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bly, and there be but little fear Of their thriv-
ing under similar administration for few
months longer
Let us, then, for the present session least de-
fer all action looking 10 the establishment Of Terri
torlal governments; and we shall thus at once
strip the California question OF all embarrassment,
and we shall clear the way Tor the performance of
those duties Of Legislation upon the important in
tercss OF the country for which we assembled.
To this We are urged by the recommendations in
the Presidents message; and to this we should be
led by desire TO allay hurtful agitation and re-
store harmony to our own councils, and through
out the country.
This course will not be acceptable, know, to
that class of persons who desire to keep up agta-
ton for factious or partizan ends or purposes OF
personal self Importance; or who DESIRE by throw
ing every obstacle in the way Of legislation, to en-
barrass the action of the present Administration.
We all freshly remember that brilliant field day of
the Opposition, carly in this session, when the
leader for that day, of the combined forces of De-
mocracy and Free Soilism, (Mr. w. j. BRows, of
lndiana,) spoke with such 'cruel RELISH of his
desire, lin his own classic phrase,) 'sto poke the
proviso TO Old Zach!" He spoke, unquestionably,
the high and magnanimous policy of that section
of his ranks Of which he was the true representative
means that his actions shall be governed by pa
triotic impulses, and who look, in an hour like
this, above and beyond the small tricks of party
strife, to the accomplishment of great national in
tcrests; to such men, northern and southern, Wing
and Democrat, appeal TO stand together, and
make united effort to extingush the confagra.
ton that is around US.
In conclusion, desire to say word two for
which recent occurrences may, think, be my suf-
icient Justification.
Allusion has been made, in debate here, to a
speech of Massachusetts Senator made in the other
end Of the Capitol, which has also been made the
subject Of free criticism especially in portions of
the northern press. do not refer to it for the
purpose OF entering upon any defence of that Sena
attack he has proved his abundant ability to pro-
tect HIMSELF and those who have assailed him-and
strong men have at times aspired to the honor of
touching his shield-have left the field with but lit
tie cause Of boasting, or for consoling reflection.
may not be able, upon all occasions, to think as
he does, to act as he does. follow no man; and
while no mans judgment can have, or ought to
have, more commanding power than his, and no
mans example more potent influence, with every
one who desires to stand and keep in the path of
patriotic duty, yet my own judgment must be the
hnal arbiter OF my own course. And now refer
to that speech for the purpose Of saying that while
there may be in it some conclusions to which my
own way is not entirely clear yet in the spirit in
which he spoke most cordially and heartily con-
cur. Whether my difference from him, upon any
of the points involved, is not more seeming than
substantial, leave for others to decide But of one
thing am sure: that my tongue shall sooner cling
to the roof of my mouth than it shall join in the tenn
porary carnor which malgnity has raised against
him. The insects of the hour may strive to tasen
their slime spots upon the fair disc of his fame but
they will disappear transient breath stains upon
mirror Envy, political hatred, sectional jealousy
lnSrdttuue, may ul5tuTD Juug-
ment Of to-day. But the future is secure And,
when that great heart, whose pulsations of patriot
ism now felt throughout the entire length and
breadth of the land, shall beat no more; when that
voice shall be silent, which hushed into
the sleep of death young Notification in its cradle;
which again sounded across the seas burning notes
OF cheering encouragement to the struggling isles
of Greece; which fired the bosoms of South Ameri-
can patriots with new vigor to throw off Spanish
domination; which, more recently, has carried
thrill of sympathy to the heart the brave fugitive
Hungarian, and, with its tones of almost superhu-
man eloquence, has startled the Russian monarch
on his very throne, by the indignant denunciation
of the judgment of the world upon him for his cruel
crimes against freedom and humanity; that voice
which now pleads with his own countrymen, all
the land, for the preservation of this glorious
Union, "one and inseParable, now and forever;'
when that voice can, living, speak no more-and
such things forgotten--then shall his
deeds and his words remain, so long language
lasts, to illumine one of the brightest pages Of our
history; and glow and shine, through all time,
pillar of fire to guide the friends Of well regulated
liberty and of constitutional government.