The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-01-02

Yorktown, in the Old Dominion.
Travel on little further, and We get
back to Tennessee. l shall be as modest
as can in reference to her, but she has
some associations that make her dear to the
people of the United States. In Tennessee
we have our own illustrious Jackson
There he sleeps-that Jackson who issued
his proclamation i'm 1888, and saved this
Government We have our Polk and our
Grundy, and a long list of others who are
worthy Of remembrance.
And who lie IN Kentucky? Your Har-
dings, your Bpons, your Eoanes, your
Clays, are among the dead; your CRlTrEN-
DEN among the living. All are idcntiti ID
and associated with the history Of the
country. -s.@-9.
Maryland has her Carroll of Carrollton,
and a long list of worthless. who are EN-
balmcd in the h arts Of the American
people. And you are talking about break
ing up this Republic, with this cluster Of
associations, these ties of affection, around
you. May we not expect that some means
may be devised by which they can be
preserved together?
l.: Hure, to. in the center Of the Republic,
is the sat Of Government, which was
founded by Washington, and bears his i'm.
mortal name. 1t is within the borders Of
the States have enumerated, in whose linn
its are found the graves Of Washington, of
Jackson, Of Polk of Clay. From them is
it supposed that we will be torn away
No. sir; we will cherish these endearing as.
sociations with the hope, if this Republic
shall be broken, that we may speak words
Of peace and reconciliation to distracted
a divided, may add. a maddened people.
Angry waves may be lashed into fury on
the one hand; on the other clustering winds
may rage, but we stand immovable upon
our basis, as on our own native mountains
presenting their craggy brows, their unex-
plored caverns, their SUBMITS ''rock-ribbed
and as ancient as the SUM- we stand
speaking tesfc; association, and concert,
to distracted Republic.
Notwithstanding we want to occupy the
position of q breakwater between the
northern and tie Southern extremes, and
bring all together If We can,. tell our
northern friends that the constitutional
guarantees must .be carried out; for the
time may come when, after we have ex-
hausted all honorable and fair means, if
this Government still fails to execute the
laws, and protect US in our rights, it will
be at an end. Gentlemen of the North
need not deceive themselves in that parti-
cular; but we intend to act in the Union
and under the Constitution, and not out OF
it. We do not intend that you shall drive
us out Of this house that was reared by the
hands of our fathers. 1t is our house. /,
| is the constitutional house. We have a
right here; and because you come forward
and violate the ordinances of this house,
do not intend to 60 out; and if you persist
in the violation of ordinances of the house,
We intend to eject you from the building
| and retain the possession ourselves. w,
want, il we can, to stay the heated, and
am compelled to say, according to my judg
nent, the rash and precipitate action Of
some of our southern friends, that indi
Gates red hot madness. want to say to
those in the North, comply with the Con
stitution and preserve its guarantees, AM
in SO doing save this glorious Union and al
that pertains to it. intend to stand by
the Constitution as it is, insisting upon a
| compliance with all its guarantees. in,
| tend to stand by it as the sheet anchor OF
| the Gpyernment; and | trust and hope
though i. seems to be now in the very vor-
tex of ruin, though it seems to be running
between Charybdis and Scylla, the rock on
the one hand and the whirlpool on the other
that 1t will be preserved, and shall remain a
beacon to guide, and an example to be i'm.
itatcd by all the nations Of the earth
Yes, intend to Hold op to it as the chief
ark OF our safety, as the palladium Of our
civil and religious liberty, I intend to
cling to it as the shipwrccked mariner
clings to the last plank, whsh, the nigh,
and the tempest close around, him. 1t is
the last hope Of human freedom. .
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How has Mr.. Lincoln been elected, and
upon what basis DOES he stand, a min
ority President by nearly a million votes;
but had the election taken place upon the
plan proposed by my amendment of the
! Constitution, by districts, he would have
been this day defeated. But it has been
done according to the Constitution and &C.
cording to law am for abiding by the
Constitution; and in abiding by it want to
maintain and retain my place here and pu,
down Mr.. Lincoln AMI drive back his ad.
vances upon southern institutions, if he de.
signs to make any. Have we not got the
brakes in our own hands? Have We no,
got the powerl We have. Let South
Carolina send her Senators back; let all
the Senator's come; and on the 4th of March
next we shall have majority of six in this
body against him. This successful sectional
candidate, who is in minority Of million
or nearly so, on the popular vote, cannot
make his Cabinet on the 4th of March
next unless this Senate will permit him.
Am | to be SO great coward as to re.
treat from duty' will stand here and
meet the encroachmcnts upon the. inStitu
tons Of my cotihtty at the threshold; and
as man, as one that loves my country and
my constituents, will stand here and re.
sist all lencroachments and advances. Here
is the place to stand. Shall l desert tn.
citadel, and let the enemy come and tax,
possession? No. Can Mr.. Lincoln SEND
a foreign minister, or ever a consul abroad
unless he receives the sanction of the Sen
ate! Can he appoint q postmaster who's,
salary is over a thousand dollars year
without the consent OF the Senate! Shall
we desert our posts, shrink from our les
possibilities, and permit Mr.. Lincoln tt
come with his cohorts, as we conside,
them, from the North, to carry Oft every
thing! Are We so cowardly that now tina,
We are defeated, not conquered, we shall
do this? Yes, we are defeated according
to the sorms of law and the Constitution
but the real victory is ours-the moral fore.
is with US. Are We going to desert tina,
noble and that patriotic band who hav,
stood by us at the North who have stood
hy us upon the principle ? who have stood
by us upon the Constitution They stood
by us and fought the battle upon principle
and now that we have been defeated, no,
conquered, are we to turn our backs upon
them and leave them to their fates l, 70,
one, will not. ! intend to stand by them
How many votes did we get in the North !
We got more votes in the North against
Lincoln than the entire southern States