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SENATOR BIGLER,
Mnrcil ta tbe D. S. Senate, Monday, De
iciubcr 8.
tub president's message
The Senate resumed tho consideration of the
following order, submitted by Mr. Fitzpatrick,
on the 2d inst. ;
Ordered, That the message and accompanying
documents be printed; and that fifteen thousand
Additional copies be printed for tho use of tho
Senate.
Mr. Bigler. Mr. President, T had not antic
ipated tho renewal of the slavery discussion at
ihls early day of Iho session : indeed, sir. I had
Ijopcd that this thread-worn topic would be
permit'ed to sleep at' least for a short season
after the presidential struggle. Like the Sena
tor from Louisiana. I felt quite happy in this
belief; but it is otherwise. The President in
his closing message deemed it proper to pm his
views on the subject of slavery agitation cm re
cord, and the Senators on the other side have
availe 1 themselves of (he occasion to open up
the entire Held of controversy. I for one have
desired to avoid it, and should not have said
one word had it not been for the frequent and
pointed reference mndo to the character of the
late presidential canvass in my own .State by
the Senators from’ Ohio and Massachusetts. —
Honorable Senators on the other side, whilst
deprecating the course of the President in dis
cussing ilu 1 subject, readily concluded to follow
hi.s example. Lamenting the use of senUuu n's
on his part which they deem ungenerous, if not
unjust fowrrds their party, their pi mnpl.-s, and
the tendencies of their measures, tlwy indulge
to a still greater extent in the practice them
selves. Condemning what they arc plensid to
regard ns n want of official courtesy to this de
partment of the Government and to a largo
class of the people, they promptly violate nil
these rules in the seventy of their own criti
cisms. Even the Senator from Mainfc. so dis
tinguished for the propriety of his language,
has spoken of the President as an unworthy son
of a free Stale ; and the Senator from Ohio has
been still more severe. But these exhibitions
only furnish another evidence of the fallibility
of our nature : aud'dhow how difficult it is for,
even the best of us to refrain from the commis
sion of ihe wrongs wc th nk we see in others. —
Such things, however, arc not uncommon.—
Very many teachers in morals, politics, and
even religion, utterly fail in the practice of the
W'so and holy precepts which they lay down ,
for the observance of others.
But, sir, I do not intend to circumscribe my
self in what little I have to say by complaints
against the course of others. I think the Pro
fildeiU was right in expressing his views as he
has done; ami of course, Senators have a right
to criticise the act.
But I cannot agree tint this art of iho Pre
sident is unprecedented. If lam not mistaken
President Jackson discussed the question of a
'national bank in such a nmfiner ns to correct
i the misrepresentations of Ins political oppo
» uenis. President Polk iliscmsed the question
7 of war with Mexico in the same spirit. It is
» the right and duty of the President to inform
Congress of the slate of the Union : and enter
laining the views he does ns to the dangerous
tendencies ol the doctrines of certain political
parlies in the country, the obligation on the
present Executive to communicate his appre
hensions became imperative. Senators may
scout and discard the reasoning of that ofilcer,
hut they should remember that PreMdent
Washington, even in his early day. fell required
to warn the people against the dangerous ten
dencies of geographical parlies in our country,
ami eOorts to array one section of the country
against another ; and that Thomas Jillerxin
compared this sectional agitation to the start
ling alarm of a llrc-bell in the night. Nor, sir.
will exceptions to the language used hy iho
President serve to break the force of his over
whelming argument in support of what he re
gards as thotruo policy of the nation. 1 agree,
sir, that the criticism of the action of a large
class of his foliow-citi/.ens hy the President.and
the condemnation of the tendency of such ac
tion. however strongly qualified in proteclives
of the motives of the actors, is a most delicate
task, and should only be performed on great
occasions : but the President has confined his
strictures to partisan lenders—men seeking po
litical power by means that would hazard the
peace of the country; and 1 think that the peo
ple w£l agree that they deserve the rebuke.
But, sir. it is not my purpose to defend the
President. This has already been done with
more ability than I can command. This much
I will say. however—now that he is near the
end of Jus form of office, and when my motives
cannot be misunderstood —that I believe (fiat
time and experience will prove the wisdom of
most of his measures, and that the day is not
far in the future when the purity and patriot
ism of his motives will be acknowledged by all.
But. sir, Senators have been endeavoring to
determine what questions have been settled by
the result ol the late election, some taking ex
ception to the definition as given by the Pr*in
dent: and on this point I have a word lo say.
I am quite sure, sir. that one great fact sul
lied by the result is. that James Buchanan is
lo lie the President for four years from the 4th
of March next, and that John U. Breckinridge
"ill be Vico President for alike period. An
oilier hi ill more potent fact is, that tha princi
ples of the Democratic party, os defined at Cin
cinnati Kml expounded by Mr. Buchanan—the
most prominent feature being that the people of
Iho Slates who go into Iho Territories shall en
joy the right to determine the character of their
own local institutions in their own wav, inclu
ding that of domestic slavery—arc lo bo in the
Ascendency till the year Ititil. Another fact ns
distinctly settled is, that the modern and mis
called Republican party, against which the no
mocracy contended, has been found in a minor
ity in 23 out of the 31 Stoles, and has been re
jected in tho Union by a popular majority of
not less than one million three hundred ami
«w:Hty-flvc thousand, being a minority of more
than all tho'votcs cast for their candidate ; and
in a minority in the northern Stales alone of
near two hundred thousand. Another is. that
the modern American, or ICnow-Nolhing parly,
With its intolerant dogmas of faith, and against
whloh the Democracy also contended, has been
repudiated in 30 out of the’3l Stales, and by a
popular minority of over two millions.
But tho result seems to be misunderstood
even by Senators. The Senator from New-
Hampsliiro has evidently not liked the returns
of the election well enough to look at them, or
ho would not claim a largo majority for the
Republicans in eleven States, when the figures
show that they were in ft minority in all but
fight.. lie certainly ought to have known that
there was a popular majority against Mr, Pro-
Piotjt iq Now York of over forty-Hvc thousand,
find in Ohio of eleven thousand, and In lowa ,of
one hundred and fifty thousand. lie and otli»
* p Senators sccn> 10. bo under lljc impression
their party camo very near carrying all
the free States. Tho Senulor from Ohio said,
the other day, that they would have done so
had the issue been fairly put on tho Democratic
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 43,
side. The Senators from Maine said they
would have succeeded had the vote been a fair
one. Why, sir, the figures indicate differently.
Out of 460.000 voles in Pennsylvania their
candidate received but 147,447 votes, leaving
him in a minority of more than 165.000. Ho
was also in a minority of 43,695 in New Jersey,
46.089 in Indiana, 46.615 in Illinois, and from
the returns we have from California, he has not
received more than one fourth of the popular
vote in that Stale, claimed to be bis own.
