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L O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Tewauda, Saturday, May 11, 180.
Terms eletlis 1C•1IP i n r i I 10.
U i• per smuts; if paid within' the year Id genie will
tit deducted, br ease, paid actbdtp ut advance, •t GO will be
deducted. s
Antrearrstancrna per egntun of ten lines. SO senor Ow tbk
Bret. endla cents %resit • traillnint insertion.
IZWOdSee in the •• Linton Meek." north side of the ' , Alin
Pawnee. nqzt door w the Bradford Hotel. Entwines between
Keene. /Omni. and Ehnen% taw &Mem
OtrUna. D. Wltogrr teat ota home this week,
.arP.I will spend some days with hii friends and
fAmily,• hawing paired off with Mon. Mr. Mc-
Clean, ot itentucky, a•Sonthent - Whiz. .
t north 'franca Cant.
Sy our Banishing letter, it will be seen that h
Reuse bill pasted the Senate, with the section ap
prnpriatfig 52.19,000 to the Blanch email, under
certain conditions. Some amendments were made'
to the bill, a h tl it was sent back for ccmcurrenze.
The section concemmg the North Stanch will un
doubtedly rernaih at passed. We anderstand the
Canal Commimioners will feel authorized, under
its provisions, in placing a farther amount of work
ender.contract.
Qtr- The speech of Him. IX Witattrr which we
publish this week, excludes our ritual variety. It
is a manly and eloquent production. wertity of the
spealser, and deserves the attention• olevery free
man.
APPOINTMENT IT Tat POST aunt&
E. Percival Skala has been appoinrmed P . ost Mas
ter at Sheshequin, vice Somers Kinney, resigned.
FROSI HARRISBURG.
Monsspeedesee of tits Iligalsid lispetaw.)
HARIUSIIIIZIN May 4, 1860. s
The appropriation Bill, which tweed the House
several days ago, is now under consideration in the
Senate. They have passed the Section appropria
ting 8250,000 to the North Branch precisely in the
shape it passed the House. So I presume we may
safely calculate upon that Section being retained,
- dud that it will become a lair. It is not exactly
such a law as the friends of that work wished to
obtain, and after all; I can see but little difference
between the Section as it is, br the simple apps
priation without the proviso. Wittiurely - cannot
get the money unless it shall be in the treasury un
der any Bill which does not authorizes loan; and .
the present one gives it to _us went the `condition
that it can be found in the Treasury after paying
ordinary expenditures. At all-events the Canal
Cominissinners will teel authorixedi-under this law
to place the whole work under contract, which be
ing once done, will ensure its completion. Be.
aides I have great confidence that the' money will
be in the Treasury, as needed. ,The Treasury de
partment will pass trout the present-Whig eynasty,
into the hands of the Democrscy, on Monday next.
hi-this the North Branch wilt gain a decided ad
vantage and the prospect for prOeuring the money
will be increased tour told, for, disguise it as they
may, the fact is well understood, I know here, that
every person connected with that department have
used their influence during the whole winter against
granting an appropriation to complete that work.—
The Whig chief clerk in that department has been
most open and active- in his hostility to it, even to
boring 'insthe floor of the House to prevent -mem
bers of his party from Voting for it, and it is said he
spoke from authority tithe Executive Charnber,
certain it is that but nine Whigs could be found in
the House to vote in *ear of an appropriation, and
three of these live &rectal. on theta, of the Canal i •
and the major part of the other: being Philadelphi
ans, who have been long the true friends of the
North Branch, years before Gov. Johnston came
into power, and who are too independent * be
wheedled about even by Eirecetive dictation. The
North Branch is indeed indebted to Philadelphia
City and County a majority of whose members
have nobly stood by it under all eirenmstances.—
Nor must we forget old Berke, her Members too
have been our fast friends this winter, besides many
others I could mention. But after ti)}; we are more
indebted to our own Democratic Representative,
Mr. Stockwell, than-any one else. Charley has been
busy the whole time, lending all his energies *the
accomplishment of this one object; and he has
managed the card well. He even socneeded in
getting votes from members whose constituents
were known to be opposed to the wink. Mi. Stock.
well deserves the thanks of -his constitneete, and
the everlasting gratitude of all North Branch men.
The probability is that the House will concur in
the amendment made by the Senate to the appro
priation Bill—that the apportionment Bill will go
to a committee of con terenee and both be diiposed
or by the middle of next week, which done, both
Rouses will * adjourn without delay. So I think
there is little doubt their labors will terminate - bof
fins the close °foes! week.
Slonsieur Tomson hat corny again. The WetberiU
rtivoree case was sprung upon thrSenate again the'
other dab la the shape of an amendment, and ac
tually passed that body. It was sent over to the
Woe on Saturday last, but some of the Senators
whis voted for it, and others who dodged got fright
Buell, and on Monday passed a Resolution regnant
itg the Flown to send it bark, which, alter under
go o t g proper discussion in the House was, ma mat
krn of courtesy complied with, and on its return to
the Senate a motion was made to reconsider, which
will probably be the last motion made in tolerance
to it, a: I have no doubt it is now the desizn of a
majority to permit it to sleep - i e hat slumber cm the
speaker's table. Forrest and his friends a e will
here, evidently maturing some pwiject to carry
through his bikin some shape or other before the
hour of final adjournment, and don't be surprised
it is done.
Our County Cou claret its-busmen for Mt.
wee)" too,,Thuretiay lent.
fine. Owns 'NWT the newly appointed Aiwa
slate Jedimappearett on the bent•,.
MO This* stsamer:'•rri+rd at New yort hews
Catifixttis, this week, triaging over two owilisos
7 112 =Mil
SIET
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Tama* IhtitsE of ths Demomidallekhelikg
Coismittiksalisii Montag of tharemoeratie
seas of *adroit was held ia the Coon Holism is
Awissiale;
was orasaismi by the eleetioi of the fullowias as*
IA persons tts officers: •
• GORDEN Iv. MASON. Pmekked.
