Year: 1860

HON. C. DELANO 5 REMARKS.


Mr.. President AID Fellow-citizens On tn,
banks of the Potomac, not far from the City
of Washington, in a quiet and secluded spot
near an eminence overlooking one of the most
beautiful rivers with which Providence has
adorned the earth, rest the ashes of the Father
of his country-the immortal Washington
Truly bis is the nobest portrait on the can
yass of time. So many recollections, full o
wisdom and instruction cluster, around his
name, that it is difficult in the brief time al
Iotted to me on this occasion, to determine
which may be referred to with the greatest
profit and instruction. He WINS at once the
! Moses and the Aaron, who conducted the Col
ea;esz through that sea Of blood and fire which
Terminated in Independence and then laying
aside all ambition, and rejecting all the honors
freely proffered by confding aud affectionate
people to a military chieftain, he laid the
foundation, by his pure patriotism, for this free
! Republic with her still more glorious hopes.
Among the richest legacies of wisdom which
/ this great man bequcathed to posterity is that
last will and testament to the American peo-
! pe7-his Farewell Address. And if l were.
/ on this occasion, to select the richest jewel
which is to be found in the cluster of noble
sentiments and wise admonitions contained in
/ this Address, ! should say it is that warning
to posterity to trown with Indignation upon
every attempt made to alienate one section of
/ the confederacy from the other. This seems
fit occasion to call to mind that admonition


And viii not the chosen Representatives of
Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio here present
renew the oath of fealty TO the sentiment con
tanned in this wise admonition, and resolve
anew to support and maintain it? How can
this be done? May not here venture some
practical advice on this important topic with
out danger of giving offence to the views OF
any | subscribe to the sentiment already
expressed here this evening, that this Union
must and shall be preserved. But how ?
Shall it be done by force--by coercion I? l
answer, No. There can be no American I'm
ion held intact by the power of the sword
The first drop Of blood shed. to coe"ce a I'm
ion, will be its overthrow and its dissolution.
The American Union must be based upon fra
ternity; its cohesive power must be mutual
love, affection, good will and kindness /; and
these sentiments must be cherished in every
section of the Union, by strict regard for
and adherence to the principles Of our conlm6i





and compromises How shall we best secure
faithful fulillment, by each member of the
coniederacy of this great duty? l regard this
occasion as suspicious Of great result for the Sc
curity of our Union. There is a moral power in
this assemblage. The social and official inter
dtlange of civilities and hospitalities, by the
three great States Of Tennessee, Kentucky and
Ohio, manifest fraternity of feeling which, if
preserved, viii secure the perpetuity of our in
stitutions but ii the representatives of the
before mentioned States viii permit me, l will
venture another word Of practical advice. Be
not content with mere trords Of devotion to
the Union Manifest your regard for the great
principles of the Constitution by deeIs-by
acts Of friendship. Let all measures of Of
lense and retaliation be rejected and condemn
ed by every suitable act Of legislation.


Y our regard for the Constitution in all its
parts, and your respect for the rights of each
other as independent sovereignties. 70 guide
you in the discharge of these great duties, you
have the light shed upon you, by the illastri-
Gus wisdom refiectetlby that great man whose
name heads this sentiment to which / am re-
spending and others who, if not equally dis
tinguished, have fame and a name high on
the pedestal of our country's glory. And this
leads me, Kentueliians. to say that | have an
interest in your State which you have no right
TO take from me- Ohio is one of the in
hcritors Of the glory and the fame Of that great
man, whose remains rest in the soil of Ken
| tuckv We have common right with you to
visit the sepulchre of that great and good man
Henry Clay, and there by the Influence of the
memory of his deeds to kiHdte anew the fire of
patriotism, which shall lead US on as Ameri-
can citizens. to the performance of every duty
and the fuifilInlent OF every obligation.


| And you, Tehhcsseeahs, have no right to
| the exclusive pfDpretorshp of the fame oft
| hero of New Orleans. His great deeds were
put forth in defense Of our common country,
his great name and fame belong to that coun-
try-and we of Ohio are Joint heirs with you
in his great name and claim the right to enjoy
this estate with yeu in perpetuity. Shall the
I days ever come when our Joint ownership in
4 these great inheritances, will be severed when
! their memories shall cease to be the common
property of these United States? 'Ipray God
that my eyes may never behold that day when
the flag, of the Union shall have ceased to
/ wave over the tomb of Washington and the
I sepulchres of Clay and jackson. If the three
States here by their Representative assembled
i shall be faithful to the trust committed to
their charge, they have the power to prevent
the sad calamity to which have alluded
i Tennessee Kentucky and Ohio constitute the
great heart of this Union they are the great
Mediterranean of this. Republic. They pos
sess a moral and physical power potent fol-
good, and by the manifestation and exhibition


in all suitable ways and on all fit occasions, OF


those principles of ch wdp and fraternity to


which have alluded, they can allay strife and


correct mutual misunderstandings and thus


preserve intact this great Republic. SO long
as this great centre and heart remains sound


and beats truthfully and faithfully to ever!


vital principle of the Constitution, this bod.
polite shall live and be perpetual. -s,t -z
Non-Tntercourse with the North.