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did not rest the vi vation upon the slavery issue alone. Their adver- 3 hg i E rt § ailing themselves of the prejudices against diligently represented that the secession of South bad no other object than the perpetaation of Bondage, for the purpose of eliciting untri criti- isms of the forvign press. But it was time the Southern cause was placed im its true light, and on the gente of fair defence, and on its true principles, anc , instead of being isolated from the sympathies of ‘We world, sho would command respect wherever justice vules and the maxims of republican liberty prevailed. For tifty years the South had prospered under the safe- guarde of Che constitution. By that the equality of the States was guaranteed, and the rights to self government recognized hy every member of the confederacy, and mubuad pledges entered into in a spirit of fraternal alliance. States North and South acquiesced in the Union be these cénditions—that ‘these rights were to be in ‘bie, and that their property would be secured under the protection. of a just govern. ment. This sacred covenamt was the sacred bend of mion between the confederate republics: The constitu- pay rociproeal obligations upon.the States, and ed them to mutual offices of good fellowship.’ He bow these obli had been redeemed, aud ‘thove pledges observed, By the North? Not the least in pa per rr was, thet she fundamental the tional compact, the equality of States; had been subverted by combinations on the of the majority ef the States to exclude the from an equal participatian of the oom- demain, and so denying them equal advantages for it and expansion. He would ask all candid the signiticant fact, that the South was ex- @uded from any share in the enjoyment of the com- men Territories, did not involve every subject that could awaken theindignation of free men? A breach of the eenetitutional compact and a stigma of inferiority—a principle involving civil dient and.a measure of jion—would in civ! eH | F ‘an individual as a grievance sooner than any invasion of the rights of ‘and among nations ati encroach- ment upon was an affront which war alone redress. The South was placed in this emmon domain of the confederacy. Not alone did they deny the South equal rights with the North, by subverting the principles of the constitution, but in justitication of social of the’ South was denounced as ‘emcroachments of federal usurpation, ia f be destroyed by the application of milii- fary coercion. Aud now they saw an attempt to ‘reduce the sovereign States to a condition of Bo dependencies. But woukl find that the itable spirit and courage w! had in the past dis- the Southern character, mot now quail fore all the pomp and ciscumstances of their martial . Preparations. An explicit provision of the constitutional @ompact was ap enactment for the restoration of fugitive f @laves. And yet that vision, 80 essential that with- ‘out it the South or refused to join the confederacy, ‘wae shamelessly annulled, and millions of Southern has been forfeited. ” An infringement of an eentract between a sovereign and its sub- pots absolves the latter from all all ce. mM was this ret of constitutional liberty which distingu' the great rebellion of 1688 ee the most glorious epoch in English history. And he ‘wouk! ask, was there less obligation in a solemnly rati- fied written contract, or were sovereign States to be de- nied that redress which the genius of a free government guarantees to individuals? But in defence of the South Seuld be urged still stronger grounds, ‘and her secession from the confederacy could be justified by higher pe @iplcs, than a vindication of violated guarantees. Abso- Date power is the easence of tyranny wiclded by monarchs. But here a dominant section of the con- federacy claimed the exercise of absolute power— d er -without limitation, since all the restric- of the government were broken down; and ‘without responsibility, because in the nature of things the weaker cannot control the stronger. Of all al aa of tyranny this was the most intolerable. Under SRerate ofa despot they might hope something from im- partiality and indifference as between the sections, but 40 be exposed to the unbridied sway of a majority, alien du interests, inimical in feeling and ambitious of domi- smation, was to be reduced to a condition more abject than “Mint of the slave, whose emancipation was the pretence for gli this controversy. Against this d ic and de- €estable rule the poople of the South taken up rms. This was the cause of the Seuth, and he ask if a cause more just or hely ever @uvrecrated es aa was ry Geeta a 4 government against ination of a foreign Power, and this ‘wos the cause for which their forefathers fought $2 1776. Sooner than their fathers would submit to the ‘responsible: Tule of alien interests, they loosed them- eaives from the embrace of the Mother Country, and ‘etaked ai] on the triumph of secession. Washington and i Jefferson were the most illustrious pf seccesionists, and they were ‘but walk! im the t of their glori- ous example. hisses.) South was re- presented on that oe Dut their volee was eer 4 ‘against the Northern majority. She was taxed, not wi Ber own consent, but by the votes ind towing Italian i E g i [ i ped abies Fegekes i 5 2 E g ay i] Brees i i E RE the world, it was supplied by Ber solicitude to avoid violence, and toredress her wbin the Union. were char; with ‘taney in not swaiting overt act of hostility on of the dominant sectiong§ but in? their own Sedge selprctamation of war ea overt act, and proclamation was found in the election, by an ex. sectional vote, of s President to violate our by in course of time fer their they not rel the developement of ihe disposition of the President elect, since they to bold their rights by a higher and more _g,lemr tenure ‘en the capricious tem of individual. = ight bave availed they offered them. them. But every advance on met with a uniform and avow e . pee ad of all y their platform, < ~~ of jaommatetasey country into civii war. The: Peematemave pos ain fword. Instead of « prociama policy to give assurance of peace » leader announced, wy his that he was te be guided in of the * irrepressible, con patriotic spirit which they aalmated the Seuthern people, the ry i Fi Hi i u E Legislature sent mea and munitions of war to put dewn that resistance whieh had been arvused hy their par. fdious violation of constitutional compacts. Duy by