William Carey Crane

“ I have declared myself in favor of peace, of harmony, of compromise, in order to obtain a fair expression of the will of the people. Dangerous as may be the precedent inaugurated by the convention before the majesty of the law which recognizes the power to submit the question of disunion to the people, I yield, in the same spirit that actuated Andrew Jackson in paying the fine arbitrarily imposed on him at New Orleans. I am determined that those who would overthrow shall learn no lesson from me. I still believe that secession will bring ruin and civil war ”

“ Monroe's reply was as a destructive earthquake to hopes of American acquiescence, at Paris. It was hailed by the Marquis of Lansdowne, in the House of Lords, in the following February, who said: 'He could grudge to the United States the glory of having thus early thrown her shield over those struggles for freedom which were so important, not only to America, but to the whole world. Let their lordships look to what had happened in the United States. There, a population of 3,000,000 had, in forty years, been increased to 10,000,000.' Brougham, in the House of Commons, echoed the same sentiment. ”

“ There is a gallant yeomanry, a chivalrous and generous population, whose hardy hands are adapted as well to toiling for the procurement of the necessaries of life and the nurture of their families, as they are to the application of arms to vindicate their rights. They are the men whose voice will be heard when you carry the question of union or disunion to their homes. ”