Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-05-12

will meet it directly and reject it,
MIR. Uesc0H-l did not understand the
ilonourable Senator from South Carolina;
but, now that | DO, | I'm perfectly willing 10
adopt the suggestion,
MIR. Cdldoun--I would greatly prefer to
meet the motion directly and reject it.
MIR. Wescott-l have no objection 10 that,
and had taken but another mode of attaining
that object. In answer 10 the suggestion OF
the Honorable Senator from South Carolina,
that it was the duty Of other Senators, repre-
senting the South, to speak on this matter, !
will state one reason only why could not do
so. | could not trust my own feelings when
| heard the Senator from New Hampshire in.
troduce this bill. Sir, there has been no out
break, no violence in this District. There
has been no disturbance except on the part
of a set OF men who. it seems, have come in
to this district for the purpose OF assaillng
slave owners in the peaceful enjoyment Of
their property, secured to them by the con-
s~titutiun which we all have sworn to support.
There has been public Indignation manlfes-
ted by an assemblage Of those who have been
thus wronged, but has there been any vlo-
lence as yet!-any destruction Of property?
No. | wonder that there has not been, And
when the Senator from New Hampshire pro-
claims that there is any danger Of this, call
upon him for his testimony in relation 10 this
matter. Where does he get evidence that
any portion OF the property Of citizens of this
District is to he burned down or destroyed
| WAS present last night as a spectator, at a
large assemblage OF the citizens Of this dis
trict. | heard law officers of this District
and other gentlemen speak Oh the OCCASION,
but | heard nothing by any means so incen-
diary as ! have heard since the Honorable
Senator took his seat upon this floor. 1t is
true, Indignation was expressed, but leading
citizens OF this District and Shareholders de-
clared that they were aveTse to any act Of
overt violence. Indeed this aSsemblage,
which has been called a tumuliuous mob,
peaceahly appointed a committee oftfly citi-
zens 10 wait on the editor, and request him 10
remove his incendiary publication which had
provoked this excitement. ! have only 10 say,
Sir, that | readily yield to the suggestion Of
the Honorable Senator from South Carolina.
Mr.. Darts. Of Mississippi-The Senator
from South Carolina has remarked that he
expected that some younger member of thi;
body would notice the motion of the Senate
from New Hampshire to introduce a bill, the
purpose Of which is the protection of incpn
diaries and ki%dnappers. have only to say
that it is from no want of accordance in feel
ing with that Honorable Senator, bu, from
Difference to him who has so long and so no
bly, stood forward in defence of the institu
lions of the South, that | remain silent. |
was rather that | wish to follow him than tia
| did not feel the indignation which he ha,
50 well expressed. The time has come when
if this District is 10 DO made the theatre o
such contests, Congress should interpose tht
legislation necessary for the punishment o
those men who come within our jurisdiction
acting in fact and in morals as inceudiaries-
coming here to steal a portion of that proper
ty which is recognized as such by the Con
sti;ution of the United States. Why is it tina.
in this body, looked to as the conservative
branch of the Government-oncc locke Il
as so dIgniied that il stood above the powel
OF tdctioh-that we find the subject of this
contest so insulting to the South-so insul
ting always when it is agitated and introdu'
ced on such an occasion? Is this debatahle
ground' No! 1t is ground upon which the
people Of this Union may shed their blood
and that is the first result, lift be pressed any
farther; and if this Senate is to be made the
theatre of that contest, let II come-the soon.
er the better. We who represent the South
ern States are not here 10 be insulted on &C,
count of this institution which we inherit
And II civil dlscOId is TO be thrown from this
Chamber upon the land, etitgerminate here
and | am ready for one TO meet 1t with any
incendIaTy who, dead to every feeling Of pa
trlotism, attempts hero TO produce it.
Mr.. Fooie-On the 4th of March, 1896
the American people OF all parties assembled
at this Capital for the purpose of witnessin.
| th. nonrnratiop nf tho praci1apt IF tho Ifnt
ted States. The President was a northern
man. | had the honor Of listening TO his in
augural speech, and in it he wisely and pa
triotically asserted a principle of which | ap
proved at the time, which | still admire, an,
which has a close affinity 10 the question II
suddenly presented to this body. Aianii
Van Buren, dared to declare in his inaugura
! speech that though it was his opinion-anl
it certainly is not mine-that Congress ha
the mower to abolish Slavery in the Distric
of Columbia, yet he conceived that it coulC
not be done without the most odious and un
pardonable breach Of faith toward the slav,
States of the Conlederacy, especially Mary
land and Virginia. This declaration, not al
together unexpected, gave temporary quie
and satisfaction TO the South. | had though
until recently, that there were very few mel
in the republic claiming anything like a pro
minent standing among their fellow citizen
who entertained different opinion from tina
thus expressed, or who, if entertaining il
would undertake to express it in the natlona
councils of this Republic. But the abolition
movement has not been quite so successful
as some desire it to be, and now we see plait
indications that individuals (for cannot con
scientiously call them g%sntlemen) asserting
themselves to be champions of freedom, hav
resolved TO carry into execution a scheme
an attempt to remove by any means whatev
or, all the slaves now within this District
so that those who have been in the habit O
retaining slaves in their possession, will b
discouraged from bringing others here; an,
that citizens who may hereafter settle here
will of course on tho principle of obvious pc
c%unisrv policy, decline bringing such rrorcr