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S P EECH 
 
 OF 
 
 Hon. Horatio Seymour, 
 
 BEFORE THE 
 
 UNION STATE 
 
 AT 
 
 ALBANY, SEPTEMBER. 10th, 1862, 
 
 ON 
 
 Receiving the Nomination for Governor; 
 
 A' SO, 
 
 HIS SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE ALBANY CON- 
 VENTION. JAN. 31ST, 1861. 
 
 X E W YORK: 
 PRINTED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL LEAGUE. 
 
 1862. 
 
THE CONSTITUTIONAL LEAGUE. 
 
 This Organization is composed of Conservative men of all 
 parties opposed to Abolitionism, and its main purpose is to 
 publish and circulate campaign documents, and to put in motion 
 such action as will tend to the increase of Conservative Union 
 sentiment in the State, the overthrow of the Abolition and Dis- 
 union element at the ensuing elections, and the establishment in 
 the minds of the People of a sincere love for the Union, the 
 Constitution, and the Laws. 
 
 . ^ All persons disposed to assist in the dissemination of 
 sound documents may contribute to the funds of the Association 
 by addressing either of the folloioing Officers of the League : 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 
 
 WM. C. PRIME, Chairman, 
 
 WM. CHAUXCEY, STEPHEN P. RUSSEL, 
 
 JAMES BROOKS, ELIJAH F. PURDY, 
 
 JOHN B. EORST, MORGAN L. HARRIS, 
 
 S. L. M. BARLOW. 
 
 WM. P. FROST, ) 
 
 H. K. BLAUVELT, \ Secretaries.. 
 
8 F> E E C H 
 
 OF 
 
 HON. HORATIO SEYMOUR 
 
 Before the Democratic State Convention, at Sep- 
 
 tember 10th, 1862, on receiving the Nomination 
 for Governor. 
 
 Mr. Pbestdzxt— Eaviug m 
 rideely expressed my ddwiI ;; 
 ofSci-1 pori'ion at this 
 ■y na- e brought I 
 
 tion. Tbe nomioatioE ] 
 ma to gT*a' i'jcoLveo' .- . 
 the reealt rf 'tis tlccion. I 
 
 ■ :o aid in pi b hra^. 
 
 be more fit t bin ~ ; 
 
 anion. Bi . :v t rmiybethfci j irj o 
 
 myee'.f, I canao: refuse a nominati m n»ceio a 
 Baocertka' ~ewih 
 
 a «t U air rger eenee l one to ihs 
 
 gre*: aad paHiiaUc p»r y Iu ndiitim to m> 
 debt of gTautode to partial frieude, I am im- 
 pelled, by tbe eoodi : ion of oar coun'ry, to ra- 
 ni y pergonal wi _ ere*;* to i> 
 goad. 
 
 Tw i year* bave cot pa*«ed away - 
 - 
 
 aid intelJ geuce, aeeenjb'ed at I 
 av t r-, if ^os-ihl", the caU::. 
 oorp*oi.l- lm rcuptetful ttnaeit in**! i 
 leaders of 1 party wt kh h.d in 
 
 umpht-d a* to 'he 
 
 roae measure of eooci- 
 liatioa wb'Ci would save tbem from civil «ar 
 It ask d that before we 
 
 the evils »ni honors of donie6'ic bloodfin-d, 
 tho*>e np"U whim it" j baikrn^ c> 
 
 and ru»D, a- d iu'«» «boe ho ties it ww»J 
 dee*ila*i.<n auo d a h, »ho.. -=>d to 
 
 •peak Thi' tr>'t: or the i 
 pie **< .'r:>j and - 
 ca^aLcei»r _ -.t th-re wa* io di 
 
 The »"or<n caiLe ao«>u ua wi'h all i«« fury. *bd 
 the wax «o ouue.aui.i) avd tle»r!y foretold, da- 
 
 I oar land. It is « aid bo enm:- 
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 j 'hem it 
 
 | »ot 0|>iciio9. It - i'.'sfied 
 
 il men 
 
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 = rnm3n*, and one 
 
 ; a h*t BSt« We again 
 
 appeal d to 'h -e ihJ ■ 
 
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 U..iojand to a^'aill thr 
 old that be ■ 
 
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 eoadce of pabli-' a . 
 
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 Die war is not «-- ^<-ir part, ia 
 
 '■aL.y.-- r »• y purpose of 
 
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 ■ Di? or in - trfcritg *i»t» 'he rg its or ©»• 
 •' tablieh'd in-titQ'ion« wt «L rat to 
 
 1 and maiat*in the rupremicy of the 
 " GjHsticu&m and to preserve the Uuton, with 
 
" all the dignity, equality and rights of the se- 
 " veral States unimpaired, and that as soon as 
 " these objects are accomplished the war ought 
 " to cease." 
 
 Again the people rallied around the flag of 
 the Union. But no sooner were their fears al 
 layed than they began anew the factious in- 
 trigues — the violent discussions and the uncon- 
 stitutional legislation which ever brings defeat 
 and disgrace upon Nations. In vain were they 
 warned of the consequences of their follies. Jn 
 vain did the President implore forbearance and 
 moderation. No act was omitted which could 
 give energy to the Secessionists, or which would 
 humiliate and mortify the loyal men of the 
 South. Every t< pic calculated to divide and 
 distract the North was dragged into embitter- 
 ed debates. Proclamations of emancipation 
 were urged upon the President, which could 
 only confiscate the property of loyal citizens at 
 the South, for none others could be reached by 
 the power of the government. The confiscation 
 act had already forfeited the legal rights of all 
 who were engaged in or who aided and upheld 
 the rebellion. These were excited to despera'e 
 energy by laws which made their lives, their 
 fortunes, the safety of their families and homes 
 depend upon the success of their schemes. — 
 From the Dragon's teeth, sown broadcast by 
 Congress, have sprung the armies which have 
 driven back our forces, and which now beleag- 
 ures the capital of our country. The acts of 
 the National Legislature have given pleasure to 
 the Abolitionists, victories to the Secessionists, 
 But while treason rejoices and triumphs, defeat 
 and disgrace have been brought upon the flag 
 of our country and the defenders of our Consti- 
 tution. Every man who visited Washington six 
 months ago could aee and feel we were upon the 
 verge of disaster. Discord, jealousy, envy and 
 strife pervaded its atmosphere, 
 
 I went to the camp of the soldiers. Amid the 
 hardships of an exhausting campaign — amid 
 Bufferings from exposure and want — amid those 
 languishing upon beds of sickness, or those 
 struck down by the casualties of war, I heard 
 and saw only devotion to our Constitution, and 
 love for our country's flag. Each eye bright- 
 ened as it looked upon the national standard, 
 with its glorious emblazonry of stars and 
 atripee. From this scene of patriotic devotion 
 I went into our national Capitol. I traversed 
 its Mosaic pavements ; I gazed upon its walls 
 of polished marble ; I saw upon its ceilings all 
 that wealth, lavishly poured out, could do to 
 make them suggestive of our country's great- 
 ness and its wonderful wealth of varied produc- 
 tions. Art had exhausted itself in paintiDg and 
 sculpture to make every aspect suggestive of 
 high and noble thought and purpose. Full of 
 the associations which cluster about this vast 
 
 Temple which should be dedicated to patriot- 
 ism and truth, I entered its Legislative Halls ; 
 their gilded walls and gorgeous furniture did 
 not contrast more strongly with therudescen.es 
 of martial life than did the glistening putres- 
 cence and thin lacquer of Congreseioi al virtue 
 contrast with the sterling loyalty and noble self- 
 sacrifice of our country's defenders. I listened 
 to debates full of bitterness and strife. 
 
 T saw in the camp a heartfelt homage to our 
 national flag— a stern defiance of those who 
 dared to touch its sacred folds with hostile hand, 
 I heard in the Capitol threats of mutilation of 
 its emblazonry — by striking down the life of 
 States. He who would rend our national stan- 
 dard by dividing our Union is a traitor. He 
 who would put cut one glittering star from its 
 azure field, is a traitor too. 
 
 THE PBESENT CONDITION OF OTJB COUNTRY. 
 
 Let us now confront the facts of our condi- 
 tion, and they shall be stated in the language 
 of those who brought this administration into 
 power, and who are now politically opposed to 
 the members of this Convention. After the ex- 
 penditure of nearly one thousand millions ®f 
 dollars, and the sacrifice of more than one hun. 
 dred thousand northern lives, in the language 
 of the Evening Post : 
 
 What has been the result ? Our armies of 
 the Wee*, the noble victors of Fort Donelson 
 and Shiloh, are scatered so that no man kaows 
 their whereabout, while the foe they were sent 
 to disperse is a hundred miles in their rear, 
 threatening the citks of Tennessee and Ken- 
 tucky, and even advancing toward one cf the 
 principal commercial cities of the free Sta'ee. — 
 There is no leadership, no unity of command, 
 apparently no plan or col cert of action ia the 
 en- ire region we have undertakan to hold and 
 defend. At the same time, our »rmy of the 
 East, numbering 250,000 troops', fully armed and 
 equipped and admirably dn-ciplined, after in- 
 vesting the capital of the enemy, has been dri- 
 ven back to its original position on the Potom- 
 ac, dtcimated iu numbers and unprepared to 
 make a tingle vigorous movement in advance. 
 
