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New Hngland with her try fangs,
t.liaWtratih'd In maniac gloe,
)'r bimn Mil and glootof roflia
Henerteil Itt thoa, ' ' '' " 1
It cl-itehing now vitb fieadith pride, ,
And burying in tier emu,
yt.i esllh the tears hyena like. ' ,
I'rom out the nation's graves
Hoc canting tool, i-f Stauluu' ptr.
Arrayed in lacrod guif.
ljaa fansed tbe thus nt hell born etrife
'Till leaping to the ekie.
The conflagration sweeps nlnng
t'onfnmiiij in tie wrath.
The mil bn lei by brave deceit
To battle in it path.
And IWJ rWberii bra
I oiuce friegbtad to the Karlti.
Willi tbe .lying p-i,t:i f tbouranda,
To greft lb" widow's hearth
W l.cn orphari alone dependent,
lleneatb in angry nky
tr lft it!i "chanty" toUrte
To eutfer and to din
When inn from avert dwelling,
Mined in 'ha.r grae,
ia Souilifrn bills and Wmtern plaim1
Along Potomac's wave
When vulturtu stalk tbru'uut tbe land,
And cent their prey afar,
Heboid ihe fiend, incarnate aniilc,
And wge reli-nllee ur
1 houtf Christian minielr.,
W ho, like tbe 'ric of Voce,
Prenth kindness love, (court will to man
rir labois ne'er should caaae ;
7 nr light should sbina thro'oul the rarth,
I'.iikiudlcd in the air,
Till darkness fades bensalb ill rays,
A ud trutb m every "bore,
lint more than might that crawls below,
Or trillion 'P the UiiT'i ,
l't)ntr, allior, detest tin- man
l ho fbi Id bin crime for hire,
ly clunking in H'.rrod garo
His onr.'n. putrid. soro,
Th'ti cu'"'i "' "f
fur muni.,-, Uul, und mar .'
'ulotiI It ttrikfli m tlinl tvcn ballot
bo xm, light thpy Are, con 1 1 be put to
. better uio townTiN cnuhing the rnhollioo,
, thuti mre nir proolnmntionit, which re
ivn'lri o potent by the gpniloniaa
nil thn Kbo-e tiiibJirtfr he tloinif.
IVilloi Imixm RotiM nt lcB.t lie llunpatft
Ifidirl, wltiln th (inly e to which ft paper
; procIdtiiHtion vduIJ be put wouM bo to
ctivcr a bullet : nii't it witttlJ bo acarrnly
, p iioiigh fif flint purpose. Hut, Mr.
(Seiikr, I trill not, consume the time of
'(lie lioiMe i'V ffniiig I'urtht-r notioo to a
'xubjiHtt Hhtr-h i o well uniloritooil. I
Hunk, .von t y the ohtuno mind or the
J fiiilotii'iti from Huntingdon, nottvithntin
; iliii Lis .liationet effort to it n ililler
lunt applioalion trmn thft which it prop
'orly Inf. In tlHtnifing this subjoct for
! the prt'Miit I hav no deitiro to disgu'so
jtny contonipi for the niftti who resorts to
I such silly subterfuge fortho purpose of
, ir.;iktm! nut n c;if
i Fjt
: tilt'
the 4'iitirc b:irdin of his ong it tht the
ipntvd by the laat Congress the autnliui
tion of a military nnmarohy for a republb
can form of govornment a ttohetne that
mutt remit in tho loan of the liberties of
the whole people of ihene Unittd . Slates.
Hut il we ate to t:liovo tbe gentleman
from Huntingdon, ne must plunge into
all theso horrors and critnos tigninut free
iiovcrnuient, fotfuit each miin's plighted
luilb, reoist the peaceful execution of tire
civil lawn of the Innd engage in riot and
outrage, break the Constitution, Jiteolve
tho Union, and embark itill further in
servile and civil war, in ' obedieneo to "a
law higher than the Constitution !" '
Now, air, will the gontlem.m from iluu
tingdnn. or any other pontl'ininn on the
other nido, tell me where re can tin J a
record ot this "hiiiber law ?" If this be
true, then every member of thin House or
ot tins community, or ol uny other com
munity, however pervoi't4 l his judgment,
however limited his knowledge und expo'
Mr. Speaker, I come to thiit juvrt of jrienee, however Highly and unbuianood
pen i lemiti ! umeniauon" wnerein i anu Tinuieiivo nis general cnaraett-i- iuhj
be, is tn get un ihe ahstird contiiiHions 01
t.M'.l'.CII
' THOMAS JEFFERSON BOYER.
