The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-01-01
Corresponds 1t of Col. Forncy to the Phils Press.
rhe Great Word for the Union Spoken at Last.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. 1860.

WASHlNGT0N, Dec. ~, lSOU.
The cloud that has been hanging over the
Capitol and the country has lifted. The Un-
ion has found gallant defender in tho Amer
lean Congress, in the person of the living
ndrcw Jackson of the South-namely, An.
drew johnson, Senator from Tennessee.
lie concluded his two days speech at half
past four o'cicck this afternoon. His manner
and his language carried CONSERVATION to the
hearts of the frecatcrs. They listened to
bis strong sentences with amazemcnt. He
recognized the existing Union as the greatest
blessing conferred 10y Gol upon man, after
the Christian religion. He argued that to
increase the numbe Of States under tho pres
ent Constitution was to enlarge the benefits
to humanity, here and all over the world,
while dminuton Of them was to cause dis
aSter and death.
In the course Of his remarks he reproduced
the history of Louisiana, Florida, and the an.
nexaton of Tex,s In aluding to Florida
he turned to Mr.. Yucc, the Senator from
that State, and reminded him that the time
was when he had come to Congress imploring
for the admission of his State into the Arner.
lean Union. He asked him, in event Of the
secession of Florida, could that State set up
claim to sovereignty when the very soil Of
the State belonged to and was paid for by
the Union whose sovereignty she had recog.
nizod on her admission? IL so, she could
destroy the parent who gave her birth and vi
taity.
Mr.. Johnson introduced with overwhelming
effect the Ostend Manifesto, which originated
in the South, and was based upon the idea
that when an adjoining State become trouble.
some to its neighbor and dangerous to our
safety, the doc,Iines Of natural sclf.preserva
ton demanded the suhjugation Of that State,
even by the force of arms.
If South Carolina, a small member Of The
Confederacy, went out os the Union for the
purpose of destroying it, punging millions of
human beings into distress, and aunihating
the hopes OF the friends of freedom through
out the world, shc must and could be subject
cd accor ling to the terms OF the Oatend
Manifesto, in ord n to save the Republic.
His whole speech was crowded with points
and facts, and whoa the Senate adjourned the
hearts of Union men beat proudly. The tide
has been turned. Tho word has been spoken
from the homo Of Jackson. Our threatened
liberties have at last found Southern defend
er. The reign Of terror, inaugurated by dis
appointed Southern Presidential aspiraDts, is
fast passing away.
Mr.. johnson speaks to many classes: To
the Republicans, on account Of his earnest ad.
vocacy in favor Of opening the public lanls to
honest settlement; to Breckenridge men, be-
cause he supported their candidate for the
Presidency; und to Douglas men, because he
agreed with the great Senator Of Illinois on
the doctrine Of non intervention. One Of his
main claims to public attention is founded on
the fact that he was most courageous and
constant defender Of the rights Of adopted
citizens in the perous times Of 1854 and SO.
Hail, then. to Andrew johnson, the living
Andrew Jackson, Of TENNESSEE J. w. +.