Amuses Wffise 111 7 41 Pn114.1.611111.2611 " w.
EIMOS Assasoress. KAMM Bankaaras.
Itlimukt Emmy, aingnni
Bassos Daeasa, Paso* Pace.
Askowaa ' R. Liersages Score.
WW. Josue; Tsones T. INUIT. -
Dr, E. P. Atmar. moss lianas..
Coaesesy °wreaks.
• limn:via
George W. Lilian, (Thanks: J. Ingham.
William H. Peck; (O. F.
Ulysses Gomm, tiq.,.olfered the followiag reso•
lotion r
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Resolved; Theta Committee of Five be appoint..
ed to report to this meeting Maude* of OW per
sons as a Committee to confer with the Committees
Appointed by the other counties in the Senatorial
district, for the purpose of Wag upon the ratio of
r*Pqsthitttion to which each county stall' be enti
tled tit , the Senatorial Conference.
Piollet moved ttiainendly striking
coffee, ant ins Sting the Coutable' to report the
eames of but Am Omer as a Con:Mises of Con
ference. After food illiftuien by Messrs. Piotlet
and J. E.Caaßeld for, and MiAllercur easiest, the
amendment—it was negatived, arietbe resolution as
offered adopted.
The President appointed Francis Smith, emu
!Mead. A. L. Crammer, re Ifulderenoir trod Tralthis
Hornet, paid Committee.
Hon. Ruse Wthotee being called upon. address
ed the meeting for two hoots, is an animated and
eloquent speech, which was listened to with interest
and attention. • .
The Committee, by their claims'. reported to
the meeting the following names. as the Committee
of Conference ;
ta htxsop
Z
an it,.
Z o. aoobnit
. a;
B. LAPORTE. '
JOHN HALDWIPP,
• OORDIIN P. MAB3N6-
The report of the committee wu unanimously
adopted. and following resolution of instruction also
unanimously passed:
Resolved, That the Committee of ronference be
instructed to insist upon such a representation in
the Senatorial Conference. as will recognise the re
lative population. number of tazahles, and demo
cratic votes of the several counties.
A monition wa. adopted, that these proceedings
100 publiatiedln the democratic papers of this Con
gressional district. and of Wyoming county. antlthe
meeting adjourned:
filanerp in {be territories.
SIFIEEOH OF
RON, D, WILMOT,
07 PICIIISITLV/611.11,
[a the Wm of Itaprestatathial Nay 1, Icy
In Committee of the Whole on tie state of the Union,
on the Presidenes Message tratuat the Consti
tution of California.
Mr. CHAIRMAN: This lengthened debate, in my
judgment, has been productive of at least one good
result. It has disclosed, beyond all question of de
nial' or equivocation, the policy and purpose of the
Sbutb. JI sets* ample justification ' it any were
needed, where the path of duty is soclearly mark
ed out, for firm adherence to that policy, upon
Which I. have stood from the 41, and ripen which
I intend to stand throughout th* momentous **nig
gle.
Of the character of this Mitigate, if there Were
emit roots for doebt, there am be doubt nolonist:
It Wont now be conceded that there is subotatece in
this controversy—that the principle of ;positive pro
hithrien by Congress, against slavery in the terri
*wise of the nation, is' net an abeactine, haring
no practical object, and beading to no practical re
sult. Four years of earnest, and oleo acrimonious
debate in the halls of this Capitol--an siltation
wide'spreading ss the country, reaching andante*,
and 'firths to their profoundest depths the'passiomi
of Men ; anemia the' magnitude of the weigh, and
the mighty interests dependent upon its ustmt,--
Except that protracted and bloody conflict which
gave birth to the nation none has arisen, and, in
my
. M.lgment, none wi lt arise in our subseqeenf
history, involving interests so vast, consequences
sOmmumnens for good or evil, as the one now
pressing its fearful weight upon ae—rsaching, as it'
does, to the remotest posterity, and involving, if
not the existence, the character and' policy of our
Government, oolong at we hate a caste and
place among the family of natiems. The ultimate
decision of the present controversy will settle the
great question, of the condition and destiny of
the soothinn half of this continent. II will also
settle another r ent question : whether this Gov
ernment sha ll be administered in dm spirit dolt gave
it birth, or whether the sufferings and trials of the
Revolution shall have been endoted in- veil—
Whether *or Democratic institutions are tostssd,
or this Government become an Aristomacr, based
upon slave wormy, and slave repressotahtm.
hi the aspect of malts thus lasting end moment
ous, has the present struggle been viewed by those
interested in the extension and perpetuation of
elnyery. On their part, the conflict has been main
tained in a spitit and temper commensurate with
their estimate of the megnitude of the interests in
volved. hi behalf of slavery, this battle has been
fought with a desperation, kindred to madame,—
lbdissobibly united in the booth of a supreme and
allmootrolhog sellishoese—embarrassed by no dis
sid by no ties of brotherhood, nor
.by the obligations of a Witt and holy patriotism,
the champions of human litipdage stand banded to
gether, pressing on diotetly to the accomplishment
of their object, aid threatening, if *Waned iit
their parpoae, the dismemberment piths' Union,
and the total destrectien,of the bee Mitigations rust
der which we live. Berk sir, is the spirit and
temper of the Awe power, as exhibited in toil
struggle—a power as insolent, as arrogant, as de-
Bruit of right, and justice, and law, as the most
treasonable eonspitaey that ever retied kw head
against a just and-benign government,
Sir, this spirit of threatning and defiance, must
birsorressfully resisted, or we are ourselves the
veriest of slaVes. What •
shall the line of our
conduct be prescribed' tins under the pressuta of
treasonable threats!' We have severally sworn to
support the Consiitutiun. each neer hwnself
and for our fidelity in this respect. we most stand
individually responsible to Gad and thecoontrv.--
Bat we are toM that we' ust understand that eon
.oitrition. as it shalt be stuzht no by the. advocates
'of ohrreey—lre must adopt their construction c f
that instrument. and if we preserve to overstep the
.limits-of their interpretation. that the Union shalt
be dissolved: and' ear system of government over,
thrown. Not only this'. finethelitie emir srtion is
prescribed to oa i within the acknowladgerb limits
of the Cretiellitinet Shen may by admit
tea by thelleagreser into sine Mike," r tbe.expli
-41: 'eremite 01 that imactenete. Yet lime Ikea
to amieranted, if we preserve, to ezerciasibis ehear
'and ailatipmkpear ut Oman ef.ootfomelitoritit
oat as dl. wmair tMattwiltis M ilevary-se at
* - .1
litiT tallilif
eii*Vl lenighk inIOT titallb . , drili
iiitiontit tbeettliitarl rinannent applies will
biewbblatthe yeas and Nays wale ailed,
'in dellanneef padlioneenny law and eseips, *pet.