D PUI KI VTATIVK rilOW
Chrtrrl'M, .Uf-rnn, .Wean t'ii I'll:. Jlrlivtral
r. I hi A' "' Jiri'f"-""1'''": -V"' " Jv,,;b
1. ,il R't'iinli 'it 01 ' Matt iht cnanf'f .
i Mr. K"ver nid : ...
t Mr. Stiiitit: When I came into tin
t.ill tlii itHernooii 1 did not Dunk that it
,,. bi-eottio nei-e-tMiry lor me to claim
f!,,- all ntinn of thn lloute and occupy
a, iv inn .f the tiiuu which fIicuI.I, j'er-
i,. I..e tlovoieu id ins "a-ui t
' , . i 1....I ji i i i. ,n fC a iliflt.ri-nt
iCK H" n.it ti-''"-" "
i.inn'I'T to alien I to, J.ul tue miom
or4i ill-'.iined and imatical peeeh er
h priitleinnn iium u j.i,.-e-.v,. (
Jjl.-nvd-en tinkes it tieeesHury for mo lo
L-i-.ii I rrom my u.-uully silent course here
i tl f, -sion, and a-k the indulgence, of the
JIimjt while 1 attempt u- extn-Mto this
ubi..et i'rom tho chaos into which my
,,nmhle r. ieud trom Huntingdw has in
tolvcd U. IT in thi I Miall. after
the nuii.n.M of men. be compelled to fight
nuh beast at Kphi-sus witii dogs nt Co
ftai.tinople and pu-e .lohn Hrownism in
II,.. ball, lei not the Kcralches, tha mud,
th Mini nd ihe hIivh winch i brought
v- from tho rvnllict, be othorwiso regar
d'.J i liati a.i ti..' insignia of aervsce ins
h..lv c?ih(. I. iko Cervantes with luuerip-
han 1, mn-lo eaeroil ny uie giououa
..f I.cpAtilrt, '. i-liall, luougnroni
I . . . .i. ri.n
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t-.i ,,.,11 ih-liutcd h)
r.., tl. n.nn. toire my uuwilling tongue to
.i -i.-k.-ivof nolitics, a ho d t
...l... ...I .luvalrv. out of tho
H, .rid : and while 1 eheeilull) accept the
. i . .t. f,,.ht nt' the tetilleman from
lli Ir.tins'ton, we have lesolved here that
If no fnd it must be iih uir ficos to tlie
. n, HHiitleiiuu Tioiu lrutUinsdon, il he
I t. ,,oi m.sapl'ieheudod tho question.
i ... . ton-ctLcn iu a creat tnctMire
I"ih c.-u.-tesv dun to co-uiotuhers of a dn
lil.tr.itive bvly in a discussion of this
bind; end he has Cfpcciidly luisnppro
lienrbtd. either by deaig-i or ignoiancc, the
iii.ui.ing .f thctighth tesoluiion whiciua
the only one that a t peart 10 claim his
attention, and over which he mourns in a
most woeful rtrain. .Sir, I will not be so
iinUimliJ lobellcvo that the ger.tlemsn
dors not uiiderstati 1 the purport of this
... -uii. rUa.-.hiLion : but the resolutions in
ihemlv Rie so unobjectionable that it
boeamo neaei"ry for him to torture ll.t-ra
icto a wrong appiicaii'u in ...
l,,m aitine.iiing to pi-wvo ovor in true
w,Hng dooille" style. No, sir, he well
: knew i lint the resolution bus no lou'rence
.... the wicked oulrago. of th rebels but
,,t refers loathe itUoleiabla and cruel en -t
i 1. nf ht National adminiMra-
jlramer" and friends of theso restitutions hi own weak nay, the corrupt impulses
nave net one w oruoi cneer inr ins
I ministration not one pledge of support
I not one sign of approval of his pets in
j thrtir war and political fiolicy. Now, Mr.
(Speaker, I profess not to apeak for the
Democracy of -this House i I am not their
exponent J epeak for myself and my con
stituents, to whom alono I am responsible
for my acts and sentiments. I have no
desire to disguise tho fact that for at leus,t
eight months I have had no sympathy
with the administration at Washington.
I hive condemned ii to:o nil the important
.... t ! rl'l
measures ol that administration' iocy
hsve generally been unwise, unjust,
w icked, cuel and unconstitutional, ten,
ling to a centralization of power and
looking toward despotism. They have
had for their object '.ho dosiruntion of
eerv right which the Constitution guar
aniees :o every etti.en, and are no doubt
intended to dissolve this Union and erect
its ui ins a military despotism under
the intliieme o! Northern Abolitionists.
