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at Eylau and overwhelmed at Frledland, and
Russia submitted to the dictation of peace.
The Gear and Napoleon divided the world
at Tilsit, and with seven hundred thousand
men at his command the French Emperor
turned to the conquest of Spain. he inveig.
led the royal family to his camp aud kept
them prisoners. He bought the mobiles. He
seized the fortresses. He declared Joseph king.
ard sent three hundred thousand men to
place him on his throne. Men called Spain
weak. 1t lacked unity. Its parts were loose
ly confederated through the crown. Catalo-
mia and Andalusia and Aragon and old Cas-
tile retained their separate organizations and
manifested jealousy, even hostility to each
other. Yet when Napoleon reached the Cap
ital and sent his forces to overrun the coun-
try, these provinces called their troops to-
gether. and acting each for itself, drove back
those veterans who had never paused in their
victorious march from the Mincio to the Wis
tula, and by the capture OF Dupont shattered
that prestige of success which had made
France invincible.
They tell us we Democrats will cling TO
dead issues The integrity Of the Republi
can government, the preservation of liberty,
the maintainance of our Constitution and
government, tn, happiness of mankind Are
these dead issues? Our love for them may
be dead, our fidelity may be dead, our WORTH
ness for them and our enjoyment may be
dead, but the issues will live till they are
settled in their full frution, and the principles
which underie them are as durable as the
Eternal Throne.
They tell us that like the Bourbons we will
forget nothing and learn nothing; We will not
submit to accomplished facts. 1t is mis-
take. 1t were wicked folly to resist the in
evitablc. We would bow rcverenlly in its
presence But who shall open the book Of
fate, and say Of any course of events or of
any condition of things, it is fixed forever.
Who shall with prophetic power read the Sc
crets Of the Almighty, and repeat in another
connection the words which only once utter
ed throughout all the ages reyerbeTate along
the course of eighteen centuries 1T is .tln-
ished" The human mind has no power to
discern the unchangeabTc. The DEGREES of
destiny are hidden from its view, that its
aspirations may not be checked, its efforts
may not be palsed.
When William Pitt came back to the
ministry, he formed with incredible energy
and exertion the Continental Alliance. 1t
required the labor OF two years. Napoleon
broke up his camp at Boulcgne, marched his
heroic legious to the Danube, and in one
hundred days captured an army at Ulm, and
shattered the coalition on the bloody field OF
Austerlitz. The great statesman was bowed
to the earth-Lis hope was gone-h's cur
age brokeu-his efforts at an end. Broken
hearted he exclaimed, "Roll up the map Of
Europe for half century" and died, believ-
ing that Napoleon had attaiued TO universal
dominion.
Austria was despoiled Of her fairest pos
sessions-Jen. followed, and Prussia was
humbled to the duSt,-Frledland followed,
.nd tn: monarch of the North bowed his
haugaty head before tie imperial eagles; Ma
poleon was mighty. His Tia vacated the
throne Of Naples. He pronounced the SEN
,ence, The TIou,e Of Bragarza has ceased
to reign and that family went fugitives from
Portugal to Brazil. Louis was King of HoI:
iaDd-Joseph was King Of Spain-Murat
wa, King Of Naples. The contederatloa OF
the Rhine guarded his frontier. The Duke
dom IF Warsaw and the Kingdom of West
phaia were the props of his throne. Here
eemed to b. an accomplished fact. But Eug-
land refused to +" accept tee situation" and In
less than tbr.e years Austria vas In arms,
Prussia was rccnperated, Russia bad becrme
hostie and in less than six years the empire
i Napoleon har, passed away-lhe fabric OF
his power had been Observation-Disclosures was
re established within its original limits, and
he himself languishcd prisoner III the is
land of Saint Helena. In 1850 the COM
promise measures were passed They con-
sisted of the admission OF California, The
amendment of the Fugitive Slave law, the es
tablishment OF government in the Territories
they commanded the support OF the leading
statesmen Of both great political parties. They
were declared to be All honest, honorable,
final settlement Of the issues of slavery as
connected with the Federal Government The
national cnnventions of 1852 both approved
them. The people thoroughly endorsed them.
But Chase, and Sumner, and Hale, and Gid
dinrs refused to "accept the situation" ard
on the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
thew recommended the agitation, which en-
dad in war. and has oblterated from the sta
tute book not only those laws but the very
nr,ncipIe on which those laws were based.
Who shall dare to say what facts are ac.
cornplshed2 Who shall predict the ways
which arc past finding out?" To "accept
the situation" if it be wrong, is the coward
ice of timid spirit, or the weakness of
wearied one.
Error is never fixed, wrong is never es-
tablished, the courses OF evil are never ac'
complished. Truth wages against them per-
pelus war. II never weares. Its strength
never fails. Its spirit never flags, and it is
immortal. "The eternal years of God ara
hers"
Let us be her soldiers and emulate her vir-
tue. Let us accept nothing as accomplished
unless our judgements and consciences ap-
prove the result as right
Let us stand by our Constitution which we
believe to be right, aud maintain our form OF
government which we have found TO be beu-
efcent. Let US accept no result as hnai
which acoomplishes their overthrow. Let US
be unwearied in this contest, and | believe we
shall save our institutions to bless our chil'
dren even as they have blessed our fathers.
If we fail, VIC shall at least have. deserved
we'll of our counlrymen, and shall have done
that which, like the seed after being hidden
in the frosts and SHOWS, and darkness Of win
ter. shall bear fruit and if this land and gov"
eminent must follow the footsteps oil the past,
we shall be able then to comfort ourselves
with .he reflection that if na;ions, like in
dividuas, arc not destined to Immortality,
and if in their virtues equally as their vices,
in their grandeur as in their weakness, they
hear in their boso,ns the seeds Of mortality.
nevertheless, "in the passions which elevate
them to greatness equally as those which has
ten their decay. is to be discerned tue uu-
Qeasiug operation of those principles at once
of corruption and of resurrection winch are
combined in humanity, and which, universal