Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, March 09, 1850, Image 1

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TOWANDA;
wo r m Morning, giant 9,1850.
(For the Bradford Reporter.)
THE BUD OBILII •ONO.
tame! alone! in this world so bright I
Awe, and enshrroded in endless Aleut
os! most I than forever remain. 47
spa oe'er see this beautiful earth again t •
The mornin breaks, and the rapiers skies
t i nged w ith the day god's gorgeous dai s;
Tee evening comes, and the son's last beatall
seedy rest on the limpid streams;
!be bright flowers bloom in their beauty 'rare,
e e l wave their heads in the fragrant air; • •
with* wild birds sing in the leafy boweui,
sags of love to the gentle flowers r
:a ill nature is beautiful. joyous and free,
lin no longer cyntains aught of pleasure for me.
:e s ce.stood at night 'neat!) the clot:ltems skies,
o d gazed above with my sightless eyes,
tit fancied I saw, as in days of yoie,
Is. pile stars look on the e'en?, ante gore ;
o d the silvery moon in her pathway bright
inere .ne rode limner the long, long hours of night
o d f a ncied I heard-wand my heart beat high -....
g, brother's laugh riuz merrily nigh.
!v. e h! when the randy had ',kissed ashy
De r e ess sod Attlee teamed their iway.
•pre stood at noon when.the summer son
,ird down on the earth, from his midday !brain,
to 'tattling "'been of his golden light,
. 11 ,11 fell the warmth of his beams so bright;
Awl turned his beautiful face to see,—
alas! the day was night to me.
, and by the stream in the Bowery glade,—
r i ,,Ft where in infancy 1 played;
mr brother then was ever nigh;.
his bounding step, and his spitrkling eye.
spirit 4 were light and our hearts were frite,
iy:" . .be balmy air rang out our glee,
A, re ran thro' the fields, or stooped o'er the stream.
TJ pitch on its surface bright, each gleam.
brother has gone, and I bear no more;
114: voice so.Rentle, so merry of yore.
r;( f:r! . . ati glides on and its music is sweet,
aters lave the anti's at my feet;
!'se sky is mild o'er this lovely spot ;
,•: the bowers bloom, hut I see them not.—
werld of beauty, where the brighte.t beams shine
lb-kness and sorrow forever is mine.
liccek, Pa.. Feb. '5O. Tani:La. ,
The Supreme Court of the U S.
int Washington corrcispondent of the New York;
;•-oine gives the feliowing description of theluitg'
s , nreme Cnnrt. It was somewhat tinc
: Yid bu: on the whole it is a
s-.." 1: tag daguert Cot) pe—save in the painting of
GRIER, who is no German, bet what is call
• iiPennvy:vania a "Scotch frishmaie:—and one
:at ,3141',..y ton.
1,3 of the tVitlist tn tereMting visits iii Washington
he Supreme Court of the United States. The
nrn is in :he northern Will 2 of the Capitol,
.!,•• • 1 1 . , 101'. It is broken by ptilars and
ned wat:s, axed is badly lighted. It is.hasirt
--r:y shed. will/ rich %Viltaii earpets, &liken
Tl:e I•eht afirTitteti from the.rear
• •e. and the Judges sit will their backs
..e .1.z1;1; otmgel I,‘ ho addresses them can
rwc see weir faces. At 11 o'clock they ewer
.- '...e-a:clv, q dreF4ed in Clad - , and with
ri t ry are F•Cplecl, the Crier proclaims,
rye?, oyez! ilie Sopreine COurt of the
-..e i Sta:es is now in FeSSIOII ; all persons
therein are admoniellea to iltaw near
c.,:.te :heir attendance. GAI save the United
:•ar• and these honorable Judges."
leninnw attempt to desciibe the F.ourt: in the
sits the Chiel Justice, Roger B. Taney, of
He is tall, sal!ow, thin, hard featured, and
.7.:eless in dress. His history is well known. As
Pa Jackson's Attorney General, he had aoltesita
.la in ad‘wing that •the -removal of the deposits
-?in the Bank of the United States, by the Press
..ent's order, was valid, and when. Mr. Mane 're . -
- zed to remove the treasurer, Mr. Taney took his
"re ati Secretary of the Tresuiory t and gate the
der required by the President. He stood very
at the Bar of Maryland, and is unquestionably
'man of great power of intellect. His opinions
ue terse,,pointed and Im9inous, not incurnbered
Arth unnecessary learning, but eieeedingly togi
ti and =riming. He has great tenacity of' pur
?use and strength of vrill,and . 1 may add, stubborn
•r,rodices. The sincerity of his convictions not an
zniethy of.trtAst,. )1 of Joltrt Marshall. There is
!zeta hen an unmistakeable air of intelle ct and an
.l."3rityi and he is a devout Roman Catholic,
rd isid In his observance of religious fowls and
~rice.