 And it adds : — 
 
 Now it is useless to shut our eyes to the fact 
 that this is a failure, disgraceful, humiliating 
 and awful. 
 
 The Evening Journal, the accredited organ 
 of the Secretary of State, now admits the truths 
 uttered in this Hall when we assembled here 
 in February, 1861, 'ruths then derided and de- 
 nounced as absurd and treasonable. It says : 
 
 The war has been a stern schoolmaster to 
 the People of the Loyal States. We have 
 learned the folly of underrating our enemies. 
 We have learned that they are equally brave, 
 equally hardy, equally quick wuted, equally 
 eudowed wi'h martial qualities wi'h ourselves. 
 We have learned ihey are terribly in earnest in 
 their efforts to achieve their ends. 
 
 The New York Tribune declares that 
 " The Country is in peril. Viewed from the 
 standpoint of the public estimate of the ' situ- 
 
5 
 
 atiOD,' it is in extreme peril. The rebels seem 
 to be pushing forward their forces along the 
 border line rrom the Atlantic to tbe Missouri. 
 They are threatening the Potomac and the 
 Ohio. They are striking at Washington. Cin- 
 cinnati* and Louisville. The simultaneous 
 movement is both alarming and encouraging. 
 It id alarming fcecau e, through the timidity, 
 despondency or folly of the Federal Govern- 
 ment, in may become temporarily successful, 
 giving to the foe a lodgment in some portion 
 of the Free States which may require weeks to 
 break up." 
 
 But it is admitted by those who were oppos- 
 ed to u«, that debt and defeat are not the hea- 
 viest calamities which weigh us down. A vir- 
 tuous people and a pure government can bear 
 up against any amount of outward pressure or 
 physical calamity, but when rottenness and 
 corrup* ion pervade the legislative hall or exe- 
 cutive department, the heart of the patriot 
 faints, and his arm withers. The organ of the 
 Secretary of State adoaits : 
 
 "Tnere have beee mistakes There have 
 been speculations. Weak men have disgraced, 
 and bad men have betrayed the government. 
 Contractors have fattened on fat jobs. Adven- 
 turers have found t'ae war a source of priva'e 
 gain. Moral desperadoes have nocked about 
 the NaUonai Capital and lain in wait for prey. 
 The ecum of the land has ga'hered about the 
 sources of power and defiled them by its rank 
 and offensive odor. There hi»s been misman- 
 agement in the departments ; mismanagement 
 wherever great labor has been performed and 
 great responsibilities devolving. Men— even 
 Presidents and Cabinet officers and Command- 
 ing Generals— have erred because they could 
 not grasp the full significance of the drama, acd 
 because they were compelled to strike out on 
 untrodden paths,"— [Eve. Journal. 
 
 Tke New York World exclaims in an agony of 
 remorse : 
 
 It i3 with dismay and unspeakable shame that 
 we, who have supported the administration from 
 the beginning, observe i f s abuse of its power of 
 arrest. There is no such tbiog as either jus- 
 tifjiog or ex'enuatiog its conduct in thi* parti- 
 cular. Every principle of American liberty, 
 every regard for the loyal cause, ev-ry senti 
 m nt of justice, every impulse of manhood, 
 cries out agaiost it. Tbe man who thinks at 
 all is a>isolu-eSy stagsrered tha' these things 
 can be. They seem like som« hideous dream 
 One can almost fancy that Mepbistophiles him- 
 self had got access into the councils of the gov- 
 ernment, ai,d by some device, fivsh from the 
 pit, had divt-rted its energies from the suppres- 
 sion of rebellion to tbe suppression of liberty. 
 
 The New York Times demands a change in 
 the Administration, and in the conduct of af- 
 fairs. 
 
 I have thus carefully set forth the declara- 
 tions and named the witnesses to this awful 
 indictment against our rulers, for we meaji to 
 proceed with all the care and candor, and all 
 the Bolemnitjof a Judicial Tiibunal. 
 
 It is with a sorrowful heart I point to the-e 
 daik pictures, n< t drawn by journals of the De- 
 mocratic party. God kaowe that as a member 
 
 of that patriotic organization, as an American 
 citizen, I would gladly efface them if I could. 
 But alas, they are grounded upon truths that 
 cannot be gainsaid. Once more, then, our Re- 
 publican fellow citizens, in this day of our com- 
 mon humiliation and disgrace, we implore you 
 as respectfully as in the hour of your political 
 triumph listen to our suggestions. We do not 
 come with reproaches, but with entreaties. 
 Follow the pathway marked out by the Consti- 
 tution, and we shall be ex'ricated from our 
 perilous position. On the other hand,-ifyou 
 will still be governed by those who brought us 
 into our present condition, you will learn too 
 late that there are yet deeper depths of degra- 
 dation before us, and greater miseries to be 
 borne than those which now oppress us. Nay 
 more, the President of the United States ap- 
 peals to us all, in his communica'ion with the 
 loyal men of the border States, when he says he 
 is pressed to violate his duty, his oath of office, 
 and the Constitution of the land— pressed by 
 cowardly and heartless men, living far away 
 from tbe scenes of war, fattening upon the 
 wealth coined from the blood and misery of 
 the land, and living in those localities where 
 official invest gations show that this people and 
 government have been robbed by fraudulent 
 contracts. Such men demand that those who 
 have suffered most in this contest, who have 
 shown the highest and purest patriotism un- 
 der the terrible trials of divided families, of 
 desolated homes, of ruined fortunes and of 
 blood stained fields, should have a new and fur- 
 ther evil inflic'ed upon them by the hands of a 
 government they are struggling to uphold. By 
 the help of God and the people we will relieve 
 the President from that pressure. 
 
 NECESSITY FOE PARTY OBGANIZATIONS. 
 
 Au attempt is made to close the ears of our 
 Republican friends to our appeals, because we 
 act as a political organization. Can we do 
 otherwise ? Would not the dispersion of this 
 ancient par^y, identified as it is with the growth, 
 greatness and glory of our land, be looked upon 
 as a calamity, even by our opponents? Did 
 not a shadow fall upon our country when it was 
 torn apart at Charleston ; and do not men of all 
 parties point to its disruption as one of the 
 causes of th's unnatural war ? Is i r not just we 
 should have a representation in the State and 
 National government proportioned to our con- 
 tributions to our armies and the treasury ? If 
 we elect all of our ticket at this time, we thall 
 have no more than onr proportional share of 
 political power. It may be said we should meet 
 without regard io political organizations, and 
 nominate officers. Let the two great parties be 
 houest and honorable enough to meet in fair 
 and open discussion with well defined principles 
 
and politics. Then each will serve our country 
 as wesl out of power as in power. The vigilance 
 kept ahve by party contest guards ag&inst cor 
 ruption or oppression. This watchfulness is 
 most needed when unusual expenditures of 
 money present unusual temptations to the cor 
 rupt and selfish. 
 
 For another reason we cannot disband our 
 organization. The Union me« of the border 
 and more southern States, without distinction 
 of party, impiore us not to do so. They tell us 
 a triumph of our party now would be worth 
 more than victories upon the battle field. It 
 would re-assuie their friends, it would weaken 
 their opponents. Every advantage gained over 
 Abolitionieni puts down the rebellion. Wbile 
 they and we know there are many just and pa- 
 triotic men in the Republican party, it is still 
 true that its success gives power and influence 
 to the violent and fanatical, and that their par- 
 ty action always goes beyond their party plat- 
 form. 
 
 Every fair man admits there is no way of cor- 
 recting abuses but by a change of political 
 leaders. The Republican party demanded this 
 when they charged abuses upon Democratic 
 administrations. They should concede the prin- 
 ciple now. 
 
 Experience shows Ihat frauds practiced by 
 political friends are not punished by men in 
 power. It is conceded that gross frauds have 
 been committed in different department* of 
 government ; that they have brought distress 
 upon our soldiers, defeat upon our arms and 
 disgrace upon our people. Bat tot one man 
 has been punished, or made to feel the power 
 of that prerogative which is claimed to be an in- 
 cident of war — corruption that has done more to 
 destroy Na'ional po^er than armed rebellion 
 has gone unscathed. The tentinel who slept 
 upon his post, has been sentenced to death — 
 the official who closed his eyes to frauds, which 
 destroyed armies, is quietly removed, by and 
 with the advice of the Senate, and represents 
 the Nation';* charac'er at the Capital of a friend- 
 ly power! Citizens in loyal States who became 
 the objects of su picion or of malignant as- 
 saults, have been seized at their home?, drag- 
 ged to distant prisons without trial and with- 
 out redress, while each convicted plunderer 
 walks freely and boldly amo g the people he 
 has robbed and wronged. Ma' . •"" ministration 
 demands a change of adninistra'i . 
 
