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its immortal signers; if we would not have the name of "Wash- 

 ington " a word of scorn, and the title of " Republic" a synonyme 

 of " folly ;" if we value our country more than our own self-in- 

 terest, and our Constitution above the narrow limits of our State; 

 if we fear God who has ordained us for his work, or regard man 

 who waits its fulfillment at our hands, — ice must preserve the in- 

 tegrity of our Federal Union. 



Can it be that any considerations of sectional interest or private 

 ambition can operate to annul, in the mind of a single man, the 

 solemn responsibilities which attach to him as a citizen of " the 

 great republic," as an American and as a man ! How blinded 

 by the passion of party, or deceived by the foly of Satanic ambi- 

 tion, must he be who would think to rear himself a monument 

 from out the ruins of this glorious national fabric. Such fiend- 

 ish counsel should excite only the pity or the ridicule of men, al- 

 though it be urged with all the eloquence of Lucifer. " In Union 

 there is strength" — a maxim older than Esop, and acknowledged in 

 the foundation of this Ilepublic by those now beatified spirits 

 who responded to the first prayer in Congress- 



Sf) long as this Union sustains its name, the Great Republic, 

 pursuing the prudent policy of its founders, developing its vast 

 industrial resources, and everywhere making itself respected, it 

 will be the beacon-light, for ages hence, to guide the new-born 

 nations in the path of liberty and peace. 



But should we fall —" eye hath not seen, or ear heard, nor 

 hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive " the untold 

 horrors that await us. 



My countrymen, let our daily labor and our nightly prayer be 

 for protection to American industry, and the Union of the Ameri- 

 can States. 



