The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-03


yestgaton Of great constitutional questions.
II that Mark Antony well remembered the very
he wore when twenty holes made in II or IN
him. Well another memory is powerful as that OF the
Trumvir That other memory knows the day when this
Aonsrossy was first presented II must be truly patr-
archa one, for the made his appearance In the
English colonies century ago and well described in
Declaration Of Independence and claimed among the
most valuable possessions OF man.
very happy illustration Of duty is furnished by
classical reference 10 Edmund Burke who told
the author Of treatise called the Sublime and Beautiful
another OF the discoveries which have marked the progress
Of this Investigation. Well IL is said that Mr. Burke in
the exuberanee Of his imagination, and doubt in mo-
ment well of excited feeling of desperate resolution
actually exclaimed in the House Of Commons al do not
three jumps OF iouse~ Louise sir is pediculus in Latin
therefore, Ia the future yarorum editions OF this speech
this memorable ejaculation may read NOT CARE THREE
JUMPS or fEDIcuLus foR LORD NORTH
so We called upon, with patriotic indignation not 70
care three jumps Of the same interesting he animal of
the Secretaries of the Deparmentthe Presidents clerks
as we reminded John Readolph said they Werc-and
suppose TO for nothing else but TO 30 right onward
IN the exercise of despotic power
by the by sir is this quotation marked with the usual
serupuous accuracy Of the speaker Should not the word
jump be changed TO skip which latter seems more apPro-
occiput than the heavier cognomcn2 venture to
predict that this question will take its place among the
most interesting critical researches Of attertmes.
am certain that John Randolph and Nathaniel Macon,
frequently referred to by him. whose reference s honor as
bright lights in the palmy dayspalmy nights suppose
of repubicanism would denounce sentiment that casts
rdicule rights dear every man. savage civilized.
We told that when this doctrine first introduced
into the Senate j was received as Nonsense as me essence
Of nonsense as The qutessece Of nonsense as the ee times
distilled essence Of political noasensicalty"
Well sir this is very probable and those Of who sup
port the doctrine need not eei INC slightest
is kind Of chrysals condition. through which most great
this and discoveries have TO pass There are very few
important annunciaions Of this nature which have not
provoked merrment from the earliest record down
to the latest and the greaestthe actual discovery and
declaration by the member from Missouri to an admrng
nm NT pASpTv NnTtIvNC
derul age this for the advancement of the human ntelect
Dr. johnson, who hired by the British admnistra-
ton wrote an-Nebraska pamphlet of that day. entitled
Taxation Tyranny He laughed at this principle of
sefgovernuent ridculing the idea that the Congress Of
Westminster not filter to govern colonies across the
ocean than the people themselves just as the idea is now
laughed at that the Congress of Washington not filter
to govern Territories the mountains and deserts
than the ignorat inhabitants who have squat down there
But sir this question has passed through its laughing
state Nobody laughs at it Some dread it some dis
like it, disbelieve it but all approach it with perfect
gravity and judging from the temper manifested by the
speaker whom have alluded and the vituperatve e
he not scattered through but Astounding in his remarks
am sure he must have been in anything but laughing
mood; and do not believe that single rsble muscle
was called into action during the whole period Of this pro-
digous mental effort ftH
But sir there other fatal argumentatiyc objections
to this BILL which have selected from the display Of
genius and which shall proceed to submit to the solemn
consideration of the Senate.
The bill is silent hating creeping, limping, squirting
motion conceived in the dark, and Undivided in commit
at is crooked insidous and pusillanimousD at is
arrago OLA podrida" at ugge worthy of the trick
Of egg under three hats &C. at is buttered both
Sides &c "Why kill the dead Why trip up the heels
Of the man already flat on his back on the groundT "l
is rago of utilities incongrntes and Inconsistencies
1t is untrue, contradictory suicidal and preposerousa
I" 1t is shyshaly, ntydonty-canty, style of
legislation" at is not manly it is not womany--no
shilly-shaly in woman
This is noble tribute the noble SEX 1t beauti-
full sentiment beautifully conceived and happily expressed
II is the essence me qutessence the reines-daIed es-
of truth aud of poetry. What brilliant imagination
has been sacrificed to the dry pursuits of six usrums
" How sweet a Ovid ina lost"
careful to inform the Senate-not remind them,
thai implies previous knowledge that this line somewhat
changed is Popes, and if had written it could have
found much appropriate cpthet for its present APP
pcaton than is furnished by the word sweet The female
gender is not befogged under such ggy circumstances
the present cannot much for the male gender
II is made up Of paraphrases, crcumlocutons, ambi-
frying-pan into the fire at i seesaw bpilt i stuff
ed with monstrosities-hobbled with contradictions
Badgered with provso" The honorable senator from
North Carolina who has pursued noble and patriotic
during all this agitatng controversy may well be
proud Of such characteristic censure.
There Is stump speech injected in the belly of the
II this stump speech does eject its injected pre-
decessor and reject IT. then there emetc that will do
the work in all the Barta mdioa. Such stomach must
be proof against the whole of physic and physicians
These conclusive arguments against this bill and If IL
passes in the face Of men it will be the triumph OF folly and
wckedness over logic and patriotism and constitutional
And worst of all, and beyond all il is ARCHAEOLOGICAL
Yes, sir, amphibologica."
Amphibology "s monster of such frightfu men
As to be hated needs but to be seen"
may be pardoned the violation Of prosody in consider
alton Of the gravity and practical value of the sentiment
We have also another vndicaton of the truth history
and are told that General Jackson rejected bill and
turned II with message 10 the Senate refusing sign it
for amphibology. This yndicaton is
a former General jackson did reject the bin
alluded to- relating the public funds But the
last night of his term of service he retained without
ton and he afterwards gave his for so doing In
the Globe lie said the bill complex aud
tain liable TO diversity OF Interpretation" and that he
had not time 10 give the subject deliberate consideration
not one hard word here
As to amphibology IL is not to be found in the docu-
ment do believe the General heard of the term;
and think fit had met his eye, he would have been
much puzzled MS was TO discover It's meaning Ii
10 the dic,ionaryno TO the Lexcographica Thesaurus-
and there found old acquain bediened
hney that my power Of recognition had been completely
put TO aut and after all ascerained that amphoogi-
cal means doubtful There Is doubt Of that Learning
sir great element of power and fame and potent
u IN ITS operation, that very little Of IL dscreey
aged, goes great way.
There are three dogmas told which now afHct
the land without assuming TO be much of statesman
which would be an assumption indeed shall proceed to
examine them V'delica, or, in plain English here they
are:
Squatter sovereignty the right exercise selcQov-
eminent so far az not prohibited by the constitution
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES consequence OF the Formerly
ton 70 regulate for themselves the relations of husband
and wife OF parent and child and Of and servant
70 guard Their own door-sills and hcarth-stones
NO power in Congress ecis,ate upon slavery in the