Whatever consolution and encouragement they
can draw from such figures I leave them to en
joy. They.certainly cannot claim fellowship
with the Fillmore vote, for Mr. Fillmore was
himself amongst the first to denounce them ns
a sectional party, attempting to maintain doc
trines and practices that would most certainly
dissolve the Union.
But they deny that their party is sectional,
and make the charge of sectionalism against
the Democracy. Well, Mr. President. I shall
not consume much time on this issue; hut. sir.}
if the Republican be not a sectional party, I
would be glad to learn how a party can be sec-
tional. I cannot conceive what characteristics 1
or practices of a sectional party the Republican ;
party lacks. Both of their candidates were:
from one section of the Union, they were nomi- |
nated by delegates from the same section and I
they received nil their votes in that section. In 1
fifteen of the States, differing from the others
only as to one local institution, their party
made no serious attempt to gel vo'e;. but they
endeavored to gain power by exciting prejudice
and passion in the popular mind in their own
section against a local institution of the o’her.
Ilmv else could you constitute a sectional par
ly f It sectional, disime 1y anil dangerously
sectional, and ii is nse’ess fur Sena'or* to deny
i*. It is just the kind of organization which
the greatest and best man who evir lived in
our country nmicipnted whh alarm.
But it is fai otherwise with the Democracy.
One of our candidates was from the North, and
theothn fiom the South. They were nomina
ted hy delegates from all the Slates. Their
party declared principles and policy acceptable
to the whole family of States. Those princi
ples could bo expounded alike in all. and ora
tors from the Nonh and the South met daily on
the same stand to do so. A constant theme
was the equality of (lie Stales, the constitution
al rights of all, and the necessity for fraternity
of feeling amongst the people of all. How idle
ami fallacious the charge of sectionalism against
such a party !
But, Air. President, the Senator from Ohio,
in the course of the debate the other day, in,
support of the charge, that the Democracy in i
the North had not stood up fairly and full to 1
the issues between the parlies, remarked ;
“In the Slate of Pennsylvania, in all the
Democratic mass meetings for President that I ;
know mi) thing about, there was inscribed in l
great letiers upon their banners, •Buchanan,
Breckinridge, and free Kansas ami their ora
tors proceeded to show that Mr. Buchanan was
safer on the subject of freedom in Kansas than
any other candidate.*’
In the same connection, the Senator from
Massachusetts staled that, 10 his personal
knowledge.
“ Public meetings were called of persons in
favor of Buchanan, Breckinridge, and fn.T Kan
sas. I have rend these calls. F have in my
possession one of them, winch was issued in the
State of Pennsylvania. There arc others in the
possession of members of tins house or iho mb-,
or. Throughout the whole canvass in these I
very Slates the issue was blinked ” I
Meetings were calhd of the friends of “ Bu
chnnan, Breckinridge, and free Kansas ! - ’ and
banners were Ivirnc in the canvass bearing the j
inscription —“ Buchanan. Breckinridge, and ,
free Kansas !" Well Mr. President, this is no !
very grate charge after all. 1 see no cause of !
alarm in it. I must confess, however, to some [
surprise at jbe sweeping stotnuenl of the Sen
ator from Ohio, that in all the Democratic 1
meetings in Pennsylvania of which he had any ,
knowledge, he discovered the peculiar banner ,
of which he lias spoken. Such banners may, l
have been numerous—certainly there were 'some '
for the Senator saw them : but I cannot re- i
member to have seen nny, though I certainly
witnessed quitena much of the canvass in Penn }
sylvama as be did. His opportunities at Dem- I
ocratio meelings.it seems to me. must have'
been somewhat limited. I can Imrdiv imagine ]
hmv lie gut to such a meeting or bow lie found
the opportunity to scrutinize Dunoornlic mol-!
locs. lam quite certain he was not inviied to !
our meetings : and I know the Senator too i
well to believe that he would go where he was |
not welcome. He says he endeavored to en
lighten the Democracy on certain points. That '
was kind on hts part: but. doubtless. Mr.
President on the receipt of the election returns
the honorable Senator concluded that he faded
in the task.
Again, and in the same connection, he rc
marked :
■•Thousands. yea. hundreds of thousands of
rotes, were gmm for the successful candidate
on the hypothesis that whut was inscribed on
llicii banners and wliiu fell from the mouths of
their orators was true.”
Why. certainly, Mr Pro.si<!cnt! Who ever
doubled it? Who has the (ruth of
Democratic speeches and Ikmiocralic mottoes i
There is no hypothesis abmW'lhdn. They give'
expression torrent and immutable truths, and
it was. ns the Senator says, through the agency
of Kin*h m-'ims ttial we achieved success Hut.
Mr. President, it is evident that the Senator m
making his developemelUs Shout the banners,
expected to damage the Democracy of Penn
sylvania in the estimation of their brethren in
the South: but in this he will fail. The an
nouncement of his own presence at a Democrat
ic meeting, however, is a circumstance far
rnoio alarming nnij ominous- There is no tel
ling what fatal inUtlenco it may exercise. I
think our southern friends will ogreo dial il was
a more dangerous presence limn the banners.
JJut, Mp. President, suppose all the meetings
In I ennsylvania had been called ns stated by
the Senator from Massachusetts, and the bun*
tiers been as described by the Senator from
Ohio, whjfPOf It? What Inference would bo
deducib|piVorn such a fact? It would certain
ly furnish no evidence that tho issues between
the Democratic and Republican parties had not
been fairly met on our part. Indeed it is sin
gular that a circumsrancc of this kind should
have attracted the attention of Senators. It in
dicates great want of material tor tho discus
sion on their side. I know of but one meeting
that was called in the manner staled by the
Senator from Massachusetts. That was in
Potter county. Thu nulhors of that call
doubtless intended to indicate their wish that
Kansas should become a free Stale ; but this
fact does not warrant tho conclusion that they
believed Congress possessed tho power to con
trol tho question, or admitting the existence of
the power, that it would bo wise to exercise it-
I was not present at the meeting assembled by
that cull: but I am entirely confident, from the
well known sentiments of the speakers who
ycre present, that they advocated nothing more
nor less than tho.rigid of tho people, the buna
fide citizens of the Territory, to set tie the ques
tion ns lliey pleased, and denying tho right
ami wisdom of congressional interference.
Mr. Wado. Will the Senator permit mo to
ask him a question ?