 At this time issues should be fairly an 3 bold- 
 ly made. It is no dishonor to be mistake d, but 
 is disgraceful not to be outspoken. Let . 
 war at least settle questions of principle. A few 
 months will decide who is right and who is 
 wrong now, as the past two years have shown 
 who were right and whs were wrong heretofore 
 
 We are in favor of the rights of the State, as 
 well as of the General Government ; we are in 
 f *vor of local self-governmen*, as well ae of the 
 national jurisdiction within its proper sphere, 
 
 While we thus meet as a poli icil organiza- 
 tion it is not for partisan purposes. We can 
 best serve our country in this rela'ionship. The 
 President of the United States will bear witness 
 that he has not been pressed or embarrassed by 
 us. We have loyally responded to every call 
 made on us by constituted authority. We have 
 obeyed all orders to reinforce our armie s. When 
 we were in power we denounced the higher law 
 doctrine — the principle that men might set up 
 their wills against the statutes of the land — as 
 treasonable. We denounced it when uttered by 
 northern men : we are combatting it now when 
 it is asserted by the rebellious South. We re- 
 pudiate it by submitting to every demand of 
 our Government made within the limits of right- 
 ful jurisdiction. This obedience has not been 
 constrained, but cheerfully rendered, even in 
 support of a party and policy to which we are 
 opposed. We have struggled to sustain not on- 
 ly the letter but the spirit of our laws. We feel 
 that we have set an example of loyalty that will 
 not be lost upon those opposed to us. Having 
 done our duty, we now lemand our rights, and 
 we shall at this time sit in calm and fearless 
 judgment upon the conduct of our rulers. Ours 
 shall not be the language of discord ard vio- 
 lence. We deplore the passionate and vindic- 
 tive assaults of leading Republican journals upon 
 those holding civil or military stations. Above 
 all, we protest in behalf of our country's honor 
 and dignity, against their insubordinate and 
 disrespectful language towards the President 
 of these United States. Such langu»ge wrecks 
 the authority of Government and tends to anar- 
 chy and public disorder. 
 
 For another reason, we cannot disband our 
 organization. No o'her party cm save this 
 country. It alone has clearly defined purposes 
 and well settled principles. It, has been well 
 said in our Congressional Address, that under 
 its guidance, 
 
 From five millions, the population increased 
 to thirty millions. Tae Revolutionary debt was 
 extinguished. Two foreign wars were success- 
 fully prosecuted, with a moderae outlay and 
 small army and navy, and wi hoat the suspen- 
 sion of the habeas corpus ; without one infrac- 
 tion o f the Consti'ution ; without one usurpa- 
 tion of power ; without suppressing # single 
 newspaper ; wi'hout imprisoning a single edi- 
 tor ; without limit to the freedom of the press, 
 or of spf ech in or out of Congress, bat in the 
 midst of the grossest abuse of both ; and with- 
 out the arrest of a single "traitor," though the 
 ilwtford Convention sat during one of the warp, 
 a in the o'her Senator* iavired the eDemy to 
 "Gr t our Volunteers with bloodv hands and 
 welconjo them to Hospitable Graves!" 
 
 Daring all this time wealth increased, busi- 
 
*Ma of all kinds muPit lfrd, prosperity scriled 
 qb every side, t»xea were low, wage* were high, 
 the Nonh and the Souh furniahtd a market for 
 each other's produces at good pr ce~, public 
 iiberfy was secure, private righ'a undisturbed ; 
 every man's house was bis castle; the Courts 
 were open to all ; no passports for travel, do 
 secret police, no spies, do informers, no bas 
 tilea ; the rignt to a*semHe pnaceably, the right 
 to petition ; freedom of religion, freedom of 
 speech, a free bahot, and a Iree press ; and all 
 this time the Constitution maintained and the 
 Union of the States preserved. 
 
 WET THE REPUBLICAN PABTY CANNOT SAVE THE 
 COUNTRY. 
 
 On the other hand, the very character of the 
 Republican organ-'zation, makes it incapable of 
 conducting the affairs of the Government. For 
 a series of y ears, it has practiced a system of 
 coalitions, with men differing in principle, until 
 it can have no distinctive policy. la euch cha- 
 otic m&sees, the violent have most control — 
 They have been educating their followers for 
 years, throigh the press, not to obey Jaws 
 which did not accord with thtir views. How 
 caa they demand submission from whole com- 
 munities, whiie they conteEd that individuals 
 may oppose laws opposed to their consciences ? 
 They are higher law men. They insist that the 
 contest, iu which we are engaged, is an irre- 
 preaaiole one, and that therefore the South 
 could not avoid it, unless they were willing at 
 the outeet to surrender all that Abolitionists de- 
 manded. To declare that this contest is irre- 
 pressible, declares that our Fithers formed a 
 government, which could not stand. Are such 
 men the proper guardians of this government ? 
 Have not their speeches and acts given strength 
 to the rebellion, and have they not also enabled 
 ike leaders to prove to their deluded followers 
 that the contest was an iri epressible one ? 
 
 Bat their leaders have not only asserted that 
 this contest was irrepres-ible, unless the South 
 would give up what extreme Republicans de- 
 mand, ('heir local institutions,) but those in 
 power have done much to justi y this rebellion 
 in the eyes of the world, Tne guilt of rebellion 
 is determined by the character of the govern- 
 ment against which it is arrayed. Tne right of 
 revolution, in the language of President Lin- 
 coln, ia a sacred right when exerted against * 
 bad government. 
 
 We charge that this rebellion is most -vicked 
 beoause it is aga : nst the best Government that 
 ever existed. It is the excellence of our Gov 
 ernment that makes resistar.ee a crime. Rebel- 
 lion is not necessarily wrong. It may be an act 
 of the highest vir'.ue — it may be one of the 
 deepest depravity. The rebellion of our Fa- 
 thers is our proudest boast— the rebellion ot 
 our Brothers is t.e humiliation of our Nation, 
 is our National disgrace. To resist a bad Gov- 
 
 em men t is patriotism — to resist a good one is 
 the greatest guilt. The first is pa'rioism, the 
 last is treason. Legal tribunals cm only regard 
 resistecce of laws as a crime, bd' i" the forum 
 of public sentiment the character of the Govern- 
 ment will decide if. tha act :"s treason or pa- 
 triotism. 
 
 Our Government and its administration are 
 different thiuga ; but in the eyes of the civilized 
 world, abuses, weakness or felly in the conduct 
 of affairs go far to justify reals' auce. I have 
 read to you the testimony of Messrs. Greeley, 
 Weed, Bryant, Raymond and Marble, charging 
 fraud, corruption, outrage and incompetency 
 upon those in power. Those who stand up to 
 testify to the incompetency of these representa- 
 tives ol a discordant party to conduct the affairs 
 of our Government are politically opposed to 
 us. Bear in mind that the embairaasments of 
 President Lincoln grow out of the conflicting 
 views of his Doli deal friend- 1 , and their habits 
 and principles ot insubordination. His hands 
 would be strengthened by a Democratic victory, 
 and it his private praj era are answered, we will 
 relieve him from the preaaure of philaatb.ro f ista 
 who thirst for blood, and who call for the exter- 
 mination of the men, women at d chddren of 
 the South. The brutal and bloody linguage of 
 partisan editors and political preachers have 
 lost us the sympathy of the civilized world in a 
 contest where all maikind should be upon our 
 bide. 
 
 TurtiDg to the Legisla f ive Departments of 
 our government, what do we see? la the his- 
 tory of the decline and fall of Nations, there are 
 no more striking displays of madness and folly. 
 The assemblage of Congress throws gloom over 
 the nation ; its continuance in session is more 
 disastrous than defeat upon the battle field. It 
 excites alike alarm and disgust. 
 
 The public' are disappointed in the results of 
 the war. This is owicg to the differing objects 
 of the people on the one hand, and fanatical agi- 
 tators in and out of Congress on the other. la 
 the army, the Union men of the Nor'h and 
 South battle side by side, utderone flag, to put 
 down rebellion and uphold the Union and Con- 
 stitution. In Congress a fanatical majority 
 make war on the Union men of the So ith and 
 strengthen the hands of -Secessionists by words 
 and acts which enable them to keep alive the 
 flames of civil war. What is done on the battle 
 field by the blocd and treasure of the people, is 
 und ne by Senators. Half of the time is spent 
 in factious measures designed to dea'rov all 
 confidence in the government at the South, and 
 the rest in annoying our army, in meddling 
 with its operations, embarrassing our generals 
 and in publishing undigested and unfounded 
 scandal. One party is seeking to bring about 
 
peace, the other io keep alive hatred and bit- 
 terness by interferences. They prove the wis- 
 dom of Solomon, when he said : "It is an honor 
 to a man to cease from strife, but every fool will 
 be meddling." 
 