day thie system of force. One South Carotina from the bene- = — renee it was @ bill for compaldory collection revenue, and again in erming, in this district, a soldiery intended to im. pone an obnoxiour yoke on the necks of the people. This $ret specious, inmugaration of republican | policy —a Rappy preatige of a liberal administration. It thie happy ‘commencement could be carried on, 10 doubt at the sod of this administration they would South reconciled to the this dominant tthat which a tained, as a fundamental essential principle of the consti tation of this free republic, that the States, having sub. constitutional compact, have. by their own independent volition herent sovereignty, the right oa the Union when in their owi@4Judgment the turned into an instrument of eppression LT og the very act by which #he allied her weit to Union, by express sti jon reserved to her eel the right to resume her original sovereignty when ber there was a violation of her rights Ht was in eervet that the citizens of the South and of the United had the advantage of all ‘world, that whenever the checks and balances of the government were overthrown there yet remained rer of Bate nov ty, behind which they could defence of their rights. By kindling the flames war, no matter what mi! be tie iseue, pe The frail fabric of a conn for the abode of peace must under the shocks of hontile contention: And even the South be conquer’, what gould they ever from ber again but repeaod umeaulte to recover ir liberty? Amd these would be frequent, for their ‘Biculty wouk! be the Southern oj wntty. Her deliant + Cidade to-day wast an carnest Of the apinit which will arwmate ber nine miliions of frecinen, the raost eneryetic an | axdomitable known unto history, glorifyioy in the au cont. 8d ts phen which garland them, and devotes to from dom. to-day they scorn all the imposing array of Aheir wall proparations. What, then, became duty? Wt nine millions of men should be |p ¥¢ that the sword should be employ | Mee Bu to follow the bent of their peculiar interests, and vealize the dee@iny indicated by their respective inte yeets, The mort of the North held in their hands @omente of a great empire, teoming with te geesod of immenee resources, fall of the mounts all obstacles. genus which & Sontent with ber own position, and whensoeve cp bal) demand it abe i preparcl to sewort ca «7: NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 166000000000 armament is mostly mounted and prepared to stand her qyualty among the sovercigaties of the | sit vf aboli'ion in ite attacks very a6 it was not have unless the could our attars, pure and free, ‘me earth. and make good wer claim sgaimst all | infucnced by the feeling ee oe rule. MMe he laucnnted by tas enon of sn singed erin eur Law's deep-rooted tree, riege. The garrison are abundantly supplied with am- comers. Inatead, therefore, of vainly eseaying to} ad im ‘this brief statement of | nal whose sentence was confirmed by the Court of Ap the past’s dread memery, m nition, provisions, fuel, water and all other important coun mudare, isten vo the our country? are doing | peals, and who had then ne alternative but to subsit— By stores, With the assistance of the this fort can be voloe The republican party, w:th sufficient nusabers | showing that wo ‘we have a govronment at all, thes By cur commen tongue, prays. | weg _ se ipiens pe secure any measure which the public SoGam,® paces Se iaee maa eur hopes, , Duovant, young, defended against any may require, remain with folded arms. We are | had adverted—that sequicscence in the will of By the tie of country strong, ‘ageail it, It ie regarded as the key of the Gulf. = ‘their principles and read their platform. | the eal the vital Pn ye ‘We will still be one. ‘They cannot swerve from the one nor abandon “ Silke io ultinns tes anes et ion ont ee |e ae ee ee, smvico tho | hat wero ‘they, be asked, compared with our Sena Teen! pone 0 tine vain? THE MISSION OF THE STATES tion by means of auother dissévered nationality. | ides of March approach; und if ao healing ‘of the | existence, which had been go ably set forth in the Maker} ot in SLOOP-OF-WAB KLYN. Mr. » (rep.) of lowa, obtained the toor, | national ‘preach or adj t of the difficuxies be | brilliant speech of Mr. Stephens, of Georgia? (Cheers Blessings sent by ? ‘The Portamouth Transcript of Friday contains (Be fab but Fyielded to Mr. Grow, to move that the | secured before the 4th of March, it may be found that | for Stephens.) | And now, in the heyday of our No! receive our solemn vow, lowing in refi to the sloop-of-war Brooklyn and her the special order be temporarily postpened, in order to | twelve States, perhaps the whole {fifteen slave States will | prosperity, at moment of our greatest triumph, when While before thy throne we bow, ing ference take up the Senate's amendment to the bill for the admis- | withdraw from the Unian. Socession is revolutica, aot | our countrymen might be found at the furthest part of aria axa mission:— sion of Kansus. revolution is a change of government. During tk’ por- | “he globe, going on with successes which could not be Union, Liberty! We learn this morning that this United States steam, ‘The rules were suspended—119 against 42. twntous change, our preple but wo general’ to | accomplished better by any race on the earth; during Mr. Beane wes cheered on tak! seat. sloop-of-war, which had been lying off Fort Monroe THE ADMISRION @F KANAB, de looking on in apparent indifference, while :he temple riod of profound peace, when nothing, it would seem, r. hdeat ponte the ae since ber return Charleston, to sea yesterday Mr. Grow, (cep.) of Pa., said five yearmaince a bil! | of our freedom seems wttering to its fall; for the dso: ight to agitate the broad surface of our broad soetaly The Pree! announced atc ne on another peacesul mission. Shei to intercept was passed for the admission of Kansas. He express yt | lution of our Wpiou Would lay the foundation we had presented a spectacle without a parallel in from Hon. i Cockrans, magretting government vessels heretofore au to go into Pen- his “dient to attaching | independent Yegislation tw J futuro destruction of rational bert. in the reatern { hiscory of, mankind. He spaka of the battles m and vito. sbaenee frome — uced and | sacola and prevent their doing #0, {a order to A a he i“ | World, Are we prepared for auch an issue? No hortile | ries of ol ic ries ut they were povernal Hina WALBRIDG) Floridians: the Union, Dut