Mr. Bigler. Certainly. oilier hand, talk most about freedom ‘ln Kan-
Mr. Wade. The Senator seems perfectly sas, but distinctly fcirbpose-Mhat, a$ to the
familiar with the opinions of Mr. Buchanan on white population, the exercises of thelt* jndg
this subject. Now I want to know whether ment shall not he entirely free* Wcfcay*Kan«
those banners were inscribed ns they were in sas will be free when her people, do. as they
accordance with the declared will of Mr. Rncli- p'ense as to their domestic institutions. The
anon. Is ho favorable to making Kansas a free Republicans say not so ; Kansas' will be free
when her people obey their dictation ins to a
Mr. Bigler. As to the first proposition, portion <f these institutions. .Thej*» propssc
whether these bannere were prepared in no- (n enslave the will of tlie people J)y dictating
conlanoe with the wish of Mr. Buchanan I what they shall do. We leave them to the
cannot answer. The Senator has taken notice dictate of their own judgment. Thev sav wc
certainly of the fact that I stated distinctly I me for negro Slavery in the Territories : this
saw no such banners. we deny We say they propose lo enslavc the
Mr. Wade. I understand the Senator to nd will uf the while people to some- extent, ond
mil that there was one such banner at wmc that they cannot dispute. Htrehrd.'f. the dif»
large Democratic meeting. If there is one ad* Terence. In this connection, ond in this way.
mitted probably there were more. we talked about *‘fico Konsns"m the canvass
Mr. Bigler. It is immaterial how many far President: but I never heard a Democrat
there were. Ido not intend to fall back on suggest that Kansas should not dome into the
that point. As for the views of Mr. Buchan- Union whatever her decision might be. nor did
nn, they arc doubtless those of the Democratic I ever hear a speaker on tho. Other. side who
parly, ns declared in their platform. We in- expressed a willingness to see her.admitted un
ud that the people who go to the Tcmtnries less she decided in accordance jvi^h -his-views
shall decide the question of slavery for them- on the subject. Tlie Senator frqm iinino. the
selvas; and f have no doubt that with the most other day. declined to say what tie. could do
of the northern pioplc. he w nld prefer to sec 1 i" such a contingency The Senator from I
Kansas a free Stale, but denies the right of i Ohio, however, with less reserve,’declared ns
Congress to interfere. follows: . |
Mr. Wade. Does Mr. Buchanan believe that ' Union or no Union : como whnl nifty, (I e
the people of n Territory wiule in a teintorial heve ,l lo be the settled Jnirpos'e ofihenorthcrn ,
slate, have 1 lie power to exclude slavery? people in limit slavery to the Slotoff.'iu which
Mr. Bigler. Does the Senator from Ohio 11 nnw exists." (
wish to present the ennsfitutional difilrubv Many, very many of theßepobPcan upon-'
that has been raised here frequently, in regard ■ kers in die North took lhlB\%|®ififd boldly,
lo (he power of the Legislature of a Territory ? »»>d '"ade it the basis of appeal flbf votes for
Mr. Wade. I want to know what Mr Hu* ' their candidate. ,'T |
ehnnnn’s opinions an- in regard In the roustitn* | The Senator from Massachusetts says tlial
lional difficulty which has been so often spoken I he members of the House who vplfrd for Mr
of ? Dunn s lull last session pro Slavery
Mr Bigler. 1 cannot answer the Senator ft< men in the canvass. I never heart any such
to Mr. Buchanan's views of tbe eonsnt iitimnd nll.giaiion. It is true, that in fop|y to the
question. I can give my own, if the Senn or is eba geso constantly made by thc-Jr/cmont pnr
. willing io bear tin in. : ly. that ibe Democrats were seeking to increase
j Mr. Wade. Well, let us have your opinions, •'slavery, we said that the only Attempt that
j if you please. | had ever been made to Increase Slfcry hv an
| Mr. Bigler. Uis no new proposition that 1 nc ‘ °f Congress was that of '(hepjlepubhcan
‘ the Sknator from Ohio has presented. It has members of the House who votcvfor .Dnnn’s
J been here before, and discussed before : and I j bill. Tins we did say : and became that bill j
; endeavored, at least upon one occasion, to make 1 proposed to maintain Slavery in Kansas up to
1 myself understood. There ran be no ditlerence ‘ the year 1858, and provided that 4§iildren born ’
[ of opibion as to w hat the Kansas Nebraska bill i °f S'a\e parents in the Terril«ry.A,Tmd sold in
j means. Its terms are explicit. It confers up. I the meant.mo to a slave Statffofihould be
Jon the people of Ihc Territory all ihe law mn- I klu'cs for life, and holding aft that the’
j king power which Congress possesses under increase of Shivery can only bo bought about
the Constitution. If the authority delegated hy the increase of the number «f beings mi
Jbe sufficient, the people have a law making bondage-we did maintain Dunn’s j
j power equal to any question. This is a point. 1 bill was virtually to increase Slavery,
however, ns to the meaning of tlie Constitution j Mit. TnoMUi’i.r.. Will tho Cijenalor fiom •
|of the United Slates. My cnnstniction of that , Pennsylvania allow me to interrupt him for a ,
j instrument oertnlnly is of very lit le import- | moment ? j
anco. but still lam willing to express it. I Mu Bioi.rti. No. sir. T bcc,thc Senator'
am of tlie opinion that tlie people through (heir 'from Illinois lo .excuse me, if hft pleases. I
; local legislature have that power. I arrive at Bud that if f y ield to further interruptions my
Mills conclusion because I can see but two ; speech will be much longer than f IntomUd i
sources of law making power for a Tcrriton ( Mu. Tummdcli,. I wished correct the'
ihc one, Congress : and ihc other, the people. J Senator in regard to that blit. ' H ' J
I bold that, whin C’ougres* has conferred upon | Mu. Buh-kr. —lt was the pr|ojcc of l he|
the people of a Tirniory all Hit law-roiiking , Fremont par y in the canvass the!
po.wer which it possessed under the C’onsliiu- j Dem;;c p ncy with seeking to morafk.' slavery, i
lion, the power is eomple'e in the people, equal 1 and wo availed ourselves of theWifcis I have j
to the question of domestic slavery, or anv oth- 1 staled in rviorl So far from the j
cr subject: but ilns is n legal quesrnm, and I increase of slavery by art of Coi|k |
for one should bo gratified to see ti. decided. _iofn° by winch such nvdjjk\, 'w - be.