 This war cannot be brought to a successful 
 conclusion or our country restored to an hon- 
 orable peace under the Eepublican leaders for 
 another reason. Ojr disasters are mainly due 
 to the fact that they have not dared to tell the 
 truth to the community. A system of misre- 
 presentation had been practiced so long and so 
 successfully that when the war burst upon us 
 they feared to let the people know its full pro 
 portions, and they peroiated in assuring their 
 friends it was but a passing excitement. They 
 still asserted that the South was unable to 
 maintain and carry on a war. They denounced 
 as a traitor every man who tried to tell the 
 truth and to warn our people of the magnitude 
 of the contest. 
 
 Now, my Eepublican friends, you know that 
 the misapprehension of the North with regard 
 to the Sou'h has drenched the land with blood 
 Was this ignorance accidental? I appeal .o 
 you Republicans, if for years past, through the 
 press and in publications which have been 
 urged upon jour attention by the leaders of 
 your party, you have not been taught to de- 
 spise the power and resources of the South ? 
 I appeal to you to say, if this teaching has not 
 been a part of the machinery by which power 
 has been gained ? I appeal to you to answer if 
 those who tried to teach truths now admitted 
 have not been denounced ? I appeal to jou if 
 a book, beyond all others, false, bloody and 
 treasonable, was not sent out with the end irse 
 ment of all your managers ; and is it not true 
 that now, when men blush to own they believed 
 its statements, that its author ia honored by an 
 official station? It is now freely confessed by 
 you all that you have been deceived with re- 
 spect to the South. Who deceived you ? Who, 
 by fake teachings, ins'illed contempt and hate 
 into the minds of our people ? Who stained 
 our land with blood ? Who caused ruin and 
 distress ? All these things are within your 
 own knowledge. — Are their authors the leaders 
 to rescue us from our calamities ? Thf y shrink 
 back appalled at the mischief thty have 
 wrought, and tell you it is an irrepressible 
 contest. Teat reason is as good for Jefferson 
 Davis as for them. They attempt to drown re- 
 flections by new excitements and new appeals 
 to our passions. Having already, in legisla- 
 tion, gore far beyond the limits at which, by 
 their resolutions, they were pledged to stop, 
 they now a.-k to adopt measures which they 
 have heretofore denounced esuDJist and un- 
 constitutional. For this reason they cannot 
 save our country. 
 
 As our national calamities thicken upon us 
 an attempt is made by their authors to avoid 
 their responsibilities by insisting that our fail- 
 ures are due to the fact that their measures are 
 not carried out, ahhough Government has al- 
 ready gone far beyond its pledges. The de- 
 mauds of these men will never cease, simply 
 because they hope to save themselves from 
 condemnation dj having unsatisfied demands. 
 At the last session Congress not only abolished 
 slavery in the District of Columbia, but, io 
 quiet clamorous men, an act of Confiscation 
 and Emancipation was passed, which, in the 
 opinion of leading Republicans, was unconsti- 
 tutional and unjust. By this act the rebels 
 have no property — not even their own livet — 
 and they own no slaves. But to the astonish- 
 ment and disgust of those who believe in the 
 policy of statutes and proclamations, these 
 rebels still live and fight and hold their slaves. 
 These measures seem to have reanimated them. 
 They have a careless and reckless way of ap- 
 propriating their fives and property, which by 
 act of Congress belong to us, in support of 
 their cause. 
 
 But these fanatical men have learned that it 
 is necessary to win a victory before they divide 
 the spoil — and what do they now propose ? As 
 they cannot take the property of rebels beyond 
 their reach, they will take the property of the 
 loyal men of the Border States. The violent 
 men of this party as you kaow from experience, 
 my conservative Republican friend, in the end 
 have their way. They now demand that the 
 President shall issue a proclamation of imme- 
 dia'e and universal emancipation ? Against 
 whom is this to be directed ? Not against those 
 in rebellion, for they came within the scope of 
 the act of Congress. It can only be applied to 
 those who have been true to our Union and our 
 Flag. They are to be punished for their loyal- 
 ty. When we consider their sufferings and 
 their cruel wrong* at the hands of the seces- 
 sionists, their reliance upon our faith, is not 
 this proposal black wi 1 . h ingratitude ? 
 
 The scheme for an immediate emascipvJon 
 and general arming of the slaves throughout 
 the South is a proposal for the butc'aery of 
 women and children, for scenes of lust and ra- 
 pine ; of arseu aad murder unparalleled in the 
 history of the wo -Id. The horrors of the French 
 Revolution would become tame in comparison, 
 Ds effect would not be confined to the walls of 
 cities, but there wuuld be a widespread scene 
 of horror over the vast expanse of great States, 
 involving abke theloy.il and seditious. Sach 
 malignity and cowardice would invoke the in- 
 terference of civilized Europe. History tells of 
 the fires kindled ia the name of religion, of 
 atrtici iea commit; ed under the pretexts of or- 
 
der or liberty ; but it ie now urged that scenes 
 bloodier th n ibe worli has yet eeen shall be 
 enacted in the caae of philanthropy ! 
 
 A proclam ition of general and armed eman- 
 cipation at this time, would be a crael wrong to 
 the African. It is now officially declared in 
 Presidential addressee, which are fortified b7 
 Congressional action, that the negro cannot 
 live in the etjoyment ot the full privileges of 
 life amoDg the white race. It i3 now ad a 
 af:er onr loss of infinite blood and treasure, 
 that the great problem we have to settle is no' 
 the slavery, but the negro question. A terri- 
 ble question, not springing from statutes or 
 usages, but growing out 0- the nnchangable 
 distinction of race. It is discovered at this 
 day, in Republican Illinois, that it is right to 
 drive him from its eoil. It is discovered by a 
 Republican Congress, after convulsing cur 
 country with declarations in favor of his equal 
 rights, and asserting that he was merely the 
 victim of unjust laws, that he should be sent 
 away from our land. The issue is now changed. 
 The Sou^h holds that the A'rican is fit to .ive 
 here as a slive. Oar Republic in Government 
 denies that he is fit to liye here at alL 
 
 The Republican party cannot save the coun- 
 try, because through its powerful Press it 
 teaches contempt for the Laws. Constitution 
 and constituted authorities. They are not only 
 des : roying the Uuion, but they are shaking and 
 weakening the whole stru2turesof State as well 
 as National Government, by denunciations of 
 every law and of all authority that stand in the 
 way of their pas-nous or their purposes. They 
 have not only carried d scord into our churches 
 and legislative hall-?, but into our armies. 
 Every General who a greee wi=h them upon the 
 subject of slavery is upheld in every act of in- 
 subordination and eustaiaed against the clear- 
 est proofs of incompetence, if not of corruption. 
 On the other hand, every cotnmiader who dif- 
 fers from their views n] point of 
 slavery, is decouii nly for inc 
 tency, but eonatantlj d< in every act. 
 No mm is allowed to be a Christian : no ma: is 
 regarded as a statesman ; nc nun is suffered 
 unmolested to do h s soldier unless 
 he supports measures which no one 
 to urge eighteen months since. Th^ 
 that martial law is superior to constitutional 
 law, :hat the wills of Generals in the field are 
 abC7C all restraints ; but they d-maid for them- 
 selves the right to direct and con'r 
 Generals. They claim, aninflaenee higher than 
 that they will allow to the laws of the land. — 
 Are these displays of insubordination and vio- 
 lence safe at this time ? 
 
 The weight of annual taxation will test se- 
 verely the loyalty of the people of the North. 
 
 Repudiation of our fioancial obligations would 
 cause disorder and endless moral evils. Pecu- 
 niary rights will never be held more sacred than 
 personal righ'e. Repudiaricn of the Con 
 tion involves repudiation of National de ] 
 i's guaranties o* rights of property, of 
 son, and of conscience. Tho moment v.. 
 the world that we do not hold the Const, 
 to be a sacred compact, we not only deatrc aD 
 sense of secirity, but we turn away from c J, 
 shores the ?ast tid.3 of foreign immigrate ..-- 
 It comes here ncv not because there are not 
 o her skies as bright and other lands as pro- 
 duc'ive as oar-:. It seeks here security for 
 freedom — for righ's of conscience — for immuni- 
 ty from tyrannical interferences, and from 
 meddling impertinence. The home and fire- 
 side rights heretofore enjoyed by the imeriein 
 people — er joyed under protection of a written 
 Constitution, have made as great and prosper- 
 ous. I entreat yon again touch them not with 
 sacrilegeous " hands ! We are thr atened wih 
 the breaking up of our social system, with the 
 overthrow of State and National Governments. 
 If we begin a war upon the compromises of tae 
 Constitution we must go through wi f h it. It 
 contains many restraints upon our natural 
 rights. It may be arked by what right do the 
 six small New Engl did S'ates, with a population 
 less than that of New York, have six times its 
 power in the Senate, which has become the 
 eon r rolling branch of government ? By what 
 natural right do these States with their small 
 united populations and limited territoi 
 lance the power of New York. Pennsylvania, 
 Ohio, Edinoi->. Indiana and Michigan ? The 
 vast del : a awing o \: of this war will give rise 
 to new and angry discussions. It will be held 
 almost exclusively in a few A'lantic Statee. 
 L"ok upon the map of the Union and see how 
 small is the territory in which it will be owned, 
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 Tans far, the North has had greatly the ad- 
 vantage in the division of the;e acquisitions, 
 and the political power wh ch emanates from 
 thecreauon o''S a'es, made from their l-mira. 
 Vive tree and five slave S-*tes h ive been erect- 
 ed from territories gained since the adoption o v ' 
 our uriedtutiou. The free Sates have the 
 w jole of the Prcific coast, and tha largest of 
 value and extent in • ur i ed 
 