nevertheless he” would mov. | und could sntidvte'our doom. if tall we must, amit | foreign foes, while ‘he Christianised American people | received with Doarty ee. Be ny memes pelea ag them; a eee as ’ the previous question, and under its operation, tb: | tho ruins of our departed joy, our owu hands most :rike | propoked to put themselves on the of history as though ye te thrigtian believed in | quent upon this State action, bloodshed ‘and other serious amendment was agreed to. It extonds all the laws of | the blow. Au attempt at coercion by tho re destroyers of their own destiny, laying their institutions | Union, but at it was the plee- . Before leaving Hampton , however, she the United States not tocatly inapplicable over Kansas | against the seceding States, would be fa!ai to aay ore | low jn tho dust, and placing ly before . Ba wishes ‘oh eee ie ae ene plese | received on board, from the fort, two companies of ar- and establishes a judicial diatrct Of reeonetruction, whilo apart from the borrors of o'v | mankind to be ‘isgraced and derpisod. (Applanse,) ‘Had ware Neches of Tyee” “a0,” cheers, shouts | tillery, under Capts, Vodges and a step I ones. war, success or ‘defeat, under present circumstan Ly reeponsible persc stated specidcal, 7 ms, groans, “while | which, wo prosume, is only precautionary. oalt Excunm, (rep) Wed. said in voting, that as the sus shows there is the requivite population in Kansas to entitle her te admission Under ths Hansen con- ference bill, he could eve no reason why she should not now be admitted as a State, aud therefore, be voted in the affirmative. ‘THE MODS CRIS! CONVENOR. Mn. Howarp, (rep.) of Mioh., offered a resolutiem that the select committee of five, to whom was rovereed the President's message of the'Ith, inst., have leave to sit uring the sessions of the Bouse, ana report trom time to time as the Importance of the business as their bands may'require, ir. WINsLow, (opp.)-of.N. C., objected to - i. — reed . beste ir. Howanp moved, and the House suspended the rules when the resolution was passed. 5 Stavroy the Bouse, under a suspen- rganisadion of tho militia of tho Dutrict militia of the District of Gotumbia by providing for the administration to the officers thereot of the usual military oath. The bill met with muck opposition from the democratic side, Mr. Gannarr, (opp.) of Va., saying something abeut thus establishing a pretorian guard here before the assembling of the Virginia Committee. Mr. Sicxixs, (gpp.) of N. Y., considered the bill a'gra- tujous im ent of the loyalty of Virginia and Maryland to the Union, and implying damger of an at- tempt on this Capitol from thoee States. Mr. Lxacu, (opp.) of N.0., would give no vote ealcu- jated to increase sectional excitement, and therefore op- posed the bill. ‘The bill was passed—119 against 42 Adjourned. THE UNION MOVEMENT. DEMONSTRATION IN NEW YORK. MEETING AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE. THE INCOMING PRESIDENT. PERVERSE VIEWS CONCERNING TIM. SPEECHES BY LEADING CITIZENS. Three Commissioners Appointed to Confer with the Seceding States, ae, deny de, Pursuant to public announcement a grand meeting of ‘the friends in New York city of the Union of ovr States was held at the Cooper Institute at eight o'clock last evening. In the present precarious condition of public affairs every effort made to gather up the ligamento of the body politic and to bind up the wounds of the na- tion are favorably regarded by almost every man in. our community, irrespective of creed or party. The terri ble disasters which have fallen upon the laud have spread their dark shadows so far abroad, that ue man can feign to be otherwise than deeply impressed with tho solemnity of the national crisis. ‘The Union meeting of last night was in every way worthy of the cause and of the men who conceived the movement. At half-past sevtn o'clock the grand base ment hall of the Cooper Iustitute was crowded to ite fullest capacity, by an immense asssem- blage of some of the most iatelligent people of this city. The platform, which hae become historical from the importance and variety of political doctrines that have there beeu expounded, was on this occasion fully occupied by leading citizens of the metropolis. ‘The outside excitement was considerable. Guns and rockets were frequently discharged in front of the Insti- tate, and @ large number of peopie were assembled, evineing the greatest interest in the proceedings. In the inside of the Institute an exeelient band was sta- tioned on ¢ e platform, and during the gathering of the people executed some of the well known airs of the day in a highly ereditable manner. Among the most popu- lar, meeting the tastes of the immense audiemce, was the immortal melody of Buras, “‘Should auld acquaintance be forgot,” one of those great metrical compositions that re- commends Iteelf to the denizens of every nationality be- neath the gun. ‘The meeting was called to order by Elijah F. Purdy, who made a brief speech, introducing our worthy fellow citizen.) Depyster Ogden, as President of the meeting. Mr. J. Derreree Ocvan, on assuming the chair, spoke 0 follows: — Feuow Crrrzexs or New Yorx—We are aseem- Died in our primary capacity of citieens, to de- liberate upon onr national crisis, We meet, indeed, irrespective of party; but let us remember that we all owe allegiance aad are indissolubly bound to one party, and that party is our cemmon eountry. The ovcasion that convenes us thie evening is of more solemn and tous import than any that has before occurred in -y of our government, The dismemberment of our Cajon is threatened. The South is separating from the North. State after State, where the hd slave- ry exists, is seceding; and se far as log! 6 or con. ventions! revelves can aceemplich the end, they are withdrawing from our coufederacy, and our once giori- ous republic, reeling under the effect, seems destined to be reat in twain. [et us inquire brietly and impar- ally how stands the cause? When our cenatitution was framed the system of <lavery was recognized and ite admitted rights defined and cetablished. Without euch recognition our t'nion could not have been formed. Unless it be acknow edged and respected have we a right tw expect that the Union can be preserved? For thirty years the epirit of abolition has directed its efforts agulast slavery as it existe under the constitution in one- haif the States of our republic. and the warnings of the parties in interest at the