Mn. Wadk. Tho reason why I asked the J accomplished, except ihiv)ligbßli«.i < c9«ltmWCo?'.
qnostinn. and wished the Senator’s opinion ment of the slave* trade and no one Wofifd on* j
upon the subject, was, that towards the close! term n aimb an idea. But tlio Republicans In I
of the last session the Senator from Illinois. I the House, bolding that slnvciw • has -no- Jcgnlf
1 {Mr. Trumbull,] in an amendment to n pen- existence in xfiu Territory of. K«n>w»..-.roi« to I
I ding bill. proposed to d»-claro what was tlie | recognize and nmininin it till 1858.*and {o.pro*/
I true intent and meaning of those peculiar w onls , vide (bar the Issue of slave parents, if sold 40 a J
'in the Nebraska bill ; namely, that it was m., stare StnD-m the meantime, sbmihl be slave-, 1
tended that the people, through Dnir Teirito- for life virtually nMnnp cd according tn Dnir 1
rial legislature, should have the power lo pro ■ own doctrine* to increase the number of slaves 1
lubit Slavery in the Territories. Upon I hat 'by net of Umgress. |
! proposition if 1 am not mistaken, ihc Senator | t Many persons ore in the habit of enufoun- 1
! voted in the negative. ding (be mesense ofslnveri with Us terrmonnl |
j Mu nmt.Kli. Mr. President, every mem-! extension nnd Sinn 1 , doubtless voted the He
be r of ibis body undersi nnd-* that sbject very ' publican ticket because they Itelieved that the I
'well. Tlie Senator from Illinois upon the ot b- , inhibit i->n of slavery ns to Kansas wiis to re 1
.it side did olfer tbul pioposiliun os nn amend , tard tbe grow> bof the institution. Where Ia 1
, ment lo vrbnt is known as the Tmnlii lull citizen of Knn-as. with my present- impressions ’
I He ofT> red ibis bill, which was not germane. I should vote ngnnisi the eslablishmeill of sla
’ and I should not have voted for it bowirer 1 lery : but m doing bis 1 would feel that I
| bad believed in Ms trulh It was mu of plnce was noi doing anything lo prevent (he increase
when offered lo a bill where the question dal of ihe immU rot slaves or to improve their
} not properly arise. But not only Dial, sir a cnnli mu To scatter the slaves over n greater
I vote in the Semite of the United S nies to tic ana will do il.cm good rather than harm, and
cidc a judicial question, was agreed on all to naie.ct the ms itutmn to its present limits
j hands to lie minicessnry. if not improper I will not effect Die increase of,Lite number of
declared my views u|mn Dial occasion and I slaves for a cenlurv for it will, in mv jlldg
votes! against the amendment. Why. Mr ment, reqmie all of Dial period lo fill up Die
President. wbo in Die North lias ever prelen unoccupied Territories m Dio slaveholding
ded to advocate the esinblisbnu nt of Slavery Suites. In Texas ak.iie D «ro arc ov«.r ninety
in Kansas ? No man •no one of all tin orators millions of acres of virgin son untouched by the
whom I met in the canvass, whetlier fiom Die inip'cmenis of Die agriculturalist, rich and east
South or North, did any such thing. Their of cnlnvaiion favored by a , genial plimale. i
unit inn doctrine was. that the people. I hrongb The numlHr of slaves in Dial .Stn «do not equal
a proper law-making power, should carry out , one lo even squme mile of Territory, llow, I
their own views. | after all, then do Die practical and direct con '
Bui it is obvious that the object of this <lc- , sequences involud in (his angry controversy t
bate on (be part of Senators on the other mde. diminish ns we apmoacli them ; and how like i
is to make tlie impression in the country that | mountains on a p’uin do they loom up as «e I
wo hnv« not achieved victory on a fair ami full recede from Diem ' And how painful tho con- ’
di'CtiKsion uf Die main point at issue, und vidinn Dint Dine me those amongst us found I
thus revive Die sinking hopes of their follow in widelv-seiinrnud coninumilies. who talk '
oi g. | serio'i.-l y of bn a', mg up Dio Government for i
Mu W u>b, Will the gentleman allow me
to ask him one question ? lie is not so explic
it us I could wimi.
Mu Hmh.kk. The Senator can proceul.
Mu. Wapk. The gentleman lias just staled
thni he is for leaving the qmsiion of freedom
in the Territories to he decided by the people
of the Terriionea as they please. In the next
breath, he (ills us there is a eonsiiiuiinnal
question in he decided by I lie cnurlN I do
noCsUhderstaml how lie reconciles these two
ideas,':
Mh. Rici.ku, 1 did not raise a consliln
tioiml question. There is one, am) lei ii lie
decided lam claiming that the people have
that power.
Mu. Wadr. Then whv talk of devolving ii
on ihe courts ? Why ih it improper for on in
declare that wo mean to cieroiso the power if
we ham it ?
Mu. Iliof.KH. You ran raise tho question
«nd have it decided. As the Senator fiom
Ohio claims the entire power to be hi Congress,
ho must be perfectly Rulistled that tho entire
power has bam delegated to the people.
Sir, I cannot speak of the canvass in Indiana
or Illinois, for I was not in those States - but
of New Jersey and Pennsylvania I can speak,
ond in these. States I know that tho issues
were met boldly and’ broadly. In the whole
range of my observation and reading. I cannot
call*lo mind an Instance where a public anna
kcr or a Democratic newspaper demurrred to
the Democratic doctrine on the Slavery hues,
lion ns enunciated nt Cincinnati, Indeed, it
was tho beauty and’ fofoo of this broad don
trine that enabled the Democracy to withstand
the varied and potent elements of prejudice
and passion employed biTtho other side.
But. Mr. President, tho lion, Senators from
Ohio and Massachusetts are evidently unhappy,
because of the use of the term “free Kansas"
in connection with a Democratic meeting. I
hope it has not taken these Senators till now
to discover that the Democracy are tho ndvo
cates of real freedom in Kansas—that kind of
freedom which our fathers achieved in tho con
(iict with the forces of George 111- Wear©
for leaving the people of Kansas -free in make
their own institutions, and are, therefore, for.
free Kansas. Tho Republican parly, op Uio
' 1 • ! i’ I «><!•* •- ‘
—MAT IT ALWAYS 88. RIGHT— BDT_.fttpflT. OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY,”
“OUR COUNTRY—
CARLISLE, PA., TflUfiSMli JAMRV 8, 1857.
causes so insufficient
The (Inn. Senator from Maine, |Mr.
den.j whilst IniiKiiinip ami describing the pre
judicial lollm-mv of slavery upon tlm physical
improvement of (lie Siutcs were it exists upon
their growth m j■ j m i la i iim. commerce. trade,
amt ngnn.li me mmuktd ns follows;
■ | <lo Mi>i I.ink up.in Ins question as n qnes
ti-.n of S’lii.K The Stales #s noliticnl corpo
rniinns have no direct interest in 1 lie Terrilo
m-H Ido in>' iec. .gntze of Virginia.
