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Athens Southern Banner (Newspaper) - October 11, 1860, Athens, GeorgiaIll Hern Banner iii , Ulk a est vat Lurnis Clark comfy Geo Lowber 11,860. Quot medical amp dental ii Lori a iii drop victors. A i m is or it. 7<m\mtk How i al Liikala Anst Advance ., l.l.ar5 u delayed. Thu a to in , Dot. A of. King. phys Irish of a in Law to it of Atli iii Anil to ii it in it. Kozol Fiaoo. Nimi a. Cayton i. Oor Norof Cloyton. A. . Inc to. W a a. L. Mar Lestry m. Us a l to vim a ill Athens tim i i , ref to i leu rom. Two Dellarmer Awillda i no Loo if Ilia him of jail Lioon . In lii in Aro Lri of Ovi rte Hhd Riwold. , �?z�?z.,i ii. It 5 i iii. In or a by. ,.�?ziir,ii t of Ltd Louo. Tint of roup by War. Allinio a Liao. Llort k Xai Humo who to May a , March a Laai. My. Ill ii Krs , in Alpheus Nail its Inkelis Jurii of tin or Nicklin hitter. Let a. Foj pliers ii Assn if Jiri Miu from Voigli. A Leif a and uni of non oni 1 to it a. Toet a Lay the pr5�svioii, w Ini Rodito Orwa his in a of a i Lumen who May i Xvi t inv with a 1 any 1 am Anth ortved to it to a onto rel her a no in a Miu 1 Ltd a a Jet a plate it both this lii e. I hit How fully prop Ami n Ali i m Ilid a All. Ollin Dewji Tiivi uni my Faiu 111 Chr Nooh Abisai iii iii Yuo Rio re rcd a. Ii it to air Lei ii iwo be for the son Hern Banner. Rate be a lessor of Hope. The big i Rote Bloom not again a the a ii ored loaves Ibal fall,.�. Dying upon the doily Plain a Wake not at Spring s glad Call. A yet Owera Ai fair acid Loav ii a it it Grren a Thoie which phase to away. in the self name Apola to aeon in Hie Wool coming May. The atom that mourned a flow rot dead. Another Hud boar the tree that All a leave had Alied Kew Fronda proudly Wear. Excuse merely personal explanations. I earnestly desire to retain the Good opinion of Elleris hts friends Here and elsewhere Wheeli it has been nay High est Nin biting to possess and to protect myself if bios style from those vulgar imputations which so often amidst the violence of Paity warfare assail the purest . In Llilas Community i do not stand much in need of defensive Armour nor Wim it readily be believed infidelity to friends or Prin Rupies forms any part of my Ria racer. Agitation a Vitt Lawal. Of hostility,.an a the Torch of discord a Puitung out the Vires of Fiina tic ism. Put to our our just astonishment or a l r indignation we found that the appetite was Only when ted by what it fed on that Quot each new few taken by these Truttos this but the pretence a a Tanta be ground for Furuie Agar est ins and that if indeed our Hopes depended on their Abdera lion these hones were baseless. So in the heart r first Rich Bloom applause a 1 think 1 May venture to say with the fragrant Ipi rii rom May i mid the a Limnal a Lunini u or it throw ii. new ii. Ill a i ii. 1uml,�?~,. Rui. Liry la i.iimi.,.-, a .1 ,Ilv. A ii .1 Tyml Lluli i fyn -.1 Iio n a a Alfil w. \ fitly a left ii ii 1,a\v cards Tidis inv t. , t0kxi v to , ii. In Jiuu. A Corgia. . I , at Doftney at Law 1 ii a i Ilni it. i Rali Yiu ii., a u. , Lenl in. I. M. Smith Ivhon Arsale and a fall or afro in in i is. . A Kraft Mikity , ave Evv Row i iii i.\Ai. A anus Ami n Ine arc., Are a a. A s no or Loci in. Iii up Civill u uric Klinski a .ma.kci.ivi. I. Y al think uni that the heart i ii that in it Neer can grow a Lloyt re lib Only Cli Ltd Willi once More glow. In Happy May conic al Laal another to bring. When Zorri iwo a Winter shall luvs Paad lieu Rhomb iii at Ilia Spring a Ruil. I i i. , dentist. A tkixsv11.1 .kiia,. Ill let Vici in it role al in. Kid. Imi Seard reflect. 1�?T in great evil sewn i >i>niil.u,. A it i Locc a my it it ii mini it iii in a. , t. A. , or i to great a hons the Lena i one and pm a it .-.m.,-i�?z. ,.-�?z. A a inc. , . I. Llumi Stu to . At Alfil a. ill in k Tiro in to lib it imi i>4�?Ttifitii. In Liviu min Uttof Notton or . i a. Willi. All . T. T. Fitt Max l0l>e v in Ltd. Univ a . >1. 1-.l.tiitl. Sicri i Aluie useful iii if Ihu have by al nov Cihiy. Gel them replaced by other of i ii in service Ami like like appearance a i.o\viia\�tiia.\� i air i for Nair of Liviu. Fro. They Heg in an nominee to the cilia ens 111 a Lien Ihal they have Lorenl a Eopal no it ii the practice of Dufaj Wistro they re Pei a Siuy solicit a eral Tahaie iii their it Kronage _ i or. a Torii icily resided in Phila. I it Delphia where he prepared in All . Raizik in the a if Villi neat near and . I Arii Leial Luelli iii Euleil from one to a i full upper and lower sell. I h. A. k to. K. i. L a a la a no lii hvl�?T.l.-. . A a a , a iii. a. In. A 1 111. . i. 1 a. Ctr Ialie. Resident dentist .\ti1k.ns, Lia. Jii Iua i Luru Cuil. ,. . I Rrh-ti.lhlif a a i Llu m a it at i nit ii ulnar Ion a it Ki. N. J. U. a Toloe v to , 0�i. Ill iii . Of ,. Lluri end Neil. Do. V. B. Lombard. Ltca-i2 Iwkstim-,.\tiiiss.