The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-03-13
FREE TRADE-THE STATE OF THE
COUNTRY.
Speech of Samuel S. Hayes, CT Chicago,
in the representatives Hall,
Springfield, Ill, Jan.
10, 1868.
Mr.. President and Ladies and Gent1emen :

Mr.. President and Ladies and Gent1emen ::
Were | governed by considerations
merely personal to myself would not ven
ture to ask he attention of this Intelligent
and distinguished audience, af'e the
speeches so recently delivered here BY the
first men of the state But our country
now requires the he p Of all, and will not
withhold ny humble counsels
Who 0: you could have dreamed. TWEEN
tv years ago. that this republic, then so
prosperous and happy, would to-day be
rent in twain al! shrouied in the flames
Of civ; war: ihat vast armies Of Ame'i-
can freeInen would to-day be meeting in
horrid conflict, and dyeiny the land with
fraterna blood? Tal such is tho fact
And still worse may be onr fa;e unless a
remedy De soon found and used. To find
remedy We must not oni, examine our
present condition. bu, we mus seek in tue
past the causes Of the ills that now atii ct
~
The people who settled this couE.-y
weIe Of varied origin English, Scotch.
Irish, Scandinavian. German and French
They brought with thein different relig>
ions. habits. and customs. T.eg eSab-
lished separate colonies, and soon devel
oped that diversity OF interests naturally
arising from differences Of race, religion,
climate, aud institutions. Inese colonies
united to obtain their independence. =
Their conviction that heir safety and wei
fare required pcrmanent Union led them
to meet iu convention for the purpose Of
forming such a Union. In those conyen-
tons tbase difi-reuees became manifest.
Puritans Quakers and Cavaliers were
among their members. The fisheries of
New England. the wheat farms CT the mid
die states, the tobacco plantations Of Vir-
ginia, and The rice and indigo fields Of
South Carolina, were represented Blend.
e' with the ccnsii4ration Of tbar diverse
products and commercial interests wa
that Of the opposite forms Of labor which
prevailed in different rec sions-seyeral Of
the colonies having few or no slaves, and
the rest possessing slaves in large nuns
bers. Yet all these difficulties were met
and rsconci!ed in the spirit Of coaces$ion,
compromise, and devotion to llo common
good The p esent federal Constitution
yas adcptei. Il vas the child Of c0ncess-
ion and compromise.
Asthe free iab5r states increased in 9uyn
her and influence. i, became evident III 81
the orcs,ion q domestic NEGRO slavery. and
the sn,sconisms arising out Of it and ont
Of the mode of taxation would prove the
distuybjnr elements of our system. In
1900 on the \ Omission Of Missouri: in
1exy ., The tsriG question in 1850. on
.ho cr,vernrnant Of the new territories. the
;,toor;,v ot the ITnion was threatened =
pe.ca and HARMONY were restored in each
instance Nv the same spiri, Of concession
.,l coc,nronise in which the Constitution
w,s fram.l.
7, 1884 AID ~, slrcnqjinr years oar
discussions broke ont arresh noon the re-
,esl of tha Mi.ssuri comnronise the arm
~ cor,,iza,;,, and f.uds in Kansas and
,I,o ra;a of Iol, Rrorn into Virr;ri, -
1,nasa 4;.,a,s;oos e~,a,dal and cH,nina-
.aa - ,ho ,,;v;sion of ,ha .,raa, Dsn,oc, attic
r.rtn s,,,ha,Iesto, IN $50 and ,be ala.
; .;o, - no r'ro,;tancr far tho fr., time
of ,,s csnGi1o,s Of nsrtv oroarirsl f.,