op ihe Hmii! of T* xuh ns a Sialo, as having ,a
pur’ido nf mliri'i m ilium • nor ihu Sl«to of
Mumr imr the Smu* of MimxanlniKcUH. nor
Ni\v VorK imr nnv mill- free Smte li in a I
ijm-sii-in wi'li tin- fM-ojilr nf ihu United Siali-H ” I
Nmv. Mr IVrM'innt. if ihu sni(u*i in thuir I
rnr|inntti‘onrucii) have no intcroM m llicqncn |
linn of hl«u‘<>- m the TuMloriuH, llivn why '
docji llic Sunninr oiH Mimic who net with him.
instat that ihi* StnM'K *lmll Cunlml the'qucßtlon I their success ([inn tlio mere Inhibition o( slavery
ilmniuh ihe r**nnn-niniiu-hof ihrir sovereignty in tho Territories. They confidently antlcipa*
on .hit floor I I W.T Him ihc State a. Mich tl >" r "l ll,ul ~r "‘“J r "8 l(iv 1 ° ,lan ; Uw. besldoa
hnvc no ilim'l coiii'.-mi, and IhaMlu- people of tho Nocllon of oil lorrlloriM which ..kod for
Ihc Uiiii.nl Sin... who CO 10 tho Territories oro I into tH« Union an S ntoa with coitall.
im, un «i i i H rpft , nn f)inir , (ntions recognising slavery. But statesmen of
mewt uiicresied; ami f,rl *f !k p ,k" I 1 the Republican parly must necessarily shano
Hhnnli! be allowed lo uinmic they , tMr Hont i rm .„i B by (ho letter, if not by (he
will Imvo tlir niKMiniioo or not. The people a . } | r Q f j}, e Constitution. Tot, sir, a very
who cinignre 10 ibi* 1 emlonea arc not only proportion of the votes cast for tbclr can
the ni’iKt interested. but th**y are moat coinpc- ' ( j| ( j rtto f or ihu Presidency were mndo up of two
tent, nml bnu* ilie bunt right to decide. The e in Mo B ( rle i first, those who are looking to the
people of bin Stale and mine exorcised that abolition of slavery everywhere, and who hope
right..and why deny it tn tlm people ol those to consummate (bln work through the Uopubll-
Sintca wlm'tnnv go to the Territories? The cnnparfyi and this Is (bo class to, whom tho
Democrnev contend f'»r, but the Republicans Senator from Now York rMr. Seward) might
deny. ibis right. Thev nay’ that, Congress say, “ Slavery can and will bp abolished, and
shall prejudge and dt-cnle the question] that you nnd I will do It i” and to ryhioh tho Senator
those who are not in the Territories.vnusr bo from Ohio [Mr. TTudo] would glvo awmranco of
permitted lo control the decision. The power the prompt repeal of tho “Infamous fugitive
to shape iliin domra io institution In Kansas. •}*** ,aw *” Tho oth «»* class Is composed of
for Instance shall be found every when) else l»‘o«e who are actuated by motlyoaof sympathy
oxo.pt in ihc Territory ! Tin-Democracy ray fo , r ""> *•"> » f ‘'‘® wnltnppy A,(Vican-of Iho.o
that those Whp «o m Kansas ahail make its «'''n'i ry 1 ls ," *T'T g
instiinliotm : the ' ln f p "J!; (
to prop lo who tl.i i I KOJO ''“ [O" 11 ' Tim la;,dm. of that parly have thom.olvua boon
th ongh ih‘'ir UepnHiiiiallvosln 0< tigress shall vigilant and persevering to create those very
decide wheiher slavery shall fust thereof not. I and if they will havo the candor
that those who have no mlcrcst there, who oven now to turn around, and proclaim unmU
know nothing of the soil and olimnte. shall be that thev do not bold the views enter,
the unipirp. tallied v hy tlioso classes of. people, nor seek to
And here Is the vital issue hQtwcoq tho par* j remedy (bfTovlJs they complain of, my word for
. ties; this was the issue put and decided in the their ranks will very soon bo materially fhin
• tost contest for President. ThcSmalor has a ned, and those of the nltra-Aholilionista cnlarg
. right to claim much consideration for his su- e( * * n n like ratio. This done, and they will not
, perior intelligence, but I can scarcely believe CJ I!T y e . ORon States at the next election. They
that He is willing to claim for himself end his " ot ,ha " hava n.l»Bm.U<l p.eael.ers end
constituents superior judgment, patriotism, fsna'lea upon thou-suie, a. they l.ad ,a the re
and sovereignty over those enterprising and , lgg C r ". M i„ n s o( slavery is a favorite theme
hardy pioneers who hove gone into that new 0 , lho St ., mtnr from Ohio, l.ut he ha, not, to
country to fell the forest, cultivate the soil, to n ,y knowledge, Mr. President, nt any time, spe
dovelop its nntnroi resources, advance the arts cifically defined what ho means hv lho phrase,
of peace, the ends of civilization, and finally. | I am no t willing to submit to any aggression
and Very shortly, lo add another member to : from slavery, or the slave States, "or the si,ive
onr happy confide aby. The Senator con* j holding people; and if the Senator will point
cedes the light of the people of a Territory 1 out aggressions on the part of either. 1 may
just as wise ns those of a Slate ? Whv should pos-ihh Join him in resisting and repelling them,
they enjoy a less measure of soveueign't y ? fs But 1 can discover, as yet, none of their conse.
the sovereign*}'’ reserved from the United States quences. In what do those aggressions consist f
Government lo the people not ns good for a what department of Government are they to
citizen nf a Territory oa for him who resides in be loun<i „' The reverse of aggression is obvi
a State ? Is not the political sfaftis of the lot- T lO al ■ Th “ eonln.h.ng power which the
tor eqnnl in every particular to that of the “ laTe onco Possessed in ail departments
, • I mi . . has passed away, ana. J think, forever. When
former? Most certainly. Then why no per- the C.nslltiitlon was Iran,ed, and the Union se
nnt the power which all agree l» conclusive ,he slavelioldlng .Slates had the control
n a Slateto operate in a Territory? Thus it D f all branches of the Government. Now they
is seen the guardians.up which the Senator control none. Then there was eleven slave
j would act up can. at most, only exist during . holding States and one non-slavehobling. Now
, the Territorial probation of a Stale. So soon as | there arc sixteen free and fifteen slave Slates.
, thcpDoplebecomeoSiaic. congressional shackles j with six or seven Territories to come in as free
I will lie severed. What I mean is this: that' States; then wo shall have twenty-two free
the people, when a State, will have the right States and fifteen slave States, Kansas disput.
