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REMARKS OF Mr.. DICKINSON,
OF New YORK,
Delivered in the Senate Of the United States, on the
17th instant, in reply to Mr.. Clemens of Alabama.
Mr.. Dickinson said have taken no part in this.
debate Mr. President and regret that it has arisen,
and especially that it has passed beyond its own
In the hour which is usually approPrl-
ated to morning business was engaged in attending
to nv correspondence, which rs my custom, ana
therefore paid but little attention to this matter but
some things have fallen from honorable senators dur
no this debate and especially from the junior sena-
tor from Alabama, [Mr. Clemens which require
mot only to be noticed here but Sir, that sena-
for when he undertakes to characterize the sentiments
of whole communities, and the opinions OF entire
bodies of men, comprising large majority OF see
people of this Union, enters upon the execution OF
work which might well have been left to older. II
not to better soldiers In regard to this mater Mr.
President. though have done no more than others,
think may say, without the fear OF contradiction
of or being charged with unnecessary egotism that
have stood ND to it upon all occasions. ong since
saw tina. it was question fraught with Perilous con-
sequences. saw that there was an evil spirit OF
sectionalism rising both in the North and in the
South having for its object agitation for sectional
advantages, and l have condemned it secretly and
openly-in thought, word, and deed. l never nave
Isnt myself to such unhoy and wicked designs, and
;f gives me that strength which he has thus far
in mercy extended me, here declare again, where it
sbonld he declared that never will, but that Will
lend nv best energies to crush and destro! II.
have stood here under the sanctions OF an official oah
and the requsitions of the constitution like Cusahi-
ancs mon this question, which has unfortunately,
to saw the least agtaed the country for the last few
wears and here will stand, even though lmmoiatlon
he the consequences. Others, too, OF my northern
democratic brethren have shown no less devotion to
the constitution they have sworn to support nave
stood up not for the South. but for the rights OF ALL
40 r,,rantied by the constitution. have disregard
cd personal consequence, and have scorned to count
the chances of ephemeral popularity and place.
have permitted reproach and oboquy to discharge on
me their exhaustess quivers OF poisoned arrows nat
/ might screen the right, and when hear myseii
and those with whom l have acted, in rolling back
the black and bitter waters of sectional strife, de-
nounced as unworthy of reliance, all in one grand
mass excommunicated from communion and fellow
shin with the democratic church, In single verse,
and told too, that are less to be tolerated tnan
our political opponents, feel inclined 10 1ePei III
pointed and emphatic phrase denunclatlon SO
sale and unjust.
M CLEMENS. / call the honorable gentleman's
attention to the resolutions of the 7th OF January,
1917 the 10th of January, 1848, and to like resolu-
tons of 1s49, of his own State legislature.
;mGort of the resolutions. They were doubtless of
an antslavery character, and similar to those pass
ed bv other legislatures north. 1t Is well known tna
differed with those who passed them upon the oest
mode of disposng of the question and this resPon,
sibility will settle with those who have right to call
me to account and not with those who have not The
legislatures which passed them have been sometimes
considerably divided among themselves Sometimes
thew have passed with great and sometimes with less
unanmity. The northern sentiments upon the SUBJECT
of slavery in many respects entirely dissimlar 70
those of the South but when we are told that mere
must be sectional issue raised because of s let the
voice which so declares from the North or from
the South, stand here to repudiate it. The Peo-
ple of the North regard the question of slavery as
constitutional guaranty, precisely as DO the people OF
the South and as such ready to respect It. IS
the political agitators in both sections who nave
made all the mischief. Sir, take small number OF
men out of both sections of this Union, and this
accursed agitation could be settled in less than sim
gle week. j have not stood up opon this question
for any particular purpose, other than to do my duty
and to stand by and sustain the constitution. am
for maintaining the Union in spirit well as in form;
and have deprecated the assaults which have seen
made upon the constitution occasionally In the nom
sayeholding States the refusal to deliver tugives
from service according to solemn provision OF that
Instrument; but this, sir, look upon as matter
which must be reformed at home, as it will be oy
sound and healthy public opinion. When it shal!
set lust estimate upon the Interference OF political
agitators and condemn morality that is purer than
the fundamental law, desire to preserve In all Its
vigor the glorious inheritance which our fathers gave
us-to see the South secure in the full possession
and enjoyment of their constitutional rights have
stood up for them when thought them right, regard
less of peril, and will now aid in shielding them
from unjust and improper aggressions upon their
institutions In this struggle numerically they are
the weaker party; and although, in the abstract,
believe the feeling common to all northern people
sympathies have been with them; and have expos
ed and denounced not only the sectional agitators
but have warned those against excitement whose
views and intentions are just, but who have beer
provoked by just such wholesale sectional assaults
as are now heaped upon the North by tho senate
from Alabama.
Sir, elimination begets recrmination and although
men may pot on the garb OF philosophy for an ocea
sion they yet too often apt to be betrayed by im
pulse and excitement; and when they hear distin
Ruished southern men, day after day, making section
al appeals grouping all together and condemning al
gross without stint or exception, they in their turl
will make other declarations, and thus the work goe
on. One sectional agitator begets another-a blow
given brings blow in return, and thus sectiona
agitation makes the meat it feeds have already
said regretted that this subject has been introduced
Allow me to say, that do not regret that it is abou
to reach its eliminating point. care not how 500,
this may be the case. believe that the great mas
of the people Of the South are honest nst and gen
erous and that all they desire is to remain secure
the possession of their rights. believe, too, sir
that the great mass Of the people of the North ar
equally Just and equally generous true to the consti
tnon, and that they, too, desire nothing moro tha,
what they deem to be their rights. and the rights
the whole people, and best calculated to advance th
honor OF the conderacy and the interest and happi
ness OF mankind. When revied, will not revil
again. will by no means repudiate the souther
democracy. They have too often proved themselve