On the tilt hand of the thief Justice sits Mr.
;mire tletean of Ohio. This Bentlemon was
iSentaster General under Mr. Adams, and =Mu
mfor a very short time soder—peltJ JaCklialrl
'it's be was transtetted W Ilia bettclutif - ; the 'So.
?tCinut. He is a welt.diesia:digniffed per.
h, 'bow tie feet in I*W, eastm44# well
famed, w i sh fine tatati,..,s-ciwvarlirklo,4l
hit sad forehead, thitikeirlnit trot too& in
6 ° ;metal mane of his:fttelf*:,.l4 breadth of
la. part of hillitoit *o4* iTfict
bird, exceedingly lilte.ib. *UMW Al -Wok
iCot by Homittoo in &SCOW! 44 RiehnnowiL."
Ibia an %Tight and onnifsl, - ;
fionbie adutioistrattio units,
Pleaded lawyer.
stn to with his petementAmeilion. bit is
11 *° 21 of obtaining' . at *AI
neater of the Metholiiiiiitbi* k*,
inn eh the demmaiwaliow ~•
iota Winn of Tenals tesett: few= amesames:
lie s a soot healty
%gamma, with a Lit*Mni,:44l4 . is
i flobanty wad beeturdiii:iiiiinfll4oo inAollL_____=*."
Pod lease and feaderaar hamaiegireita ►
Itticaarketiag„ and.lkindskiffg,"44lloo2"-1
tra olotY Mulled /41,00#410:0.1,
" ta blo lodge. cT17g.4,44-Zi. -
Nog to him we and .1106rinitt44Nitlition;
INlr as nominated by Mr. Yee-Ssisttioll lo
bo the tesitinftnetif thit'iisitiebtan'S rtosiden
t7' Principally on account of his tiolltitiaTieivias
41 lotir.olness. Ho is tall, honey, angular, with
=MOM
.
Witt cheek 13,Mfiii:eitif anoreeiett; end
he hid toi4e l t aiiiaia Wood isr hi!t veinit;,:*
' 101 .4
and elem. :KR Alien dierpte Se the majo ri ty of,-
the Conn , 4ld,nOt . Ordcitamdj , Myer. of 4ttal;
Rights pis theihMetil to these repiler km! ID, v 4.
11 4 11 enielitfit'er Coact. His 141",biliq
itchiest" iro aniver v agy co9:4!ded ; lany,MlneY
his errininiiN even vihea.rit the minority We mend
and corrtiet:
, .
Neit to him, and 04 the 02140111. right, II
.the
place of Senator Woodbury,. of New liatittathirlk—
He his towbar' a itiota do*. Astitirrimiorand
Judge in his own State, and es Senator Secre
tart' of the Treasury berg, he has brie diatimpliett
ed for Weill to hii party ; and for nnerearied study
and labor. tie is de:01.0 feet in height, of round
and compact form, welt mouldes.l features, a promi
nent and bright eye, that, at a distance, appetite
dark, but on nearer view is seen to be bluish grey.
Ile is strictly temperate In his habits, drinks noth
ing but cold aster, and a great deal of that, and
works with surpassing rapidity and earnestness...-
1% has great talent kit research, and his opinions
are crowned with its results. As a reasoner he is
cogent and accurate, but not concise, and is apt to
spend too much labor in proving what ought to be
amumed as settled. His decisions would be the
timer for prtining and thinning, but the growth is
deep rooted end vigorous. R&M a eery able Judges.
As a poky/clan, he has always been a" Democrat"
and a supporter of Southern rights—and no north
ern man could be more acceptable to the " Democ
racy" of the South asp Presidential candidate. ,
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We will now look to the left albs ChrafJustice.