 lie nor.h of a line which bouodi the region 
 where slavery can ba employe'?, and lie, too, up- 
 o i the pathway of European and northern im- 
 migration. Our acquisitions since 1773, have 
 fon e ^ ed fche S>u f liera S ates and Territories to 
 882,245 square mil^s, while the North has ex- 
 P* n . d ^ *2 i' 204 ' 204 aqnare mile*. A-. E umiog 
 that the Nor ,hwe-jfern territory belonged to Vir- 
 ginia, and deducting tba- from she area of the 
 South, it will be found that the South has in- 
 creased less than fifty per cent, and Xhe N irth 
 nearly 1100 per cent, in extent, since the R-vo- 
 xP°2" oe TilB Soutn has relinquished io the 
 North 251 671 square miles, constituting the 
 present Spates of Oaio, Indians, Illinois, Michi- 
 gan and Wisconsin. The North has never re- 
 linquished one foot of the original territory, and 
 in the divisions of that which has been acqured 
 i; has succeeded in g-«iniog the largest propor- 
 tion „ 
 
 This controversy does no 1 grow out of a claim 
 by either party that the Constitution shall be 
 changed, but with regard to the eonatrnction 
 that should be given to that instrument. Che 
 South claim that they have a right to i ake their 
 elave3 info ah the territories, by virtue of the 
 Constitutional compact, as construed by the 
 Supreme Court, and because slavery originally 
 existed ia t e o, with the exception of those 
 gained from M-xico. They deny that slavery 
 was abolished when they were added to our 
 Unioo, and they deny the power »f Congress to 
 legislate against those rights of property which 
 were recognized in our whole country at the 
 time of th<i Revolution, axid which were upheld 
 by the laws of every S a'e, save one, when the 
 Constitution was fjrrned 
 
 The South does not ask to extend slavery. 
 Iney say it exists in the Ttrrrories. The Re- 
 publicans assert that slavery shall not be ex 
 li Q m " They conten< J «-hat it does nor, exist Ml 
 the lerntories, but not content with leaving 
 this question to ihe decision of the appointed 
 tribunals, they demand legislation ia the form 
 o? provisos or declarations in the nature of that 
 contained in the ordinance regarding the north ■ 
 west, which assume the existence of slavery in 
 the dwpu-ed regions, in the absence of positive 
 prohibitions. They show a distrust <u ih-ir 
 own constitutional constructions and historical 
 statements, by demanding Congressional iter- 
 ferences and restraints, aiid under the cry of 
 
 No Extension 1" they are in fact agitating for 
 repeal am d restrictions which are of no signifi- 
 cance unless slavery has the legal e^ence 
 which they deny. 
 
 v2 ur i f ^' hera dis P°sed of the same or similar 
 dimculties, by compromises. Adjustments have 
 been made from time to time in the progress of 
 our government, The condition otoor affairs 
 force* upon us the alternative of cospromUe 
 or civil war. Let us co-itempla'e the lat'er al- 
 ternative. We are advised »>y the conservative 
 bta.es ot Virginia and Kentucky that if force 
 is to be used it must be exerted against the 
 united S mh Ir. would be an act of folly and 
 madness, entering upon ths coated, to uuder- 
 r«wg our opponents, and (has subject ourselves 
 to the disgrace of defeat in an inglorious war- 
 
 fare Let ue also see if successful coercion by 
 the jUor-h is lees revolutionary than successful 
 secession by the Soo/h. Shall we prevent revo- 
 lution by being foremost in oversowing tie 
 principles of our govern i ent, and all that' 
 makes it valaable to our people, and distin- 
 guiehesit among 'he nations of the earth ?— 
 u ^ou whom are we to wige war ? Our own 
 comy-rymeD, whooe white population ia three- 
 fold that ol rhe whole country in time of the 
 Revolution Their courage has never been 
 questioned m any contest in which we have 
 b*eo engaged. The* battled by our side with 
 equal valoi in the Revolutionary struggle in 
 the last war with Great Britain, and in tbf Mexi- 
 can conflict. Virginia sent her sons, under the 
 , command of Washing on, to the reliefof be- 
 leaguered Boston. Alone, the South defea'ed 
 . the last and most desperate effort of British 
 power to divide our country, at the battle of 
 New Orleans. From the days of Washington to 
 | tins time, they have furnished their full pro- 
 portion of soldier* for the field, of statesmen 
 ior the Gabuet, and of wise and patriotic Sena- 
 tors lor our legislative halls. 
 
 It is only bigot' ed ignorance that denies the 
 equality of their ..public men to tho.-e of the 
 North, to as-uime that our brethren in fitVeu 
 o, a r es lack 'be capacity to understand, and the 
 ability to protect their own interests, is to as- 
 sume that our government, is a failure, and 
 ougnt to be overturned. I', is to declare that 
 nearly one-half of oar people are incapable of 
 self-government. They have avast extent of 
 ler.ile land, producing not only the cotton, rice 
 and sugar cultivated in the United Sta'es, but 
 a great abundance of the cereals and of animal 
 food. The census of 1850 shows that they pro- 
 duce more than one-half of the Iodian corn and 
 or the live stock raised in the U ,ited States, 
 and that they also manufactured one-six'h of 
 th^ cotton cloth, one-quar'.er of the raw and 
 one sixth of the wrought iron made in our 
 country. Ia addiioa they have a vast abun- 
 dance or coal, iroo. copper and lead, and every 
 element of wealth aad strength They have 
 availed themselves of these advantages to an 
 ex ent tar exoeedicg what is understood by the 
 people of the North. 
 
 I beg those who have been misled by constant 
 and designed misrepresentation to study 'be 
 statistics of our country, and they will see how 
 grossly they have been deceived. A war upon 
 'hem would lead to still greater development of 
 their industry in compe ition with our own. as 
 j the late war wrh Ore a' Britain made the United 
 S-ates her most formidable compe' itor in man- 
 ufac'uring and i a toe arts. When we compare 
 our local legislation with theirs, we have rea- 
 son to blu-h. The united debts of the slave 
 States, excepting Virginia and .ui isour's, are not 
 equal to that of Pennsylvania, and their taxa- 
 tion l«ss than that imposed upon the people 
 of the S-a-e of New York ; and ye-, they have an 
 extend- d and eff c ive system of internal im- 
 provement, while thfty have avoided the ruin- 
 ous competition growing oat of an undue num- 
 ber of railroad*?, &c. 
 
 L; what w k y ia this warfare to be conducted ? 
 Nmehave b.ea mad enough to propose to 
 mu iter armies to occupy their territory; Great 
 Britain tried that in the Revolution, when the 
 population of the South was less than 2,000 - 
 000. She a tempted invasiou again in the lat'e 
 war, when their numbers were leas than 3 500 - 
 000. Nay, more, while she armed Indian sav- 
 ages to carry murder and rapine into the 
 homes of the North, she attempted to excite a 
 
13 
 
 sei vile insurrection in the Sou ( h. For this we 
 cursed her brutal humanity. Her owd indig- 
 nant statesmen expressed their abhorrence on 
 the floor of Parliament ; and yet, at thia day, 
 thoee who quote British journal* "0 influence 
 American opinions, have intimated ilia" thtre 
 might be a gratification of their hate in the 
 burning homea of murdered families of their 
 own cjunti ymer, or by cuttibg the embai k 
 ments of ihe Misaissipti and submerging their 
 land. 
 
 But eome have suggested wrh complaisant 
 air that the South could be easily subjugated 
 by blockading th>-.ir ports with a few stups of 
 war. Jj'it these gentlemen study the geogra 
 phy of our country. While the Atlantic coast 
 fine of the northern States ia 851 miles, that of 
 the South, including the Guli" of Mexico, is 
 3,076. We Lave 189 and they have 249 harbors. 
 Great Britain, wi h her immense fleet, attempt- 
 ed blockade, and tailed. But, assuming the 
 success of this measure, who are to be tbe suf- 
 ferers ? Are we waging war upon 'he South or 
 upon the North ? Upon the southern planter, 
 or upon the northern merchant, manufacturer 
 or mechanic ? This coasiing trade is the chiat 
 support of nor hern commerce — the prize which 
 Great Britain ttruggled so long and so persist- 
 ently to gain. Not only do our ships carry the 
 products of tbe South, bu', at, tLis tim^, our 
 manufacturers annually consume of their cot- 
 ton to the amouut of more than $40,000,000. 
 Ia the hand* of northern carriers and artisans, 
 this becomes worth more than $150,000,000 
 The whole price for the cotton crop received 
 from all 'he world, about $200,000,000 each year 
 is paid out to -he labor aid industry of the 
 North. We can inflict great misery upon the 
 South, but could human ingenuity devise a war- 
 fare more destructive to all the interests of th3 
 northern States of this Confederacy ? But, say 
 our Republican friend j , these evils may be 
 averted by our internal channels. If we thus 
 evade the blockade of the Soutb, to what end 
 is all it cost brought on us ? Is it an object to 
 disturb the course of trade, in order to ruin 
 northern seamen and merchants and cities ? 
 
