Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-03-21


scheme Of Remembering the Union would still be prosecuted
now.
Sir feel little resnorse for the wrong did to an emf
nen citizen last The distinguished Senator fom
Missouri Col Benton dnctly and boldly declared the
people OF that State thar there small but active
IN the extreme Sou hat the head Of hch eminent
STA esman, alike distinguished for his great genius and his
re-tess ambitien-wbo seeking Acknowledgement Of
the Uuon order 10 the establishment Of South
Confederaey" For that denounced Col Benton in my
State and to my constituents May God forgive for The
wrong I did him I was wTong-he was tight Yes 81,
with that patty small bur active and This slavery
agitation i but mode e eecling The destruction OF this
Union II furnishes convenient preext and pweul lev
But. Re assured sir, had they Slavery Ques
ton plausible preext for carrying forward heir designs,
they would hunt for such prssx WHEREIN
The People however, alike patriotic and vglant will defeat
their designs; aud in due they will visit with Just
ribu'ian those who have sought TO mstsd them.
Bai do these genilsmen difficulties the way
only to fear IA little gdsconads and e0 threaisf they
have told But is theIe nothing be apprehended
from the patrm and .mness of the people IL the slave
STATES themselves H,w about all those may
hesitate in the states Of Maryland Delaware North Caol
ma. Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri Texas, and Tennessee
They be hdnged-hanged al once, from
the gentleman from Moth Carolina, Mr. CLIEemAN Now,
sir when the gentleman proceeds 10 that Operations Ken
lucky the Of that State will occasion
to desie for furnishing the Navy with hemp-f1r
they will not be able supply the demand for hume
snmtien Truly, that day which all the people of the
Slave opposed dISunion shall hanged
the ait. aud them CLAY, UNDERwroD BENTON HOUs
TON BADGER aid others VI equal dsnciionihsi day, sir
will be to be remembered! Gentlemen tell again
and again. they appalled, all thisihai hing
need be expected from esIs 'Souhrons" Aud the
gentleman from Moth Carolina especially exceedingly
anxious TO impress with appreciation Of the
Of himself and friends. This il all unnecessary
We have mpugaed their bravery, and doubted
it, We do not doubt il They UDquesiionably possess
that quality equal extent with other Bat their
CONSTANT dspaIagten OF the PERSONAL courage OF the
pie Of the free States certainly not be expected TO
hghten our opnion oi Their own we may come 10 ihnk
bye and bye that they have fallen into eoTshe
the eror Of undertaking the courage Of Others and the 9TH
need not paTticuaIiZe
The gentleman from Carolina, speaking for himself
and his friends, says 81 tell gentlemen that this is
slaveholdng Territory. We do not intend to leave IT, IL
they think they proper for trial;'
and he delights in The prospect that such contest would
leave quorum Of live members this door. The gentle
for declining the invitation delight
ful tainmen We have doubt that he and his
friends would defend with great resolution
Territory. wish this particular spot Of slavehoding
ory' had been always thus defended. think The Capitol
stands where il dad in lSl4dOes it not Mr. Chairman
Do you have read that in August Of that
year the British, after spending something like month
The waters If the Chesapeake quietly landed handful
(4500 Of sailors and soldeTs-euervaed by the effects of
long vOyage-sOme forty miles from this place Aud
do not remember that dragging by hand thee pieces Of
artillery, of them three FOUNDERS they made their
this very savehoding teIiory TO this very Capol
having destroyed library and public archives aud
duced the Capitol 20 heap OF smOudeng ruins spending
nine days the while this slavehodng territory" eisuely
re-embaked for other of operapn' Now, do
charge sir friends wanting in bravery
Not at all think indeed they were as brave then as now
But somehow other cold never help but think that
that occasion they were-father bs>hfu
The gentleman from Mississippi Mr. DROwN,l who thinks
that The resistance Of the fee States TO the overthrow Of
Government would be confined "a little gasconade and
few threats is nevertheless kind aud couseerae enough
give advice 10 be acted the event Of not
choosing 10 cOn6ne resistance to dissolution OF The I'm
ion within small compass. HeaIken, Mr. Chairman,
this voice of Wisdom
"when you leave your home. New England in the gea,
West, on I'M. non hs ~hsn
you eo 70 ,se a. ~ 10 % =, anu 70 M esnt mu
Ki ., s h POPE n ,,r you i Ii L & h
your God for warn you that you never return"
The profound emotion with which this cage admonIiou
have satisfied the gentleman think that due heed will be
given it, He also sdmonshes than twice, thrice Of
the population comprised within the savehOd-
ing States. He sets it down at eight millions Of feemen.
