, 1865-07-06

enr sezntor5. They had succeeded
setulsrtstnE 1ts lands and di.tributing them
ernmeut. ] wien Iouis N.po!eoo. With the M pa,poss
OF limiting our expansion ind strengthening his
imperial throne " its counterpart In Amerlea,
5e!ustd 70 - Iesoeniss The goyet9ne1t q Ju.1e.,
ter, supported him by French armies, bo1stsd
that e1ter va! founded ID Mexico aud Win Ner:.
tro bleeding At biz feet referfed to bis name and
impose no government On Tho Aexicans against
tns ~ Of tia nation: He b.d forgotten De.
cenhes 1hs;,s ,taH sna mo bouley.sd'; ,n,a.n o.
Rsst %i.s.on ot"1estor,ns order ~ ". unS:t
tlken hy our European foes, who tepderly. calmly
advised that We should not prcss the South to
ne should be destroyed. We dissemb!ed ouE In
digEaticn at this grave menace and iuAult-With
ait1eplsy but for the present perhaps not qnwlse-
lie is now oTer, and the people have not forgotten
tae insult nor ceased to sppteelate the gressness
ofthe dagger to republican Institutions Involved
standing on ,he ruins ii an American Republic
eupposted BY European bayonets.
Today TT necessity hss ce,sed: Wh:n .,hs he
review after their great Victories the 1erresents-
On ftiends weEe radiant WITH joy, md avoWed
And whether ii be today, or To morrow, OF next
month, or next Jcsr, whether Louis Napoleon
Ahsl' snseesd OF NOT ID COZ solltnR tha throne Of
who my aseane 10 control The de.tinies Of his
nstton, no nsster who may attempt to stop it, on
ward 1Dareh, Or preach moderation Or the danger
Prince INTO IN Americsn Republic tos the purpose
of foundinE on IL 1ains 4 hereditary th1ons, Is
IN nsolent defiance Of The declaration Of Pfesl.
nsereed ~ tes.ntN faNrJ.nan1 M,,pT pSypIt u ~
tempt 10 addduce to ns evidence that Mexico A.
SCI Il there ia no dissent With the bayoaet At The
throat No prove s'su"en' ass Il 0'
10 srmed force i free choIce. Le.ther, wiihdrav
their s1mies.. IApplause.] Let them leave Me1l-
CO. 9s, etn s as q Sess
diuou- It Is not their right to interfere with the
internal ada1Is Of Ae1tco. ltfs perpetual men.
esi nsS11: E to s PSss Ssoss GESsr
Of Fratce. We wish for no conqucsts, but we
have established freedom here, ana VIC Will hare
freedom from tere to Cape Horn. x[Applause.j
where p1eaideEt Monr e atood, whsle Hens1 Clay
a'eod, where Daniel Webster stood, where the
corCress Of ,s6 stood, which sanctioned ths Fana.
~ applied 10 Mexico, that the people are entitled
to work ont their cMn salvation in such form as
they n1y see tit Bat we do not reco7niza q
mopayehial power "a good nurse to pnt repub-
nsst t. iefats ise s' W.
ssnd ssa.n II ~ o1r ineety and poTSsF, before
hour Of, need men. tried to bully rs.
Det,rirg % pre.etye a! ne laws q neutrality,
rerpect her OWE Ecu rsiity lass, CApp1ausc. /
Any rule will sult the American people excapt
tse ictolence SO espE.ee VI poxcs psesnuIus 10
| But, iellow.rluxsns, The war bas taught o,her
letsens than thtse. Nhts taught Us iesson. we
must, pe1fofte, read mud remember, whether we
1 Ia f,NN nat Nkv t. that fkH fo
public, 90 ptsceIul 10 juet, 30 moderate, SO wise
a. II heretofofc has been for eighty years Of M.
broken L1etnal peaca, for the nrst tina plunged
onr institutions an lns.t'nt1on which was not re-
cOntilab;e vi The principles on which they Ill
rest The unan'rnons declsrstton ol the thirtecn
Ercn13we!L OF the hation. the principles Of per,
tons! freedom and government BY law. Govefn-
nept by law we secured in the Constitution. per-
ct, suI po+ed 10 Be- 1Sa te@potsry, ~ admitted 70 b.
wlouc, 1ifl1cult OF rem -dy, but to he remed1od.
But the expaotlcn Of our territory Inspired that
for pcImnnence, then with ceslre OF power.
Tie sddtton Of The crest regions Of FLORIDA snd
Louisiana to !ha domain of The United States,
nscd lhe blood oi tts supporters with the determl
nation Of ruling. It VA. resolved BY them to be.
conc power md ces.e to bc merely aa tntrrest
It could te tolerated as sn iutesest-tt could moi
be tolerated a. power md a. one, which by po.
lucal coal'fson, became she domtnans power ol
The cation. 1t frst asserted Itself as power II
| the great Missouri Compromise 60 long wnr
Texas vas lis conquest The compromise of is:
VIE The recognition Of Its equality with freedom
II spos!ng q the fortune. and fate of TIE nason
lasefnop, rot merely that It was power, bu
that Il bid power 70 rue. The WAr tn Kanea.
ss r. r. tt.pges 10 n:ssi1 se1&la,t & @ Esnct;nx %
was the sanction Of IT, most insolent claims, b.