 But let us leave these pecuniary considera- 
 tions for others more weighty with every pa- 
 triot. Upon what field shall this contest be 
 waged ? Upon what spot shall American shed 
 American blood ? Where, on this broad conti- 
 nent, shall wo find the arena, where every as- 
 sociation and memory of the past will not forbid 
 this fratricidal contest ? Or, when unnatural 
 war shall have brought upon our people its 
 ruin, and upon our nation its shame, to what 
 ground shall we be brought at last ? To that we 
 should have accepted a; the o set. 
 
 The question is simply this : — Shall we have 
 compromise after the war, or compromise with- 
 out war? Shall we be aided in this set'lement 
 by the loss of national honor, the destruction 
 of individual interest, 'h9 shedding of blood, 
 and by carrying misery and mouning into the 
 homes of our people ? Mr. President, the honor 
 of theNi rtb, the parties to the con'roversy, and 
 the obj ct in dispute, demand a compromise of 
 this difficulty. I say the honor of the North 
 demands a conciliatory policy. When our Con- 
 afcitutioa was formed there was but one free 
 State. To day there are nineteen free and 
 flf een slave States. Then there were but 
 two Senators from the free States ; now we 
 have a majority of eight in the Jenate, and tins 
 will soon be increased. Then there were but 
 eight representatives from the free States ; 
 under the census of 1860 we will have the pro- 
 
 if 151 members to 95. Then our popu- 
 lation was about equally divided between 
 tbe tort hern and southern S'a'es (he North 
 1,968.455, the South 1,961,372;) to-day we num- 
 ber more than 18,000,000, they about 12 000.- 
 000 
 
 These results are due not alone to natural 
 causes, but to the policy 'hat favored the com- 
 mercial interest and immigration from other 
 lands. This policy has ever been upheld loyally 
 by the South, and history tells us by whom it 
 was opposed. Would it not be base and cow- 
 ardly to withhold at this day those courte>-iea 
 and that consideration which we showed in 
 the dajsof their comparative strength? Did 
 not one of our distinguished Senators then de- 
 clare that comity demanded that we should per- 
 mit them to travtl through our State with their 
 slaves, and that, therefore, be was opposed to 
 the repeal of the law which allowed them to re- 
 main here for a period of nine months ; and did 
 not his colleague, then a member of the House 
 of Representa ive», vote against allowing a pe- 
 tition for abolition of slavery in the District of 
 Columbia to be read or referred ? Were bills 
 designed to embarrass the exercise of their 
 rights to reclaim fugitives, then found upon 
 the Statute bo< ks of the Northern S*ates ? By 
 the increase of our population, under the ad- 
 justment of the Constitution, the power and 
 control of the destinies of our country, are 
 placed in the hand of the North. Does not 
 every sentiment of patrio'ism aud of honesty 
 demand that we shall exercise this power in a 
 spirit of conciliation and forbearance ? And is 
 it not a just cause for alarm to our Southern 
 brethren to find men and journals who stood 
 by them in 'he pas f , now becoming their most 
 bitter and unscrupulous as sailants, when their 
 pohtical power is weakened ? 
 
 It grows out of the acquisition of territories 
 not contemplated by the Constitution — out of 
 an expansion of our territory from 820,680 to 
 2,936,166 square miles. In the progress of our 
 country this has given rise to conflicting views, 
 and our leading statesmen have, at different 
 times, held inconsistent opinions. Mr. Cal- 
 houn, at one time, decided, while a member of 
 tbe Cabinet, that Congress had the power of 
 legislating upon terri orial questions. At a 
 later day he took the opposite ground. John 
 Quincy Adams, who opposed the admission of 
 Missouri as a slave Sate in 1836, on the occa- 
 sion of the admission of Arkansas, used the 
 following language : 
 
 "Me Chairman — I cannot consistency with 
 my sense of my obligations as a citizen of the 
 United States, and bound by oath to support 
 their Constitution, 1 cannot object to the ad- 
 mission of Arkansas into the Union as a 
 slave State ; I cannct propose or agree to make 
 it a condition of her admission that a Conven- 
 tion of her people shall expunge (his article from 
 her Constitution. She is entitltd to admission 
 as a slave State, aa Louisiana and Mississippi, 
 and Alabama and Missouri, have been admitted, 
 by virtue of that article in the treaty for the ac- 
 quisition of Louisiana, which secures to the 
 inhabitants of the ceded territories all the 
 right--, privileges and immunities of the origi- 
 nal citizens of the United State*, and stipulate* 
 for their admission co nformably to that princi- 
 ple, into the Union. Louisiana was purchased 
 as a country wherein slavery was the establisn- 
 ed law of tne land. As Congress have not pow- 
 er in time of peace to abolish slavery in the ori- 
 ginal States of the Union, they are equally des- 
 titute of the power in those parts of the terri- 
 
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 trrj ceded bv Franee to the United S'ate«, by 
 the i »hjp of Louieiar a, where clavery exited 
 at the acqoisi'ion SUvi-r* is, iu this Uoion, 
 the m* j-«f. t f internal legislation in 'he S r a'es, 
 and in peace is cogn'Z*bl-> by Congress only, as 
 it is tac-.tlv i < 1 r<i'i-d aud protec ed "here it ex . 
 lets by ibe Cons'rntion of the United S-a'<-s, ; 
 and as it niiig ; es in tbtir interconr-e witn 
 other naMo- s. Aikar si", therefore, come*, and , 
 has the right to come into the Uii >n with her ' 
 elavee and her slave laws. I' is written io tbp I 
 bond, ai d howt-ser I may lament that it ever ! 
 w»s so written, I must fanhfally perform its \ 
 obligalic DB " 
 
 The region acquired by tbe LorisJaxia pur- 
 chase, exteiding from tbe Gnlf of Mexico to 1 
 tbe Can»di^. hue, srd, on its Nor'heru limit, j 
 reaching from tbe llissi-si.-ri 'o tbe Pacific, [ 
 compret endp most that is valuable arid impart i 
 »n r . of the remaining territories. Ci iz^is of 
 tbe S*>uib hold *s confidently and sit ctreh 'hit ; 
 they are en'i'led fcn cairv their slaves in'o 'hit- 
 region, as dnes tbe Repubbc*n that tbey h .ve I 
 Co such right, ^e have tad, heretofore, fimi- \ 
 lar qu*e ions of jnnsdictioo between our ovn : 
 aDd t reign govf-rnttentB. When Gre* r Bri a'o : 
 e< izt-d, in the Nnr'hea**, a portion . f onr <-ou-i 
 try, wii-h «e held by the sacred tile guinea by ! 
 tbe'hlo d ai.d suffering* of theP.evolu ioo, eve- j 
 ry Aroer'C'ii Relieved i _ was an rit j'ist ltvar-'or, ; | 
 but. «e *r justed the difficulty bv a new bou> d* j 
 r y # Agaif, «ben sbe made a claim on a p^r of 
 the paine, Loni^mr.a i>urcb.*?e on the noribwest 
 oast, w< denied i s ji-Mic->, bu-. *i-ld-d uj to 
 tbe jofii-d-c ion of the cro»n 167 365 ► qnar*- 
 mil-f of me n os f vahiaMe p»r' of me, P cfic 
 Co*-', uclodit g is fii e-t harb >rs aid grea"es r 
 commereiil 'twill ies. We g»v~ up an are- 
 gr^*'<r than Ne« E gland, New Yotk, P 
 
 w Jersey combined. Snail we yield 
 to a foreign nation and to a system of govern- 
 ment coudemi ed bj onr Con&utntion, wi.a, w- 
 will T.ot concede to onr own eonntrymen ? Shall 
 we. 'or »he sake of pesc >, sut jt-ct Vast region* 
 tr> pri cities i,f g.)»eronjeiit autago istic to our 
 own, and then cestroy onr Union hy refusing a 
 comlvromi-e wbieh would give to - h-< Sorx'h toe 
 occupation of a lets valoaole territory ia con 
 tideration of tbeir giving op what the believe 
 to hetbe-r cms i u'touttl light to ocoiov < be 
 whole ? 1* there auv rea-oj «-hy we sn<>>.ld oe 
 le-8 conciltfctory row tban «e hav-i ceeo hereto- 
 fore, »nd are there cot obvious ores why we 
 Bbould be mi re to, in view of our relative i o* 
 er.? Dii'tie m-n »h » now rai-e the cry of no 
 compr^m-se and vo conce-ri >n, hold th*t Ian 
 guage w»eu «e had a coutroversy wi h the 
 ero*u of Greit Bri'ain ? 
 
