The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-11

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DpsesA 81 mea. III. Payne, - Tennessee.
MADE A. hanouet given at Louisville, XIV, in
horor AZ the Meeting Of the Tennessee and
Kenfnckv Lerislatures-Mr. PAYNE being
Henber Of the former.
n. Chairman and citizens of Tennessee and
Kentucky. Indiana and Ohio: IL can get silence
for . few moments / shall make few remarks
/ feel IL Il . rood thing to be here since came,
and that this han Is 4 place consecratcd 10 the
ashes and 20 the genius Of American patriotism.
Kentucky and Tennessee, a. il has been truly
said. are bound together and to the confedcracy
Of States by thousand ties fraternity Of feel
ing having existed between our fathers when
they cut the cane and fought the red man IN the
dark forest We are now bound together by
iron hnkl, BY great arteries OF commerce and
travel, and the enterprise Of the American Poo
pie ID fast binding in closer connection the SIS
terhood Of States BY iron bands that never can
be dissolved. It is true that in the distant North
the iron horse was nrst nearu; there tne nrss
vRAo 1u& hrfft N mr.
sisterho0d have been engaged IN weaving closer
web that will keep the States together IN spite
of themselves Let it go ON, ana tine american
people while fanatics may taik 70 eFrhy anu
thunder their anathemas against ei'ner sec.Vnl
- whole viii be engaged IN the mighty ~ork
OF the age, IN carrying ior~ara ~. cal =, PRIV
gress until TINS great net wosA VI mo" WA "a
tend from the Atantac 10 tne Iac,ac csosslns
the plains where now alone the track OF tue Dui-
falo il found, and where now the wila man roams
will spring up State after state and that same
iron horse that brought US together to-day WAL
take his course to distant West until ne bathes
his burning sides IN the broad waters OF the
great Pacific. Great applause
Sir, never yet contemplated dissolution OF
this Union. never could look Il in the face l
am Southern man with all the impulses OF my
own glorious South. tCheers. l am South
ernor, born under a Southern sky, where have
been reared there lie the bones Of my ances-
tors, and trust there will be the graves OF my
most distant posterity! Immense applause.
But while say this, | am citizen Of the United
States. Increased cheering and cries of ''That's
Good ~ 1t il my country from the most distant
corner Of Maine to the Rio Grandc from the
capes of the Old Dominion to the gold-covered
fields of California. Cheers.
..Breathes there man with a soul SO dead,
H. r. ~ -
This is nv own, my native land !" IApplause.]
Talk to me about destroying this Union of ours!
Where, sir, is the foul hand that would weave a
shroul with which to euwrap American freedom
and American Union. and place it away in the
urn of oblivion and forcetfulness? Where is the
hand that would apply the torch to this glorious
tempIe. erected by our forefathers, consecrated
by their prayers and in which We the children,
are permitted to lyes Is there a traitor soul in
the limits of our voice that would thus project
such a calamity as thiss Will the assembled
Representatives of Tennessee, and the Senate
and House of Representatives assembled
from our sister States answer me if there is
any man in our States who would desire the des-
truction of the Union. [Crics of .No, No, No "
Ii there be one to be found. may there be a gar
land of scorpions woven for his brow. fCheers |
May his name be allied to eternal ipfamy and the
curses Of posteritv be heaped upon his head
Tremendous cheering. Shall give it up? You,
Kentucky and Tennessee. give it mp fCries OF
"No, No, No."l l tell YOU, stand on middle
ground of mo dsunion," and swear by the God
that created us by the God of our fathers, that
YOU cannot, that you will not give it up.-
| iCheersl 1s $50
Now sir VIC have been looking at one anothe,
through macnifyinp glasses too much. some al
the North think because we love nigpers. we make
Christian pies of them. [Laughterl we at the
South often have as queer notions about oul
! Northern brethren. What ought we to dos WHY
| throw down our war clubs and behave ourselves
| laughter Let those who are wranelinp recol
iect the example of the Father of his Country,-
When did ever an unkind word eseape his lips
towards anv section of this great Union Its
true, we have lost our political Moses, but tho
lessons he taugt US arc still on record for our
profit and let US cherish them. Let us not fight
about mnre words or talk about another unkindiv.
| We ought to be in closer proximity Of feeling
of a common family, with common country. in.
he.itance in common, war in common, and com
mon in liberty and Constitution fApplause.1 |
sid sir. when heard that We were invited To
Columbus. in the State of Ohio. sThere is the
place I want TO 90 to-" ICheers.1 Kentucky is
our closest neiphhor. we can see her anv time
but I want to meet Ohioans. the gallant noble
buckeyes! fCheers l want to stand as A
Soutberner and talk IN them az an American citizen
applause; to sit in council together and renew our
political filth, bowing around a common altar.
letting mutual PRAYER 90 up to the God of our
fathers to protect this glorious Union. IRepeated
cheers.
Is there an individual here who believes this
Union will be dissolvcds ICries of "Never
neyerwl How will YOU divide its Where will
you begin9 Who will have the Territories that
are rapidly springng into States the great rivers
that pour through the continents What would
you do with Virginia. l would not like to part
with Pennsylvania It's the old Keystone State,
it contains the hall of our independence: it was
there American liberty was born; there the Anne
rican eagle was first let loose from its cage, and
there took its highest flight and screamed its
highest notes Of exlltatian, / have a property
in Independence Hall. CHEERS cannot give
up Massachusetts,, even such devil as she b Is
grown. Laughter and Cheers Ihave noble
estate tn re that was wil,ed me by George W ash
ington, Hancock, Lee and Adams l am part
owner of Bunker Hill Prolonged applause I
1t contains the blood that was shed by American
martyrs who died fer the cause of freedom;
won't surrender my title to Bunker HILL (Cheers
How can the men of the North surrender their
ii les in Southern soil? Go to the last resting