permitted to speak—­[hisses and applause]—­when I found they were afraid to have me speak [hisses, laughter, and “No, no!"]—­when I found that they considered my speaking damaging to their cause—­[applause]—­when I found that they appealed from facts and reasonings to mob law—­[applause and uproar]—­I said, no man need tell me what the heart and secret counsel of these men are.  They tremble and are afraid. [Applause, laughter, hisses, “No, no!” and a voice:  “New York mob.”] Now, personally, it is a matter of very little consequence to me whether I speak here to-night or not. [Laughter and cheers.] But, one thing is very certain, if you do permit me to speak here to-night you will hear very plain talking. [Applause and hisses.] You will not find a man—­[interruption]—­you will not find me to be a man that dared to speak about Great Britain 3,000 miles off, and then is afraid to speak to Great Britain when he stands on her shores. [Immense applause and hisses.] And if I do not mistake the tone and temper of Englishmen, they had rather have a man who opposes them in a manly way—­[applause from all parts of the hall]—­than a sneak that agrees with them in an unmanly way. [Applause and “Bravo!”] Now, if I can carry you with me by sound convictions, I shall be immensely glad—­[applause]; but if I cannot carry you with me by facts and sound arguments, I do not wish you to go with me at all; and all that I ask is simply fair play. [Applause, and a voice:  “You shall have it too.”]

Those of you who are kind enough to wish to favor my speaking—­and you will observe that my voice is slightly husky, from having spoken almost every night in succession for some time past,—­those who wish to hear me will do me the kindness simply to sit still, and to keep still; and I and my friends the Secessionists will make all the noise. [Laughter.]

There are two dominant races in modern history—­the Germanic and the Romanic races.  The Germanic races tend to personal liberty, to a sturdy individualism, to civil and to political liberty.  The Romanic race tends to absolutism in government; it is clannish; it loves chieftains; it develops a people that crave strong and showy governments to support and plan for them.  The Anglo-Saxon race belongs to the great German family, and is a fair exponent of its peculiarities.  The Anglo-Saxon carries self-government and self-development with him wherever he goes.  He has popular government and popular industry; for the effects of a generous civil liberty are not seen a whit more plain in the good order, in the intelligence, and in the virtue of a self-governing people, than in their amazing enterprise and the scope and power of their creative industry.  The power to create riches is just as much a part of the Anglo-Saxon virtues as the power to create good order and social safety.  The things required for prosperous labor, prosperous manufactures, and prosperous commerce are three.  First, liberty;