Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-03-21
3)olitifal.
SPEECH
OF TIE
HON. DARRELL WEBSTER,


were made the special order of the day at
II o'cluck. On this subject the Senator
from Wisconsin Orr Wa.ker) has the floor.
Mr.. WALKER. Mr.. President this vast
audience has not assembled to hear me
and there Is bat one man, in my opinion.
WHO can assemble such an audience They
cNpccr 10 he IT him, aud feel ii To be my
dniy, Is we'll Is ny pleasure, 10 give the
floor therefore 10 the Senator from Ma>sa-
chuSetlS. understand 1t is immaterlal To
him upon which of these questions he
speaks, and therefore will not move To
p"sipnle the special order
Rlr. WEBSTER. beg To express my OBJ
liz III MS t. my friend from Wisconsin, Mr..
" lker,) a. well as to NY friend from Men
Inrk, sir. Seward for their courtesy M
allowing me 10 address the SeiaIe ihls
morning
u Pres deat, wish TO speak today, nos
as n >Icnl-esi> man, nor y 'rincrn
man, but rs aiI \ nericla, aud a ineinher &.
Tie Senate f the Z med States. II l. for-
tame th4t There IS Senaie Of the Unltsc
81 ste>; a body asa Vet ui1vtd from It's pr
pfielt, at los, 10 a Jisi sense of rs oan
d.ri.;t. a',i as own hsh rrspoii>I 3lhnc>,
auH opty a. Whlci the country looks .vitl
c. i Irtice flr v.-e. moderate, p.lflatIc imd
6e.ii..iL c'ri4.-i~. IL D. uai g. ac denied
Inn wc i've 90 the uld-i of sroug dgiia-
--, tnl nc r.u.tlr. hg setr consider
lie DANGER, to our institutions Il = seru-
nlemi. iae iuprts t4ed WINDS are .eI !o' It.
The Easl. ile west, the Nurih, and the
stormy ) 'uih, Ill combine Il throw tie
wh Re nee ~ ut comm tlnn, 'ti'ss lis BIZ
I low, to tlo skies and t. Disclose lis pro-
f3l.Iest depths. ! Ie not affect 10 regard
NY >eii, Mr.. President, as hndllg. or a. lit
To "a III the helm a. tais combat of the p"-
1 lnIcl elements bat have duty u per-
forn, and mean 10 perform 1t with iiei-
ty-nnt vi bout a sense of surrounding dln-
gers, bat n,t all.iout hope have Il p .rt
10 act, moi for nav Own security or safety
4 FIR a booking out Tor 40 fragment npun
y WHICH t. fl at away from the wreck, #
wreck there must be, but for the good nt th'
y whole and tie pre>riy ,IInn of the whole !;
aud there Is thai which will keep me Ia my
duty duTIm5 THIS struggle, watcher the sun
and the stars shall appear, or shall not ap-
q pear, for many DAYS | speak today for the
4 preservation al the Union. 8 Hear me for
my cause" speak to-day, out Of a solicit
7 tiou> aud anxiou> heart, for the restoration
To- the country of that qulet aud that har Ilo-
ny which make the blessings of TIN, Union
50 rich and 80 dear To us all. These are
the topics thai propose To myself I" dis
Cuss; these are lie motives, ahd sole
motives, that Influence me III the wish 10
communicate my opnions to the Senate
and The country; and III can do any thing,
however iliic for the promotion OF these
ENDS, shall have accomplished all that
desire.
Mr. President, il may not be amiss TO re-
cur very briefly to the events whIcn, equal
~ sudden ID extraordinary, have brought
The poitIcal Conditions Of tie country to
what 1t nnN Is Ia Ngy, 1916, The United
STATES dccl red war against Mex,cn. Her
armies, IAen on the frontier, catered the
provinces OF thlt Repuhlic; met and de-
ielteI all her troops; peaetfaied her niouI-
tan PISS, :, and occupied her capital. lac
marine force of the United States took pns-
SESSION If her forts aud her towns on the
Atlhuc and on the Pacific. Ia less tnlu
t@o years Il treaty was negotiated by which
NrX4c, ,ded Ia the United Stdles 4 vast
territory, extending seven or eight bundled
niles diont The shores Of the Pdclhc; red-
CHING back over tue mountains, and across
ihe Desert ana unti! /, tned tie frontier oil
the s;tale Of Tex4>. il 50 happened that,
in the distracted and feeble stale oi ia
Mexicaa Government, before The deci.rd-
tion of aif Dy the Uhued States against
blexlco had boone known III CalIl,FnIa,
the people Of C4hiornl, under the lead ul
4 nrncdn sihcefs, overthrow the eNistln5
Provincial Government OF CdIiprnih-t,e
hiexio4u auta. r.gtts--aud iuh up an Inue-
pr4ac i Ii =. Wien Use news arrived Il
) al ff4AcI-cb int - u Hsl Deea declared
1 %, lie U.Ael : 4.as a-lI.si ~ Nico, this
IidrpeHueuI llaL uas pul.ed down dhd tne
stars AID >-r.pe7 of this OAl.n haistcd Ia
It's stead -, s-r, before lne VA "as over,
the powers oi tie UHited States, nl!iitAry
aud naval, had possession OF san fflnci>c"
and Upper California, aud great rush oil
emf rants ltom various parts "i he ""rio
its.k place mo California ia ic40 ant 1871.
But II W, behold anoiner wonder.
In January OF 1915, the Aiormons, ii is
SAID. or some OF them, made discovery oil
all extraordinary nch mine OF gold-orr
Father, at very great quantity oi gold,
harui, I'll 10 be Called d mine, Tor IL was
spread near the SufidCe-uH Tue IbHSi pdit
oi the south or American branch oi the
Sacramento. They seem to have aiieinpl-
ed IL conceal their discovery for some time;
Il but soon another discovery, perhaps oi
4gredter Importance, WIS made OF Soiu' III
hnuther part Of the Amer can branch OF the
3Sdcr dneuIo, and near Suffers tort, as 1t is
8catd he idue OF these discoveries
4fpre.d far and vide. They excited more
and more the spirit of emigration towards
&CalHornIa, winch had already been excited
and persons crowded III hundreds, and
Blocked towards The bay of San Francisco
lis, as | have sad, took place IN the Wiz
4er aud sprIng Of Io4S. The digging COLI
4enced tie spring oilhat year, and from
bat lime To this, the work OF searching for
pd has been prosecuted with success not
reIOfore knowu ia the history oil this
obe. We all know, sir, how incredulous
American public was at the accounts