The daily union., 1852-04-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
spEKCn oS mR o. N, ISGEssoLL.

D,,versd ia he House OF Rsprsssata ;ipes. March 81
1859, on hs Democracy Of Connsetieut-Ms Slave
Question: uek
The House being in Committee of the Whole on the
ssie Of the Union (Mr HiBBARD in the chair on the
homestead bill tssHf kH5
Mr. CHAIRMAs /; Its not my purpose 10 discuss the
.ob,scl.maler now before the committee. at As
Il an apology necessary for the Of debate
h;sh shall pursue all will admit that might be found
y hs line Of sale precedenis by older and more ex
nesnced members who have addressed the House at It's
pIesent session
and Il an apology for this were necessary, gentlemen will
Iust be- disposed to grant IL, when they consider that
have been honored with seat in this body without any
Dubic pledges written or oral, and without public ad'
dress delivered upon the great questions which have
recently occupied the public mind both North and South
seems to me- herefore due 10 the constituency have
e honor represents constituency am proud 70 say
unsurpassed BY any this Union in point OF learning
intelligence industry, patriotism. and morals--that
should at least give them some acknowledgment for the
generous support with which they honored me on my
InIhe remarks which shall submit shall endsayor
10 respond to what believe TO be the sound opinions OF
nv own district and State in regard TO that "vexed ques
lion, which has for years past so unhappy produced an
imoslies and heart.bunngs between the two great di.
visions Of our common country, and which sincerely
believe has recently brought this Union upon the verge OF
dissolution
Mr. Chairman, the democratic State convention OF Con-
necticut, which met recently at New Haven, among
other resolutions adopted the following:
powers granted by the constitution OF the United States
iorms fundamental part OF the creed OF the American
Die will maintain in their integrity the rights OF the States
will furnish cfectua antidoe against the central
serve constitution and the Union, making confederacy
Of States equal the task of bearing peaceabe sway
the North American continent.
essentially, from its principles and It's component elements
s @ true Union pa Pafy y aSanos from The exercise 3 odou6
holding rights OF the States i has preserved the inegr
yoiour political institutions thu. !. has maintained the
Resolved, That the democracy OF Connecticut aching
through their State conventions, have never. amid all The
excitement which has prevailed for some past given
slightest aid comfort to sectional anmosity and that
passed resolution with the creed Of the
national democracy and that, having last year fully
pressed their acqaiescence in the compromise measures
Congress they proudly point to the official
csedpgs, oI series Of years. unstained by anacism
and embracing principles. as broad a, The Union.
"Resolpsd, That will csserfuly abide by the decision
olhe democratic convention which is 10 meet in Baltimore
June next; and that from whatever quarter of the Union
the nominee may be selected, we pledge him in advance
the entire and hearty support of The Connecticut democ-
ncy."
Every word Of these resolutions subscribe to and am
prepared TO Defend and shall make them soft OF text
ior what may follow from my lips to-day
Now, Mr.. Chairman, do not intend to discuss the alb.
sIaci question OF slavery, much less to affirm iha, am
iavor OF white black slavery to stand forth
Champion II is matter foreign to the ssuc which pro-
pose TO make Nor is IL necessary that should discuss
hsmere question OF African slavery as existed before
tbs Shes after formed our constitution, exists
now in the South. II it isa curse, some men call it, il
Bone which falls upon the STAKEHOLDER and for which
weof the North are In no way accountable and which
should draw from regret at its existence, and sympa
hy rather than rebuke, towards The descendants OF those
who with our foefaihers fought shoulder TO shoulder for
that declaration which made us free, and for that cons
aion which secured TO freedom IL evil says the
phlanthropist Admit il--what then Look into our
social system and behold evil surrounding on every
side Why, sr, the very life which bold so dear
made up OF evils and blessings there the hopes Of
youth blastedthe energies OF manhood desiroyed-lhe
and decreptude of old age These which the good
enjoys make the sum total in The ckonng OF hu
man life; and il is the very existence OF evil which
makes prize the good which falls 10 him And il
this rule holds true in the social how much should
we look for 1t in the POLITICAL which owes all il pos
sesses 10 the social stale Who will tell me Of poli,i
cal State that has existed from the earliest dawn OF gov.
eminent which has been free from evils The philan-
hropst may, with The lantern Of Dogenes, look for it,
but in VAN.
Mr.. Chairman | have watched the slavery agitation
which has been and is rife in our midst. with much
solicitude. child Of common understanding may see
where II s tending, and the point al which will arrive
unless ihe sober second thought" OF the North nps IL
now in its ful-grown bud
have 10 sympathy with abolition agitation, or what
in the parlance Of the Buffalo convention, goes by the
OF free-soil agitation; and believe the intelligent
people whom represent agree with me IN the views
entertain OF IFS effects stand not here TO arraign the
molveso men, much less 10 question the honest inten
lions Of those, many OF them at least who uphold polt
Clans in the they coverty making upon the insti
iutons and the peace oil the country. But when the
democracy Of the North in their efforts TO preserve nvi
oaie the constitutional rights Of the States told here,
as we were the other day by the honorable member from
Massachusetts, GMr. RAsTouL,l that they are seating
southern dIt, take this occasion TO say that my de-
mocracy teaches me fellowship, politically with sy-
ors who scarcely merit the rebuke Of an offended peo-
pie, which, in times gone by, fell upon the head OF Ar
mold, and the whittier head OF Aaron Burr.
And let us stop here and what position the honora
bic member from Massachusetts, who accuses the north
ern democracy OF eating souhern dirt" himself has oc
euped IL was In the year 1885 that Mr. RAsToUL wrote
letter 10 the effect il am right, that slavery ougb, TO be
abolished by Congress in The District OF Conmba, and
forbidden in the Territories and that Congress had full
power to do have not bis letter by me- but think
eanno, be mistaken about the fact
In 1910, 1884, and Is4S, the honorable member pretend
10 act with the political party which, by resolves depre
ahc State convention OF Massach useits lsis he
reads as follows: -
hsofpfd, That this convention Is opposed the exer-
eve o any Js,idietfon by Congress upon the OF
slavery in the Territories"
nion oil Texas TO this Union, and the Mexican war He
Hon sSs-it ! understand his poston--that he always
sonunued 10 the belief Of the doctrines OF his letter OF
,oso ara That he did not believe word OF the resolve OF
ioso, which he aided in reporting which, at all
e'Tsas, went to the country under bis sanction.
ne question now is, whether this avowal helps his
poucal character for sincerity In May, 1851 at
ocrahc convention called In his district and "called" "
wuse ms own language before that convention,
ported IN the Commonwealth OF April 4, 1861, "as
suppose at mg suggesfion,' and six months tbear in
mha alter the fugitive -say. law had passed Congress-
an election TO this body, he came out against the
"mnsuuiionaliiy OF the fugitive slave law
:, VOW, Why if the honorable member did not believe
,he doctrines of the democratic party, IN regard TO