The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-03-30
CONGRESSIONAL.
srEEou OF HeS. > D. rnEEmAs.

The House being in Committee OF the Whole on lhe
slate OF the Union, aud having under consideration the
..,Iehcency bll'-
MIR CHAIRMAN II is not my Intention upon this occa
sion 10 address INC committee. snay desire TO say
The SPEAKER. The Chair will remark 10 the gem
neman from Mississippi that the gentleman from Ala.
bama Mr. SMITH only yielded the floor Tor explanation
Nj FREEMAN. wish TO make personal esplana.
lion was not IN my seat The other day when my col
league Mr. BRowHl from the fourth district addressed
bc committee in relation TO the politics OF the State Of
Mississippi. Had been here upon that occasion, /
should have felt myself called upon to respond to him al
length IL was not my intention to have introduced this
subject into this congressional hall We have had
painful and proaced struggle in that State upon the
sGcs questions which have agitated this country The
9Inion palty TO which was attached have slcreeded
aud lo one, was willing 10 rest upon the iaures we
hsAacheved; and had my colleague MR. BRowNl con-
tented himself with giving far statement Of The posi-
make this explanation. shall not, Mr. Chairman, 20
into discussion OF those topics They matters with
which this House has nothing to do But there are some
things in the speech OF my colleague lMr Brown which
could mol permit 10 60 unexplained before the country
and shall, therefore, ask the privilege of sending TO
the Reporter such response as choose TO make 10 his
speech.
Now. sir, another word II was stated here upon the
floor the other day, by the honorable gentleman from
Ohio. [Mr GDDINGs, and also by the honorable gentle
man from Massachusetts,, Mr.. RANTouL] and also by
the honorable gentleman from Ohio, Mr. TowNsHENp,l
this mornng--a claiming 10 be free democrats as IN.
desand themhat they had recently ascerained the fact
that neither the constitution OF this country The higher
law, they call IL requires OF them to catch any more of
our slaves They are therefore, resolved not 10 be our
slave cachars will take this occasion to express nv
profound gratitude, alike for myself and my constituents
asceEtaned that fact They and their confederates have
already dceoyed, enug, and harbored some or
tmy housaM OF our siarss and that is the last that we
have ever seen or expect TO see OF them am glad that
they have asceaned at last that neither the constitution
nor hG higher law binds their conscences 10 engage in
h,s dl,Iepulable and, may add, crinnat occupation.
Ar Chairman, had moi the pleasure OF being present
the other day when my colleague Mr. BRowKl addressed
the committee on the joint resolution 'sauthoriZing the
architect ol The Capitol 10 continue in employment the
mechanics laborers and others employed upon the
wings thereof" Hence this delay in my reply Upon
such topic, had supposed that my colleague would
have SAID something Of the pressing necessities of the me.
chancs and laaorers whose work had een suspended OF
The character OF The work lar had progressed and
the necessity tor its competon but much 10 my sur
lse, he sand nothing about the mechanics the aborers
The Capitol bat wandered off some two thousand miles
the Slate OF Mississippi and delivered funeral oation
upon the Ise, progress, last iness, and death OF the
soulhern-rights party.
know II is unusual 10 respond TO funeral Grafton /;
and had my colleague confined himself 10 the CORPSE the
@fn the pail bearers and The moners OF the deceased
should have suffered the euogy 10 have gone down TO
TIC grave with It's subject But, sir, after burying his
Nd, he turns upon his heel, and makes upon the
LIVING No content with reciting his elegy upon Bill
lhlts pg, be attempts 10 cast reproach and dshonor
qoa the Union party OF Mississippi The secret of the
Es0lemans speech TO be found in the fact that the
Uaion democrats OF Mississippi have called State con.
veton, and sent delegates 10 the Baltimore convention.
Sabsequeni 10 thus event the democrats did the
same thing. Fearing that the seceders will not be per-
mied TO enter that Convention, my colleague has under
taken TO show that the seceders The true national
democrats and that the Union democrats themselves
The seCedeIs from that party
Few would have had the courage to attempt such
enterprise under such, adverse circumstances. My
colleague declares that lhe State rights party OF Misss-
sp out oil The ranks oil the democratic patty
and that BY act of theirs have they ever put them.
selves beyond the pale o the democratic party" He
also denies that his party went into the contest with
t,Noa inscribed their banners insists thai /" they
kcP up The oil organisation = took their candidates from
The "old line democracy, with General John a. Qultman
as their slanjad-bearer." He compares the Union party
to hotel where there s no provision for or beast
lie says They are for the Union and for nothing else.
They are for that 10 which nobody opposed They
constantly trying 10 save the Union, aud making
great oulcy about ~ when, IN fact nobody has sought
OF seeking TO destroy % This Is the substance oil the
speech; and | will proceed TO show that my coll
league is mistaken in all his positions.
II II be true, as my colleague asserts, that his party
were never out OF the democratic ranks and have
placed themselves beyond its pale. why does he admit
hs The movement OF his party is dead lie says: " 1t
died al the hands OF its early frends-s fathers
nog rery dead" Like "Billy Pringe's pig"
" When it lived, IL lived in clover;
Aud whenj died, 1t died all oper."
Now, II my colleagues party be dead "dii oucr' would
mol be an act OF barbaryo 10 exhume ITS nauseous
mans and carry them 10 the Baltimore Conventiona Sir
ihmk Barnums Museum would be far more appro.
Plale place OF depose. Under his genius IT might be
made 10 pass for an Egyptian mummy
But my colleague insists his party placed itself
beyond the pale OF the democratic party The records OF
NE country will show TO the contrary. The acts dec
laraons and resolutions OF his party prove to the
contrary.
Immediately after the passage of the compromise
ufes, my colleague Mr. BRows returned to Mississippi,
and ~ The capital OF the State made violent harangue
against The compromise measures, IN which he declared,
10 hep me God, AN for resistance, and my advice to
You s that Of Cromwels 10 his colleaguesPay to God
sad Keep your powder dry"
auoyernor Quitman, on the same occasion, declared
a Mississippi did not resist the compromise
ne would throw down her flag with contempt, and refuse
70 cary II longer
Messts Davis, Neville, Feaiherston, and Thomp.
S, S, uaue declarations 10 the effect and the whole
ae was rallied IRON the stump, and by the press to
s I: ne compromise measures tWas this democratic
uo0"ihe y 80 happened that neither OF these laws
as ~ Oe executed within the State OF Mississippi, so
~ practicable or iorcibe resistance could be offered
um - mem mere In this dilemma, Governor Quitman
ea an extra session OF the legislature, declaring his
Snnoh 70 be TO take the necessary steps enable the
Ge " resume her sovereignty and 10 aiatain it, Can
Ht s0pcIttgny oil State be resumed and maintained
without dissolution OF the Union II this proca.
auob with its attendant notes OF preparation, tina, gave
se olhe Union organization. In his message TO the
'hslSlufe the governor says
The savchoding states have been absolutely excluded
ION hc greater portion, and Nv nt tho most valuable
paL q All the territory" &c, Nc .hfay not
eh be justified Ia asserting that by theso measures the
~ ana enoyinentot every OF the pubc domain
'oluifed tom Mcxicol"
Speaking OF the ADMISSION of California, he says
The whole character and structure of government
~ oeen changed by this act aad the principle admitted
Inew Tree States may be created ad hb,tmmi and how
~, ns been done assert by most H,grani violation
ony Of tho principles Of justice and equality, but slso
breach OF the constitutional com past between tho