Year: 1862

emotion occasion no Manifestations of
dissatisfaction nor lead TO any acts Of
retaliatory violence? But the supposed
case falls far short of the actual one in a
most essential circumstance. In no con-
tingency could these capitals, manufacto-
ries and ships rise in rebellion aud mas
sacre inhabitants Of the Northern States.
i am, Mr.. President, no friend of slave
, ry. The Searcher Of all Hearts knows that
every pusation of mine beats high and
strong in the cause of civil liberty
Wherever it is safe and practicable, de-
sire to see every portion of the human
family in the enjoyment of it. But pre-
fer the liberty Of my own race to that of
any other race. The LIBERTY OF THE
DESCENDANTS OF AFRICA IN THE UNITED
STATES IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SAFETY
AND LIBERTY OF TIE EUROPEAN DESCEND
ANTS. Their slavery forms an exception
resulting from a STERN AND MEMORABLE
SEcEssITY-to the general liberty in the
United States. We did not originate,
nor are we responsible for, this necessity.
Their liberty, if it were possible, could
only be established by violating the in
NOhAVoNIDiC BONClb vi tDt DLdtcS, anu Vi
subverting the Union. And beneath the
ruins of the Union would be buried,
sooner or later, the liberty of both races


But if one dark spot exists on our po-
litical horizon. is it not obscured by the


bright and effulgent and cheering light


that beams all around us Was ever a
people before so blessed as we are, if true


to ourselves? Did ever any other nation


contain within its bosom so many ele-


ments Of prosperity, of greatness and of
glory? Our only real danger lies ahead,
conspicuous, elevated and visible 1t was
clearly discerned at the commencement,
and distinctly seen throughout our whole
career Shall we wantonly run upon it,
and destroy all the glorious anticipations


of the high destiny that awaits us be-
seech the Abolitionists themselves SOL
emnly to pause in their mad and fatal


course. Amidst the infinite variety of
objects Of humanity and beDevolence


which invite the employment of their en-
ergies, let them select some one more
harmless, that does not threaten to deluge
our country in blood.


! l call upon that small portion Of the
clergy, which bas lent itself to these wild
and ruinous schemes, not to forget the
holy nature of the Divine mission of the
Founder of our Religion. and to profit
| by His peaceful example. entreat that
portion of my countrywomen who have
! given their countenance to abolition, to


remember that they are ever most loved


and honored when moving in their own
I appropriate and delightful sphere and


to reflect that the ink which they shed in


subscribing with their fair hands aboli-


tion petitions, may prove but the prelude


to the shedding of the blood of their


brethren. l adjure all the inhabitants of
the free States to rebuke and discounten-
ance, by their opinions and their exam
| pie, measures which must inevitably lead
to the most calamitous consequences.-
And let us all, as countrymen, as friends,
and as brothers, cherish in unfading mem


ory the motto which bore our ancestors
triumphantly through all the trials of the


Revolution, and if adhered to, it will
conduct their posterity through all that
2 may, in the dispensations Of Providence,
f be reserved for them.