Now The last census, if am not mistaken shows the
Der to have been four millions and six hundred
thousands and by Of the ordinary modes OF calculation
that number now exceed six millions. IL the increase
has really been the gentleman would have be-
Iieve it may be down a Circumstance, the like of
which has been known in any county and The
gentleman may Justly claim that his constituents emf
neny distinguished oI another quality for pOwess But
this is small matter, sir and merely refer TO il IL
IustaOn OF the poneness OF Southern friend to exag
geIate all their capabilities.
This poneDess, hcwever. is always harmless and
must refer to subject which would gladly have
avoided allude 10 the claim forth for Southern reg
imsnt by the gentleman from Virginia, Ma SEDDoNl ef
having met aud REFUSED the enemy field of Buena
Vista the most critical moment when The second Indiana
regiment through unfortunate order Of their Colonel gave
way. Justice To the living. well those who fell
that occasion. demand Of prompt correction Of this
erroneous statement. And affirm distinctly, sir aud such
is the fact that the second Indiana gave
way, the Mississippi regiment for whom this claim thus
graUitousy set up, within mile and half OF The
Of actin; had il yet fred gun, drawn
trigger. aIm further, sir, that the troops which that
time met and resisted the enemy and thus The
emsn'S language "snalched victory from the jaws Of
defeat the second Kentucky, the second Illinois, and
portion of the first Illinois regiments Il gives
pleasure sir, TO be compelled to aude this subject
perceive the necessity popety Of its introduction
this debate II having been introduced however,
could sit in silence aud witness the infection Of such
cruel injustice upon living and dead whose well earned
fame were monster not TO protect The tue and brave
Of
the soil of foreign country but heir claims upon the JUS
ce Of their countrymen cease, my ob
cations TO them be f9Igotien disregarded No. Sir
The voice Of Hardin-that voice which has often been
heard in this hall IS mine is though far eloquent
the voice of Hardin, and of McKee, aud the accom-
pli>hed Cly-each wrapped now n his boody shtoud-he
voices would epiOach from the grave had failed in
this act of justice to them aud the others who Oug and
fell by my siie
You will suspect me- Mr. Chairman. of having feel
ngs This subject. So HAYES aud have given Them ut
teIance. as matter Of duty In all this. however, BY no
deIact from the gallant conduct and bearing Of The
Mississippi regiment. Al other tines and places. hst
bloody hl they cid all that their admirers could
have desired But let ask again. why this subject
introduced into th dehae Why does the gentleman say.
"he troops of the North" gave way, when he only
single regiment! Why is all this. but for the purpose Of
diFaragng the North for the benefit of the South Why,
but for the purpose of furnishing materials for that ceasee
never-endDg. eternal theme OF "Souhen ehiyslIy 2"
Mr. Chairman the people OF the free States have
attachment for their bteihren Of the South this very
they had during the days Of the Re voluton
any subsequent period and they will suffer
taehmen be Destroyed by disUninist designing
the North the South. We have disuniouisis the
North, ~, and they annoy not little Were your tou-
besome la the Moth. they would be the Gaisns, the
Tappans and the GeTrt Smiths; in The South they would
be the dsuniss against whom The mode Of all
parties would have 10 guard 'e you, >T that we, the
Representatives Of the North viii aid you pr your
constitutional tights, we have done. We not
slienaed from youi nor have ultra yet driven US
eliiTe'y ito the wall" We hy to meet you on
fair grounds aad fight with side BY side for
rights and for and defend tights under the Cons-
tu0n from eneoaehmen in quarter. But sir, want
hear abpUt di>union. We attached to The