The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-03-02

adoption OF the Senate's amendment know a. atv,n
ers amendment" II the senator had merely Jeso,,
the legislative expedlent OF making dlatofy metion
calling the yeas and nays, California would haya ,s@
territorial government, and thus all the angry dsens
upon her admission State would have been avo,gh
northern man fSlr WALKER, OF Wisconsin, pro SSs
satisfactory settlement The Senate passed Il e ~
House rejected il and the senator from South Casrs
then member OF that body made no effort al rssiss
lie who Is now anxious to resort to violence and MY
shed shrank even IRON adopting legislative expedieD,
unusual indeed, and rarely 10 be justified but sblt
preferable, as preventive, TO revolution as rsmia
The people OF California did not want State ,gn sl
ment for the support OF which they would necessarif
loadei with taxes They desired 10 be oryaniyaS ~
Territory the expense of which would fall on ~ ny,
them. They adopted constitution and form of S,a
government as last resort because they coald aJs
other, and their necessities demanded goyernms,
some kind Upon The principle that we are resnasaq
for acts oil omission as well as commission ha sr
is chageable with u full share OF guilt for yyI0
wrong the admission OF California may be supoa aSa
inlet 4@
Ii is well known 10 you, Mr. President. tha, / /,
never justified the admission OF California and in tba sl'
spect have no Inconsistencies answer for In ,baIe
speech made upon the Compromise stated dis,,o.s
and emphaiically that my original opinions Were ~
changed-that | submitted 10 il because among o sr
things resistance was folly and madness Two ote
most powerful southern States had given oyef,yLs; M
maores for the bill. Did the senator EXPECT ma \, y
home and preach the duty of secession from Tennssa
and Keniucky--from Virginia, Maryland Texas Ms
souri,, and North Carona--from all bat The few s,ss
usually designated as the " cotton Siatesr Dl no az
pect me TO aid HIM in the establishment of LITTLE cos
federacy upon the Gulf, within whose narrow Tnls M
men as the senator might figure conspicuohsy I nl
sisted the passage OF the laws when passed and no A.
aid OF southern men who had as good right 10 iatse
had, submitted TO decision could not prevent
The senator says denounced the admission Of eli
fornia II will be difficult for him find such Ian,n
in any speech of mine. But suppose such was hs ~
deney OF my argument was TO insist on that opinion
iniable in opposition to the opinions of so MANY a
pr m Ter IN nht han / N1trn
ton OF the constitution would of course govern ma
long called on to vote or speak in this cham
But when the matter had passed from uswhen /, becan
question of submission civil war; was fully Al nj
ery TO dstrust my own Judgment, and to hesitate bo
4 advised resort to that last dreadful alternative
trust that am free from the arrogance of suppons b
my judgment is infaIlibe. and that no man can Be- A.
honest and incorruptible friend of the South rbos
opinions do not coincide with mine. ] did not beEev
and would not say that many OF our best men iyours
incuded) were either traitors to the South or gnoran,
the constitution thought il quite as likely that might
be mistaken as that yon were and acted accordingly
The senator says that at one time counseled dso
luton Of the Union. Not so. The very speeches INN
Thieh he has read prove the utter fasiy Of the eag
On the nth February, 1885, in the speech from which,
has read, used this language
''Iknow that me individually there has been atm,
ted deliberate design 10 dissolve this Union Great ca
what have 10 gain by such course have no bisra
mites against any section against any party have.
disappointed aspirations urging desperate exp
ents There Is not IN this broad land single ndytu
n tenAX
nhp warm ones, IN an us paris For long time coz
manded a New England regiment for a long ii me i,
associated with northern men in all the a
up the changeiu drama OF a soldiers life Does al +
one suppose that can contemplate with satisac,ion NIL
possibility of standing face 10 face foes with those i
whom have so often stood side by side as frendsl n
charge - absurdity; but absurdtcs NAV cam
TO be believed by constant repetition"
How was il possible for me TO have used sroo,,
TO that it would have been impossible 10 select xo
oil palmer import
Again, sir, | said
:" Much Of this cannot prevent but when he cA,,.s
made mere In my presence that faclionisi Or Il
those who act win me so, shall repe il in ems
which admit OF no double meaning. Sir do nor bslar
mat there single man in the entire South who d-s
dlsunion for itself"
Here not only repealed it for myself bu, for all wbo
were acting with me- AT that day believed what MI
Al that day beloved there was not traitor In he a
In The broad savannahs OF the South 1 regret hat |
have been compelled TO change that opinion n ma
respect have been inconsistent; and if the senator M
based his charges upon that ground should have euls
no defence. IL is with pain and modification acknoF
edge there are those among us who have ayowed % .
merely willingness but an anxiety 10 level this h
fabric with the ground know that in the eyes Of sua
men | have committed deadly sin But il is one d
which have not repented and now repeat that as s
as a hand oil mine can be raised 10 prevent il not On
stone not one atom, OF that glorious edifce shall Be
moved. Another extract, and shall leave this hand
OF the subject is from my speech Of the goth FebR
AIRY, 1850, IN reply TO Mr. CLAY, OF Kentucky:
The senator is mistaken he supposes he can s.y "a,
thing OF the possible consequences OF disunon which 81
occurred We have oitea manifested our senses
the evils oil dieunon, and more 80 than al the ne
eat time We do not mean 10 Dissolve" &c.
Alter these emphatic declarations, made at all tina
not only during the tendency OF the COMPROMISE measure.
but before their acknowledgements made after i WI
asceraned that southern men had voted for and surs
ed them. but before could possibly know what eoux
they would pufsue-what right did any man have sap
pose that would advocate secession both from The N
and large portion OF the South The truth il tba
man did believe it, No one at that day dreamed Of 10
union, save as desperate remedy for inolerabe oTr
SON None looked to II as a thing 10 be desired Itu
contemplated by all with shudder, although soms
US certainly believed II might become necessity ID
whatever violent language may have been used by o.
or others there was an excuse IN the attending trsr
stances mol now to be found. We came here earA
certain rights and privileges which it was ALLEGED h
been denied Us by the previous Congress, OF whehn
senator from South Carolina was a member Ia u
state oil the case, smartlng under what we believed
oc serious ana aggravated wrongs, II was DOT
expected that the language employed in our speeds
would be characterized by great moderation Ia -
speech OF mine upon the Vermont resolutions which s
so delighted the senator from South Carolina, did e1
ment IN strong terms upon many acts OF injustice whd
had been perpetrated upon the South | took occsss
to warn northern men that they not only paus,
they must Teirace their steps. They did So PuriT
to that time every northern State, except Iowa. ha
srucied their senators 10 vote for the Winei Fpys
Before the session was half over The proviso was ~
In some cases the resolutions OF instruction wtRF
pealed, and IN others those thus instructed took her
sponsibllity OF voting for territorial bills without it. W.
had no bill Tor The recapture OF fugitive slaves ~
Congress passed bill in all respects such as The on
demanded. We had been ever since the date OF ne NJ
sour Compromise excluded from all territory nofh q
deg. 30 min This restriction was removed, and slrp
rial government established Tor Utah whose souhh
boundary line is 81 degrees containing express flr
an,ee That u might come into the Union with Of Wp
slavery, as her constitution might prescribe. The 9
oil lanalicsm, which had been abroad al the Nonh eu
where began TO disappear, and the action Of both -
latures and conventions indicated determination 70