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f those laws which have made us the proudest people on earth. We may be called upon to defend the Capitol at Washington. That will be our duty as patriots. [Applause] Civil war is to be deprecated, but when the argument has been exhausted; when they go out of the Union to destroy us, then the dread alternative has come. Then, I — speaking for myself, and for two boys, each six feet high — am ready to shoulder my gun and die in the last ditch in defence of my country. The motion of Mr. Gilpin, to refer all the resolutions, was adopted. Mr. Ford offered a resolution, requesting Major General Patterson to call a meeting of the officers of his division, to adopt measures to increase his force and increase its efficiency. Mr. Mark Munday said he represented the Constitutional Union party. The object of the last resolution appeared to be for the purpose of securing the inauguration of Lincoln. Some confused debate ensued, after which Mr. L. C. Cassidy moved that the