The &it is Justice 'Wayne from Georgia, formerly
a inemtna of Congress from that State, and a very
warm personal End political friend of Secretary
Forsyth. lie is an exceeding handsome man—
&hot:lCS feet 10 inches hint), of stout 'but graceful
figure, ruddy complexion, fine teeth and clustering
wavy hair now mingled with gray; very courteous
in manner, and with a tone of refinetnent in his el
ocuion and address that are vecy pleasing. lie
,has cultivated the grace•, and has aimed (it is said
not without success) to be in favor with the ladies.
Ile has an ingenious, copious mind—is fluent and
rapid in explession, but lacks conciseness, lucid
arrangement and vigor. He is, however, by no
medni deficient it! learning, even of a technical
character.
Neat to him is!Joilge Nelson, a man of hand•
some features, bland and gentleman-like in ex
pression, eel comieons in manner, and dignified
yet easy in deportment. Fle•possessei much good
sense and is an Pxcellent lawyer. Iles ap?rehen
Sion is not rapid, big he thinks dearly and reasons
strongly Ire is probably th'e hat entamereia!
lawyer on the Bench. Since his elevation to his"
present platt he has sthewn an unusual degree of
energy and industry, and is evidently waiting fur
a reputation lie is not suspectei) of ulterior politi
cal Views, and his in tee: ity and independence are
not doubted.
Mi.P.itiley of Alabama IA not here. Ile
ia New Orieat4, hoiding his Circuit there, awl pi it:.
e'paliy With a view to ittiend to- the trial of Mie
Gained' i a , i 8. • -
Judge Grier, of PA., has a large, broad form, an
exparisivb angular brow, blue eye, and looks like
a strong.rnindei? sagacious German—such I tbi lieve,
is nis descent. Isis voice is very curious : be reads
in a low, rapid, monotonous tone frit isomeseconds,
and then he will catch on a word, to spin ronnd it
ae on a pivot, and mart off to renew the time
course lila opinions are unpretending and
well expressed and concise.. His position zaa
Judge is hardly yet defined.
On the tight of 4.e Judges,. seltdrated by a rail.
ing. is the desk of the Clerk, Mr. Carroll. He is a
Model of what a cleri should be—neat, prompt,
aAisidnous and courteous, and is In every respect,
an honorable and accomplished gentleinan.
On the left-hand side, we find the desk of Mr.
Wallach, the Marshal of the District. He is very
auer.tive to •isiiortt of the Court; takes care of the
ladies who drop in, and provides them with seats,
and is ever ready to extend kind attentions to all
strangers.
, The Attorney -General has a separate desk in the
Court-room, and an adjoining office. itt. Raver
dy Solfrurdif was foremost at the, Baltimore bar, and
ranks very high as a learned lawyer and able rea
soner. There is a great deal 01 anew and inde
pendence in .his look end bearing and mode of
'peaking. ilktot.geoLl stature, erect and
but potierfal re, stMigly marked fettinms, and
with no softness of spe4cli or manner lilt kyle
of reitiorir4is
WM Rile Wit of Elul* horaut,wiLizige :outs dny
took tis Pam* r Aker
nkffdillaiiirtt4 - tnak(airias hiir
pittit,' for *nitegalicai to'tient upon thi
iiimis,4hetrieigenetinan in • ni4lniy &sky' irtio
at eni instant was #141*4 I**
midaillikli**** *Wei kir , * a
410, 106164 ie brin;?-if s ior s iliom
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foot, on a toiosigiiiii° l l**;o"fiii
fi 16611 4, f 10r "k"14116 totsleVon&
tll lAllaivellitsbOaie*RWall*V‘3,ll.ll
Witsloe lifdri`*l4.
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be wears' a afararuicollar; swears IT
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11113 4 1 Sillif:1AIRT I IITURDAYt . AiIOW;iNDAi. BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., iY E..O'NEALIA GOODRICH - .
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- Weate% goad shall tier perish,
011744 canape shaft she;
Truth, which MVO asidastels eked*
Flourishes aretaisllp.
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" "Roof ate God-forsakes.
-* &this• -ft=lW image bam;
Macao last hottsboald awakaa
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oar hats a' brothees rate:
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Not a hied toal=ta
Power of Ira • anyos vat;
$o degraded aoss's eoaditha.
'Mot did iroridlas weight May het
Wor4s of kindness. o`ord, of Iran*.
Dean thou otays't worlela Talk,
tree- than thy cooorel scorning.,
Oa Slarll they return' avaia. •
Though the - mind alisbrbed ite planes
Holds the voice of nowasellight.
sriEi doth .faithild memory treason
What at first we seemed to slight.
