Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-07-01

not to FIRE from behind masked batteries but comb
like men and tell that you wage the to the knife
and the knife to the hilt.
Is there here who believes this Union coul be
preserved one hour; nay sir is there staffed
TO believe the Union could survive moment a the
granting of the prayer Of the petition which is bore
you Do you believe is there who beieyesfhat
the South would degrade and dshonor herself hsld
an association with any set Of who attempted
to take from her the rights guaranteed by the
To suppose so is to suppose that the South is made up
of Of eravens, who deserve to be kicked by every
vile Abotonist who may pass in their way. To belAve
that the South would stand by you hour with sch
an innovation, such an encroachmert on her righsby
the force OF numbers is to believe that she is w
too mean too degraded for your association AMI compa
nonship Raher than her submit to an outrage of
that Sort with all that is great with all that is glorious
and swallow the last Southern man beneath its gaping
jaws.
word now to my Whig friends Of the North If have
any there have always been Wing from the honest
convictions Of my judgment; but told now by
lutons passed by Whg meetings at the North that
Of my devotion to that party Is be found in standing
with the North or the Northern wing Of the party op
position to the repeal Of the Missouri restriction We
geatemen this new test Of fidelity and orthodoxy
be applied 10 me am heretic; II 70 be uoo.
cd politically for that you had better prepare your edct
IL am required to perform act in violation OF
what believe to be the spirit the intention and the let
ter of the Constitution, decline the honor If to be
Whg, required to surrender the rights and to in
wade the honor of my constituents understand them
Idecline the honor If you to yourselves the pow
of laying down platform to which my acts shall con-
form and do not choose to conform to that PLATFORM
what will you io Assume to read me out Of the polit
cal church? Read on; deny your authority. You
not drive from my convictions nor from my princi
pies stand now where have eye- stood, and there
expect stand But if it be of the articles Of the
creed of the great Whg party that shall make war upon
the institutions Of the country, not Whig in that
sense. If it be Of the articles Of the creed Of the
Whg party that shall deny any portion of this country
equal participation in its rights and benefits confess
nnnt o,ho ,ha N RItI rfte
have any right to make any such Interpolation on the
creed Of the Whig party.
If the purpose Of the Northern wing of the Whig
party to merge itself into ausavery party then the
separation is easy certain and final But be assured
gentlemen that the Southern Wing party will maintain
their principles and integrity never concedng to you the
exclusive right to control its action WELD its destnies
Sir, am Wing upon the very same principles on
which have been and that is, perfect equality
among all the States of this Confeieracy If that is
Whggery, am Whig; if that is not Whiggery. am
not Wing; and when you tell me that longer
cooperate with you that you viii longer cooperate
with me, all have to say is painful as may be the sepa
ration good bye for would rather die than follow your
lead in any such crusade II these be the terms on
which am to 60 with you, cannot go. Personally
shall cherish for you kindly feelings, and wish you
abundant happiness but Heaven forbid that any such
principle this should become the principle upon
which this Government is to be upheld. If we are to
live together in peace, it be upon the broad plat
form of perfect equality of rights among all the members
Of this Confederacy both States and individuals
These, sir are the opinions which entertain
Mr.. ROCKWELL, of Massachusetts,, said: Mr.. Presi-
dent it is only few Of the remarks which have fallen
from the honorable Senator from Tennessee r JoNEs
that have at this time any reply to make. Those re-
marks relate to petition which l have introduced into
the Senate as Senator from Massachusetts, and they
have been of such character that deem ii necessary to
make some brief reply.
regret, sir, that this duty has fallen at this
time Iregret that II has fallen At time whsz
my distinguished predecessor Mr. EvERErr) has been
recently compelled by the pressure Of trust temporar
illheath to relnquish his seat On this floor regre
that it has fallen other and worthier
sor to him whom our Commonwealth might have desie
mated. .
Ii scarcely three weeks since while in the pur
of my humble avocations, received the behest
my State take my seat upon this floor. had resgne
every Office which had been conferred me, and
had chosen to remain n the walks Of private e but
was the command of the State of Massachusetts that
should come here, and citizen is, in my judgment, a
| liberty to disobey her commands.
The first public act which had to perform entering
the Senate 10 present the petition which has beer
made the subject OF the remarks OF the honorable Sena
from Tennessee 1t is petition signed by two thou
sand nine hundred of Massachusetts,. They prn
cipaly from the city of Boston and its vicinity 1t is
fair representation of the bone and snew of the active
business men of the city of Boston Included in tht
signatures to the petition are many others The signer
Of this petition lovers of this Unon they lovers
Of the peace and quiet of this Union. They send the
years your statute book They ask for the repeal
a law which was in addition to law that had been
than fifty years upon your statute book and under which
law without this additional act this great country hat
achieved its greatness In the year 1854 they tt
Congress and say that law passed in the year 1856
ought to be repealed Is there treason in this? Is il
not law Of Congress? Is it reasonable in the people
of this country to ask for the modification for the
repeal of any act of Congress
But it is said that the from which this appca
ton comes is that is worthy Of censurable remark
and this is said, too in speech which deprecates agta
on, and which is admirably calculated to aay agta
ton 1t is said that the time and the circumstances
to be regarded in this matter What the time and what
the circumstances surrounding The time chosen is
after agitation in this Congress which uDprecedent
ed, believe in the history of the Government can
confidently say that the feeling created by it in the free
States Of this Union is utterly unprecedented and will be
felt to be for long years to 1t was immediately
upon the passage of BILL which was resisted here in
every constitutional form and in forms which have been
branded upjustifabe and unconstitutional that this
petition arose II is declaration OF twenty hun
dred they think under the circumstances Of the
country and the recent passage Of the measure to which
have referred that the fugitive slave law Of 1850 should
be repealed.
1t is true that Immediately after the passage Of the
bill which occasoned such great excitement, which hlled
all the arteries and veins of country with excitement
as all know fugitive slave arrested in the city o
Boston. 1t did happen that there was popular feel
ing on the subject 1t did happen that certain
evening there was an outbreak afray, riot, II you
please and homicide. 1t did happen also, that the
authorities of Massachusetts, and Of Bostor
took this matter their hands, and the law which ha6
produced so much agitation and much feeling
ecued The constituted authorities Of the United State
in Boston elegraphed to the President Of the Untet
States that they wanted no further aid from him. tina
the authorities Of Boston and Massachusetts, amply
c;o that and dorfier