The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-06
UNION MEETING IN HOBOKEN.
speech OF Hon. Robert J. walker.

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Csy Botel 70 the number Of several hundred The meet
ing organized by the election Of Edwin A. Stevens
~ President, ami George W. Morton, John D. Listei,
John otwer and others as Vice Presidents and Henry
r. " aHer, Carries Clinton and others Secretaries.
Gov wAi1Ks, being introduced, was received win
lsuA and lang continued applause He said MY friends
end fellow citizens, have risen 70 address any
public assembly win such deep and abiding Impressions
q she soemnity OF The occasion, and OF the important
suesti On which lie submitted 70 the determination OF The
American people, and to you fellow citizens, as part oil
that people That question not one OF mere admins
tratve policy II does not concern banks or tarius, or
any ordinary questions that have been heretofore
decided by the American people. 1t is which con-
Germs toe existence OF the government and the perpeui
y Union The question not what measures are
70 be decided By the government but II w. are We longer
70 government Is the OF the Union longer
70 aost over Us Have we assembled for the lest time,
- citizens Of common country Ihs, FELLOW citlzens
by human arbitrament, and you, as part OF the
American people, before 10 morrows setting sun, are TO
dsstde this great question. Applause. voce-'we'n
only the city OF Hoboxeu, the Safe OF New jersey
ana The United states but IL s question which concerns
OF liberty throughout the world BECAUSE you
determine that question II 10 BIO decided whether des
pots ee citizens hereafter shall rule ana govern the
sha be decided favorsby, rs trust 10 God II wii-Se
ssose gentlemen, my humble efforts and my humble ser
and perpetuate the (appsuse)-if that question
shall be decided favorAby peace happiness ana pros
snah dawn upon n, US mast u be even "a
the future, until the moral influence OF tn3 country
control the world which we innaoit striking down inc
thrones despos and erecting upon their ruins the
glorious OF the peoples will Cheers Lei US look
gentlemen, before we bid an eternal fare Seu TO s great
Untop-vhllst have yet common c)inry-Snist
the nag OF that united country s floating over US
look what this Union and this constitution have
achieved for this great and glorious country Wnen The
constitution framed had lees than four millions of
people, had but thirteen States We have nov more
Than thirty millions OF people, and the Empire State
alone contains anger popula IN than the whole
Of the States OF this Union when the constitution was
Framed in l1ss SApplsass Then, ssn.snsu, our Pc
eastern slope OF the Aegany mouutans and Pitsburg,
Penn, was then the most western post Of this great
siseippi we passed beyond Its borders tier Of
Bates nom the forty ninth parallel down 70 the Gulf has
smeTsins from territorial papllsse have gone
~ beyond them. But We have scaled the heights
the Rocky Rave D passed aDo oey1 ,ns
Pacinc Ocean The North western States Alone which,
when the constitution framed we're an unbroken viii
aornes troddeu only by the foot OF tho savage contains
now more than eight millions Of people and the south
States which then contained scarcely nfty thousand
sniy have we had this wonderful material progress
We have more railroads than all the rest OF the world;
more lines of tees raph; have greater extent OF
mineral wealth The gold OF California lAone, within the
eleven years, has exceeded $500 900 600 Our mines
or coal and iron iced those OF aay "a aud OF
all the great continent OF Europe combined And IL Ia
NOT merely material progress Our moral and intel
lectua advance has even exceeded our material pro
geescn We have schools we have more churches,
No have more newspapers than any other nation And
democrats" daughter and applause) We have
more educated freemen; have q more extended sui
srsse; have greater and a happier and more pros
porous people, applause DO we realize all the
advantages which heaven has ehowered upon us2 Are
sufficiently thankful TO great Providence for all the
countless blessings which He has bestowed upon great
owe all this II te the constitution and the Uaioo IL
was the Union that made US free address now the cti
sens Of New Jersey, and ask you without the Caion,
where would New Jersey bef She would be depe
dant colony OF foreign kingdom Brave as her seas
might have been, they would have fallen IN the quail
contest une the colonies and the States had beon uni
Ned. Ii was the Union that made New Jersey glorious,
ffce and indepcn tent state. (Appanse) And without
tho Union, New Jersey aud all the other states
i've years that are 70 come, than all the
tina. We have gained 10 the hall century Of progress
glorious results have followed from the Union aud the
constitution what question can be 50 great a. waeiher
GbAl he pcrpetuated That the question that is now
submitted 10 you portoo OF the American people.
tnion shall % perpetuacd and the constitution maa.
