The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . he wide field ofview, except the one dark stain, the one damned spot, whichblots our escutclieon and even now threatens our existence as anation. It will fade out, however, by degrees, under the glorioussunlight of an advancing civilization. Yes, fellow-citizens! itis written on earth and registered in heaven, that the Unionof these States must and shall be preserved in its totality, with-out loss and without diminution ! There is no star in that gloriousgalaxy that
The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . he wide field ofview, except the one dark stain, the one damned spot, whichblots our escutclieon and even now threatens our existence as anation. It will fade out, however, by degrees, under the glorioussunlight of an advancing civilization. Yes, fellow-citizens! itis written on earth and registered in heaven, that the Unionof these States must and shall be preserved in its totality, with-out loss and without diminution ! There is no star in that gloriousgalaxy that shall perish, but planet after planet, won from chaosby the indomitable energies of free labor, shall wheel into oursystem, until our shield is powdered with stars, and the loftiestof the Cordilleras, seated on his throne of rocks, and soaring,with his snow-crowned diadem, away into the summer heavens,shall, in the language of the poet, —oer earth, ocean, , with his Titan eye, and see no slave! And now, fellow-citizens, but one word more and I havedone. In regard to the personal merits of the several candidates. A NOTABLE ADDRESS IN THE LINCOLN CAMPAIGN 43I who are before you, I have nothing to say. I agree that theyare all respectable. I take them all, as selected and accreditedby their respective parties, to be representative men, and pledgedto administer the Government, if elected, in accordance with thespirit of their respective platforms. If you are of the opinionthat slavery is the law of this nation, and the Union itself of novalue, when weighed in the balance against it, you will voteof course for Breckinridge and Lane. If you think it makes nodifference whether slavery is voted up or voted down, and thatthe service of enlarging its dominion over a territory five timesas large as the State of New York, is a recommendation to a can-didate here, you will vote for Douglas and his associate, whothink that capital ought to own those of you who are con-demned to l
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