...destroyed. While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, tor us and our children. Beyond that, I seek not to penetrate...behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered,...

...proudest monuments of its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin. CONCLUSION OF THE SAME SPEECH. I PROFESS, Sir, in my career hitherto, to have kept...behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered,...

...has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and, although our territory has 424 stretched out wider and wider, and our population...eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, fhe sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious...

...or its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, personal happiness. 1 have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union,...behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious union ; on states...

...mainly bent on considering, not how the union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might he the condition of the people when it shall be broken...eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, fhe sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious...

...Beyond that, I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that, in my day, at least, that curtain may no! being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship...into the proceedings of the Congress of 1787, the mo I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered,...

...SPEECH. I PROFESS, Sir, in my career hitherto, to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honour of the whole country, and the preservation of our...behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious union; on states dissevered,...

...least, that curtain may not rise. God frant, that on my vision never may be opened what lies beind. When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious union; on states dissevered,...

...that curtain may not rise. God grant, that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind.—When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union; on states dissevered,...

...our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, the}' have not outrun its protection, or its benefits. It...behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered,...