I'lic lrcnt'cman in his zeal to traduce
n
the Democratic party; appears to torgel
ihut when this war commenced the Dein
oeiatio pai ty with signal unanimity, rushed
to tho standard ol tna government, auu
ilthough they knew that this war was the
direct result of the pernicious docfines
of the party in power, yet with more for'
hearance und mugnatuiniiy man n as ever
before show n by any political party to
wards its opponents forgetting all party
thev rushed to the suppott of the old
flag. Mid lesolved with their lives to ties
lend it to tho lal, HO manor wnoso ioj
brought it into d inger, and invited the
insult to it ; nor did they relax in tlieir
letermination to preserve it or regret
their patriotic action, when in .luiy mis
Ion ing they received from the adminis
tration the assuiance embodied in the fol
lowing resolution :
That the present deplorable civtl wat
has boon (oreod uf.on tho country by the
liiuuniouihts of tho .Southern States now
.......a i. ntt t he coniiuuiionai gov
ern men l, and in arms around the Capital ;
that in this national emergency, Congress,
banishing
resentment.
semble to form from their slime an tn take the workers of evil, pity may perhaps
e.rustiilion called the 'adder's stone,' which rolent and hearken to tho cry, and give a
receives its crowning beauty by the liing'cont to the modern representatives of
of the addors passing through and leaving ' fallen greatness, as ono of old beggod,
upon iv traonof all iu shining beauty. j saying, while exhibiting hit torn purple,
Happy Is the shepherd who at a safe i.,xololumpauper Brluano."
t mee beholds the operation, Bnd then j ' And here, perhaps, I ought to stop ; yet
with great courage steps hi and secure I cannot forbear to expose the miserable
the prize. He is henceforth held in the inconsistency of one who will abuse an
highest estimation as possessing an esti-1 humble servant of the Loid because, for
million as possessing an anlidols against sooth, he will not believe with him in his
deadly pouon. Hut, sir, he does not ob political creed. Tbe gentleman from Hun
tain bis treasure without some risk of be
ing pursued by the whole venomous brood,
in whioh ease he is compelled to safety in
flight and if he dMs ni throw some ef
his garments to the enraged adders to di
vert their attention, they cease not their
pursuit till they have obtained their lost
troasur or the body of their plunder. The
Democratic party, with its zeal for tho
welfare of tho country, ttnd for tho prwer
tingdon belongs lo a party which was
made by fiends incarnate, who pretended
to preach the gospel in Mew York and
XeW Kn(;lan.lt onri Hka ktlivv 4l l
Constitution is "a covenant with death
and an agreement nitu hell," and who,
more than all others, are responsible for
this cruel and unholy war. Tbey have
for years descended to make common
caube with those who have published tho
of his own bad passions against tho laws
of the land, thn order of society and tho
good of tho public. IfthU be true, then
all engftzeinonts and obligations between
man nr.d man, or man anil woman all
that isdear in tights or valuable in posses,
sion will become the sport of chance in the
universal lawlessness of society, until the
sword of some undaunted and determined
soldier shall have int n-posod to redeem
our country from anarchy and roafusion.
1 ho gentleman has leelingly appealed
to God, and belore him ho arraigns us,aijd
eomm.md&us to obev his earthly master.
What doos such obedionco Uotnmd. t To
harrass, to obstrucf, to wound, to murder
civil officers while in tho disohargo of
their boumlon duty to p'ovoko assassU
nation to encourago the massacre of one
race of men by another lo fill society
with mutual rago, resentment and nil
foarful and violonl e motions 10 substitute
wrath for love to convert friends into
enemies to place arms in men's bunds,
Rfter having inflamed their passions and
filled their hearts with deadly hato lo
plunge the country still further into war
to heap scorn and contempt ou the
name of Washington and oilier honored
men of the Uevolvtion to depreciate, to
vat ion of tho Government in its oiiisina' gotpul ministry of the country as a broth
purity and dignity, was compelled to yield - erhood of thieve, by whom the couamut
to fanatacism in the administjution of the nity have been urged to trample on tho
government w hich it had for nearly threo , laws and to crush the Constitution of their
quarters ol a ceutnry kept steadily in the , country under toot. Ieed l say that 1
path of unp.tralolled prosperity and great
n ess-
Hut, eir.the Democratic party has to-day
no true member who, however much ho
deplores and laments tho suffering condi
tion of Lhes;ountry under its present false
rulo, would not rather sutler adversity
than wear tho unenviable honor which
theso traitors to the Constitution, lo law,
to liberty and to Uod may now be wearing.
