Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-07


recognition Of Iha idea, the right, Of diversi
y, there never could or would have been
union Especially upon the question Of sla
very was this recognition made The men o
New England-the Adamsss, the II ,ncocks
the Shermans, the Ellsworths of that day
said TO the WashinRtons, tho Madsons, anC
the Pinekneys of the south, Virginia ant
the Carolinas may have African slavery a,
long as they see it, you shall not introduce 4
amongst us, nor will we seek to interfere will
or abolish it amOng you" Aud they reoog
nized q IN the matter Of representation, IN
The abolition OF the slave trade, and the re-
turn OF fugitive slaves Though they were
ionhding new government, they did not say
NOW slavery ~ sin against God aud al
evil IN the state, aud II is our dnty to demand
that it shall be abandon, d, lest we wrong the
state, and sin against God aud ourselves and
lose oui own souls" Least Of oil did they
propose, by force and arms, by coercion, 10
abolish It aud compel uniformity Of institu.
tons, OF kinds Of labor, in Massachusetts
aud the Carolinas. But right here Mr.. V.
would say that il was not beoause slavery was
TO be abolished, not because We desired to
save and perpeiuate it, that tho men Of the
Democratic party opposed tho abolition poll
cyot the administration; but because that
policy WAS hostile TO the fundamental idea OF
our whole system of government, state aud
federaE and, il successful, conld, upon the
same line aud the same principles, Justify the
abolishment of diversity of religions, or any
other local or state institution.
Such was our syslem Of government, com.
plex but admirable, and so long AZ carried out
according 10 its original idea, secure in har
mony and capable of indefinite growth aud
strength and duration, Itmay not be that il
was hon owei from the idea of the solar sys-
tenn, yet the simihtude is almost exact Ia
the beRlnulng of time, the heuvenly bodies,
created by divine command, each within ta
own separate orbit prescribed by fixed law
began their annual aud diurnal rounds. Tue
SUI, the moon, the earth, aud the other plan
ets, and even those eccentric bodies, the com.
cts, have obeyed for ages the law Of their ere
aIoni and DOW, for many thousands Of years,
each successive generation of men who have
Inhabited the globe have looked up in wonder
and awe, 10y day and by night, to that stupen.
dous system above us
"rhuelr gnd suns and adamantine sph sros.
Vince iog unahaten through the void Immense"
Order is heavens first law, and obedience
to that law has brought with it harmony and
duration from the beginning of time. But
+ bould some pestlent spirit, some genius OF
mischief, seeking to compel uniformity aud
consolidate all these heavenly bodies into one
be permitted TO cause disobedenee 10 that
law, TO disturb that order, and thus TO derangs
that beautiful system which the Divine hand
has created, who can portray the confusion
and chaos and ruin which must follow2
Earth would unbalanced from her orbit ay,
Planets and suns run lawless through the sky
Aud ruling angels frsm their spheres liza hurled,
Being On being wrecked, and world on world"
[ Loud applause, Conformity to the idea and
law OF their being is essential to the harmony
and duration Of the heavenly bodies. Con.
iormily to the idea or principle upon which
our federal system was founded is essential TO
its harmony and existence. Aud when Abra-
ham Lincoln proclaimed that the Union
could dot endure part slave aud parl free"
and thus sought to compel uniformity Of Ia.
Dor systems everywhere, he struck at the fun.
damental idea OF our governments, State and
Federal diversity ty-tOleration--and laid the
axe at the very root of the Union lGreat
cheering 1t was declaration OF civil war.
1t was full OF the very demon of discord. IT,
smoked with the blood of brothers As we'll
might he have said that the Union could not
endure part Christian and part Hebrew, part
Catholic and part Protestant, part hgricullur
al and part manufacturing
Mr.. Nallsndighsm then proceeded to trace
at length the history Of the several efforts
made in former years to violate the principle
OF the federal system He spoke Of the Mis-
souri, question in 1920; of the tariff and nulli.
feation controversy in 1888; of the Wilmot
proviso of 1850 and showed how they had
been adjusted simply by return to the idea
upon which our government was founded, aud
through peace Cancellation and compromise.
Compromise iinpies federation, it recognizes
diversity Ii is the very antipode OF coercion.
Coercion is the iavorile weapon OF those who
would compel uniformity compromise aud
consent are the resort of all who love toera
tion and peace. The idea OF our whole sys.
tenn was, as he had said, diversity and the
limits OF that diversity had besn ascertained
and fixed by compromise not coercion or
force, II was thus that the federal govern
ment was founded. The consent the ratifca.
ton, of nino States put it in operation. Elev-
en- States did at once consent, did raify. Two
at first rejected the constitution, and refused
to come into the Union. Rhode leland re-.
fused for two years Washington was then
President Did he call out the militia de.
mand money make conseriptions to force her
inP No; he and the other men of thatday said.
Let us reason together let us prove the value
and benefoence of the new government g let us
show 10 Rhode Island and North Carolina
that their rights will be secure and their in
terests promoted in the Union, and they will
unite with us aud ii so happened.
This idea Of diversity in manners, habits.
local auJ stats laws, nj InstIIuLiOns, was Gp'
piled as we'll 10 slavery as to other questions.
The founders Of the Union did make il "part
slave and part free aud Il so endured for
three quarters Of a century, and the govern.
ment became strong and the country prosper
ed more and more every year The demo.
cratic and nonpuritan men of the North, the
West and the South, together, controlled this
government for seventy-three years, and they