,to change the local laws and policy as often j °d, and with the right hi Texas of making two
as they please and no power on earth can in-j ,lv ° States. Surely there is nothing in this
; lerferc. Should Kansas come into the Union ' P icturc to alarm the Senator fmm Ohio ;as an
I ns a free State, it will he perfectly competent ‘••lenient of political power he certainly does not
for the people afterwards lo establish slavery. ** ear ’ l ; , u°rfhern States have an ascend,
and rice ver-a J enc . v in both branches of Congress, and the
| Thu, it is seen that ihi. absorbing and angry al " , ' l " r “ l
controversy. whirl, at titms menace c r !S v o' IV,
iiw. . f.L . e i r L-ertnmly not. it lien our independence was
hr pence of the country, if nnt the exist, nee of c .„ n |,|„|„. d . „, t . S „,„. s nnr „, of „ rd Dtl .
heOovcrmncnt. ~ qntl. to ns prae- I „„■» 11,,... hv ,l„. Senator from Ala
licnl ilhcts. If the rule of d t.y pop,, I,(Mr, Clay,] in'lil, speech made during
lar will he a slavery rule ay » Uo >d hv some. | (he hist winter.) posse-sod an area of l.nt one !
how are we lo get clear of it , It makes the hundred and sixty-four thousand square miles.
very foundation of nor whole Repul.lman sys : and those south of the same line an orna ol six
tom :it m derlies tl c institution* of t ach and hundred and forty-seven thousand square miles,
all nf the Siaies • it is t.>e very eiwenco of true | Now. the slavehohting States possess an area ol
Republicanism : it is neither more nor less than «>ght hundred and eighty-two thousand square
self government. j miles, and the free States, with the Territories
| But, Mr. Presidi n’. T deny that it is a poli- i ' n, *vitahlj to become treoSlafes.au erea of fiver
cv or rule to favor the extension of slavery ! on |-‘ million seven hundred thousand sqmn
• Those who make the allegation know hotter. ' ™ I T Ss » ro, y‘he Senator and hia pnrtv cannot
The vast vntigraiini, to the Tetrilonea from t , ” al “"" c " 1 “> sa cl, WeMloi, as title. And yet
the Northern Stales, a,.Blamed by a constant r',X 'X.WtXrTi''"," TV o""'!?'’' I',’*
, • r .I iruitlul Biinjccts of discussion lor the uemibh
accession from all porta of the world cannot c .u. party dimag the cm. prlgn. '
favor the prop,.gal,on of slavery Whv, the The fugitive slave law a another. The law
i senator from Maine has told ns whai we know was talked of. even hv men ol position In socle
jto be true, that the owners of slaves in the . ly. an though It had no constitutional nnthorify
United Slates do not number half a million : —as though It were the mere net of Congress
I whilst th«*e who have no slaves count not les-» ami that by its agency alone slaves were re
limn twentv five} millions How. then. I claimed. They know better, Mr President. -
] would ask. the five hundred thousand lo n- , They knew thirt the law on tins subject Is noth
■ vnl ihe Iwenly-llvt uulliniis in ihcoccupution ol . ing—the ('(institution everything. The law
the Territory to *.nv nothing of emigrants K‘ VI ' S no man the right lo his fugitive slave—,
from other cf uo vi> s who come licie almost in- Constitution lias done this, and the Sn.
I variably with mrnng prejudices against negro /1,1,rf °f the United States has so deeid
slavery ? The idea i.s pi-epostrmns The ac-I fld 1 “" d ,. ,hw I ,rtW is , hnt nf
J ritaal i.iu has Itrvit ma« to subserve partisan ''t"' ? ''"fT
fends, and nut I,.cause the vtttrusiou of slavery '“JiX, “„ m '‘7 If “‘"'"t r..,n-r1«,.1.0n !
1 f , f,i - i .i • > r i anrt who reject anr portion of that insim
, was feared, fur one. Ithmk this mode of ml- ment repudiate all its blessings. The Senator
J.lstu.vnt a safe. wise, and Just one It re- from Ohio has nut hesitated lo dn tlda. and vet
spiels I tie constitutional rights of the icople he claims, I believe, to ban f, lend ~f It, r Union
of the S mlb, whilst it imposes no rest nm ion* Senators representing Stateh the Uegisladires of
upon the judgment and tedings of those of which have taken distinct gn un i against the ex
thc North. It will at no veiy distant day re eention of this isiw, say they are for the Union
• Uuve foom the dangiVmus contro and the constlnuional rights of all tho States,
ytwy. K > .'r *v Now, jyofl.npt pda conatitutlonal provision one
I shnli not charge that the Republican spen* Uio compacts of the U;don7 \yna it apt.one
Item and wriiers did, not come up to ihcir the cnmpninifses of the Constitution ? 'Cpr
/ fot-m. I: allege vnnd |)ie /acts proves B u - aa j iond no man has a : fulp claim to
f Ihe nllfgmlon. ,A» lo hu.siilify to slavery, ,r K‘''dfihJp, for cfthor whowlU.not savfhnt if Is I
Ihhy ndt tmlycnnic'bp to’but went Tar hevoml *° l bo / tt hifO,dy-exeoiitcd,, Tbo denunoiaiion of
it. The pres*.* i lie- pulpit, and ihe W'r-im thls< ono of the pbfenf means of i|.o
in the interests ol Ibis parlv in the North, vm ' :am l’ ,,l K"' ""e'l Mr, Frrsaontb. vnf... rr„w
U-l al.tl.d ,In,,,,,,'sunns aqaius, tb,. |„ s ,| I “ “ s ";-™ " na ' ["i 01 '' 0 a "' l »>»'-■ free In
| l.iui.n »limner l,„.,„l Its pr,j,„1„.,„l elbcs , ’,|J" 3 1,1 11 1 l “ ,v 0 lo °" R ' rs to de
' T'T'' r""' r ', 1 ' •"> nut ai.b la bcisunderstand. I „n,
I nggnss.ims „»„s„rpnn..„s and „„t „itl, ur ns the •ivorsle ol «l„-
„ppr™s,n„s and , lie I,„r,Maps endared t.y ,l,e very the defender ol the S„„tl, |
I p„„r Aft in,i,■ were ll„ ,r nmslnni ami fsvnnie l l„ Mml.eate Itulury, ,„,d p.ir„e„l',rlv t|„. I.t.te.rv
1 1 bemeK. And ft is idle fm Semi mis to pietend |of the late presidential conh wluclt tins been
■ llmi lhe aigmmrns of tin- Hi publicans wen l «o unfairly referred to. I <l«> -nl -b-.ifi> nor
1 (-Miillm-d 1,, ihr mere question of the extension have 1 ever songhl, the extenalo* of slavery;
•if Mlnvtry into the Terntorie* or that the and heartily do I concur with the Senator fn-m
rigli'H of ihe institution where it now exist* South Carolina. ( Mr. Butler,! when he said the
were spoken nf in terms of even ihe coldest tol ottn-r day, “I do not mint the extension of ala.
oration. K was diKcussisl m usChriHimn as 1
[reel ; and almost universally in such manner , M, rr, , ' T h RR * 1 | ,O K ,rt understood correct
a* lo excite the billot cut umudtci* against it ly ' 1 ho,r ‘ ,m aske.l mo how ihe
n„d the Slates where it existed J,, st «„ c |, ™ r ‘‘ " l,ch 1 "•“» lo •'"nslriicd I I
sentiments were uttered ss were hest enl-.tla ~ n H ,l', n “J I 1 lw " ,lw ".v i m''lin
,.d t„ nliennlc t he fe.ltugs of the people „f one
■ c ion of the Ln,on from I ose of another indlllerottcy. I said, lei the Institution go where
I, does not biernte llumi. Hen. to complain It would, I would not attempt here either tol
Umi the I)»mocrafic parly did not meet the restrain or extend It.