Vi'vds or kiadoess_we hats apekew.
Way, when we hare passed awali
Real, perhaps a apjrit broken,
Guide a brother led astray,
Not one act but is recorded f ;
Not i word but 'has its weight ;
Every virtue is rewarded—:
Outrage Smashed soon or late.
L►t no being then be rated. •
As a thing of little werthi
Every soul that is treated.
Has its part to play,on earth.
Paini..—Pride emanates from a weak mind.—
Vitt aver see a man of strong intellect, proud and
haughty. Just loin& about you. Who are th'ernost
given to this folly 1 Not the intellectual and tal
ented, but the weak minded and silly. "Sortie or
the proudestt men are, those who have nothing to
took back to but poverty and rags-=whose permits
Would pass them Without being eetiied. One of
the haughtiest men we have ever known sprung
from a poor fiddler—another from a dancing matt.
ter—a third horn a notorious villain. As we
_took
at our young men in the cities and town•, we find
the most proud 'and haughty of them were born in
the county. When they first left their homes,
they had scarcely two shirts to their backs. Now
they would room to speak to those who make as
sorry an appearance as they dirt, whet', with cow.
hide shoes, felt hats, and homespun jackets, they
were first brought from the country. Reader are
you proud 1
" Did you receiveldttr remfttanee, Nathaniel, my
dear eon r'
" Yes, father."
"Then why did Yon not buy a new coal ?—Tout
person is rather fragiteP
" Why—the felt ir, that—l left all my money—
in batik at New Orleans."
" Ah, yoor economy is certainly commendable
In ix hat bank r'
'• l don't exactly remembtr w.ltt hank, father—
I know it was a very good one, as it had a Sctip•
'me name. It was—urn! let me sec, it a•aa the
Pharoih B.mk, I flank."
Ex=mciArtso —" What do you ask for this ar
ticle'!" said Obadiah to a modest young Miss; in
one of our shops.
" Fifteen shillings, sir, it :a a superb article."
"You are a " little dear," are you not!" said
Obadiah
Why, all the young men tell me so," sho re.
plied, dropping her eyes 'and blushing.—Obsdish
came straight away.
Di...ws Las; a piooe oti lady was summoned as
a wi'uess in an important case. Having lived in
the backwoods all her days, she was wholly unac
quainted with the rules of a court of justice. Being
told that she away' swear,' the poor *ohm was
filled with horror at the thought. After much per
suasion she 3 - ielded, and being told to hold up her
right hand,' she did so, exclaiming, " Well, if I
_must, I must—dam I" The court immediately ad
journed.
A NEW tocovtay Is Acterccurces.—An extra
onlinary fact was mentioned the other day at the
sitting of the Academy of Sciences, One of the
members stated - that the Agricultural Society of
Brest had, upon the preposition of a member of
the committee, sown u hem.opon land withom any
preparation Of ploughing or d?aing, in one of the
wmet snits poesible, and after having merely walk
ed tr*lhe lend to press the grain on thitrut*e_,_
iMissegiedram
wheat
ffillS*oo.ka !ARS 6 °, 4 ft/A - 16 !**,ilkiFf, !9 1 ,-"''' •
which • had hien
'esmilliptlte~fr.eovered stiaw,
*141314044-a:id a slumtvot,
alsoloraCkaas cold, yriadal, Mao this pa a7laysc.at,
smiickaa,tda*lloo - iiasaior - bez is fir Ibit
*As, sitivor*:,l*
alivikipbetid a k ialiC., -, SNOtaiiii , :gtedually on
id/rimer lime
' ilf 1 0 011 i4rit . mow iesidir
AsathiaiiiimeamLabiliimed4ma annatir t aad
tts•uorif exhauissa
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„HtP. o . l .**., 4 -4 . g—. % born* **Wig * spot
.o****ll4 . aillbanwa, soma earth waibrimbt
Rams Madre& andaittrimm—
covered With a hand - glass, to
tt.0141 , * Seello'bilinZAilna
I an Milo is a *boa time ?Law :mooed fama
;
,iihtmr,ar--iNothing 111 *stay. *slaw
*dust SW's, the lab of s ilatals Nyasa* tif
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num. sum as saromkatill%
tbas nodal( libs a dust by;” alteralLl Ira tam
ahead of Tata,
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M S. HACIN.
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T Altio %twos.