It was ox peotod, sir, that wheo these reso
lutions should bo brought in here and
oll'erod nt an antidote against the deadly
poison of tho opposition, tho whole brood
would hiss ami rage as they have not hissed
and raged for many o day before, but I
hud no idea that we should be attacked
by all the slimy brothers of tbe blacksnake
iribe.lhreateningus with the fate of anoth
er I.aoooon, who was strangled before the
altar whilo warning tbe Trojans against
the wilos ot the lireeks.
Mr. Speaker, and members of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, (which, thank
God, is jot free,) what an important trust
is that committed to you ! That our ru
lers have become wickedly corrupt - that
a reform is needed none dare deny.
Judging from the signs of tho times as
exhibited four months, it is my deliberate
villi Ty, and labor lo unloose tho bonds of opinion that tho structure or our governs
mutual interest and common duty which ment is being undetermined ; tnai jumico,
should hold tooethcr-tho Slates of this law, c-rder and religion are being hooted
Union to despoil us of our common her-'at. Is it not time, then, that scenes like
Itage of historical traditions, of respect for) IhcsS, disereditublo to the age, and lo our
our fathers, of glorious recollections of the j free institutions, should ceaso? Is there
past, of pr.de in the fame of America to. not honesty, and decency, and power
in ike of this once creat, unppy u. aiaics eimugn to ntui.itr iriuereis noi, men
Golgotha a thing to shudder at and dos
pise, like that awful beacon in the path
way of nations, the wretched, negro em.
pire in the island of St. Domingo. Are
these the commands of patriotism ? I say,
away with them ! Away with this itisano,
self-conceited, presumptuous impiety and
impolicy, which cloaks its ignorance and
oil" under the ridiculous pretence of be
ing'the holy command of pure patriotism.
The position of the learned gentleman
finm Huntingdon is utterly false. I deny
will lead to
allude to tbe Iteechers, tho Cheovers, the
Chapins, and tho whole rascally brood of
t lose who, 6unday after aunday, preach
nothing but insubordination to law and
disobedience to God ? Yo, Mr. Speaker,
they ure the founders of Abolitionism and
tho beings from whom the gentleman from
Huntingdon has learned his creed.
We should look at this subject as stew
ards of the great gifts bequeathed tuns
by our forefathers. If there are dangers
abroad, tbey threaten tho whole comtnus
nity alike. That there is an evil in our
borders, a great and pel haps an increasing
evil one which we must unite in check
ing or removing, if removal or check be
possible I? well known to us all. I mean
the Pandora's box of Northern fanaticism,
uncovered by tho gentleman whopreced.
ed inn. It it imporisible that we can bo
deceived on this subject. The signs of
the times are too portentous to be mis
construed or unheeded. Already we hear
the muttering thunder coming from the
cloud which is stretching fur and wide
abovo our moral horizon, Bpenking a tone
too deep to be unheard a languapo too
plain to be misundei stood. It tells us we
are called on lo defend from profanation
tho ark of political and religious liberty
to preserve trom encioncnmeni. mat con
stitution which has poured upon our land
the ebundauce ot prosperity. A power
tl.nt. nc of his nrooositions
all feelinit of mere passion or the proposed good end. I deny that the
il .xa ni nn It ITtl M1IIV in VHIHP ill inn (Hill 111 UlJCaitUll a -uiu
ihe whole country
A-ngvl on tlieir part in
that this wiu is not 'justify the hrm. fiiMoiviun 01 mis kuiuu
. . m . a .1 .11. - I IV It aiihIm. 1 si
a i' onn n nn ami inn nniuirinu til uur un tuuim
.... , L i - J w
of overthrow b!osd for its attainment.
' . . J . . i..U I -.,J . .Innlo rtrnnnsltion
ILtliea ininuii"ii m iu .i.o , e r.i, -,;. Lurnim, vmcn cnl inrr nn the Democricv
a propOSlUOll iuai it not iie, 0 - r. . , . ,
indeed, henceforth our much boasted
free institutions will exist only as an idle
dream. It is a long time sinca Jefferson
wrote, "The times will alter ; tho people
will become careless; our rulers corrupt.
Thetimo for fixing every ossential ele
ment on a legal b'isis is while our rulers
are honest, tid we ourselves united.
From the close of this (tho old) wat, we
shall be going down bib. It will not be
deemed necessary to resort every moment
to the people for support; they will, there
fore, bo forgotton and their rights disre.
garded."