amii i
14,14* Md "fa . 01 .4 6 7 "km onlif.thel. Vl*
1. 10011014 1PIPN: :-_:'• : •;_ '', ..
ilKirbereeie Wilf 6 th is a - whislil
the tepressaestiveivel livennes wee, ber the di&
bossism mid 'diewelination of grave end tepartent
qieetiOnsf or ilk n'theatre upon wideireives are
taaghtiheir obligations and their dated It be
item iewirenualee 11Wgreestiepna 'which we
stand. We have arrived at a point fine which we
cannot reheat, without wsenenderof war indepen
donee as representatives upon ibis float. I repeat
it, we most go forward. To step back-.to cower
under these • threats, is base dishonor—a virtual
starcender of our rights, said theriens of the free
men whose representatives we are. It is no ones
'lion of feeling et wend pridtr; but of Wipes- -
dent action upon this floor—of the Mail* ef this.
acknonleihred powers, Which brain -to as as a
part of the Government. Sited the eaknowlbdged
iporcersaf this Goventment be exercised through
ats constitutional Owns* or, is a bend of convent.
tots to arrest its action and abet its authority at deb=
aiseel This, sir, in& point we bait reached. I
am for meeting the issue here and nee. t will
yield aothirm to , treason. I wilt know no comes
sions I.lkb - threats of faction. It would be hem
cowardice—a dement dmelietice of. pub& duty—
a surrender of the connittitional powers of this
Iroase into the hands of a' factious minority : sub
mai., of all rightful authority, and deenneuve of
the very looodmions of ear institutions of poem
meat.
i_ may.`-~'t'~*
Who is it. and what is it, that darer thde Ptah
defiance at the constitutional authority ryf this
WlWlWitillti—that dares threaten a ditansimberment
of this Union I I answer,
an ailtoarsey of slave.
holders, who, noicontent with that share of influ
ent* and political power given (ham by the 'Conti.
tion, demand the absolute control of this Govern
menu...she right to dictate the sphere and the
modes of its action. What could be more despot
ic, than to make the existence at the government
depend upon the acquiescence of Congress in such
a construction of the Constitution as• the represen
tative; of a particular section chose to place upon
it, from time to time? It we will make OW ac
tion conform to the Constitution as it shall be ex
pended to us by the replesentatives from the slave
States we are united that all be well—that agita.
tins Zell alive, and peace and harmony be motor
ed 10 WV OlXlffify ; bet if we dare ft mad that in.
essument for ourselves, and to set upon our under
standing of its true meaningwe are threatened
with convulsions, and blood shed and civil war....
If one man should. assume tits right to flit an an-
Moritativir constractiois upon the Constitution—to
dictate what Congress might, and what it might
not do--acquiseene• in this demand, would be to
change this Government info an Mud_ dle monarchy.
To concede that right to any number less than a
majority, is to convert it into an ari.toMsey. Yet
this is what we are called upon to do at the pkril
of the very existence of the Goverunisint
iwlL—
Sir, I am no agitator; • I am the friend and the kiv
er,of peace ; but I prefer agitation-1 prefer any
expremity of danger, to the peen that is proffer
ed us.
The great champion of the South, now number-
redeeming - the dead—he whom courage equaled
hie WI-citcumlocution and indi
rection, matched boldly op to his object, and pro.
posed such• an enumdment of the Constitution es
should place this Government in the power of a
minority. This bold and direct proposition startled
the country. There was no disguise in it. !timid
be clearly seen and understood; and being seen,
the people of the flee States as me man revolted
at the proposition ; and many of the most ultra
men of the South aunt* beck from this _ground
their great leader had feariesslY taken. It was too
bold. It stripped slavery of its dimples; and -ex
the length and breadth ol its demands.—
as was this proposition, it was harmless
compared with the covert demands made upon tie
by the esunqproas advocates of slavery.
seek, by indirect means, more thaa Mr. Calhoun
ever demanded by a change of the Comtitution.—
They require that Congress and the country 'ball
acquiesce in their construction of the Constitution,
and make the overthrow of oar. institutions the
penalty of disobedience. Sir, if the North, under
the influence of threats, and the seductions of pat
ronage, can be brought ~two this, it is better he the
aristocracy of slavery, now any written constitu
tional amendment. ft is en ever ehangirqi amend
ment, adapted teail eineigeocies, and equal to
ever; necessity. I prefer 'any change of the Con
stitution to this. li the rest . 'tes of our go.
vestment are to be subverted, and
, aristocracy
establiebed upon Os mine, let it be done by a
change in our organic law—let it be written down,
so that the freemen of OW seanu, may see it.—
Let the powers and privileges of our masters be
diatinctly defined, .and such rights as are vouch-
!Wed to es, have the panniers of written law.—
•Of_all-tyrannies, save me lam that unlimited and
undefined tyranny, which acknowledges no re-
straint except the will or caprice of the tyrant—
which demands control over my judgment and
conscience, and enforces obedience by threats, if
not Of lihr, of alttbat makes life valuable.