Issues They made fur more by fanning lho Mr. Bioler. I think that is the substance of]
unholy flames of passion and prejudice, and hy the quotation I was about to road. The Sena,
invectives on transiently occurring events in (of from South Carolina remarked :
Knn-.as. and personal difiiculriea between mem- “1 do not.wunl the extension of »hvery; I
birs of Congress, winch had necessary conncc have never contended for it. If I had (tie rigid
tion with i lie real issues, than we could possi- ' 0,0 lo e * (t - ,fl d ft by act of Congress. I would
hlv have gamed by evasion, had we so desjr- ""dcrlako to do so; 1 wouM leave that to
id- We met .he issues, ana we met them f Jj,?, 0 o/ Bmae who aoltlo the new common
fairly ami lo aiiest die truth of this and that 'Sit, l . B i ~ , , ...
whial. I havo asscrU'd against the Opposition, „ ,'“ V ° 7" ,' 1 ™ '"l" 11 "' 0
■ I. , , , M Democratic parlv con ended or. Tie Senator
I could pro,luv S|„ss=l,™ and newspaper wn- n ,„ MI Mr Kl|l>k ,„ , lln(1(lnil „ nd
lings alums l altltonl number: but I nn.g.nc c x,,re B .ed II,„ .amt, .enlimenl, I. than, not an
„ ,s itmustes-siiry l„ oDvr them hero. Ihnrlly enaugl, Imre, sir. to .how llmt lho eilen
Wtio, I Mould iinli. uvei heard a Republican
speaker upon rtie stump ttMnju*ring his denun
riuiloiiH against slavery l»> expressing Ids regard
tor ibo constitutional rights ol the slareholding
States, or (or lliu toolings of thosu who hold
slaves I Some may have dono it, hut I hud not
tin* pleasure of hearing (hem. It Is true that,
alien driven to Ihu null, thoy would admit tho
right of the Slates to barn ntich an institution,
hut (ho admission nas so mado ns to gonuially
leave (he impression that In snmo way or other,
(h£insHt(iiion "ns to bo everywhere abolished
through Um agency of thu Republican party. —
- lU'DUbnv... .
Senators may uuallfy uml explain, and lay claim
to entire loyalty to the Constitution ami tho
Uni.m—llujy may discard Garrison, Phillips,
Spooner. and nil of that school of disunionlsts,
as much as they please—hut no man in IJjo
North could fail to discover (hat a considerable
portion of (hu Opposition wore Iml to believe
that something more was to bo accomplished by
AT $2,00 PBK ANNUM.
slon of slavery by the agency ami power of the
Government, id untrue 7
I <lo not agree nor do 1 sympathise with much
that Is said at the South on the subjccl of sla
very.
1 have read articles from Iho Roulhsido De
niocral, the Now Orleans Delta, the Cluirlestnn
Standard, and other Southern papers, on the
subject of labor, comparing white with black
labor, from which I entirely dissent. I hnv« no
sympathy with the Barnwell libett school of po
lities In the South, who talk so Incessantly and
so flippantly of a dissolution of Iho Union, as
though it >iad cost otir fathers nothing, mid Its
absolution would remedy a single one of the
evils complained ofj and I certainly liavo no
respect for the suggestion of (Thvernor Adams,
of Solid) Carolina, that the slave Irado shnll In*
recommenced. I condemn, discard, and ropu
dial© fho fatal suggestion j and I am gratified
to believe (hat southern statesmen and the
southern people will do the sumo thing. I have,
however, an admiration for that class o( smith,
orn statesmen who declare distinctly and em
phatically that they can only remain In the Un
ion as equals.
Thoro Is another class of political phlloso.
phors, widely separated from those of whom I
havo Just been speaking, for whoso opinions I
have. If possible, still less respect. I refer fo
Garrison, Wondoll Phillips, Theodore Parker.
Henry 0. Wright. Gorrlt Smith. Spooner, and
similar fanatics, who, in attempting illegally to
abolish slavery in the Ststeswhero It now exist*,
would dissolve the Union and aggravate the
evils (hoy lament. Although in the main these
men acted with (ho Republican party In the late
canvass, yet I am not unehnritahto enough to
hold iho moss of that party accountable fbr the
monstrous sentiments of (hose traitors to our
beloved institutions. And with the madcaps nf
iho South J wnn'd throw overboard those fsna.
tics of thn Knit, and take core of the country
without the aid. of either.
Mr. President, I have boon forced to speak
of (ho bad fooling entertained by a class of poo.
plo In the North towards thn people'of the
South, and of another class In the South to
wards tlio people of (tie Norths and the task has
been by no moans n pleasant one. T hdve no
sympathy with (hat crimination and roorlmina*
,t|on which lif, on calculated to estrange those
who, should ho friends and .brethren. The pen
pie whom | represent In'part upon tills floor;
silion who would pres# their opinions tcTtft
dissolution of the Union? but, so far M ?fOA>
svlvdnlo is concerned, Isay, with pleasure, <frf|
thu nmafl of .tho Opposition, would,V.thoy deea
etl the danger'.lmroioenf,‘rise,’flrco'ftota'
slmcUcs of their leaders, to stand by their cquic
try. The DcrabcraCjf ofedhnitdpQri.tMQaw
llV?’, ?° Pennsylvania.,they,have-tip affection
winch is coextensive with all oar people,'abd
with all the States-of tho 'H®P
creed embraces tho Sonth a# well as the Norths
; She has been, and sbe over will bo, Jusf tonll fJ
Among tho first to adopt, she will he the lost to
disregard, tho covenants of the Constitution
and tho Union. Ilerpeople rcmcmberwetlboirr
wo came to bo united, and how the Union has
been maintained. Wo do not forget that when
our independence was declared, southern and
northern men counseled together; that the Con*'
stitution was tho joint production of th© patri
otism nod intellect of both flections; and that
(upon every battio-fleld men of tho South and
men of (ho North stood or fell together under
thu resplendent banner of the nation—that they
did so In the war of 1812, and in the war with
Mexico. Arc not (ho events of the. latter war
fresh ifl our memory ? i)o we not recollect that
■may donn uopn (he Rio Grande, and at fiaena
Vista, the sturdy volunteers of the North and
oi the South, undiTa southern general,gained
immortal victories over a hoslilu .enemy? Wo
do . ami wo remembcr. too, tbat upon the shores
of the GnK of Mexico, wending tbflir way to
the cu.\ i.t ihe Jlonteznnms, to vindicate the,
honor ami dignity of their country, wcmfbnod.
together the Pennsylvania voltfgeur pnd‘ thtf
Palmetto volunteer, under a northera'genehkfc
Wc of Penns) Ivania are for a (Yatcrnitflfef
States, and oi the people of tho Statea;<*R|l
that Wc are—all that we have been—webWC'to
the Union. It is our hope in the future. SncV
is the feeling oi PeiniHjivanln.
