pressive  demonstration  of  the  popular  will  is  in
tended  to  embody  and  express.  In  manifesting
your  attachment  to  the  Government  founded  by  our
fathers,  and  your  undying  devotion  to  that  national
flag,  under  whose  ample  folds  we  have  steadily
marched  onward  in  an  unexampled  career  of  great
ness  and  renown,  you  aim  only  to  attest  your  affec
tion  for  the  Union,  and  your  determination  to  stand
by  your  country,  and  your  whole  country,  one  and
indivisible.  For  myself,  I  can  only  say  that  my
whole  heart  is  with  you,  in  every  effort  for  the
maintenance  of  our  national  Union  and  constitution.
Let  every  patriot,  in  this  trying  hour,  range  himself
on  the  side  of  his  country  and  give  a  prompt  and
cheerful  support  to  every  measure  of  Government,
which  may  be  necessary  to  vindicate  its  rightful
power  and  integrity.  My  fellow-citizens,  we  must
not  despair  of  the  republic.  I  pray  that  the  God  of
our  fathers,  who  has  so  signally  favored  and  sus
tained  our  country  in  times  past,  may  dispel  the
clouds  which  darken  the  horizon,  and  ever  continue
to  protect  the  majestic  fabric  of  American  Union
and  nationality.
SPEECH    OF   WM.    M.    EYARTS.