Mr. Chairman, td is is no pieture of the imagine
lion, but a sober totality. How stand the fecal—
We of the non slavehokline *Stater believe that
Congress has power under the ameritotion to pro
hibit-slavery in the national terriuxiee. We have
mad that instrument for ourselves. tor a havecare
hilly studied its provisions. We have called to
our aid the lights of history and the experience of
the past, and we fad our opiniflos fortified by the
unbroken action of this Government throughout
all its departmente,•ler the entiteepetiod of its ex
istence. We believe farther, that it is our boun
den duty to God and the, country to mercies this
power, and to give to the principle of the non-ex.
tensitth of slavery, the antilbrity atilt fbrce of posi
tive law. How are we met! We are told that tf.
we, being in a majority, dare le act' open this, ourr
uodentanding of the Cosistilatkin-nif we shall
dare to carry oet Me deep and wham convictions
ol public duty, that the Nice shall be dissolved,
and Our country involved - in anarchy and the
homes of civil' war. HenUemen representing the
slave States tell us they have a diflerentreading of
the Constitution. Disregarding all presedents—
' rejecting all contemporaneous construction, they
mega, to thentselme infallibility as the expound
era of that insteumenti and if we shaft dam act
snorter to .their. expiation, they notify us by the
melt solemn warning, that the Government shall
be ovettbrown, and our skeletas institutions of lib.
' eny.and laii buried in the abysm Of iresiric . table
ruin. Sit, no &Wpm &wee the Republic
se ito
seinent as the agoutis guide by *Weep upon die
Constitution and Owen, of this (3eveniment. Stab
mission to its Weide and demands is dies:eel dins.
fill eidaetity the am' befell us. What more fatal
to libel," What melt subversive of outiostitee
does than a surrender of the Cosistiteios, and
the rights of a nerjerity.wiler it, and the Woe.
lion. es the liw of oar geisisoce of the "whinny
beb6se of 'slavery. enforcer by threes of Viefeess
aoillSioed
Again, Mr. Chahmen, we proposal° tints Cal
ifornia into the Plies, Our right to do to is ac
knowleifged. Pere they, is m° dispute of one eon
oitotional power; yet', here auain we are wanted
not -trimmed at slur aszard of the ITition. We
are told. that Califon ia shrill not be admitted. ex
cept upon each terms as slavery *hall preperibe—
That its adatimino mom* be peneharted by the eoh.
stantiateoneereiens of opening wide the dam to,
she imilldeetincr of slavery into oAredierieginries.
Yea. Yet i bird-upon the qtaertiost of the inienndi
tional sdmireion of California, here in -tire plain
and open highway of oar duly, slavery _hurl° it.
&Milk* in citir tads. We at* itind
par peril. ehap we here ton, porttwer peete
sobmintien elksliwo "meat ifimine",by stead- -
log like ueiblihtts etrareldh: hi se twitii Those
ran aim the mandate who:eliteatr. t Phaltow—
To my wit tents* . Wee the" vesicit et the whip.
aid
.be moiriora ender beller title dgo the
setylie et( Ibitpleieneekie r ekwe fto di."
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'O l lO B lO,l. 01,4, ; .'_tiffitainets& - • •
t7fv, '. : ilt ----' - • -' - , -. 4- .0. issiniA:-:liste-111
bit taiViientifthiiiintaacthe peopie tOlie - ken .
. • '' - llwi ihanitilidkp theipthinnd soodan000l! •
ijahl'igiireor alrPOnlic4.. .-.,_.4 , -;.: 12,
~iThetion Ilitellettg Abe PH 6 00 1 7 MO* do*
Minh hit animptbithoo4lll_6ooo: astraripiblie
kiiing:Miill
thanfiktibiententeitati or My editor
iiiithseeit whittle Milliiindoh4f Colifittnie. Upon
ilds peillWelth the Pismilifilikiiims Win sawn,
'white ups all otheli if bas linpenitelt ' lid neck
with the Washington Union and Charleston Met-.
any in hisadattecy of the:most: nelnifligpiht a« 1
mends of the South, aid - is justly entitled to • pre
-eminence, over both in the Manua and:malignity
of its "mob upon the principles and friends of
freedom. It has been kneed, by the strong public
sentintimtat hoinei to oor.ccal its opposition la the
admission of Cidifornia—ta disgusts its hoed*
ander cover of a "general compron!bee
- 1 - When wo assembled in drier ledt-sn- December
last, there could not have been foetid fit. Repre
sentatives from the hew States who were not op
posed to mixing up California with titbit ielneas
of controversy and strife. Here, at last, the North
warn, takes arms stand—one from which she was
not to be seduced by promises et dnven by threats.