Is not this prediction already realized T
Tho woe, tho want, the wrotchedness, the
miserv. tho insolvency, the poverty and
Ho, sir, has not! tbe nnruish of hundreds and thousands of
nor inadea the human family, whom the gambling
age lay upon him a palsying band ui.d l.c
is kicked into tho gutter to starve, or l '
sent to tho almshouse to die. t'.ir, f .i '
friends on tho other sido point to s't,in;'
case of this sort among tho bl.e!:e at u
South? Do you not know as w as v..
know any fact, that the mast.n- po;.
and provides for tbon whocanrr,:
for tueoiselven, in ic!;iioss ai"l in hei.i'ii.
in infancy and in old age? Whv. w..ubl
our frienda havo us to do to get rid ot n.t
thing which they reg.it1 as so j-rtut .' .
evil? How are these ministers of Brant,
these angels of mercy, this Luinouskboiu.
inatinn '( Immediate abolition, ajoorUinn
Vol Al, il t y olf it I9.i,ty
for all evils, past, present and to C0Qi4
immediate abolition and that by comr ent
tation. J o turn an indolent horde of uzy
drones loose upon the community would
boa "cure all with uvrncean-ol Wo
should havo to build an ulm-hoi-.e at eve
ry cross road, end a penitentiary or pal
lowt on every corner. Our lards would
be covered with ruin and our altar etouea
with blood and desolation, Th hawk,
when bepounces upon the trembungdovi,,
has as much genuine phiiantl.rophy in
hit heart us the gentleman from ijuntasg
don. I oppose his uuhullowe I schemet
because they aro equally unjust to tho
master, cruel to the slave, and l.ypooriti-,
oal in themselves. There is not vi Abolf
tionist in America but would hold slaves
to-morrow if ho couU buy them with
wooden nutmegs, Forjxuis we hare had
this class of men at the North whoto .neat,
and drink it has been to keep up a con
tinued agitation. First the war ery ws,
''Lo, the poor heathen ;" next, "Lo, tko
poor indiun; ' and now it is, ' bo, tap
poor negro." Wo cau see some of the
fruits of their benevolent doings armong
the "poor negroes,'" by looking ut th
smokiug ruins iu Virginia, and all don g
the border Slatei , and it will nut be tutu'
fault if similar sovnes aro not witnessed in
Pennsylvania.
Shall we, then, Mr. tpeker, slumber
upon tbe foaming cataract's brink of des
olation? Shall we rest iu supineness up
on the flowery turf, beneath which a vol
cano hisses? Would you hsve thoTaya
of the last setting sun tes7.ri upon a fund
of piosperity? Then, 11 lh wt,h;hers
upon tho towers keep a tLe-less viT.--with
unsluml-ering faithfulness view each
sign ef the storm. The ettle thf.t is
springing up in our borders must bo gras
ped firm I v or it will 6iine. Tke frozen
than armed men, is at work" the power
of Abolitionism tlie oninipotence o re
ligious fanaticism. Let the people slum,
ber on lot them sit with stoical apathy
beneath the wide-spreadiug branches of
this iohun upas let them fold their arms
in quiet and ere long a voice will break
upon the ear in a storm of ruin.
Mr. Speaker, 1 am no alarmist, but it is
right that tve should know our friends
and watch our enomits. Who, then, are
tlio' who scatter ruii and desclotion, mil-
lew and blight, havoc and death in tbe
defend and maintain tho
but to
siiiireiiieey ot
the Constitution, and to preserve tne (viitniumru'ii'o"'"""
Union, with all the dicnity, equality and try. ... . .. '
richtsof tho several Staus unimpaired; The gentleman appears to Hunk Ihut
,nd that as soon as these objects re ac tve have more anxiety for the success or,
comnlished the war ought to cease." the Democratic party th;in we have Tor,
This resolution was then the standard the success of tho administration. If by
of the Union tho purposes here avowed the administration, be means their foolish
were the commendable ot jects ot the wer ; ana megai acts, tue .-..-
an-1 every patriot heart in the North re-(nor havo I any desire to conceal the tact
a- on de Uo that declaration. Hut behold that I prefer, as every loyal man atutt do,
he change Congress, at the regular the success of the Democratic partyj o he
e.sien which opened In December fol- success of Abolitionism, with all Us kui
ZS relu od to reaffirm this wise reso- ; died horrors. Th3 success of the Demo,
lutio f-' and subseipientevenubave.bown oratic. party is the only salvation lor he
Int twaa it the dictation or the admins country ; upon its success and the conso
i! ration An "now what do we find? quont defeat of the Abol.tton.s s. depend
"a S for the Union to subdue a causeless ' the future peace, safety and stability of our
rebellion? No, sir, no ; we have, instead, 1 tree institutions.
r ; ' . , ' r .!....- ,nA ill ir Sr,.kni-. I 'vould crently frofer to
awartoruio .h,u.. . r. V, v. I ."; jl., rA: indlntmcnl.
hciiitato not tofny it a war to estaunsn stop uere, uiu i.l-v
Uie heresies of life Republican party, and contain the very
to afford an opportunity for a g.merAi ays- not love nis on. u.....