 L"*' us lo k a r 'he ohj^cMons which are urgfd 
 to 'ris V" 1 t; v - I r i" sa d ib's qu>8'ion was d^- 
 cided a T thel»*a el c ion. QoestioDB of coofti- 
 tntioi al la* ire. not to he dt c ded hy elec i >ijs ; 
 jf ,h»v vi-tre. our Con«nuti.>n would be wor h 
 less, »nd a,ll i » gnarwatees 'f the rith» of 
 States ii d of individual-, o* righ"8of conscience 
 Bi-d reheione libGi»y, wight oe anBihiUt^n.— 
 N^i'berisi' t ru «» th*t the late, canvass fbow-* 
 th* f . me popnlii wll is o no-ed to eomoromise. 
 Sir Lincoln was made PresirteBt. by a onstitn- 
 tinnal *o e, and ii entitled to onr lojal and 
 cbe-jfnl support, aid he shtll have, it.; hU' 
 this i- no- be oi lv revolt of the la'e contest. 
 
 Jf two millions of voters c'edar. d ht-oirelvei 
 in fav r of t», e principles put for'h f y h'B part , 
 three rnilliO' k derlared themselves opposed to 
 them ; if tbe Eepmblksana trixmihed in the 
 ehoi. e'of tte Ext-cirivt-, we tiiiimpbfrd in gai - 
 kg CoL^reet, which makes the lawa he w buuad 
 
 fo carry ov.t } wiifaont regard to bis own viewe. 
 If all t ar'iee will jield '0 'he retults f'f thf> last 
 elecion, and thb President elec. will d-elare 
 ha' he will be goverr-ed by the will nf the peo- 
 ple and not by the will of a par y, and that be 
 will not esert the irfloence of hispl*ce*o de- 
 feat measures of ompToniise, peace will be re- 
 s'ored to our land. I bold tha f those who 
 pun' to the Chicago pla form, and not to the 
 Co s'iiu'ion, as tbe gnine of his coi < , ue 1 ', do 
 him a base wrong. I know that there are some 
 tha' treat him ae a man wih manacles upoH 
 his batd-" ; who boast that tbey told in the 
 Chicago pi *t form a chattel mortgage noon his 
 cout-cience and h'a ooinioo. All hotest men 
 rfedare, if he a'low« the d-cl '.rations t/rr for h 
 in the beat of apolitical c >n'est, to control hia 
 actions against fci-< own judgment, hf will de- 
 -erve impeachment and d<-giad*t]OQ from hia 
 high office. I repel, for one, ih« impu'a'iona 
 thii; made agii'js^ Mr Lit^coln, and the claims 
 tt,us imnudtn'ly put f. rtb. to Dtr-onal and pe- 
 culiar lines on bis viewa as m< s ? . iij'iriona to 
 tiis honor a-.d hi* inHa-" ce B fore theeltc- 
 ■lon, it was sa'd hy hip friends be wis the man 
 he t fittei to adjast th^ j irriog coi flicfi- of the 
 day. Liet h'm hen couuntie >o held tbe nation- 
 al and ci?passiona'e position which was then 
 claimed for bim. We iovok-i the Repu licana 
 uot to charge that he will be a traitor to his 
 coontrj tymokiog ap*r ! isan creed, andtiot the 
 i-i.lemu oath of his office, the guide of hie coa- 
 diiC. 
 
 It is also said fha* *he honor ard r'igr.ity of 
 onr government will not permit m-;ai-ures of 
 compromise at thif rcrment. Wbei ibe pro- 
 ven- ciffi^.nl y w»s oily thiea*tn% d. we wtre 
 •old, in antwt-r to rnr appeals- foran a<t]astn.euf, 
 'bd,t, lh^re was no caijse for ala>m : hat the 
 So'nh c uld l o r b dri en on of the Union ; the 
 1 i o - c 'oj- f re : now, that 
 
 -ix S it'is !:a^e, w;;bdr itvo, we are 'old it is too 
 li'e, t bat tbe d'gi i y <»f tbe govert men' will not 
 ptro i- it to make cuueetsvos. The error coa- 
 -i-ts in contountliijg tbe ac ion of a few .-Uatps 
 wi'h tbe posi ion of 'he whole South. We ad- 
 mit that loiCiBiot offer Donotir.ii ioo al com- 
 pr<imipes to tbe S a es that de -lare tpem-elvea 
 ou'ride of the p*]e of tbe Couatuution. Bit is 
 h-s atii^uTe of Sou h Oirolioa to be nrged 
 H2iiu-t. 'be aopeals of pa'rwuo men ia Virgi- 
 o:a? Are we to driee tne birder S'atea in r O 
 c<iuc-ro i if action with those w io Oefy the pow- 
 er of your goveromeo- ? Are we io give an 
 im >ulse to rt-vohi'ion by ii d ff rence -«» 'h«5 ap- 
 ^it-al' of patno ic men and hy inpuhirg ttrt-atg 
 o F iv.ercion, and h> irri a^j gdi-iplays. f powtr? 
 Wtiicn can^-e was belp-d at the S u h b» the 
 eiid--r o' arms ny onr uwn Sta'e, — thai of Union 
 or ihtt <jf S^ces-ion ? All kuow that the future 
 a'e of onr country depm d- upjn the acion cf 
 1^ border S aet-, ai.d while ih« beam trembles, 
 New y >:k thrown vs sword into the scale aid 
 inclines it in favor of revolution. Th'« called 
 frcm the conservative Goven or of Virginia the 
 de.] i ration hat " j. o hing mat t as occurred in 
 the progress of thir c 'D'cov^i-y ba- tiem worse 
 •im-'i and hss ex'-usahle. If N-w Y rk dfBirea 
 •o preserve the Uuion, a te^d'T of mea »ud 
 money, ui dir the promp'iigf oi paesion, pre- 
 judice and exciceoicnr, will not prtdoce the re- 
 
 Bill '." 
 
 We do not ask concessions for men in open 
 re»i-t»i.ce to gcernmeut, *>n' to tt o e wt o are 
 s-rugglu g for 'he prt-servaion of •■ur Union. 
 S aii we have no eympahy for tbo-e upon 
 • hi.ro tbe «h>lH weight of ibis con e*t fallo ? 
 Can we lisien, unniovcd, to th.e enireatien of 
 
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 t*e Go»eri>i r of Maryland, of the Re-natorof 
 Kentucky, or refuse to second *be pa - 7.< 
 forts of Virginia? Can we so ennrt ly (brgei 
 the pur*, bi-tory of out ronr>t?y, that we- car 
 etar d npon the point of pride agiiir.k: 
 nho-e ei'izena ba tied wi h onr fa'here and 
 poti r<-r] fin wi*h tin m 'heir 1>1i o J npor, 1 1 
 of onr H Atf-, amid 'be Btgblande of the Hi 
 aud ou ■ of Baratog*? I a-k tbe old 
 
 men »itbin tbetonnd of my v< ice, »o »U' 
 quarter did yon look for Bjmpa'by dnrire'b* 
 last war with Gre*' Bti'ain, *V<=n M> 
 wae assailed »; orj the sboren of Eiie ki d Ou 
 tano, ai d «l- iplued tooi s, who ti>>t! 
 
 ■acoeasfrilly forgM apainat Nap boo in the 
 PcIiUk-tjI*, invaded ns with CO-ooera'il g fl> e's 
 by tbe cbaoiiel of L.ke Cbamotaiu ' Was ii no' 
 to the 8 a'f-s of ibe Boa'b? I* i' well thai 
 8 ate* whch 'ben refused 'o allow I] <r njih'i* 
 to p*** tbeir dwtj h rders. to c- nib-i* a couiUjou 
 enen>y, should be so f romp', to tender them now 
 to batile »gaj:,rr, our owncoon'n n 
 
 Bat it ie urged, &e a farther of j<-c ( ;or>, tha 1 
 a*' i tif- ina'ai c(- of i I le Siu'b,«e {,!,<■(• v.i mpTi - 
 mi <d 'bi-i 'on oriel question, a d 'ba' i ba- 
 been nii'Tiie to the *djus'meni, >1 bough it wes 
 made a' its owr reqne»t, and against >l,c, wi-b^s 
 of *t>» Nor'h. Tin- m'Mta'emt n' ban hei d moat 
 ii ji ri">.n i r. i'a ii fit" u ■•<■ uion tbe J o v lie u ii rt. 
 