How stands this House today upon the questlim of
the imeonditienal atinthwitin of California I God, sir,
only knows t Mt if wham can be placed epos the
confident amettions of the kiss& of shivery, the 1
hien& of Catkorais are in a minority upon , this
Rom. The great measure of her admission with
't hate emainnibe, Is to be ensbanassed by gum
tithe, of tenitarial gorannisets for New Mexico
au& Untie and the salthenent if the boundaries of
Texas- California is to be compromised into the
Union; and the price of her admissam is the ex
tension of slavery. Sir, I trust in God dial this
will not be. If the North prove tecreent sow, and
upon this misstioe i when sod where can we 'hope
for manful and suc cessful resistance against tbe av
realm and threats of *hoary I . I tram that the 1
Representatives from the North will'nefet consent
that California shall be made the make.iireiglit for
the extension of slavery—that they will save them
selves and the hamearmestiteencies they represent
from dna deep hlimiliation. California abandoned
as an helepairket and separate massare, and there
is no ground upon; which the friends of freedom
can stand and maintain this unequal struggle,—
This crowning set of treachery to northern inter
ests and northern rights, would strife a chill upon
the hearts of the liftmen of this -land. I should
myself• feel es if the chains were clanking emu
my own limbs. I pray Heaven that it may sot be;
yet I Isar the arrangements and corruptions of this
political mait, when principles and the higlwat in-
tweets of humanity are mere commodities, that
sueand sold for office—where the question
of the residencyis made to override the great
issue of freedom or slavery. Would to God that
the men who are at the plough and in the work
shops could be here to speak and vote opoo these
momentous questions. They, sir, meld not be
seduced by lisitery, nor awed by thews, nor cor
roped by °then 'With them the love of truth is
monger than the love of gold.
lift. Chairman, the whole history of this strug
gle is • history of high and haughty bearing—of
proud and arrogant defiance an the pan of slavery ;
while on the side of- freedom there has been a
shameful exhibition of weakness, irresolution, and
a timidity bordering. on cowardice. The North
has been driven from one position to another, until
the imposts are all abandoned, and we are now
summoned to an =conditional surrender of the
citadel belt Under the influence of threats, of
persuasion, of eatery, and above all, of patronage
and the promise of political preferment, oar num
bers have been reduced by desertion-r-eur ranks
broken ear forces divided, until there is danger or
a general tont. In the commencement of this
dingle .the friends of , freedom were closely and
thoroughly united apcs the ground of positive leg.
isbaive prohibition against the introduction of sla
very into any territory which we might acquire
limn Mexico. The constootimality and propriety
of this position, met with the general and almost
universal assent of the people of um flee States.—
Their Representatives i on this Soot ' presented the
same united and unbroken front. Sam, &mover,
the ranks of the cixthem Democracy began to
give Way, ander the pleasure and patronarm of a
Southern administration Fearing to abandon at
one war, a principle: . which had been received with
sock general favor, iae allies of slwr extension
in therlionb, discovers,/ that ihragi of th e
subject wail " prioniiinite."" Claiming stil to ecru
ertai
py the same high mound—loot and one in
their pobirionst4 fidelity to the principles and
the cause of timbal, they took abetter babied the
plea, that the Proviso, es an amendment to the
`Wei saltine - bill, was inappropriate, both as to
tiara end plats,; that we should acquire the terri
tory behove seeking to brat upon it the ordinance
of freedom. Under this specious disguise—this
cloak of friendship, were sounded in the North
the first notes of oliposition to the Proviso. Under
cover of such hat mid hypnerifical professions
was the cry raised by titer fits' deserters, ef 0 heni
beg,” di idle abstractimp and- such like ern - thew,
believing that il, for any cause, they wield emceed
in creating a prejudice against the name , it would
be' easy to pot down the
of fsnciple inele • I could .
quote from the reties various gentlemen in
support of what have hers said, as to the gelinir)
of opposition first made against the - Proviso I
will, however, confine myself to rending a short
extract front the speech of a former col vague. I
make this selection, bemuse be has made himself
eonspicoons of late, indettouncing the Mimi"
and all who support ie . He has become a traveh
ling missionary in the cause of slavery roman.
Awn: Rh oppbsitionAtnows nohbondii. His, de:
de
flounces the Proviho es a violation of the Constite:
tirm-•-ir damning political beresywin old Fedetal
delusion ; and all who support it as_senegailes mid
traitors to the Democratic party. Threwyeats ago
he stood upon this floor, dwelling his opposition
under the protessims of friendship, solemnly
pledging himself in the face' of the patina; to gb 1
.for ingrefiing the principles of the Provim opopi
'the legislation of the country whenever the terrh
wino should be acquired, and' Citogresendled dp:
on to establish territorial governments therein. P
hope his ecoethem friends. will take now of this
came, as one eipebially deserving remembisura and
ailed. The appointment of Asap dyne,.
Would be but a reasonable recompense kor e io
dustrious and important merriest of their ally sines
the opening of tbrpileem newton OF Compum.—
This nudes, Pam minsin, will. insets hint a safe
passport through the Senate:
I read from the "peach of'the Han. richard Bred-
bead delivered in this House, February ft, feet
allays thus, Mi. Mantuan, &isle stated my
objeefions to my friend and imileamters (Mr. Wile
toot) eskibisied anendmeet. I will now make
mine ebservithone eta wend. sharaethr upon the
subject of slavery, in mutation to Which so fedi
has been said in diii ditioto, iri order that my
_posi
tion and views may not be imeconansed. Firer,
however, permit mete premise, that if we had ac
quired other New Iksitoor s• Siriijfirnia r and a hit was
btlipre the Mom peeidieg terrillorird goomements
.thereas or a bill was We Me House providing for,
40 athittisioss eof dgier thoot Provinces as sff
(the territory briar first nominal by treaty)l lameld
Dr* for a provision excluding slam!. I 'spew si t
principle coopined in fier (merriment 00 miaiker , c,
vadvill yofir &griffin" reriipu l tie egarfica if the
cwatry but in the proper f irst ; end' at the pellet
taw-and plinee when the ponder tb do @wean be
lintatulty exerciasit" -
Sir. this upnowahire iforfge," which we hen
sore ittvoheillat the presents aeopion; by a distill'.
aniohvil reptvuentatire ha" berw•ayhturitto, in no
oriaittaf With hint. r claim priority of thoecivrly
tnt the sentlemen hem whree olpeefi f have piot
read:- amt r think f rantrrniiir wan rem re Inure
who have at lam threwyeara advertise' ot the gen
. &man fmm Unto, is lip ave. f should Oat have
.leinnetr thin worthy of note, bat than I ilo not thiuk
claim orktinalitv for all'
tintreprunte roprwtted ! With thientiket. Shertfear..
will be manna in for pay. to the attelasion• ewer:
lker amt rave meritontaas inviratool. k
al(tolatil Pinot — or trasa that Mato, elairate the Pro.