.i ..i..n,iarinn f K. h m nnv word or comfort. ow,sir, 1 do
ernmenl, thereby forcing upon the people not wish to speak unkindly of any man ;
an incresaoof taxation, already enormous, bu i I cannot help regarding the present
administration tint uie iasi vongress us
one ortho worst conducted, most imbecile,
lis uesigns
and far beyond the abiiilios ot many to :
pay
'.' - . .. m T A 1 .ntl
rruai u'li.i'-" . ... - i,a i,.n ntrttn rnm ' mronN sieni n m u'linucu
anti nmrn the r.ghts and privileges oi c.t,.,, o, . , ,., . y - . , gccni Thcir
. it m t-i i.i.n nu . it tt i in on on. itr ..no . o " " " ...........
tins i.overniueni n - c - . ,
v, ...... .1... I . . r. 1 a
ununKioit, t.. .. i.j - vi ... t t.;nn;n,.it
. .... in r..,ti, a meitioRr. nroii'iao iu aooinii icui ... - e
b.rts lo suppress every , w vcrV In a legal wav by amendment systematic cheat, for which every man
I American cit.r.o.is. iShat the simple slavery! q ,n S N B emancipa- who is concerned in it deserves to hero-
l.ngu.geof tiusrosouHor.? oil N ,,r0. They corded in a register of infamy. Imposture
.-i-hat Pennsy vnt. w-.l. rJlic o he Don P.o Un proclamations avail 1 never nn sucu an uninterrupted career as
.(. cnstttution und tho I nion as tno oesi, knew ion wen i n(j it has Tor the rear past in the National
b, en commuted, or evils vliiol. uiay exist, lull wen tuav a . " "rVr.,ZC I We.,terl to bv our friends on the other
-rill seek redress under the Uonstitunon . . million
.ati-1
powerful
reonle.'' unauainso.e. u. ,AMi- them un to
. i . .i .,i. ..i.i l i.i u.. n n .n.-Artaniiii.tnnai iniors vv in i'oni.-i, -i.
uail uiry. uuv o MyV. :- ., . . " il,r,i.bl . Hob
f,.nn. iihi.r fnre. L v or rrauauienuv, mcnieii cuuiiui. ----
in the domestic concerns of sixteoo Stales
of this Union. Of course this unconUi
tutional intervention had to be an armed
one : of course we must have a dissolution
....
i. :.uir Mtnatit.urinnal. ro- 'obiected to by our friends on
eek redress under uie i;onstiiuuon . niitiuon, m w......-..--- -. - , , . . , lancuaee too
unatiainsoie.
of tha Union: of course we must have
o .. .. . . .
WlmL other mode. then, tucn conauci, as nn uiihkuii.uw y-
Mr Sneaker, when Ihe gentleman made
bit attack up Ihe potent intluence of
the ballot box, he did it with increased
bitterness no doult in anticipation or the
damaging effect which that peaceful, si
1 lent and constitutional monitor weuld to
i ii,m.A who now are grow-
. . i .i' i, nn thn nnlilic nan. It itl war betweon tbe North and tbe South for
no wonder therefore, thAt he should tOj effecting the object of Abolitionism, whilo
ture this resolution into an improper ins ! at tho same time professing to uphold the
t bdMfor th 't' re-fu. agent of the peo-, aw-ma ,ng aud - carrie
CjrSSSr Vrr" uuHunlte , leV,nce, to foretoll I the iue T Who tingdon do thjs.nndj will haveme faith
iy exoiaimeu, niu tmj --- - - - ----.
. I.i- -III 1.. ...nnut In Ida Snntli f TW t .1
the traditionary belief
that at a certain time 10
it.. - A A .... n 4 V. n i . miwin iia
scarcely toncaive anjiui
corrective will, 1 trust, be admicisterec1
If there is a tense of real religion tn my
friend, or among those of bis party who
are making such loud professions, then 1
-nuld av that the law of God calls for
sack-cloth and ashes.' Let tuch penitents
as my friend from Huntingdon imitate
Zacchcus of old. who said, 'Behold, Lord,
the half of my goodt I give unto the poor,
and if I have taken anything from any
man by false accusation, I restore Uira
four-fold.' Ijet the genneman irom nun
to eomo to tho reoue, with just such res
olutions as these, of all that is valuable in
their lovod institutions. Fur sprevl in
deed must be that demoralization which
in a land of abundant natural resources
like ours could exhibit in one year so ma
ny thousand virtues blotted out as with a
sponge. ,
But. Mr. Speaker; my heart sickens at
the recital of the deeds of this most feu!