South, and the apprehensions of the friends of the Union at the North, eo | and 50 often uttered, have been jod and dinfelt. But the prewent revublican party, so called, claims exemption from the charge of abolition doctrines. The admitted head and chief of that party, a year after the passage of the compromise measures of 1850, epeaking of the at tempt to enforce the Fugitive Slave law, said the attempt of this government to eoforee it has aroused constitutional resistance, which will not gcoase until the effort shall be relinquished , adding be refained his earliest convictions that the Congress of the United States had no jurisdiction of the subject. We are all aware how many of tbe free States have passed acts to impede the exeoution of this law ; but the opinion in the inte Union address at Boston deserves to be quoted. Wo are forced solemnly to declare that wo believe the State of Masauchuretts bas violated our great national compact, by laws pow on her statute book which are in conflict with the constitation and laws of the United States. The republican chief at » when he declared in favor of the irr bie comfict, said —"This country must de wholly free or al Alave territory—a revolution has begun, and we all know revolutions never go back- ward ; ' and during the late canvass at Boston he deciar- ed that their candidate's ciaim w election arose from his confession of hie obligations to the higher law, and bis being a soldier for life or death, in the conflict between freedom and slavery; Unt this great policy waa about to be inau- gurated in the govermment, and that with this victory would come the end of the power of slavery iu the United States. But if these were merely the teachings of an in- dividusl, uot binding on the party, what was meant by the motion in the House of Representatives in March last, which received sixty votes, in favor of a bill to interdict slavery in ali the maval wad armories of the United States, as well ae in’ the Districtgr Cohumbin’ and what was the purpore to be obtained by the recommendation and subsoription of more than fixty of the leaders of the party to Holper s abameful book’ This inquiry ie not a grateful i@ bardly & worthy tack; bat it entities us to ask w ‘all this, and far more that might be added, is to be considered a compliance with the man- dates ‘of the constitution, or a reactign of iu provisions, fe this the way to cvsure domeMtic tranquility and promote the lic welfare’ Is it wot then natural for the South to aay, as they did say, loug before the result of the election was known, that if the republican candi date was elected they should feel degraded by living under @ government controlled and couduated by « Ls 4 avowedly hostile to their interests and rights, and whic! openly Msulte their feolinge? And is i not reasonable for us to fect aggrieved at a party that would resort to such dangerous meana to subserve the ende of potitical ambition? But, has the South Haelf dows nothing to in Vite opposition and resistance ’ The repeal of the Missouri! compromise, with the legislation thet followed it, was not Alone an act of evil and wrong, but of grievous dunpolicy. The public conscience was wounded, and the arrow rankled in the wound it made, ‘There hed long deen an aggregate of provocatian that went far to palliate, Hut not perhaps to justify the error. It is now alluded to only to remind you that thence came (he commer vative nent that united all the ative apirit of abolition, and ¢ e result of itributed materially to aid ¢ the last election: and the Sonth may reat asanred that she strength of the yotes then given was pot so mach in would be almost alike disastrous te every portion of cur dismembered empire. New York, indeod, has rlenents of strength and power in ber position, her enterprise and ‘her extended trade; but she must have the starry Lag guard her commerce and protect its righ Fellow - uh zens, the for whose nse and benewit tole [non was created, ow & solemn duty to pe “must invoke @ spirit oF eotciliavion awd secure ment that shall give lo Seuth assurance tor she The North bas been the original and the continue! wre mg doer, and if the Sonth has resisted and resenied sho was still the eggrieved and the offended party. But the South must now pause to conBitier whether tho remedies she secks cannot be obtained in the Union, am! while she reflects upon the undrawo st Iuay atknd her fate Beyond. it: iu the words of the Uni address at Bostou,. “We must lei wiose whom we have delegated to represent us know our determination, and cause. ther to erey it, And what i¢ the settlement proposed? 4 repec! of the Persoual Liberty itis; no interference with slavery where it existe, and the line of the Miceonri compromise to be run through all existing territory. Every dictate of policy, every feeling of patriotisin, every inventive to duty, combine to require of the representatives of. the people the passage of the border States resolutions. ‘Then eould public apinion exercise its weight and influ. ence upon all famaties and ultraista, all tactioniste and secessionists, if anysuch should be arrayed in opposi- tion, after this bow-of promise had brightened our sky. Then might we say in truth that it is not «lone in the aocents of confident expectation Raghe effects of a liberal spirit of adjustment; not alone in @p soothing numbers of conciliation and entreaty; not ale in the heartfelt utterance of the patriot’s aspiring hopes, that we place our final trust. But that we shall rely upon the trumpet tones of right and authority, emenstmg from tho great majority of the people throughout our land, proclaiming, at once, their high behest, to all concerned, in those few. but comprehensive and talismanie, wards, (iberty and Union, one and inseparable—now and for ever.” The Chairman -was loudly applauded throughout the delivery of this highly patriotic apeech. The list of Vieo Presidents was then read and ap- proved. Mr. Oaxsurmi then read a number of resolutions, of which we can only find room for the following — Resolved, That we are in favor of offering to the South every honorable ocncession, of guaranteering to her per- feet equality within the Union, and a full and unqualified Protection of all her interests; ’ nd at the same time em- phatically declaring to her that we deny the right of any State or portion of our , under aby circumstances, to withdraw from this Union, or to set up, or ettempt set up, any ‘and distinct natienslity upon the