Aseliy,Vititptiior iiververmed exhibited 'midi
Of** 4° "` This; -Witmer
sang neither quick nor large mums 01 the
dieumpashed_fiesener has temmdr,
pinimod - motherinvention, aniNedia . MEW of
sldatisalgeegrepk" die if
ifig wilicif be proposes moms the ea.
i raihristaione of die Noidwepon .the wriest of 46
•estemion elavery. Item si= itia bllassuchanisa
fa iribiefft upon, die rights of lamb. This,
sainipenessa wee Offered poa may se
the fill of ten, by a distit chasm of My
ems Stateein oeletinasil dormant, known as the
" Birks tounri LiitterP" It did not promise arthat
vials to become a spider eadicine. Elroy Whig
stomach rejected it.. We shall see whether or not
it will be more pdatsbls to them, when adminis
tered Waseca( their nwn doctors. But, it is
not inylarpree enliegiapon tbistbemi. I only.
drake to suite die . blots, to vindicate the " truth of
• history,", and ve add* the Booth,. that Pandrybra
ma clams the dm instalment of pay.
To mem, MI. Chariton,- to the 'died Goss
which I bus toadied by ear dismission': It was
nodes *dies of &lift and sopping, that
cry to imams diet took 'hither. This clash- was
worn, until the Saadi demsded that it skald be
bad lade. The toisiterim were abosired, sad it
became nomemy skims° staid apt* theta pre-
Makes, or to did seem new' sever bated' which
to shelter . opposition: A prmideatia election was
apmecting. The shim pewee insoleedy pro
claimed its - porposee tO espreit no man foe that
high Mies, who shield tepid with the least favor
the mama of freedom. Tripe, a prominent can
didate had given it his margehread endomment--
bad spokes' el it as st great mom of right, which
Might not, and snot not be abandoned. SW sla
eery west imsorabie. The oracle meet speak, and
it Melt *lab a. saismandeL Sir, t at oracle did
spil t and we had predated the gi Nil:hobos let
ter,' an which, for the int time, the gmend was
taken by a northern man, that the "Proviso" was
ammunitions!.
We hear mach said Mr. Chaineum-- of/ the mg
(mama of the North spin the Seeds I ebbs,
upon die Saadi wanton and witliedaggremsoes
upon for North. She sedoctle der public -
She tempts them beyond their strength. She leads
Mem "up an exceeding' high maintain," and
shows them the kingdoms of ibis world, and roil
ism than. dominion and power, and they-"(Ml
down and worship."
Sir, I liartrspoken of obesity as die basis of ititi
h is so; oaf I pee it as my nature
and deliberate judgement, that the slatreholders of
the South eonstitatean. of the most formidable and
powerful aristocracies upon the leas of-the eanh.—
An aristocracy is, where the power is in the hands'f the fey, to the emission of the many. It is not
absentia* to au'aridixthicy, that its powers and pre
revives should rest upon law they may rest upon
a stranirpabtic opinion , that law; ,
the consistency
and foam of law. Theo his the South. The pub
_fie opinion of the South isradirely moulded and di
rected by the daveholders. Their views, senti
ments, and principles, make, op southern public
opinion. The strength of this public opinion is
strikingly exemplified in its influence over the
prim, that great lever which moves the world.—
The press of the Soul is the mere organ and advo
cate of the interests and prerogatives of slavery. It
no more dam assail that institution, or question its
rightlul supremacy in the State, than eilro the pies
of any aristocrauc government on eahh assail the
privileges and inimaskies of its aristocracy. In
the one, the press . is under the surveillance of law
and a vigilant police in the other it is under the
equally watchful salxifience of a public opinion
stronger than law. I say stronger than law, because
the freedom of the press is secured by the constitu
tion of every slave State; yet this provision is a
dead letter so fir es respects slavery. The press of
the South is free le discoss:evety otheraibpct,end
all sides of every other su . biect. There is nothing
in-morals' in law, or religion , somered, that may
not aniline a full and thorough diecuseion at the'
South, sate only the one subject of slavery. Why
is this madeo ,, ~~t exception! I answer, beeline.. it
is the buhee4tof southern aristocracy. Why, air,
the press is free is Reesia, in. Austria, in the most
despotic and aristocratic government, in Christen
dom, to discuss all and every subwa y so that it does
not trench upon the perogatives of the privileged
order.
No aristocracy ever struguled more desperately
to strengthen and kntify their prenmatives than
have the slavehoklets of the South t to emend and
perpetuate that system, upon which their power
reap. Holding in their hands fifteen hundred mil
lions -of dollars of slave property, together with a
Urge portion of the real eatice of the Sooth--having
entire control over the public opinion, and filling
near all the positions of office and power in their
respective States, with ninety-one representatives
upon th:s low one half of the Senate, and the Es
elective bran: of the Government during nearly
the-whole period of our norms' etiolates, thor
oughly and indissolubly united ire the'cotronote in
tersect and darters of slavery,-4 repeat the prop
minim with which I set out, that the slave-bolder.
of the South constitute this day one ol the moo
powerful aristocracies on the face of the et fl; and
are now fighting a battle of life and. death' (be the
permanent control of the Government of the Union.