< Kriks iia Rou Heeln a a i i ii we Ali Roll. Us ihrl1 al fcl.y. Hope a Yoi Ingall leave May love their Lri a Linch a and eit life. May Tarsi be tinged w ith Dull. Rad Miniea alien Lall mid earthly a life. Cyl do not w wildly weep Hal Cheek the Lair that downward Roll h reach Leaveu he lion la deck the iii Chi if the Ruvii. Tax a sepia Nihar Isidio. . The bi.es8ixg after be Usu e. I was within a House of prayer. And Many a wounded Limarl was there and Many an aching Liard was showed. Humbly Arniat the kneeling crowd nor Marvel where eat lib a iii Prera there must be Tihoi Igil . O in the change of human life the anxious wish the Luil the is rift How much know of grief and pain Kra one Short week a Niue round again Lle iid every knee lift every he we need clod s he saing Ere we part. Then Weelle Ali Romigh the hallowed bound evoke the Eal iii voice of solemn round and gladly u Liki a iii ear watched Ihal pure Lone of love t pure Lone of love to hear and on each Humbird heart and True find a holy Blessing fell like Dew. Like Dew on a Nimec s thirst a Flowers on the mown grass like softest showers on the parch d Jarlli like blessed rain that Calls the Spring Bloom Hack again. O to How Many a Vii tied Gigli. Did Ihal Sweet Benison reply. A the peace that fluid bestow a. Through fixin who died and Rove the peace Ihu v Athur give Ali Chr Rigli the lie known in every mind son. The broken heart to bind. Ami bless be Travilena Asye journey on Quot jul Knox practice b. I iii. I to Vav Rizou Jack .rjiuil,.,f the 111 of. Olluf if Ilii Ciri Uii. I. J.iksdn, i x. I. Ill Onist or. I i ii. Ltd. i , <1 Mrl�u . U. I. i items should to Allilu to a Leucci to Xiv. Ii ii. R. J. Long Jsn t. A f. A. Lug As r. J. Amp in. T. , 1.aw- . ili s of Musli n. Lir not in of .ms.lison, sort. , of the i a cull. . I we. T. . Jarir Nikii tis. 1 a �rii�\Illc, tip. I amp Lilly or. Attorneys at Law. It. L. Bloomfield retail Clou ainu store st next Mene ii. May 1�. T. Oisin of a sox �11.1 a Dirler Inoiocer-is, Nuil Man per Itzy <i.k�i�, no. T Iliond a a. My a t. Ii. Ullsox ii bros., dry of Oral be who have known to weep where your beloved Alep be who have pour d the deep Chr Billt cry find s he rising he As Balm tie fevered tout to Calm and Iton Drona peace each Torii held mind a Yonng Man whose chunk is Highl nature s a Raisl Light whilst youth and health thy veins with pure let the remembrance be blood swell. Of thy god Blest to birr peace passing under Olandin g guard thee a parents whose Khoii gets afar. Turn where your a Gilldren Are skies. In their still Graves or beneath foreign this hour cod s Blessing come t Heer the Decer led Home and peace with Dove like wings around you w l a v v Tiriro m t��., Ilerd Wrt. To a key i Slid i be Agnue . A rvs i Stem in i Ike i joint personal to nil . A a cd . . I . Lib a .mu�it., a. Alheli a Fly i ii. re a a , llis Lek said Kun it Elihu hard it War nod a buium Furnoh juju in. ,. 1 ao�k�.4, of Orrlow k.1�.iiiooinfiu�clothiii Storf at ,<3�. J�n.7, i. M. . It raw Ford amp stapler try t. Aka Koku. ,, or try hic Iun i a it a Auver Ilion Lazarr i it. A a a ,wulj�,.c la ii. 1 11 have a in Liotla Kinky 8t� to 111� it Ftp. Slut uhf a a Pic Zooi Uitz stun Lilin Lwft. And i fel0� it Riata Atiz Lih it ii a my ii iii a Mhz a a a a it Lri a cution a Ito Vukich Waxia try Ottly 91. Joii ii. , i it nits Kvat Law. Ault a in 1�., i. A of stud Giro ineptly to my <11 in. A. , a a Ere this week s strife begin a the War Willio it. Within tie Triune god with spirit and wit i Power. Now on each bended Bead. His wondrous Blessing shed. and keep you All lir Hiigli every troubled and then in the holy place was silence for a inome it s space such silence that you seemed to hear the holy Viive a w Ings hovering near and the still Blessing fsr and wide. Fell like the Dew al evening Lide and Ere in left the House of Prever. To knew Bat peace descended i Here and through Trio week of Trifo Iligir we bore its wondrous ses within. Scenes in Vur Paron a \ Segardh spliff mba Fco. Piper amp Cavm. To. King life co. Ton Xiv Ati,a\v,,.oeorqu. A al. In. By a to uilli.r�clieiu�lllho.oiiiili.�ol the we ll.llheyhsvejii�. It a 1. Uii. Uli. . it isl a in store Joku do �?1 a . Is a a of air so Marcel and full ego Avenue. Ivill aim g. De lox Atli rur it a Ovri of i. M. , m in. Ii . Cold of a huh. In i lii Hir tothe Len tia r Lioom. A tip Lye Lukco i it oni tit fitly a a ii Ritj a Fulu Iipp of Leif al a to a a a no a i arts or. I Fotz. 9 Xiv firm a would a Mioi Inee loathe ,.lilic Ihrl , he a al the k of or. 1 t. M. . keep of i Wal n urge and a Ai n.rt.nei.l a i Tuiai Imit a Walkkr. 1 hats. Gaps. Boots and shoes. A1�?T a a up r a Matlion Fjor i Trio lir try no or. A Rienzi a a Pavo Pessok. Of Ivi Casio a Porpot Truilly re it tinn Hll la it Nilly Foh a a 4> i no of al Oita for Kinti Patro iii a Klu a urn inn lha , Hoitt that Luu Ritof Liu urn a Rikimu. 