Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-07-26

i should not move around the sun. Should--thi
y Congress finally fall into SO gross an absurdity
h there would arise host of Free Soilers-Whig
Il and Democrats-who would, like Calico, STAN
v their feet and cry, Still it moves % Nay, sil
r these men might go so far as to dissolve tn
: Union, if it were possible, to accomplish thei
8 purpose; but they will utterly fail. They can
e not compass it. The progress of truth is nc
t lmpeded by geographical lines; neither is
controlled by political jurisdiction, any more THAI
: is atmospheric pressure. 1t seems to me tina
. the class of politicians who feel so confident o
the contamination of their wishes, do not com
prehend the diversified yet concurrent agencies
that are now at work. Look, sir, at the mighty
t power OF the press. Probably twelve or fifteer
hundred of these engines of agitation are now
In operation in these States, some of them strik
ing Oft twelve thousand sheets per hour fur
nlshlng new suggestions and materials oil
thought for the million. Railroads, steamboats,
and lightning telegraphs, are running in every
direction, regeneratng and assmatng the va
ried character of our people, The time is not
far distant when these subtle agencies will cover
the whole globe with complete network of
sympathy, so that great truth uttered in Amer
lea will be instantaneonsly heard in Europe,
ASIA, and Africa. Sir, we are on the eve of
mighty moral revolution. To think of resist
ling the march of mind and the progress of free
dom is idle as it would be to undertake to drive
back the laundering cataract of Niagara, to re-
verse the laws of gravitation, or to smother the
fires of Mount Veseveus with gauze veil
No. sir, no. The sublime truths proclaimed bv
Garrison in the streets of Boston, with hal
ter around his neck; by Birney when his press
was thrown into the Ohio; by Loveioy when
ne tell martyr to the freedom of the press, have
| pnr rla1 i,,o 6 i
ing on as resistless that of the great Father of
| Waters.
| But, sir, the owner of that submerged press
had an associate who shared with him the trials
OF his darkest hour. Where is he now? Drv-
en- from the field by the opposition to which his
early sutferings fol Truths sake exposed him
No, sir, no Behold him here in your very midst
lin this, the very citadel of your power-plant-
ingthe batteries of truth anew, and more firmly
and skillfully than before.
Behold him in the unpretending man, yet he
roic editor, of the National Era, CDR Baily,)
with its list swollen, in three and half years, to
more than fifteen thousand, and yet tending up
wards still. Behold him, as he stands unscathed
by mob, who knew not what they were doing,
In all the moral dignity and force of his charac-
ter, dispensing light and truth in all directions
southwardas well as northward-not the borrow
ed light OF some lunar planet, but light original
clear, and penetrating! Behold him at this We
ry hour, on the point of a prouder achievement
still--on the eve Of driving Error from her dark
ened reeesses into open day, and into open con-
tfct with Truth, in the arena of public discus
sion with an able rival press San advent which.
IN all frankness, let me say, shall hail with I'M
affected Joy. How truthfully may be applied
the oft-quoted sentiment of Bryant, (himself one
OF the battlers in the noble sphere Of Free-Sol
Truth,) which teaches that Truth crushed to
earth shall rise again, while Error writhes in
endless pain and hopeless prostration.
But, Mr.. Chairman, while wa. mention the
OTIS, cannot forget the great pionaer oip.,;
on of the right of Petition-John Quincy Adj
ans. Sir, believe his presidential administra-
ton stands fair; but you may add to it the fame
of Napoleon, and the diadem Of the Caesars, and,
when compared with his congressional career, it
dwindles into insignifcance The former was
an administration of existing public sentiment
the latter an aggressive movement, ending in a
glorious triumph over despotism, in behalf of
the people. He needs no monument of brass,
nor of stone, to perpetuate his memory. His
name is written among the stars OF the Confede-
racy, and indelbly recorded upon the history of
our country; and it will be written hereafter on
the hearts of an improved and approaching pos
terity. His mantle has not fallen upon any ono
of your mere trading politicians; but to the
whose right it is to rule, and who will yet find
successor worthy to wearit.
| have thus, Mr. Chairman, endeavored to
follow, to some extent, this debate, which has
taken so wide range, on the interesting ques-
ton before the committee--the admission OF Cal
Ifornia, as q sovereign State, into the Union In
doing so, it has been my object TO express the
honest convictions of my own mind, with prop
er respect to the opinions Of Others an aware
that some may think that so humble an lndlvidu-
al as myself has been too presuming in thus dis
senting from, and, in some instances, attempting
to refute, opinions expressed by leading men,
some of whom have long exerted an extensive
| influence over the affairs of State. But | trust
they will bear with me, when they call to mind
that what Ihave said has been spoken in self
defence-in vindication Of sentiments with which
am proud to be associated, and which have
been attacked and denounced as if really at war
with the true interests of the country,
And now, sir before close, let me briefly ap-
peal more especially to those members OF Con-
gress who represent the Northwest. wish to
say to them, that consider this great strug-
gle between Labor aud Capital-between Aris-
tocracy and Democracy-between Despotlsm
and Freedom. The strength of tue two parties,
in this great contest, is to be tested on the ques-
tons Of receiving California into the Union,
and organizing SuCn governments, III tiie teiii-
tories of Now Mexico and Utah, as will protect
all the citizens thereof. The Northwest expects
every man that she claims on this floor, in the
decision of this momentous FUNSTON, to do his
duty. With nothing less will she be content
Sir, if any one of US had doubts in regard to
his duty on this subject, it would seem that they
might be easily removed by, callingto mind the
associations of home, where we share SO largely
in the bounties of Heaven. Let me remind gen
, tlemen who represent the people living under
the Jeffersonian Ordinance of 87, of the grea
prairies and rivers of the north west-the rormei
7 spread out in such beauty of adornment and pro-
fusion of fruitage-the latter dotted with hun
; dreds Of commerce-bearing steamers-and asl
them if they can throw their influence on the sd'
> of thriftless slavery? FORBID it, Heaven! We
above all men, know the value of freedom. LIE
us see to it, that our votes do not aid to depriv
b others of its inestimable blessings. Let us re
, member what "free labor hath done for US, ant
h see that we degrade it not by contact with sla
!. very elsewhere. Shall, we, as stewards of tn
e people, compromise away the rights of GU
t Pacific brethren, or refuse to pass laws to pro
e tect them, when it is the avowed purpose OF 9th
! ers TO trample them under foot-and that, too Il
n territories, the known rights of whose conquer
d ed citizens were especially entrusted 10 gu