New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-22
Ex-PREsIDEST PIERCE or rae CRISIS.

Ex-President Pierce made the following speech from
the balcony 81 the Eagle Hotcl to u- me- ling rss
night:
FELLow-crTrzrys AND NEIGBBoRs Ii fbad been
apprsed Of your meeting Last night seasonab sbou5
have been present i;u, the notice did so' rsach
till this morning. wish 10 say r advance, thsa sine
my arrival here tie resolutions which you aaye p.eS
have been read TO lac, and have NJ eorlmi sP-
's car common 1S" ca. sa ssr nd hs sss USo
which forriathcrS Transmitted 20 us On ~ oscasn
more grave, mOnleutons and more deeply iraugh
with painful emotions than any under winch havs
ever addressed you But rejoice that thu tag point
ing to the fag 81 tie United Ststesi fnats there.
| Cheers. Love for the taq of country y reDtr
aelt common TO MS si at least 10 my beaIy II is no
| new emotion. Ny father followech from TIE battle
of Bunker ilill uiutouuIledly till she enemy
sted New-York in 1883. NY brothers with the
gallant who uph'b il Ia The war Of 1872.
Gao /, you, fsi 70 remember how proudly il float
ed, at more recent date, from Pslo Alto to Buens
Vista on line Of operstion from the Castle Of San
Juan'D Ulloa O. the City of Mexico unoiher7 Never
can forget that the gallant men Of the North aud OF
the South moved together Ike band Of brothers, and
Mingled tieir blood on many Seid IN the COMMON
cause Can l. If would feel other than sAe profound
est sadness when / that those WHO 60 often stood
shoulder to shoulder in tie face Of foreign fees an now
ia imminent danger Of STANDING face 70 face as The
foes Of each otherf But they should have Thought u
this as well as we. As ali events there is No tine Low
TO consult our feelings. The question hss resolved
itself into Of patriotism and stern duty we can
not fail 70 what the nature OF the contest Is 70 De
and TO rome limited exteIt the fesrfaiass az the prog
ress and consequences We must n0s. how. ges, tafh
our fares from theu because tho true way 70 meet dao-
ger is IL clearly ano 10 encounter II "a the i'd
vance lApplaose.l l. Tor one, viii never cosse To hope
az long as the raeida strife is moi NOSE faly deseI-
oped than the present time, thai soue event eotoc
power may yet Intervene To save us fvsn Tie wotst
calamity tiat ever depended over : nation. lie 0pin-
lone Of many Of the vast ciowd tefore ne WIKI re- ard
10 the cause which has proiecsd the present. cobdica
Of public affairs, known W me, and mae ate well
known 10 you. l GO az, believe asgrefsion % aIals i
a suitable or possible retneey iof the eXisins
evils Still neither of these mn!le- ought TO
they must be- until we have each other through
which nave expressed not Re realized which, may
be- a benefcept Providence forbid, and war Of a..
erosion i to 10 wsged against the National Capitss
and the North then there is way for us as G1HIs
Of The old thirteen States but TO stand 10 together
and uphold the flag to the last, with al ta-
III hts which pertain 60 It, end with TIE hdchty and cn
durance OF brave men, | would counsel you TO stand
together with one mind and one heart Gallo, faithful,
and determined. bet give counlenanee % pe-slvn
and violence, which really unjust; and, often III Pc
Iiods like these 30 the haftmyCs oi domestic strife.
be luz. to yourselves, Just to others, troe TO ycnf
country, snd may God, who has 30 siEnaiiy
bleseed our fathers, 2Tacicgsly interpose ~ tels
hour of darkness and ave both ex..egitles OF The
country and to cause the oh flag to b. upheld by all
hands ara sli hearts. Born ia the State OF New
HAMPSHIRE iotsnd sDi here shall IeYose NJ bones.
would L q live In a State the rights and honor ~
which was not pre-, AIRED To defend Ut al naz-ds, nd
al the last extremity. Cheers and applause.