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the North aud South. The present Con.
g'css, | have no doubt, will be as prudent
and conservative as the last. When |
use the word conservative mean, of course
to conserve that which is good and to de-
stroy that which is bad. 1t is idle for
any man to say that we should be gov
erDed by the wisdom that prevailed a
hundred years ago Alex, hamilton and
George Washington were men of mark
and far in advance Of their time. but the
wisdom of masses of men is greater than
the judgment or wisdom of any single
man, and the enlightened spirit of our
age and generation is wiser than Wash
iugtoD or Hamilton. | believe that the
movements lnaugurated by the Thirty
ninth Congress will stand as landmarks
to guide aud direct this country, and will
be as celebrated as the movements of the
Continental Congress. The Thirty-ninth
will. | believe, receive, as it deserves to
receive, the same eulogiums that are pro-
perly bestowed upon the measures of the
Continental Congress hope at the end
of this Congress we may have in this
country from thirty five to forty millions
of people. the freest and most enlightened
in the world. inhabiting territory exten.
ding from the Gulf of Mexico to the Rus
sian-no. it is no longer the Russian but
the American Ocean. All this vast peo-
pie will be homogeneous nation, with
kindred institutions, with no sectional
difficulties or discolds. Sometimes it is
said that differences upon questions Of
tariff anG finance and taxation may arise
between the East and West These diff.
erences will, however, disappear: because
cvtry man Of Judgment must feel that the
time has now arrived when tht statesmen
must meet all financial questions in a
generous and liberal spirit, and resolve
to levy taxation to raise revenue. and fol
no other purpose 1t must be perfectly
understood that we impose burdens upon
the people only to preserve the national
faith. We have issued greenbacks, and
we must make those greenbacks equal tt
gold and silver, and the day for the re
sumption Of specie payments will not b
ao,ovol one day beyond the time wher
~. .,.o.,o oro rle to return to the oldes
standard of value known W 'No "0'''
gold nd silver. | know that amV."@S v" W
business men Of New York there IS
great deal of tremor aud anxiety about
what may be done in Congerss in reference
to this matter. But when you remem Der
my friends, that the members Of Congress
are only the representatives of constituen
cies from all parts OF the country sn'
that they represent the people and th
peoples interests. this anxiety must b
geatly allaycd. The great body OF tn
people are represented by men of thei
own choice, who are guided and governed
by the same interests that control them
There is never any danger. therefore, i
this Republic, of the representatives, Q
the country doing any thing that is in
trinsically wrong. There never was an
danger of it. There may be difference
, Of opinion among members OF Congae'
about matters Of policy; but Congress wi
certainly never do any ything to impair th
: public credit or impe,il oar national e.
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