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

4 Union speech.
We have read with care the great speech
Of Senator johnson, Of Tennessee. He is
most emphatically opposed to the course
being pursued by the Cotton States
From the commentators which this speech
has met with in Republican papers it might
be concluded that Mr.. johnson is Of their
party In this discussion. We give extracts
to shoH that the U.ion portion Of his re-
marks is based on the expectation, positive
and unmiStakable, that concession Of equal
ty in the territories must come from the
North. This also is the position Of Mr..
Douglas in the few remarks he has yet
made in the Senatec. So also is it the idea
embodied in the editorials of Mr.. Weed Of
tn. Albany Journal: We extract from
Johnson's Speech:
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Again: if there is one division of the
States, will there not be more than one
I heard Senator say the other day that he
would rather see this Government separated
into thirty three fractional parts than 10 SEE
it consolidated; but when you once begin
to divide, VIII n thu first division is made
who can tell when tn. next will be made :
When these States are all turned loose, and
diff rent condition of things is presented
W tn complex and ahStruse interests to be
considered and weighed and understood
what combinations may take place no one
can tell am oppos to the consolidation
Of Government. and am as much for the
reserved rights Of States as any one; but,
rath Y than see this Union divided into thir.
ty three petty Governments, with a little
{ prince in one, potentat- in another, a little
ariStocracy in third. little democracy in
a fourth aid republic somewhere else; a
citizen not bcug able to pass from one STATE
to another without a passport or commits
sion from his government; with quarre!ine
and warning slnnngSt the little petty Pow.
erS, which would result iii anarchy; would
rather see this government to-day-I pro,
claim it hrc in my place converted into a
consolidated Government. 1t would be
better for the American peohle :; 1t ~ould
be better for our kind; it would he bette,
for humanity; bottar for Christianity bet.
ter for all that tends to elevate and enoble
man. than breaking up this splendid, this
magnifics Mt, this stip ndous fabric oi human
government. the most perfect that the world
ever saw, and which has succeedettthus far
without parallel in the history of thu
world as..s
/ When you come to break up and turn
loose the diff rent elements, there is no t, II
ing what combinations may take place in
the future. 1t may occur, for instance, to
the middle States that they will not get sc
go,d Government by going little fui the,
south as by remaining where we are. II
may occur to North Carolina, to I tennessee
to Kentucky. to Virginia, to Maryland, t.
Missouri, and perhaps Illinois might fall in
t,o, that, by CT citing themselves into Ger
trail, dependent republic, disconnected
cithr with the North or the South, they
could stand as peace maxcr-conld stand
as great breakwater, resisting the heatet
and surging waves of the south, and ths
fanatic anolitionism Of the North They
might think that the. could stand there
and lift themselves up above the two ex
tremes, with the sincere hope that the time
would arrive when the extremes woult
come together, and reunitc once more, anc
we could reconstruct this greatest and bes
Government the world has ever seem u,
it might so turn out, our institution O
slavery being exposed upon the northern
line, that by looking to Pennsylvania, t.
New York, and to some Of the other States
instead Of having them as hostile Power.
upon our frontiers, they might come to this
central republic, and give us such constitu
tional guarantees, and such assurances
that they would be executed, that it NIGH
be to our inter- st to form an alliance with
them. aud have protection Oh otr frontier
| throw these out as Considerations
There will be various projects and various
combinations mace. Memphis is now con
nected with Norfolk, in the Old Dominion
Memphis is connect d with Baltimore within
two days. Here is coast that let's us on,
to the commerce Of the world. When VIZ
look around in the four States Of Tennessee
Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland. there
are things about which our memories, oul
attachments, and our associations lingel
with pride and with pleasure. Go dowr
into the Old Dominion; there is the place
where, in 1881, CORVALLIS surrendered his
sword to the immortal Washington. In tn.
bosom Of her soil are deposited her creates,
and best son. Move along in that trail, and
there we find Jefferson and Madison anG
Monro,, and long lst.of worthless.
We next come to North Carolina, my
native State, God bless her. She is my
mother. Though She was not my cherish
ing u,other, to use the language Of the clas
sizes, she is the mother whom love, and
eli to h with unaying affection, as sor
should cling to All aft ctionate mother. w,
find Mecklen, who was associated with ou
early history, deposited in her soil. Go t,
Kings Mountain, on her borders. and 20,