 Q vi r' • r of New Y> ik, in hi* late d i 
 *»ge, says, 'hie S a'e atrennouBly opp-t-ed t*e 
 i intent of ibe- con- premise hue of 1820. 
 Iti thiB Le ic n i-'sker. ; it wan Voted 
 i orU i rn 8' i/a'cr, and 'he O' ly 
 tiiDfn Mii< In*- came from tbe hub Tbe 
 Nvw Yo?b Senator* vo'<d *gaiL"t ibetdmis- 
 sion of Mi aouri.even af'.er «be paseageof Lf >c 
 eriabJirbn m ibe li e a' 36degie*e30m 
 
 • of this hi.e was a i or'hern 
 man vn»ed for 
 while opposition 'o it it conin g from tt t 
 I roe that af tr ibe aoie-i d 
 
 meDt was ergra''«d on ibe Vili, irary 
 iru men votd >g»iust, tbe act, Nit •►&.' 
 f a» i piiOH'ii'ti 'o Uf if]nii>-)( d of Mif>»onjj, 
 aidi.it to ti e 1 i.e. Ttn Bootfa v/a>« r;<D)tell«d 
 to acfi de to it ro *eenre tie admireion 
 Bonri ; »n' i' alweys it-lit v to be an ii fm ge- 
 men 1 lipoij i i xigti'a Even wb»n tfis uju ra- 
 tion wa- mid-) 'o 'he N rb, tt,<- Seoatnr* f»om 
 thi- ai.d o'ber n< r h<-rii Bn'^, ^bo evn 
 erafied io tbe bill vbatia called b< c n\\> r i-nn-t- 
 lii e, vo'id against the ac 1 :. 1 h> 8«'U h did vm 
 even R»iu \>y 'bix coijce-eion »bev<-tea of »e>r h 
 
 fin S'Dl MB, HWpt '«0, (')PfniUi N-W f? »rji t» 
 
 •hire aiid one from Bbode L-laod. Mr Luc oh 
 
 »du>i a »bat ibiy <'|jpo-i'i'iu 'o 'he admiorioo of 
 MiHi-oi,ri wan hi juo iti- V'1", aiid thu'. be w h i>. 
 lavor of letting i»t w-8'a'ee inn v. into tbi» Ton 
 ft-fiHr.c, wi>i> orwithou' Blavery, aether mi^h< 
 tl-c. In offi-rii'K ro r ak- r(,j- line, «h'i h tjivf- 
 to tbe Ni rtii }i»: )arj;e«i ehffe of tf e ino-i »al- 
 nahle p. r ion of oiii reirirnriea, it r eelti ih*' it 
 ic nje»-.i|, f, u- iijoro lhau half wa^ in i^« efforte 
 lor bfljufiiuent. 
 
 Bui i- in > a>d that a oompromi off t.' in con 
 trover-y wnj be a eaonfice o ]>r in ipln ro »i i. h 
 biii.f-ci in- ii caiiijut. bh-i ft. Tben tbeCooaii u 
 tioB i hi If oai not be anppoi fed bj bopeai n en, 
 for it is In ed upon arjri nude up of cori-pro 
 mieHH. I ih not. propot-ed to make a u< w Con- 
 •tirntrbn, or 'o alter the trins o» the »xiBii.g 
 One, all ua.r itn at, tbe North ai d S u'h itliki^ 
 claim ib*" they oil* demat d 'bur pre«ei.< 
 rig^'s Db<*er i-nt ii«atinm>n>t; bat owii<g t«i 
 caui-es to wi.iclt I have referr»4*, ait 8,(tt.»^i,ijii.o> 
 BltiUfKH »»p ii ■ levyib '•" "a otmatrnc ioo, aid 
 Lhli niTitii b« ietiled by f4xoo or by at juoiment. 
 
 Let Ha t8k« car* 1 has wb t?o Dot mistake pa»eion 
 »/.d prejndic* a/ d par zan pnr(.os^i for princi- 
 ple. Tue cr> of uo d ruuron.iae if fulff iu mor- 
 
 • 1h, it is> ireamu *o tie •nirit of ibe Codh'i u- 
 'lou ; iti- in fidili' y in religion, be trora i'eslf 
 ih kob w'Dii-e aidin ple«ded by many * ho 
 refoae oil cba r M!uw ci iz^tis. It is 
 ■ he vital principle of social exictn cp, it unites 
 the frfij.ih f.i.'fje ; it, tnt)taii;E the chutch, and 
 apbolda nafiooali'iee. 
 
 Bat tbe Ba publicans complain that having 
 *ou a Tietrrv, wb a»k ih»m to t-u'rei.dtr ite 
 i'ruiiH. We do not wi>-h 'ber-i to ^iv^ up at y po- 
 luical advaijtj-ge. We urge mennire» wbinti are 
 honor and the sife'y of our 
 Union. Can v be ibat ibev are less cnncert-td 
 •han we are ? "Wiil 'hc.y adrii' 'bat. they have 
 io'eresT* aotagonuttc'oibnee of the whole onm- 
 mopwiabb V Are t h* y ru;k ri}/ >a< rifire-*, whea 
 'bey do 'hat which it) requnej by the common 
 wnf&re ? 
 
 The o j cte of :hia Conver.tion are, 'o ae- 
 -urc; ibe eoneerva ive men of ibe Ron'h that 
 ilny taveatl-aft* he ejmpa'hy of 312,000 ele.c- 
 'or? of N w York ia tt,e. cinie>' in vi icb tfcey 
 
 • re eT.trag»d, ai d 'o k-ep 'be B- id-r 8'»*e8 in 
 the Uiiion, aiid hn-> ol'iaia'elj r< s ore its in- 
 ••grity. Bu' we have ano'ber pnrpnee. Tbia 
 i- to' the tin,e tor me ex»)bi ion i.f p>r y apiric. 
 We. pr'^oe 'o bnry parfj a fJV-re.i <es ; mt 
 
 to restore te cjoh.! tower of New Yoik, eo that 
 it iiiai iiow, ae lo t'meH pae*, be. ibe 'b»atreop- 
 
 OU whlCt ibe Cause of Oil COIDTJ sball tii- 
 
 nrripb. T'i do ibi- we mne' t-. a ve nnry oi ac- 
 tot — »11 njiit-t agtee to eutmi- to a< me trion- 
 utl. The present rifficolties have >-f.rurg ieto 
 pe since the 1.-' p pnUselec ion ; Ley 
 '|»V8 'ik n 'his whole c rnnnntj t.y mrprirr. 
 -to <o flic b g \ ewa a.>e beld win r^'aid to 
 ibe ? roper i»Le or' co'i- d. To teen re 'bu- onion 
 ost , i'or on* , I am m f»vui < f m king an 
 
 ■ d to th" E 
 tbia State, t • 8>>b!j'i be ■ r> po-nion of 
 Set a' or C'ltteiren 'o Hie v<fe of 'he i eojjle 
 ni New Yorfa ; if it's approved, tie • we will ex- 
 er ni;ir. v> -r i> secure, uri a j ta'mei I 
 bat tta-ie ; if, upon the O'ber h»i (1, i' is rej' ct- 
 ed, t^eii we ehajl ki.o* 'h».t ihe p-otleof 'bie 
 Sii'e »7-- oopOB' d to 'be p> licy of compromise 
 - Ji in I donot fear ibereedlt Bat if 
 K i-, ni happily, true tfu' ■ be i,l ia Repnblicana 
 . e ■■(.le of 'be 8tate, then are tbe 
 .*>s of 'be ReuLlIi'j i nnibtrtcL Tbtn tie fa- 
 •me is d»rk >si.d n«- certain, 
 
 We mat hove i o' oiil> one bu f - mar y Onff 6- 
 *r«eieh Before we are involved ii^ *tit> evilr ai d 
 
 • orror* of d iue>- ic w»r, it,' i hm e upon •torn 
 i 7 w )l b»ii g hai krup'e-y »i,d ruin, aid iuto 
 '.•■h' .-e I on >•■ it m-\ earrj deeola i iisid death, 
 
 tie k)l'j«ed 'O sj.eek ID f » Vt r of ibe pt.llCy Of 
 
 \y ace. I» ibe Le ja-lvure do i o', i 1 will h* be- 
 saoae 'bey dure nutlet the popular een'iment 
 be u'tei d If tte ) u l lie voire i- t'e»rd, all 
 will i ield to i'- d ci-ioec aoo we .ball be uu'ed 
 in tc ioa Id tj * do""- la'l <-t onr i ation and 
 ;m ]<jc ita ernmbling rail a we will eKng to 'he 
 fi.r ni e» of NrwY ik. V\e » ill i.ijh d tog 
 •id ao ei ape inn tn'ure that its glory, and 
 
 g]e a' I es- , d-d WOI d^> Hll MlviliUpn. etull OOt 
 
 . e i-a r'fif d it rivtl u.'t reels. W e *ill loyally 
 ollow ite flag tt ioi,» h the gloom »i d oerila of 
 be fo'Ure eld in h e«uc.-l b- nr 'here will 
 remain a pleam of hope, an<i we c«n still bail 
 wi b i ride i he luolio bmLkzoiiect ou ita ahkld, 
 
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