New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-14
SPEECH or TIE HON. VIM. l.. DAYTON.

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Court of the Tueries, next r,se, and was received
with loud applause. lie spoke as follows:
hR PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GEsTLEMEy: find
myself, tbough lar removed from my own country
surrounded by the faces Of American citizens and sub
Jer, TO the rules and conveDins les OF American 10
cal ine-anong which is tie ,eeessity Of speech
deny that our country has fall upon evil tim-s; that
nnch Of its prestige abroad IL for the present gone;
That seli-lOve is rebuked and pride is hnmi.
atsdot by the actions oil others, but by the mseou.
diet OF portions Of OR owD eo'nrymen. Nations,
like individuals, sometime sIoi ed by prosperity
Hear, hear. II does not follow n logical sequence
that wherever there is dssesoo in country it results
from the wrongs and expressions Of Governments. In
case results from is very opposite. IL ssems 70
from the PIE bora Of s abundance and prosperity.
l. is the wantOn outbreak Ut reckless and exciahk
people, who complain Substantially OF nothing. We
who know The coudion Of our country aud tho yalne
Of its institutions, though chsstened In pnde and
rebnke ed in feeling canbo forget there truths Hear,
bear.l You have come together ON this occasion TO
give expression to. your fee inss Of attachment and
respect for tie laws aud Constitution Of your county.
L. is in good time. Your friends taere are DOW testing
the gu, ston If you have con try Tor county
without Government is no country. IL Is hsbita-
lion without naIne--a focus 'n qao Tor miserable
exi.ience. The world cannot expect aud least OF all
England expect, that we shall sgrace our Saxon
lineage by permitting Government which has aexom.
ps ed 40 much for humanity with brief space,
to go oIt without struggle, snd ii nee be, such
strugs le the world has MT Oar Uuion cot
mncb AID j. is worth al I'D mDrs than 1t eOet.
Loud cheers.l This Is time place for abored
argument. Ii il enough {" "a, though that may
,ume the point in dspdtethat the Uned States V
Confederation. Ii ceased be such in 1877, when ts
present Constitution WAS foru,d. IL is no compact
between States, to be brokea with cause or without
cauos, at the option Of any; but IL l. Sotoh-trsated
with az such, recognized such, by every civilized
power on the face of tho earth-sDd who ever heard
OF secess,0n as applied TO a n siDnf lCheers.I We
# ahatlt nf fI.an
bize them rynt under ain circumstances. But
what publirirt what writer upon International law,
has ever cold when and where tn right Of seces
zion begins and eucs Toe word, ~ applied 10
The exi-ng staie of things III country, Is dela-
.ion The facts show IL wicked causs lees rebellion.
Notling more, nothing less. l. emendouS applause
We are son,t tunes asked how this civil war " II end
We cannot nix the mes or seasouS of us tsfmiDaton,
bat We think we can she eud. TIE relative
streI 9Th Of the two sections oil " country fore els
III IN OF Tho controversy. We have been told that
"the race not 20 the swift tie battle 10 the
s,rong" bu; his think, IN temporal laat a. least
j. the exception, not the rule TIE long Gesy and for
bearaDce q the Government have I'D some minds to
doubt it, power. bat a. quiet 81 weak.
and tiudlty, but rather oi copseiJus eirength
This delay, 700, sopeiudueei ~ th. that the
the people Nortn and West, never believed
that the o. tie South @Ubd bring the matter 70
the dreadful issre OF civil They could not realize
the fact that any consd ranl- portion of our =. opls
could willfdlly throw OF their Allegiance 10 the seden
Government, which tiey hsd o. " known, as We
thought, by re blvs ings. Bat ibs cannon a, Fot
Sumter ron td then, ike the blast Of a bagle. Ap-
pause ii they were SLOW g. derstand, Mo v 30 re.
llne the trnsh Of their position, hey quik 10
meet IT, Tie instant terri e uprising OF At ea-t twen.