nnd unnatural administration. I dosire
not to nursue it anv further. I do not
wish to exueoerate: T simply arpeal to
far-i. .fuels which the past unveils. It is
la the wisdom nnd unanimity of this body-
that tho genorous, the just and suffeting
noonle must look for a remody in tho
adoption of wiso and conciliatory resolu'
tions, such as these before us. '
1 ndiure vou to weigh well the consc
quences consider Hie import or t he ques
tion, nnd I fain would hope these resolu
tions may prove an "adder's stone" among
the people, and prevent the baneful in
flueneenf Abolitionism Irom continuing
to ovorahudow the sinte and the nation,
through its special orrani.ations ofall thut
is cunning, greociy, iieariieB3.ana pnausa
ie.nl in this republic.
Mr. Speaker, I lear I atn occupying too
much of the time of this House ; but I feel
thut to retire without making a parting
bow to my classical friend from Hunting
don would bo unkind, especially in view
of that part of his speech which abounded
in such gross personal abuse of my friend
from Way no (Mr. Nelfon.) who is not in
his seat to defend himself. What shall I
t,BV to him that would be felt? I know
nothing that could penetrate his callous
heart. It is related by natural nistorians,
iliiit there is an animal (a sort of rrroto-
. . . . . . . i.
tvno or nose Deities wno wauow in mo
mim of political corruption) that has be-
come to insensible to its fatness, that the
mice have been allowed to burrow aim
nestle in iu back. But hero, though
learning, in the languago of Burke, may
be cast into the streots aud trodden under
m,a hoofs of a swinish multitude, yet with
all tho ignorance and disregard -of the
. J 1 1 H.,lfin
"vv,. iu .j.:i.tri.ftn asks lor men. ' train, win u wu, ... ... -v .
h' administration a ska .or me . t . he rni 0f f Mf , . H
younnoT mem rote. . ' '"ih rrv on tbis war ? I "ionfess I anions tba Soots.
of but one. and ,n .bat w. areantU.-tb, year all
subtler than brute force, and mightier viper uiuet not bo wauued in piix bosom ,
. ... . I it ... I r. . i. : . i- .1 . . . 1 t- .. 1 i
us lungs are i-ie enginos 01 ueuui, ti uuiu
you see nn insidious foe in tbe garb of a
spiritual lrierrd steal upon the unwary and
confiding, wind tho aerpont coil round
the hu&an heart, entwining ill deadly
fetters, its chain of palsy with (he Very
fibres of life? If not, (and God forbid) let
not those who are tho heirs of men whe
in an ago of glory resisted insolence and
oppression even utito death, fold their
arms in calm indiflerence, when the angel
of desolation is sweeping over the frnd
upon the wings of a whirlwind. It will be
Kcien bo .vers of our once happy land ? 1 no time to cry peace and tafety when tho
answer, loariess or contradiction, (ana 1 snriekoi the maiden is rineing in our ears,
can speak plainly in this House,) tho lead- and the soil of our proud fetal c i.i iet'kiu
ers are tho ministers of tte gospel of the , with human gore.
Beecher stamp. They are those who for I am aware, Mr. Spoaker, that I have
years have been aiming at supremacy in I spoken in plain languago, that 1 havo ex
church and state they are those who have ! pressed my opinion in strong terras 1 but
been turning the world upside down by j I did it, not lecauso tome it was a ... asnt
their unholy schemes of personal sggran- task, but because I believe before -od that
dizement. All other pluns having been 1 have spokes truly. The a!n -f tho
blasted in tho veiv bud of iniiiuitv, thev i times ara to me mote ominous iLaa men-
are now endeavoring to gain po-vpr and : language can portray. Still their augur
wealth by keeping up this ungodly war, ! iet may bo deceptive. The course c: .
and keepirg their hands in the plunder ! administration, of which I have .!.i!..t.