0. W. Motes fice Sior gallery of All the Toro of i m. Kit Ivey Liore a i pfc la Rio he it or it of a polio to a Kapliy it a ii of varied franc lion in thi lol Mon i up u iho.f�/. Of a big l a Ihl life a we j j. , f Emmai Apt a Rist. Lion is i prig .lrecl.,. Over the a re of j clip it. .il.,iikew�, al Lime t a. A it Sebso to . K the most celeb rated Hisko Irett a nurse Isiria lifter for u year. A , stack . Pm Xix g.p.\1nti.\c pm a Ting i ,-, would i. I he Roll of Alvetis Aad t Welty. A. Six i a i Quot Aad t i Cimity bal to v iii Esu re a ate Taimi Moat . I Len a of boy in Eek al Short n a pcs ii us. A a Quot Der Len a Jur by ii Elk Kes. Vii Leif orders from town. i. Hone. Ltd it it re fro i Neil lii it Rev Marvu 1.4. Tayloir amp lib he Pkim to sin retail enstry in enters j. U Isk a ii l to Tail to la Valria in Grork rift i Ify g.ioai-, univ to Kiy. A. No Xot irk. N Terv he. Aviso with lhr\vatb and . A pm . A. 110.1 the Lale i al let. L1ielin.>inrniwilll.e< Aud Kly Irona. .1. Isaac m. Of Nev a h18 8tam�. Rotl to ii Friend Sand a in Erool . For past pair narc Resi fully a is ait Ini Inu Neuff Len in favors ii so.�inmo.�determi_ a -.wanted, a. Chr if Che tint Nijiu my a to do Klony match a a wic Sklony. J ,ajr�oat.vawi� Jimes Quot a Obady Nickii Olst a a cd notice. A a it persons indebted Loiba late Olmi of com Jflacoliert, a Eemil a a Quot do Nob a let. Up Aad Adue Ijes a a ii a Iha hands ors Tawyer fur Ohl Lectia Dale Eire is oal of ibo quest log. I re a or of Conni Atli. If in Lues Ijes Felt in Ltd them la Fortha lii. V v�t>odvrit5a� x4�v<rirm u at in Ymir Coffee i arb Niky Speerli of Hon. Franciss. Bartow. To Ike people of Hatham fruit. Del , in a a Inanna monday Kvin ii it. It i860. Liis logical in Ciu Acy that at the ances Sion >r.vr. to the presiden by in is to a Liege were but two polio .ll .irties this Nii Niiya havin any generf.i Counsi slant the one the so Calliel be sub Licaisi Purly Exie Idini throw shout the North it ii Elionai its and treasonable in its designs. The other was the Dera critic parly which i had just obtained the a a ministration. The Dilig parly to whose i was attach i la it of glory had from stage. A Large portion of its nor lir in Wing swelled the ranks of the abolition Isis another portion both North and Soi Illi Allied itself with the Danio Iacy. The contest Between Vii metals Scott and Pierce for the , in 185-2, its last struggle. I upon the ruins of this great parly there sprung into existence during the of Leneral Pierce no Lei Gre al paily calling itself american Elai ining recruits from All patties Rhar Gitig All with infidelity to the of the country and a Mission of Reform in All Despai linens of the government but in the exercise of the e dec Ali Vii Francl iise Liy the it eople. The Littly of the Southern whig join i the Standard of this party which Start Lerl the nation by the rapidity of its conquests springing almost at a bound from infancy to giant proportions. This party failed to carry its principles into Power. last Battle was Ilic presidential contest of 1856, when Xii. Fillmore was their Candi Linte and he Only carried the electoral College of the stale of the result of that election utterly destroyed its nationality and its very . A Large portion of the North am Rimicans became violent republicans. The South americans thus Cut Loose from All National organizations and abandoning All Hope of seeing their distinctive principles carried into prac Lical administration but nevertheless relying upon them with unabated Faith contented themselves by presenting such opposition As they were Able to make iii their respective states to either principles or administration Ali iii in their judgment were hostile to the of the slate or the Republic. Though their Field of action was limited it yet presented a legitimate Arena for patriotic labors. It was thus in 1857, that the american party made a Gallant Campaign in Georgia of carry into the government of this state my distinguished Friend or. B. H. a gentleman for whose exalted moral and intellectual Woith 1 had then and have now the greatest respect and Ndini Arion who i thought then and think new worthy to any Olyce in the gift of the people. I gave him what i could not Only on a co int of my estimate of his ability and the warm Friendship which Las Ever bound bin to me but because we concurred then in attaching importance to those great principles underlying Southern rights in connection with the slavery question which form to Day the subject of the Issue Between the South and her Northern assailants in Llie pending election and because we iho Ughi Trio so principles were in jeopardy Anil required indic Nikon. Applause. year in pursuance of the same policy or. Warren Akin was the candidate of the party for the office of governor of this