LAped, whether both shall be subyertet and ever
10 ths Union have given 10 il Nil my humble services
from yoath 10 manhood aud to matnrer years, and
mali i cease sss to beat, a" rs my duty TO say
that believe this Union lie In danger,
whether i 70 be maintained and pcrpeiusssi may be
decided before the setting Of 10 morfows san Now N
this Union indeed 70 peril and We are rusplns ior
ward 10 the brink OF precipce we are standing upon
very edge without looking down into the abyss that
yawns bsiow, indeed, the sea IS are nov bslancng in
Fearful equiposc union aud liberty on the one hand, dis
union anarchy and dcsposm on the other The most
startling and momentous question which great people
called upon % decide II this Union be indeed
IN danger there be a cause-there must be sde.
quato and usient cause-to threaten - serious and
M, ,ass ,Ssp surs, - sn-oI n
soch result but II IL that full Of peru 70 eacn
and every o, who love and desire 70 perpetuste
An nlnn nat "a At 90
were the feelings under which these united and sister
states contended during the war Of the revolution aud
second struggle for Independence They we're united
then-sser states The armies Of the North and Of the
South sted under that great and glorious
man, The greatest that the Almighty ever gave 70 huma
nay the Faihcr Of our Country great glorious
soo Of Virginia, the God like Washington. (6reai ap
pizuse The armies Of the Revolution were composed Of
The citizens Of North and or the South. the
sons Of Georgia, Of the Caron0, OF virgius, o. MARY
The North thai framed tas Decaralon Of Independence
BY Midnight, that carried forward the ve,orious
banner OF our country upon ,ne plans o.
umph upon the hsIghu Of Princeton. (ApplAlse)
the North and the South, united under the banner
OF the Unou which achieved the riumphs OF the Revou
ton, which gained Independents, which established
constitution, and which gave al that proud POSI-
esrtn 1Applsuse Tnere was no question then or the
North and the South. There Wa then no sectional no
geographical party No men then dared to ask whether
George Washington was Of Northern or Southern birth
men asked whether be w0 not q saveho der
pcurea ' Out S N. bleed d.as. Of -. . saa @
deprrdcnoe Of New Jersey upon her soil And even ~
late ~ the OF 1912, of second struggle for intc
pendonoe, when the armies Of the North and the
Aouth shed their commiuFied blood upon the soil Of
our country and 10 defence Of the rights IA 4
liberties Of the talon. When, during thai strag
Ee, Harrison Of vngnls for whom New Jersey voted for
President Of the United States and Johnson OF Kentucky
and the glorious regiment OF that state shed their blood
IN dce Of their county 10 The glorious victory OF the
hamE together with the glorious volunteers aud
soldiers Of the North, asked whether tina. bat
talon came from the North or the south. Ana when
scott OF Virginia, AFTER he was wounded, amid the
Derry best and stsning bay oncs OF the enemy carried
forward the nss OF our country In triumph, no man
asked whether Winfield Scott was ~ Northern or Of
touthern birth. (Appause.) And when that same
patriot carried Forward the aag OF our country from
Ncrs Cru 10 Mexico, and planted 10 triumph there,
and tsc regiments " Nsw Jersey And OF Pcunsy ivsnis
and OF rev YORK aud OF New Tag ant ami Of the SOUTH
conquered upon these rrcst battle oeds, man yet
maze any nctior between the people and tue nstu
tions OF thc North AMI the Scuth Ani when the gor
ous pess reached OF the victories Of PAo
Alto and Recacs De d Palma, and Monterey,
and The GROWING glory OF them all. BaenA
no ma no ms oSlacted trat the