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Show ohc 'i6wof;iul;du'ty)itfi T.ti'to'i 6'tcl tidcj tlilct ti'fll tli ouitf lio" wo'cin osccVtq sccessjp,au lfeniu perciouj .";Ho Srms,. tfiepollcy pursued-; thesLlucoitrl 0? bo 1ruc statement kpf ,GQn?;irpuston'sj obtical yiewslin;tb"o present' emergency; anuot betteruiQvlaid before the. puuHc,. uaii by qudtiug'fr6m'tli6i Hdn'siton" Tctt-rz)Atlio Tctt-rz)Atlio ojlbwl seiitirtentswhjcb fcro delivered ''in a Bpeccli' byAbim atTn4 epend.ence;-r, :r -. T- f - Tbc timq has cSme "lYbc&maii's scctfoji i bircbu'ntry T gtartd by jniue.wAll ; jy...bones,sforiunes,jnyxa.ffecUQivssaQv untered bi the South. VWJicn Iseowtho. uid foHvkpsodcfeftse. m been. )il tt and" m peYjiid,1ipso"'JferIanDsMiaVd egu mUfcth cbuglt inbre tbaiu tt(qijarte.r ttfeebtury joftqil, throatoned-with iriviaj iourcaifbul;' cast, mf lot witbv tbeiff rtd"awaitbe issue? ..V " ' f 'jPbe trouble is upotfulj' dnd'iio'war' ow it caraevOr, whpt brought it ..on, we ave to uiect it.,,., Whether we haye- op-, osed this secession; movement or favored ;r vq must alike meet' the CQn'seqbenccs, sought calm and prudput action. I de-ired de-ired uni(edand prepared,. South, jfwo . iust leave the Union, Entire co-opera-iou tnay: not now Ibe possible, but wo ave. ample strength for .the struggle-, if ,'c husband it right. Wo must fight now rhcther WQj.arc prepared or not. Jdy position . was taken months since, though I opposed secession, ior tfic easens mentioned, I. saw that the policy f coercion could npt be permitted. The ttempt to stigmatize and crush out this evolution, comprehending Stales and nllioni; of people,, as a .rebellion, would how that the Administration at Wask-jgtoii Wask-jgtoii did not cohiprehend tho vast issues iv.olvOd, or refused to 1'Istcji to tbe .dk-itcs.of .dk-itcs.of reasbnj,. justice and humanity, A tubborn resort to force when moderation -as uccessary, would destroy every hope f peace and the reconstruction of the Tnipn J$Q( that pot :dnly qoercion, but vindictivu war is about to be iuaugnrat-d, iuaugnrat-d, 1 stand ready to redeem my pledge; to tjti pcopleiybeihe. the convention cted rigfif 6fawoti inot .now the ques-ion, ques-ion, AViiether 1 Was treated justly or niustIydslioKbO' to. jbo considered, I ut all WtiteMnd there it tialUtay Let those who have stood by ic'do the same, aqd Jet us all show that t a time when peril environs our belov-d belov-d laud, we know bow to be patriots aud 'exiins. J ' ' . j have ever been conservative was OiiseVvative as long as the Union lasted -am. a conservaiivp citizen of the South, rn Confederacy; and, giving to tbo coii-trtjitcd coii-trtjitcd itutborities of tlie country, civil nd mititury, and the government which majority of tbo people, bare approved nd acquiesced in, an honest obedience feci that I should; do less tban niydnjj, . id I not press upon 9thers thO importance j f regarding this ps the first dutjr , of a bod citizen. ' |