Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-02-22
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Jodn .GunGy aud Adam Young, Vice
Presidents-aud Wm u. Shriner aud s.
S. Barton, Secretaries.
During the absence of the Committee
Messrs D.ll, Hesser, c. d. Rush, j. q.
Brown and Harvey-to report Resolutions,
Col. K. b. BARBER, being called upon, rose
and SAID that we had been taught from our ear
hest infancy TO love our country, 10 love our
aan. 10 love our Revolutionary sIres. We
had pros pered as a nation as no olher had
pruSpereG. We had a great and glorious an
cestry. and such father a no other country
had 90 the great father of our country, George
Washlnglon-whuseb bosom did not swell and
whose heart did not thrill al The menlIon OF
the name of Washington Amidst this great
pros perIty, and countless blessings Showered
around us, what is our present position! Did
the sun shut out the light OF day, the great
God of the sun VINO blessed US would be Iust.
For the sake of the loaVes and fishes, Tor the
individual greatness of few individuals, our
Union is dis racled and threatened with blood.
she'd and intestine war. Our flag no longer
waves over the same land-In the language
Of the poet IT Is no longer there The OBJ
ject OF this assembly to-day, Is 10 perpeiuate
The Union. The questions Of the day are oi
small moment compared with II. In 1894,
few individuals conceived that injustice had
been done in the repeal OF the missouri Cnm-
promise. la 1860, the same party inscribed
on their banner, No more slave territory
They have succeeded IN their efforts. Now
say to you Republicans, IF you wish 10 restore |
the Missouri Compromise, We offer 1t to you
nov. show your hand. Will you do 1t !
Then the Union will be perpetuaed-we will /
be one people-brethren Of one common fam
Ily. In the language of the call. am IN favor I
of comprumise There should be no sword .
drawn, tn >heahe IN a brothers vltals. Look /
what a state we will be In. II there were war.
You might a. well cut off my right arm, and
call me perfect man. as TO say that We can
be a perfect nation If We are severed. We
have the same lie-bOud-the same arteries
the same mountaInS-ihe same shores. Let
Us have one flag. We can never have tree
government # there Is coercion; because the
people are the machinery of the government
and If they won't play. what will You dot
What WILL you do l! IN South Carolina the
machinery won't play, Let Us have concIl-
alton aud compromise, and then We will be
one people again.
I'VE would like time and room TO take
up this sgoech i'll detail, but can oul say
as to this prefer of the missouri Com
promise" that the 'Cri;tendcn' and other
sought to be forced on the
North lLecompton fashion, by threats or
bgibes, no more resemble that Of 1920,
than a star,ess midnight resembles the
sunlight Of a cloulless day at noon. |,
Is cruel, base attempt to cheat, as will
be seen by contrasting the two
DR.. Y. &. PcRpr, being called out, said that
lr va, happy 10 see every district IA the
,uun.y Represented n the Cunveul!on except
wo. Nehlve met IN Ter no ordinary circum-
,iances-u was not only 10 appoint officers
and delegates. We have met al the call Of
he Commute to see II something can be
lone 90 concihale, aud 10 avert the doom
lsngjn. over our country. Influences Of this
,Ind were At work al over the country. It's
loi worln whIlc To 20 INTO the cause OF the
iiiIculue,. But IN 1856, the opposition 10
he Democratic parry IN thI> country, and in
Penu>y >yiyanIa. met N Philadelphia and Inau-
,urafei The parry. Fer eight year., we had
,e-n >ull-rus. and We are Today suffering
rom II 10 Pruu>yivdula. We have lived for
Ixly years "a a party-Partles IA opposition
ave sprung up. and never lasted longer than
mil they have gained a vctory-thev never
vIll last longer. Old Abe or the West Is
aging 10 the NIde-AwakeS, We don't know !
'0u-tepart from me. Seward and Boring
.me are told, we don't know you. The Re
publican party must fail-why must 1t! Be-
'au>e the llie-hloOd of II Is AbnltI"nIsm.
iepUb,Icans say they are not AbohtIonIs:s.
hope my conservative friends here will tear
vlrh me-, for won't say anything 10 hurI hem
1 can help it. ! received a letter from
Bradford county the other day-fr"m Re
a. good an AboltoniSt as
SAID there wasn't a man in the
treat African Desert Bradford and SuSque-
lanna-whO was ia favor o! compromise.
What do You think of that, Republicans of
.ewiShura That feeling l. the cause of all
he difficulty. II sprung ~ in 1856. when the
resolutions were put in the Convention at
'h,lsdel phIa. Conservative men SAID they
would not stay there, because that Inierlered
With their domestic institutions | hope we
nav elect Delegates to the Convention who .
will express the sentiments Of the people of
his couny-Senjiments of Cancellation.
Having lived in both Su-quebanna and
Bradford, oce can testify that the Republi. .!
y
iiionists" than they are in Union or Nor
hum berland. Old Abe travels as Presid-
mt of the People and no, of the Party, !
)u. has warm welcome for Wide-Awake
IS well as all other friends.
The Report Of the Committee was in
fleet 1--WE have not received them for pub.
!
1t. That tie Republicans should COM J
They do not call upon the
Democrats or the .Secessioaists to compro-
Republicans must do it all 3!
10 rebuke TO treason-those who have =,
lec;ed the President are the guilty ones.
%. They recommend the Peace Con- :
ress' platform as proper and just for
ertlement- which, considering that that v
congress has not yet agreed upon any'hiny, J
very liberal advice. We prefer to
now what thing is before we eudorse it
The main business now csme-when 6
\. II. Dill, Esq, was appointed Sena,ori- J
], and Isaac Sleuker aud II. B. Barber
l,qs Representative Delegates to the Con }
ention that met in Harrisburg yesterday