. e intend to hellish oar reels% each week,
copious extracts float the Debates in Congress,
illmtrating the position and vises of Northern and
Scatitegolum—Whigs end Darnocrets--upon the
Slavery question, to the better caderstaading dike
requirements and desitands of each section.]
EXTRACTS tkciim THE SPEECH
RON. T. L. CLING MAN,
Of 110111,111 CiItOLEPA,
hilfeace ofdie Soulrk vane the,Aggressive Melia
• Arad Norti. --
Derwinw ma dm Rom of lirpresrataiimm Impart tt, lea
Sir, I give the North full credit for its feelings In
teem of liberty. I can well suppose that northern
gentlemen wcitild resist, in the most emphatic man=
ner, the attempt to make any man who is now free
a slave; but I regard them as too intelligent to be.
lister that humanity, either to the slave ortbe max.
tar, requires that they Shoed be pent op within a( •
territory which, after a time, will be insufficient for
their subsistence, and where they must perish tram
want, or from the collisions that would occur be
tween the races. Nor can t suppose that they .
think it would be injurious to New Mexico and'
California for our people to go and settle among
them Prominent northern statesmen, both in this
House and in the Senate, haws described the pop
ulation of those Territories, and have represented
it es being not only inferior to those Indian tribes
that we know most of, viz., the Cherokees and
Choctaws, but as being far below the Flat Heads,
Black Feet, amf Snake Indiana. I cannot, there
fore, suppose that they really believe that those ,
territories would be injured by having infused into
to them such a state of society as produces such
persons as George Washington, John Marshal, and
thoasand other great and virtuous men, living and
dead. Your opposition to our right will be regard
ed as resting on the lest for political power of four
phliticians, or on the rapacity of your people.
..
The idea that the conquered people should be
permitted to give law to the conquerors, is so pre
posterously absor I, that I do not intend to argue it.
Doubtless these ricripte would be willing not only 1
to exclude slaveholders, but all other Americans,
if, by a simple vote, they were allowed to do so.
I may remark ftirther, that but for the anti-slavery
agitatlen, our southern slave•holders would have
carried their negroes into the mints of California
in such numbers, that I hare no doubt bet that the
majority there would have made it a slave -holding
State. We hare been deprived of ail chance of
this by the northern movementi, and by the action
of. this House, which has, by northern votes, re
peatedly, from time to time, passed the Wilmot
iiroriita, so as in effect to exclude our institutions,
without the actual passage of a law for that pit.-
pose. It is a mere farce, therefore, without giving
our people timelo go into the country ; if they de
sire to do so, to allow the individuals there, by a
vire, to exclude a whole class of our citizens,—
This would imply that the territory belong . :d to the I
people there exclusively, and not to all the people
of the rnited.States.
Should we give way, what is to be the result!
California, Oregon, New Mexico, Deiteret, and
Mite:seta, will come into the union in less than
five years, giving the North a clear majority of ten
or fifteen votes in gib '2remste The census of the
coming year will, tinder the new apportionment,
give them nearly two to one in this House. With
immense controlling majorities in both branches,
will they not at once, by am cf Congress, abolish 1
slavery in die States! Mr. Adorns, who, in his
day, controlled northern opinion on this question,
said that there were twenty provisions of the Con
stitution which, under rennin circumstances, would
give Congress the power. Would not this majnn.
ty find the potter, as easily as they have done in
their State Legislatures, where they have complete
away, to nullify the provision of the Constitution
tor the protection of fugitive staves! Have not
prominent northern politicians, of the highest posi
!ions and the greatest influence, whose names are
well known to all gentlemen an this Qom, already
dotterel' that,there is nothing in the Constitution of
the United States which obstructs or ought, to oh
retort the abolition of slavery by Congress in the
Awes I Supposing, however, thialahould not 'ea
earrin twenty years or less, without urtt occiii* i
letracci„linilgrh,difi, would set lbw PD 4 fird 3 Y till 1
kelailelliikeFlmOrign Weir.
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gat es) if .04 1 00 110 40 , 0 . 1 00 1 1414,4017,
P - robahly, — alef-'the next ' ' Asjet
shall get that ailt !Encabo which lit* along the
Gtilk itit'fiiiiiii r eirstriiirsholltani-lthhili,orMiith
wen suited to thir prisfirable vemphoyi'ftr or slaiii
labor, hushboald be excluderithe
atioweireithe Prioeiplit thatOsamyabitablaottat'
'estmattrinarea! , •tonettirmehenrearer, that-I am
tires. fri'betb - that'. 40positRes, sad-that Coe•
grew intro-nekber violate the Comainnion net
amend it thirst what ere we toe*pect I Slavery
is tO be kept,4lteTsay, where it now ii r; and we
are to be "surrenitded With free Braden.' ITithse
States net not only -pireal.rit the iatradoefron of
shrew, bat alerret freernegroets into their borders.