soil won for us by the blood and sacritioes of: our ances- try, and bequeathed to us as a nation, one and undi vided. Zesolved, That we regard certain ondinances of seces- sion recently by conventions purporting to repre- pent tbe people im certain states, as, boing to sho. fubest extent ag unconstitutional and illogal as the so calted Per sonal Liberty billc, which have equally disgraced the pages of some of the other States of this republic; and we carnestly call upon’the Legislatures, the Conventiass, and especially the people of such States, to sweep alike Per. sonal Liberty bills and secession ordinances from their otherwise spotless records. Resolved, That the citizens of New York, although evineing by the immense majority of votes east.gainst him their opposition to the principles of his party, still feel and acknowledge that the President elect hay been elevated to his office by the fair suffrages of the Hoople; and having been so elected. it becomes the duty of all portions of the people of this Union, without regard to party, to sustain him as the chief Executive of this overnment when be shall have entered npon the Aaties of his ofice; and that we, the citizens ef New York, laying aside al! party differences, and the great majority of us looking ur political defeut in the face as becomes freemen, pledge ourselves to stand by the President and the constitution, so long as the one shall live and act up tothe spirit and the clearly expressed obligations of the other. Resolved, That for the sake of restoring harmony to this great republic, and to.spare the people from the hor rors of civil war, we are ready and willing to adopt either one of the ihree following propositions as a basis for settlement of the pending ditferonces between the North and Sonth, to wit:— 1. The Crittenden compromise as originally offered in the Senate. 2. Adivision of the Territories into two States, and their immediate admission, one with a slave constitu tion, and the other with a constitution prohibiting slavery. 3. The admission £ slaves vg common Terri- ories under constitutional protect as he same basis as any other property, Eh pues ce: Presentation. But in view of the necessity for immediate action, we regard the wisest and best measure of pacification te be that first named—the Crittenden corapromise; and we earneetly cali upon Congress, and po fone eg! Pa ber thereof, tolay aside for the national welfare pm § consideractons, amd to stay the fearful revolution now threatens the destruction of the glorious Union, by the prompt and immediate adoption of the resohitions in which such measure is embodied. er (Great cheering.) He bad hoped that all the political sentiments he might utter would from every one before hima, but after be should have sut down he would give an opportunity to any one who desired to aseail them. It was that curse of intolerance, of illiberality, that bad denied freedom of speech in various sections, that had led ot the greatest calamities that our country hus incurred; and if they could not set an examplo of patience and calmness that do ing aad the occasiem that had it would prove to our friends at the North ren at the South that the meeting would be futile. He expected no such thing. If there was a the hall he could not be more warmly attached to his particular district than Mr. Brady was to his, and, if the {et could not concur in all bis opinions, he claimed for himself, that although New beg! pre. sent time, be bad Page § fought the battle of the South to the very last . ree cheers for Brady.) And he wished to begin with the bold declara. ‘tion that the South had not done justice to that political association of Northern with which be has been aseoviated. (Applause.) If be could not speak the truth, be would not atall, and if there eame a time when none of his hearers could concur in the senti- ments he utterod, he would give place to others, whose inions were more congenial to their feelings, (Ap- °) He believed he was the only man im tho territo- ry of New York who ever made a specch in this city in favor of the nomination of John 0, for President of the United States, He did not claim that asa merit; he only mentioned it to show that there was no association of his youth any mote than any thought connected with his maturity that waa not ipelined to give South Carolina any tribute af justice to which she was entitled. Another question which bore upon his friendship for the South was the question of na- tivity, 60 far as that should influence him; for they know that South Carelina was settled by those who wore his ancestors, and to that circumstance was attributed the aad and ardor of her sone. Hoe alluded to Wendell *hillips for the purpose of referring to what the South deems to be the great original, exciting cause that has led to the penny oo BY socem@on = They kaew that there was a great dil of opinion on the question of slavery, that one olage thought it was asin, and who, while 7 regarded it as an evil, yet contended that under the covstitution of the United States is not to be interfered with in the District of Columbia and in the States where it exists, except by the action of those States, and who believe with Lim that so long as we have & Union and oommon territory the South should have equal rights with the North in respect to it. (Cheers. He had selected that most brilliant orator, Wendell Phil- lips, as the type of wd #et of men who have in past times dove most of the mischief, which, having now blossom- ed, was likely to produce fruit of the most disastrous kind. in reply to what was the eardival principle of those abolition iste—namely, equality of racee—Mr, Brady contended that the Great Creator of the universe had given proofe all around us of his apocitic design to establish inequality, having created one man an idiot and wnother 4 Shakepere. There was no government on earth, and never could be one, in which the principles of depo. tism did pot enter. Jefferson had said excence in the will of the majority is t of all republics.’ No good American to submit to the will of the majority They did it when Genenal Jackson and Martin Van Buren wore roapective'y made President, and th Harrison and General speaker submitied when General oF were elected. They eonld ly and clearly any cause which would justify {Voiwes—"No,’ No,") He requested that the press would do bim the fevortoask amy manat the South— and they were chivairic, generous, upright and honest men, and will tell the truth—to put down in writing, on one page of note paper (as he could do), @ cause which in his judgment would justify the severance of the Ame- rican Union and its disrupt.on for all time. It had been said that uke election of Mr. Lincoln was suiticient for tbat it was the triumph of the abolition Thig iast declasation Mr. Brady proceeded to , Say ing that all republicans were not abolitionists, tbat the South were under a great misapprehension when thoy allowed themselves.to be imfluenced by such state- ments, for he knew merchants and members of his own proiession in this city who would die for the Union as their fathers had done, and who yet were willing to stand by all the sanctions and guarantees of the South, and who hate the canting, ranting, persecuting, intolerant. abolitionists as Mr. Brady himself them. (Laugh- ter amd cheers.) @ election in Pennsylvania did not lead. the conclusion that the election of Linco was a triumph of abolitionism. How was it in our Stave? He knew about that election. (Laughter.) He ran for Governor, and several of his pers fri had assured him t! he was running yet. ‘The result was net a fair ocracy. It was divided in consequence of the proceedings of the Charleeton Convention the censure of which ae depend upon the Sou! wit forth. 16 80.) Mr. ‘Brady declared that had gone into the contest with no expectation of any thing but defeat, simply to pre- vent the South from ever able to say tifatan election of @ Presidential character eccurred in this State without any organization to it it im the election. The result of that election that although fifty thousend majority were en to Lincoln in this State, over hundred were cast against giving suf- frage to the negro. If the republican party was willing to stand by what some of its ‘and hypocrites profess, he would rather go with Phillips than with Seward, who was now whining ever the ruin he has made, by spending years in the censtruction of a party oad ar on away from the consequences of his trivagph. “Did they not know that Mr. Buchanan’s administration had failed to give eatisfaction to the de- mocr: rty? Did they not know that, although he went into the adminigtration with a large surplus re- venue, hecomes out with the Treasury in a state ef de- pletion? Therefore, when the demecratic party went into the contest in the last election, and were and paralyzed by the proceedings of the Charleston Conven- tion, !t is reagonable that the South showd be ge- nerous and just enough to remain with us, and give us a chance, for them and for eur: selves, to give the democratic banner a triumph. Mr. Brapy affirmed that the men at the South who said that if Lincoln were elected they would divide the Union lost thousands of votes at the North, and many of his personal friends .who had always voted the democratic ticket told him they would never permit themselves to be forced into a@ Presidential contest which was to have but one regult. He did not desire to have anything to do with the man who would lay sacre- ligicos and crimina! hands upon the American natien. In all theblackness and gloom that surrounded us, he asked the Americans in that assemblage, while they did justice to the South, to the constitution, to the Union, and to their own hearts, to unite with bim (the speaker) in three hearty cheers for the gallant Anderson, who stood by his country and by his flag. The audience in three hearty cheers for Major Anderson. He ted that, while they would protect the South in all its constitutional righte—if they would give us a chance—perfect “a ity in the [ imine Ce Oy the repub! — 7 Chanes “to dey own weakness, he prom! the South that im less than two yours the abolition element, the Sewards, the Groeloys and the Wrnp’s would be goirg in different directions, Then it would be found that a great number of the members of the republican party would sanction conservative doc- trines in reapect to property, and there would be an end hercafter in some legitimate way to the abolition agita- tion that bad so long disturbed the . The speaker then alluded to the times of nullification, whem in 1831 General Jackso was invited t attend a Union states right Convention at Charleeton. ‘The General sent the following reply :-— GexriameN—Could I accept your invitation it would be with the hope that all parties, all the men of talent, Private’ worth, who have been divided in the ae Te describe, toy found ited unt before the akar of their country, on the day set apart for the eolern celebration which without union, and with it is eternal. Every enlightened citizen must know that « soparation end ‘in colocial depend ines eee, a nce On & iteration from the list of nations. But he should also seo that sent at your have found all coneurr! promote tae Sar sone camenoons You have distinetly object ‘to revive in ite full force the benign spirit of Union, and to renew the as ota gecnpetary g good will and patriot- Such endeavors and firmly persevered in, not fail of success. Such s-ntiments ype ee the celebration of that high festival simultaneous declarat: i H i Fe H Pe ibe 3 a i : - i 85 i FE BS A i 55 Ses ebS Be annivereary of American by 1651, to show that they were opposed to the ty were of the people of South Carolina. He said at the Norte and Houth 5. 5. i i H ie! sill then? You are no our brothers; us and become a nation z H EE i i i zee. ba iff plies a8 3 H see Ss se i the @ut an aspiration or wield an arm—we been, and we shall be Americans. You may select badge or motto, : (iis al g & € 4 i 8 i 3 ; 5 ys £253 the right hereafter as we have done in pot speak in the spirit of bravado nor of coercion believed the physical coercion of any State of federacy into submission to the Union was but be simply said to the South, “If you persist in taking offa portion of our terrfory, if you wil have slaves, to which we don’t object, you cannot expect us to leave our resides and our homes to share the that you suy existe from your negroes. We want to prevent you ‘and to extend to you the hands of it, if ‘you won't let us do it, we must withdraw. than the original “colovies, when’ the independence orig’ Ven of onr coun! wae achieved, with «@ number of pan and a ‘amount of education, @ more diffusion intelligence, and with Trvotrected nad eathustastie checring.) "Tn the event ot racted and enthus 4 event adirsolution of the Union, Mr. Brany «nj would exist as ainieable relations between South as existed between this coustry and