The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-28


pessons, and the circumstances under which they
educated; that these impressions rarely eadcaed
without the destruction OF most that was good and valua
Bile in character. presume that my colleague has not d.
vested himself of the influence of early education under
which his opinions and character were formed We find
entire concurrence IN has opinions to the unlimited
power of Congress TO egslae the subject OF slavery
in the Territories, with the opinions Of all the mem
bers from his native Bay State-a State always fede
raj in It's politics, always the advocate OF central
ism, and from which, by its extensive emigration
like opinions have radiated from focus and pene
,rated every State in the Union ! can thus satsfac-
toriy account for my colleagues views early associa
tons have brought back the opinions OF early HE, and
he all the power OF the creator vested IN the
ture which has been made. He regards Congress
sovereign and having the sovereign right TO decide what
shall be, and what shall not be- property in the territorial
domain. have somewhere read in book OF fiction,
that Geni amused themselves by Transforming animals
into human beings one, in freak, changed into
beautiful female-lovely witty, fair-the charm of So
cety, and the life and light of that intercourse which
sheds its Establishments and around the social circle
But with all her accomplishments and attainmens,
whenever mouse seen, her instincts RESUMED their
sway and she pursued her game My colleague feels
the return OF those early impressions, which lnstled
into every northern bosom from early infancy concerning
the South and its institutions and southern politics; he
returns TO his first love- those high notions OF the pow
Of the federal government and the Popety Of police and
municipal legislation inhabitants of Territories
who have no voice in this House. and actually gov
eIned without representation. Whatever he may say
about the tyranny OF the veto power which he
regard with holy horror he TO have fear of the
injurious power OF majority of Congress- when
eaping the constitution, and proslralng every guaran
tee of our rights Perhaps being OF them, he does
not fear it much, habit acquescence in
almost any system of policy. Sir, very learned gentle
man from Massachusetts, [Mr MANN,l in recent
the state of New England feeling and opinion in rea-
ton to southern men and southern institutions. have
that speech before me- IN which he like my colleague
ton upon the subject OF slavery in all the Territories of
the United States but unlike my league does not
dersand the relation of master and exists
wit ne m ia
to emigration from the south into the public domain
Adopting and endorsing the language of reverend
beler of the south, he speaks OF them in the following
terms:
The point Of honor is the only principle many of them
know vioenee and dissipation bring down every sue
ceeding generation state continually lowers SO that
alter hundred and fifty years passed. the savehong
territory may be described missionary ground, and
uncomfortable to the faithful nsy OF Christ, by
OF its jealous empers and the known repugnance
scarcely missionary be found it. Connected
with this moral decay the of nature also
the unceang power of spendthrt institution And
then, having made where God had made garden,
slavery gathers up the relics bankruptcy and the baser
relics still OF virtue and all manly enterprise and forth
renew virgin SOIL its dismal and lororn history
Thus, length, has been produced what be called
the bowe,kne style OF civilization, and the new west OF
ali Of God and o honorable Sa mot hon
prompt to resent injury slack to discharge debts edu
living fail them al the gambling table or the race
ground than in wofk OF indnsty-probaby sluande
"s means OF living there to relieve the 'sdD% of ease
The gentleman then proceeds to speak of the manner
in which the children OF southern parents nursed
and the consequences:
at may little of place, but | fobear
here advering to point, which, lover of children
whom nirusred South early nurture
of children 1t has been thought by many educators and
Of seven as ever aterwatds Who at the souS ad
ministers this early knowledge IDEAS these views,
character VINO has the custody of children during his
ducte, forming receptive period OF e-a period when
Sir, the children of the South less, and generally
more. tended and nurtured by slaves
The gentleman invades the nursery of every southern
family and charges southern mothers with such utter
disregard of parental dutes that their children left to
the tutelage of ignorance superstition, vulgaIity pas
sion-perhaps mpurity. These, from a distinguished
gentleman and an accomplished scholar, who presumes
to describe manners which he saw institutions
with which he is unacqualnted, and domestic relations
which he does not understand He sends forth to the
world libel the South with all the authority to be
derived from his name and this meekly to be passed
by, else my colleague would denounce the who
would sernly contradict the asperser an agatng mis-
chief maker.
Sir should have hoped that the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts when forming his Impressions of the South
from the gentlemen with whom he meets in this House,
has not been compelled to pronounce all stepped in
gnoance superstition, vugarIy, passion, crime, and
mpurty. And can assure him. and all who call his
speeches mild and discreet argument that they not
emnenty successful in conciating kind feelings
our personal respect Suppose, Sir should take the
rantings of Abby Folsom the wild and wicked schemes
of Carlson should !, in portraying the manners and
characteristics OF northern society," select the absudtes
practised in, and proclaimed FROM anti sabbath, anti
government societies, with which that region is rife
the wild excuses of Merism. and of Latter Day Saints
the denominations OF Socialism and Fouriersm, with the
dark iniquities of Mormonism and Shakersn, and all
the numerous fanaticisms which spring up and flourish
in their free SOIL and amongst the free institutions in the
land of steady habits and common schools and having
drawn my authority from instgaed by the
moody malice OF priest or some vagrant letter writer or
compiler of travels, send forth speech to the world,
that this picture of the wild, unprncpled vulgar race
States, cultivate
descendants of the Pilgrims who landed three hundred
years ago on his own Plymouth rockand hold tn EN- up
the evidences of degeneracy from the high position oil
their ancestors,-would not be sanjerer' Could any
reasonable assign another character to so reck
less in examining his authorities, and wanton in the
charges which are founded upon them And yet the
speech of the gentleman to go forth to the world
desire none OF that philosophy which my colleague SO
admires and appauds; but denounce the whole
foul and abominable libel regret, sir that cannot
pursue the analysis of the genemans speech, and sub
ect it to more minute investigation should be done
and perhaps, if no one else shall undertake the task
may myself, hereafter, pursue the subject further
Sir this affords but another melancholy illustration OF
the effects OF faHaticsm. 1t is humiliatng to gen
teman of high attanments scho a manfesting all
the evidences of high breeding in his intercourse with
gentlemen, with enlarged views on literary Subjects
versan with and practising all the amenities of life, so
completely under the influence of monomania on this
subject to forget his connexon with, or sympathy for
the whites, in his zeal to redress the wrongs which he
conceives to have been inflicted the blacks. He is
honest his zeal. and doubtless supposes that he is
doing faithful service to the cause of truth am sure
that nothing but this conviction in his mind would
induce him for days to devote his talents and acquire
ments to the defence of acknowledged kilnappers-the