slate and though 1 a not bound by any parly lie to support him As 1 had no Agency in his nomination yet entertaining pro lion these Hopes were baseless. During tie. Month of. October or november last year occurred the Nind of John brow non a peaceful and in inspecting ctn Unity in he came in the darkness of Midnight to Knille a sen insurrection. Had he such Cedell m he most fiendish Enterprise imagination could hardly de picture tie atrocities to humanity of which ire would have been the instigator. But to links to. God he was Defeated and in his just punishing edit was vindicated the Law. Both human an a olivine. Applause Tail Shonat rigid on which i these Sfat is re Lar for. Protection should tie Toffy a Esen led had Maintz mid Init i hesitation . J v it is time that this con Royersr should , and i.. Fecla it . To give my support to that p try in the coming presidential contest which icily Hast itself on True principles and attack tie common enemy with the most Igor. I know not As yet under what Flag this May conduct Ine anti i care Little for i shall always be under the Flag of the county regarding parties As a Ray Iris and. Not an end. Immense applause. Nial letter was written in March before any parly conventions Lead been held. Now my friends any. Man charge me. With r any Man Call me a turncoat ? cries of no no that letter submit Teil by me to Many of my personal and a Lotical friends. They ii firoved it in every Pait and said it was tight in i right then i am right now. If i thought 1 was in error then 1 would not hesitate to abandon my error. But i my i did not attach much Impi Tance i Here to , and in following to the act of this madman. And with them to their logical , i give my ills Asia Mowels As Aslaam Aii aaa a Ava 1 a��.��. Al false Public Seul Imerti throng Hoot All a lie non slave holding Static of the North. Jigs Fate right have ended All interest in this singular invasion. But i surely thought the Cople of the North i 1 now see to what this abolition agitation . Alliey Stop this most unholy warfare on us. They put Down that parly whose principles Lead to such terrible but again 1 disappointed. They Belli meetings in some of the Large commercial cities and denounced his act. The leaders of parties pronounce him a Mon maniac. A in gentle Ian Guage his act is called a a anomalous a and nobody but the extreme abolitionist him in language but pilgrimages were made to his grave with As much Devotion As Ever moslem bowed at the shrine of Mecca. Senators pronounced Bis Eulogy. By some he was placed above our Washington. So Lar from this strange occurrence presenting an Ira pediment to the Onward surge of abolition sentiment in has. Added to its Force its velocity and its fury. Disguise is thrown away Ami the conflict Between Freedom As they term it and slavery is presented and loudly proclaimed a a conflict irrepressible bloody reckless of results a conflict to us in which Ore involved a your lives and fortunes and our applause insignificant As May have been in itself the raid of John Brown i can but Regar 1 it in the Light of its results As a Bolt from the dark Ortli Ern Cloud Wlinich though tit Temble in its fall yet manifests the destructive forces concealed within its loud applause now in this state of the country when it Recami More than Ever Manifest that we had to meet the sectional storm gathering in the North there was but one voice one determination to meet it openly and Roani ully. Applause this was no sectional feeling nor the result of any disunion sentiment. It was you Southern men you the guardians of your Homes and your liberties who proclaimed that you were ready to meet it and that you would meet it on the Battle Field of the Union by every constitutional Means and al the ballot let pm but if Yuu could not secure your unquestionable rights your Honor and yours afe to in the Union then you would maintain them oct of the continued applause and for this result would m responsible not you but the sectional arid Tretsonable Par sup Hgt it to or. Breckinridge of Kentucky applause and i iii Here not on our Side we a us into my he slav Ryas it exists among tis is right in air its moral bearings and that to War Agai iut it is to arraign the Gover Imirie it of the almighty. Applause but .1. Have not time for All the topics which this control Ersy unfolds. We. Iriaine Tain that the Constitution of the United Stales recognizes our to this property. That the Stales of this Union Are Sovereign and equal. Liat the Union Are the properly of these slates., As joint that the government a of the Union is but uie agent of these joint owners that whatever a citizen of Georgia holds As property Here under the , is his property everywhere in this Cui Simon Blomain that has no right to appropriate the territories of the unit ii states to the us of any portion