The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-15

country on the alternative OF civil war. Now,
TO differ from Mr. RANroUL on these points
10 acquiesce in the present established law--to
prefer emancipation by purchase TO emanclpa
ton by blood and slaughter--seems to MS 10 fall
within Mr. RANroUL's idea of eating south
em dirt"
We annex the portion of Mr.. RANToUL's
speech to which we have. alluded, and we com
mend it to the particular attention of all good
citizens who believe in the compromises of the
Constitution, and who do not believe that hand
words and insulting language are the best means
Of cementing either individual friendships or
the union of States:
But, sir, before touch upon this, let me say
word two about this coalition in Massachusetts,,
because the gentleman originally flung his gaunt-
let down upon that matter. He says it was cor
rupt coalition. Now, sir, in Massachusetts, there
were and have been for many years, three parties.
The law and constitution of the State of Massa-
chusetts require majority to elect 10 any office.
No one of the three parties was strong enough 10
establish government. One of two things to
be done, then. And l ask this House. and every
man in it, which should choose Either there
could be no government for Massachusetts, else
there must be combination OF two parties
Which ought we, patriots, 10 have done? Have
no government No. If we to have gov
eminent combination was TO have been made
somewhere Three coalitions possible
Wings and Freeaoilers, Wings and Democrats,
Democrats and Freesoers. There be
other. Which does the gentleman prefer? That
s quite plain. The House may see where the
shoe pinches The gentleman and his patriotic
friends. whose souls sicken at thought OF the new
coalition had made combination batween Wings
and Abolitonists and had controlled the State by
that understand Wing ethics, and the
ruling principle ia, what puts US IN Ia right what
puts out ID wrong. Now these very same gen
tlemen who formed coalition, and carried it out
for eighteen years, all at once saw themselves
elected from power. Oh, it is horrible, it ID cor
rupt it is infamous. They blush for their own
State when they find other men doing, for good
and patriotic reasons, that which they have done
for at ALL except to share the spoils of Of
hce, and to carry out system OF class legislation,
out of which they filled the pockets of the man
ayers of this machinery That has been done for
years, until at last the people of Massachusetts
| could stand it no longer. They determined
they would not be ruled in that manner any
longer. They rejected all these gentlemen; and
when the Wing party was suddenly choked
off from the great meat platter which the gen
tleman saw in apocalyptic vision, 1t set up
howl that might be heard through Tartarus. At
that do no. wonder. What wonder at is, that
there Democrats in other parts of the country
green enough to send back an echo to that howl;
who sympathizo with Wings who have been in
Office for the best part of half century, and think
it infamous to turn them out. This is what
a H.
this day. Why. sir, a combination
sary. No man will deny that. The only question
was what combination should be made. Only
three combinations possible; the Wings and
Frcesoilcrs the Democrats aud Froesoiers, and
the Wings and Democrats. No system Of mathe-
mates can make more than those three. The
Wings and Freesoilers had been united for six
teen eighteen years. The Wings had all that
time been protesting to believe various matters
which they did not believe. or else their acts be-
lied their belief, the other. They have
been under false preteuces. obtaining goods which
did not belong 10 them, for eighteen years. The
Freesoii party became sick of frauds of that sort,
and upon 50 large scale. They could stand it
no longer. They determined that they would no
longer coalesce with the Wings upon any protonce
whatever. Should the Wings and the Democrats
have coalesced; In other parts of the country
the effect of Wing and Democratic ooalescence.
With little more OF it, you will have Wing ma
iority in the Senate. find gentlemen rising up
here, gentlemen from southern States, coming
here and publicly announcing that they came de-
termiued 10 vote with either party that will 90
furthest in i certain neutrality-suspicious. whom
supposed 10 be Wings, and to hold Wing princi-
plies. but who have objection to turn Democrats
all AT once, "a black lobster red by boiling;
that ia. the Wings will turn sound. consistent
Democrats, If the Democratic parry will cat more
southern dirt than the Wing party will That il
the proposition, and IL is made unblushngly here;
and the people who make il come here and ask the
two great parties 10 put up their principles for sale
| TO be knocked down To the highest bidder. And
they have the impudencc 10 talk to the people Of
Massachusetts about an unprinciplcd coalition.
| should like to sec the want Of principle shown
| in our coalition, shown by some OF those gentle
men who come here and say they arc willing to
| join either party-oithcr party, provided II is a
| party Of profound aud thorough sectionaiism-ig-
noring all inhabited regions north Of iIason aud
DiIon's line; provided 1t ia party not having q
national idea in the head Of any man belonging to
il; provided it isa party that believes the Ceustu.
ton Of the United States created 10 perpetuate
and secure the blessings OF slavery to ourselves and
our postcrty ana lor no Osbef purpose proNlotd IL
| is party Of one idea-ihey do not whether It
il Democratic or Wing, they will 60 lorit. That Is
the kind Of doctrine advanced upon this floor. Aud
| then the men who advance IL torn around and be-
rate the men Of Massachusctis, and call the crca-
ton Of a government an infamous coalition. OF
that do not complain 90 much as that a native
son Of Massachusetts should endorse all tbese
miserable ISLANDERS IL is OF that complain. Tie
coalition, | say, in Massachusetts must needs be
Of Wings aud Frcesoers, Wings and Demo
| crate or Democrats and Freesoiers. Now |, az
Democrat had no idea Of cOalesciug with the
| Whigs had fought them all my life long. The
gentleman from Florida (Mr. CAnELL) does not
see any distinction between the two parties. Ihayc
seen a distncton--s broad gul-a gulf like that
between Dives and Lazarus, and could not leap
over it in single bound supposed that there
| was principle at the bottom Of all this. " have
been mistaken. tits mistake Of which do not wish
TO be relieved wish 20 be suffered still 10 suppose
that there lie little principle in the world instead
Of thinking that all parties and aggregations are
roguss think there was a principle at The bot
tom Of the division between Democrats and Whigs;
and could not, a Democrat. cOslcsce with the
Whgs. You then ask, how did the Democrats
Lee ,th ,ot her n