be permitted for one to say who believed that the success of the
Democracy was the only hope for the maintenance of the constitution
and the perpetuation of the Union which sprung from and cannot outlive
it. If the language of his friend who preceded him should prove
prophetic, the waving of the banner he described would be the dawning
of a day which would bring gladness and confidence to many a heart now
clouded with distrust, and loud would be the cheers which, on distant
plain and mountain, would welcome Maine again to her position on the
top of the Democratic pyramid. He saw a brighter sky above him; he
felt a firmer foundation beneath his feet, and hoped ere long through
a triumph achieved by the declaration of principles, suited to every
latitude and longitude of the United Slates, to receive the assurance
that we have passed the breakers --that our ship may henceforth float
freely on--that our flag, no longer threatened with mutilation or
destruction, shall throw its broad stripes to the breeze and gather
stars until its constellation shines a galaxy, and records a family of
States embracing the new world and its adjacent islands.



Speech at State Fair at Augusta, ME.
[From the Eastern Argus, Sept 29,1858.]


On Thursday evening a large and brilliant audience assembled in the
Representatives' Hall, in the Capitol, to listen to the distinguished
statesman from Mississippi, who, upon brief notice and without a
moment's leisure for preparation, had kindly consented to address the
Agricultural Society. We have already spoken of the gratifying
character of what he termed his desultory remarks and of the cordially