Year: 1864

wont "to fright the souls Of fearful ad-
versaries" when the negro was named.
l approach all subjects with equal courage
il duty calls. In this case ask for the
enlargement OF the white mans freedom,
once about to be circumscribed-.thatC Con-
gress may be free 10 legislate for liberty,
and for the national preservation-that
no more trammeis shall letlcr the national
councils-that we shall act, and be sover-
elgn in the power Of protecting the good,
Furnishing the evil, and making the rights
OF the poorest secure. No one reioices
more than do, that this negro question
Goes not haunt US as it once did-espe-
| cialIy that it does not come 10 us in The
hideous form it did to the last General
Assembly, in systematic and concerted
demand that a poor and helpless class,
guilty Of no crime, should be driven from
The State-not because they were an in
convenience, or even Of their color, but
because part of a political party had
the inetfable meanness 10 seek 10 elevate
themselves by the persecution OF this
class, and the party itself was base enough
to tolerate the attempt. 1 was proud of
the rebuke given in the last Senate, to
that inhuman attempt Of party to make
political capital out of the ill treatment il
gave this unfortunate class. And earn
es!ly do | rejoice that that party has
abandoned the Internal crusade, and not
a memorial OF the kind has polluted our
journals this year. l hope il is done with
forever, as hope all injustice will cease,
that simple and exact justice will bs
meted out to every man, whatever his
nation, condition or calling-that labor
shall have its reward, and the fruits of
industry shall be gathered certainly BY
The diligent hand-that every inhabitant
shall trust 10 his state as his protector,
end shall yield it grateful support and
loyalty.


But Mr. President, we tread the thresh-
hold Of our Nations Millennium to-day.
Prophets and Kings have desired 10 see
the things we see, but have not seen them.
Many patriot has looked and hoped for
this day. In the last Two years, brave
hearts have ceased to beat, that yearned


for this hour; and eyes have closed in
blood, that looked forward TO the day
that blesses us, with gaze that loses itself
in heaven. Day after day, our streets
resound with the tread Of our veterans,
returning from rhe combats for our ma.
tional redemption, in pious devotion TO
home and friends. --casting a sigh for
the comrads who come no more-to lead
back 10 the final strife the true and brave.
Soon they will return again, shouting the
last and final triumph over the peris
of this unholy rebellion. The banners they
then bear will tell of battles past, and
peace TO come. The old flag, always the
most beautiful in the world, will shine
with new lus,er. Its stripes will glow
with new warmth; and from its stars will
stream forth rays 10 all the world
frightening up all the dark and solitary
places, with the story Of the Union pre-.
served in Justice, the bondman's chain
broken, his fetters cruhblng TO their
native rust, and liberty, sanciifed by all
the blood shed in the cause, enthroned
in the American heart. lie; us be worthy
of this brighter day, and purify ourselves
for it. Its light already gilds the noun
tain tops May the rising sun disclose
no stain upon the record we shall then
read in the eyes Of the Nations.