Fraace. When ail thie excitement had passed away, the South would discover certain facts, viz: that the general government had done nothing to justify concession, and that the Northern people could be concentrated into an organisa. tion, associated with conservative men South, to dispose of the question of slavery as that it would forever cease to be an exciting cause of disunion. We say to the South Carolinians that, in navigating the ship of State, we do not wish to depend upon two constellation by which its may be guided. We wanted the ly ship of to have the North Star and the Southerh Cross iuming and guiding our your republic throagh a aafo path to the new and glorions one in which the work! shall stand abarbed. (tReers ) (before resuming his »jor Hi there epeech, Mr. Brady read the subjoined poem, which was com by, Mr. Gilman, for the anniversary to which he al in his epeeoh :— UNION ODE. COMPOERD TOR THK UNION PARTY OF ROUTH CAROLINA, AND SUNG JeLY 4, 1831 Air—''Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled.” Hail, our country’s natal morn | Ria), our spreading kindred born ! Ha‘!, thou banner, not yet torn, Waving o'er the free! While, this day, in festal throng Millione swell the patriot song, . Shall not we the notes prolong Hallowed Jubilee ¢ Who would sever frendem's brine Who would draw the invidious ‘.r Thongh dy birih one spot Dear is al) the rent “we're , drowned by tremendous 4 the representatives were idling their time away in Wash- ington, he would make a motion. Reselved that this meot- tpg endorse the Crittemden amendments’? (Cheers.) Cries of “‘put that motion.””) ‘The Prusrpext—‘‘All in favor of this resolution will ro A aye.” (Tremendous shouts, followed hy cheers.) ‘ there isa no, let’s hear it?” (Silence, broken by faint cheers. Gen. WaLeRipGe that if there was a republican here who had not 1d these resolutions, he would write to bis representative to-morrow. ° (Cheers.) 1 here state that the ‘vation of this Union and this constitution is worth more than the lives of all our public men; and so help me God, if the Union can be saved no other way, I should be willing to see every agitator, North and South, gibbetted a8 be i as was. (Cheers.) ‘Tie speekes, con- linued with a brilliant eulogy of the gonstitution and the Union, and implored, in the name of God, that if separa- tion between the North and South must come, it might come without violence and without blood. ~ (Ap- plause.) Bat we could not believe it ever would come. (Cheers.) ‘The passage of these resolutions would be to the American Union now what the victory of Trenton once was to the American people. If there js not patriotism enough among the statesmen, there is ‘among our people, to save this Union. "The veice of the people is the voice of God. He came here to disclaim hav: uttefed coercion sentiments in a positive ‘on the Sthof January. He was eurprised to tind If 80 reported in the Charleston Mercury 4 while he was travelling in North Carolina. He camehere to put his epimons upon the record. It might take some time wo arrange these troubles, but be arranged they would, and that peaceably. (Cheers.) You have placed your: solves, gentlemen, Srevocably upon the record in favor of | Peace, aad the Crittenden resolutions. (Great Bend faintly played the “Red, White and Blue,” after which the Union Quartette sang, very acceptably, a called— wo(tree cheers for the Union, boys.”” The Hen. Hramny M. Hype, of New York, began by re- marking that we must be careful what we say. A few words put Gen. Walbridge’s life in danger down in North , Rot a g State. Misrepresentation J had caused all this trouble. If our neigh bors had been neighborly and our enemies manly there would have been no disturbance; He thanked the General for giving a point to this meeting. Compromise only would gave this Union. oneness He and the & great deal to yield, extreme grounds. To-night, at Washington, cool men from New York, Ohio, Ponnsytvania and other States were working with and for us. Only let us out. Let us say that we are in favor of Union, Let us say this right out. Call it cy ”’ if you will, but we are for Union. We can’t win the South by cringing. They like plucky men. If they ask us, ““WiM you coerce us!” we say we we don’t answer that; let us treat first, and see where westand then. That’s the way to talk. What is co- ercion? Civil war. No one wishes that. "We go for the Union, and talk about coercion after all treaties havo failed. Why may we not have a dozen republics as well as two? yl’ guarantee that there’ll be onl; ‘Why may not the North separate also? You might as ‘well look the thing in the face. Separation is war—civil ‘war, as well a8 coercion. (Applause and hisses). ‘When we acquired Florida, we said to all nations, “hands off this continent,” to avoid war. bed how much easier it would de to live with neighbors who are not kinsmen, than with those whoare kinsmen. We have it twice with England, our kinsmen; only once with . Louisiana to keep the mouth of the Mississippi? Is this to depend upon treaty? I tell you that war will come, if compromise does not, long before coercion comes inlo the question. You andI most stand where these reso- futions stand, and let these other questions wait thoir time to be decided. (Applause. ) ‘The building was now rapidly emptying. Shouts were given for “O'Connor” and others for ‘‘Wood.” The audience was assured that Mr. O'Connor was not in the Wasurvorox, D. C., Jan. 26, 1861. Dear Sim—Your letter of the 24th inst., inviting me attend and address a mass meeting of the citizens of Ne' York, to be holden at the Cooper Institute on the evening of the 28th inst., arrived this morning. I regret that 'I cannot be present. The near approach of the hour when the House of Representatives will be required to approve or disa, the measures which have been su, for the requires that in attendance here. pectin inn poo lng ng A gpa have Er with the federal Precise qeestion will then be presented to this Con- grees, whether that hall be recognized upon amy terms, or whether a policy shall be adopted which shall test the strength of the government and the patriot- “lyon the enestie, Mees ot ber rere 1 a8 one vee, cannot but desire to bear the voice of New York. ‘Yours tral HORACE F. CLARK. — ble hype yong og ried a A measures to restore the peace and and ratified by the unanimous checrs of the Pet ‘The Hon. James T. Brady. ‘The Hon. Corneltus K. Garrison. Amid cries of ‘- adjourn,” because it was falling to pieces, now ke found this, his ! ? 