of , to the exclusion of the others nor to exclude or destroy the properly of any citizen therein that the territorial Golem Ine its Are the creatures of , and can no Powers but those conferred by Congress and it is the right and the duty of the government of the United states to protect a Zwaay a Sass m Siwic livid i iii a Saaw Avav. A a slav a a to avow arid vindicate that position i tiie pro it erty of the citizen everywhere and to show you the reasons which con j within its jurisdiction. A Dause a tool nay compel Iny judgment. Con Are great principles principles tinned clause i have said i was Council de with no party. I re it eat it. 1 told you so when 1 was a for , and with me if elected the in err costs of my District and the rights of my state would be held Paramount to any party. Cries of a a dial a so a a 1 Tuni my Back upon no principles i Ever advocated. I Unsay nothing. 1 have been opposed to the democratic parly chiefly because i thought with them altar of parly had been placed above the altar of i he country nor would i act with them to Day but for the demonstration 1 think they or a Lorti ii of them with whom i agree made at Charleston of a preference of their country to their party. Tremendous applause i act with them because they set Forth and maintain the True print Iles of the Constitution upon the maintenance of which depend Southern Honor. Southern Equality and of vital import iii a to you. They arc not new principles they Are As old As the . The occasion for their assertion it is True is of compare Lively recent Date because the denial of the principles is also of recent Date. Times boldly and Onby a a singly a he rcd with by Ingry by Ives the , upon the rights of the others hut tie v history of id country dim we the accusation. App aus when a timid v in Arhat instance has the Quot South a Eyer Deniah ded Frothi a Cir Coiffe derites of the love Meritai Yubing More than a. 1 to be let Trilone a when has a sht.,Eyer a ssh in the . By or the,happiries8 of any sect iii of Inis Quot country a when has or besi Tatj to Bear her Niobe than equal share of the common burdens of the Republic her sons have help Bories upon every Baule Field i of the country no in att a for whose Benefit. whose behalf War. May have been undertaken. She been ready to Lake up arms to protect even the Hook and line of a Cape cod she has been contented to see her Northern neighbors grow Rich and powerful by reason flier own . She has with Pride and sat a i faction the Commerce of the world in their hands and Lac a princely i. , rivalling the greater marts of ancient or modern times while her own have stood still in this March of Empire. Afler All this in the name of heaven you. Insist us it a degrading us As your inferiors ? surely language like this not the language of passion but of Justice addre.sed by fifteen unit etl Southern , to the american people would reach la Weir hearts. Surely it would at command the respect of opponents and the enthusiasm of friends. This cannot be sectional \ language. I would utter the Sainez words throughout every portion of the there is not a Bell and Everett sup land. I would speak them As Well in Porter in Georgia who is not or at new y Ork or Chicago As Here. , was not in favor of them. Ever Plause and there arc True and Gal since 1856 the party of Lant friends of the South All through Georgia have been the instructors of the North who do utter them Asp iii the people in these very principles. I edly As i do Here. Such men Are think i am a Good witness for i a.s one of them Aud engaged with them in the task. Laughter we denounced the construction of the Kansas and Nebraska and of the Cincinnati platform As ambitious and unsound on these great we charged that they were intended to present squatter sovereignty to the North and Equality to the South and that its alien Safe image feature was iii tended to give effect in practice to this o Connor and Dickinson and Many others whom i might mention but truth compels me to say that where Ever this language is spoken it is spoken by Llie supporters of Breckinridge and Izine. Applause front. The. A supporters of other parties i hear nothing or worse than nothing Luke warm apology or bitter denunciation. The Jen Lenien Are the principles and the issues involved in contest i know of but one party in Liis country who a outliers Liberty. De Afenir in applause i theory of Crri trial sovereignly. We the exponent of these principles i act with them in pursuance of the aroused the people of the slate on this who announce them who stand Uji ii the meeting hating been Organ red air. and said a Jackter and Fel Lotc cilia is of my Natlee county. \ a abilities. I did support him chiefly i am Here to night upon the invite a because i thought tiv. Brown had tion of Many of you to make a a pub-1 iii just cause