Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-02
REMARKS OF MR.. HOLMES, OF S. C..

REMARKS OF MR.. HOLMES, OF S. c.
In the House of Representatives., Dec. 25th, ls49'
Messrs G1DDINes, WINTHROP, ScHENcK and Rock
WELL, having spoken
Mr. HOLMES said that one thing was now clearly ma.
nesl to the South namely that the representatives OF
the entire North this floor had made up Their minds
to restrict the South the occupancy OF the new Ter
ritores which had been acquired by their common en-
erqes. There also manifestation, though II was
spoken of in reference to the slave trade that they were
hostile to the existence OF slavery in this District, ana
that they intended, whenever the power was In their
hands exercise it to destroy that institution, which was
now under the protection OF this government lie was
delighted at this exhibition, because there many OF
the South who had believed that there were lew OF what
were called Wilmotprovso- nen-that they were con-
fined the gentleman from Ohio and his peculiar clique
He Mr. III had warned them that there was moi man
in the North who not hostile to the extension OF
their Institutions, who would not compress crcunscrDe
and keep us aroused TO the ultimate destruction OF
slavery He had warned them long ago. But, unior-
tunatey, his powers had no proportion to his zeal lie
had that there was an advance made by zeaios
upon the conservatism OF the North, and that the Whole
body of the North were setting themselves IN n ar
ray against the South and would destroy mem,
unless the South In time was warned and reused 10
maintain its proper position lie had heard me gen
tleman from Georgia tMr. Toombsl the other DAY
apprehensions OF disunion. Why Because, as Mr.
Phillips had said, in the speech OF which extracts
had Just been read, the lords OF the loom u gen.
teen choose call them So the natural allies OF
the lords OF the "las"that the interests OF the North
were allied with slave labor, and would sink to annlla
ton without its aid But he had no apprehensons now,
because in the language of the gentleman from Gcor-
gia, mir. Stephens the people OF the South alter
| long Sleep had risen up and shaken their nvlncibe
| locks. They were aware OF the danger OF gradually
circumscrlbing them within the folds OF the serpent, to
crush with the influence and with the mighty strength
| of the boa their energies and their lie. lie begged
gentlemen not to mistake. He knew that the Union
was safe, because the South was aroused and il the
| gentleman from Ohio was not enemy to the Union,
as he charged upon his Mr H. 81 colleague that he was
let him tell the gentleman that the sooner he displayed
his patriotism by the reractlon OF his avowa in favor OF
the Wnot Provso the quicker would be manifest his
devotion to conservative principles For than
the South would submit have their institutions cir
cumscrbed, have their feelings outraged and their
children degraded, they would separate this Union
wide the poles. Let not gentlemen be mistaken.--
The sentiments expressed this floor The other day had
gone on the wings Of the wind and with the force light
ming the different sections OF the South; and in what
paper had there not been response! The voice OF
the people, like the voice of many waters, had come
up declaring their representatives this floor that
they must now assume the attitude OF bold defiance to
the crcumscpton of their rights in the Territories, 10
the abolition OF slavery in this District, declaring with
united voice that the Union dear ii was rich in its
associations, embeshed with all that could make 1t de-
srable, nothing compared with the interests which
were to them litewithout which all that they owned
and which they would transmit to posterty herr
| tage, would passed away.