New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-15


ing upon the Pax 70 join the earnest Co1ncu Of h,
People. Mr H.yES said:
FErrSps ASH TrIrcw- -CIrrzx7s. Our honorso's iriol
who h-s jrst adirsse1 yor has fary rcai--ri hinel
more honorable b. anv oher set Of bis re than by u.
position which he has take, upon TINS monen,,rs lue5
ton Ve told o. that it ws- every nlsrs duy in c.
like this TO render ti- serTccs for the country Of birth
Ginning nothing Of honor fo7 rsysefN Is only fon suc
CONSIDERATIONS address you. During tie early ys11s o
the first century of common eE, there " ~ man o5rl
in the Roman camp. when IN Germany. WI, yr-y
after hs birth had pair Of sandals board upon hi
feet from which fac. he cae C.LisULA. T.. nan.
CALIGULA. became II the mss corrupt of 81 the
perors who di'yraeed the throne oi Rome ihis Ean 10
order to show bis contempt for the Roman people IA the
dsys Of his greatest power lad the mpuience 20 walk biz
horse into the senate crown him COnsu-tD f-ci him
out Of golden hangers IN ms palace, with guided cori
too have li,sle giant. Applause. He has wr'Saf
tie black horse OF Slavery into Cop 81 20 feed him Olt
Of treasury and he offers 20 him for hs
the troed, tovery surface Of our Praines IA2psnse
Now the question before Ia. Ivy what kind Of right By
what kind OF assumption Is Il tha tins man dares n stalk
his black horse INTO the Capitol It's prslmng G1On the
very principles Of human nature upon which CtLtGT
presumed. he presumed upon the corruption Of the
Roman people. Our Little Giant presumes upon what
Upon your corruption and upon the corruption Of his
broad land That il the warTan, for Mr. DOUGLAss move
ent; and the question for 70 settle "a whether hs has
msgdged the American people. In another respect our
Little Giant shows his resemblance to his great prototype
the Roman Emperor. When he found his Senate not en-
tirely sUhscryient 20 his wishes, be took down
lists of the refractory Senators, all Of whom
70 be deoapitaed So likewise. Little Giant
has his Lists and he knows who IL To be derapdted and
ell the heads are maEked and well understsod and they
do not bow in plant submission to his behests then they
come under the block. Now il remains 20 be
whether the leaders Of this noiriOus scheme winch has
called together are not reckoning without thsr hos
ard presuning much upon your Ignorance 1nd
corupOn-whether they not presunlhg upon VIDE
spTead national dehasement which does not exist.
That fact 10 be tested by action at this tine. On
VII
sumel need refer 20 the commercial classes becaHe
they take Of themselves. IL IS the labore VINO
concerned in this question. They are the m no
turn the sOd-the men who weld the hamner-he men
who drive the plane. They are the men who are
to settle the fate OF these pohucai tem'Sognes'
The aborers Of the North, at the present time are ad-
vanoing in intelligence and in oil that makes man re-
spectacle and useful and happy in the world with speed
and with progress never before known in any nation OF
laborers IN the world. And whyl Because every man
stands here for himself individually before God and before
his country because man holds his own fortune IN
bis right arm and his position IN society IN he, Is
TO be tested by his own individual character.
Man here is an individual, and not cipher.
That the why men among us hew out their way
10 respecaby from any part o societyno matter Wlat
their origin Applause But hoY 1t Is when Slavery
prevails Go throughout the souh-n all parts OF the
slayeeritory or our counry-and there The white n
bore has brand upon his forehead There the white aborer
Is called by the opprohrons epthets which the negro
can command He is there called the ' white niger. -
That Is the ape epilhot employed by the negro himself as
| know from my own personal knowledge. Ihat
il the true character Of Slavery in t influence upon
the laborng classes and always must be so And now the
attempt made fellOwcltIzens 10 iesen upon u ms H.
stiuton BY which certain already ohgarcls are TO
be raised almost the pO5itlOn OF princes; and you the
working of the Norhyou who stand OFT before God
aud the world endowed with all the faculties Of manyou
are be brought down and ensaved yourseyes-you are
20 become hitc niggers| And how Is tAis to be ac-
compshcd IL il 10 be done By the violation Of com
pact az sacred and a. solemn the Constitution itself
Ilev tell US however, that II Is compact. Indeed Mr.
