Daily Republican., 1880-10-30
Judge Houston Upon SestlOuaI
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The safety, perpetaity stability Of
this glorious fabric Of republican gov
ernment and Of union and liberty, de.
pend on no such calculation es this, as
to which can be most conveniently
spared with the least detrinent to the
r4it. In my opinion ii cannot be pro.
served with tie loss of one single star
or one singlestripa from its flag; and the
preservation Of the whole, and nothing
less than all the states, each being a
co.equal and component member with
all the rest, Is absolutely indlspensa
BILE to conserve and protect, conform
and consolidate the whole Federal arch.
Its perfect unity and entire integrity
must be preserved unimpaired and un.
impaired and undiminished or all is
lost. When, therefore any gentlema
deliberately begins 10 calculate the
value and importance Of the respective
members oft, In order to determine
which may bs sacrificed or forssken
with the least detriment or injury to
the rest, he is, in my Judgment, how
ever unconscious he may be of it,
meditating nothing less rash, nothing
less fatal, overwhelming and disast sz-
GUS than tbs subversion of the whole
Union, the suicide of the republic and
the selfdestruotion of all the states.
And as suoh he merits (snd | say this
with the utmost kind feeling and re-
spect for my honorable frieAd), the
marked and emphatic condemnation OF
every friend of American liberty and
of human freedom throughout the
world.
But .allow ms to say, Mr.. Chair
man, thatif know Of any State in this
Union which has Oh 9rished deep de.
voted, and even holy regard for 1t,
believe ! may say 1t is the state of Del
aware, and sincerely trust she will
always maintain this character untarn-
ished and unimpaired, as l have NO
doubt she will. 1t is her peculiar
boast and her peculiar glcry to have
bean the first to come into this Union,
and by the blessing Of heaven she will
be ths last to 60 out Of it. X 4
Our whol1 country, under the in
luence Of the benign and benefcent
institutions which 1t has been our pc.
culiar good fortune to enjoy, has grown
to stste OF prosperity and power
which Is altogether unexampled in the
history Of mankind. The tutnre is
still more full Of glorious promise, if we
Only exercise the wisdom and forbsar-
ance towards each other which are ne
essary TO preserve our Union and lib
critics unimpaired. II we have made
such gigantic progress in the past, we
are destined to advance, if We do not
disappoint our fate by rash counsels
and domestic strife, in still more rap.
id progression in the future. Let US
then feel and cherish the feeling as our
highest duty, that we are forever united
in one common destiny, and labo for
enc common object, and that object the
honor, peace, glory and prosperity Of
our whole land.
Y n
When contemplate this vast domain,
this picture of more than imperial
grandeur, and consider what this re-
public is and what it is destined to be,
if this glorious Union is preserved,
and then reflect that am o citizen
not of the State Of Dslawars alone, not
of New York, not Of Massachusetts,
net Of Mississippi, no. Of Georgia mere
ly, bnt Of this whole country, in all its
broad and glorious extent, feel that l
can realize greater boast than the
Roman of old, and am proud to know
that too, am an American citizen"
And so help me, heaven, so long as l
have blood and have breath, / will
never relinquish my insstimable birth
right In the whole and every part of
1t.