Of Coarse the *hole negro population is to be here
after confined to the territory of the fitment, alive
States. That t• opolfation io treent3r-fire years will
. nrnount waiver'. m. eight millions, and in fift y .
3,•cars to fifteen rni*orns lioweverdense the pop.
elation might titionie, the negroes trill not be got.
ter, away; but the wealthier portion of tire White
population If mean such as were ; able to emigrate)
would leash the territory. The condition of the
'South wortldi. los a time, begat,' !raised; 'and
sore, by tbeAssintaietr of ibe_remoseill:Pklbe
whitirspoplisfies, becomothet of St Domingrs,,
Ibere are those now living who muld.PP*l7l7
pee thitstato ofthins ; bet ft would be certain to
a 'Wei fe air i l gtadien 'or. arant*liidian: These
facts aro Ewing ns• in the face. is iiiitinellr as _the
sun in the !leavens at noonday. Northern men not
only admit it but, constantfy, in their public epeech- .
es,stow it to be their purpose to produce this very
state f things. If we express alarm at the pros
pect, they seek to amuse us with eulogies on' the
blessings of the Federal Union, and a-k us to he
still for a time. They db well, for it is true that
&immunities have 'usually been destroyed by move
mauls wbielt, la the beginning, inflicted no imme
diate injury, and which were thereinto' acquiesed
till they had progressed too Fe to be resisted.--
Tbey have, too, constant examples in the conduct
of brute animals, that do not struggle against evils
until they begin to feel pain. They are doubtless,
also, encouraged tramper for oar stibinissirm on ac
count of our acqpieseence under their former
wrongs. They knew that the evils already Inflict
ed on us, to which I have referred, greatly exceed
in amount any injury that Great Britain attempted
when she drove the colonies Into resistance. Be.
sides sir, their aaressions have infinitely less
show of constitutional right or color of namal jus
tice. But whit they now propose is-ton palpable
--even foq our southern generosity. If after having
been free for seventy years, the southern States
were to consent to be thus d eg raded an i enslaved,
instead of the pity, they would meet the scorn and
contempt of the universe. The sue of this gener
ation, who would be responsible, out to be whips>.
ed through their fields by their own negroes. 1
thank God that there is no one in my district that
'I think so meanly of, as to believe that he would
not readily come into whatever movement might
be necessary for the protection of oar rights and
liberty. I tell northern gentlemen, who are in
hopes that the South will be divided, that we shall
not have half as many traitors to hang, as we did
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ones in the Revolution.
I submit it, then, Mr. Chairman, calmly to north
ern gentlemen, that they had better make up their
minds to give us' at once a fair settlement; not
cheat no by a mere empty form, without reality,
but give something substantial for the. South. We
might acquiesce in the Missouri compromise line.
1 should individually prefer, under ail the circum
stances, giving up the whole of California, provided
we could have all on this ride of it, op to about the
parallel of 40 deg , not far from the northern line
of the &Ate of Alissonii, rather than its sou hero
-36 deg 30 min. We woe d thus, by getting the
whole of New Mexico, an having the mountain
chain and desert on the we t, obtain a proper fron
tier. We might then acquire, at conte future day,
whether %tidied or divided; posses'si'on of the coun
try along the Gad of Mexico, well suited to be oe
capled by our slave porulation. •-1 mcan, sir, that
no restriction °unlit to be imposed by Congress ott
this territory, but that after it has betn left open to
ail classes for a proper period, the majority may
then, when they make a State constitution, de:er
mine for themselves whether they will permit six
very or not. The. South will acquiescs in any rea
t
satiable settlement. .
