The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-08-11

Senator's, and made such an impression on MI
Butler and other slaveholding Senators, tbs
they have cautiously refrained from any NOR
such attacks.
| As debater or public speaker he makes n
pretensions TO eloquence; but his deliberate an
candid manner, the clearness Of his thoughts
and the ability with which he makes other
see them, never fail to make an impression up
on the intelligent Sometimes, when aroused
he is exceedingly forcible. We once heard hin
startle an audience by exclaiming: "Think
| friends, what horrible thing it is to be bori
4 slaye--to come into this world a helpless in
FAINT, without father, without a mother, with
out God; vith nothing bat master neve
to have thought Of your own, will Of you
own, choice Of your own but to think, an'
will, and choose, as your earthly master die
tates; never to seek your own happiness bu
his pleasure; never to seek Gods glory, but hi
glory; never to have the light Of knowledg'
shine in upon your intellect or the light o
Heaven upon your soul, but to walk in dark
ness all your days and finally go down to the
grave forbidden by law, from the cradle to the
tomb, to spell out the name Of Cod None
but a master hand and humane heart Can
draw such picture of slavery.
Mr.. Chase never fails of success for want Of
perseverance or attention to business. Ia the
Senate, he has often succeeded in carrying
through measures in which his constituents
and others were deeply interested by present
ing them, again and again, after they had been
rejected To learn his attention to business
let any one search the records Of the Senate
especially the yeas and nays-since he has
been member. 1t is a remarkable fact but
nevertheless true, tat every bill which passed
the House. in which Ohio was particularly in.
terested or any of its citizens, while he has been
a member has not only received the action but
the favorable action OF the Senate
There are some who suppose that if men,
Der Of the Senate or the House OF Representa-
tives from free STATE maintains, on the floor
of Congress firmly and unfiinchingly, the prin-
cipes of freedom, he will lose all influence with
members from the slave States and will bc un-
able to obtain such legislation as the interests
of his constituents demand. This is great
mistake. So far from this, shareholders sim
cerely respect and esteem the representative
from the free States who defends the institu-
tons of these States as zealously as they defend
that of slavery. Shareholders rarely oppose a
measure beneficial to free State constituency
because the representative of that constituency
is true to liberty. They do not do it, because
it might react upon themselves and their own
constituency. Nor do they feel any disposition
to do it; for in their hearts they respect such
representatives, while they loathe the dough-
face 1t is true in this as in all other cases,
that while {" they love the treason they despise
the traitor" We have been surprised and
gratifed, while reading over the proceedings
Of the Senate, to see with what uniform cour-
tesy they have treated personal requests made
by Mr.. Chase, and how successful he has been
with measures Of his own introduction, and
amendments he has offered to bills introduced
by others In this respect his official action
will compare favorably with that Of any prior
Senator from Ohio.
A friend of freedom, and knowing that free
dom of speech is necessary to its maintenance
he acts upon the principle which he himself
declared when he said II acknowledge no re-
striction upon freedom of debate except the
of candor and courtesy" SO the
right of petition be ever regards as sacred, and
not to be limited in its application. On this
subject his views may be best known by refer
ing to his own words. "Tbe right of peti.
tion," said he, "belongs to the people, and it is
not within the constitutional power of this
body, or any other legislative body, to abridge
hat right. IL is for the PEG lie, to whom the
light ofpetition belongs to determine for them
elves upon what occasions they will exercise
t and when they have determined and have
Exercised it, and these petitions are presented, |
hey should be received" This love of fsee- |
lom is not confined to his own race or cciln- |
rymen. There are some people who seems to |
ook upon liberty as boon specially bestowed !
pon themselves and 30 long as they can be |
rec, and their children, they care little for she |
berties of mankind. He is actuated by 40
UGH selfish devotion to freedom. He looks up6n
liberty as u right belonging to all, born with
hem, and inallenable, and he hates oppressior4l
whoever may be i,s victims because it robs men
If this natural right. When Kossutbs noble I
etter, returning thanks to the Government for
The manner in which it had received him, was
aid before the Senate Mr.. Badger, from North
Carolina, moved to lay it upon the table. Mr..
Chase moved that it be printed, that proper
respect might be shown to its author, and that
t might be spread upon the records of the
Senate. In support of motion, nc said I" he was
n favor Of printing it, because he would take |
,very opportunity, legitmately approving it.
,elf, to avow his sympathy with Kossuth and
bis mission, and his concurrence in the great
general principle which he proclaia,ed in the
hearing Of the American people 1t is un.
necessary here to speak of his services in the
great contest now going on in this country be-
tween freedom and the slave power. These
are too vel known and appreciated to require
anything more than simple reference.