Assai Letl the com Lic declaration of my Oji Inions on the a Mercial interests of this Community political questions of the j so parties stood at the opening of time was to who would Cuce Issue on these questions Are of the most j the in december momentous to you to All the the Public mind at that people of this country and to posterity. The Day is a Day of trial to our beloved country anti upon its May depend the Fate of Liberty and the Hopes of Mankind. The Sun of Prosperity shines above us in Meridian splendor but the Boxiron All round is curtain Rietl by Clouds Black with gathering tempests and with desolation. Would that the speaker were equal to the occasion i. That he possessed the spirit of Wisdom and the spirit of counsel. 1. Am Herc As the representative of no. Purity. No Man or body of men is responsible for any tiling i May say nor am i amenable for my sentiments to any Earldy tribunal same the of Public Independent in to la formation of my thoughts and = Pement in the Etc press Ron of thcni1 have higher purposes in Yiew than the advocacy of any party or i e recommendation of any a in update. The position iii Whit or y of have thought it proper to place me demands on Iny part frankncs.1 anti fearlessness in the expression of my opinions and a just and sincere re it for those who differ with ,\�?Tme.r Oti a your part i invoke that which has Rie ver been died. Me a ind to Jubal Ever be Ray lips in the ardor of a a ext la pm re >tldr8and the belief that i would re Willog by wq3 but w fit a legs of Iny deeply stirred. To a casual observer of passing events it would Lave seemed that there was nothing in the political condition of the country to ex7 cite any serious apprehension. The Republican party had. Proclaimed their object to be Freedom of the territories and especially of the territory of Kansas which had been made the Field of bloody Contention. They bad Succetti cd Kansas was destined to be a icon state and there was not a foot of territory Over which the Missouri restriction Lead been extended that was not in precisely the same condition Afler its repeal As it was before. So false has the March of events proved to be the hypocritical pretence Liat the repeal of the Missouri restriction was the. Caus of the rapid growth of the Black party. It was the occasion doubtless of is new development but the germ of the development it Vas already in existence Aad sooner or later would have unfolded its poisonous Leavesr notwithstanding Uin apparently satisfactory and triumphant solution of the Kansas question to tic Northern fanatics peace was not restored a or was there the smallest Abate rat of those insolent and offensive designs which the presidential election of 18 had inaugurated though then conceal a to beneath the most Raml erste profess was this the suggestion of sectional ism ? ifs this the. Sentiment of disloyalty to the country r was this the machinations of Yancey the much abused Yancey or the fire eaters of South Carolina great applause a no they were your thoughts and your sentiments All moving in patriotic uni son and no Man within sound of my Voiee. deny the truth of my assertion. I Felt As you did and i determined with you to meet this storm to sink party into the bottomless abyss and stand wit i All True men everywhere North and South in opposition to the traitors of a our country. Continued applause in March last while parties and men All Over the country were thinking of what could be done to meet this great Issue a in Avert the threatened danger j received from the general committee of the constitutional Union party at h Ashington an invitation to join that party and act As a committee Man for this slate. 1 beg leave to read to you an extract from my reply to that letter As it show what were my views then and explain them now a i have a deter Intel for the fixture or More correctly. For. The preset to to give what support i can to the coup a try without the trammels of party Allt. Giai ice. I must therefore a leave to decline the Honor Yoiiro committee purpose to Conler on me expressing at the same time my thanks for your con Fiden Jcj and my profound. Respect for the Felt biotic motives which a Matt the Comro itly iii Endeavor to discover the pith which ought to he followed in the. Present Einari ency of the country and to pursue it with Fidelity. A at preset a i is opinion in al these Binal controversy Wren tire. North and sooth re ust in so Way be decided by a direct Issue As a Union maa i a it a the ballot Box but i think the Trion mgt to he and be directly mkt Ard decided a to he re a Abl Chin party is in my judgment the enemy to u encountered and Over Browh if of or is to in a Fedr Muti him party whose iiiorip1es Are Ito my act to the rights interests and Honor of one half of those Redein cd Slatest a of the pursuance counsel of