But when we ask .for justice, and to be let alone,
we are met by the seaseless and insane cry of
" Union, union ! ' Sir, lam disgusted with it.—
When it (tames from northern gentlemen who are
attacking us, it falls on my cars as it world do it a
band of robbers had surroended A dwelling. and
when the inmates attempted to resist, the assailants
should raise the pliant of ,1 Peace—union—liarmo,
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by I" If they cola do as justice, we do not need
their lectures. As king as they refute it, their de
clarations seven miserable, hypocritical cant. When
these things come horn southern men, I have even
less respect far them. Even the most cowardly
men, when threatened with personal injury, do tot
usually announce in advance that they mean to
submit to all the chastisement which an adversary
may Choose to inflict: And those persons who,
seeing the aggressive attitude of the North, and its
numerical power, declare in advance that for their
parts they intend to submit to whatever the major- ,
ay may do, are taking the best course to aid our
assailants, and need not wonder if the country ro
garde them as enemies of the Souih:
If northern gentlemen will do us justice on this
great question, we may consent to submit to lesser.
evils. We-may acquiesce in a moat oppressive'
revenue system. We may tolerate a Most unequal
distribution of the public expenditure. We -may
bear the kin of our fagitit • slaves, - incurred be- .
cause the Legislatures of the northern states have
nullified an essential prorisic944
without IWOh tholltritrairt been - form !
ea, because merff peponia . arlosideratia l Wafer not
imstroffirrgwith us: :Alba isms ,c,yers-penssit each
pailionsof thriciistgiarnireq:dis‘ .. liast*Tfiestittits of
prnmee setkespeme‘r , Wseiwi4iturrist4intesisionally
gralatitio
initittai:o9ol/***Mablifl•:lolloliiii teeiitg, and
ptenler telthiprisjoilipes of wont part of the north
erSilemniutthy, We may allow that the- notate n
&Stew shall keep up and foetar in their -bosoms
abolition societies, whommairrpurpose is to scat
ter firetasites throughout the - South, to incite riest
wilsrimisnectionsi and stimulate„hy licentious.pie•
maw, our Degrees to invade the persons of our
-"dole -roman. Bte if; in addsion to- all riv,e
wrist* and insults, you intend to drailerlind at.
- telly rain the Sosek dies we resis. *eriti not love
you, people of the North, well enough to become
your aces. God has given o'4e-potter azd tube
will to resist. Oar Whets siquired' oar liberty by
the sword, and with if, at every hazard, Wit will'
shainelin it. BoLbehrre resorting to that intent
men; I hold that all yonstitt*eal&mid
be =harmed. it is, idr, a wise pro=of PrO-
Thiene. that less force is requited -to resist an at
tack than to make it. The Comeitution of the
-United States has been well framed on-these prin
ciples. While, therefore, a majority is necessary
to psis a toessure, ene.6 Rh of the members may
demand the yeas and nay . in spite, therefore, of
any chews of rule which thiis_ majority- can make;
as keg as this constitutional proyison standke
'ormons, if finn i sind 'Retained
Lys beCee i can step the MllNlbrei the
Gorettonatt is utlo32:llel3' than polies
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settlettrigt can be gotten of the Territorial qtairtioo,
"it would be in the power of le southern etembers .
to defeat all the appropriation _ bills, and. brit* tha-,
Government to a dead halt. Perhaps it_mig' ht be.
'well to give scoff a cap to northern gerldemen ;
for l well remember_ Thar when'the civil and di
..plcmcete appropriation bill was under ermaid era ,
don, with the amendment-from' thelarude
as Walker's, whir:lir:ld, have. tattled* ci es ..
lion cf slavery. in the "retritories, bki of
niwthere gentlemen resolved to defied - that Maid .
'other . busi n e e s V eons huitirianing '1193/".
Ina nays, if they did not "succeed b :stsihitig not,
that amendment. I 'recollect perfectly, that while
I vas pressing a Pennsylvania member to vote
agtlinte striking out that smuedment, which was
the pending motion, a member of high standing
from'Massaclusetts said to me, "You need dot
give yourself any trouble about this matter; if tie
do not succeed itr changing it, we shall prevent
sloption by having the yeas and nays on .motions
to adjourn, and calls of the House, till the end of
the session." From similar declarations made so
me by a number of northern gentlemen, as 1 have
enabled them to effect their purpose, if the motion
to change the character of the amendment bad
failed. It is not long since, too, bat another
zen of Massachusetts (Mr. ions Davis) defeated
.the two million bill then pending in the Senate, by
speaking till the end of the session. As northern
gentlemen have therefore been accustomed to this
mode of resistance to such measures es they do
not like, I take it that they would hardly complain
of this kind of retaliation.