ing bi-ines. ror prool ol my assertion, j adversely, may turn out to bo tii or-ptn
look to the l:si or omeers and members ot and sinning way. iieaven graM mat at
the Abolition loynl I'mon (heaven save the may prove so 1 II an incubus bus ft:;' ;d
mark 1) leagues. In nine cases out of ten, I my brain, nnd I have "tupped fu.l of i nn
they have "reverend'' prefixed to tuelr ' ors" never lobe realized, tuo?-t happy srv:'
names. Look at their public lecturers 1 be to know that 1 b.ive only d. arn--:
iiutseoingos 1 have seen here to-day, a
foeling as 1 havo felt, I have deemed it l y
duty thus to speak with tho deep convic
tion that if 1 shrank from duty merely bo
cause the course of my remarks must con
travene the words of others, tho cry
stones upon which I tread would murmur
"shame ;" I am sick nnd tircl ul these hy
poeritieal professions of love for tho Union,
made by its bitter enemies, the- Abolition
ists. lio.v can they love tho Union when
thcir first professions of love for it wore
made long after they hod biltei iy cursed
nnd inaugurated the process for its des
truction ? Too well have they eeecoeded
in their schemes. But itthall not ho; "the
Union must and shall be prcscvod," and
the Democratic party nu-t !i it by just
tuch resolutions as these inder JI-mission,
inviting the calm and sober patriotism of
tho nation to unito K-r its salvaU.n. Liok
for one moment at the iiuge heap of troph
ies piled upon tbe tombs of our glorious
dead our peaceful records of greatness
anrl majesty our soil moistened w ith the
patriot's blood Our ntmnsphere electric
with patriotism our name refulgent with
glory throughout the world, and say bavo
we no trust to guard, no iiequust to uclcnd;
Shnli;the dawn ofunme tataro day fi-id
our watch towers abandoned, our altars
overthrown, our banner fjraoken. our
smiling land, once the iitrnie of the brave
and the free, down trodden by foreign
hirelings, or i.esolntcd br internal strife.
Iook throug'.i the world aud show mo a
clime so proudly matured in the days of
youth. Shall the froedora wou from the
mightiest of nations iu our days of fetble
ness be lost in our hour of might? Shall
our onward course be cht-uke J f Shall our
high fortune bo forever warro.l, simply be;
cause we hove t poor, weak, wi-ked ana
miserable pilot at tbe helm of State ? o ;
perish the thought forevor 1
Mr. Speaker, dark day are before tn
whon those who are in the posesion of
the iinmonte. wower of a government like
ours can be fount! to ue it so cruelly and
recklessly as (hey aro doing. When 1
look forward to tho corta in corueoiwioe
of this mad rtours i,f action, my tnilid is
and prsiche's. lo a man, one after ano
ther ot the iStfwr i.npianu clergy is leaving
his flock a prey to ihe devouring wolf, to
engage in this treasonable conspiracy
against the lights ot the South. Many
instanoes could be cued oi men wtio have
abandoned the people of their charge for
the purpose of exciting the most unholy
passions of the human heart to deeds of
madness and murder. Well my it be
asked, "blessed Jesus 1 whither are thy
followers straying ?"
Yet my fi iend complains because a min
istor dares to be honest and to do a noble
act. What bus thegontlemun fiom Wayne
dono that so oll'ends the Christian feelings
of the gentleman from Huntingdon ? He
voted lor a lw to prevent the immigra
tion ol negroes and mulattoes into this
State 1 this is tho "head and front of bis
ofl'endiDC :" and fbr this offence this mis
erable apologist of John Bro iv n declares
him an un outcast rrom grace anu mercy
forever. Will charity never begin at
home ? Are there not enough slaves north
of the Toiomac ? Aro there no white la.
borett at tbe North, bending under the
loud of poverty and the fetters of ignor
ance, toiling on, in sunshine and storm,
for a misoruble pittance their master's
will thoir supreme law, their children
growing up in some instances in thought
less and unprovided ignorance? Look at
the cotton mills ol New England, whore
we see half a million of females, most of
thorn of young and tender years, growing
to womanhood, away trom the lostering
care of their parents, almost as ignorant
of the world aod of the great duties that
ma devolve upon them, as the machinery
which thoy attend. Yet the people here
cry out, because the Southern slaves are
uneducated 1 I will venture to affirm that
-..initr nf ar-oech and docencv of man-! there are more slaves in Lowell and Na
tiers he con do nought but interpret tho shua done than could at any time be
j.J, h which we are assailed, at the , found south of the Totoaittc or west of the
cruntingof the herd in anticipation of , lllegherjiea. At the South there is be
their well filled trough being omptiod and I tween the master and slave a mutual de
themselves tent as commoners at largoj pemlonoo and a rautuil interest. At the
instead or being rationed at the well filled ! North tbe interest is all on one aw, am1
t.ers of the public proving. In such fre- all ihe dependence on the other. hue
nuont oases of moral disease in the bofljr ' tbe white slave i. rofitablt lo the master.
Jolitic.wbn jut retribution shall over ho is employed ; but, let aickowa or old
lt-