The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-08-30

evasion Of the contested question; and he would say
that he did not present the proposition with an ex,
pecaton that the House would support 1t. lie oid
not make tho remark out Of any defiance, but.he
desired that the country should know VINO are Ior
and who are against the proviso. II we can get the
yeas and nays. he said, We can smoke Out the
| dough faces. He wanted them 10 face the music
| Mr.. MoCLERNAND remarked, that his object in
| moving to commit the bill and moving the previ'
question, to test the strength OF the House
passing the original bill with the amendments or
the bill without the amendments. He thought that
the peace and quiet of the country, and the stabil-
ity Of the Government, depend on a settlement oil
| these agitating questions. he was opposed 70 me
| application Of the proviso. He was against II ioI
| many reasona. One was, that slavery il excluded
! by paramount and imperious law-by the law OF
| God himself 1t was not, therefore, for the Pur-
pose of excluding slavery that the gentleman offer
ed the proviso The object 10 to keep up an excite
ment, by which the Free soilers and Abolitonists
can get upon plank to keep themselves from
/ sinking into oblivion. 1t ID TO keep up the aglta-
ton, and thereby advance the interests OF faction
whose object only be attained by travelling over
the ruins of the Government and the Constitution.
! He against the proviso. II accomplished no
useful results. Ii instrument OF mischief IN
| the hands of few individuals lie stood where ne
] did when the question was first preached And IN
The conclusion Of his remarks, he appealed 10 gen
| tlemen both sdes in view OF the surrounding
| circumstances, to come forward and meet HIM; IL
necessary, with him to sacrifice themselves Tor their
| country.
L cPPooS0 ~
| amendment of the gentleman, and he was as ready
TO ''face the music" now he was at an early Pc
rod of the session. The more the world rolls on,
the the people are ready to face the music
which is presented, and to run away the ml5Chlev-
i GUS musicians. There time when the Will
| mot proviso of some 1t answered Its pur-
pose of arresting the War with Mexico, and showed
the South that conquests could not be made to ex'
| tend slavery, and convinced the North that the
tension of slavery ieoparded the existence OF the
Union. The proviso answered its purpose. He could
| well understand the purpose OF gentlemen voting
for il at that time. But the occasion has passed
away, and the music has been faced. The Almighty
Power who rules the desInies of the country has
settled the question, unless we are wiser than he,
and attempt to settle it for ourselves. The thing Is
fixed, and irrevocably fixed; and all we have to do
ia to stand by the DEGREES of Providence, whatever
may be individual opinions or desires.
II non Intervention would satisfy any part of the
South, any party, let it be 30. He was opposed
to exerting the power of the Government for the
| extension or the prohibition of slavery. He
would not vote for the Wilmot proviso north,
| nor the Wilmot proviso south OF go 30. lie was
opposed to the Wilmot proviso attached to bill,
or a single headed proviso He was for stand
| ing the principle OF compromise-on the prin-
| ciples of tho Constitution His own section of
| country had nothing to gain by non action and
non intervention. The South had nothing to gain
by action or intervention, Tor all the powers OF the
Government never stretch slavery on the shores
| of the Pacific. The columns of enhgraton-thc
steamboat--had settled the question. The settle
ment was IN laVOT Oh the NOTtn, ana no action OF
| the Government could change any thing for the
benefit of the South
| The rush of those columns of emigration would
give two free States instead of one; but he wanted
| the States to be large possible, for the
reason that the older States shall be repre-
scented and voted in the halls of Congress by those
| sent hithcr from the Unreasonable regions which
have come to us by acquisition IL was, he repeat
\ ed, impossible, by any DEGREES of the House, or
| facing the Wilmot proviso, by any resolution,
| to establish slavery there by law The gentleman
from Ohio, (NIr. RooT,) in his GRAND of duty and
| love, not without his co-laborateurs here and
elsewhere; and on the vote to- day they were seen
in the most amazing association; it was extra
! ordinary combination. Curious ed-fellows. Ii
brought to his mind the lines of Shakespeare and the
scene of the witches in Macbeth;
"Fet of fenny snake,
In the caudron boil and bake
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog;
Adder's fork, and blind worms sting,
Lizards leg and owlet's wing,
For charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell broth, boil and bubble.
| Double, double, toll and trouble,
Fire burn, and caudron bubble,"
Was this the caudron which the gentleman from
| Ohio wants to make boil? The combination he
must presume to be patriotic; but it presented a
devotion TO abstract principle the like of which the
world seldom before. He was convinced that
he right when he discovered such combna-
ton against him.
lie had no doubt that the northern people were
willing to " face the music when the sound of the
drum and fife fell upon their If necessary &c
make sacrifices they will be made. The great
body Of the northern people are willing to make
them; and they expect the South TO make them
Without this, government can be successfully
carried on. II this constant, this eternal agitation
Is to be abstract principle, away with it. We
cannot live together in harmony. lie believed that
il was impossible TO dissolve the Union, for il was
the strongest government on earth.
This alarming agitation destroyed fraternal feel.
ing and in effect produced moral dissolution OF
the Union; but physical disunion or dissolution
of the bonds of union impossible Ii could
only be dissolved by IRE and sword; and no sacri-
flee is too great TO aert such horrible catastrophe
/ This Government Vas stronger than the dcspotisn
of Russia or the wildcat democracy of France; be-
cause il is founded the affections Of the people
Let this affection exist A hundred thousa nd
bayonets and hundred thousand cavalry are not
stronger. Who, he would ask, constituted the gen
tlcman from Ohio, (Alr. Roor,) or any other man
/ the musician over us? Who made him the over.
sccr' He would not say what insolent language il
was, "iace the music;" but he was at loss &c
know by what "dvine right the gentleman had
| called on us to show our hands and give our
votes. The gentleman said that he wanted e
"smoke out all tie doughiaces." He (Mr b.
was willing TO be smoked out, If an homes
desire TO perform his duty TO his country placed
him in that category. Early in the session, that
gentleman proposed the application Of the W ilmol
proviso 10 all the acquired territory. lie wanted e
! exclude slavery from the cold region Of Utah II
the Pacific; not among the Mormons, whose abhor.
renee of slavery is religious The soil and climat,
can no more maintain IL there than the deserts oil
| Arabia. However the House may act on the pro.
viso il cannot pass the Senate. Then why insis
on AN abstraction, Why not wait until necessity
occurs for its application, If TO do what was RICH
constituted dOughfacc, then he one.
Mr.. CAMPBELL was understood to inquire
whether slaves not now held in Utah?
Mr.. BROOkS's reply was not distinctly heard
but is believed TO be, that eight ten thousand
now in New York, bot would depart with the
owners on the approach Of winter.
Mr.. STEVENS, Of Pennsylvania, understood th
| gentleman from New York TO cay that.there wer,
J slaves in the northern section of that State. How
did they live there?
Mr.. BROOKS replied that they came there un
der a southern SUM- and when the frost approaches
they will go home, 10 the South.
Mr.. FEATHERSTON wished to offer an amend
ment, by striking out the instructions proposed b,
Mr.. RooT. and inserting others in lieu Of Them.
The SPEAKER said IL could be entertained onl,
| by unanimous consent.
Objections were made.
Mr. BROWN, Of Mississippi, obtained the floor
and proceeded To reply 10 the remarks &C Mr.
McCLERSASp and Mr.. BRoogs. These gentlemen
ne said, assumed position for the South which tn
, South were not willing to occupy. They rcs
| people and demand real rights. The gentlemen
arc mistaken. The South want equal rights, an