When the people of the North shall all be rallied under one banner, and the whole South marshalled under another banner, and each section excited to frenzy and madness by hostility to the institutions of the other, then the patriot may well tremble for the perpetuity of the Union.
He warns of the dangers to the Union if the North and South become divided and hostile.
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Looking back through the long vista of years, it is my honest belief that such singing as his, at home or abroad, I have never heard.
Judgment and prudence should be mixed in equal parts with love and affection in the transaction, to secure a lasting and happy union.
This coming together is no idle ceremony, no unmeaning observance.
We, the heirs of all the ages, in the plenitude of our enjoyments, and the prodigality of the favors showered upon us, hail Columbus our benefactor.