NO, 30.
I would not bo vain of my State, but I most
confess, that when I heatd a prominent pubUo
man say (tic oilier day. “ Pennsylvania Is the
hentt of Iho Republic,” my pride was excited.
Il (lie sentiment he true, then, sir, the hody.po--
litic w’ll be healthful. Every limb will be .in
vigorated. That heart will pulsate only in uni
son with the best interests and happiness of the
people of every section. Thovital strength will
l>o distributed ulikp to every part, and disease,
will hopelessly assail wli.it must be so paro and
healthful. Neither fanaticism nor Hilibosterism
can make any impression upon that good old f
Commonwealth. The storm of faction may*
rage, but she will come out of U more erect in
her noble patriotism than ever. The more ter-,
tlblo the trial the closer will her people cling to
the Constitution, the ark of our common safety. 1
Central in her geographical position, and still
more so 1 hope in the confidence and affection
of her sister States, and equally so ns to the
sources of that spirit of discontent which at
limes would seem fo menace the existence of
the Government, she mnj best perform tlio high
office of Ket stone of the Federal arch. I be
lieve she will perform it should the crisis come,
and flint, though the controversy between (be
North and South, so much lamented by all pa
triots, nmy go on foi centuries, she will rualo
tiin her integrity to the Union, and be found
landing, like some impassable isthmus between
two heaving seas, defiantly resisting the biller
waves of discontent, whether they dash against
her northern or her southern side.
Among the innumerable anecdotes related of
the niln of persons at play, there is one worth
relating, which refers to n Mr. Porter, a gentle,
man, who, in the reign of Queen Anno, posses
sed ono of the best estates in Northumberland,
the whole ot which lie lust at hazard, in twelve
months- According lu (be story told of this
madman—lor wo will cad him nothing else—
when he bad jtJfit completed the loss of his last
acre, at a gambling bouse in London, and was
proceeding down the stairs to throw himself in
to u carriage to convey him humo to his house
In town, he n solved upon having one more throw
to try to retrieve Ids losses, and immediately
returned to the room where the play was going
on. Nerved tor the worst that might happen,
he insisted timt the person lie bad been playing;
with should give him one chance of recovery*
or light with him. His proposition was this;’
that his carriage and horses, the trinkets anti
loose money in ids pockets, hls town house,
plate, and furniture—in short, all he hod lell-in
the world, should bo valued in k lump at a cer
tain sunii and bo thrown at a single east. No-'
persuasions could prevail on him to depart from
his purpose., Jlu threw, and lost; then.con-,
ducting (ho winner fo' the door, he told “fhq
I coachman there was hls mssturpaod’ '
forth into the dark and diaimU streets* without *
house or homo, or any ono crcdifal»l«wnoans.'ol;
support. Thus boggard. h« retired to an.ob
scure lodging in a cheap part of the town, tujK- '
slsting partly on chairlty, sometimes acting as"
the murker ai a billiard table, and occasionally
as a helper in a livery stable. In this misera
ble condition, with nakedness and famine star
ing Idm in the face, exposed to the taunts and
insults ol those whom he had once supported,
he "as recognised by an old friend, who gave
him ten guineas to putebase necessaries. Qo
expended five in pi ocuring decent apparel; with
•he remaining tiv,- he repaired to a common
g uning bouse, and increased them to fifty! lie
t «□ adjourned to one ot the higher order Of
bouses, sat down with dormer associates, and
won twenty thousand pounds. Reluming the
next night, be lost it all was once more pennl.
less, and alter .subsisting many yours in abject
penury, died a rapped beggar in Saint Giles's.
Now and Torn. —The sumptuous salaries
mid to ministers of the gospel now contrast
trangely wuh those of the olden times. Mr.
Goodrich. Peter Parley.' in his Recollections of
a Lifetime, jusi published si a leg that his fath
r. a Connecticut clergyman of the Congrega
tional persuasion, brought up and educated a
fnmilv of 8 children on a salary of $4OO a year,
and left at his death, 'an estate of 54.000 ' He
did not only do this, bin his house was a kind
of elemoNyunry uvim for travelling clergy
men.
BtT” A Juror’s name was railed by the clerk.
The man advanced to the Judges desk, aud
••aid ;
•Judge. T should hke to he excused.'
It is impossible,'said the Judge, decided
•Rut. Judge, Ifyou knew my reasons.'
•Well, sir. irhai are they?’
'Why, the fact is,’ and the man
paused.
•Well, sir, proceed 'continued the Judge.
‘Well. Judge, if I must say it. I have got the
The Judge, who was a very sol»cr man, B«l
-mnly and impressively exclaimed-^
•Clerk. scratch that man out 1’
\rr The strongest symptom of wisdom In
ian, is hi* being seuaiMc of his own lollira.
i Ty~ Fueling guides ns when the sky is clear.
i 1 icason holds th l rudder when the sky is
iTT* It is with ceruiu good qualities as with
»• senses—those who areeniinly deprived of
urn can neither appreciate nor comprehend
(O 51 “Little boys should be seen and not
heard,” as the boy-said when ho could not re
_ch« bin lesson.
OtT" Ncrcr giro your old and tried friends
online to think you have slighted them. An <
old friend is north tjro new ones.
0“ Would you nay that a lady Is •• dressed
loud," who ia covert*! all over with bugles? -
A Sea Gull—An unsuspcdtingjolly salor
i the hands of sharpers. ‘ ' 1 ’
EC?“ Sambo, do you sposc d?ro angeUr.of ,
color ?
Yes, you great fool, wher’fl tfc Prince Of
Darknc&a. . , ,
(O* Bad words. like bogus shillings arc of
ten brought home to the person;
they tuned- , , , n ; ~l u
fTT'Soliiu-i ww. a — To'shdi ep‘& ! by ■«
ip ellm- amt give ~.u. .ret access .elh©DiO• ,
Lsbhjs cask. " lv»
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