Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-02-17
Speech of MIR. Jones of Tenn.


he would say few words in reply TO
this TRADE Of abuse against the insti
iulions Of the South. These institu
tons, against which the whole of the
speech vas directed, hi d come down
TO The people of the South from their
ioreiathers, through generation after
generation. They had not sought
them, they had been forced upon
them. In his invective against
Slavery, the gentleman had referred
to bis services in the Wing party,
aud had appealed to them. The gen
teman might have done battling in
that party, but the doctrine Of denun-
cation Of the institutions of the South
formed no part Of the principles of
HAT party. He (Jones) had never
put his shoulder to that wheel with
that gentleman. He had stood all
his life in the Wing ranks, and ex-
pecled 10 stand by the principles of
that party during his days, but he
had never uttered or advocated such
doctrines as the Senator had done to-
day For one, he now and forever
renounced all political association or
party affinity with the gentleman in
the advocacy of such doctrine. He
could not Join the Senator either, in
his filings at the Senator from Illinois.
W hen that Senator came before the
country as politician, he would have
much TO say Of him, but at present he
neither knew nor cared what that
Senator'S motive, object or design
was. He would look at the bill and
regulate his action 10y the measure
and not 10y its author He then con
tended that slaves were property
aud were protected by the Conslitu-
tion, being property as much as any
other description of property. He
argued the perfect constitutional right
OF shareholders to carry that property
INTO territories the common properly
OF the States. WHY should not the
Shareholder carry his property as well
as tie Northern man: He heard
the Senator from Ohio the other day,
and another Senator from that State
today, both arguing and declaiming
about the sanclily IF compromises.
the perlidy OF breaking solemn com
pacts, the necessity for keeping
plighicd faith, &c &c. TO hear
them, no one would suppose they ev-
er had any idea Of violating any con-
promise. At the last session. the
Senator from Massachusetts moved
10 amend The Appropriation bill by
striking out the provision To dellay
certain expenses under the Fugitive
Slave Act, and declaring that act re-
pcaled. That motion received four
votes IN the Senate. 1t was direct
proposition 10 repeal the Compromise
OF 90. Who voted for it: Not
the Senators from Ohio. who so
sircnuously lectured the Senate upon
The sancaiy of the Compromises
The record, however, asserted that
they did 1t. The four votes were
Hale, Sumner, Chase and Wade
Now, these same Senators denounced
any interference with solemn, sa-
cred compromise He saw no storm
approaching, such as the Senator
predicted. The Senator had de-
scrIbed II graphically-had pictured
the gathering clouds, the rising
winds, the vivid lightning, and one
might fancy he could hear the rat
Ting of the thunder. The Senator
was poetical in his description of the
storm. 1t reminded him of very
prolane anecdole he became nc
qualnted with at the Mammoth Cave.
Every one who entered that cave
came out with feelings to some extent
pOetlcal. On one occasion. a man
after coming Out rushed to the regis
ter and recorded a verse which he
would repeat, without any approval
or excuse for its profanity