~ millions OF people, IL BY nag gle impuse,
snbhme The history Of the ":rld, ancient or modern,
the days OF revolution 70 the present hour, TIE
country mas been stronger than at the present
III Iment; never more allie 70 Dset any contingency
which may aIi,e from foreign domeS ic The
- q lh.f he haA
country roused, man by inn ulse, Will
be- on e military power rather tbaa agricultural
and commercial people. But in the time we ask,
no. in tie slirit OF defiance bal as matter OF right
that the outside world will leave alone. We do not
ignore the sympathy OF men Or Ct uaiions who think
well Of rs md Of our principle ma / thank God l
ave found sach during my bfiei drnce III Europe
but for those who dstrust us doubt our powers
tion OF things in the United States with an illcon.
ceard JOY III there be su ID l nay again, leave ~
alcne--hands Off,RebelGvn Is not REVOLUTION, and
Secession, p,kiia, principle, Is hing vi.
known II il 10 bc m,je good OILY by the ,rropY
o: that power which ayo~s il poll, led right
H,ar lear l. will be no matter Of surprise, 10 A
yiw OF my pat professional lie that my attention
.Lould have been early called 20 sscn laws vi France
rs may bear upon our rights. Tie commercial world
have been uluch agiai.d by q tnroate Ell issue 81
lysrr Of marque and eprisa by the socalled Conied
into the Preach lsws rerpects the rights
OF these prisseeTs ana II l understand them
Alright and deaf to speak with great diff.
deuce, and subject 70 correction, in reference to
the lave Of foreign countyl bud appause, Frame
will think, leave alone IN yirue her own law.
ILuse laws hold, think. That captain who tsas \
command OF ioieign p;iystoe' u guilty OF paisl
act .. That The French citizen who shall enii-t 10
Tor IN service without the authority OF the Empera
loses I'll his rights Is French ci zen. 3. Ibt 10
pgLoe of plyaleer can stay IN French pos over
,weutyfolg hours uD.ess d'tAine: by tcmpesti and
that N consequence. 4. rlere can Do condemns
IL l. - ,s a ..a,. liz
m orr Southern States. Icud clcor. Ii AN ca.
rect 10 hese views Of the iArs of Fance, there vii
be le chance Of trouble, AID lew points Of coafif
between The Government OF Feano and oar can. ]
zinc erelg hore that nsy have trouble nowhere os
s,do the iiuits OF car own cocntry. tLr"y- nrrss
cheeringl
SPEECH OF THE HON. CAssTUs N. AZ
The Hon. c. n. Clay American N rto the
Court Of 81. Petersburg, next addressed the meeting
the following terms:
GIyrLrxES-I had desired to go where my Govern;
mt nj had ordered without entering upon political
Questions II was with no ordinary feelings that,
s,dng ut Calais first set foot upon this land Of our
ancient ally and steadast friend who 80 calamity aided
us in the achieving our Independence, and founding
int rested in the thorough culture Of toe soand as
tower of nature was enchanted with the large yistA
over green fields, hill and dale intercepted oy occa.
sicnal dense forests which more than realized all had
mxgiued of ia Belle France" But what shat say
Of Parisi-her spacious and elegant streets her grand
old classic structures her beautiful works. her galleries
of ar,s-he fine aud the usefuher monuments OF drs-
matte history and above all her developement Of pro-
gress and civilization For must say that have not
seen beggar ragged man or a drunkard In France.
Hear, hear.l A manly sympathy with the cause Of
liberty in rs has not, by the Eternal laws been lost
upon her people. Docs any man venture TO say that
the French Of to-day have paid too much in treasure
and blood for the liberties they enjoy which this
great people and the great chief of their choice equally
recogIilef Loud cheers The political empync
only is mpaient-wA iting upon nature, and follow.
mo unon tie fdin2 fnotnrinis of the ages-tha world.