the great Calhoun whose warning words uttered thirteen years ago sound in my mind to Day like fiddled. We have too Long disregarded them. I fear even it is too late to re Mem Eer them. A henceforward let All parly distinctions among us cease so Long As this aggression on our rights and Honor Liall continue on the part of the states. Let us profit by the example of the abolition party who As Small As they Are have acquired so much by the course they have pursued. Is they make the destruction of our Domestic Iusti Tutins the Paramount question so let us make on our part its safety the Paramount question. Let us regard every Man As of our party who stands up its Desince and Ever one As against us who does not until aggression ceases. It is thus and thus Only that we can defend our rights maintain our Honor ensure , and command respect. The opposite course which would merge them in the temporary and mercenary party struggles of the Day would inevitably Degratte and ruin applause the danger to the South from any other course of policy was also clearly pointed out by that great Man in the same speech from Wlinich i have quoted. 1 o get votes for the presidential parties has been the great object the spoils of the government have been More attractive than the vindication of the Constitution. The attraction is no less to Day than it Ever was. Hence the National parties Are either silent about the questions at Between the North and South anti ignore them altogether or a Compromise u cunningly patched up by which ambiguity is substituted for certainty and did Terent Are Given in different parts of the country to the same declaration of principles. The game is a difficult one. It has 1 think been successfully played but the time has come when it can be played no longer. Applause or. Douglas is the most adroit professor of game. He has tried its arts to win the presidency hut thanks to the danger which in its near approach has alarmed the. South and to those True democrats who did not mean to build up their party on the ruins of their country we have now before us Plain Aud distinct principles of constitutional rights and the great Issue before the country is made up on them. Applause 1 regret that such an Issue has been forced upon us. But there it is and i am for meeting it and of course i must Range myself on their Side with whom i agree in this use. Applause. A \ now these principles Are very Sim pie and it is astonishing _ that they Issue and demanded the assertion of them and who seek to carry them into those Plain constitutional principles practical administration. In is the Par which Are now presented. Now i to which nominated John. Breckin Sav without the fear of successful con Ridge. Long continued applause tia diction that if these doctrines Are when the constitutional Union party sectional or treasonable or tend to met at Baltimore and Norn Inaten John disunion that the opposition party of Bell and Edward Everett As their can Georgia Are res a sible for the trea rated Douglas and put him upon the Cincinnati platform Afler All that had been said in Georgia upon this subject the opposition party of Georgia won id have made every and Valley Ling with their denunciations and would themselves have vindicated the principles which Many of them do not Lic Sittle to denounce As sectional and Douglas and his party would not have known what Hurt them. Loud applause. These Are the principles which the american party advocated then and which the Birecki Niedge party advocate now. They Are the Princi dilates they thought a rope to an son. Applause if there be t Rea ounce no other declaration of opinions son holding such opinions i have than that they were for a the Union the been and am a traitor. If there be Constitution and the enforcement of the disunion in to Lien i am a disunion st. i thought that such a Declara. Continued applause lion was not equal to the emergency if the democratic party had non ii and did not meet the Issue. Why parties profess to stand upon this platform. I certainly am a Friend to the Union and the Constitution arid i am sternly in favor of enforcing every Law of this government wherever its authority extends. I lii a even the republicans profess to stand upon that platform. Even or. Lincoln himself told the people of Illinois that there was an obligation to obey the fugitive slave Law because it was a Law but i take it if he should succeed to the presidency and this party go into Power they would soon relieve themselves from this Blip potion by a repeal pies which ought to be maintained. I of the obnoxious statue. Great Apara tired of this endless controversy Plause everybody is or the con i am wearied with seeing this threat Stit ution but what is the Constitution eng Cloud forever above our Heads. Unfortunately the Powers of govern. Fifth storm