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claim millions of lies. This is a great question for abolitiouists to 
make capital out of. We must not allow it to go on here. We 
must stop its growth. It tramples upon the laws of the land. Say 
to your governor, ‘ Enforce the laws ; we will stand by you, and, 
if necessary, we will spill our life’s blood to enforce them ! 5 The 
governor will be with you. The governor calls for all to help 
him. except abolitionists. He calls to men of all states ; but he 
don’t want abolitionists.” 
After Gen. Calhoun had pursued this strain of remark a while 
longer, he took his seat, and Mr. Parrott arose to speak. He, 
however, gave way to an amendment offered by Gen. Clark to the 
motion of Hr. Stringfellow, “ law and order ” men being substi¬ 
tuted for “ pro-slavery ” men, in constituting a delegate to the 
meeting. Mr. Parrott had an interview with the governor, before 
the evening session, and stated his desire to speak; to which the 
governor, with very pro-slaveryish leanings, replied, •“ He did not 
think anything he would say would be at all congenial to the feel¬ 
ings of the rest.” Twice, after the first attempt to speak, Mr. 
Parrott addressed the chair; but his honor by no sign acknowl¬ 
edged he heard a sound. The feelings of the u law and order ” 
gentry were expressed in hisses, and groans, and cries of “ Put him 
out! ” Mr. Parrott’s patience still lasted, and as he again ap¬ 
pealed to the chair, the gray head turned, as though on a pivot, 
upon the shoulders which bore the weight of some sixty years, and 
the coarse features were hidden from his sight. He continued : 
“ By the order of this convention, I am a delegate (groans and 
hisses), and I claim the right to be heard (hisses and groans). As 
the friend and advocate of ‘ law and order,’ I shall congratulate 
myself and the country if your labors shall result in strengthening 
that sentiment in the territory. (‘ Put him out,’ and groans.) I 
was, as you know, a member of the Topeka Convention, and am 
unalterably attached to that cause (hisses and groans). Governor, 
your presence reminds me of other days, when, as tlm standard- 
bearer of an undivided democracy, you stemmed the tide of polit¬ 
ical opposition which threatened to subvert our cherished princi¬ 
ples, in th 3 state from which we hail. May I not venture to 
invoke the recollection of that time, to ask of you, and the friends 