the supreme judIclsl authority OF The nation
before which = bowed eyeFI @ dissenting voice tn ths
IN The South, 4 home fill Of ideas aud arguments
LOT !!s maintenance ana ADVANCEMENT; !
se5fa epsn spa t7usht the doet5'ae o. SET
u,sslou 10 the local authorities, 20 taat4 N case
| eo:)i.ion men Of the South might prefer tbei
SS x4eu9.s e s n.sn ea sJfis ea e.
merits; then advocated and !annted ~ lie
n e
in this deliberate attempt to N Ike -ngbt Of 8
wrcrg,. j. created for 10 own uses aud purpose
,,st IL soasheIn sthaoosT I aas ssps2s}s Ss
the Iegro fren the human race; the Sou bern ra
iigion proclaimed the Save trade . mis.tonar!
enterprise; theIt new Southern morals ptoc!alm
ed The duty o' holding The negro, 6of bis oal
bent dt. ~ the highest Of Envral obligations; th
Few Southern the odicy adduced the highest proof
1nnn IN subjeetion to tho white; Inc new soutber1
history meto the chief purpose Of the Couatituuo
The protection Of this mt rests their new sy1,el
negro slavery that Organization Of iAbosi Or x,cl
lew ry.'em of political p6tlosophy .tded 70 Je
mar, that Of the negtotto master. Admitted !
be wiopE, It was weak when merely e1cusablt
the time would come when II woald cease ~
de:enti1e; Sut Is = power i conld soni.ol t q A. ~
admiltea at 6Iss 4 the foundation (
Cd rs tonndslon md shssa!sned IL ovo1.h1oa
| 1t H1a no Longer an interest, but power ready
Agtt for empire, to Rssett in arms It's anihorit,
,, breed doubts, they surrounded shvi1 teTt,tor
with Gorgeous and Hyd1as chimerss dire 10 rel
northern msn--that wh,te men with ffee Idea
eou.d tet work IN the South, that .he eoulher
Gun was tatsl t. 'he men tthe Mort, that tighill
pefu enec wake in dsEknees 10 aratie the stfanS
M esT Tx
snatas ee' ''1 .sss .na '''a oziss! III
men1s ior IL support, =: peaee Win iheir s g,
: sciences, given osert to believe lie, at=rritof
holding equal In area to the gre,test emp 1e
Srnye. and devoted people, eousssed IN i tae ID
that the state ID tuprene ind could eeceda at i
will, snd that cren if TIE State had not that riga
s1d md b. It, .nh9,ty pa %hsh ht
. cling took arms agaIna, the natlon, armed tgaIn
) moral repsobation y pf,de,1,st1ong agaipst Il
q s; & =: SeItS a1a Il r. ss
! eetsd ard devoted ta those IDEAS &
!, dc, they drew he SWORD, threw awi
= totrer-stouc Of freedom. That cornerstone {
which they souEht to Iai.e nsw y empire @ nov @ H
In the stagnaut east. these Ideas could have 1at
! tlte ~ stue for generations, sleeping quietly
. tN,n trothe,f, fot there deepo,lem md slavery a
s3nat; but in The fruitful ard teemlDg West the e!
y makes the tsle grow ss 1ank1y aud rjpidiy a. !!
wheat. Tho s.ne sun r,pens The weeds and II
= weeds are eowu, they Will come to natustty az
!. not pluck them ont.4App ause.] THIS has be-
: dine We have been partuadcd BY those who IL
/ lar from The South, who know nothing Of lis M
: al atnosph re. who know nothing or toe inpus
| which drive its people to acuou, that these M
+ cgu!d oe conciiisteo, That gon could make CO..
= promise. with them. They said strike The atr
f,om theiI hands and q tasy Eou'd ~ ahsnse1orih 9.
= ol The South should be armed, and The dlsloJ
: t.odden doxn, to inenre security ior the lntul
i What dofs betory say, OF these views Of fsou'he
u committed on behalf Of the unlled States, fro
y the P0t0moc to the Gnif Of MEXICO. Where ~
8. were The loyal friends Of the Government. Tne
n were Unien men: but yon nns' trIsslate that III
:, 'atcuage ct the South There were cauy asaos
Il tuem who preferred that the Government shou
5e broken but II Il ws; 70 81 ne! !sho
:. | IQ1 aAe 0UutA. AASJ HIAG1Ae4 tn@t A.SA. nuua
o should continue, md with It The Union; but II
"a | wcle TO be broken up. then they would not dg
!. apeiuet their brethren at homo for the mamie
>. md war With tue U11ted st1tes, 10 war at hol
a and pence with The United Ststes. They low
!. the Government, but they loyed thetr Siats b:
i ! ter they Wctc CeE0ted to The nation, hut nc
il 70 to their State. " Our people, was the phrl
II by which they designated the men Of their
:. siAte, apd "ous enemies" that by which til
- eppke Of t1ose born under the same paternAl CT
- eminent with then,, TIE loyal men Of the Nort
e Tnls lcmptr Of mind bus nor changed, and any N.
d in authority Or out OF authority, who tnppos
d thit repentance has come BY GaauRadon. mssres
!. preparing ruin for htnisalf md his land. Ia
I, pltute.j II the question were submitted to I
vote Of the South m people to dsy, whether III
- will remain psrt Of the United States, and ce
a brtts with us ibis glorious dav, or e1punee fri
e their calendar the Fourth OF July, expnrgatc I
kH | ufclet1toQ C1 10ucpcnaepCns IttLnEe IL