President, where our books turn to these report
err these gentlemen upon the platform and ask where
selp aksl
the Missouri settlement which called augh else than
Compronise-'The Missouri Compromise -. The Missouri
Compact These the terms BY which we have from the
days of infancy heard this Missouri settlement called
Yet now we are told that II compact. And who
the agents do this work. They presumng upon
the men whom we have sent 10 washington
for other purposes than to vote for this law. This
law was not dreamed of when they elected. ask
every here whsn you east your ballot at the last
Congressional election which of you presumedor thought
or dreamed of any such question this coming before
Congress for a vote or decisionl Did any man
Cries of mo no. Yet they presume upon the fact to
take these having sort of representative character
about them in far this particular act is snad
and induce them to commit this enormous national iraq
aud perjury, too. Now, gentlemen the qaesioh Is, 10
orr Northern DOughfiCes represent you Does Mr..
TWEED! Does Mr.. WALBRIDGEi Does Mr. WAIVER
represent you Loud cries Of "No, no. Then.
% ntlemen why do they attempt to carry this
question through For the simple reason that it may not
come before you for your decision. They are haenns
for fear Of the influence of this meeting They have even
referred 20 the call for this meeting on the oor OF Con-
gTess. They afraid OF the popular swell OF Indignation
II the only they have. They have other fear
ether of God man. lApplause. We all agree upon
this point that these not elected with refer
enee 10 any such issue this-nothng OF the kind.
Tie question had never been mooied had never been dis
cussed prior their election Il has been sprung upon
II has sprung up in night Ike Jonahs gourd and
are to he influenced in all dearest rights and relations
and interests society by act widesweeping in
scope and effects than any other act ever passed
y the Congress Of the United States from the st day
the first assembling Of the first Congress- And who are to
pass this acti Men having authority 10 act or /
to vote They are Fresuming upon your ignorance I
and silence and shall how Ignorant You Now,
ask again what il the sanction Of tho law thus passed
take for granted that there truth yet left
some remains OF the axons Of political system We
have been taught to 20 Declaration OF lndepend
ence for our creed, and to the Constitution q the
axioms of our Declaration of Independence-the
Magma Charter of our rghts-has already been
expuneed Men are no longer considered free and !
aIno longer have they the same Godthe same eter-
pity for destiny and a home New, having succeeded
for in expungng this axiom, they trying to strike
ont another OF the axcms cf the Declaration OF lndeps.
dknce That axiom tells that Government derives It's
authority from the consent of the governed Now, would
ike TO know whether this law has the sanction Of the men
who are be governed by il. Loud erits OF No no.
Then ii this law has this popular sanction this binding
element those integral and inherent forces - IT, tell me
what this law good for will be good for or how far
we will be bound by IL What s the character OF the law
which they propose to passi They say that Is SIMPLY
carving out the doctrine of ow though
am no lawyer err the son Of lawyer, or the grand
son Of lawyer, and having only that knowledge
pourd this proposition that the Constitution OF the United
States from the beginning the end OF is inerventon
that every State Constitution nom the beglnnngt0 the end
OF II is n.ervenon that every city ordinance or ought
TO be intervention law i intervention everywhere Talk
ahou. observation-disclosures nigh. as wen talk about
nonentity. 1t is all Intervention from the be-
W by demagogues for partisan personal purposes and at
tempted 20 be gagged down the hrOas OF free, thinking
M n Just the Constitution Of the United States itself
i nrrvention in this particular. IL intervenes with the
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