5 (coeers. ‘A Voloe—''How about the Star of the Weat?””) ou had no business to send her there. 4 hisses, cheers for Anderson, shouts of “ ” winding ‘with three cheers for the speaker.) rai an t,o ren shall meet that ton wi they deserve, - do, the i- , Commervatism and of New York city. To woctine then adjourned quistiy, ot eleven o'clock. and second tiers, however, aro finished, and the twelve outworks of bastions and curtains can mount three whundred and fifty guns. The fort is further fortified by a wide ditch, reaching to the water, and protected by a strong counterscarp, The guns of the fort command the inner harbor, but the outer bay is beyond their longest range. The whole armament of the fort, when complete, is 450 guna, and the garrison necessary for its defence 1,000 men. Capt. Meigs, of the engineer corps, is now in command of the fortress, and is in @ position now, with Arnold’s rein- forcement, to defend it against anything less than a regularly equipped besieging army. Fort Taylor is « large, first class fortification, com. manding the harbor of Key West and at its entrance. It is complete except the barracks and afew platforms for the mounting of barbette ordnance. The officer in com- mand of this fort is Captain John Brannan, of the First artillery, United States Army, and he, with the force an- der bis command, now constitute the garrison. The fortress forme an irregular quadrangle, having three channel curtains. It is 300 yards off the beach, and om the southwest point of the island, and stands ina | depth of seven or twolve fect of water. The founda jue ia granite, and the upper works are of brick. The scarp walls have « solidity of eight foot, rising forty foot above the water levol., It i# provided with three (ere—two of casement and one for barbette—ind mounts 120 eight and ten inch Colimbind guns on the reaward front and 48 heavy pieces towarda the beich THE INAUGURAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESI- DENT ELECT. made by the President elect. The Chicago be the basis of its reflections and recommendations ir reference to the internal affairs of the.nation. It wik not be finished until after consultation with the repat lican leaders in Washington. Colonel Sumner, of the First Cavalry, and Major Hum ter have been detailed by the War Department to accom pany the President elect to Washingtom. The length o Mr. Lincoln’s stoppage on the way to Washington will de pend on the demonstrations likely to be ma fe in his bono: in different localities. His friends here look for tender ‘of the hospitalities of the Ohio, New York and Pennsy vania Legislatures. No further invitations will be issue to prominent politicians to visit the President elect, an none are desired here. The Cabinet will be completed ‘Washington. THE NORTHERN STATES CONVENTION. Srrivormp, Ill., Jan. 27, 1861. Telegraphic advices have been received by Governo Yates from the Governors of New York, Penneytvani and other Northern States, suggesting the propriety o joining in a Convention, to be held at Washington’ February, to devise proper remedies for the adjustmen of the present difficulties. The appointment of five Com missioners from each State is recommended. Goverug ‘Yates has finally decided te join in the movement. lb this it is supposed he has acted upon the advice of Mr Lincoln. ANTICIPATED ATTACK ON THE MINT IX GEORGIA. Ricimonn, Va., Jan. 27, 1861. Intelligence has reached here that, previous to the pas sage of the Georgia ordinance of secession, Harrison W Riley, a prominent citizen of the mountain region of tha ‘State, proclaimed in another portion of Georgia that kk was on his way home, and intended to raise a party am take possession of the United States Mint at Dablonegs for the United States government, in case Georgia pase @ secersion ordinance. His declarations caused conside rable excitement at Milledgeville, and the Governor wa requested to send a military force to Dahlonega, but hac not done 60 at the date of the advices. On the same authority as the above we Jearn tha there is a considerable Union sentiment in the mountaim of Georgia, andan anti-ceceasion meeting was held ir Pickens county when they heard of the passage of th secession ordinance. The old stars and stripes were ru: up, and the demonstrations of resistance to secession wert emphatic and unequivocal. The impression, however, was, at Milledgeville, tha the people of Georgia will generally sustain the ordinance of secession, and co-operate in the formation of a South. ern cotton States republic. THE GEORGIA STATE CONVENTION. holding States. i ‘The delegates to the Montgomery Convention were in. structed to aid in the formation of a provisional govern- ment on the basis of the federal constitution. ‘The ordinance continuing the existing revenue law was lost, and an ordinance substantially like that agreed upon by the South Carolina Convention was adopted, after a long and animated debate, by the following ‘vote—yeas 130; nays 116. ‘The Commissioners from Mississippi were received to- day. The indications are that the Convention will not ad- ourm to-morrow. THE LOUISLANA LEGISLATURE. Naw Onieans, Jan. 28, 1861. Judge McCaled, of the United States District Court, hag. resigned since the edoption of the ordinance of secese : THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Cnaruaston, Jan. 28, 1861. ‘The Legislature of South Carolina has adopted the lowing:— Pepeived mocsascesty, Tae te General Assembly Virginia their acknowledgments of the — motives F : fe il Hl li rae ral i i sf “iy st anftl if ft if 5 7 ! ‘+ d Eee ; / i; ! a8 i tf = ii : H $3 | a ee Fe ry lf itt E i F i alas Hi Pris tes rin A Hil € THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. Rucumonn, Va., Jan, 28, 1861. ‘The letter was ordered to be printed. REPEAL SALUTE. Barrimone, January 28, 1961. Tho Minute Men of this city will fire a salute of thirty~ three guns to-morrow afternoon, in honor of the repeal of the Personal Liberty Bill by Rhode Island. Four Govensons ty Foor Monrits,—It is a singular face that Indiana has had four Governors since the Ist of Octo ber. Governor Willard died on the 34 of that month, when Lieutenant Governor Hammond became Governor, He served till January 14, when Governor Lane was inau~ qurated,. Governor Lane sorved two-day, when bo waa elected to the United States Senate, and waa si by Lieutenant Governor Morton. Four Governors in lesa than four months.