ad-
dressed 10 other people Another Circumstance
has afforded ne qualification, and ii Is 10 ZEE our
Douglas friends among IL is not often /
assume 10 speak for any but myself, but | proud
they have come here, and OH behalf Of the party bid
item welcome here. L am emily sorry there ar not
more for this is the proper place for them. We have
but two parties in the Stale now, and they are the
Union and the Disunon parties. hope that heIe the
cornerstone will be laid Of great and glorious lnion
party, that will forever in Virginia put THE dsunln
sInit under our heels. Another Circumstance which
gratfes ne, il 10 find general conc arrnce has
been expressed on the views which entertain myself
with the single exception of the gentleman last up.
come now TO speak Of the Union. What is the Uuica
of the States What is the Government Of the United
States Is il q Constitutional Union Isl, a COas,i.
tuiopa Government L. it true that those yeneaist