Sir, one of the characteristics gee inistomacy, is
unrelenting and unforgiving hatred' of those who
question its privileges at assair its power, Slavery
has exhibited this in a marked degree, dthing the
history of our Government. Whew has a states.
man of North, however pore, and just, andooble
— , forwrever exalted in the alrections of bit country.
men—wrbett 'has suctrarman moose the tract of
southern policy—when has he planted himself in
the path Of slaveryoted made maned resistance to
its exorbitant demands, and survived its prescrip
rive wrath? Sir, the 'trample cannot be found
the Milroy of this GosemrnehE Serb a man could
have sooner passed in safety thoordek of the hr.
tensersom iit the dark agss , upon echo's of here
sy, than he cool.? yeas that Steak Chamber to-day.
AVe these things ever to tier Mut we forever
DOW oat necks to theyolte'of shivery I Shall the
vets men of the North be lbrovet struck down
As we to steed still and memo children prescribed
in the land of their bit*? No, .f ir ! no! The men
are' here' who will rescue this Government from the
gimp el aletinfestraitir ruthless arntomacy. This
great work is the' propriate and snook* mis.
sion of a gemlike y—coMposed as that
Democracy in truth is, the reit he. masses
the country, however moll dindsdj or by whatever
patty names they may b. heeled.
Democracy is a . principie of sternal justice. It
emends
for pokey end right: Bream all wrong
indepptessiee. It tat e foe of all - speciilietwile.
gas and insanities. It seeks the elevation sod
redemption of me Home every specks of bondage
soil tyranny. II is the - friksrof the &nth trodden
and appreemed—of iarth's *hoes dest6
ray it* to sweat and. lea , hem the cradle to the
grave, It sysepet hiaie with labor, and tigikatly
pants its interests and right, agammt th e insidious
arid headers &mid* of espltal,` Governed by
tizah prinei and aline, Dossocreey has
d Wind inereseis, power and
Hem of the great maned intimate of the
North.
• Until now, we have never .had internee of a
purely aettional'ellatacter, malted upon the eemitly
antic main Woe ill - national politics : but now, ear,
the South ingipts upon making tbs. support ant en
tension of plavery, the all-contmHing tome and test
in oar national,politica. Demme/7, true to its
principles, itithtel to its high mission. is WWI
Rem ter new the p coma. of davery upon dilltebn
(intent, and upon this lame, it it mel by theratimea
racy of the Snotkin deadly strife. Southern• arise
weary, and ocnihem capital, Peek; to awe them.
mires from the application of Amperes* principle!'
of jai and right. underwhlbh, the went' willing
**
to fight thelanlew of netnneimay, against the cam.
tal and arivencricy of the Noah. licosioated
to lead in oar party cantina, the ansiomary of the
Smell atilrhekle the machinery of the party, and by
a - bokr and' doetuipeloor nee' of it,' oqpinization
auk tolled Demaeracy on to seltdennuiani—ni
the breaking dowe el ems wet rinekike of jus
tice and rigid, which have sites • it vitality and
power as a pasty, aad _Which:aloe entitled it to the
ieppitt ei a outueiri mid mph" t eta the
0 1/Indi bat iheoTanizatfil o ,
irtoribo one beard free primpfde, sad bo a - - ""!,
tide egiguihre misistinent of Isgiiimai a a w e I° l
sit regaelas oliak /, rior to Order, 00 to - so
boidi!eniltai new hail die ioofilliliOß 0( Afri te l ll4
114ny.
fir, thereat elemseis by *hid 'la*,
iS attend and perpetuate its power s.l O
beedion ie this oonnict„ are, the siego a „,.
the Demitensic par( gibe pima:ma t o of 11 ;3 if
ran Government, and - abundant and prolific a ...s td..
sierstfatorepolidefil:prisfennent. ft ea t hr ; e l 7_
its protaises, corrupts by , its pawing., aad
by na use Of party organization. lbe leo g t ;i:
employed opoe the leaders--the later a t e „
rank mid file. This driving business boo
open- me pretty but with a
or rather want of mesas ; which I trust is not
setisfactory to the operators. I shall saw n
tantation; wrested by mien who ope a l - d 2 . 1 .
their mimes to extend slavery, and who p i a ttei .'""
in advance; shit they will &appal no candid iaa - :
lam be evewa principles evocable to Asi r eel :
I MS go into no calicos with men who !W . I .
opal the thisiboid, that opposition toile 7er
efekseary dekeallitise a man for theirsupp ou „,
fe wain' no isecasify never, ,
Vote for a moo whose principles harmonize li g
.my Bird; and demand of me, that I , a y
one of effeniell ; views. This is a kind of port a „.
- ganizatios to winch I have not been accaai l ak .
and into which cannot be driven. Si,. I Imo, d
bat one way Mr pet a stop to such a system
wrong opon my rights, and the rights of my c a .
stiteasts—Wech an outrageous pereso l i t * al o f th ,
ends and MnPolielf rlf Rem/ , erllnreseriou: Myal.
nnsedf for such injimuce, fiim and at ,h eed 7l
resitiance 11, however, I could bedtime to it LI
in the Irene ender an- organization thug wad
mod, and tiles perverted, I would will opp ose e e
man etio had bartered away my principle s
office I would do this,.if for no higher reama,o,
evidence that all 80f..respect and mettsed t ad
not been Iliztingtiiih
ed in me. No', sir! t h e mill
wko p li be smy pnnciples, must not draw o n TN fix
the . I shell offer no midi premium em u*
err. Sault most reward her own ru n i c __
She caning bold ep dun offices and high plo oes . o.
.thie Goveninientleas a toward to northern nun h t
their treachery to the cause of freedom, a m t
call on me, by my vote, to. consummate ea t o
Fon.
k--41epest, sir, I am the friend of patty oi lm a n
I have ever been one of its mow Blade
Supporters. I value it too highly to content, wit.
oat smuggle, that an aristrieracy shall wield itl a
ttie advancement of its local and sectional moo ,
and to the otter prostration of those pun*
which it was designed to uphold and maistita'...
