The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
SPEECH OF HON. A. r BUTLER,
or SOUTH CAROLINA;
Delivered in the United States Senate February "a andes,
1884, on the Nebraska and Kansas bill,
The Senate baying under consideralon the bill TO or
ganze The Territories OF Nebraska and Kansas
Mr. BUTLER concluded as follows:
MIR PRESIDENT shall resume my remarks this morn
ing with disadvantage, on account OF the state
of my voice. cannot go with the same clearness that
could do il il were not affected Before touch, how
ever upon The subject which discussing the adj
jouinment OF the Senate yesterday, wish 10 make one
explanation
Some OF my friends have supposed lhat in playful
remark which made yesterday assimaled the Ger
mans coming from Bremen and other ports OF Germany
10 The black men, and regarded them equal My in
ten,ion exactly the reverse What did say, what
/ intended to say and what, a southern man, will
maintain thai intelligent and judclous MASTER hay
ing his slaves around blm in Missouri or Nebraska,
would be as acceptable neghbor TO me, and, as ]
thought, would be 10 Iowa. one OF those new enl-
grants hope, now, that am uhdersood on mat mat
The branch OF The subject which was discussing at
the time Of The adjournment yesterday, was that not only
The terms obligations and implications OF the missouri
Compromise had been disgegarded IN act but that the
nmsrks OF the senator from Massachusetts Nr, SUM
NERl showed that il dsregarded and violated IN
spirit was making relnarks also. not by way OF
reprimand certainly, because have right TO eprmand
him, but such as thought ought TO have refuled and
rebuked him, when he undertook to say that education
in the South neglected. and that the name OF slave
holder by word and repIoach TO the CIVILIZED
world. | am STAKEHOLDER, and have right TO take
exception TO such remarks
Mi SUMNER Slave dealer, not slave owner. was
The word used said that understood that even ~
tbe slave States the name of slave dealer by word
and reproach have understood SO IRON Shareholders
themselves.
Mr.. SHIELDS. That the senator's language
laion TO Shareholder
Mr.. SUMNER No. sir; but in relation 10 slave
dealer.
MI. BUTEER Mr.. President in the remarks which
have made in reference such suggestions as were ad
vanced by the senator iron Massachusetts, have en-
deavorcd 10 corne myself within the province OF parlia
meniaTy courtesy and propriey, and certainly have nc
disposition go further II is but far now that should
distinctly that, notwithstanding The effort which has
been made throw into the shade OF the contrast The
civilization and The morality OF the South 10 comparison
with that OF the North, think the census viii show and
fairness would suggest, that In many respects al least
The North has right 10 court such a comparison
will ask my friend from Florida, who sits beside me- TO
read an extract which ! have taken from speech de-
livered by an honorable gentleman IRON missouri. Mr.
Anderson, and admirable speech i ls. have taken
the liberty extract from II some statistics, which ask
nv friend from Florida TO read
Mr. MALLORY read as follows:
Il have been pains procure, FROM official and
authentic sources, few statements e~bat illustrative
these questions, and respectfully submit The following
facts aud figures for the purpose oil comparing accounts
with northern neighbors The United States census
shows that
The population Of Massachusetts 9s3 400
The population Of Tennessee eza
Tennessee ercss. Of inhabitants. sas
raurxnsx.
Massachusetts paapers
Tennessee. osi
Excess in Massachusetss.
sMasaohu.eus with g. l2s inhabitants less than Tennes-
see, has eight smes as many paupers'
g.
lehhsssee' '..''''''''''''''''' -
Rrces OF Massachusetts
aThu. his stae tsat boasts Of is moral and religious
auainents exemption siaverr, and the suppose
evils atte nds upon Y, has ihee unes ana hal 'ne
amount OF insanity that exists la Tennessee.
CHuRonEs i,a3o--l 20 every OBS per
Tennessee, I,ass-I to every 5l7 persons
kentucky has population, including her sayes o. sSz-
4o5 Connection, including her psupers sIo,1si hcn
lucky has you will perceive, nearly ree hmes tue pop
PsUrrniss --Conneotlcui l,7A-or 70 every 252 nhab
iisnts.
Kentucky, M.
keutacky with times the population, has lees thar
Of pauPersor ony one 70 every iSoo ih
Sssss' Connection, a62-or 10 every 5c2 inssbi
Kentucky. 5C7-or no. l TO every ,eg7 inhabiian,.
CnuncHKs -Connectcut, 7i9--orl 20 every bis inhaol
kentucky, Ioisor to every $40 inhabitants, ineladns
her slaves
and couneencn Jointly manufacture annualy The immense
amount 4 u37 600 gallons.
Kentncsy and Tennessee only z, 1899 gallons.
The join population Of Massaehesets and Conaee',em @
Is i.se5 so hs, Of Kennedy and Tennessee lsoS
Thns Massachusetts and Connecucat with population
ofnpwsrds OF half million less than kentucky nAd len
nesee annually sends forth sS52S5 gallons more Of liquid
fire 10 burn u the stomachs, bewidcr the lnelect In
flame the passions The families, destroy the happiness
and the soas Of thousands Of human beings whc
might oherwise be happy, sober, and useful members
society The horrible details Of crime, panpeHsm, and
want bshed ia the police reports OF the cities Of Pa
delpha New York, aud Boston, alone exhibit degree
depravity unparalleled n the records o. az ue
Il ID true, then, that the Institution Q
domestic slavery tends demoralizaon among those whs
tolerate Lot The foregoing faos answer and marx 'ho
tale they tell"
Mr. BUTLER MI President | have resored L
facts, and "faes are stubborn things" in Argument
have drawn no ooniras, all that have said. have
no, claimed for the South any superiority and have
no, deiraced from The North any OF her merits, do
intend TO do so nov The pauperism. the lunacg, and
the drunkeauess IN those States may be- attributable to
very different cause from the tact that they non.
slavehoding population II may arise from TIE fact thai
there s more dense population than that which exists
IN the States with which they have been brought into
Comparison or il may arise from the fact ihst-
Mr.. EVERETT Will my friend from South Carolina
yield me The floor for a momentl
Mr.. BU TIER Certainly
Mr.. EVERETT simply rise 70 say that Msssaehu,
ses relieves annually from eleven TO twelve thousand
foreign paupers. who are thrown in upon IN conse
quence Of the great tide OF immigration from Europe
MIR BUTLER 1 about TO suggest that as one Of
the causes do not mention these things matter OF
reprosch 10 the North at all; but going to show
that who represent the South. will not take advantage
OF matters OF this kind throw either the one or the
tpfn he eha al