Year: 1861




erybody knows that. therefore they do not
humoug me with their secession. do MOI
think they will humbug you and I do not
believe that il they do not humbug you or
me, they will succeed much longer in hum
ougging themselves. Now, fellow citizens,
this is the ultimate result of all this business.
Those States were always intended to remain
together. They always shall. Talk Of taking
one star out Of this glorious constellation
IL is something which cannot be done. do
not see any fewer stars now than did last
winter ; on the contrary expect to see more.
The question then is, when at this time peo,
pie are struggling under the deluscn that
they are getting out of the Union, and going
to set up for themselves, that we are TO do in
order to hold them in. l do not know any
better rule than the rule which every good
New England man, l suppose, though have
not much acquaintance with New England
every father of a family in New York, who is
sensible mNn-l suppose New Eengland
fathers would do the same thing-the rule
which they exercise. 1t is this-if good
man wishes to keep his family together. it is
the easiest hing in the world When one
gets disconnected, begins to quarrel, to com.
plain, does his father quarrel with him? No,
that is the way to get rid Of a family. But,
on the other hand, if you wish to keep them
together you have only one thing to do--to
be patient kind, iorbearing, and wait until
they come to reflect for themselves. The
Sputh is to us Shat the wife is to the husband
| do not know man in the world who can
not get rid of his wife if he tries to do SO.
can put him in the way to do it at once He
has only got two things to do.--one is to be
unfaithful to her, the ot0er is to be out of tenn
per with her, and she will be glad to leave
him. That is the most simple way. / do
not know man on earth--l do not think hut
that even Socrates could have got rid of his
wife if he desired to do so, in this way but
if he wished TO keep bis wife, he must keep
his virtue and his temper also. In all this
business | propose that we should keep our
own virtue, which in politics consists in re-
memberng that all men must differ. That
brethren, even of the same family must differ,
and that if we keep entirely cool, and entire
Iy calm, and entirely kind, debate will ensue
which will be kind of itself and it will prove
to us very soon that either we are strong, and
should make concessions TO oar offended
brothers, or else that we are right aud he will
acquesce, and come back into fraternal rela.
tions with us. l do not desire to anticipate
any questions. We have a great many
statesman who assume to know at once what
the South propose to do what the Govern
ment proposes to do whether they intend to
coerce our Southern brethren back into their
allegiance. Then they ask us, of course, as
they may rightly do what will be the value
of fraternity which is compulsory. All l
have to say on that subject is, that it was so
long time ago as in the days of Sir Thomas
More, when he made the discovery, and so
announced it in his writings, '.that there are
great many school-masters, but very few
who know how to instruct children, and a
great many who know how to whip them" :"
propose to have no questions on that sub
jcct-to hear their compants-redress them
if we can, and expect them 10 be Withdrawn
1t they are unreasonable. / know that the
necessities which created this Union are
stronger to-da, than when the Union was
cemented, and that those necessities are as
enduring as the passions of men are short.
lived and etferveScent believe that the
cause of secession was as strong on the night
OF Nov. 9th, when the President and Vice
President were unacceptable to the Slave
States, as it has been at any Ii ue Some IF
ty days have now passed |; and believe that
every day the sun has set since that time il
has set upon Modified passions and preju-
dices. and if you will only await the time,
sixty more suns viii shed brighter light and
more cheerful atmosphere.