The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-05-12


Mr.. Douglass. have listened TO this de.
bate with good deal Of interest. But " lille
have seen considerable excitement exhIb-
tied on the part OF few gentlemen around
me, | confess that have not been able to
work myself into anything like passion.
think that, probably, the senator from New
Hampshire has done mucht to accomplish his
object. His bill is a very harmless thing in
itself; but being brought forward at this
time, and under the present circumstances
il has created a good deal of excitement
among gentlemen on this side OF the cham
Der.
Mr.. Calhoun, lin his seat.) Not the bill
the occurrence.
Mr.. Douglass. On the occurrence de-
sire to say a word. 1.-THE first place, must
congratulate the senator from New Ilampa
shire on the great triumph which lie has
achieved. He stands very prominently be-
fore the American people, and is, believe,
the only man who has IA national nomination
for the presidency. ] firmly believe that,
on this floor to-day, by the aid of the senator
from South Carolina, and the senators from
Mississippi, he has more than doubled his
vote at the presidential election, and every
maninth chamber from free State knows
It. looked on with amaZement for time,
to see whether there could be an undcrstaH-
ding between the senator from New llamp-
shire and his southern friends, calculated TO
give him encouragement, strength, and pow
er in the contest. But | know that those
distinguished senators from the south, to
whom have referred. are incapable Of such
an undertaking; yet | tell them that. if they
had gone into caucus with the senator from
New Hampshire, and, after a nights study
and deliberation, had devised the best means
TO manufacture abolitionism and abolition
votes in the north, they would have fallen
upon precisely the same kind Of procedure
which they have adopted to-day. 4 few
such exciting scenes Suiliced 10 send that
senator here. mean no GiSrespoct to him
personally; but say, with his sentiments.
with his principles. be could never have rep.
resented free State Of this Union on this
floor, but for the aid of southern speeches.
II is the speeches Of southern men, repre-
SCnt,Eg slave States. going to all extreme
breathing a ian0'ici>m as wild and as rcck.
less as that Of the senator from New IIaInp.
shire. which creates aGoltionSm in the
North. The extremes meet. II is no other
than southern senators acting in concert. and
yet without design, that produces abolition.
Mr.. Calhoun. Does the gentleman pre-
tend to say. that myself, and southern gem
tiemen who &C. with me upon this occasion,
are fanatics? Jlavewe done anything more
than defend our rights, eneroached upon a'
the north? Am ! to understand the senator
that we make abolition votes by defending
our rights? Irso, thank him for the in
formation, and do bot care how many such
votes We make.
Mr.. Douglass. Wen, / will say 10 the
senator from South Carolina, ard every 9TH
er senator from the south. that far Lcit from
me to entertain d.. thought that they design
to create aboltioui>ts IN the north or else
where. Far be 1t from me 20 imputc any
such design! Yet assert that such is the
only inevitable effect Of their conduct.
Mr.. Calhoun, Gin his seat.) We are only
defending ourselves.
Mr.. Douglass. No, they are not defend
Ing themselves! They suffer themselves to
become excited upon this queSton-to dis
CuNS It with a dsgre Of heat. aud give it an
Importance, which makes ii heard and felt
throughout the Union. !; is thus that abo-
liion derives its vitality. My friend from
Mississippi. Mr., Eoote, in his zeal and IA
element this morning, made remark in
the invitation which he extended othe SEN
ator from New Hampshire to visit Nii,>iss-
ippi, which is worth ten thousand votes to
the senator: and am confident that that
senator would not allow my friend 10 re,raci
that remark for ten thousand votes!
Mr.. Tootc. VIII you allow me?
Mr.. Douglass. Certainly.
MIR. Footo. 1.-THE effect Of that remark
viii be to give TO that senator all the aboli-
ton votes, he is fairly entitled to them. Had
the senator from Illinois lived where have
rg>idcd-had he seen iuSurrCCtion exhibit
ing It's fiery front in the midst Of the men,
women, and children ur the communitv-
had he had reason to believe that the ma
chiucry of instruction was at such time
in readiness for pun poses Of the most deadly
involving life, and that drarcr
than life, TO every southern mnn-had be
such scenes, and believed that
like that Of this morning were
calculated to engender feelings out of which
were TO arise fire, blood, and dcSola,on, the
destruction finally Of the South, he would re-
gard himself as a traitor 10 the best Senii-
mentS oithe human heart, il he did not speak
out the language of manly denunCiation.
can use no other language. cannot but
repeat my conviction that any man who
dlreS to utter such sentiments aS those OF the
senator from New Hampshire. and attempts
To act them out anywhere il the sunny south,
will meet death upon the scall0ld, and de-.
serves it!
Mr.. Douglass. Unjust again congratulate
the senator from New Hampshire on,hc ac-
ceSSion Of five thousand votes Sir, do
not blame the senator from Mississippi for
being indignant at any man from any pur-
ton of this Union who would produce an in
cendiary EXPERIMENTATION would kindle the
flame of civil war-who would incite n ne.
gro inSurrection, ha2ardlng the life of any
man in the southern States. The senator
has, am aware, reason 10 feel deeply on
this subject. But am not altogether unac.
quaintcd with the peculiar circumstances of
the sections Of the country to which he has
alluded. | have lived good portion Of my
life upon the immediate borders of slave
State. have seen the operation of such
eXcitementS as those Of which he speaks.
upon both sides Of the line. | can well an.
preciatc The excited feeling with which gen.
temen in the south must regard any agita.
ting movement TO get up instructions
their negro servants.
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