North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-07-15
SPEECH OF EX-pEsIDENr--plERCE

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President Frank in Pierce, on the occasion of
his presiding a, the great Democratic mass
meeting at Concord, N. H., on the Fourth:
My FRIENDS AND Fellow CoUvrRYMEN ;
While have come to preside at tn $ meeting.
at your bidding, premit me to say that no
command | SIS imperative than Your wish on
such an occasion would ave brought NE her @:
and trust that III view of the great aggrega-
tion of personal relations which thirty wears
ot manhood life have formed between us, you
Will recognize IN this fact a w,ra reciproca-
tlon, on MY part, of the respect and affection
! wm ch, IN all that time, | have never failed
to ind on yours. We meet on the anniver-
sary OF day halowed by solemn memories.
| and sanciifed as that Of the birth of the
American Union. The Declaration of Inde-
pendence laid the foundation IF our political
greatness in the two lunlament i leas of the
abro ute lhde. e IGenc. Of the Americ people
and OF the sovereignty Of their respe ctIvc
states. Under that standard our wise and
o '''e " ''iV
e'"'u'''" u'iue' 'ha' ''ey conquered
IN this spirit they established the Union,
having the Conservative thought ever pres.
entto their minds, Of the orslI sovereignty
""d independence ot the several states. all
H'e'' 'i'Utot''a'' interest, opini'nS and
hao'S, l" DC maihtlIne intact and secure,
10y the reciprocal stipnlatruns and mutual
''hPf"A'>es "' He constitution. 1hey were
master onl'derS. WI" reared up The grand
''Fic''''' "' the oh'oh' l"aI august Temple
''"e"'" """>e u" Ito '"'ee generations nave
~ '\ed snch o'essih-S ot civil liberty a. were
never oelore '"ucH>aIed oy providence To
"a'i-that teh.Ple oe''fe whose affairs YOU
ana nave hol eng o""eH WIN deV"ut ana
grateful hfHt>, bni we're: with pa Hot'c Vows
md Sacriii e, We have :" ifeqUcn iy c"nsecra
:vA ourselves to he protection and mairte
nance "t those lrity columns pf the CDnStiln-
tion by which t was upNell. NJ visionary en-
t,u ,ja>l were theY, d.elm;ng yainly Of the i'm
uaSs,blr IN f,rmjtv Of : me wild CIopia nftheir
ryn IN y nttjrnS. \, desperate rrformcr~
were they. madly b,nt uion schrIAps which
II c,n~nmasei, c,u'i only res ut in general
confusion, ~ oICIy, and chaos. Oh, no high
hearted, but sagacl)uS an practica! stae,men.
u"y Were, VII" saw S"cIrty as iIywg fact
not IS uolD'cl vision ; who knew that
national power consists II the recpnc'emtht
81 dveIsl StIcs It n~ti'niions and interests
t'-.lr a.fNH ct n NH on z,
-aE that VARIETY ant aiapti"n "t parts are
the EeN>eSsarY elements "f all there Is Sno
hne or beautiful IN The works ct art or OF na
tnre NJ J'>hc were me S"Ad '"nhaat'"nS' 'he
massive masonry, the c"'u'hhed l"it'heSS o.
that magnificent structure ot the Union. "io
rI"nS was the career "' prosperity ana p ace
1Ad pow er rpnn Wt1ch, from lis very biF'h
day, the Amcrcin Union entered as win
''e a~>''e' "'a'0h u '''7 ''''>''"' -" ~ ''9
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o''" P''''' II u r'''le's na''
"'c" '"' "'' -''" P'aCe |" 'ne f''H'o''a'e
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siu' A"e E'>'e' "'"''' "''0''" '"0 '0'
WIN 'he'r A'i'P>' TIC ''"'' VII" ''e'' ''''n'
and manufactures; So'd'd tl' IN lie AT 1"
nc states "''h a'""'i Vi '"e'F 'ii''e'"'
wealth of c'a' ana iron wine Tue 0"u'h err
States, with he'r lic'' ''' o'''"l'c a'' 0'"-
genial scl'. raised up 'hose great staples
cotton tobacco. sugar. rice anu cor"' "t'ch
are the lie OF commerce and manufactures
and the vast regions OF 'he west gre" 10 DC
the granarleS OF Europe ana Aher'c' an"
still inrter on was revealed Tue 'ahn 81 go'n
and silver, on the remote Shore o' INC rac'i'c'
these were the ma'erla' elements I" "ir