New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-11

vas rustle for ne fall in with ;hs policy Of pre-
ruiinc the vote he Hebrsska bin, nness was also
ntptied TO revoke ny condo nnaon Of the Ike pocy On
I rart Of the Senators 80 whom have referred.
Ie; Il not re thought hat call m que."n eilhs' &c
wsdorn INTEGRITY Of the members 81 cSngts' %i,O
ct INTO this ccmtinaion Wsrr and oe'ieT ID . nan
v,.i went into H. Neverihele.s they could not nave
cue into il hsd they entertained Any WE'VE De those
views sound or iake, Of the Tlehi, o. lhs m9orh!,
20 Having The Nebraska bill will briefly refer to the
ce rs alcb have been cas. on one OF my private ei-
,,s TIE whole none, OF that letter should nave been
.d rss sorry 90 see disiDnted parts Of Il print.
te 1esr i. not before me- But remember tina; spoke
In il sgninst night sessions 81 Congress and declared mat
he'd The bour OF three in the morning been appointed for
I, kng the vote on the Nebraska bill should not have
hen ur,sen This declaration has been seized on 10
lev nv low estimate Of the value Of the AntiSavery
cause Now have not one word to offer IN proof that
DO really ard greatly love this cause; II proof to 'eis
4pd IS siil lacking after more than quarter OF
oeuiurys profession 81 such love- then most Certainly no
proof can be fouDd that can supply the lack
IL il conteuded that would have been es mich bound
IN The case 10 have been preent at taxing Of
II vote tie editor Of daily newspaper 20 De oten
al biz desk until late hour OF the night and i might
have been sdded with a. much prcpfe'y Ie p ~ s
IT, 10 pass the whole night often, at the bedside OF h Pa
,p Now not 10 say that this night labor on he part OF
the editor the physician i fof.seen ana EOunLH
incurred one ard il, therefore, 10 ,h' resleo', l-o "
" oistiI guishable from the o'clock appointment; V
enough 70 saw hat this night labor u necessity ana tos'
ths cock appointment IL not, ana ihai hence II + so
surd TO refer the labor 10 justify the appointment. @
tfk en- the ground not 10 obey any summons 10 apPe' IA
Cororfss al clock the morDng-not even that whlch
was prompted by the SUDDEN landing OF mighty enemy,
r nv On, other necessitythen, confess, would nave
teS rron.r 10 rsbuke me for resisting necessity and
rrcrer 10 put me shame by pointing me TO the faithful
.dor and physician who yield prompt obedience 70 the
necessities which come upon them.
denied that tie O'Clock appointment would nave
been uecess.tv This denial il abundany jusnhed by
the fact hat there nothing in the Nebraska bill TO make
the taking Of the vote on necessary al any ns anu
bv the further fact that if there s there nevertheless re-
NAMED months before the clOe OF the session. and abun-
dart opportunity for the transaction OF all the possoe
business OF Congress by daylight
nance 10 this O'Clock appointment. | Will detaIn you
with only few of them, and with but g'snces at these
J. Some members Of Congress are either IRON age or
other causes too feeble to be compelled unless IN case
Of absolute necessity to leave their beds at such an IN
usual hour for leaving them. g AT this sleepy hour
few pertous are IN state Tor the wise ana sne
TRANSACTION Of important business. g. As the
friend Of temperance both my lips and example
sha ever testify against any nghtsesson OF Congress:
that called for by the cearest necessity. Wna I'm
the majority had appointed the taking Of the vote on tue
Nebrsska question in Gram shop1 Would you have had
me rreeeut7 trust But, you yet TO learn tha
TIE scenes of night session o. 40 10,
us nreasnt a part Of the night session, IN when The maj
vote on the Nebraska bin was taken and was well con-
WINGED that Congress should AVOID all unnecessary gh
sessions until Congress loves temperance more, and rum
less Never did witness more gross drunkenness than
wnesfed on that occasion had 70 remain a utli -
against the ProSlsvery bill After that hurried away
full of shame and soTTOw.
