, 1861-01-15

After tho adoption Of these resolutions Hon. I.
N. Arnold was called out and the followin: ID an
abstract ofhis speech:
HON. I. N. ARNoLD's SPEECH.
! rejoice, fellow:eitszens. IN an opportunity Of
uuitlnt: my voice with yours, In giving uttcranco
to what belleso to be tho almost unaninous sem
timent Of the people Of the Northwest, Atdt no1a-
Standing By The Constitution, ready 10 .fulal Al
its obligations, VIC are 1nlcxtbly opposed to max
Ing any changes or notifications Which viii legal.
,he res States the1e is @ any tnitinGement on the
constitutional rights Of o her statcs, they @ arc
ready and willing, believe, to change or modify
s Ms IL al
by any action Of ours consent to its further ex-
tension.
Icongratu1atc you, fellow citizens, that untional
feeling lore Of country, devotion to the Eonstitu-
t1on, the Union. and thu enforcement OF the Laws,
seem to be resuu,tng their sway, and uniting TIC
Conduct Of Major ANDERSON. the .etand taken BY
Gen. sco7T, have aroused tho people; and they arc
syerywherc ceholng ths language o. Jackson, Tho
WhAt hns caused ..khis grtde nonaaotiou tho
country th,ouEh.' Why the elouds that gather
and daTkcn in the Southern lortzon1 What 1s tho
trouble: Simply that the grfat principle that free
dom is better than slaTery: haa tslamphed IN the
! election of Abraham Lincoln. That Is all. 1ffor
this the Constitution and Uni N are to be destroy
ed; II the issue Is that slavery must control the
the government or destroy that government; II
this iesuc is forced upon ue, why, We must meet
this Ths Rqf Y %
an one who licvcs that this government OF ours
framed by our tlthers-which has given us such
prosperity and grcatucts-whieh, has 1nado onr
the cranary sf tue world IL worth preserving. even
at The expense, If need be, OF war.
That n ny Judgment y mnWsh n;a p and n r.
Great Republic and all Its blesstnFs-with all our
hopes Of The futurescattered to the four winds Of
.elPSe ana
be avoided By all fair and honorable means-by
every reasonable and Just concession" But We
arc unworthy Of our Place and OF our country: ana
wiIlln., 10 do and suffer for their preservation
something Of what our Fathers suffered for their
creation: ,o, .,..,n ,u,.,, ,,,,.n,
ton. ct the ipdrnties and outragcs offered to tn.
glorious emblem Of onr nationalt5-thc American
Flag: 1, ~. mt ,c,t tnn,,,,,,ea 10 ,ee Govern.
whose scePtre IN rased over q %
wherever civilization cxtends-whose dag IL hon
oreI and rcerccted over the whole world-whose
masal influence is felt and respected in tho reno
cstparts Of the carth--whosc position makes 1t
feared and respected By the most powerful foreign
rrr-rc,ion 1t home and meel'y covering before
mob,
1t the h,t ,vhe IL me-
croachmcnrz upon the South, and extending Justice
nnd Uberality towards every section, and prcsery.
ing the rights OF all: yct 1ctit declare Its iniexi
Bic determination TINT the Constitution and the
Union must and shall be preserved, and that al!
traitors must expect to be treated as euch; and
everywhere, In every State, the Union men will
ralIy to the rescuc and law and order and liberty
blood shed,
To the Northwest the Vni9n IL necessity: 70
tMis Guy. .ns Esras ~ aud y.om 1rh;ch n H.
lead waters Of those streams flowing to the Gull
Of Mexico, and the Gulf ol st. LaWrenGeLour com;
~, g. T.; oi the Rat am and The Mississinpi
aud Missouri on the South and West, and ere long
to become connected with the rac;ac, VIC % San
;1, !h se tata Vc.t te mnst mower
fui Stale formed out OF the Northwestern territory
ever consc1s 80 fur her influence can
INC eae1soan poiSy MniGn a nas s,S {ree ishor
~ h,;I1;n,x ,rn-1, ~ Vnhsfer will eeho frfm hrY