As a Democrat, mid omen* the " Moat irred est
the sect," I have realitea; led ffiall'cominus too.
sic with all elf SWIM pother!, any and every e ,
tempt on the plittof the diVeholders of the ftek,
to wield the oimSnization of the Derdoenitie pew .
spine its preimplesoind for the payout of se
irhrion of human slavery. I will battle inn
s i treagth against ibis effort to lead Denim'
cy to self-destruction, by an unscrupulous and a ,
justifiable use of its organiiarion. What Er Ir
legitimate objects of party orimnization Wig
are Ukases! As I understand', to bring do g
those entertaining common opinionieendsestse:a
upon political subjects, and suiting them aao
centrated action. The maintenance of pri ne o a
the end, to which all iegkilnatd organinai Impost
Its object is not ter bring together those WIN 11,
congruous and contlicting opinions. It may, so
indeed often does serve to reconcile differences al
opinion upon minor p?ints, but it never ran, el
never ought , to, unite into harmonious actin; then
holding opposing principles, which are deed*
tal and fundamental. No one would think d
ting permanently in the same party orzanintss•
the republican and the milearchirt. They cictd
for clime stand together, fighting a common ut
my, which threatened to overpower both; Fat ie
danger once passed, they would immediately lep
irate and commence a warfare upon each other-
Thu alliance of antagonist intereAs and pieso*
is no: onfrequent. It shiers tapes place en
threatened by a common danger F,ven t w ee
despotism not onfrequently finds its iideristi ed
safety in an alliance with the down troddenme
es, and earnestly 'seeks to remove, in some deco,
the crushing tyranny which wens helms them
is tiro day in Russia. and tinhorn PO for ennuis
The Autocrat of that Empire has a (mandate
vat, and at tiniest a deadly enemy, in a mania
aerstocracy. „winch holds in serfdom the great
of his 'abject& It by relieving the serfs from wed
ponitill of this tyranny which oppresses them. Is
could cripple the power of the anoint racy,le en d
feel more secure in his prertgatives, and meal
upon hie thyme, ftosiW he, however, sweet a
weakning that aristocracy, (which now is the oily
Cheefi Om his power,) - by w partial vermicide.
meat of the soh, things worthd bit dm:coif; el
there would be a conesponding change in hie eye
pathies,and policy. The masses, relieved in sal
from the crushing tyranny which had kept toed
down, would demand an enlargement of that
rights, and the imperial power would ally ind
with an' enfeebled aristocracy, to resist those is
mends. Governed by the same meat !windpipe!
human action,- bet under eirctenstaater widely I
ferent we have Hen aristocratic interest at a
South, airmen into temporary connecTion with tit
Democracy bl the country. Democracy, ass pm
elide, curb:we avnipathy or natant' east
with Slavery. Light and darkness are not ewe
Opposed. They occupy the extreme points de
keel antagonism. The one; - the friend of their
gest liberty • , the other, the enemy of every lea
right. Whits thin oppooedlo each alter, fon de
natoreendeonitimition of things ; yet Neste!
as as active and.prectioel element in the weep
of oensystein o(Govemment, pays pickled reelin
and loyal aWlinici, to the Vonstituties, and e
(rains,as in duty bduhd; fionz any intake:if
with IMO ift the'seVend Steer where it err"
As a- local, domestic, State institution, whom
may be ithr.Vtli and its Wrongs, it is entitled air
the Ciioiditigton to Owe and security. Bat V
slavery steps beyond State boundaries, andinee
the power of the General Government . * ere
and perpetuate the system-i•Aosfrengthes rid
hold the aristocracy which'it nonimberandrtmet
Democracy must either lie tali,' in its prioisA
or it 1000: resist demanclwao'etirsordinaly oldie
geroos. It is etily es is Serb irretittnienr
very eamelaies :fiebearanee and toleration. roar
it veilletaiily lays aside its local and dometiedre
scleir,,snd enters upon the theatre of natio:al b a
• dew tvhsii it sesames an nailed* towards
one. Otrvitnisiont suck as that in which i t 111 '
mandai diets* law under the threats of
der*
resistance becomes a duty ofthe highest enurw
1 " 1 " and nebetiesioes Endo such CJIMIIIII4
mead be moral boom to our flee indite**.
Mr. Chairman, we hear mock anniel l e nt
is omit?' ganders fee r woody and' an
mint of all the centrovewed questions grovel_:
,of the tiobjUct of slavery. Some northern IT:
men are nervously slimed for -the sitety 0 1 . !
Union. So distressing' are their font, that b!
censor spealkelfeept in terms - of the mm
focebodinge. A • licitikle so deep and 2135 ier
presses its weight uporriliena sets 10 ilemersm
and apptite, aml physient comfort The
of a lithe novefed retirement cannot hold WA;
sanctuary thmtibi-as of a I ° l 4.•
Tile mot of a quiet retreat is abandoned lee a r
fieSunige Iwthe Capitol, to teach the North mho*
*ion. and-slather South in the work of "Z
ing the Union." Surely such patriotism
_ let
its reward. Oh ! sir how ungrateful in a 11 !' 7.-
and uncharitable world, to breathe its 143
that selfislinees or ambition for presiden t i al d o
had ought to do in this labor of lore. G r ,
has been art industrious and labored effort tonne
alarm kw the safety of the Union—to get ° P : I . l'
io in the country; and in this work n orthern .
Iv .
and northern presser have•onntributed their
Aare. The North is to be frightened fmm, writ
~.
ciples and propriety; and under the plea '
f ;
ges el the Union." nottliernmen on this-fle,t%
to jorsi thernsitres . to their eansitituently,ll,
abandonmentof the cause of freedom.
_re ti i .
nsomminseeily a settlement upon a /014 °i
t
.notiosol buds of the roma sontrover,il oot