is to come and it seems rent and the div Tsionos of Power and to me As though it must be its fury the rights reserved under the cons Titu Ever so great i court in now in the tion have been vexed among Day of my vigor and strength. A our Wisest statesmen since the forma Plause if any irian is to peril life tion of the government. Every Chris i or Lune and Honor in defence of our Tian believes in the Bible and profess lights i claim to be one of those men. Is to draw his Rule of h from its de immense applause let it come Vine inspiration but Slit these follow Novi i am ready for it. Put it not off Era of our divine master have filled until to Norrow or next Day we shall the world discord by their con not be stronger by waiting. Conlin. Used applause 1 do not wish to a Troy this government. I am a Union Man in every Fibre of my heart. I have gloried in its missions of humanity in its heroic Binh and month struggles and in the grandeur of its got never launched a nation on a More magnificent career. It has been the Home of the oppressed and the Asylum of the desolate from every land. In it to Day Are wrapped the Hopes of Universal Many but i Pera ally All before i abandon our rights in the Union or submit to be governed by an unprincipled majority Plause a a Oiin. 1 have Eald that in december be 1 meeting this question bold flirting constructions. Does the Constitution give me the right to go to the territories with my property and to have it protected while there ? the republicans say it does not or. it it Oes not. 1 done to want Afler the election to be told by somebody who agreed with me in voting that we had made no sort of agree nent about principles that we were both at Liberty to construe the Constitution As we pleased that nothing had been said on that subject and therefore nothing had been settled. 1 am for no More Temporo great a my no More platforms with double constructions or Liat is same 1 1 speak not now of arms but it the ballot Box appealing to the great american people As the grand inquest of the nation to give their verdict on this question for the right applause i am not afraid of the result if the question be fairly and boldly. Presentia Olio is to advocate our cause if we do not ? if try Are ashamed or afraid of our How can we exp Good and True men at the North should be so Pertin Cioa to Tiitus in their Roain Camence. There made a Nom Tny tion aria came out with the Republican or abolition party at arc Sui a men every Whir in every out a single recognition of any of their a present profess to pause when they norther i state who arc ready and Wii but Why lib Sun nce on. Ririe to Llie limit sofa Sovereign state Ling to come to our rapport and Battle the part of Bell and a very to it if these for the South. If am ask a re not principlesare.rigbtwhy do they not sectional i answer do Cly up posh on party a. They Are. National they. Arc in this state and their leaders have not. a they live tie said Tiou Hest aled that these Pri Naples of reason they Are Are just and equal asserted by the convention which no re a in their opt ratio ii throw ghost by Ely in tedi for Breckin Enridge a re yith a. and ought to be a air tried in this presiden tul al dec go a ,. Are you going to Yindi cafe a of the Quot let us Tell by Noi a Hyl Hing if you riot Etc a talk can Iris ads that we in Teri dts Ytaka Wiir about --.ti-Ptiriciple Isyl North stand up Ori Heibl to charge us Wuh Tihy thing and Iheng say it is of a Pali i sectional ism because we do so a it a Mable a a Lnu a per thinly. A Virth violation of truth. A. We who thus ata Ivl pro lair�ini�4.vbui a gain via sly on the. Defensive endear voting to pro Juliis Letice. Is or Bette a party a Fondd led ourself ver from of tics in a principles afraid to a Leclark by arid by they not Stop at such a slight in him he recent sex Irons one a irrepressible Cori Flidr a shot left us in much doubt As to their ultimate Jim i new they denounce slavery As a iii they As it tie Power of tic. Federil Over it to wherever its jurisdiction extends rain to instr Idof Columbia the territories the Navy Yards and. Forts arid Uliey Proclo pm their determination that not another foot of slave holding territory shall Ever a Zik added to this Union. Arido carry out Uit Side have Able Icay let Cut to iii and pm Bitici Anstrew re antics a a a apr tout in a thing a with no constr action at All., i want my principles clearly understood and boldly l Atn going into this Fig it for constitutional Liberty and Union and i want my Bariner to Blaze with the principles 1 Advbcater- prolonged l heering the up Poser tion party of. Georgia in their Conven tion last april declared Atli at the principle i have presented were right and ought to be enforced. They went to Baltimore assembled Fin convention .

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