I tell gentlemen that ; if we cannot in *dram*
get a fair settlement of - this question, I should be
pleased to see the civil and diplomatic bill, the
army and navy bill, and all other appropriations,-
fail. We shouhl thereby make every officer and
every expectant of public money diree'ly interest.:
ed in having justice done to the South. It wodid
be• far bettei to have this temporary inconvenience
for a year Or two, than :hat we should see a bloody
revGlirion, or something worse. I hold it-to be'
the ihity of every penifiern representative to stay
here and pre‘'ent, ti:l the close of our official term,
the passage of any measures that m ig ht tend to
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farce our people to unjust submi ss ion. In .ohs :
mean time, the southern States could, in conven
lion, take such steps as mkilit be. necessary to as. 0
rest their right to a share in the public territory.—
If this interreguom were krcontinue lona, it might
drive both sections to make provisional govern.
mesa, to become permanent ones in the end.
Bait is advise 3, in certain portions of the nor.
them press, that the members from that section
ought to expel such as interrupt their proceedinga..
Let them try the experiment. I tell gentlemen,
that this is our slavehoLling territory. We do not
intend to leave it. If they think they can remeee
us, it is a proper case for trial. In the present-tern+
per of the public mind, it is probable teat a collie.
ion of.the Lind here might electrify the country, as
did the little skirmish at Lexington the Colonies-in
their excited slate. Such - a struggle, whoever
might prove the victors in if, would not leave here.
a quorum - to do business. Gentlemen may call
this treason—high treason—the t.g,hest treason ever
known. Bot their words are idle: Wir'shall de.:
teat their movement against us. But even if ;
thought otherwise, I would still resist. Sooner
than sebmit to what they propcie, I would rather
see the South. like Poland, under the iron heel of
the conquenr. I aright rather that she should - find
the fate of flengary.
It w 4 but the other day, and - under pun own
eyes; he gallant Hinigariaas asserted their inde.
Pendenee. Though in the midst of; and struggling
against those two immense empires, that could
bring more than a million - of armed men into the
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field, they were successful at first in beating dow
Cie power of Austria. It was not until some of h r
sons became /miters that Hungary was ly
overpoueted, borne down, and , pressed to death
by the long columns and gigantic strength. of Res
-1 sia. If necessary, let such be our fate. ' •
' "Deter be
Where the eriertisheh aperwas SUN are ft.%
In their proud etoiroei of Thenoopyis*
Rather let the future uare:ler, as he,passes over'
a blackened and deserted waste, et least exclaim,
g• Here lived and died as noble a race as the sun
,errr shone upot ." If ure were to wait until your
measures were consummated and lent ce#Alibii
thirfete t great serpent, was coniplejelyoaroiitt3 fie f
then** might he 'entslietL- •ttlectinir ltter ilangerj
'ireilitirerthembtioni and the mirage tOm:iet ihei
attack Dove, while we here:the power iiceeesist;?..
Witrairetleiire-sietoni in. this itragglix-Vmainte
pel•the-:weretif aggpeseion new, wisahrdtrierroe
powe. = heaholitionies defetated:beforevAirceult:
trton'the . will not hare power* Ma
leg ye.
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I hare thus, eir, frankly spoken' my opinions on
%taped question; with- no purpose to mentor,
bet only In clam. Getnlerneo of. the *Wrought
themselves :o see shot, while subniinsiMirto -what
ties prep wicad be reirrotteto.us, it would not
in the end he beneficial to , their section, , Seeing,
then, the %wee in all , its tristrirts, it islet lberts to
decide. They hold in Their bands the- dediny Of
the dialing Government Should eircuaistances
with that you may pauper. From all
my tnowledgeofThe elements-of your society, r i
have'llircibts. That we shall, raider the favor of .
PreeidenCe, in all eeenhs, tithe care of angels - es; l
Imes no tears. In conclusion, I have to fay; 'de
ins imaint . and we continue to stand with- you; at.
tempt to trarnple on es, and we tart comperf.- ;.-
Qtraurr.—Some iiliikwapher gives &Woo in the
'following quiet styler—A. lie whammenting'ihe
apple dumplings and molasses of wesidipoxida
not 'fowl thoser Who ate saekinlhe herring bousi
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stuiddiliyet said s lawyer.:.: 4 - 4 T at Ititirbert add
lkii - ohinnentol tan tbot bar artrof.Adftkittlbat:*
bad it in the Demo tray .28
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