1t so happened that Lord Egin the Governor OF Canada
sat by ny side for hour more during that evening
of sad recoec,Ons The drunkenness was perceived by
him as well as by myself. might rather say, it glered
upon bis observation, well upon my own IL was,
clTtnly very polite and kind in him TO tell he
did in the course of conversation respecting this DIS
graceful scene that he had witnessed shameful dsordern
The British Parliament Nevertheless his poteness and
Kindness did not relieve me OF my deep modification
But shall perhaps, be told that were il once under.
stood that the friends Of temperance and decency and GOOD
hours refuse to appear in Congress me latter part OF tne
rgb adv antaCe would be taken OF the REFUSAL and that
mart Of The night would be chosen for mschievous and
wicked legislation. This supposes two things however
neither OF which trust istuPgosaoe. IL sgPposes hrst
spcb an outrage and second that the people would be
patient under IT, Had the Nebraska bill been passed by
ca ling US nom our beds at o'clock, the people would
have seen in this dsgracefu fact, another and strong
reason for condemning this bill and its supporters.
proceed to notice another, end, so far as know the
only other passage in my Congressional history ha mas
provoked the public ceDsure spoke IN favor OF annex
INC Cuba TO the United States and this, too, even though
the slavery of that island not previously abolished
Fer having spoken have seen myself held up IN the
newspapers flhbuster. But had supposed the tA
Iuc to be one who would get Cuba either by violence
or by money and in the speech referred TO, expressly
discarded both these mears. The union between Cuba
ard the United States which approved is peaceful and
without purchase Ii is to take place the sole cOnd
ton of the choice of the two psrties-he people OF Cuba
and the people of the United States Their choice of the
union authorizes the union and that too even though all
other peoples Spain herself included forbid IT. Indeed,
il was only 10 illustrate the leading doctrine of that part
of nv speech-the doctrine that peoples may unite and
divide themselves, not as others pease-that made
nv reference TO Cuba.
But whom do mean by the people Of Cuba! The pub
lie suppose that l. of course mean little else than the
handful of Shareholders, arstocras and tyrans upon mat
island But do not consent 10 be concluded by mer
suprosition do consent to wear their spectacles
nor TO be measured by their measuring line to be in
terTreted by their laws of interpretation
IL is than dozen years since stood up 10
Slaves s Of the United States This addres, acknow
edges slaves to be of the people, and of equal rights with
any other portion of the people; and add that it there
fore made me enemies than any other paper had
written stop not now to justify any thing in that
paper All my for referring to it is to say that
whether its doctrines true false they should at
least serve shield from the mputation of Ignoring
slaves when speak of the people. Whemsoever others
mean when they speak Of the people of Cuba, mean,
when speak of them the black, well as the white
the bond well the free II the poor outraged slaves
that island prefer TO be identified with the institutions
fortunes and prospects of country such preference
should be allowed to weigh much the like preference
Of any other equal portion of her people To say that
their poor, poor, dumb mouths are to be unheeded
and that they are be denied annexation 10 the people OF
of the United States unless their Slavery is previously
abolished unreasonable as TO say that the Canadians
shall not he annexed 10 us until the land-monopoly which
oppIesses so many Of them, Is abolished Inc caamues
Of neither the one the other, 10 be allowed TO
work forfeiture Of their rights
Now, are the people of Cuba in my sense of the word
people in favor OF uniting Cuba with nation II they
then and only then so far as Cuba is concerned am
in favor of it. Are the people of the United States IN
OF II can answer Tor Dut one OF tnein:
answer is that am. Why am need not explain why
aside from the existence slavery in Cuba am in avo
of the unonor, aside from that who are not in favor
III II from my conclusion that the people of the United
States should be willing unite with the people of Cuba
even though Cuban slavery be not previously abolished
that so many dissent.
1t is not because geographical and commercial and
rious kindred considerations 90 loudly call for the
blending of Cuba with country, that in spite of my
being Abolhonst go for IT, Ii is because ! am az
Abotionist than because am anything else, that
desire this blending.